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英語早讀是一種很好地學習英語的習慣,下面小編為大家帶來,希望大家喜歡!
:我心目中的英雄
My father was my hero,throughout my life.
我父親是我的英雄,在我一生從未改變。
The father of eight children,he saw his share of strife.
身為八個孩子的父親,他清楚自己的重任。
When I was very little,he appeared to be so large.
但我還是小不點,他顯得是如此高大。
He was a man of great strength both physically and in the mind,
他的身心都蘊藏著無窮的力量,
but in him there was gentleness,he found ways to be outgoing and kind.
但他也溫柔,能讓人感到他友善直爽。
Many days of childhood were greeted with a kiss,
兒時的許多清晨,我都被他的親吻
and songs to me as I awoke,those days I surely miss.
和歌聲喚醒,那些日子令我懷念萬分。
I knew I had my father's love.It gave me courage to do anything.
我知道我擁有父親的愛這愛給我勇氣去做,去闖。
From him I learned to stand up tall, to be proud of who I am.
從他那裡我學會了昂首挺胸,為自己驕傲。
Strength and deter- mination were the qualities of this fine man.
力量和決心大造出了這位優秀的男人。
As the years of his life dwindled that strength kept him alive.
雖然日漸衰老,但他的力量使我活力依然。
Plus the unfailing determination
還有他堅決的決心,
to help my ailing mother have the care she needed to survive.
讓我體弱多病的母親得到她需要的關愛繼續留在人間。
Day and night he struggled for years with her disease.
為了她的疾病,多少年的日日夜夜他都在奮力抗爭。
With illness of his own,
雖然他有自己的病痛。
he still stood by her side caring for her and loving her
但他一直守在她的身邊關照她,愛她,
until the day she died.
直到她永遠和上了眼。
Twenty days later his own time was at an end.
二十天後他的生命也走到了盡頭。
I lost my hero,my father, a man who was my friend.
我失去了我的英雄,我的朋友。
A few years have passed, and life just isn't the same.
幾年過去了,生活已是另一番風景。
But as Father's Day approaches, I will celebrate his name.
但隨著父親節的來臨,我要頌揚他的美名。
For I am my father's daughter, one day we will meet again.
因為我是我父親的女兒總有一天我們會重逢。
But until them I will remember, and the love will never end.
但在此以前我會懷念他,會永遠愛他。
:金鑰匙
In the wintertime, when deep snow lay on the ground,
冬天的時候,厚厚的積雪覆蓋著大地,
a poor boy was forced to go out on a sled to fetch wood.
一個窮孩子迫不得已坐上雪橇外出撿柴。
After he had gathered it together,and packed it,
他將柴火收集到一起,打成一捆,
he was so frozen with cold
這個時候的他已經凍得瑟瑟發抖了。
that he decided to light a fire and warm himself a little.
於是他想生一堆火先讓自己暖和暖和。
So he scraped away the snow,and as he was clearing the ground,
於是他將雪扒開,當他正在清掃地面時,
he found a tiny golden key.
發現了一把小小的金鑰匙。
He thought that where the key was,there must also be a lock,
他馬上想到,在有鑰匙的地方,一定會有鎖。
and dug in the ground and found an iron chest.
於是他掘下去,在地裡發現了一個鐵箱子。
If only the key fits!
要是鑰匙配上鎖就好了!
He thought;no doubt there are precious things in that little box.
他這樣想著,這隻小小的箱子裡準有寶貝。
He searched,but could find no keyhole.At last he discovered one,
他到處找鎖眼,但找不到,最後他終於發現了,
but so small that it was hardly visible.
但小得幾乎看不見。
He tried it,and the key fit perfectly. Then he turned the key,
他試了試,鑰匙恰好對上。他立刻將鑰匙轉了一圈。
and now we must wait until he has unlocked it and opened the lid,
現在我們須等待他將鎖開啟,掀起箱蓋,
and then we will learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.
這時候我們到大家就會知道箱子裡藏著什麼奇妙的東西了。