誦讀經(jīng)典美文能夠提高英語素養(yǎng),讓初中學生在成長中懂得如何把握人生方向和掌握目標,從細節(jié)上內(nèi)省。下面小編整理了英文小美文，希望大家喜歡!

　　英文小美文摘抄

　　Quiet Girl

　　恬靜的女孩

　　I would liken you

　　我想把你比做

　　To a night without stars

　　沒有星星的夜晚，

　　Were it not for your eyes.

　　要不是你的眼睛。

　　I would liken you

　　我想把你比做

　　To a sleep without dreams

　　無夢的睡眠，

　　Were it not for your songs.

　　要不是你的歌聲。

　　英文小美文鑒賞

　　第一顆無花果First Fig

　　“My candle burns at both ends;

　　我的蠟燭兩頭燃燒，

　　It will not last the night;

　　天亮之前就要熄滅;

　　But ah,my foes, and oh,my friends-

　　可是呵，我的敵人，我的朋友 ──

　　It gives a lovely light!"

　　燭光閃爍多麼可愛!

　　-----Edna St. Vincent Millay

　　---------埃德娜.文森特.默蕾

　　英文小美文賞析

　　霧fog

　　The fog comes

　　飄過來的霧，

　　on little cat feet.

　　像小貓般輕盈漫步。

　　It sits looking

　　坐在港口城市上空，

　　Over harbor and city

　　四周環(huán)顧。

　　on silent haunches

　　悄悄躬一下腰，

　　and then moves on.

　　又開始趕路……

　　英文小美文欣賞

　　肯尼迪就職演說Inauguration address

　　Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens,

　　約翰遜副總統(tǒng)、議長先生、首席法官先生、艾森豪威爾總統(tǒng)、尼克松副總統(tǒng)、杜魯門總統(tǒng)、尊敬的教士、同胞們:

　　We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.

　　我們今天并不是為一次政黨的勝利而慶祝，而是為一場自由的慶典慶祝;它象征著結(jié)束，也象征著開始;意味著更新，也意味著變革。因為我已在你們和全能的上帝面前，作了跟我們祖先近1年前所擬定的相同的莊嚴誓言。

　　The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe -- the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

　　現(xiàn)今世界已經(jīng)很不同了，因為凡人所擁有的力量足以消滅任何形式的人類貧困和任何類型的人?？墒俏覀冏嫦葕^斗不息所維護的革命信念，在世界各地仍處于爭論之中。那信念就是注定人權(quán)并非來自政府的慷慨施與，而是上帝所賜。

　　We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

　　我們今天不敢忘記我們是那第一次革命的繼承人，讓我于此時此地告訴我們的朋友和我們的敵人，這支火炬已傳交新一代的美國人，他們出生在本世紀，經(jīng)歷過戰(zhàn)爭的錘煉，受過嚴酷而艱苦的和平的熏陶，以我們的古代傳統(tǒng)自豪，而且不愿目睹或容許人權(quán)逐步被被奪。對于這些人權(quán)我國一向堅貞不移，當前在國內(nèi)和全世界我們對此也是盡力維護的。

　　Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

　　讓每一個國家都知道，不管它盼我們好或盼我們壞，我們將付出任何代價，忍受任何重負。應對任何艱辛，支持任何朋友。反對任何敵人，以確保自由的存在與實現(xiàn)。

　　This much we pledge and more.

　　這是我們矢志不移的事而且還不止如此。

　　To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do -- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

　　對于那些和我們擁有共同文化和精神傳統(tǒng)的老盟邦，我們保證以摯友之誠相待。只要團結(jié)，則在許多合作事業(yè)中幾乎沒有什么是辦不到的。倘若分裂，我們則無可作為，因為我們在意見分歧、各行其是的情況下，是不敢應付強大挑戰(zhàn)的。

　　To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom -- and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

　　對于那些我們歡迎其參與自由國家行列的新國家，我們要提出保證，絕不讓一種形成的殖民統(tǒng)治消失后，卻代之以另一種更為殘酷的暴政。我們不能總是期望他們會支持我們的觀點，但我們卻一直希望他們能堅決維護他們自身的自由，并應記取，在過去，那些愚蠢得要騎在虎背上以壯聲勢的人，結(jié)果卻被虎所吞噬。

　　To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

　　對于那些住在布滿半個地球的茅舍和鄉(xiāng)村中、力求打破普遍貧困侄桔的人們，我們保證不管需要多長時間盡最大努力助其自救。這并非因為共產(chǎn)黨會那樣做，也不是由于我們要他們的選票，而是由于那樣做是正確的。自由社會若不能幫助眾多的窮人，也就不能保全那少數(shù)的富人。

　　To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge -- to convert our good words into good deeds in a new alliance for progress -- to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

　　對于我國邊界以內(nèi)的各姐妹共和國，我們提出一項特殊的保證:要把我們的美好諾言化作善行，在爭取進步的新聯(lián)盟中援助自由人和自由政府來擺脫貧困的枷鎖。但這種為實現(xiàn)本身愿望而進行的和平革命不應成為不懷好意的國家的姐上肉。讓我們所有的鄰邦都知道，我們將與他們聯(lián)合抵御對美洲任何地區(qū)的侵略或顛覆。讓其他國家都知道。西半球的事西半球自己會管。

