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1、优秀的英语散文5篇 英语美文的阅读有助于我们对英语知识的学习，提升我们的英语能力，下面就和大家分享英语美文，希望能够帮助到大家，来欣赏一下吧。英语散文篇一放松自我relaxWhat does it mean to relax? Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our lives, very few people have deeply considered what its really about.放松是什么意思?尽管一生中我们会成千上万次地听到这个词，但是几乎没有什么人好好琢磨过它到底意味着
2、什么。When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax, most will answer in a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do later ? you do it on vacation, in a hammock1, when you retire, or when you get everything done. This implies, of course, that most other tim
3、es (the other 95 percent of your life) should be spent nervous, agitated2, rushed, and frenzied3. Very few actually come out and say no, but this is the obvious implication. Could this explain why so many of us operate as if life were one great big emergency? Most of us postponerelaxation until our
4、“in?basket4” is empty. Of course it never is.当你问别人(我曾问过许多次)放松意味着什么，大多数人的答案不外乎是，放松就是某些有朝一日你会做的事那些你计划在假期里，躺在吊床上，退休以后，或把该干的事都做完之后才有时间做的事。这自然意味着大部分时间(你生命中95%的时间)应该是在紧张、焦虑、匆忙、疯狂中度过。没有什么人会站出来说不是这么回事，而事实就是那么回事。这是否能解释为什么我们那么多的人把人生看作是一件连续不断的紧急事件而奔忙不停?我们很多人把放松推迟到我们的“收文篮”清空之后。但我们的“收文篮”当然是永远不会空的。It is useful to
5、 think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can access on a regular basis rather than something reserved for some later time. You can relax now. Its helpful to remember that relaxed people can still be superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand5. When Im feel
6、ing upright, for example, I dont even try to write. But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.不妨把放松理解成一种心态，是你可以时常受用、而不是什么非要留到以后才能享受的东西。你现在就可以放松。记住，会放松的人依然可以取得辉煌的成就。事实上，放松和创造往往如影随形。比如说，当我感到绷得紧紧的时候，我甚至不会试着去写点什么。但是我放松时，会感到下笔流畅自如。Being more relaxed involves training yourself to respon
7、d differently to the dramas of life ? turning your melodrama6 into a mellow?drama7. It comes, in part, from reminding yourself over and over again (with loving kindness and patience) that you have a choice in how you respond to life. You can learn to relate to8 your thinking as well as your circumst
8、ances in new ways. With practice, making these choices will translate into a more relaxed self要想变得更为放松，需要训练自己换一种方式对待生活中出现的种种事件把生活中的“情节剧”变成一出温馨的戏剧。要做到这一点，在一定程度上就需要不断地用爱心和耐心提醒自己：对于生活的挑战做出何种反应的决定权在你自己手中。你可以学着去用新的方式对待自己的心绪和周遭情形。只要多实践，这些选择会帮你造就更放松的自我。英语散文篇二爱的召唤When love beckons to you, follow him, though
9、 his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.当爱召唤你时，请追随他，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从他，尽管隐藏在其
10、羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信他，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning . Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our roots and
11、shake them in their clinging to the earth.爱会给你戴上桂冠，也会折磨你。爱会助你成长，也会给你修枝。爱会上升到枝头，抚爱你在阳光下颤动的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动你紧抓泥土的根基。But if, in your fear, you would seek only loves peace and loves pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of loves threshing-floor, into the seasonless
12、world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐，那你就掩盖真实的自我，避开爱的考验，进入不分季节的世界，在那里你将欢笑，但并
13、非开怀大笑，你将哭泣，但并非尽情地哭。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires, let these be your desires:爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲
14、调。To know the pain of too much tenderness.明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully.被自己对爱的理解所伤害;并情愿快乐地悲伤。To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子;To rest at the noon hour and meditate
15、 loves ecstasy;在午间休息并思考爱情带来的狂喜;To return home at eventide with gratitude;在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家;And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。英语散文篇三风雨中的雄鹰Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it
16、 breaks?你知道吗?鹰在暴风雨爆发之前就知道暴风雨就要来了。The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.鹰会飞到一个很高的地方，等待着暴风雨的来临。当暴风雨来临的时候，它会展开翅膀
17、，这样暴风就可以把它拖起，将它置于暴雨之上。当暴风雨肆虐的时候，鹰已经翱翔于暴雨之上了。The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.鹰没有逃避暴风雨，它只是利用暴风雨让它飞得更高，它翱游于带来暴风雨的飓风之上。When the storms of life come upon usand all of us will experience themwe can rise above them
18、by setting our belief that we can make it. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow our inner power to lift us above them.当生活中的暴风雨降临的时候-这是我们每个人都要经历的-我们可以坚定我们的必胜信念,这样我们就可以凌驾于暴风雨之上.暴风雨并不一定会摧毁我们,我们内部的能量可以让我们超越暴风雨。We can enable ourselves to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tra
