短篇优秀英语美文：Love is just a thread爱如丝线
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.
有时候，我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱。他们天天忙于赚钱，为我和弟弟支付学费。他们从未像我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠。他们认为”我爱你”太奢侈，很难说出口。更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了。我父亲的脾气非常坏。经过一天的劳累之后，他经常会发脾气。
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
一天，母亲正在缝被子，我静静地坐在她旁边看着她。
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
过了一会，我说：”妈妈，我想问你一个问题。”
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“什么问题?”她一边继续缝着，一边回答道。
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
我低声地问道：”你和爸爸之间有没有爱情啊?”
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.
母亲突然停下了手中的活，满眼诧异地抬起头。她没有立即作答。然后低下头，继续缝被子。
I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
我担心伤害了她。我非常尴尬，不知道该怎么办。不过，后来我听见母亲说：
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”
“苏珊，看看这些线。有时候，你能看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里。这些线使被子坚固耐用。如果生活就像一床被子，那么爱是其中的线。你不可能随时随地看到它，但是它却实实在在地存在着。爱就是内在的。
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very pale. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
我仔细地听着，却无法明白她的话，直到来年的春天。那时候，我父亲得了重病。母亲在医院里待了一个月。当他们从医院回来的时候，都显得非常苍白。就像他们都得了一场重病一样。
After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed they were the most harmonious couple. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these made up the most beautiful picture in the world.
他们回来之后，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步。父亲从未如此温和过。他们就像天作之合。在小路旁边，有许多美丽的野花、绿草和树木。阳光穿过树叶的`缝隙，温柔地照射在地面上。这一切形成了一幅世间最美好的画面。
The doctor had said my father would recover in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.
医生说父亲将在两个月后康复。但是两个月之后，他仍然无法独立行走。我们都很为他担心。
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
有一天，我问他：“爸爸，你感觉怎么样?”
“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
他温和地说：“苏珊，不用为我担心。跟你说吧，我喜欢与你妈妈一块散步的感觉。我喜欢这种生活。”从他的眼神里，我看得出他对母亲的爱之深刻。
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm..
我曾经认为爱情是鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。但是从那一刻起，我明白了，爱情就像生活中被子里的一根线。爱情就在里面，使生活变得坚固而温暖。
短篇优秀英语美文：孩子们看得到之间的差别
Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City. My friend and proud father Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf. He walked up to the fellow at the ticket counter and said, "How much is it to get in?"
The young man replied, "$3.00 for you and $3.00 for any kid who is older than six. We let them in free if they are six or younger. How old are they?"
Bobby replied, "The lawyer's three and the doctor is seven, so I guess I owe you $6.00."
The man at the ticket counter said, "Hey, Mister, did you just win the lottery or something? You could have saved yourself three bucks. You could have told me that the older one was six; I wouldn't have known the difference." Bobby replied, "Yes, that may be true, but the kids would have known the difference".
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying." In challenging times when ethics are more important than ever before, make sure you set a good example for everyone you work and live with.
短篇优秀英语美文：改变世界从改变自己开始
The following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in the Crypts of Westminister Abbey:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world. As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.
But it, too, seemed immovable.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.
And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If I had only changed my self first, then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world.
美文的'定义是：“文学、修辞、诗歌艺术的总体，”修辞和诗歌也可以由“文学”来概括。下面是关于英语
英语美文1
He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. So as not to appear rude, she went along.
As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."
They stared at him. He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "Why put salt in the coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the seaside ... I could feel its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are still there."
She was deeply touched. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and care about his family. He must be responsible.
She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story.
They continued to date. She found that he met all her requirements. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. And to think she would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee!
So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter which said:
My dearest, please forgive my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.
It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that we would hit it off. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would ruin everything.
Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty coffee. But as it mattered so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.
英语美文2
The story goes that two friends are walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they have an argument, and one friend slap the other one in the face.
The one is hurt, but without saying anything, he writes in the sand: "Today my best friend slaps me in the face."
They keep on walking until they find an oasis and they decide to take a bath. The one who has been slapped gets stuck(被卡在） in the mire and starts drowning, but the friend saves him.
After he recovers from the near drowning, he writes on a stone: "Today my best friend saves my life."
His friend askes him, "After I hurt you, you write in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"
He replies: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand, the winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in a stone，therefore，no wind can ever erase it."
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits on the stone.
英语美文3
outh is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.
