美麗的英文–人生短篇(转载)
All That Is Beautiful––Poems and Passages of Life
  閉上眼睛,細數你生命中最美麗的瞬間
  在寒冷的日子裡接到遠方朋友暖暖的問候;
  讀到一篇優美的詩歌,馨95繞懷久久不忘;
  看到白浪銀沙和地平線,第一次來到海邊;
  小雨點與莫扎特的音符一起跳躍在深院中;
  走在街上,偶然的一景觸動了深藏的希望;
  還有,流星雨劃過天際的弧線;
  還有,夜場電影喚醒的靈感;
  
  這是你的人生,它和四季一樣有揚有落,然而當中的美從不遜色。
  翻開這本書,它也成為了你的一個瞬間;
  
  第一篇:
  
  A Grain of Sand
  一粒沙子
  
  William Blake
  
  To see a world in a grain of sand,
  And a heaven in a wild fllower,
  Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
  And eternity in an hour.
  
  從一粒沙子看到一個世界,
  從一朵野花看到一個天堂,
  把握在你手心裡的就是無限,
  永恆也就消融於一個時辰。
  
  第二篇:Love Your Life
  熱愛生活
  Henry David Thoreau
  However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town’s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
  
  不論你的生活如何卑賤,你要面對它生活,不要躲避它,更別用惡言咒罵它。它不像你那樣壞。你最富有的時候,倒是看似最窮。愛找缺點的人就是到天堂裡也能找到缺點。你要愛你的生活,盡管它貧窮。甚至在一個濟貧院裡,你也還有愉快、高興、光榮的時候。夕陽反射在濟貧院的窗上,像身在富戶人家窗上一樣光亮;在那門前,積雪同在早春融化。我隻看到,一個從容的人,在哪裡也像在皇宮中一樣,生活得心滿意足而富有愉快的思想。城鎮中的窮人,我看,倒往往是過著最獨立不羈的生活。也許因為他們很偉大,所以受之無愧。大多數人以為他們是超然的,不靠城鎮來支援他們;可是事實上他們是往往利用了不正當的手段來對付生活,他們是毫不超脫的,毋寧是不體面的。視貧窮如園中之花而像聖人一樣耕植它吧!不要找新的花樣,無論是新的朋友或新的衣服,來麻煩你自己。找舊的,回到那裡去。萬物不變,是我們在變。你的衣服可以賣掉,但要保留你的思想。
  
  第三篇
  
  The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切純潔的,輝煌的,美麗的,
  That stirred our hearts in youth, 強烈地震撼著我們年輕的心靈的,
  The impulses to wordless prayer, 推動著我們做無言的禱告的,
  The dreams of love and truth; 讓我們夢想著愛與真理的;
  The longing after something’s lost, 在失去後為之感到珍惜的,
  The spirit’s yearning cry, 使靈魂深切地呼喊著的,
  The striving after better hopes- 為了更美好的夢想而奮鬥著的-
  These things can never die. 這些美好不會消逝。
  
  The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
  A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的時候,
  A kindly word in grief’s dark hour 傷慟、困難的時候,一句親切的話
  That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以證明朋友的真心;
  The plea for mercy softly breathed, 輕聲地乞求憐憫,
  When justice threatens nigh, 在審判臨近的時候,
  The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一種傷感--
  These things shall never die. 這些美好不會消逝。
  
  Let nothing pass for every hand 在人間傳遞溫情
  Must find some work to do ; 盡你所能地去做;
  Lose not a chance to waken love- 別錯失去了喚醒愛的良機-----
  Be firm,and just ,and true; 為人要堅定,正直,忠誠;
  So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀著你的那道光芒
  Beam on thee from on high. 就不會消失。
  And angel voices say to thee---你將聽到天使的聲音在說-----
  These things shall never die. 這些美好不會消逝。