19、gedy, failure anddisappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.在生活中，我们可以驾驶那些带来疾病、灾难、失败、失望的暴风雨.我们可以翱翔在暴风雨之上。Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.请记住,把你压垮的不是生活中的重担,而是你的态度。英语散文篇四生命的奇迹I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly t
20、elling me, you are a miracle. To me, I was just an ordinary guy with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old student at the University of Texas and well on my way toward fulfilling my big dream of one day becoming an 1)orthopedic surgeon.On the night of February 17, 1981 I was studying f
21、or an 2)Organic Chemistry test at the library with Sharon, my girlfriend of three years. Sharon had asked me to drive her back to her dormitory as it was getting quite late. We got into my car, not realizing that just getting into a car would never quite be the same for me again. I quickly noticed t
22、hat my gas 3)gauge was registered on empty so I pulled into a nearby convenience store to buy $2.00 worth of gas. Ill be back in two minutes, I yelled at Sharon as I closed the door. But instead, those two minutes changed my life forever.Entering the convenience store was like entering the 4)twiligh
23、t zone. On the outside I was a healthy, athletic, pre-med student, but on the inside I was just another statistic of a violent crime. I thought I was entering an empty store, but suddenly I realized it was not empty at all. Three robbers were in the process of committing a robbery and my entrance in
24、to the store caught them by surprise. One of the criminals immediately 5)shoved a .38 6)caliber handgun to my head, ordered me to the cooler, pushed me down on the floor, and pumped a bullet into the back of my head - execution style. He obviously thought I was dead because he did not shoot me again
25、. The 7) trio of thieves finished robbing the store and left calmly.Meanwhile, Sharon wondered why I had not returned. After seeing the three men leave the store she really began to worry as I was the last person she saw entering the store. She quickly went inside to look for me, but saw no one-only
26、 an almost empty cash register containing one check and several pennies. Quickly she ran down each aisle shouting, Mike, Mike!Just then the 8) attendant appeared from the back of the store shouting, Lady, get down on the floor. Ive just been robbed and shot at!Sharon quickly dropped to the floor scr
27、eaming, Have you seen my boyfriend? He has 9)auburn hair. The man did not reply but went back to the cooler where he found me choking on my vomit. The attendant quickly cleaned my mouth and then called for the police and an ambulance.Sharon was in shock. She was beginning to understand that I was hu
28、rt, but she could not begin to comprehend or imagine the severity of my injury.When the police arrived they immediately called the 10)homicide division as they did not think I would survive and the 11)paramedic reported that she had never seen a person so severely wounded survive. At 1:30 a.m. my pa
29、rents who lived in Houston, were awakened by a telephone call from Brackenridge Hospital advising them to come to Austin as soon as possible for they feared I would not make it through the night.But I did make it through the night and early in the morning the 12)neurosurgeon decided to operate. Howe
30、ver, he quickly informed my family and Sharon that my chances of surviving the surgery were only 40/60. If this were not bad enough, the neurosurgeon further shocked my family by telling them what life would be like for me if I 13)beat the odds and survived. He said I probably would never walk, talk
31、, or be able to understand even simple commands.My family was hoping and praying to hear even the slightest bit of encouragement from that doctor. Instead, his pessimistic words gave my family no reason to believe that I would ever again be a productive member of society. But once again I beat the o
32、dds and survived the three and a half hours of surgery.Granted, I still could not talk, my entire right side was paralyzed and many people thought I could not understand, but at least I was stable. After one week in a private room the doctors felt I had improved enough to be transferred by jet ambul
33、ance to Del Oro 14)Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston.My 15)hallucinations, coupled with my physical problems, made my 16)prognosis still very bleak. However, as time passed my mind began to clear and approximately six weeks later my right leg began to move ever so slightly. Within seven weeks my ri
34、ght arm slowly began to move and at eight weeks I uttered my first few words.My speech was extremely difficult and slow in the beginning, but at least it was a beginning. I was starting to look forward to each new day to see how far I would progress. But just as I thought my life was finally looking
