適合高一英語文章閱讀

　　隨著社會的不斷髮展，英語閱讀不僅出現在各類考試當中，而且也日益成為人們獲取資訊的主要渠道之一。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

　　篇一

　　Follow your dream

　　There was a young man,born in a poor family.As a result,the boy's high school career wascontinually interrupted.Once he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up .

　　That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.He wrote about his dream in great detailand he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch.Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot housethat would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

　　He put a great deal of his heart into the projectAnd the next day he handed it in to his teacher.Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F with a note that read,"See me after class."

　　The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after classand asked,"Why did I receive an F?"

　　The teacher said,"this is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.You have no money.you have no resources from your family.There's no way you could ever do it."Then the 1.teacher added,"if you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,I will reconsider your grade."

　　The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.He ask his father what he should do.His father said,"look,son,you have to make up your own mind on this.However,I think it is a very important decision for you."

　　Finally,after sitting with it for a week,the boy turned in the same page,Making no changes at all.hestated,"you can keep the F and I'll keep my dream."

　　Recollecting the story,My friend Monty and I are now sitting in his 4000-square-foot house

　　in the middle of a 200-acre house ranch.Two summers agothat same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch.When the teacher was leaving,hesaid,"lookMonty,I can tell you this now.When I was your teacher,I was something of a dream stealer.During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams.Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours."

　　Don't let anyone steal you dream.follow you heart,no matter what.

　　篇二

　　The Farmer's Donkey

　　One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well.The animal cried piteouslyfor hours as the farmer tried to figured out what to do.Finally,he decided the animal was too old and the well needed to covered up anyway;so it just was't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.Realizing what was happening,the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then,a few shovel-fullslater,hequiteted down completely.The farmer peered down into the well,and was astounded by what he saw.With every shovel-full of dirt that hit his back,the donkey would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal,he would shake it off and take a step up.Prettysoon,the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off,to the shock and astonishment of everyone. Life is going to shovel dirt on you,all kinds of dirt.The trick to getting out of the well is to stop wailing,and not let the dirt bury you,but to shake it off and take a step up.Each one of our troubles is a stepping-stone.We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stoping,never giving up!Shake it off and take a step up.2. The Farmer's Donkey

　　One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well.The animal cried piteouslyfor hours as the farmer tried to figured out what to do.Finally,he decided the animal was too old and the well needed to covered up anyway;so it just was't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.

　　He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.Realizing what was happening,the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly.

　　Then,a few shovel-fullslater,hequiteted down completely.The farmer peered down into the well,and was astounded by what he saw.With every shovel-full of dirt that hit his back,the donkey would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt.

　　As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal,he would shake it off and take a step up.Prettysoon,the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off,to the shock and astonishment of everyone.

　　Life is going to shovel dirt on you,all kinds of dirt.The trick to getting out of the well is to stop wailing,and not let the dirt bury you,but to shake it off and take a step up.Each one of our troubles is a stepping-stone.We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stoping,never giving up!Shake it off and take a step up.

　　篇三

　　Adrift

　　In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was floating in a life raft, alone. When three fishermen found him seventy-six days later ***the longest anyone has survived a shipwreck on a life raft alone***, he was still alive.

　　His account of how he survived is fascinating. But the thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no point in continuing the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his life raft was punctured and after more than a week struggling with his weak body to fix it, it was still leaking air. Giving up would have seemed the only sane option.

　　When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in similarly desperate circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the guts to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.

　　"I tell myself I can handle it," wrote Callahan in his narrative."Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, building up fortitude..."

　　I wrote that down after I read it. It struck me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far off or when my problems seemed too overwhelming. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my senses.

　　The truth is our circumstances are only bad compared to something better. But others have been through much worse. I’ve read enough history to know you and I are lucky to be where we are, when we are, no matter how bad it seems to us compared to our fantasies. It’s a sane thought and worth thinking.

　　So whatever you’re going through, tell yourself you can handle it. Compared to what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over, and it will help you get through the rough spots with a little more fortitude.