英語朗讀的文章
朗讀是語言學習入門階段的必要活動。在第二語言學習中,朗讀不僅在入門階段,而且在整個二語教學過程中,都應占有重要的地位。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!
1
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.
Send this phrase to the people you'll never forget. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them
Take the time to live.
2
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no other recourse than to pray to God。
一艘客輪在海上遇到暴風雨而翻覆，只有兩個人游泳到一個荒涼的小島上。在無計可施的情況下，這兩個人都認為只有向上帝禱告是唯一之道。
However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island。
但是為了看誰的禱告比較有效，他們協議把小島分成兩半，每人各居一處。
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man's parcel of land remained barren。
他們祈禱的第一件事就是食物，第二天早上，第一個人看到一棵結實累累的果樹長在他這一邊的土地上，現在他就有果子可以吃了。而另外一個人的土地上依舊一片荒蕪。
After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing。
一個星期以後，第一個人感到很孤單寂寞，所以他決定祈求能有一個妻子。第二天，又有一艘船失事了，唯一倖存的女人游泳到他這一邊的島上來。而另一邊的島上則什麼也沒有。
Soon thereafter the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing。
不久，第一個人又祈求得到一間房子、衣服和更多的食物。隔天，他所祈求的東西就像變魔術一樣全都出現了，而另一個人還是什麼都沒有。
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship docked at his side of the island。
最後，第一個人祈求能有一艘船，讓他跟他的妻子可以離開小島。早上醒來，他看到一艘船就停泊在他這裡的岸邊。
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings since none of his prayers had been answered。
第一個人和他太太上了船，他決定把第二個人留在那個小島上。他認為另一個人不值得得到上帝的恩賜，因為他的祈禱一個也沒應驗。
As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
正當船要離開的時候，第一個人聽到天上傳來轟隆的聲音說：“為什麼你把你的同伴留在島上?”
"My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he doesn’t deserve anything."
第一個人回答說：“上帝的賜予都歸我獨享，因為是我祈求而來的。他的祈禱全都沒應驗，所以他不配得到任何東西。”
"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."
“你錯了!”那個聲音責備他說：“我應允了他唯一的一個祈求，若非如此，你根本得不到我任何的賜予。”
"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"
“告訴我。”第一個人問那個聲音說：“他到底祈求什麼，使我對他有所虧欠?”
"He prayed that all your prayers would be answered."
“他祈禱讓你的祈求都能應驗。”
3
the day started out rotten. she overslept and was late for work. everything that happened at the office contributed to her nervous frenzy. by the time she reached the bus stop for her homeward trip, her stomach was one big knot.
as usual, the bus was late – and jammed. she had to stand in the aisle. as the lurching vehicle pulled her in all directions, her gloom deepened.
then she heard a voice from up front boom, "beautiful day, isn‘t it?" because of the crowd, she could not see the man, but she heard him as he continued to comment on the spring scenery, calling attention to each approaching landmark. this church. that park. this cemetery. that firehouse. soon all the passengers were gazing out the windows. the man‘s enthusiasm was so contagious she found herself smiling for the first time that day.
they reached her stop. maneuvering toward the door, she got a look at their "guide": an older gentleman with a beard, wearing dark glasses and carrying a thin, white cane.