我國(guó)英語(yǔ)教材收錄了大量中華民族的文化瑰寶——經(jīng)典美文。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編帶來(lái)的初中生英語(yǔ)美文背誦，歡迎閱讀!

　　初中生英語(yǔ)美文背誦精選

　　亞瑟王之死

　　The great days of the Round Table were over when 150 knights left to search throughoutBritain for the Grail. But it was Sir Modred, a knight who was either Arthur’s nephew or hisillegitimate son, finally destroyed the fellowship of the Round Table. While Arthur was fightingLancelot in France, Modred seized his kingdom and attempted to marry Guinevere. Arthurquickly returned to Britain and a war broke out between the forces of the two men. Arthur killedModred in battle but he himself was badly wounded.

　　Facing death, Arthur ordered one of his knights Bedivere to throw Excalibur into a lake, so thatthe sword could not fall into the wrong hands. Then Bedivere carried Arthur on his shouldersand brought him to the edge of the lake. There they saw a boat with a number of fairies in it.The boat took him away to the island of Avalon, the land of heroes. People believe that Arthurwill return when Britain again needs him to defeat the nation’s enemies and to bring peace andsecurity to the land.

　　自從亞瑟王的150名圓桌騎士離開亞瑟，到各地尋找圣杯，亞瑟王的朝廷就冷落了下來(lái)。但最后使騎士們散伙的，是亞瑟的外甥(一說(shuō)私生子)莫德雷德。正當(dāng)亞瑟在法國(guó)與朗斯洛作戰(zhàn)時(shí)，莫德雷德篡奪了王位，甚至要娶圭內(nèi)維爾為妻。亞瑟匆忙返回與莫德雷德對(duì)陣。亞瑟?dú)⑺滥吕椎?，自己也身?fù)重傷。

　　臨終時(shí)，亞瑟命令拜德維爾爵士把神劍?？怂箍ɡ度牒校怪恢侣淙霅喝酥?。然后拜德維爾爵士將亞瑟背到湖邊。這時(shí)他們看到一條小船駛來(lái)，里面有幾個(gè)仙女。仙女們將亞瑟王載到阿瓦隆島，那里是英雄們的修養(yǎng)地。人們相信，在不列顛需要的時(shí)候，亞瑟王會(huì)回來(lái)打敗敵人，給人民帶來(lái)和平與安全。

　　初中生英語(yǔ)美文背誦閱讀

　　特利斯特拉姆與伊索德

　　Tristram (Tristan) , one of the Knights of the Round Table, was the nephew of King Mark ofCornwall. His mother died after giving birth to him and he was brought up at the court of KingMark, and became a skilful hunter and harper. Tristram fought and killed Sir Marhaus, thebrother of queen of Ireland and he himself was wounded. He was sent to Ireland to be cured ofhis wound. Owing to his skill with the harp the king of Ireland kindly received him and told hisdaughter Isoud (Isolt or Isolde) to take care of him. Tristram and Isoud fell in love. When thequeen discovered the guest was the knight who had killed her brother, Tristram had to returnto Cornwall.

　　After a time, King Mark, who felt jealous of Tristram and wanted to get rid of him, sent him toIreland to ask for him the hand of Isoud. Tristram, having killed a poisonous dragon forIreland, asked the king to allow his daughter to marry King Mark as a reward for his service.Isoud and her maid Bragwaine returned with Tristram by ship to Cornwall. Bragwaine hadreceived from Isoud’s mother a magic liquid to be given to King Mark. The liquid could makethe man and woman who drank it love each other for the rest of their lives. On the voyageTristram and Isoud found the liquid and drank it without knowing its effect. Mark and Isoudwere married, but the love affair between Tristram and Isoud continued until Mark discovered it.Tristram had to leave Mark’s court.

