高中課外閱讀-英語美文欣賞43(中英雙語)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上專心專注專業(yè)專心專注專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上專心專注專業(yè)英語美文欣賞43The Scars of Love 愛的傷疤Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house.幾年前的一個(gè)炎炎夏日，在美國佛羅里達(dá)州南部，有個(gè)小男孩為貪圖涼快，決定去自家房子后面一個(gè)形成已久的深水潭中游泳。In a hurry to dive into the

2、cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator was swimming toward the shore. His mother - in the house was looking out the window - saw the two as they got clo

3、ser and closer together. In utter fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as loudly as she could.因?yàn)槠炔患按叵胪度氲角鍥龅乃?，他飛快地從后門跑了出去，邊跑邊脫掉鞋子、襪子和襯衣，把它們隨手拋在了身后。他一頭扎進(jìn)了水里，絲毫沒有意識(shí)到自己游往潭中心的同時(shí)，一只美洲鱷也正在朝岸邊游來。小男孩的母親當(dāng)時(shí)在屋子里透過窗子向外看著，發(fā)現(xiàn)那只美洲鱷正向她的孩子步步逼近。她極度驚恐起來，一邊迅速奔向水潭，一邊聲嘶力竭地朝自己的孩子呼喊著。Hearing her voice, the l

4、ittle boy became alarmed and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him.聽到她的呼喊，小男孩才猛然意識(shí)到了危險(xiǎn)，立即掉頭向岸邊的母親游去。可這時(shí)已經(jīng)無濟(jì)于事。他的手勉強(qiáng)剛夠到他的母親，鱷魚也已經(jīng)接觸到了他。From the dock, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs

5、. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.母親在岸上拼命地拽緊兒子的手臂，而此時(shí)美洲鱷也死死地咬住孩子的腿不放。為了爭奪小男孩

6、，母親和鱷魚之間儼然展開了一場讓人難以置信的拔河較量。美洲鱷的力氣顯然要比母親強(qiáng)大得多，但是母親挽救兒子的堅(jiān)定信念讓她無論如何也絕不放手。就在這萬分危急的關(guān)頭，一位農(nóng)夫恰巧駕車經(jīng)過，一聽到孩子母親的尖叫便飛速從卡車上跳下，瞄準(zhǔn)鱷魚并開槍將其射殺。Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the vicious attack of the animal and, on his arms, were deep scrat

7、ches where his mothers fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.值得慶幸的是，經(jīng)過在醫(yī)院數(shù)周的搶救治療，小男孩居然存活了下來。鱷魚兇殘的襲擊在他的腿上刻下了觸目驚心的傷痕。不僅如此，他的雙臂上也留下了深深的抓痕，那是在生死關(guān)頭母親為了牢牢抓住摯愛的兒子，以至于手指甲都掐入了兒子的肉中所留下的。 The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy after the trauma, asked if he would s

8、how him his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter. But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldnt let go.事后，這位死里逃生的小男孩接受了一位報(bào)社記者的采訪。當(dāng)記者問他是否愿意讓大家看看他身上的傷疤時(shí)，小男孩挽起了自己的褲腿，腿上深深的疤痕暴露無遺。緊接著，他滿臉自豪地告訴記者，“大家還是看看我的手

9、臂吧，我的手臂上也有好多傷疤呢。這是媽媽不放開我，在救我的時(shí)候留下的?！盰ou and I can identify with that little boy. We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, or anything quite so dramatic. But, the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret.看了這個(gè)小男孩的故事后，人們都能感同身受。其實(shí)我們每個(gè)人身上都有傷疤。只不過并不是被

10、鱷魚咬的，或任何如此戲劇性事件所造成，而是過往的痛苦經(jīng)歷所留下的。那些傷疤是如此難看，讓人深感懊悔。But, some wounds, my friend, are because God has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle, Hes been there holding on to you.但是，我的朋友，你可曾想過有些傷口是一些不想放棄你的人造成的。在你掙扎的過程中，那些愛你的人為了拉住你，才在你身上留下了這些傷疤。牽著時(shí)光的手Blow-off vision of the rain, so that you are le

