英語美文適合朗誦的短文

　　教師要讓短小精悍的課外美文走進課堂,讓學生在讀、思、議、悟的過程中感受美文閱讀的樂趣。下面是小編帶來的英語美文朗誦短文，歡迎閱讀!

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　　The Birth of Wiffle 洞洞球的誕生

　　Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldn’t find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So Davey began playing with a plastic golf ball and a broom handle for a bat.

　　When his dad, David Mullaney, a former semi-pro baseball pitcher, realized his son was hurting his arm trying to throw curves with the little plastic ball, he decided to find a better solution. Mullaney got a bunch of hollow plastic spheres from a local factory, sat down at his kitchen table and began cutting different size holes in the balls with a razor knife. He thought maybe the holes would alter the ball’s flight and help his son throw curves and sliders without hurting his arm.

　　All the balls failed—except the one with the eight oblong holes cut into one of the hemispheres. This ball curved naturally and sharply without a violent snap of the wrist. In fact, Davey was now striking out so many batters; he called his new ball a “wiffle ball”. A year later, Mullaney borrowed $20,000 from family and friends and started producing Wiffle Balls in his little suburban town of Shelton, Connecticut.

　　“I didn’t want investors.” He said, “I wanted to control my own company.” This was the beginning of one of the hottest fads of the fifties and a perennial best seller well known all around the world. Since then millions of boys and girls have enjoyed countless hours of safe, wholesome fun playing with a Wiffle ball and bat. Esquire Magazine has even called the Wiffle Ball “a national treasure”. By producing a high quality product at an affordable price, three generations of Mullany’s have enjoyed the satisfaction and benefits of running a successful and profitable family business.

　　Over the years, they’ve had plenty of offers to buy them out, but they’re still working out of a small factory in Shelton, making a new Wiffle Ball every couple of seconds. Creativity and persistence are two of the important sources for wealth. If he gave up his attempts at trying new things, Mullany would not have invented the wiffle ball, nor would he have made such a big fortune.

　　英語美文朗誦短文閱讀

　　Commitment

　　專心致志

　　I will never forget what my old headmaster told me. Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers. But, this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story.

　　老校長講的那個故事，給人很多教誨，永遠讓我難以忘記。通常人年僅15歲的時候，很難記住老師講授的大部分內容。但是這個特別故事卻是我永遠都不會忘記的。每當我對人生漫不經心時，我就會想起這個故事

　　It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and he was addressing the students on important things in life and about committing ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life.

　　在一個普通的週一晨會上，校長向我們講授生活中重要的東西和要致力於這些對我們來說重要的東西。故事是這樣的：倫敦某地住著一位老人。他每天早晨睡醒後都會去地鐵站，乘坐地鐵到中央倫敦，然後坐在馬路的拐角處乞討。他一生的每一天都是這樣做的。

　　He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was filthy, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, so they summoned the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years. The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to share the good news with him.

　　他坐在同一個馬路拐角處，乞討了將近 20 年了。他的房子髒亂不堪，一股惡臭味從房子裡傳來，異常難聞，讓人憎惡。鄰居們再也忍受不了這種味道，於是他們請來警察清理此地。警察撞開房門，把這房子清掃乾淨了。但是他們發現房子到處都是小錢袋，這些錢是他這些年乞討來的。警察數了數這些錢，很快他們意識到這位老人是個百萬富翁。他們在房子外耐心等待這個老人，期望和他一起分享這個好訊息。

　　When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire. He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

　　那天晚上，老人終於回來了，他和其中一個警察碰面，警察告訴他：“你沒有必要再乞討了，你現在已是個富有的人了，你是個百萬富翁。”老人什麼也沒有說，他走進自己的房子，將門鎖上。第二天早晨，他還是像往常一樣醒來，去地鐵站，搭乘地鐵，坐在馬路拐角處，繼續乞討。

　　Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing, commitment. We should remain true to our course, although it may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally disapprove. Just keep it in mind that Commitment attracts wealth.

　　很顯然，這位老人沒有什麼偉大的計劃，沒有夢想，甚至沒有任何對他生活重要的東西。我們從這一故事中也學不到什麼，我們惟一能學到的是要專心於自己喜歡做的事情，要對之忠心耿耿。我們應該忠實於自己的生活之路，儘管那將意味著我們所專心致志的東西常常是周圍人所反對的東西。一定別忘了，專心致志帶來財富。

　　英語美文朗誦短文學習

　　The Beggar and the Miser

　　乞丐和吝嗇鬼

　　One day, an old beggar went to the village. He knocked at the door of a rich man to beg for food.

　　一天，一個老乞丐來到一個熟悉的村子裡。他敲上了一個富人家的門，想跟他討點兒東西吃。

　　This was a big house and at the side was built a granary with a big padlock.

　　這是一座又高又大的房子，旁邊有一個很大的穀倉，門上掛著一把大鐵鎖。

　　The owner of the house was a miser and he was known for never helping anyone.

　　這戶人家的主人是個吝嗇鬼，他從來不肯幫助別人。他的吝嗇在方圓幾百裡內是出了名的。

　　The beggar was aware of his reputation but still pleaded, "Will you give me a bit of butter or milk?"

　　乞丐也知道他這種吝嗇的狼藉名聲，但還是乞求他：“您能不能給我一點黃油或牛奶?”

　　The miser said impatiently, "No! Go away at once!"

　　吝嗇鬼不耐煩地說：“不行!快給我***!”

　　"Perhaps you can sweep out for me a bit of grain or beans," the hungry beggar continued.

　　“或許，您還能掃出一把麥子或黃豆呢?” 飢餓的乞丐又說道 。

　　"There isn't anything in my house!"

　　“我家裡什麼也沒有!”

　　"How about a little bit of bread?" the beggar insisted. "Only a mouthful of food and I will be very grateful."

　　“那就請您給我一小塊麵包吧，”乞丐堅持道，“哪怕是給我一口飯吃，我都會對您感激不盡的。”

　　"Go away! I don't have bread!"

　　“***!我沒有面包!”

　　"How about some water? I am thirsty."

　　“那給我一口水喝，行嗎，我太渴了!”

　　"I don't have water."

　　“我沒有水!”

　　The beggar then said sadly to him, "My friend, why are you here? You should go to some kind-hearted folk to beg for food because you are poorer than anybody else."

　　然後，乞丐悲哀地對這個吝嗇鬼說：“我的朋友，那你還呆在這裡幹什麼?你應該去找一些善良的人們討些飯吃吧，因為你比誰都要窮!”

　　The miser in this story is really wealthy in a material sense, but he is extremely poor in a moral sense. Rich people without compassion and conscience are not welcome in the society. They are likely to maintain temporary wealth but not everlasting wealth. So at the same time we feed our stomach, don't forget to feed our soul.

　　故事中的吝嗇鬼在物質方面確實是富有的，但在精神方面卻是窮得可憐。沒有同情心和良知的富人在社會中是不會受到歡迎的。或許他們會贏得一時的財富，但這種財富最終曇花一現，不會長久。所以，在填飽肚子的同時，一定別忘了豐實我們的心靈。