1、高考英语美文欣赏2019高考英语美文欣赏1的爱情1 loveIn a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, he doesnt love me any more, he just cares his business.not me.一个寒冷的冬天，一对夫妇因为破产，所以
2、不得不从豪宅里搬出。丈夫每天辛勤工作以维持家庭开支，但很少顾及到妻子。于是，妻子暗自想道：“他不再爱我了，他只在乎他的事业，而不是我。”One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, Let me take it first, okay?一天，妻子准备洗澡，可丈夫叫住了她，“让我先洗吧。”Why not let me shower first, she asked.“为什么不让我先洗呢？”I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, okay? She was totally de
3、pressed.“亲爱的，因为我很累，你之后再洗吧。”妻子为此很不开心。On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes.it was his diary:一天，妻子无所事事，郁郁寡欢，于是打开了丈夫的电脑。上面的几行字让她的眼睛湿润了，那是他的日记。Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was
4、 exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I was not as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in the bathroom, it was so cold to take a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the sh
5、ower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least 1， 2 or 3。今天，我很不开心，因为她问我为什么总是我先洗澡？而我对她说，因为我太累了，想先洗。她肯定不高兴了，觉得我对她不像以前那么好了。但是我该怎么做呢？我不像以前那么有钱呀！我们搬到了一个小公寓，只有一个洗澡间，在这样的冬天洗澡真是冻死人
6、了。但我发现，如果一个人先洗的话，浴室就会暖和的，所以每次我都第一个冲进浴室。我想，等她进去浴室时，至少暖和一两度吧。Now I cant give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1 love.现在，我不能给她舒适的生活，带她去高级餐厅，给她买漂亮的衣服，但至少我还能给她1的爱情。永恒的承诺PromiseIn 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Amer
7、ica, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.1989年，一次8.2级的地震几乎铲平美国，在短短不到4分钟的时间里，夺去了3
8、万多人的生命!在彻底的破坏与混乱之中，有位父亲将他的妻子在家里安顿好后，跑到他儿子就读的学校，而触目所见，却是被夷为平地的校园。After the unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the promise he had made to his son: No matter what, Ill always be there for you! And tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins that once was the school, it looke
9、d hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitment to his son.看到这令人伤心的一幕，他想起了曾经对儿子所作的承诺：不论发生什么事，我都会在你身边。至此，父亲热泪满眶。目睹曾经的学校成为了一堆瓦砾，真叫人绝望。但父亲的脑中仍然牢记着他对儿子的诺言。He began to direct his attention towards where he walked his son to class at school each morning. Remembering his son s classroom would be in the
10、back right corner of the building; he rushed there and started digging through the ruins.他开始努力回忆每天早上送儿子上学的必经之路，终于记起儿子的教室应该就在那幢建筑物后面，位于右边的角落里，他跑到那儿，开始在碎石砾中挖掘，搜寻儿子的下落。As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, clutching their hearts, saying: My son! My daughter! Other well meaning parents trie
11、d to pull him off what was left of the school, saying: It s too late! Theyre all dead! You cant help! Go home! Come on, face reality, there s nothing you can do!当这位父亲正在挖掘时，其他束手无策的学生家长赶到现场，揪心地叫着：我的儿子呀! 我的女儿呀!一些好意的家长试图把这位父亲劝离现场，告诉他一切都太迟了!他们全死了!这样做没用的，回去吧，这样做只会使事情更糟。To each parent he responded with one
12、 line: Are you going to help me now? And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off the school s ruins saying, Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. Youre in danger. Well take care of it. Go home. To which this lovi
13、ng, caring American father asked, Are you going to help me now?面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回答只有一句话：你们愿意帮我吗?然后继续进行挖掘工作，在废墟中寻找他的儿子。消防队长出现了，他也试图把这位父亲劝走，对他说：火灾频现，四处都在发生爆炸，你在这里太危险了，这边的事我们会处理，你回家吧!对此，这位慈爱、关切的父亲仍然回答：你们要帮我吗?The police came and said, Youre angry, anxious and it s over. Youre endangering others. Go home. Wel
14、l handle it! To which he replied, Are you going to help me now? No one helped.Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know for himself: Is my boy alive or is he dead? He dug for eight hours.12 hours.24 hours.36 hours.then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son s
15、 voice. He screamed his son s name, ARMAND! He heard back, Dad!?! It s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you d save me and when you saved me, they d be saved. You promised, No matter what happens, Ill always be there for you! You did it, Dad! What s goi
16、ng on in there? How is it? the father asked.警察赶到现场，对他说：你现在又气又急，该结束了，你在危及他人，回家吧!我们会处理一切的。这位父亲依旧回答：你们愿意帮我吗? 然而，人们无动于衷。为了弄清楚儿子是死是活，这位父亲独自一人鼓起勇气，继续进行他的工作。他挖掘了8小时，-12小时，24小时，36小时-38小时后，父亲推开了一块巨大的石头，听到了儿子的声音。父亲尖叫着：阿曼德!儿子的回音听到了：爸爸吗?是我，爸，我告诉其他的小朋友不要着急。我告诉他们如果你活着，你会来救我的。如果我获救了，他们也就获救了。你答应过我， 不论发生什么，我永远都会在你的身
17、边， 你做到了，爸!你那里的情况怎样?父亲问。There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. Were scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you re here. When the building collapsed, it made a triangle, and it saved us.我们有33个，只有14个活着。爸，我们好害怕，又渴又饿，谢天谢地，你在这儿。教室倒塌时，刚好形成一个三角形的洞，救了我们。Come out, boy!快出来吧!儿子!No, Dad! Let the other kids out fi