　　While fighting in Brittany, Tristram fell in love with another Isoud (Isou the White Hand) andmarried her. Later, Tristram was wounded by a poisoned arrow. Feeling that he was dying, hesent for Isoud of Ireland to come to cure him. If she came, the ship that brought her was to seta white sail, if not, a black sail. When the ship returned, however, his jealous wife told him thesail was black. In despair, Tristram turned his face to the wall and died. Isoud of Ireland foundher lover died, lay down by his side and also died.

　　特利斯特拉姆(或稱特里斯坦)是圓桌騎士之一。他是康沃爾國(guó)王馬克的外甥，出生后母親死去，在舅舅的宮中長(zhǎng)大，擅長(zhǎng)打獵與彈奏豎琴。在一場(chǎng)角斗中，特利斯特拉姆殺死了愛爾蘭王后的兄弟馬豪斯爵士，但同時(shí)他自己也受了傷。他被送往愛爾蘭療傷，由于他善彈豎琴，受到愛爾蘭國(guó)王的善待，國(guó)王叮囑女兒伊索德特別看護(hù)他。結(jié)果兩人墜入愛河。后來(lái)王后發(fā)現(xiàn)客人是殺死自己兄弟的騎士，特利斯特拉姆不得不返回康沃爾。

　　過(guò)了一段時(shí)間，馬克國(guó)王出于妒忌，派特利斯特拉姆去愛爾蘭代他向伊索德求婚，想假他人之手除掉特利斯特拉姆。特利斯特拉姆到愛爾蘭后，為當(dāng)?shù)貧⑺酪粭l毒龍，然后要求國(guó)王答應(yīng)將女兒嫁給馬克做報(bào)答。伊索德和他的使女布萊格溫與特利斯特拉姆同船前往康沃爾。行前伊索德的母親給布萊格溫一瓶藥水，要她送給馬克國(guó)王。男女同飲這瓶藥水會(huì)相親相愛，白頭偕老。特利斯特拉姆和伊索德發(fā)現(xiàn)了這瓶藥水，并不知道其效用，就一起喝了下去。伊索德嫁給了馬克，但暗中卻愛著特利斯特拉姆。馬克后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)了他們的戀情，特利斯特拉姆不得不離開馬克的宮廷。

　　特利斯特拉姆到布列塔尼作戰(zhàn)時(shí)，又愛上了另一個(gè)叫伊索德的女人(白手的伊索德)。不久，特利斯特拉姆在戰(zhàn)斗中身中毒箭，生命垂危。他派人去請(qǐng)愛爾蘭的伊索德為他療傷。他叮囑使者，若伊索德乘船前來(lái)，就懸白帆，若未能成行，就懸黑帆。當(dāng)船返回時(shí)，他的妻子白手的伊索德出于妒忌，謊稱來(lái)船懸黑帆。特利斯特拉姆絕望而死。愛爾蘭的伊索德由于遲來(lái)一步，未能救活特利斯特拉姆，痛不欲生，倒在他的身邊死去。

　　初中生英語(yǔ)美文背誦學(xué)習(xí)

　　ir Gawain and the Green Knight

　　Sir Gawain was Arthur’s nephew. In English stories, he is always described as a brave, honestand loyal knight.

　　According to the story, King Arthur and his Round Table Knights were holding their New Year’sbanquet at Camelot when a tall knight dressed in green and riding on a green horse came in,holding a huge axe in his hand. He challenged a knight to cut his head off on condition that theknight agreed to have his head cut off a year after. Gawain accepted the challenge and cut offthe Green Knight’s head.. The knight picked up his head and rode away.

　　Soon after that, Gawain set off to look for the Green Knight to receive his cut. After goingthrough many strange adventures, on Christmas Eve Gawain came upon a beautiful castlewhere he was well entertained. He agreed to stay on till New Year’s Day since he was told thatthe Green Knight lived nearby. The lord of the castle made an agreement with Gawain that eachday he himself would go hunting, and Gawain stay in the castle, and in the evening they wouldexchange what they had got during the day.

