一生必讀的英文經典美文
優美的文字於細微處傳達出美感,並浸潤著學生的心靈。通過英語美文,學生不僅能夠感受語言之美,領悟語言之用,還能產生學習語言的興趣。小編精心收集了，供大家欣賞學習!
篇1
拿破崙致約瑟夫
I have your letter, my adorable love. It has filled my heart with joy ...Since I left you I have been sad all the time. My only happiness is near you.I go over endlessly in my thought of your kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy.The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living, blazing fire in my heart andsenses.When shall I be able to pass every minute near you,with nothing to do but to love you and nothing to think of but the pleasure of telling you of it and giving you proof of it?
I loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better.Ever since I have known you I adore you more every day.That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere “love comes all of asudden.”Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, less graceful, less tender, less good.But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind ...they set my very blood on fire.Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours,a single fancythat is not submissive to your will. Rest well. Restore your health.Come back to me and then at any rate before we die we ought to be able to say:“We were happy for so very many days!” Millions of kisses even to your dog.
我收到了你的信，我崇拜的心上人。你的信使我充滿了歡樂...自從與你分手以後，我一直悶悶不樂，愁眉不展。我惟一的幸福就是伴隨著你。你的吻給了我無限的遐思和回昧，還有你的淚水和甜蜜的嫉妒。我迷人的約瑟芬的魅力就像一團 熾熱的火在心裡燃燒。什麼時候我才能在你身旁度過每分每秒，除了愛你什麼也不需要做;除了向你傾訴我對你的愛並向你證明愛的那種愉怏，什麼也不用想了?
我不敢相信不久之前愛你，自那以後我感到對你的愛更增加了一千倍。自從我與你相識，我一天比一天更崇拜你。這正好證明了拉布呂耶爾所說 的"愛，突如其來”多麼不切合實際。啊，讓我看看你的一些美中不足吧。再少幾分甜美，再少幾分優雅，再少幾分溫柔嫵媚，再少幾分姣好吧;但決不要嫉妒，決不要流淚。你的眼淚使我神魂顛倒，你的眼淚使我熱血沸騰。相信我，我每時每刻無不在想你，不想你是絕不可能的。沒有一絲意念能夠不順著你的意願。好好休息，早曰康復。回到我的身邊，不管怎麼說,在我們謝世之前，我們應當能說我們曾經有多少個幸福的曰子啊廣千百萬次吻，甚至吻你的愛犬。
篇2
論領導
What is leadership? Its qualities are difficult to define.But they are not so difficult to identify.
Leaders don’t force other people to go along with them.They bring them along. Leaders get commitment fromothers by giving it themselves,by building an environment that encourages creativity, and by operating with honesty and fairness.
Leaders demand much of others, but also give much of themselves.They are ambitious - not only for themselves, but also for those who work with them.They seek to attract, retain and develop other people to their full abilities.
Good leaders aren’t “lone rangers”.They recognize that an organization’s strategies for success require the combined talents and efforts of many people.Leadership is the catalyst for transforming those talents into results.
Leaders know that when there are two opinions on an issue, one is not bound to be wrong.They recognize that hustle and rush are the allies of superficiality.They are open to new ideas, but they explore their ramifications thoroughly.
Successful leaders are emotionally and intellectually oriented to the future - not wedded to the past.Theyhave a hunger to take responsibility, to innovate, and to initiate.They are not content with merely takingcare of what’s already there.They want to move forward to create something new.
Leaders provide answers as well as direction, offer strenght as well as dedication,and speak from experience as well as understanding of the problems they face and the people they work with.
Leaders are flexible rather than dogmatic. They believe in unity rather than conformity.And they strive toachieve consensus out of conflict.
Leadership is all about getting people consistently to give their best,helping them to grow to their fullest potential, and motivating them to work toward a common good.Leaders make the right things happen when they’re supposed to.
