关于经典英语美文摘抄

1、关于经典英语美文摘抄【导语】在英语教学中，开展经典美文教学不仅能提高学生的文学水平,而且能提高学生的 语文素养,对培养学生的语言素养和人文素养具有极大益处,更能丰富学生的精神世界,磨 炼学生的意志。本文是山小编整理的关于经典英语美文，希望对大家有帮助！【篇一】关于经典英语美文：美国革命的历史意义The HiStOriCaI SignifiCanCe Of AmeriCan ReVOIUtiOnThe WayS Of history are SO intricate and the motivations Of human actions SO COmPIeX that it is always

2、 hazardous to attempt to represent events COVering a number Of years, a multiplicity Of PerSOnSJ and distant IOCalitieS as the expression Of One intellectual Or SOCiaI movement; yet the historical PrOCeSS WhiCh CUIminated in the ascent Of ThOmaS JefferSOn to the PreSidenCy Can be regarded as the OUt

3、Standing example not OnIy Of the birth Of a new Way Of Iife but Of nationalism as a new Way Of Iife The AmeriCan ReVOIUtiOn represents the Iink between the SeVenteenth century, in WhiCh modern EngIand became COnSCiOUS Of itself, and the awakening Of modern EUrOPe at the end Of the eighteenth CentUry

4、. It may Seem Strange that the march Of history ShOUId have had to CrOSS the AtIantiC Ocean, but OnIy in the NOrth AmeriCan COIOnieS COUId a StrUggIe for CiViC Iiberty Iead also to the foundation Of a new nation.HereJ in the POPUIar rising against a ZZtyranniCarZ government, the fruits Were more tha

5、n the SeCUring Of a freer COnStitUtiOn. They included the growth Of a nation born in Iiberty by the WilI Of the PeOPIeJ not from the roots Of COmmOn descent, a geographic entity, Or the ambitions Of king Or dynasty With the AmeriCan nation, for the first time, a nation WaS born, not in the dim PaSt

6、Of history but before the eyes Of the WhOIe WOrld美国革命的历史意义历史的进程是如此错综复杂，人类行为的动机是如此令人费解，以至于想把那些时间 跨度大，涉及人数多，空间范圉广的事件描述成为一个智者或一场社会运动的表现的企图 是危险的。然而以托马斯杰弗逊登上总统宝座为高潮的那一段历史过程可以被视为一 个特殊的例子。在这段历史时期里不仅诞生了新的生活方式，而且民族主义成为了一种 新的生活方式。美国独立战争成为联结17世纪现代英格兰的自我意识和18世纪末现 代欧洲的觉醒的纽带。历史的行程需要跨越大西洋，这看起来似乎有些奇怪，但却只有 在北美殖民地为民权

7、和自山的斗争才能导致新国家的建立。这里，反对"暴政的民众起 义的成果不仅是获得一个包含更多自由的宪法，还包括了一个依照人民的意愿诞生在自山 中的国家的成长。这个国家不是基于血缘、地理、君主或王朝的野心。山于有了美国， 笫一次一个国家的诞生不是发生在历史模糊的过去，而是在全世界人们的眼前。【篇二】关于经典英语美文：AndreW CarnegieAndreW Carnegie, known as the King Of SteeIJ built the SteeI industry in the United States, and, in the process, became One

8、 Of the WealthieSt men in AmeriCa HiS SUCCeSS resulted in Part fromhis ability to SelI the PrOdUCt and in Part from his POliCy Of expanding during PeriOdS OfeCOnOmiC decline, When most Of his COmPetitOrS Were reducing their investmentsCarnegie believed that individuals ShOUId PrOgreSS through hard w

9、ork, but he also felt StrOngIythat the WeaIthy ShOUId USe their fortunes for the benefit Of SOCiety He OPPOSed charity, Preferring instead to PrOVide educational OPPOrtUnitieS that WOUId allow OtherS to helpthemselves"He WhO dies rich, dies disgraced, " he Often SaidAmOng his more notewort

10、hy COntribUtiOnS to SOCiety are those that bear his name, includingthe Carnegie InStitUte Of Pittsburgh, WhiCh has a IibraryJ a museum Of fine arts, and amuseum Of national history. He also founded a SChOOI Of technology that is now Part OfCarnegie-MeIIOn UniVerSity Other PhiIanthrOPiC gifts are the

