高一英語誦讀美文

PAGEPAGE4YouthbySamuelUllman（塞繆爾?厄爾曼）Youthisnotatimeoflife;itisastateofmind;itisnotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsandsuppleknees.Itisamatterofthewill,qualityoftheimagination,vigoroftheemotions;itisthefreshnessofthedeepspringsoflife.Youthmeansatemperamentalpredominanceofcourageovertimidity,oftheappetiteforadventureovertheloveofease.Thisoftenexistsinamanof60morethanaboyof20.Nobodygrowsoldmerelybyanumberofyears.Wegrowoldbydesertingourideals.Yearsmaywrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul.Worry,fear,selfdistrustblowstheheartandturnsthespiritbacktodust.Whether60or16,thereisineveryhumanbeing’shearttheunfailingchildlikeappetiteofwhat’snextandthejoyofthegameofliving.Inthecenterofyourheartandmyheartthereisawirelessstation,solongasitreceivesmessageofbeauty,hope,cheer,courageandpowerfrommenandfromtheInfinite,solongareyouyoung.Whentheaerialsaredown,andyourspiritiscoveredwithsnowsofcynicismandtheiceofpessimism,thenyouaregrownold,evenat20,butaslongasyouraerialsareup,tocatchwavesofoptimism,thereishopeyoumaydieyoungat80.rosyadj.玫瑰色的cheekn.臉頰suppleadj.柔軟的vigorn.精力freshnessn.清新temperamentaladj.氣質(zhì)上的predominancen.優(yōu)勢timidityn.膽怯appetiten.愛好，欲望，胃口wrinklev.（使）皺n.皺紋enthusiasmn.積極性distrustn.不信任unfailingadj.經(jīng)久不衰的aerialn.天線cynicismn.玩世不恭pessimismn.悲觀主義optimismn.樂觀主義青春不是年華，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙熱的戀情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，進(jìn)取壓倒茍安。如此銳氣，二十后生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。年歲有加，并非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。無論年屆花甲，擬或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一臺天線，只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就青春永駐，風(fēng)華常存。一旦天線下降，銳氣便被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則只要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀信號，你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺年輕。InauguralAddressofJohnF.Kennedy（肯尼迪總統(tǒng)就職演說）Nowthetrumpetsummonsusagainnotasacalltobeararms,thougharmsweneednotasacalltobattle,thoughembattledweare-butacalltobeartheburdenofalongtwilightstruggle,yearinandyearout,rejoicinginhope,patientintribulation-astruggleagainstthecommonenemiesofman:tyranny,poverty,disease,andwaritself.Canweforgeagainsttheseenemiesagrandandglobalalliance,NorthandSouth,EastandWestthatcanassureamorefruitfullifeforallmankind?Willyoujoininthathistoriceffort?Inthelonghistoryoftheworld,onlyafewgenerationshavebeengrantedtheroleofdefendingfreedominitshourofmaximumdanger.Idonotshrinkfromthisresponsibility-Iwelcomeit.Idonotbelievethatanyofuswouldexchangeplaceswithanyotherpeopleoranyothergeneration.Theenergy,thefaith,thedevotionwhichwebringtothisendeavorwilllightourcountryandallwhoserveit-andtheglowfromthatfirecantrulylighttheworld.Andso,myfellowAmericans:asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou-askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.Myfellowcitizensoftheworld:asknotwhatAmericawilldoforyou,butwhattogetherwecandoforthefreedomofman.Finally,whetheryouarecitizensofAmericaorcitizensoftheworld,askofusherethesamehighstandardsofstrengthandsacrificewhichweaskofyou.Withagoodconscienceouronlysurereward,withhistorythefinaljudgeofourdeeds,letusgoforthtoleadthelandwelove,askingHisblessingandHishelp,butknowingthathereonearthGod’sworkmusttrulybeourown.trumpetn.號角,喇叭summonv.召喚embattlev.嚴(yán)陳以待rejoicev.(使)欣喜tribulationn.磨難tyrannyn.專制,暴政povertyn.貧窮forgev.穩(wěn)步前進(jìn)alliancen.聯(lián)盟fruitfuladj.多產(chǎn)的maximumadj.最大極限的n.最在限度shrinkv.收縮responsibilityn.責(zé)任endeavorv.n.努力sacrificen.v.犧牲consciencen.良心,道德心現(xiàn)在，號角已再次吹響--不是召喚我們拿起武器，雖然我們需要武器；不是召喚我們?nèi)プ鲬?zhàn)，雖然我們嚴(yán)陣以待。它召喚我們?yōu)橛永杳鞫缲?fù)起漫長斗爭的重任，年復(fù)一年，從希望中得到歡樂，在磨難中保持耐性，對付人類共同的敵人--專制、貧窮、疾病和戰(zhàn)爭本身。為反對這些敵人，確保人類更為豐裕的生活，我們能夠組成一個包括東西南北各方的全球大聯(lián)盟嗎？你們愿意參加這一歷史性的努力嗎？在漫長的世界歷史中，只有少數(shù)幾代人在自由處于最危急的時刻被賦予保衛(wèi)自由的責(zé)任。我不會推卸這一責(zé)任，我歡迎這一責(zé)任。我不相信我們中間有人想同其他人或其他時代的人交換位置。我們?yōu)檫@一努力所奉獻(xiàn)的精力、信念和忠誠，將照亮我們的國家和所有為國效勞的人，而這火焰發(fā)出的光芒定能照亮全世界。