1、高中課外閱讀-英語美文欣賞87（英語讀物）英語美文欣賞87every day is a lucky dayi teach economics at unlv three times per week. last monday, at the beginning of class, i cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. one young man said that his weekend had not been so good. he had his wisdom teeth removed. the young

2、 man then proceeded to ask me why i always seemed to be so cheerful.his question reminded me of something i'd read somewhere before: "every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day," i said. "i choose to be cheerful.""let me

3、 give you an example," i continued, addressing all sixty students in the class. "in addition to teaching here at unlv, i also teach out at the community college in henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where i live. one day a few weeks ago i drove those 17 miles to henderson. i exited

4、the freeway and turned onto college drive. i only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. but just then my car died. i tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't turn over. so i put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college."&qu

5、ot;as soon as i got there i called aaa and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. the secretary in the provost's office asked me what has happened. 'this is my lucky day,' i replied, smiling."" 'your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?' she

6、was puzzled. 'what do you mean?'"" 'i live 17 miles from here.' i replied. 'my car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. it didn't. instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. i'm still able to teac

7、h my class, and i've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. if my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.'""the secretary's eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. i smiled back and headed for cl

8、ass." so ended my story.i scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at unlv. despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. somehow, my story had touched them. or maybe it wasn't the story at all. in fact, it had all started with a student's observation that i was cheerful.free

9、 to soar有限的自由上天讓我經歷逆境，體驗束縛的滋味，并定下規則約束我們，讓我們從中成長起來，獲得人生的力量one windy spring day, i observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. as the strong winds gusted against the ki

10、tes, a string kept them in check.instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. they shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. as the kites struggled and kept them in tow, facing

11、upward and against the wind. as the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say,” let me go! let me go! i want to be free!” they soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “free at last,” it see

12、med to say. “free to fly with the wind.”yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze. it fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. ”free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helpl

13、essly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.how much like kites we sometimes are. the heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. some of us tug

14、at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. we keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the stea

15、dying force that helps us ascend and achieve.run through the rain雨中的記憶世間萬物皆有自己的季節，做任何事情也有一個恰當的時機。如果有機會，你也可以在雨中狂奔一回she had been shopping with her mom in wal-mart. she must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, 1)freckle-faced image of innocence. it was pouring outside. the kind of rain

16、that 2)gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout.we all stood there under the 3)awning and just inside the door of the wal-mart. we waited, some patiently, others 4)irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. i am always

17、5)mesmerized by rainfall. i get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome 6)reprieve from the worries of my day.her voice was so sweet as it broke the 7)hypnotic 8)trance

18、we were all caught in. "mom, let's run through the rain," she said."what?" mom asked."let's run through the rain!" she repeated."no, honey. we'll wait until it slows down a bit," mom replied.this young child waited about another minute and repeated

19、: "mom, let's run through the rain.""we'll get soaked if we do," mom said."no, we won't, mom. that's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her mom's arm."this morning? when did i say we could run through the rain

20、and not get wet?""don't you remember? when you were talking to daddy about his cancer, you said, 'if god can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"the entire crowd stopped dead silent. i swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. we all stood silently. n

21、o one came or left in the next few minutes. mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. some might even ignore what was said. but this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. time when innocent trust can be

22、nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "honey, you are absolutely right. let's run through the rain. if get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," mom said. then off they ran.we all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. they held their shopping ba

23、gs over their heads just in case. they got soaked. but they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. and yes, i did. i ran. i got wet. i needed washing. circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and

24、 they can take away your health. but no one can ever take away your precious memories. so, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. i hope you still take the time to run through the r

25、ain.she had been shopping with her mom in wal-mart. she must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. it was pouring outside. the kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the sp

26、out.we all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the wal-mart. we waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. i am always mesmerized by rainfall. i get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.

27、memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in. "mom, let's run through the rain," she said."what?" mom asked."let's r

28、un through the rain!" she repeated."no, honey. we'll wait until it slows down a bit," mom replied.this young child waited about another minute and repeated: "mom, let's run through the rain.""we'll get soaked if we do," mom said."no, we won't,

29、mom. that's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her mom's arm."this morning? when did i say we could run through the rain and not get wet?""don't you remember? when you were talking to daddy about his cancer, you said, 'if god can

30、 get us through this, he can get us through anything!"the entire crowd stopped dead silent. i swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. we all stood silently. no one came or left in the next few minutes. mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.now some would laugh

31、it off and scold her for being silly. some might even ignore what was said. but this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "honey, you are absolutely right. let's run through the rain. if get wet,

32、well maybe we just needed washing," mom said. then off they ran.we all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. they got soaked. but they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all

33、the way to their cars. and yes, i did. i ran. i got wet. i needed washing. circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. but no one can ever take away your precious memories. so, don't forget to make time and t

34、ake the opportunities to make memories every day!to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. i hope you still take the time to run through the rain.為人父母if it was going to easy, it never would have started with something called labor!shouting to make your children obey i

35、s like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.to be in your childrens memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.the smartest advice on raising children is to enjoy them while they are still on your side.the best way to keep kids at home is to give it a lovi

36、ng atmosphere and hide the keys to the car.the right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.parents: people who bare infants, bore teenagers, and board newlyweds.the joy of motherhood : what a woman experiences when all the children are finally in bed.lifes garden age i