11、ft with a brilliant rainbow. Shuttle time in my fingers, without any regrets, open stemmed bloom ripples. Blunt rolling thick liquid eternal, but you and I, were dispersed in which period of Acacia leaves.吹斷目光的雨，讓虹的光輝帶你離去。時(shí)光穿梭在我指間，無悔地綻放開朵朵漣漪。鈍厚的流質(zhì)綿延永恒，而你我，被沖散在其中，相思無絕期。Inexplicable always feel like t

12、he time within the next few precious memories will be stripped from me, more than once dreamed that his standing in a dark empty space, only one track at the foot stretch into the distance, such as the long past your time and ultimately disappear In my field of vision at the end.總是會(huì)莫名地感到時(shí)間在抽絲剝繭般的將寶貴

13、的回憶從我身上剝離，不止一次夢見自己站在一片空曠黑暗的空間里，腳下只有一條鐵軌伸向遠(yuǎn)方，冗長如過往的光陰，最終消失在我的視野盡頭。I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that every night, and those

14、 words have touched me deeply.我害怕失去，我對時(shí)間如此的恐懼，而我卻又那么的熱愛回憶。我忘不了球場上一起揮灑汗水的兄弟，忘不了陪我一起哭泣的知己，忘不了那一夜夜璀璨的星空，和那些令我感動(dòng)至今的話語。Those people, those things, such as bursts of light rain in the lake left ring Watermark four dispersed to each other to melt each others impact; if the horizon is still experiencing Qia

15、nwanyinian quiet shining star, not very bright, but clearly made . - They do not know how much to spend with me during the day bright and silent night.那些人，那些事，如細(xì)雨在湖面留下的陣陣環(huán)型水紋四散開來彼此消融，彼此撞擊;如經(jīng)歷千萬億年仍在天邊寂靜閃光的星，不甚明亮，卻又清晰無比。它們陪我度過不知多少明媚的白天與沉默的夜。In my memory, the third year is not gray, because I remember

16、those blessings are not what love is bearing fruit, I still remember holding a lot of my friends and I hope to see sunrise and sunset, finally it is yellow everywhere.在我的記憶中，高三不是灰色的，因?yàn)槲矣浀媚切┎槐蛔８５膼矍槭窃鯓拥拈_花結(jié)果，還記得我與朋友抱著一大堆的希望看日出日落，最后卻是黃花遍地。Youth is the eye lotus spring, third year is that this eye expans

17、ion of bubbling spring season. I, however, a strong smell in the bubble years of the Problem taste. I do not exclude these, but too much pressure to do away much fun. Unfortunately, after the college entrance examination, even the pressure would become the memories, be my third year living memory of

18、 the dead evidence. In the time before we are so powerless, the only left on just the eye springs, and we have no regrets of the oath, I hope day after day, year after year, when I re-turn to this page , people still.青春是眼忘憂泉，高三是這眼泉水膨脹冒泡的季節(jié)。而我卻在泡泡里嗅到了濃厚的習(xí)題的味道。我并不是排斥這些，但過大的壓力確實(shí)帶走了不多的樂趣。只可惜，高考過后，連壓力也會(huì)成

19、為回憶，成為我緬懷逝去的高三生活的證據(jù)。在時(shí)間面前我們是如此的無力，唯一能留下的，就只是那眼泉水和我們曾經(jīng)無悔的誓言，但愿日復(fù)一日，年復(fù)一年，當(dāng)我重新翻到這一頁時(shí)，人心依舊。I have seen one another chilling words: Some people say that once you start like the memories of those people will get old. I only admit mature, do not believe they have been growing old. My friends are growing up