因此，美國同胞們，不要問國家能為你們做些什么、而要問你們能為國家做些什么。全世界的公民們，不要問美國將為你們做些什么，而要問我們共同能為人類的自由做些什么。最后，不論你們是美國公民還是其他國家的公民，你們應(yīng)要求我們獻(xiàn)出我們同樣要求于你們的高度的力量和犧牲。問心無愧是我們唯一可靠的獎賞，歷史是我們行動的最終裁判，讓我們走向前去，引導(dǎo)我們所熱愛的國家。我們祈求上帝的福佑和幫助，但我們知道，確切地說，上帝在塵世的工作必定是我們自己的工作。Ihaveadream（馬丁路德·金）節(jié)選Isaytoyoutoday,myfriends,soeventhoughwefacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow,Istillhaveadream.ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream.Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwil1riseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident;thatallmenarecreatedequa1.”IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformers1aveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood;IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi,adesertstateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatofoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice;Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter;Ihaveadreamtoday.IhaveadreamthatonedaydowninAlabama,withitsviciousracists,withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsofinterpositionandnullification,onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers;Ihaveadreamtoday.Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,androughplaceswillbemadeplaneandcrookedplaceswillbemadestraight,andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed,andallfleshshallseeittogether.Thisisourhope.ThisisthefaiththatIgobacktotheSouthwith.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdespairastoneofhope.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymphonyofbrotherhood.Withthisfaithwewillbeabletoworktogethertopraytogether,tostruggletogether,togotojailtogether,tostandupforfreedomtogether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday.LetfreedomringfromthesnowcappedRockiesofColorado!LetfreedomringfromthecurvaceousslopesofCalifornia!Butnotonlythat;letfreedomringfromStoneMountainofGeorgia!LetfreedomringfromLookoutMountainofTennessee!LetfreedomringfromeveryhillandmolehillofMississippi.Fromeverymountainside,letfreedomring!rootn.根v.(使)扎根creedn.信條self-evidentadj.不言而喻的brotherhoodn.手足情誼swelterv.(使)悶熱injusticen.不公平oasisn.綠洲viciousadj.惡毒的,不道德的racistn.種旅主義者interpositionn.插入nullificationn.廢棄exaltv.晉升crookedadj.彎曲的gloryn.榮譽revealv.揭露hewv.砍despairn.絕望janglev.刺耳作響n.吵嚷discordn.不一致,不和諧symphonyn.交響樂curvaceousadj.曲線美的slopen.斜坡molehilln.山丘mountainsiden.山岡,山腰朋友們，今天我要對你們說，盡管今天和明天困難重重，但我依然懷有一個夢。這個夢深植于美國夢之中。我夢想有一天，這個國家將會奮起，實現(xiàn)其立國信條的真諦：“我們認(rèn)為這些真理不言而喻：人人生而平等?！蔽覊粝胗幸惶?，在佐治亞州的紅色山岡上，昔日奴隸的兒子能夠同昔日奴隸主的兒子同席而坐，親如手足；我夢想有一天甚至連密西西比州，一個非正義和壓迫的熱浪逼人的荒漠之州，也會改造成自由和公正的青青綠洲；我夢想有一天,我的四個小兒女將生活在一個不是以膚色，而是以品格的優(yōu)劣作為評判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的國家里；我今天懷有一個夢。我夢想有一天，亞拉巴馬州會有所改變--盡管那兒種族主義者猖獗，盡管該州州長仍在滔滔不絕地說什么要對聯(lián)邦法令提出異議和拒絕執(zhí)行，但總有一天，那兒的黑人兒童能夠與白人兒童兄弟姐妹般地攜手并行；我今天懷有一個夢。我夢想有一天，深谷彌合，高山夷平，崎路化坦途，曲徑成通衢，上帝的光華再現(xiàn)，普天下生靈共謁。這就是我們的希望，這就是我將帶回南方去的信念。有了這個信念，我們就能從絕望之山開采出希望之石。有了這個信念，我們就能把這個國家嘈雜刺耳的爭吵聲，變?yōu)槌錆M手足之情的悅耳交響曲。有了這個信念，我們就能一同工作，一同祈禱，一同斗爭，一同入獄，一同維護(hù)自由。因為我們知道，我們終有一天會獲得自由。讓自由之聲響徹科羅拉多白雪皚皚的洛基山！讓自由之聲響徹加利福尼亞州的婀娜群峰！不，不僅如此；讓自由之聲響徹佐治亞州的石山！讓自由之聲響徹田納西州的瞭望山！讓自由之聲響徹密西西比州的一座座山峰，一個個土丘。讓自由之聲響徹每一個山岡！GettysburgAddress葛底斯堡演說（林肯）Fourscoreandsevenyearsago,ourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinentanewnation,conceivedinlibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.Now,weareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatnationoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure.Wearemetonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightlive.Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.But,inalargersense,wecannotdedicate,wecannotconsecrate,wecannothallowthisground.Thebravemen,livinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecrateditfaraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.Theworldwilllittlenotenorlongrememberwhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.Itisforus,theliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinis