在学英语的过程中，阅读非常重要，多读，多看，多背一些文章，对于语感的`形成，内容的积累，都非常关键。以下是英语经典美文（精选30篇），欢迎阅读。
Passage 1.Woodpecker
There are many apple trees in a garden. They’re good friends. One day an old tree is ill. There are many pests in the tree. Leaves of the tree turn yellow. The old tree feels very sad and unwell. Another tree sends for a doctor for him. At first, they send for a pigeon, but she has no idea about it. Then they send for an oriole, and she can’t treat the old tree well. Then they send for a woodpecker. She is a good doctor. She pecks a hole in the tree and eats lots of pests. At last the old tree becomes better and better. Leaves turn green and green.
Passage 2.A Busy Day
Today is Sunday! On Sundays, I usually play the flute.My father usually reads the newspaper. My motherusuallycleansthe house. Buttoday my mother is in bed. She is ill. My father has to do the housework. Now, he is cleaning the house. “Sam, can you help me?” “Yes, Dad!” Now, we’re washing the car. Where’s my sister, Amy? She is playing my flute. What a lucky girl!
Passage 3.The dog and his reflection
One day a dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing a plank over a stream. As he walked along,helookedintowater,andhesawhis reflection. He thought this was another dog carrying
a piece of meat. And he felt he would like to have two pieces. So he snapped at the reflection in the water, and of course, as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat disappeared quickly.
Passage 4.An honest boy
Tony is seven years old. He is an honest and polite boy. One day, it was Sunday. Tony, his sister and his mother stayed at home. He was watching TV and his sister was reading books. His mother was washing clothes. Just then, his father came back with a bag
of pears. Tony likes pears very much and he wanted
to eat one. His mother gave him four and said, “Let’s sharethem.” “Whichpeardo youwant, Tony?” asked his mother. “The biggest one, mum.” “What?” said his mother, “You should be polite and want the smallest one.” “Should I tell a lie just to be polite, mum?”
Passage 5.A birthday party
Today is Susan’s birthday. She is nine years old. Her friends are in her home now. There is a birthday party in the evening. Look! Mary is listening to the music. And Tom is drinking orange juice. Jack and Sam are playing cards on the floor. Lily and Amy are watching TV. Someone is knocking at the door. It’s Henry. He brings a big teddy bear for Susan. The teddy bear is yellow. Susan is very happy. All the children are happy. They sing a birthday song for Susan.
Passage 6.The Farmer and the Snake
It was a cold winter day.A farmer found a snake on the ground. It was nearly dead by cold. The Farmer was a kind man. Hepicked up thesnake carefully and put it under the coat. Soon the snake Began to move and it raised its mouth and bit the farmer. “Oh, My god!” said the farmer, “I save your life, but you thank me in that way. You must die.” Then he killed the snake with a stick. At last he died, too.
Passage 7.Two Young Trees
Two young trees are standing on the top of the hill. Their names are Tim and Alan.
One day, it’s sunny and warm. Some birds are singing in the trees. The wind blows, and the trees are talking. “What do you want to be when you grow up?’’ asks Tim. “I’m not sure. I think I want to be a chair or a desk.” answers Alan, “Maybe I want to be
a toy box or a baseball bat. I like children.”“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asks Alan. “Me?” says Tim, “I just want to be a tree. I want to be
a house for birds and spiders. I want to have many apples. And when it’s sunny and hot, people and animals can stand under me.”
Passage 8.Hongkong is a nice place
Hong Kong is a nice place, especially in summer. JulyisahotmonthinHongKong.Butit’san excellent time for swimming. There is a beautiful beach at Repulse Bay (浅水湾). To get there, you can take a bus from Central. Lots of people go to the beach on Sundays and Saturdays. But if you go on a weekday, it is will be not so crowded.Visitors to Hongkong need passports. But people from many countries do not need visas. Hongkong is a nice place for holiday. There are many shops.
Passage 9.Water
Water is very important for living things. Without water, there must be no life on the earth. All the plants and animals need water to drink, to cook food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in farms, factories, offices, schools, families and many other places.
Water is found in seas, rivers and lakes. It can be found everywhere in the world, and it also can be found in the air.
