篇一：休闲英语 有声散文(欣赏) 如果世界是个一百人的村落
To all my friends and loved ones
Love from me
Useful Perspective
致朋友们以及我所爱的人们
这是一份爱的礼物
也是一席金玉良言
If the world were a Village of 100 People
如果世界是个一百人的村落
_David J.Smith/大卫.史密斯 Shelath Armstrory／谢拉.阿姆斯壮
If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the exsting human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
如果我们把全世界的人口按照现有压缩为一个１００人的村子，情况就会如同以下：
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
这个村子里有：
57 人是亚洲人
21 人是欧洲人
14 人来自西半球的南、北美洲
8 人是非洲人
52 would be female
48 would be male
52 人是女性
48 人是男性
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 人是有色人种
30 人是白人
70 would be non-christian
30 would be Christian
70 人是非基督教徒
30 人是基督徒
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
89 人是异性恋者
11 人是同性恋者
6 people would possess 59％ of the entire world’s wealth
and all 6 would be from the United States.
6 人拥有全世界59％的财富
而且这6 人全是美国人
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
80 人的居住环境不达标准
70 人是文盲
50 人苦于营养不良
1 人濒临死亡边缘；1 人正要出生
1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
１ would own a computer
1 人（是的，只有１人)会接受大学教育
1 人拥有电脑
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
透过这个压缩图来放眼我们的世界，就会明晓接纳他人、谅解以及教育是何等重要。
The following is also something to ponder……
再从以下角度来想想看……
If you woke pup this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the illion who will not survive this week.
如果你早上醒来的时候健康无恙……那么，比起活不过这一周的百万人来说，你真是幸运多了。
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
如果你未曾经历过战争的危险、入狱的孤独、严刑的苦楚、饥饿的痛苦……那么，比起世界上５亿人来，你真是幸运多了。
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep… you are richer than 75％ of this world.
如果你冰箱里有食物，身上有衣服可穿，有屋篷遮蔽，有地方睡觉……
那么，比起世界上７５％的人来，你真是富足多了。
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in dish someplace…you are among the top 8％ of the world’s wealth.
如果你银行中有存款，钱包中也有钱，还能到某处消费习菜……你便跻身在世界上最富有的８％人口当中了。
If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada.
如果你的父母依然健在，而且还在一起生活的话……这可是非常难得的事，即使是在美国与加拿大。
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
有人说过：我所付出的终将会回归。
So…
Work live you don’t need the money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching.
Sing like nobody’s listening.
Live like it’s Heaven on Earth.
所以……
去工作时，犹如你不执迷于金钱。
去爱他人，犹如你从未曾被伤害。
去舞蹈吧，犹如无人在一旁观看。
去歌唱吧，犹如无人在一边谛听。
好好地生活，犹如这里是人间乐土。
The Rainy Day 雨天
Hey Wadsworth Longfellow 亨利.沃兹渥斯.朗费罗
The day is cold,and dark,and dreary;
It rains,and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold and dark and dreary;
It rains and the wind is never weary;
My thought still clings to the moldering past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still,sad heart!And cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
天冷、阴暗、沉闷；
下着雨，风也刮个不停；
藤还攀附着颓垣残壁，
每来一阵狂风，枯叶附落纷纷，
天真是阴暗而沉闷。
我的生活寒冷、阴郁、沉闷；
下着雨，风也刮个不停；
我的思想还纠缠着消逝的往事，
大风里，我的青春希望相继熄灭，
天真是阴暗而沉闷。
安静吧，忧伤的心！别再悔恨；
乌云后面太阳依然辉煌灿烂；
你命运和大家的一样，
每个人一生都得逢上阴雨，
有些日子必然阴暗而沉闷。
初级听力教程 留学美国 A VISIT TO THE ADVISOR
In this conversation, an international student has been asked to see her advisor. The advisor has something very important to discuss with the student.
Student: You wanted to see me?
Advisor: That's right. We need to have a serious talk.
Student: About what?
Advisor: Your attendance--or rather, lack of it.
Student: OK, so I've ditched class a few times . . .
Advisor: A few times? I've been told you've missed six out of eight times in two different classes!
That's really setting yourself up to fail.
Student: Oh, come on. Those classes are really boring!
Advisor: But they're also required, so that doesn't matter. You're about to be in big trouble.
