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1、经典英语美文阅读范文欣赏以书为伴A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the pany he keeps; for there is a panionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best pany, whether it be of books or of men.通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样，因为有人以人为伴，也有人以书为伴。无论是书友还是朋友，我们都

2、应该以的为伴。A good book may be among the best of friends.It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change.It is the most patient and cheerful of panions.It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructi

3、ng us in youth, and forting and consoling us in age.好书就像是你的朋友。它始终不渝，过去如此，如今如此，将来也永远不变。它是最有耐心，最令人愉悦的伴侣。在我们穷愁潦倒，临危遭难时，它也不会抛弃我们，对我们总是一如既往地亲切。在我们年轻时，好书陶冶我们的性情，增长我们的知识;到我们年老时，它又给我们以慰藉和勉励。Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes

4、discover a friend by the admiration whh both entertain for a third.There is an old proverb, Love me, love my dog.But there is more wisdom in this: Love me, love my book.The book is a truer and higher bond of union.Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author.They

5、 live in him together, and he in them.A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a mans life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts.Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, whh, remembered an

6、d cherished, bee our constant panions and forters.好书常如最精巧的宝器，珍藏着人生的思想的精华，因为人生的境界主要就在于其思想的境界。因此，的书是金玉良言和崇高思想的宝库，这些良言和思想假设铭刻于心并多加珍视，就会成为我们忠实的伴侣和永久的慰藉。Books possess an essence of immortality.They are by far the most lasting products of human effort.Temples and statues decay, but books survive.Time is o

7、f no account with great thoughts, whh are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds, ages ago.What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page.The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature

8、 can long survive but what is really good.书籍具有不朽的本质，是为人类努力创造的最为持久的成果。寺庙会倒坍，神像会朽烂，而书却经久长存。对于伟大的思想来说，时间是无关紧要的。多年前初次闪现于作者脑海的伟大思想今日仍然清新如故。时间惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因为只有真正的佳作才能经世长存。Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived.We hear what they

9、 said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their eperience bees ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes whh they describe.书籍介绍我们与秀的人为伍，使我们置身于历代伟人巨匠之间，如闻其声，如观其行，如见其人，同他们情感交融，悲喜与共，感同身受。我们觉得自己仿

10、佛在作者所描绘的舞台上和他们一起粉墨登场。The great and good do not die, even in this world.Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad.The book is a living voe.It is an intellect to whh on still listens.即使在人世间，伟大出色的人物也永生不来。他们的精神被载入书册，传于四海。书是人生至今仍在聆听的智慧之声，永远充满着活力。抱负It is not diffult to imane a world short of ambition.I

11、t would probably be a kinder world: with out demands, without abrasions, without disointments.People would have time for reflection.Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.petition would never enter in.conflt would be eliminated, tension bee a thing of the past.The

12、 stress of creation would be at an end.Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions.Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor.Aniety would be etinct.Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long de

13、parted from the human heart.一个缺乏抱负的世界将会怎样，这不难想象。或许，这将是一个更为友善的世界：没有渴求，没有磨擦，没有绝望。人们将有时间进展反思。他们所从事的工作将不是为了他们自身，而是为了整个集体。竞争永远不会介入;冲突将被消除。人们的紧张关系将成为过往云烟。创造的重压将得以终结。艺术将不再惹人费心，其功能将纯粹为了庆典。人的寿命将会更长，因为由剧烈拼争引起的心脏病和中风所导致的死亡将越来越少。焦虑将会消失。光阴流逝，抱负却早已远离人心。 Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be! 啊，长此以往人生将变得多么乏味无聊!

14、There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.Does this mean that success does not really eist That achievement is at bottom empty That the efforts of men and women are of no signifance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obvious

15、ly, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating.Whh are and whh are not is something one soon enough learns on ones own.But even the most cynal secretly admit that success eists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are usel

16、ess.To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranng.It is, in its implations, to remove all motives for petence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.有一种盛行的观点认为，成功是一种神话，因此抱负亦属虚幻。这是不是说实际上并不丰在成功成就本身就是一场空与诸多运动和事件的力量相比，男男的努力显得微缺乏显然，并非所有的成功都值得景仰，也并非所有的抱负都值得追求。对

17、值得和不值得的选择，一个人自然而然很快就能学会。但即使是最为愤世嫉俗的人暗地里也成认，成功确实存在，成就的意义举足轻重，而把世上男男的所作所为说成是徒劳无功才是真正的无稽之谈。认为成功不存在的观点很可能造成混乱。这种观点的本意是一笔勾销所有进步才能的动机，求取业绩的兴趣和对子孙后代的关注。 We do not choose to be born.We do not choose our parents.We do not choose our historal epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of

18、our upbrinng.We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death.But within all this realm of choelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowarde, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift.We decide what is important and what is t

19、rivial in life.We decide that what makes us signifant is either what we do or what we refuse to do.But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choes and decisions, these choes and decisions are ours to make.We decide.We choose.And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.In the

20、end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.我们无法选择出生，无法选择父母，无法选择出生的历史时期与国家，或是成长的周遭环境。我们大多数人都无法选择死亡，无法选择死亡的时间或条件。但是在这些无法选择之中，我们确实可以选择自己的生活方式：是英勇无畏还是胆小怯懦，是光明磊落还是厚颜无耻，是目的坚决还是随波逐流。我们决定生活中哪些至关重要，哪些微缺乏道。我们决定，用以显示我们自身重要性的，不是我们做了什么，就是我们回绝做些什么。但是不管世界对我们所做的选择和决定有多么漠不关心，这些选择和决定终究是我们自己做出的。我们决定，我们选择。而

21、当我们决定和选择时，我们的生活便得以形成。最终构筑我们命运的就是抱负之所在。感恩的心One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left.He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the house.一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身，却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。Howev

22、er, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk.He drank it slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you然而，当一位美丽的年轻女子翻开房门的时候，这个小男孩却有点不知所措了。他没有要饭，只乞求给他一口水喝。这位女子看到他饥饿的

23、样子，就倒了一大杯牛奶给他。男孩渐渐地喝完牛奶，问道：我应该付多少钱You dont owe me anything, she replied.Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.He said, Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physally, but it also increased his faith in God and the hu

24、man race.He was about to ve up and quit before this point.年轻女子微笑着答复：一分钱也不用付。我妈妈教诲我，施以爱心，不图回报。男孩说：那么，就请承受我由衷的感谢吧!说完，霍华德-凯利就分开了这户人家。此时的他不仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相信上帝和整个人类。本来，他都打算放弃了。Years later the young woman became critally ill.The local doctors were baffled.They finally sent her to the big city, where special

25、ists can be called in to study her rare disease.Dr.Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation.When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.数年之后，那位女子得了一种罕见的重病，当地医生对此束手无策。最后，她被转到大城市医治，由专家会诊治疗。大名鼎鼎的霍华德-凯利医生也参加了医疗方案的制定。当他听到病人来自的那个城镇的名字时，一个奇怪的念头霎时间闪过他的脑际。他马上起身直奔她的病房。Dressed in his doctors gown he went in to see her.He recognized her