37、s when the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car.grandparents are similar to a piece of string-handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren.a child outgrows your lap, but never outgrows your heart.god gave you two ears and one mou

38、thso you should listen twice as much as you talk.there are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone to do it, or forbid your children to do it.adolescence is the age when children try to bring up their parents.cleaning your house while your kids are at home is like trying to sh

39、ovel the driveway during a snowstorm.oh, to be only half as wonderful as my child thought i was when he was small, and half an stupid as my teenager now thinks i am.there are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mothers age.money isnt everything , but it sure k

40、eeps the kids in touch.adolescence is the age at which children stop asking questions because they know all the answers.an alarm clock is a device for awakening people who dont have small children.no wonder kids are confused today. half the adults tell them to find themselves; the other half tell th

41、em to get lost.people hardest to convince that its time for retirement are children at bedtime.kids really brighten a household; they never turn off any lights.the difference a teacher can make史蒂夫已經12歲了，他的父母都是酒鬼，他幾乎都要輟學了。然而，他閱讀能力不錯，但他總是考試不及格。從一年級開始，一直這樣。史蒂夫長得很健壯，看上去比12歲的孩子要大。但他一直都被人忽略，直到有一天懷特老師的到來。s

42、teve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the u.s. education system. remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, steve was failing. he had been failing since first grade, as he was passed on from grade to grade. steve was a big boy, look

43、ing more like a teenager than a twelve year old, yet, steve went unnoticed. until miss white.miss white was a smiling, young, beautiful redhead, and steve was in love! for the first time in his young life, he couldnt take his eyes off his teacher; yet, still he failed. he never did his homework, and

44、 he was always in trouble with miss white. his heart would break under her sharp words, and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework, he felt just miserable! still, he did not study.in the middle of the first semester of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. s

45、teve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things, as the day wore on. his heart was not in school, but in the woods, where he often escaped alone, trying to shut out the sights, sounds and smells of his alcoholic home. no one checked on him to see if he was safe. no one knew he

46、 was gone, because no one was sober enough to care. oddly, steve never missed a day of school.one day, miss whites impatient voice broke into his daydreams.“steve!” startled, he turned to look at her.“pay attention!”steve locked his gaze on miss white with adolescent adoration, as she began to go ov

47、er the test results for the seventh grade.“you all did pretty well,” she told the class, “except for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but.” she hesitated, pinning steve to his seat with a sharp stare, her eyes searching his face.“.the smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my

48、class!”she just stared at steve, as the class spun around for a good look. steve dropped his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips.after that, it was war! steve still wouldnt do his homework. even as the punishments became more severe, he remained stubborn.“just try it! one week!” he was unmove

49、d.“youre smart enough! youll see a change!” nothing fazed him.“give yourself a chance! dont give up on your life!” nothing.“steve! please! i care about you!”wow! suddenly, steve got it! someone cared about him? someone, totally unattainable and perfect, cared about him?!steve went home from school,

50、thoughtful, that afternoon. walking into the house, he took one look around. both parents were passed out, in various stages of undress, and the stench was overpowering! he, quickly, gathered up his camping gear, a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time.his schoolboo

51、ks. grim faced and determined, he headed for the woods.the following monday he arrived at school on time, and he waited for miss white to enter the classroom. she walked in, all sparkle and smiles! god, she was beautiful! he yearned for her smile to turn on him. it did not.miss white, immediately, g

52、ave a quiz on the weekend homework. steve hurried through the test, and was the first to hand in his paper. with a look of surprise, miss white took his paper. obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. steve walked back to his desk, his heart pounding within his chest. as he sat down, he couldnt

53、 resist another look at the lovely woman.miss whites face was in total shock! she glanced up at steve, then down, then up.suddenly, her face broke into a radiant smile. the smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!from that moment nothing was the same for steve. life at home

54、remained the same, but life still changed. he discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it!he discovered that he could understand and retain knowledge, and that he could translate the things he learned into his own life. steve began to excel! and he continued this course throughout

55、 his school life.after high-school steve enlisted in the navy, and he had a successful military career. during that time, he met the love of his life, he raised a family, and he graduated from college magna cum laude. during his naval career, he inspired many young people, who without him, might not

56、 have believed in themselves. steve began a second career after the navy, and he continues to inspire others, as an adjunct professor in a nearby college miss white left a great legacy. she saved one boy who has changed many lives.you see, its simple, really. a change took place within the heart of

57、one boy, all because of one teacher, who cared.我懂了ive learned有時，一個人想要的只是一只可握的手和一顆能交談的心ive learnedthat the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.ive learnedthat when youre in love, it shows.ive learnedthat having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful t

58、hings in the worldive learnedthat being kind is more important than being right.ive learnedthat you should never say no to a gift from a child.ive learnedthat i can always pray for someone when i dont have the strength to help him in some other way.ive learnedthat no matter how serious your life req

59、uires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.ive learnedthat sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.ive learnedthat money doesnt buy class.ive learnedthats its those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.ive learnedthat under everyones h

60、ard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.ive learnedthat the lord didnt do it all in one day. what makes me think i can?ive learnedthat when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.ive learnedthat love, not time, heals all wounds.ive learnedthat the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself smarter than i