A good leader, an effective leader, is one who has respect.Respect is something you have to have in order to get.A leader who has respect for other people at all levels of an organization, for the work they do,and for their abilities, aspirations and needs, will find that respect is returned.And all concerned will bemotivated to work together.
什麼是領導?領導所應具備的品質很難精確界定。但是辨認指陳卻並不困難。
領導者不會強制他人與自己保持協調一致。而是引導他們跟進。領導者要讓別人承擔義務，首先自己去承擔，並創設一種能夠鼓勵創造的環境，為人處事誠懇而公正。
領導者對別人要求甚多，同時給予別人也很多。他們擁有 雄心壯志——不僅為自己，也為和他一起工作的人。他們想方 設法吸引人才，留住他們，力求人盡其才。
好的領導者不是“獨行俠"。他們認識到一個組織要獲取成功，其方針在於將許多人的才能和力量聯結起來。領導藝術 是一種催化劑，將眾人的才智轉化為業績。
領導者明白，在爭論的問題上出現兩種意見的時候，並非必然有一種是錯誤的。他們認識到匆忙草率就會導致膚淺片面。他們對新的設想或建議敞幵心胸，但是對於其細節和後果要做 精細的探討。
成功的領導者無論是在情感上還是理智上都著眼子未來而不沉迷於過去。他們渴望肩負責任、銳意改革和積極開拓。他們不會滿足於僅僅守成。他們要向前進取，要創造新事物。
領導者不但給予他人方向性指導，也對問題和要求提供具體解答，不僅示以獻身的精神，而且給予行事的力量。
他們說話既根據以往的經驗。也根據對問題的認識以及對同事的瞭解。領導者處事靈活而不武斷。
他們認為與其循規蹈矩不如協調一致，而且他們力求在矛盾衝突中求得意見的統一。領導藝術全然在於使下級工作人員不斷地發揮所長，
幫助他們最大限度地發掘潛力，推動他們為共同的事業而工作。領導者務必使該辦的事情按時完成。一個好的領導者，卓有成效的領導者，善於對人關懷尊重，要得到別人的尊重必須首先尊重別人，領導者對本組織各級人 員都會示以尊重，對他們的工作、能力、願望與需求示以關懷，而 他也會發現人家也尊重他關懷他。這樣，所有有關人員就都會被激勵起來而共同努力工作。
篇3
愛美
The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality.The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.
Natural beauty is an all pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun - all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.
All persons should seek to become acquinted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration.The power to appreciate beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness -it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.
愛美乃是健全人性不可或缺的一部分。它是道德的一種品質。缺乏這種品質並不能作為責難的真正理由，但是擁有 這種品質則是心靈美好的永恆標誌。品德之高尚與完美所達到的程度可能與愛美的感受程度成正比。
大自然之美無處不在。整個宇宙就是其殿堂。美，在春曰 百花中綻放;美，在綠葉嫩枝間搖曳;美，在深海幽谷裡遊弋;美，在奇石與貝殼的繽紛色彩中閃爍。不只是這些細微之物，甚至大洋大川，雲朵繁星，曰出曰落--切都洋溢著美。這樣的美如此珍貴，與我們最溫柔、最高尚的情感是如此相宜。然而，想到很多人置身於美，卻幾乎對它視若無睹，真是令人痛心不已。
所有的人都應該去感知大自然之美。我們所踩過的小蟲以及秋風拂掠之際飄落飛舞的樹葉，皆值得我們探究與讚賞。具有欣賞美的能力不僅可以使我們快樂的源泉汩汩噴湧——它也可以拓展我們的德性。美，撫平我們心中的不安，也驅散了我們的憂慮。走進田野或樹林，在夏曰的海濱或山間度過一天的時光，那麼你所有微不足道的困惑和焦慮都會煙消雲散。傾聽美妙的音樂，你那愚蠢的恐懼與瑣碎的猜忌都會消逝無蹤。世間萬物之美總會有助於我們探尋與發現善良之美。