When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
短篇美文摘抄1
远离家乡的时候，就会想起父母亲慈祥的神情。还在家里的时候，从来没有意识到原来父母亲的笑容是很珍贵的，把父母亲的付出当做理所当然的，也就谈不上珍惜，特别渴望离开父母亲的保护，独自闯荡出属于自己的天地。
等真的如愿离开了，面对一个人的孤单，才会怀恋起在父母亲身边生活的温馨时光。父亲虽然严肃，但是看着儿女的眼睛里却充满了期盼和自豪的笑意；母亲永远是那么的温柔而唠叨，嘴角总是挂着期待的笑意。
笑容的里温暖是每个游子最想要贴身收藏却又不得不放弃的珍宝，只能凭借着记忆重温那些暖人心脾的点点滴滴，安慰孤独难受的心。
短篇美文摘抄2
曾经你我坚信海誓山盟过后沉淀的必定是坚贞不移、此生不离；曾经你我坚信彼此的心圈在一个核里哪怕时光穿梭也毫无芥蒂；曾经你赠我沙漏与我互定永久告诉我亘古不变天荒地老的情谊。那些曾经在我最灿烂的年华里伴我左右。
然而，所有的事情，由平淡开始，终究归于平淡。如你，亦如我。那些曾经你我牵手一起走过的小巷如今留与我一人独步；那些曾经你我欢笑的地方如今留与我含泪目睹；那些曾经你我惦念的往昔如今在记忆里残存过渡。只是那些幻影，那么不小心掉进了我的回忆里。
短篇美文摘抄3
霎间清泪寂寥飘飞，点点涟漪生起，浅笑惨淡人生，遥指落花已尽，碾碎手中的温柔。旧的回忆，碎的情感，都有寥影随行。离歌声里愁肠殇魂，相逢陌路，谁在谁的梦里洒下哀愁？
轻捻一指成殇暗香，挥手决绝的散场的画面，始终滞在脑海。雨幕后的你，寂然舞动，回眸浅笑，一丝馨香入住阑珊回忆中。锦瑟年华，埋葬羞涩爱恋，江水东引，韶韶年华尽。小轩窗外，满是落花，与那一袭红纱照相辉映，凄楚绝艳的红，是殇的写照，是离的写照，更是残爱的写照。
短篇美文摘抄4
你是暮夏天边划过的一颗流星，属于我，也不属于我。在我的青春中留下绚烂的一笔，便消失的无影无踪。你跨越时空从这里路过，我便将这记忆珍藏，在梦中千百次轮回。
我走过秋季的繁华落尽，来到这洁白无暇的世界，雪儿曼妙的舞姿是你的轻纱扬起，我试图将其抓住且留下，才发现一触即融。美丽的东西总会在你的生命中容易逝去，你我要做的并不是要强留些什么，而是认真的享受这美丽的过程，并让其伴之一生。
短篇美文摘抄5
怀恋过去其实无分好与坏，只是取决于能否及时从那些已经回不去的曾经当中抽身。如果一直只顾怀恋过去，抛弃现在的一切，那就是一种自我放弃。
过去是生命中最重要的部分之一，但是未来亦同样重要，两者并不是对立的，而是相互依存的。你我不能舍弃过去，也不能放弃未来。
没有过去就没有现在和未来，没有未来就只剩过去的生命是不完整的。过去已经回不来了，不需要过分执着，只需要适时怀恋。
短篇美文摘抄6
一个人会因生命的.坎坷而不快、不安，甚至不甘。但从未言弃，就好像划破天际的流星，为满载星辉的日子勇往直前，让孤独常伴。于是我喜欢上了独坐窗前看日出日落，把孤独拥在怀中，在近似冰封的夜空中舔舐着葬花时的别样风情，再不去管天空云卷云舒。
犹然记得，夕阳与孤鹜齐飞的场景，只待夕阳无限好，而秋水却难长天一色。
夜幕降临，夜色驰骋在朗朗夜空，月儿爬天际，繁星照无眠。此刻，冰封的繁华似乎也找到一丝慰藉。
短篇美文摘抄7
我的世界你来过，不曾停留；你的世界我去过，却未能进入。有时候想，认识你之前我是谁？认识你之后我又是谁？这在旁人看来似乎是一个可笑的问题，可是对于我而言却是难以逃避。我只想好好的看清现在的自己。
毕竟我明白，纵使我万千的哀怨与思念你也不会来到我的身边，毕竟你不是菩萨，不会普度众生；即使我有一万个舍不得和不情愿也必须离开。
失去你我只不过失去了过去，但如果失去了自己，我将失去未来。唯一可以做的，便是在天之涯静静的看着你，不喜不悲。
短篇美文摘抄8
回首似水流年，内心莫名的宁静，也许是你我的心慢慢变老渐渐远离年轻。曾经，你我会为某件事情伤心欲绝，也会为某件事情欢心跳跃，你我会爱某个人爱到死去活来，你我也会恨某个人恨到不能自己，你我可以爱，你我可以恨，但你我不可以漫不经心。
然而，年华像风里的白桦叶一般被风弄得沙沙作响，可你我现在的心平静得就像溪水般缓缓流淌，原来谁都可以不用顾忌着谁，原来谁都可以忘记离合悲欢，谁都可以简单地生活。
短篇美文摘抄9
你我习惯了用一张哭泣的脸去面对一天的开始，却忘记了还可以用笑脸迎接每一天的光临。就像向日葵一样，每天最期待的就是太阳出来的时刻，因为终于可以追逐阳光，摆脱黑暗，终于可以享受温暖，驱赶寒冷。
当你我能够期待明天，笑着面对一天的开始时，就已经战胜了那个想要逃避生活的自己了。
新的一天开始了，你我就要用最灿烂的笑容来面对；一天结束的时候，你我就要沉下心来反省总结这一天自己的表现，给自己订下目标和计划，然后闭上眼睛期待明天的到来。
短篇美文摘抄10
看不见凄美的凋零，嗅不到忧郁的暗香，虽然有些眷恋，但是身边的风景，却把思绪牵引至眼前。走吧，散吧，消失吧，重现吧。就让岁月的风主宰吧！
不是一切都可以丢在风里，不是所有的都能在梦中演绎，生活的船即便是迷失航行，也在不断地前进。叶落有枝，花谢孕子，水过留痕，更替中的景色，将生命的轨迹娓娓道来！渐渐地，我懂了。
岁月的风，所到之处都是有梦的地方！梦，不仅仅是美好的回忆，也不仅仅是虚幻的畅想，梦，是创造奇迹的摇篮，是引领生命繁衍前行的航标！