　　To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support -- to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective -- to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

　　至于聯(lián)合國這個各主權(quán)國家的世界性議會，在今天這個戰(zhàn)爭工具的發(fā)展速度超過和平工具的時代中，它是我們最后的、最美好的希望。我們愿重申我們的支持諾言;不讓它變成僅供謾罵的講壇，加強其對于新國弱閏的保護，并擴大其權(quán)力所能運用的領域。

　　Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request -- that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

　　最后而是要求，對于那些與我們?yōu)閿车膰遥覀兯峁┑牟皇潜ＷC，:雙方重新著手尋求和平，不要等到科學所釋出的危險破壞力量在有意或無意中使全人類淪于自我毀滅。

　　We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

　　我們不敢以示弱去誘惑他們。因為只有當我們的武力無可置疑地壯大時，我們才能毫無疑問地確信永遠不會使用武力。

　　But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course -- both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

　　可是這兩個強有力的國家集團，誰也不能對當前的趨勢放心——雙方都因現(xiàn)代武器的代價而感到不勝負擔，雙方都對致命的原子力量不斷發(fā)展而產(chǎn)生應有的驚駭，可是雙方都在競相改變那不穩(wěn)定的恐怖均衡，而此種均衡卻可以暫時阻止人類最后從事戰(zhàn)爭。

　　So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

　　因此讓我們重新開始，雙方都應記住，謙恭并非懦弱的表現(xiàn)，而誠意則永遠須要驗證。讓我了永不因畏懼而談判。但讓我們永不要畏懼談判。

　　Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

　　讓雙方探究能使我們團結(jié)在一起的是什么問題，而不要虛耗心力于使我們分裂的問題。

　　Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

　　讓雙方首次制訂有關(guān)視察和管制武器的真誠而確切的建議，并且把那足以毀滅其他國家的漫無限制的力量置于所有國家的絕對管制之下。

　　Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

　　讓雙方都謀求激發(fā)科學的神奇力量而不是科學的恐怖因素。讓我們聯(lián)合起來去探索星球。治理沙漠，消除疾病，開發(fā)海洋深處，并鼓勵藝術(shù)和商務的發(fā)展。

　　Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah -- to "undo the heavy burdens...and let the oppressed go free."

　　讓雙方攜手在世界各個角落遵循以賽亞的命令，去“卸下沉重的負擔……(并)讓被壓迫者得自由。”

　　And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

　　如果建立合作的灘頭堡能夠遏制重重猜疑，那么，讓雙方聯(lián)合作一次新的努力吧，這不是追求新的權(quán)力均衡，而是建立一個新的法治世界，在那世界上強者公正，弱者安全，和平在握。

　　All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

　　凡此種種不會在最初的一百天中完成，不會在最初的一千天中完成，不會在本政府任期中完成，甚或也不能在我們活在地球上的畢生期間完成。但讓我們開始。

　　In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.

　　同胞們在你們手中我們事業(yè)的最后成效，主要不是掌握在我手里，而是操自從我國建立以來，每一代的美國人都曾應召以驗證其對國家的忠誠。響應此項召喚而服軍役的美國青年人的墳墓遍布全球各處。

　　Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

　　現(xiàn)在那號角又再度召喚我們——不是號召我們扛起武器，雖然武器是我們所需要的;不是號召我們?nèi)プ鲬?zhàn)，雖然我們準備應戰(zhàn);那是號召我們年復一年肩負起持久和勝敗未分的斗爭，“在希望中歡樂，在患難中忍耐”;這是一場對抗人類公敵——暴政、貧困、疾病以及戰(zhàn)爭本身——的斗爭。

　　Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

　　我們能否結(jié)成一個遍及東西南北的全球性偉大聯(lián)盟來對付這些敵人，來確保全人類享有更為富裕的生活?你們是否愿意參與這歷史性的努力?

　　In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it -- and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

　　在世界的悠久歷史中，只有很少幾代人被賦予這種在自由遭遇最大危機時保衛(wèi)自由的任務。我決不在這責任之前退縮;我歡迎它。我相信我們中間也不會有人愿意跟別人及別的時代交換地位。我們在這場努力中所獻出的精力、信念與虔誠，將照亮我們的國家以及所有為國服務的人，而從這一火焰所聚出的光輝必能照明全世界。

　　And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.

　　所以，同胞們：不要問你們的國家能為你們做些什么，而要問你們能為國家做些什么。

　　My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of mankind.

　　全世界的公民：不要問美國愿為你們做些什么，而應問我們在一起能為人類的自由做些什么。

　　Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

　　最后，不管你是美國的公民或世界他國的公民，請將我們所要求于你們的有關(guān)力量與犧牲的高標準拿來要求我們。我們唯一可靠的回報是問心無愧，我們行為的最后裁判者是歷史，讓我們向前引導我們所摯愛的國家，祈求上帝的保佑與扶攜，但我們知道，在這個世界上，上帝的任務肯定就是我們自已所應肩負的任務。