　　For three days the lord went hunting but Gawain had to resist the temptation of the beautifullady of the castle, who gave him one kiss on the first day, two on the second, and on the thirdday three kisses and a girdle which had magic power and would save his life. Each eveningGawain exchanged the kisses with his host for animals killed in the hunt; but on the thirdevening he kept the girdle, thinking that it would protect him when he met the Green Knightand received the cut. In this way he broke his promise.

　　On the New Year’s Day, Gawain was brought to the Green Knight. He bent over for the cut hehad promised to accept. The Green Knight raised his axe and brought it down, but he stoppedhimself at the last moment, for Gawain had moved a little because of fear. The Green Knightlaughed at him. Gawain got ashamed and angry and urged the Green Knight to finish his jobquickly. The Green Knight lifted his axe to cut, but again held it in the air. He praised Gawain fornot moving this time. The third time the Green Knight made a slight cut in Gawain’s neck. Thenhe explained that he was the lord of the castle in a different form, and that the cut in the neckhad been made because Gawain was full of shame and threw the girdle away. But the GreenKnight forgives him and gave him the girdle as a gift.

　　高文爵士是亞瑟王的外甥。在英國(guó)傳說(shuō)里，他一般被描繪成一個(gè)勇敢、忠實(shí)可靠的騎士。

　　據(jù)說(shuō)，在亞瑟王和圓桌騎士在卡米洛舉行的新年宴會(huì)上，一位身著綠衣、騎著綠馬的高大騎士走進(jìn)大廳，手里拿著一把巨斧。他向騎士們提出挑戰(zhàn)，問(wèn)他們當(dāng)中有誰(shuí)敢于用斧頭將他的頭砍下。但誰(shuí)要砍他的頭，就須答應(yīng)一年后在脖子上同樣挨一斧。眾騎士中只有高文接受了這一挑戰(zhàn)，一斧砍下綠衣騎士的頭。騎士把頭撿起來(lái)，騎馬走了。

　　不久以后，高文爵士便出發(fā)尋找綠衣騎士，去接受那許下的一斧。他歷盡千辛萬(wàn)苦，終于在圣誕節(jié)來(lái)到一座漂亮的城堡，受到城堡主人的款待。高文答應(yīng)多住幾日，直到元旦，因?yàn)槌潜ぶ魅烁嬖V他綠衣騎士就住在附近。城堡主人與高文商定，他每天去打獵，高文留在城堡里，每天晚上交換當(dāng)天各自得到的東西。

　　城堡主人連續(xù)三天去打獵，早出晚歸，而高文在城堡里卻要抵御漂亮女主人的誘惑。女主人頭一天給他一個(gè)吻，第二天給他兩個(gè)吻，第三天給他三個(gè)吻，外加一條有魔力的腰帶，系上它可刀槍不入。每天晚上高文用得來(lái)的吻交換主人獵殺的野獸，但在第三天晚上他把腰帶留下了。他想自己不久會(huì)去挨那一斧，有腰帶保護(hù)，也許能免受傷害。這樣，他違背了自己的誓言。

　　元旦當(dāng)天，他如約來(lái)到綠衣騎士的住所，伸出脖子。綠衣騎士先虛晃了一下斧頭，高文略縮了一下頭，受到嘲笑。高文又氣又羞，催促綠衣騎士趕緊動(dòng)手。綠衣騎士又虛晃了一下，這次高文紋絲未動(dòng)，受到夸贊。第三斧頭落下去，只使高文受了輕傷。這時(shí)綠衣騎士向他說(shuō)明了一切。其實(shí)綠衣騎士正是城堡主人變化成的。頭兩斧沒有使高文受傷，是因?yàn)轭^兩天他很誠(chéng)實(shí)，第三斧傷了他，是因?yàn)樗讲亓搜鼛?。高文聽罷羞愧萬(wàn)分，把腰帶丟給綠衣騎士。但綠衣騎士原諒了他，并把腰帶贈(zèng)給他做禮物。