美文阅读 (302)结婚纪念日快乐

A rose for every year 每一年的那支玫瑰 Many smiles for every tear 每滴泪水都为笑容 Way more of the first than ever of the latter 比起前者更优先后者 What's deep in our hearts is all that really matters 内心深处才是我们重要的一切 We've learned a lot, yet still a lot to learn 我们学到了很多,但还有很多要学 For that "smile in your eyes" my heart still yearns “...

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美文阅读 (204)不要离开我

Don't go far off, not even for a day, because — 哪怕是一天也不要离开我,因为 Because — I don't know how to say it: a day is long 因为–我不知道要怎么说,一天很长 And I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station 而我会一直等着你,就像在一个空荡荡的车站里 When the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep 火车在其它的地方停下、熟睡 Don't le...

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四个四重奏:第1期 焚毁的诺顿(1)

Four Quartets: Burnt Norton 四个四重奏:焚毁的诺顿 Time present and time past 现在的时间和过去的时间 Are both perhaps present in time future, 也许都存在于未来的时间, And time future contained in time past. 而未来的时间又包容于过去的时间。 If all time is eternally present 假若全部时间永远存在 All time is unredeemable. 全部时间就再也都无法挽回。 What might have been is an abs...

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天真与经验之歌:第44篇 摇篮曲

A Cradle Song 摇篮曲 Sleep, sleep, beauty bright, 睡吧,睡吧,美丽的宝贝。 Dreaming in the joys of night; 愿你在夜的欢乐中安睡; Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep 睡吧,睡吧;当你睡时 Little sorrows sit and weep. 小小的悲哀会坐着哭泣。 Sweet babe, in thy face 可爱的宝贝,在你的脸上 Soft desires I can trace, 我可以看见柔弱的欲望; Secret joys and secret smiles, 隐秘的欢乐和隐秘的微...

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美文阅读 (170)初秋有一段奇异的时节

There is a spell in autumn early 初秋有一段奇异的时节 One all too brief, of an enchantment rare 它虽然短暂,却非常明丽 The nights are radiant and pearly 夜晚的天空是透明的 The days, pellucid, crystal-clear 整个白天好似水晶的凝结 Where played the sickle and fell the corn, a mellow, a warm and breathless stillness reigns supreme 在矫健的镰刀游过的地方,谷穗落了,现在是空旷无垠...

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美文阅读 (223)汉诺威广场

Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? 我们初次相遇,难道真的是六十二年前吗? It is truly a life time, I know. 年华似水,倏忽间我们已相携一世。 But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small café in Hanover Square. 但当我望着你的眼睛时,当年的邂逅历历如在昨昔,就在汉诺威广场的那间小咖啡馆里。 From the mo...

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睡前读首诗 (3)我有一个黑狗

I had a black dog. His name was Depression. 我有一条黑狗,它名叫抑郁。 Whenever the black dog made an appearance, I felt empty and life just seemed to slow down. 每当这条黑狗出现时,我就感到空虚,生活似乎也慢了下来。 He could surprise me with the visit for no reason or occasion. 它总会不分时间、场合的突然出现在我的面前。 The black dog made me look and feel older than my year...

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朗读英语美文(18)好好想想 think it over

Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。 Think it over……好好想想…… Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘; We spend more, but enjoy ...

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美文阅读 (311)快乐

Be Happy 快乐 Active happiness — not mere satisfaction or contentment 积极的快乐–并非单纯的满意或知足 often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. 通常不期而至,就像四月里突然下起的春雨,或是花蕾的突然绽放。 Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. 然后,你就会发觉与快乐结伴而来的究竟是何种智慧。 The grass is greener; bir...

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美文阅读 (260)时间总能治愈一切

I know you — the heartbroken. 我懂你–伤心的人。 I've been there recently, and plenty before. 我最近刚伤心过,曾经伤心过很多次。 I know you better than you think I do. 我比你想象的更懂你。 I know heartbreak as well as I know the taste of the ocean in my tears 我懂得伤心的感觉,就像我懂得眼泪中咸咸的苦涩味道, and the way my breath gets stuck in my heart instea...