18、rst, cause I know you ll get me! No matter what happens, I know youll always be there for me!不，爸，让其他小朋友先出来吧!因为我知道你会接我的!不管发生什么事，我知道你永远都会来到我的身边!平凡的世界Ordinary WorldOver the past 20 years, I have watched the Lion King for more than a dozen of times.过去的20年里，狮子王这部电影我看过不下12遍。When I first watched the movie,
19、 the scene of Mufasas death made me- a six-year-old girl at that time cry, and since then, I have always skipped that part. Later on, during my middle-school years, I liked the love story part a lot, and Simba and Nala were really a perfect couple in my heart. Every time I watched the movie, I felt
20、differently.第一次看那部电影时，六岁的我在看到木法沙死的时候哭惨了，此后就一直跳过那一段。后来，在中学时代，我特别喜欢辛巴和娜娜的爱情戏码，觉得他们俩就是最完美的一对。每次看狮子王都有不同的感受。Recently, I have watched the Lion King again. This time, what impressed me the most was the lifestyle of Pumbaa and Timon they were ordinary and lived an ordinary life. Before joining Simba to reg
21、ain his kingdom, all about their life were eating and singing. It seemed to me that probably the years with Pumbaa and Timon were the happiest time in Simbas life.最近，我又看了一遍狮子王。这一次，最触动我的是彭彭和丁满的生活方式：他们很平凡，也过着平凡的日子。在帮助辛巴夺回王位之前，他们的生活就是吃饭和歌唱。在我看来，大概辛巴一生最快乐的日子就是和彭彭丁满在一起的那段时间了吧。To me, the best lesson that
22、Pumbaa and Timon have taught us is that even though they know they are ordinary and their life is ordinary, they still love and enjoy it.我认为这便是彭彭和丁满教给我们最棒的一课虽然他们知道自己很平凡、生活很平凡，但他们仍然热爱并享受着这样的生活。In fact, in the real world, only quite a few people can accomplish great things and become extraordinary, an
23、d the rest of us will just live our ordinary life.事实上，在真实世界，能够成就不凡的人也就是凤毛麟角，剩下的我们中的大多数都只是过着平凡的生活。A sentence in an article recommended by the Fair (WeChat Subscription) touched me: by hard work, ordinary people only fight for the right to continue their ordinary life in the ordinary world. It is crue
24、l, but it is true (at least in my opinion).XX微信公众号推送的一篇文章中的一句话让我感触颇深：“平凡的人在平凡的世界里辛苦奋斗，只是为了追求继续平凡地活下去的权力。”听起来很残酷，但这确实是事实（至少我是这么想的）。The best solution is to accept and enjoy it. I know its hard but this is a part of growing up. Im not saying that we should not be ambitious or have great dreams, after a
25、ll, just as Vince Lombardi has said, Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. However, I just think we should get prepared if our great dreams would never come true.最佳的做法就是接受并且享受。我知道这很难，但这就是成长的一部分。并不是说我们不应该抱有雄心壮志，毕竟，正如文斯隆巴迪所说，“我们无法做到完美，但追求完美能让我们变得很棒”。我只是觉得，万一
26、梦想永远无法实现，我们应该为此做好准备。I also had dreamt about becoming extraordinary at a young age, same as most of my fellow classmates in primary school. In the senior high school, I was no longer one of the top students, and then, for the very first time, I recognized that maybe I couldnt be extraordinary.是的，小时候的
27、我也曾梦想着做个伟大的人，就跟当时小学的大多数同学一样。到了高中，当我不再是成绩最好的学生之一时，我第一次意识到可能自己没有办法成就不凡。Now, Im well aware that Im no more than an ordinary person but Im happy with that. I went to an ordinary university and got my BA in English, then to another ordinary university and received my MA in translation and interpreting. D
28、oing the editors job, I now earn myself a life in Shanghai, such an expensive metropolitan city to live in (and Im not a local girl).现在，我十分确定自己就是平凡人，但我乐于做一个平凡的人。我本科是在普通的大学念的英语专业，研究生在另一个普通的大学念口笔译。现在，作为一个小编，我在上海这样一个高消费的大城市过着自己的小日子(而我并不是本地人)。I cant afford Michael Kors or Issey Miyake, but I have comfor
29、table clothes which fit me well. I usually go out dinner with a couple of friends on weekends, not fancy or first class restaurants but sidewalk caf or common restaurants where we know there are delicious food and nice service.我买不起MK或者三宅一生，但也有不少舒适且符合自己风格的衣服。我常常周末和朋友出去浪，不会去高级饭店，但会去一些普通的街边小餐馆，那里也有很美味的
30、食物和很贴心的服务。I consider this not the passive acceptance, but an optimistic attitude of turning this is life to this is the life. But all in all, I still have dreams, just in case they would become true one day.我并不觉得这是一种被动的接受，我认为这是一种生活态度，一种把“唉，这就是生活”转换为“噢，这才是生活”的乐观态度。不过不管怎么说，我也还是有梦想的，因为万一实现了呢Yes, be ord
31、inary and be happy.是的，平凡并快乐着。有那么一天Sometimes The Day ComesSometimes the day comesWhen you try your level bestTo achieve somethingBut you fail.有那么一天你使尽浑身解数想要做成某事却偏偏功败垂成。Sometimes the day comesWhen nobody understands youAnd you feel that you are isolatedFrom the world.有那么一天没人能够理解你你觉得自己被全世界孤立。Sometimes
32、the day comesWhen you want to help the needyBut find yourself unable toBecause of some reasons.有那么一天当你想要帮助那些需要被帮助的人却因为某些原因而无法帮助他们。Sometimes the day comesWhen you are hungry and have a few bucksBut you see the child laborers and buy food for them.有那么一天你饥饿难耐，身上只有几块钱但你见到一些童工，为他们买了食物。Sometimes the day comesWhen Mom comes up with one answerAnd Father with another
