初一英语美文

1、Everybody’s business is nobody’s business

There are four people named everybody, somebody, anybody and nobody. There was an important job to be done and everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but nobody did it. Some body got angry about that because it was everybody’s job. Everybody thought anybody could do it, but nobody realized that everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that everybody blamed somebody when nobody did what anybody could have done.

有四个人分别叫做：“每个人”、“某个人”、“任何人”和“没有人”。有一次，他们每个人都要被要求去完成一件重要的工作。大家都相信某个人会去做这件事。其实，任何人都可以完成这项工作的，但就是没有人去做。某个人对此感到非常气愤，因为这是大家的任务。每个人都认为任何人可以完成这件事，但没有人认识到大家都不会去做这件事。结果呢，当没有人去做其实任何人都可以做到的事情的时候，每个人都在抱怨某个人。

2、Springtime

Days get longer and warmer in the spring. There are new leaves on the trees. Flowers begin to grow.

Rain makes the grass green and helps the plants grow.

Spring is the time of new life. Nature puts on new clothes in many colors —red, yellow, blue, white, and purple.

Birds build nests in the spring. Many baby animals appear.

People like to make gardens and farmers plant crops in the fields.

Spring is the season for young love. “In the spring a young man’s thoughts turn to love.” according to an old saying.

3、The Cat and the Bell (猫和铃）

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice.

Then the oldest mouse said, \" All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.\"

All the mice came. Many mice spoke, but none knew what to do. At last a young mouse stood up and said, \"We must put a bell on the cat. Then, when the cat comes near, we shall hear the bell and run away and hide. So the cat will not catch any more mice.\" Then the old mouse asked, \" Who will put the bell on the cat?\" No mouse answered.

He waited, but still no one answered.

At last he said, \"It is not hard to say things; but it is harder to do them.\" 4、

A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so

modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted.

No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,than he began laying about him on all side. felling the whole matter too late, whispered to the Cedar: \"the first concession has lost all ;if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves.\"

译文：

有一个樵夫来到森林里，要求树给他一跟斧柄，看来他的请求非常谦虚，立刻得到了树的首领的同意。他们决定由平凡而朴素的白杨树来提供所需要的东西。樵夫刚按好斧柄，就开始到处乱砍，森林里最高的树都砍倒了，树林现在察觉大势已去，就小声对衫树说：\"第一次的让步已失去了一切。如果我们不牺牲我们的小小的邻居，我们自己还可以活无数年呢。\"

If I Had My Life to Live Over/如果我能再活一次

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

生病的时候我就卧床休息，不会假装自己一天不工作，地球就会停止转动。

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. 我要将雕成玫瑰花状的粉红蜡烛点上，而不让它在闲置中溶化。

I would have eaten the popcorn in the “good” living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

我要在“讲究”的客厅里吃爆玉米花。倘若有人在壁炉生火带出了炉灰，我不会操那么多闲心。 I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

我决不会因为夏天头发刚刚梳理过、喷过发胶，就一定要把车窗玻璃摇起来。

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television—and more while watching life. 看电视我要少哭一点，少笑一点，看生活我要多哭一点，多笑一点。

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

我买东西不会只看它很实用，不显脏，或能保证用一辈子。

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute…look at it and really see it … live it … and never give it back.

但总的来说，如果再让我活一回，我要把握好分分秒秒，留心生活，真正关注生活，品味生活，决不使岁月蹉跎。

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more money, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us. Let's think about what God has blessed us with, and what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally.

不担心谁不喜欢我，谁比我富有，或者谁在干什么。让我们珍惜与真心关爱我们的人之间那份感情。让我们多想想上帝赐予我们的福分。多想想我们每天做了哪些有益于自己思想、身体、感情和精神的事。