Student: What's the big deal about missing some classes?
Advisor: The big deal is that you're here on a student visa.
Student: So?
Advisor: So if you don't attend class regularly, you won't be a full-time student--which your visa requires. You'll be out of status.
Student: What are you gonna do? Turn me in to the Immigration Police?
Advisor: Oh, of course I'll have to report you if you continue missing your class, but I'm going to do something else first.
Student: Like what?
Advisor: Like faxing your father.
留学美国 Making Friends
When making new friends, there are usually three parts to the conversation you will have with your new friend. The first is the greeting. In this part, you and your new friend will greet each other and tell each other your names. The second part is the conversation. Sometimes the conversation is small talk and some times the conversation is about important matters, such as business. "Small talk" is an American slang term. It means that the conversation is about matters that are not very important. When conversing with your new friend, it is customary to give information about your family, your work, or you will talk about any matter that is important to you and your new friend. The third part of the conversation is the leave-taking. In this part, you tell your new friend that you are happy to meet him and that you must end the conversation.
篇二：双语美文
双语美文：倾听心声（有声）
Is there inside you? Very much , ever since you were brought into this world. when you couldn't open your mouth till the first two years on planet earth, inner voice is the one through which you and understood things. 从我们来到这个世界的那一刻起，请仔细聆听你的心灵。在来到这个世界的最初的两年里，我们还不能开口讲话，心灵是我们理解事物的一种方式。
Inner voice is the voice mouth of the mind .the subconscious mind is always acting as a secondary reflector of thoughts and ideas in the body. It justifies and what is right and what is wrong. When we go aganist what the inner voice say we get a guilty conscious and are bothered by it throughout our lives.
心灵是诉说潜意识的嘴，潜意识一直是思想和情感的反映。它控制着是与非、黑与白。当我们违心的做了某件事情，我们会有一种负罪感，并且在一生当中还会时时为这种感觉所烦恼。
At times when we are feeling low or those unforgettable moments when we are let down, we seem to need some kind of emotional or mental support. We usually speak to our closest pal or our dearest family member during times of distress to ease the burden .At such times we get over the initial of emotional anxiety and mental restlessness,because of the pepping up by our empathic listener. we suddenly feel because our inner voice alerts us to get on with things and leave the things of past on the memory books of our brain.
有时，当情绪低落感觉失望的时候，我们需要某种情绪或精神的支柱。通常我们沮丧的时候，我们会将给我们最好的朋友或家人听，以减轻我们的压力。在那时候，我们克服了情
绪的不安和焦虑，因为有了为我们打气的听众。我们迅速的恢复了活力，因为我们内心深处告诉我们，处理好一切，把那些烦恼都放在回忆里去吧。
The inner voice is always right most of the times because it knows us better than others and probably even ourselves. It is the dare devil child of the intuitions which we have been having since childhood. It's good to go by intuitions most of the tims because its the response provided due to the between our mental and physical being.
心灵在大部分时候都是正确无误的，因为它比任何人都要了解我们，甚至超过我们自己。它是我们从孩提时代一直伴随我们直觉的孩子。遵从直觉是有好处的，因为他来自于我们的精神和现实之间的同步的反应。
Whenever you are trying your first cigarette, or whenever you are asked to take sides in an argument, you are always in a sense of . During these times your inner voice automatically gives its verdict, which when over written, might leave us unhappy in the future. It's up to us to either ignore the morale booster inside us or go out to the world and search for spiritual guru's and happiness, when all these things are very much present within us. 当想学着抽第一支烟的时候，当不得不在一个争论里支持一方的时候，你总感到为难。在那个时候，心灵会自动地做出判断，夸张地说，会给我们将来留下不快。当我们面临这些问题的时候，我们该决定是忽略我们内心的冲动，或是接触这个世界来寻找精神领袖和快乐。
双语美文：花之歌（有声）
I am a kind word and repeated By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green .
I am the daughter of the elements
With whom Winter ;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.
我是大自然亲切的话语，
说出去，又反复细念；
我是一颗星星，
从蓝色苍穹坠落绿毯之中。
我是诸元素之女：
冬天将我孕育；
春天使我绽放；
夏天让我成长；
秋天令我安睡。
At dawn I unite with the breeze
To announce the coming of light;
At I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.
