高中英语美文5篇

美文背诵 1 Time Is Money Total 161 words Time is money This saying means that time is very valuable But time is more valuable than money The money we have lost can be gained again but the time we have wasted cannot be regained Moreover sometimes persons can exist without money but nothing can be done without time just as no one can live without air Despite being so valuable time is often neglected by men Since time is an invisible thing men often waste their time unconsciously Without anything to do they may gossip from morning till night People can live only at most to about 100 years It seems fairly long but in fact it is rather short We often say How quickly time flies How many things can a man accomplish in such a short period Hence we should use the valuable time properly to do our work We will race with it We will study and work hard Never waste a little bit of it 1 neglect n glekt vt 忽略 疏忽 2 invisible n v z bl adj 看 不见的 不易为视线所见的 隐匿的 3 unconsciously n k n sli adv 未意识到地 不知道地 失去知觉地 神志不清地 We Have Only One World Total 160 words When industries grow pollution also grows Today the problem of environment has become more and more important The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals If we don t take action immediately then we will destroy our only world Man has made great progress in environment protection Government of many countries has established laws to protect the forest and sea resource and to stop the environmental pollution Still more measures should be taken to solve the problem First we should start by educating the public about the hazards of pollution The government on its part should also design stricter laws This is not only for our own generation but also for the future generation to come It is necessary to protect our nature environment We must begin now to protect our only world 4 established st bl t adj 已建立的 已设立的 已制定的 确定的 5 measure me r n 措施 6 hazard h z d n 危险 My Views on Large Modern Cities Total 144 words Since every coin has two sides living in large modern cities offers us many advantages simultaneously causes many troubles Better education and better jobs are easy to get and better medical care is convenient to receive in large modern cities 美文背诵 2 People are usually well informed due to the advanced media such as television newspaper and net PC Large modern cities also provide varied entertainment for the city dwellers The public places like cinema bar disco ball are everywhere On the other hand large modern cities are too big to control so the traffic jams and traffic accidents often happen and the social security is a headache problem And city dwellers have to face the housing problem Usually a house is too expensive for the salary earning class to buy and the rent is also high Moreover noise and pollution in large cities bring harm to people s health 7 simultaneously s m l te n sl adv 同时地 8 varied ve rid adj 各种各样的 9 dweller dwel r n 居民 居住者 Top Meal of the Day Total 143 words A recent study shows that nearly 50 percent of the school kids in Beijing do not have breakfast They tend to feel sleepy all day and have bad memories so it is hard for them to get high marks in all kinds of test Some students who study late into the night choose to miss breakfast so that they can have a few extra minutes in bed Others are given money to buy their breakfast on the way to school because their parents are too busy to prepare it for them In addition a few schoolgirls want to stay slim and often go to school without breakfast In fact the morning meal plays an important part It can provide 30 percent of the whole day s energy For a creative mind and better judgment school kids should start their day with a regular breakfast 10 slim sl m adj 细长的 苗条的 纤细的 Youth Total 243 words Youth is not a time of life it is a state of mind it is not a matter of rosy cheeks red lips and supple knees it is a matter of the will a quality of the imagination a vigor of the emotions it is the freshness of the deep springs of life Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 Nobody grows old merely by a number of years We grow old by deserting our ideals Years may wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul Worry fear self distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust Whether 60 or 16 there is in every human being s heart the lure of wonders the unfailing childlike 美文背诵 3 appetite for what s next and the joy of the game of living In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station so long as it receives messages of beauty hope courage and power from man and from the infinite so long as you are young When the aerials are down and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism then you ve grown old even at 20 but as long as your aerials are up to catch waves of optimism there s hope you may die young at 80 11 rosy r zi adj 玫瑰色的 12 supple s pl adj 灵活的 13 predominance pr d m n ns n 优势 主导或支配的地位 14 ti