英语美文：贫富的真意

One day a rich father took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, how

英语美文：率真

You must study to be frank with the world:frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do, on every occasion. If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You

英语美文：梦想美好未来

Now is the time to dream. When things are at their worst, when people say there is no hope, when the future looks bleak, now is the time to dream. 现在是梦想美好未来的时候。当情况已经糟透了，当人们表示感到绝望，当前路

英语美文：感谢那些嫉妒你的人

How to Deal With Bullies 如何应对欺负你的人 If you're someone who aspires to something beyond the ordinary, you must have figured out by now that there will always be those who are jealous or resentful of your success. 如果你想不走寻常

英语美文：有些事并非如我们想象

Things aren't always what they seem Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guestroom. Instead the angels were given a small space in the

英语美文：别错过机会

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. 每年春天都会有一些野花在我每日上班的高速路旁的沟渠中盛开。 There is one particular blue flower that has always caugh

英语美文：悠扬的琴声

When Dad played his fiddle, the world became a bright star. To him violin was an instrument of faith, hope and charity. At least a thousand times, my mother said, Your papa would play his fiddle if the world was about to blow up. 每当爸爸拉起小提

英语美文：一双丝袜

I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall, To brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall. On a canvas of joy outlasting the years, With a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears. 我要为你画一道彩虹高挂在墙上， 在灰霾降临

英语美文：心灵深处的音乐

Life ... What is it? See it in the colors of autumn, A gentle snowfall in winter, A sudden shower in spring, The radiance of a summer day. Behold it in the laughter Of the young and the old. Know of it in a surge of hope, The blessings that are bount

英语美文：如何种植幸福

Step one: Plant yourself deep in a bed of faith, and pack it down solid and tight. Drench daily with positive thinking, and keep saturated just right. Mulch often with forgivenss, for this will help you grow. Quickly remove any seeds of worry, for th

英语美文：青涩的青春

Man's youth is a wonderful thing: it is so full of anguish and of magic and he never comes to know it as it is, until it has gone from him forever. It is the thing he cannot bear to lose, it is the thing whose passing he watches with infinite sorrow

英语美文：我想! 我做! 我得到!

There's a great song out there by Jimmy Cliff,one of reggae's top artists, that in six words summarizes just how you succeed in life: I want! I do! I get! These six words are a very powerful way of connecting what you want with what you will achieve.

幸福的本质是什么？

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. 我住在好莱坞。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑

心灵维他命

One of the most important habits in life is to feed your mind with positive mental food. Remember, you are very susceptible to the suggested influences in your environment, whether radio, television, newspapers, magazines, billboards or conversations

英语美文：人一生的爱

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in

英语美文：让精神来引导你

活得真实-让精神来引导你Let Your Spirit Guide YouThere is no place you can go to hide from the thoughtsthat you keep contemplating over and over inside your mindThere is no place you can venture where your true emotionswill be concealed and

英语美文：假如给你一支笔

Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen. 假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔。 You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to cr

英语美文：幸福人生

Life's BalanceImagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you dro

英语美文：家的含义

Home TruthIt was the smell of rain that I missed the most and the sound of a lawnmower and the waft of cut grass. It was being out in the open and standing bare foot! Blue skies part and parcel of it all; the thunder that would blast over and leaveth

英语美文：待售的小狗

健康的小狗和有残疾的小狗，你会选择哪个作为自己的宠物呢?在很多人追求完美的时候，一个小男孩却给我们上了生动的一课。 A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read Puppies For Sale. Sign