Passage 10.Twins’ Bedroom
This is the twins’ bedroom. It is a nice room. The two beds look the same. This bed is Lily’s and that one is Lucy’s. The twins have one desk and two chairs. Their clock, books and pencil-boxes are on the desk. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs. Some nice flowers are on the desk. Some nice pictures are on the wall. Is there a kite? Yes, it’s under Lily’s bed. The bedroom is very nice.
Passage 11.Dogs
One of the animals that help people a lot is the dog. In some countries, dogs pull wagons. In the cold north, dogs pull sleds.
There are other ways that dogs help us, too. Policemen use them to look for missing people. Soldiers use them to carry letters and medicine .On farms, dogs take care of sheep and keep them in the fields. At night, they take the sheep home. Dogs help the blind with work. Some dogs are good and kind. Some dogs are good at another skill.
Passage 12.The Best Job
Betty is a lazy girl. She doesn’t study hard, and she doesn’t help her mother with the housework, either. “What are you going to be when you grow up, Betty?” Mother asks. “You’re too lazy. No job will ever fit you.” “But I know one,” says the girl, “I’m going to be Father Christmas,” “You want to be Father Christmas?” Mother is surprised, “But why?” “Because he works only one day in a whole year.”
Passage 13.A Clever Monkey
A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to takeithome.Butthepumpkinistoobig.The monkey can’t take it home.
Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him. He watches the bike. “l have a good idea. I can roll the pumpkin. It likes a wheel.”
So he rolls the pumpkin to his home. When his mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised and says, “How can you carry it home?” The little monkey answers proudly, “l can’t lift it, but l can roll it.” His mother smiles and says, “ What a clever boy!”
Passage14. What Are Stars Like?
Have you ever wondered about the stars? In some ways, stars are like people. They are born. They grow old. And they die. A star is born from dust and gas. Slowly the dust and gas make a ball. The ball gets very hot. Then it starts to give off light. The young star grows into a giant. Many years go by. The older star begins to get small again. At last its light goes out. The star’s life is over.
Passage 15.Radio and Television
Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more people listen to the radio.
The TV is more useful than the radio. On TV we can see and hear what is happening in the world. However, radio isn’t lost. It is still with us. And listeners are becoming more. That’sbecause a transistor radio isn’t lost. It is still with us. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or your bike when you go to work.
Passage 16.It’s cool behind you
It’stwoo’clockintheafternoon.Thesunis shinning and it’s very hot. Nancy has to meet her mother at the train station.
Now she’s walking in the street. There are no trees and she’s fat. So she feels very hot. But she doesn’t find a boy walking just behind her. And she meets a friend and says “hello” to him. “Who’s the boy behind you？” asks the man . Now she sees the boy. She is angry and asks, “Why are you walking behind me, boy?” “There’snoshadeinthestreet, you know.” answers the boy. “It’s cool behind you, I think.”
Passage 17.Father’s Hobby
My dad works from Monday to Friday in a bank. he uses the computer to count money. His job is very important in the bank.
Dad is also busy at home. At weekends he cooks dinner. Usually he cooks Italian food. On Sundays he makesfive pieces of pizza. Sometimes hecooks chicken and makes Chinese food. My mum watches and helps him. I help my dad, too. I wash the dishes.
Many people think it is strange for a man to cook. But my dad enjoys his hobby. Cooking relaxes him. He is a weekend cook.
Passage 18.I don’t think so
Jack is a good boy but he doesn’t like to use his head. He often says something withou thinking.It makes others unhappy.
Mr. Black teaches math in a school. He’s old now and he likes children.On the Friday Mr. Black doesn’t go to work, because he’s ill in a hospital. And Jack’s mother will see him after dinner. “I want to be there with you.” says Jack. “You’re a rude boy. I can’t take you there.’’ says his mother. “Don’t worry, mum. I won’t do that again. Please believe me. ” says Jack. In the hospital, Jack says nothing at first. When they’re leaving , he says to Mr. Black, “You look fine. The doctor says you’re going to die, but I don’t think so. ”
Passage 19.Seven days in a week
There are about fifty-two weeks in a year. And there are seven days in each week. The first day of a week is Sunday. The other days of a week between SundayandSaturdayare Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Monday is the second day, Tuesday is the third day, Wednesday is the fourth day, Thursday is the fifth day, and Friday is the sixth day. What’s the last day? Do you know?
Passage 20.My special Friend
I have a friend in the U.S. His name is Don Adams. I know him very well, but I have never met him. We write to each other all the time. My letters are very short. It is still hard for me to write in English. I received a letter from Don yesterday. It makes me very happy. He is coming to my country for a visit next summer. We are going to see each other for the first time.
Passage 21.A Day in My Life
My family lives on this street. In the morning, my father goes to work and all the children go to school. My mother takes us to school everyday. She does the housework. She always has her lunch at home, and sees her friends in the afternoon. In the evening all the children come home from school. They always get home early. My father goes home from work and he is often late. After supper my two brothers and I do our homework. We go to bed at ten.
Passage 22. The Sea
What do know about the sea? Some people have seen it but others haven’t. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very tough when there is a strong wind. What other things do you know about it? Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land. If you have swum in the sea, you know that the sea is salty. Rivers carry salt from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are saltier than the other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? It is so salty that you can’t sink when you are in the water! And fish cannot live in it!
Passage 23.A Good Young Pioneer
Li Hua is a Yong Pioneer. He is going to the park. Now he is waiting for a bus. Suddenly he finds a watchon theground.He askssome people, “Whose watch is it?” But the watch isn’t theirs. So he gives the watch to a policeman.
Now Li Hua gets on the bus. He is sitting near the window. An old woman gets on the bus. She has no seat. So he stands up and says, “Here is a seat for you, Granny. Please sit here”
Passage 24.Sea horse
There are all kinds of horses in the world. But one of them you can’t ride. It doesn’t live on land, but in the sea. It looks like the head of horse. So the people call it sea horse. In fact, the sea horse is a small fish. It likes to live in warm water. A sea horse stands up in the water when it swims.
Father horse carries the eggs to keep them safe in its pouch. Whenthe eggsare hatched, the baby horses swim away.
Passage 25.A Cat and a Bird
There are three trees near the house. There is a big tree, and two small trees.
In the big tree there is a bird. Can the bird sing? Yes, it can. What’s under the big tree? It’s a cat.
“I want some food,” thinks the cat. “Bird, my good friend, Come here! It’s time to play games” says the cat.
“No today, thank you!” says the bird, “You can’t catch me! Goodbye!” Look! The bird is flying!
Passage 26.A Flying Fox
A flying fox is not a fox at all. It is a bat. But this bat looks like a fox. A flying fox is very big. It likes to eat fruit. Sometimes the flying fox is called fruit bat.
The flying fox flies into fruit trees. Then the bat eats all the fruit. So fruit farmers do not like the flying fox.
Passage 27.Flying Birds
Birds don’t fly high up in the sky. The air is too thin.
It is hard for birds to breathe in thin air. Thin air doesn’t hold them up.
Birds fly near the ground so that they can see where they are. The birds look for places they know. Then they do not get lost. Some birds fly so low over the ocean that the waves often hide them. Many birds fly a long distance in the spring and autumn.
Passage 28.Air
Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face, close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.
Passage 29.Clocks
There are many clocks in the Brown’s house. They are in different rooms.A big clock stands in a corner of the sitting room. It is a very, very old clock, but it still keeps good time. Mr. Brown winds it once a week.
Passage 30. Swimming
Swimming is a good sport. It’s popular. People like swimming because the water makes people feel cool. But if they swim in a wrong place, it is very dangerous. These years, some people died when they were enjoying themselves in water and most of them were students. Summer holiday will be there again. I want to give you some advice. First, don’t get into the water when you are alone. Second, don’t get into the water if there is a No swimming sign. Third, you should be careful in the water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and it’s good for your health.
1、 "一份不渝的友谊，执着千万个祝福，给我想念的朋友，温馨的问候。For our ever-lasting friendship, send sincere blessings and warmgreetings to my friends whom I miss so much."
2、 Never quit because something went wrong; Quit because you tried your hardest and nothing made it better.不要因为有了难题就马上放弃；一定要竭尽全力，如果这样还不行，才可以选择放弃。
3、 You can go as far as you want to go.心有多远，你就能走多远。
4、 Acting as if nothing borne in mind is the best revenge.It's all for myself to live better.若无其事，原来是最好的报复。生活得更好，是为了自己。
5、 Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is.信仰就是不想知道真相是什么。
6、 "Byron: I am never away from you. Even now, I shall not leave you. In another land, I shall be still that one who loves you, loves you beyond measure beyond measure.拜伦：我从未离开过你。即使现在，我也不会离开你。在另一个世界，我依旧是爱的那个人。爱你，无穷无尽，天长地久。"
7、 "We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. Andthen begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to loveor how long it will be. Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will comeout, but this kind of waiting is the love itself. 在自己面前，应该一直留有一个地方，独自留在那里。然后去爱。不知道是什么，不知道是谁，不知道如何去爱，也不知道可以爱多久。只是等待一次爱情，也许永远都没有人。可是，这种等待，就是爱情本身。"
8、 如果活着，是上帝赋予我最大的使命，那么活者有你，将会是上帝赋予我使命的恩赐……If living on the earth is a mission from the lord… living with you is the award of the lord…
9、 "I love you, love can not my world without you.我爱你，爱到我的世界不能没有你。"
10、 "east,west,home is the best!金窝窝，银窝窝，不如自己的狗窝窝；家是最好的。"
11、 Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。
12、 "Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one's hand. It’s about having each tiny wish come true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having someone's love when you need love. 幸福，不是长生不老，不是大鱼大肉，不是权倾朝野。幸福是每一个微小的生活愿望达成。当你想吃的时候有得吃，想被爱的时候有人来爱你。"
13、 Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。
14、 Because the things you're scared of are usually the most worthwhile. 每天都尝试去一件你害怕的`事情，因为，你所害怕的事情，往往是最值得的。
15、 "如果只是遇见，不能停留，不如不遇见。If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then I wish we had never encountered."
16、 "I can't promise that things will be perfect, But I swear I'll never leave. 我无法承诺一切会有多么完美，但是我答应你我永远不会离开。"
17、 "Fireworks rain lane, whose kite is broken line, who really injured.烟花雨巷，谁的风筝断了线，谁的真心受了伤。"
18、 Can you imagine how much he paid for that car?你能想象他买那车花了多少钱吗？
19、 Everything that happens in life is neither good nor bad. It just depends on your perspective. 生活中的事，不是好事就是坏事。好事还是坏事，都取决于你看事情的角度。
20、 Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.宁愿做事不完美，总比完美地不做事要好。
21、 "When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called for by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.当失去心爱的人时，我们抛洒悲苦的眼泪，那是因为我们想起了过去没有好好地深爱他们。"
22、 The shortest answer is doing.
23、 In love folly is always sweet. 恋爱中，干傻事总是让人感到十分美妙。
24、 How was your weekend? 你周末过得怎么样？
25、 I miss you so much already and I haven’t even left yet!尽管还不曾离开，我已对你朝思暮想！
26、 It involves a lot of hard work. 那需要很多的辛勤工作。
27、 "To be a happy man, reading, travel, hard work, care for the body and mind.做一个幸福的人，读书，旅行，努力工作，关心身体和心情。"
28、 Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了，不等于你对了。
29、 Thank you for being my friend and being around.感谢你作我的朋友并且在我身旁。
30、 我要幸福的昏倒了！I am too happy to stand faint!
31、 "Take some time, always see something. With some things, always see some people. ——花一些时间，总会看清一些事。用一些事情，总会看清一些人。"
32、 "Take a risk. If the outcome isn’t what you expected, at least you can say you tried. 冒险一试，就算结果不是你所期望的，至少你可以说你已经试过了。"
33、 "God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地。"
34、 "Don't waste your time looking back on what you've lost. Move on, for life is not meant to be traveled backwards——别把时间浪费在回首你已经失去的东西上，向前看吧，因为时光本就不会倒流。"
35、 Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect. 不要去等待完美的时刻，把握好现在，让此刻变完美。
36、 "Never mistake silence for ignorance, calmness for acceptance, or kindness for weakness.永远别把沉默当成无知，把冷静当成接受，把仁慈当成软弱。"
37、 Memories can be painful. To forget may be a blessing. 记忆是痛苦的根源，忘记也是一种福气。
38、 "Accept what was and what is, and you’ll have more positive energy to pursue what will be. 接受过去和现在的模样，才会有能量去追寻自己的未来。"
39、 "No matter how good or bad you think life is, wake up each day and be thankful for life. Someone somewhere else is fighting to survive.不论生活是多么的好或者多么的坏，每天醒来都应感恩生活。在别处还有人为了活着而奋斗呢！"
40、 "If you are passionate about something, pursue it, no matter what anyone else thinks. That's how dreams are achieved。——若是你想要什么，那就勇敢地去追求，不要管别人是怎么想的，因为这就是实现梦想的方式。"
41、 "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. 愿望是美好的，也许是人间至善，而美好的事物永不消逝。"
42、 Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.生活是一门没有橡皮擦的绘画艺术。
43、 Never give up your dreams. Miracles happen everyday. 不要放弃梦想，奇迹每天都在上演。
44、 Don't worry about what others doing better than you. Concentrate on beating your own records every day. Success is a battle between YOU and YOURSELF only与其担心别人做得比你好，不如关注自己怎样才能一天天做得更好。成功是一场和自己的比赛。
45、 "Good relationships don't just happen. They take time, patience and two people who truly want to be together—一段好的恋情不是偶然，它需要时间，耐心，和两个真正想在一起的人。"
46、 "Love life, live the life you love.只有爱生活，才会过你爱的生活。"
47、 "You have come this far, don’t give up now.你已至此，不要放弃。"
48、 "Whatever you do,remember that you do it for yourself,then you will not complain. 无论做什么，记得是为自己而做，那就毫无怨言。"
49、 Never live in the past but always learn from it. 我们不要沉迷于过去，而是要从中吸取教训。
50、 "A genuine smile from within shows on the outside: you smile with your eyes and mouth. When you smile on the inside, people are more receptive when you approach them.——人真正的微笑是从内到外散发出来的：你的眼睛和嘴都在笑。当你微笑的时候，要发自内心，这样人们才更能接受你。"
引导语：英语写作在英语考试中占很大的分值，因此，想要写好英语作文，不妨日常积累一些优美的英语段落，下面为大家分享一些经典英语优美段落。
经典英语优美段落
关于真实的梦境
Our dreams, they feel real while we're in them, right? It's only when we wake up that we realize how things are actually strange. Let me ask you a question, you, you never really remember the beginning of a dream do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on。
我们做梦的时候，梦境是真实的，对不对?只有到醒来的时候才会意识到事情不对劲儿。我问你，你从来都不记得梦从何而起是不是?你总是直接插入到梦中所发生的一切。
关于造梦的原型
Never recreate places from your memory. Always imagine new places!
不要根据记忆重塑梦境。统统想像出全新的场景。
关于盗梦
What's the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules. Which is why I have to steal it。
最具有可塑性的寄生生物是什么?是人的想法。人类一个简单的念头可以创造城市。一个念头可以改变世界重写一切游戏规则。这就是为什么我要从梦中把它盗取出来。
关于生命的悔恨
The moment's passed. Whatever I do I can't change this moment. I'm about to call out to them. They run away. If I'm ever going to see their faces I've gotta get back home. The real world。
那个时刻我没有把握住。无论我做什么我都不能挽回。我想要呼唤他们，他们却恰好跑开了。如果我再见到他们的脸庞，我就只能回家去。回到真实的世界。
关于爱
You're waiting for a train, a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't be sure. But it doesn't matter - because we'll be together。
你等着一辆火车，它会把你带到远方。你明白自己希望火车把你带到哪儿，不过你也心存犹豫。但这一切都没有关系——因为我们在一起。
关于放手
I can't stay with her anymore because she doesn't exist. I wish. I wish more than anything. But I can't imagine you with all your complexity, all you perfection, all your imperfection. Look at you. You are just a shade of my real wife. You're the best I can do; but I'm sorry, you are just not good enough。
她不是真实存在的，我不能和她呆在一起。我也想，我比什么都想，但我想像不出你的复杂情绪、你的种种完美和不完美。看看吧，你只是我妻子的一个影子。你只是我竭尽全力能创造出来的而已，但是很遗憾，你远远比不上真实的她。
优美而经典的句子
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。
A Troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.世界上的一队小小的'漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。
It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