20、 day by day, and was young and the mature, how can I not had time to grow on the outline of the first to hoary?曾經(jīng)看過一句另我毛骨悚然的話：有人說，一旦開始喜歡回憶，那人便老去了。我只承認(rèn)自己的成熟，不相信自己已經(jīng)老去。我的朋友們正在一天天地長大，成熟并且風(fēng)華正茂著，我怎么可以沒來得及成長就率先蒼老了輪廓?Heaven Rain in green and so on, and I am waiting for you, the moonlight was recovered, the

21、 faint opened the outcome. Jay melancholy voice has been completely different from the business for the time Sentimental, Bard will be the years the pace of a camel inscribed into the blue and white porcelain in that respect.“天青色等煙雨，而我在等你，月色被打撈起，暈開了結(jié)局。”杰倫憂郁的嗓音已經(jīng)完全不同與剛出道時(shí)的青澀，吟游詩人般地將歲月的腳步鐫刻進(jìn)那一尊青花瓷器。Ou

22、r future? Friends ah, I will time the other end, waiting for you.我們的未來呢?朋友啊，我會(huì)在時(shí)間的另一頭，等你。The Missed Blessings 錯(cuò)過的祝福A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told

23、 him that was all he wanted. 從前，有位年輕人即將大學(xué)生畢業(yè)。數(shù)月來，他一直渴望得到某汽車商產(chǎn)品陳列室中的一輛跑車。他知道，他那富有的父親肯定買得起這輛車，于是，他便跟父親說他很想得到那輛漂亮的跑車。As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study.

24、His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young mans name embossed in gold. Angri

25、ly, he raised his voice to his father and said, With all your money you give me a Bible? He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.在畢業(yè)典禮即將來臨的日子里，年輕人等待著父親買下跑車的消息。終于，在畢業(yè)典禮那天上午，父親將他叫到自己的書房，并告訴他，有他這么出色的兒子自己感到非常自豪而且非常愛他這個(gè)兒子。接著，父親遞給兒子一個(gè)包裝精美的禮品盒。年輕人感到好奇，但帶著些許失望地打開禮品盒，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)里面是一本精美的精裝本圣經(jīng)，上面以金子凸印著年輕人的

26、名字?？戳T，年輕人怒氣沖沖地向父親大喊道：“你有那么多錢，卻只給我一本圣經(jīng)？”說完，便丟下圣經(jīng)，憤怒地沖出房子。Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation da

27、y. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.多年以后，年輕人已事業(yè)有成。他擁有一所漂亮的房子，一個(gè)溫馨的家庭。但當(dāng)?shù)弥赣H年事已高，他想，或許應(yīng)該去看看他。自從畢業(yè)那天起他就一直不見父親。就在起程時(shí)，他收到一封電報(bào)父親已逝世

28、，并已立下遺囑將其所有財(cái)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)給兒子。他要立即回父親家處理后事。When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he w

29、as reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words. PAID IN FULL.在父親的房子里，他突然內(nèi)心感到一陣悲傷與懊悔。他開始仔細(xì)搜尋父親的重要文件，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了那本圣經(jīng)還跟幾年前一樣嶄新。他噙著淚水打開圣經(jīng)并一頁一頁地閱讀著。忽然，從

30、書的背面掉出一把鑰匙。鑰匙上掛著一個(gè)標(biāo)簽，上面寫著一個(gè)汽車經(jīng)銷商的名字正是他曾渴望的那輛跑車的經(jīng)銷商。標(biāo)簽上還有他的畢業(yè)日期及“款已付清”的字樣。How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. 我們多少次

31、地與祝福擦肩而過，僅僅因?yàn)樗麄儧]有按我們想象中的樣子包裝好？不要在渴望得到?jīng)]有的東西時(shí)損壞你已經(jīng)擁有的東西，但要記住一點(diǎn)：你現(xiàn)在所擁有的恰恰正是你曾經(jīng)一心渴望得到的。Sometimes we dont realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect the packaging to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.有時(shí)，我們并沒有意識(shí)到