11、 Carnegie EndOwment forInternational PeaCe to PrOmOte UnderStanding between nations, the Carnegie InStitUte OfWaShingtOn to fund SCientifiC research, and Carnegie HalI to PrOVide a Center for the artsFeW AmeriCanS have been Ieft UntOUChed by AndreW Carnegie, S generosity HiS COntribUtiOnS OfmOre tha

12、n five million dollars established 2, 500 IibrarieS in SmalI COnlmUnitieS throughout thecountry and formed the nucleus Of the PUbIiC Iibrary SyStem that We all enjoy today.安徳鲁卡内基被称作钢铁大王的安徳鲁卡内基在美国建立了钢铁工业。在这 个过程中，他变成了美国最富有的人之一。他的成功，部分来自于他销售产品的能力， 部分来自于经济萧条时期的扩充策略。在萧条时期，他的多数对手都在缩减投资。卡内 基认为个人应该通过努力工作来获得

13、进展，但他也强烈地感到有钱人应该运用他们的财富 来为社会谋取福利。他反对施舍救济，更愿意提供教育机会，使别人自立。卡内基经常 说：富有着死去的人死得可耻。"他对社会的较重要的贡献都以他的名字命名。这些贡 献包括匹兹堡卡内基学校。这个学校有一个图书馆，一个美术馆和一个国家历史博物馆; 他还创立了一所技术学校，这所学校现在是卡内基 梅隆大学的一部分;其他的慈善捐赠有 为促进国家间了解的"卡内基国际和平基金S为科学研究提供经费的华盛顿卡内基学院以 及给各种艺术活动提供活动中心的卡内基音兀厅。安德鲁卡内基的慷慨大度儿乎影响 到每个美国人的生活。山于他超过五白万美元的捐款，2500个

14、图书馆得以建立起来，遍布在美国各地的小 村镇，形成了我们今天还在享用的公共图书馆系统的核心。【篇三】关于经典英语美文：AnimaIs, COnIPaSSeSReSearCherS have found that Inigrating animals USe a Variety Of inner COmPaSSeS to help themnavigate SOme Steer by the POSitiOn Of the Sun. OtherS navigate by the StarS SOme USe theSun as their guide during the day and the

15、n SWitCh to Star navigation by night One StUdyShOWS that the homing PigeOn USeS the Earth, S magnetic fields as a guide in finding its WayhOme and there are indications that VariOUS Other animals from insects to mollusks, Can alsomake USe Of magnetic COmPaSSeS It is Of COUrSe Very USefUI for a migra

16、ting bird to be able toswitch to a magnetic COmPaSS When CIOUdS COVer the Sun; OtherWiSe it WOUId just have toland and Wait for the SUn to COme OUt again.EVen With the SUn Or StarS to Steer by, the PrObIemS Of navigation are more COmPIiCatedthan they Inight Seenl at first FOr example, a WOrker honey

17、bee that has found a rich SOUrCe OfneCtar and POlIen flies rapidly home to the hive to report A naturalist has discovered that thebee SCOUt delivers her report through a COmPliCated dance in the hive, in WhiCh She tells theother WOrkerS not OnIy how far away the food is, but also What direction to f

18、ly in relation to theSun. BUt the SUn does not Stay in One PIaCe all day. AS the WOrkerS Start OUt to gather thefood, the SUn may already have Changed its POSitiOn in the Sky SOmeWhat In later trips duringthe day, the SUn WilI Seem to move farther and farther toward the WeSt Yet the WOrker beesseem to have no trouble at all in finding the food SOUrCe Their inner CIOCkS tell them just Wherethe SUn WilI be and they Change their COUrSe COrreSPOndingIy.动物的罗盘研究人员已经发现迁徙性动物可以借助各种各样的体内罗盘来校正方向。有些动物 借助太阳的位置辨别方向，有些则依靠星星。还有的白天利用太阳，晚上利用星星。有 研究发现信鸽以地磁场为向导来找到回家的路。还有迹象表明许许多多其它生物，从昆 虫到软体动物，也能利用这种磁场罗盘