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睡前读首诗 (4)抖森:有一位小姐甜美又温柔

There is a Lady Sweet and Kind -Anonymous 有一位小姐甜美又温柔 -无名氏 There is a lady sweet and kind, was never face so pleas'd my mind; 有一位小姐甜美又温柔,从来没有人像她那样让我着迷; I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die. 我只是看见她经过,便会爱她到永远。 Her gesture, motion, and her smiles, her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles, beguiles my ...

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四个四重奏:第13期 东科克(5)

That was a way of putting it – not very satisfactory: 这不失为一种表达方式——但不太令人满意: A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, 用一种陈旧的诗歌形式进行一次转弯抹角的研究, Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle with words and meanings. The poetry does not matter. 而把人们始终留在一场跟语言和涵义,作无法容忍的扭打中。诗歌无关宗旨。 It was not ...

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美文阅读 (294)真正爱你的人

When you were here before 你在这里时 Couldn't look you in the eye 我不敢直视你的眼睛 You're just like an angel 你就像个天使 Your skin makes me cry 你的肌肤都让我哭泣 You float like a feather 你像羽毛一样 In a beautiful world 在一个美丽的世界 I wish I was special 我多希望我是特别的 You're so very special 你是那么的独特 I don't care if it hurts 我不在乎痛苦 I w...

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美文阅读 (181)完美的人生

Once a circle missed a wedge. 从前有个圆圈,它丢失了一小段。 The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. 它想变得完整,于是它到处寻找它所丢失的那部分。 But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. 由于不完整,它只能滚的非常慢。在路上,它羡慕过花儿。 It chatted with worms. It...

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美文阅读 (206)谁曾见过风

Who has seen the wind? 谁曾见过风? Neither I nor you 你我都未曾 But when the leaves hang trembling 每当叶子枝头摇 The wind is passing through 风儿穿林行 Who has seen the wind? 谁曾见过风? Neither you nor I: 你我都未曾: But when the trees bow down their heads 每当树木弯腰低下头 The wind is passing by 风儿擦身走 NSDA认证项目/全国英语演讲大赛/美式辩论赛 诚招省市合作伙伴 详情...

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天真与经验之歌:第30篇 天使

The Angel 天使 I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? 我做了一个梦!怎么说得清? And that I was a maiden Queen 梦见我竟是个女王,还没有结婚: Guarded by an Angel mild: 被一个温柔的天使护卫: Witless woe was ne'er beguiled! 却并不能排遣我愚蠢的伤悲! And I wept both night and day, 我总是在哭泣,夜晚和白天 And he wiped my tears away; 他总是把我的泪水擦干, And I wept both day...

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朗读英语美文(24)我想告诉年轻时的自己

Looking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here's what I would tell her. 回首年轻的时候,有时我会惊讶于生活的变迁。一切都不是我最...

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美文阅读 (165)为何我昨夜梦见了你?

Why did I dream of you last night? 为何我昨夜梦见了你? Now morning is pushing back hair with grey light 此刻,黎明正以曦光后捋发丝 Memories strike home, like slaps in the face 记忆敲打家门,如耳光掴在脸上 Raised on elbow, I stare at the pale fog beyond the window 拄着扶手,我凝视着窗外,灰雾弥漫 So many things I had thought forgotten 于是许多以为忘却的旧事 Return to my mind...

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美文阅读 (215)乡村路带我回家

Almost heaven, West Virginia 简直是天堂,西弗吉尼亚 Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River 蓝岭山脉,仙纳度河 Life is old there, older than the trees 古老的生命,比树龄更久远 Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze 比群山年轻,象和风一样慢慢生长 Country roads, take me home 乡村路,带我回家 To the place I belong 到我生长的地方 West Virginia, Mountain Mama 西弗吉尼亚...

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美文阅读 (283)爱错了人 不如单身

Stay Single Because It's Better Than Dating The Wrong Person 爱错了人,不如单身 It's better to stay single and realize marriage isn't the most important milestone in the world 保持单身更好,并认识到婚姻并不是世界上最重要的里程碑, than to force yourself into the wrong relationship, because you feel like that is what you are supposed to be doing at this age. 不要...

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