關於經典英文美文欣賞

　　經典美文的閱讀教學不僅能提高學生的文學、文化、語言表達水平,同時還能豐富學生的精神世界。下面是小編帶來的經典英文美文欣賞，歡迎閱讀!

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　　宗教在當今社會的尷尬地位

　　"I'm spiritual but I'm not religious" is now a commonplace among people in Britain, the majority of whose population live their lives without reference to organised religion. In my role as an Anglican priest, I meet significant numbers of people who are on the cusp of leaving the church or on the cusp of wondering whether there's anything in it - people who are very unsure about the role faith or religious practice should or does have in contemporary society. I met a woman recently who works in the NHS who said that she found it a lot easier to say to work colleagues that she was gay than a Christian, as it was hard to be associated with the church in this generation.

　　“我有精神信仰，但我不信宗教”，這是英國民眾當下的口頭禪，大部分英國民眾都不參加有組織的宗教活動。作為英國國教牧師，我遇到過相當一部分英國民眾正遊離於遠離教會的邊緣或正在思考宗教到底有些什麼內容 -- 他們懷疑宗教活動或者宗教信仰在當代社會到底有什麼作用，或者應該起一個什麼樣的作用。我最近碰到個在NHS工作的女性，她說與其跟同事說自己信教，還不如說自己是個同性戀來的好理解，因為這一代人很難跟教會產生共鳴。

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　　希望—西方文明的基石

　　More recent and disturbing history will be reviewed this week by a court in Oslo. While Anders Behring Breivik will present his own warped view of reality, victims and bereaved families will confront again the terror of what actually happened. To resist simple vengeance, pursue justice and to relive the pain is a brave thing to do and shows in the words of the commentator Libby Purves that "the default setting of Western civilisation is not hatred or fear but hope".Perhaps, part of that default setting of hope stems from our Judaeo-Christian history. The last steel ingot from the Consett steelworks was made into a cross and is kept at a local Roman Catholic Church. It represents for me the pain of the past but also hope for the future.It is tempting to despair for the future of the world, in a time of financial insecurity and mindless terrorism. Yet history does remind me that human communities of justice and love still triumph.

　　這周奧斯陸法庭將會翻開最近一段紛擾的歷史。儘管Anders Behring Breivik會繼續歪曲事實，受害者和受害者家庭將為還原真實恐怖事件而戰。不為復仇，只想討回公道而自揭傷疤，這種行為是勇敢的，用評論員Libby Purves的話來說，“西方文明的本質不是仇恨或恐懼，而是希望。”可能，這種希望的本質部分來源於猶太-基督歷史。Consett鋼鐵廠最後一塊鋼錠做成了一個十字架，現存於當地的一家羅馬天主教堂裡。對我來講，這代表了過去的傷痛和對未來的希望。當遭遇財務危機或者無端恐怖事件時，人們很容易會對這世界的未來失望。但是，歷史告訴我們，公道和愛終將勝利。

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　　愛的哲理

　　Love Philosophy

　　愛的哲理

　　The fountains mingle with the river; And the rivers with the ocean,

　　泉水流入江河江河與海洋匯聚，

　　The winds of heaven mix forever with a sweet emotion;

　　空中的清風彼此吹拂滿懷著柔情蜜意。

　　Nothing in the world is single. All things by a law divine

　　世上萬物都不會形單影隻，而是遵循著一條神聖規律

　　In one another's being mingle. Why not I with you?

　　將彼此的生命連在一起為什麼你我生命不能如此?

　　See the mountains kiss high heaven. And the waves clasp one another;

　　看!山峰親吻著天空，海浪也相互偎依，

　　No sister-flower would be forgiven. If it disdained its brother:

　　姐妹花將得不到諒解如果她瞧不起她的兄弟

　　And the sunlight clasp the earth. And the moonbeams kiss the sea

　　陽光擁抱大地，月華與海浪親暱

　　What are all these kissings worth? If you kiss not me?

　　如果你不吻我，這一切又有什麼意義?

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　　別把財富妖魔化

　　The trouble about money is that it is often linked to power. Money well used can do greatthings which benefit many people, anything from funding the arts to bringing food and waterto a starving nation. It has great pragmatic possibilities. But there is another power which hasto do with the presumption that enough money should buy influence and assure control tothe benefit of those who are wealthy.As a Christian I could never demonise money. Jesusmentions it in half his parables. He relies on charitable giving especially from women, and he'sclearly at ease in the company of affluent people. There is nothing in the Jewish-Christiantradition or in any great world religion to my knowledge which says that money is intrinsicallybad. Nor can it be claimed that moral questions only rise when we consider the unhealthyaddiction some people have to accumulating wealth.The primary moral issue is whether indealing with wealth, we become less concerned about the good things our money can do, andmore convinced of the presumed synonym that money equals power.

　　金錢經常與能力掛鉤。錢使好了，可使很多人受益，譬如資助藝術，給饑荒國家提供食水等等，總之很具實用性。但錢還有另外一種能力，錢能帶來影響力，可以保證富裕階層的既得利益。作為一個基督徒，我從不把錢妖魔化。耶穌在他泰半的寓言故事中都提到了錢。他依靠別人，尤其女人的慈善捐助度日，而且很明顯，他跟富人相處很自在。在猶太基督，或者世界上任何其他主流宗教傳統中都沒有說過錢不好。而且我們也不能說，聚富成癮的人就一定會產生什麼道德上的問題。其實關鍵問題是，面對金錢時，我們是否變得不再想著錢能做的好事，卻越來越相信金錢就等於權力。