32、我們已經(jīng)擁有或本該擁有的好運(yùn)，僅僅因?yàn)樗耐獗砼c我們想象中的有所不同。其實(shí)，表面上看起來像是壞運(yùn)氣的東西或許正是等待開啟的幸運(yùn)之門。真愛，零期待I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this:我曾有個(gè)朋友，我們的關(guān)系很親密。有一次我們坐在游泳池邊上

33、，她載手掌里盛了點(diǎn)兒水，捧在我面前，說:You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first

34、cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love They try to posses it, they demand, they expect and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retrieve from you.你仔細(xì)看我手上這水了嗎？那代表愛。只要你充滿關(guān)愛地彎曲著你的手指，并允許它保持在那兒，它會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)在那兒。但是，如果你試圖把你的手指在它周圍合起并試圖占有它，它會(huì)通過它找到的縫溢出去。這是

35、人們當(dāng)他們遇到愛時(shí)犯的最大的錯(cuò)誤他們試圖占有它，他們要求，他們期待，那樣就像溢出你的手掌的水一樣，愛會(huì)從你身邊撤退。For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.因?yàn)閻垡馕吨杂呻S意,你不能改變它的本性。If you have people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and dont expect. Advise, but dont order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a

36、 lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true Love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring.如果你有愛的人，允許他們自由隨意的存在。給予而不指望；建議而不命令；請求而不要求；可能聽起來簡單，但這需要一輩子去實(shí)踐。這就是真愛的秘訣。真正去實(shí)踐它，你必須對那些你愛的人沒有期望，并給予無條件的

37、關(guān)愛。運(yùn)用智慧 適時(shí)舍得There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didnt have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Persia. And when he got there, he saw a lo

38、t of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive because they cant grow much due to the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.從前有一位師父，他到印度去，那時(shí)候因?yàn)榻煌ú话l(fā)達(dá)，沒有飛機(jī)，不像現(xiàn)在一樣有

39、很多交通工具，所以這位師父就步行去印度。他有可能是波斯人，以前沒去過印度。他到印度時(shí)，看見許許多多的水果。在印度，有時(shí)因?yàn)槿彼木壒剩a(chǎn)量不多，許多小店雖然擺滿了水果，但多半都很貴。那位師父發(fā)現(xiàn)有個(gè)大籃子里面裝著一種紅色長條形的水果，這種水果的價(jià)格最便宜，一點(diǎn)都不貴.So he went up and asked, How much per kilo? And the shopkeeper said, Two rupees. Two rupees in India is nothing; its like dirt. So he bought a whole kilogram of the

40、 fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became red. As he coughed and choked and gasped for breath, he jumped up and down, saying, Ah! Ah! Ah!他就走過去詢問：“這個(gè)一公斤要多少錢？”小販

41、回答：“兩盧比。”兩盧比在印度根本不算什么，像塵土一樣不值錢，于是他就整整買了一公斤，然后開始吃。 吃了幾口之后，這位師父就眼淚、口水齊流，眼睛發(fā)紅，嘴巴辣得像著火一樣，整個(gè)頭好像要燒起來，他又咳又嗆，滿臉通紅地喘不過氣來，在那里邊跳邊叫：“啊！啊！啊！”But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, Youre crazy, man. Those are chilies! You cant eat so many; theyre n

42、ot good for you! People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You cant just eat them by the handful like that; theyre not fruit! So the stupid master said, No, I cant stop! I paid money for them, and now Ill eat them. Its my money!不過他還是繼續(xù)吃！有人看到他這樣子后，就搖搖頭說：“老兄，你是腦

43、袋壞掉啦？這是辣椒耶！不能吃那么多，這樣對你不好。辣椒是用來調(diào)味的，煮菜時(shí)每次只放一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)在食物里增加味道。這個(gè)不是水果，不能這樣整把拿起來吃?。　蹦俏槐繋煾刚f：“不行，我已經(jīng)花錢買了，就要把它吃完，這可都是錢哪！”And you think that master was stupid, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We invest money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. And even though its been a