清早，我同晨风一道
宣告光明的到来；
傍晚，我又与群鸟一起
为它的远去告别。
The plains are decorated with
My beautiful color and the air
Is scented with my .
我在原野上摇曳，
使风光更加旖旎；
我在清风中呼吸，
使气息芬芳馥郁。
As I embrace Slumber the eyes of
Night watch over me, and as I
Awaken I stare at the sun, which is
The only eye of the day.
我微睡时，
夜空数双眼睛对我凝望；
我醒来时，
白昼的独眸向我注视。
I drink dew for wine, and hearken to
The voices of the bird and dance
To the swaying of the grass. 我饮着朝露酿成的琼浆；
听着小鸟的鸣啭歌唱；
就着芳草的摇曳婆娑起舞。
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow. 我是爱人间的赠礼；我是婚礼的冠冕；
我是片刻欢愉的记忆；
我是生者予死者最后的祭献；
我是一半欢乐，一半忧伤。
But I look up high to see only the light, And never look down to see my shadow. This is wisdom which man must learn. 而我仰望高空，只因对光明神往；
我从不顾影自怜，也不孤芳自赏。
而这些智慧，人类尚未得以领会。
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篇三：英语美文赏析
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英语美文赏析
作者：王晓宁
来源：《英语学习·教师版》2014年第05期
英语美文，即使用地道、优美的英语语言写的文章；英语美文赏析，则是在接触地道英语语言的基础之上，了解和理解英语语言文化背景，欣赏语言确切应用所表达的真实情景，甚至对其传达的情绪情感感同身受，以致对更深层的思想传达了解并分享。
我的美文赏析始于2003年，源于几百篇美国中学生优秀作文的翻译。3个月的翻译工作，对于已经有20年专业英语学习和近十年英语教学的我都受益良多。地道的英语语言，真实的生活场景，生动自然的生活、情感和思绪，一些我们熟识却总能让你眼前一亮的小词、小句给了我最初开设美文赏析课的想法。浸润在地道的英语语言文化中，欣赏貌似简单却画面感极强（simple but powerful）的小词小句，感受简单平易的意思之下表达的或栩栩如生的画面，或真实动人的情感，或本该讳莫如深却清晰可触的思想；而在这不断的学习中慢慢积累起来的东西，正是包括我和我的学生们这些英语学习者最终使用所迫切需要的。
浸润
语言的学习，首先要保证一定的语言输入（take in），由每天的接触和积累慢慢养成语言的感觉和习惯；而美文的阅读和欣赏，又给予学生高质量的语言。一样的语言输入，不一样品质的语言输入自然效果会有不同。比如“Home Sweet Home”，描述了要搬离居住12年的家，字里行间流露出的依恋和不舍；“The Beauty of the Beast”，小作者在回家路上偶遇一只不愿离弃被车撞身亡的同伴的小松鼠，真切体会到这只小动物身上的兽性之美，从而引发的对于人性的思考，而导致学生们对自己身上人性的剖析，并给了学生们“有心观世界，点滴皆故事”的启迪；“I Call Myself”， 通过一个妈妈在给孩子描述白种人，黄种人和黑人时表现出的细微的态度差别，包括使用的不同词汇，描述了在美国真实存在的种族歧视。这在美国黑人总统Obama当政的今天，给了学生们不小的震撼，也加强了他们对于美国种族差异的了解和认识。典型生动的细节，简单温暖的文字，真实动人的情感，总让学生们在读完以后感动沉思。我想，这就是语言的力量，这就是语言值得我们用心欣赏的原因——了解生活，感受美丽，触动心灵。每天浸润其中，怎会没有收益？
欣赏
出于语言学习的目的，在美文阅读中我指导学生欣赏的，首先是用于表达的字、词、句。对于词，我有一句名言“simple but powerful”，所有的词汇，都要在合适的情境中才能表现出触动人心的力量 （situational words）。学生渐渐领悟——词汇的使用，并不是越难越大越好，而是要针对情景；无论多小多简单的词汇，只要使用恰当，就都会具有打动人心的力量——比如，在读到The young squirrel once more stands erect and with piercing emptiness in his coal black eyes， faces me时，正是 “此时无声胜有声”的感受——痛到深处无言表。
《有声英语散文,英语听力》出自：百味书屋
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