35、 brighter I was tested by the hospital europsychologist. She explained to me that judging from my test results she believed that I should not focus on returning to college but that it would be better to set more realistic goals.Upon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, Who is she t
36、o tell me what I can or cannot do. She does not even know me. I am a very determined and stubborn person! I believe it was at that very moment that I decided I would somehow, someday return to college.It took me a long time and a lot of hard work but I finally returned to the University of Texas in
37、the fall of 1983 - a year and a half after almost dying. The next few years in Austin were very difficult for me, but I truly believe that in order to see beauty in life you have to experience some unpleasantness. Maybe I have experienced too much unpleasantness, but I believe in living each day to
38、the fullest, and doing the very best I can.And each new day was very busy and very full, for besides attending classes at the University I underwent therapy three to five days each week at Brackenridge Hospital. If this were not enough I flew to Houston every other weekend to work with Tom Williams,
39、 a trainer and executive who had worked for many colleges and professional teams and also had helped many injured athletes, such as Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson. Through Tom I learned: Nothing is impossible and never, never give up or quit.Early, during my therapy, my father kept repeating to me
40、 one of his favorite sayings. I have repeated it almost every day since being hurt: Mile by mile its a trial; yard by yard its hard; but inch by inch its a cinch.I thought of those words, and I thought of Tom, my family and Sharon who believed so strongly in me as I climbed the steps to receive my d
41、iploma from the Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986. Excitement and pride filled my heart as I heard the dean announce that I had graduated with highest honors, been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and been chosen as one of 12 Deans Distinguished
42、 Graduates out of 1600 in the College of Liberal Arts.The overwhelming emotions and feelings that I experienced at that very moment, when most of the audience gave me a standing 17)ovation, I felt would never again be matched in my life-not even when I graduated with a masters degree in social work
43、and not even when I became employed full time at the Texas Pain and Stress Center. But I was wrong!On May 24, 1987, I realized that nothing could ever match the joy I felt as Sharon and I were married. Sharon, my high school sweetheart of nine years, had always stood by me, through good and bad time
44、s. To me, Sharon is my miracle, my diamond in a world filled with problems, hurt, and pain. It was Sharon who dropped out of school when I was hurt so that she could constantly be at my side. She never wavered or gave up on me.It was her faith and love that pulled me through so many dark days. While
45、 other nineteen year old girls were going to parties and enjoying life, Sharon devoted her life to my recovery. That, to me, is the true definition of love.After our beautiful wedding I continued working part time at the Pain Center and completed my work for a masters degree. We were extremely happy
46、, but even happier when we learned Sharon was pregnant.On July 11, 1990 at 12:15 a.m. Sharon woke me with the news: We need to go to the hospital my water just broke. I couldnt help but think how ironic it was that my life almost ended in a convenience store and now on the date 7-11 we were about to
47、 bring a new life into this world. This time it was my turn to help Sharon as she had helped me over those past years.She was in labor for 15 hours. At 3:10 p.m. Sharon and I experienced the birth of our beautiful daughter, Shawn Elyse Segal!Tears of joy and happiness came to my eyes as our healthy,
48、 alert, wonderful daughter entered this world. We anxiously counted her 10 fingers and her 10 toes and watched her wide eyes take in the world about her. It was truly a beautiful picture that was 18)etched in my mind forever as she lie in her mothers waiting arms, just minutes after her birth. At that moment I thanked God for blessing us with the greatest miracle of all-Shawn Elyse Segal.我从未觉得自己与众不同，但人们常对我说：“你的生命是个奇迹。”对我而言，我只是一个普通人，有着现实的目标和远大的理想。我曾是德克萨斯大学一名十九岁的大学生，在通向理想之路上信步前行，梦想有一天我会成为一名整形外科医生。1981年2月17日的晚上，我和交往三年的女友沙伦在为有机化学测试做准备。因为