44、 long time, bitter experience tells us it wont work, and we know theres no more hope that things will change in the future - this we definitely know by intuition - we still continue just because weve invested money, time, effort and love into it. If so, were kaput in the brain. Just like the man who

45、 ate the chilies and suffered so much but couldnt stop because he didnt want to waste the money hed paid.你們覺得這位師父很笨，是嗎？其實(shí)我們有時(shí)候也做很多類似的傻事。有時(shí)候我們在某些感情或事業(yè)工作上，投入了金錢、時(shí)間和心力，經(jīng)過長期的經(jīng)營之后，我們從慘痛的經(jīng)驗(yàn)中知道行不通，直覺也很清楚未來不會(huì)有任何轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)，但我們還是舍不得放棄，因?yàn)橐呀?jīng)投入了金錢、時(shí)間、心力和感情在里面。像這種情形，表示說我們頭腦壞掉，就像那個(gè)吃辣椒的人一樣，明明已經(jīng)那么痛苦了，還是不肯停止，只因?yàn)椴幌氚装桌速M(fèi)已經(jīng)付出的錢。

46、So even if youve lost something, let it go and move on. Thats better than continuing to lose.就算你會(huì)有所損失，還是要放下，然后繼續(xù)前進(jìn)！這樣總比一直損失下去來得好。我們正在起跑點(diǎn)“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite”I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a remin

47、der that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If

48、our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past. I dont want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because tha

49、t is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will effect it. Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We a

50、re just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor. “我們正在閱讀一本頁數(shù)無限的書的第一章的第一節(jié)?！蔽也恢肋@段文字是誰寫的，我一直很喜歡并用它們來提醒自己，那就是未來操之在我。我們可以掌握神秘而不可知的未來，從中創(chuàng)出我們所能想象的任何東西，一如雕刻家可以將未成型的石頭刻出雕像一樣。我們每個(gè)人都是農(nóng)夫。我們?nèi)舴N下好種子，就會(huì)有豐收。倘若種子長的不良且長滿雜草，我們就會(huì)徒勞無獲。如果我們什么也不種，就根本不會(huì)有什么收獲。我希望未來會(huì)比過去更好。我不希望未來會(huì)被那些充斥在歷史中的錯(cuò)誤所污染。我們應(yīng)關(guān)

51、心未來，因?yàn)橥蟮挠嗌家谖磥碇卸冗^。往昔已一去不復(fù)返而且是靜止的。任憑我們怎么努力都不能改變過去。未來就在我們眼前而且是動(dòng)態(tài)的。我們的所作所為都會(huì)影響未來。只要我們體會(huì)的出來，每天都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)新的知識(shí)領(lǐng)域伴隨而生，可能是在家里，也可能是在我們的事業(yè)中。我們正處在人類所努力鉆研的每個(gè)領(lǐng)域中進(jìn)步的起點(diǎn)。難得糊涂We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in th

52、e privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to

53、work. 我們每個(gè)人，在不同時(shí)期，都曾經(jīng)像一個(gè)搖滾歌星那樣，伴著我們最愛的那首歌又唱又跳.很多人在小時(shí)候，甚至是已長大成人，都曾在我們自己房間和家里類似的隱秘空間里這樣過。我呢？我喜歡在開車的時(shí)候這樣！打開收音機(jī)，找一首會(huì)唱的歌，很快我就會(huì)張開雙臂，隨著節(jié)奏起舞。大部分時(shí)候，我在上班的路上這么做。Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and othe

54、rs laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!是的，那是真的。我會(huì)穿上我漂亮的工作服，在堵車和遇到交通燈時(shí)，有人就會(huì)用奇怪的眼神看著我，或者笑我。對我個(gè)人而言，我喜歡沉浸在一首歌的節(jié)奏中，由此我愿和你們分享：為人糊涂貴在何處。 The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish an