英語朗誦美文短文
經典美文可以陶冶情操,豐富想象,還可以培養學生對語言文字的興趣,有益於培養他們的英語素養。小編整理了英語美文短文，歡迎閱讀!
英語美文短文篇一
On Friendship
論友誼
Friendship means being friendly to one other
友誼意味著彼此友好相處
or making friends with one another.
或與他人交朋友。
Human beings are social animals. They do not live in isolation.
人類是一種社會動物，他們不能孤立存在。
They need each other both physically and emotionally.
他們在生理上和感情上都彼此需要。
However,some people distort friendship
然而，有人曲解友誼
by forming small groups that are harmful to others,
組成小團體對付他人
or even to the whole community.
甚至於危害整個社會。
In the university some students from the same city or province
大學裡，來自同一座城市或同一省份的一些學生
form an association to help each other.
組成一個團體，彼此互相幫助。
But such associa- tions often exclude students from other parts of the country
但這樣的團體往往排除了其他地區的學生，
and thus do not promote friendship in a broad sense.
從廣義上講這不能促進友誼。
True and lasting friendship is based on a more solid foundation.
真正持久的友誼是以更為牢固的根基為基礎的。
Real friends share the same ideal.
真正的朋友擁有共同的信念。
While marching toward their common objective,they help each other.
當他們向共同的目標邁進時，彼此互相幫助。
If one makes a mistake,his friend will not hesitate to point it out of him,
若有一個人犯了錯，他的朋友會毫不猶豫地為他指出來，
because he knows the frank criticism will help him.
因為他知道真誠的批評會對他有益。
What we need is this type of genuine friendship.
我們需要的就是真正的友誼。
英語美文短文篇二
The Princess on the Pea
豌豆公主
There was once a prince.
從前有位王子。
He wanted a princess but it had to be a true princess!
他想娶一位公主，不過非得是一位真正的公主!
So he journeyed all around the world to find one,
於是他走遍天下尋找，
but no matter where he went,something was wrong.
可是無論走到哪兒，都是陰差陽錯。
There was plenty of princesses,
公主有許多許多，
but whether or not they were true princesses he couldn't find out.
是不是真正的公主呢，他就弄不清楚了。
There was always something that wasn't quite right.
總有一些不如意之處。
So he came home again and was very sad,
因此他回到家裡，非常傷心，
for he wanted a true princess very much.
因為他朝思暮想的是一位真正的公主。
One evening there was a terrible storm.
一天晚上下了一場可怕的暴風雨。
The lightning flashed,the thunder boomed,and the rain poured down!
電閃雷鳴，傾盆大雨直瀉而下!
It was really frightful!Then somebody knocked at the city gate,
真是太可怕了!這時有人敲響了城門，
and the old king went out to open it.
老國王出去開門。
A princess was standing outside, but heavens,
一位公主站在外面，可是天哪，
how she looked from the rain and bad weather!
從如此惡劣的風雨中看去，她一幅狼狽!
Water poured off her hair and clothes
雨水從頭髮和衣服上直往下流，
and ran in at the toe of her shoe and out at the heel,
淌入鞋尖後後又從鞋跟流出來，
but she said she was a true princess!
可她說自己是一位真正的公主。
"Well,we'll soon find out!"thought the old queen,
"好吧，我們一會兒就見分曉了!"老王后心裡這樣想，
but she didn't say anything.
可是她一聲不響。
She went into the bedroom,took off all the bedding,
她走進臥室，搬開所有的鋪蓋，
and put a pea on the bottom of the bed.
在床底放了一粒豌豆。
Then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on top of the pea
然後她取出二十條床墊鋪在豌豆上，
and then put twenty eiderdown quilts on top of the mattresses.
再往床上鋪上二十條羽絨被。
There the princess was to sleep that night.
當晚公主就得睡在這裡
In the morning they asked her how she had slept.
第二天早上他們問她睡得好嗎。
"Oh,just miserably!" said the princess."I've hardly closed my eyes all night!
"唉，太難受了!"公主說，"我幾乎通宵沒閤眼!
Heaven knows what was in my bed!
天知道床上有什麼東西!
I've been lying on something so hard that I'm black and blue all over!
我躺在很堅硬的東西上面，所以全身到處發青發紫!
It's simply dreadful Then they could tell that this was a true princess,
簡直太嚇人了!"這時我們就能確信這是一位真正的公主了，
because through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eiderdown quilts
因為隔著二十條床墊和二十條羽絨被
she had felt the pea
她還是感覺到了豌豆。
Only a true princess could have such delicate skin.
只有一位真正的公主才會有如此嬌嫩的肌膚。
So the prince took her for his wife,for now he knew that he had a true princess,
於是王子娶她為妻，因為他已經知道有一位真正的公主，
and the pea was put into the museum,
而那顆豌豆被放入了博物館，
where it can still be seen,if no one has taken it!
要是無人拿走的話，還能看見呢!
英語美文短文篇三
Johnson and the Smell of Soup
約翰遜和湯的味道
One day,a poor man who had only one piece of bread to eat
一天，一個窮人手裡拿著一塊蛋糕，
was walking past a restaurant.
經過飯店。
There was a large pot soup on the table.
飯店的桌子上有一口大鍋，
The poor man held his bread over the soup,
於是他拿起蛋糕懸在湯的上面，
so the steam from the soup went into the bread,and gave it a good smell.
讓湯的蒸汽進入麵包，從而得到一個香饃。
Then he ate the bread.
然後他吃得津津有味。
The restaurant owner was very angry at this,
飯店老闆看到這很憤怒要這個窮人為湯的蒸汽付錢，
and he asked the man for money,in exchange for the steam from the soup.
要這個窮人為湯的蒸汽付錢。
The poor man had no money,
因為這個窮人身無分，
so the restaurant owner took him to Johnson,who was a judge at that time.
所以老闆將帶到法官約翰遜面前。
Johnson thought about the case for a little while.
約翰遜想了一會兒，
Then he took some money from his pocket.
然後他從口袋裡拿出一些錢。
He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear,and shook them,
他把銅板放在飯店老闆的耳旁，然後搖動它們，
so that they made a jingling noise."What was that?"asked the restaurant owner.
使它們發出丁丁當當的聲音。"那是什麼?"飯店老闆問。
"That was payment for you,"answered Johnson.
那是付給你的錢。"約翰遜回答道。
"What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!"
"你是什麼意思?那隻不過是銅板的聲音!"
protested the restaurant owner.
飯店老闆抗議道。
"The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup,"
"銅板的聲音用來支付湯的味道，"
answered Johnson."Now go back to your restaurant."
約翰遜回答道，"現在你可以回飯店了。"