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　　Dear Arizona,
　　亲爱的亚利桑那：
　　My brother is so lucky. Good stuff is always happening to him. Do you believe in luck? And if so, how can I get more of it?
　　我的兄弟运气特别好，常有好事发生在他身上。你相信运气吗？如果真有运气，我怎样才能得到更多一些呢？
　　—Looking for Luck in Louisiana
　　——身在路易斯安那寻找好运的人
　　Dear Looking,
　　亲爱的运气寻觅者：
　　I was eating breakfast with one hand, petting my cat, Cow, with the other, and reading the back of the cereal box, when—“YOUCH!” I screamed. “Why’d you pinch me?”
　　我当时正一手吃早餐，一手爱抚着我的猫“牛牛”，同时在看燕麦片盒子背面的信息。就在这时——“哎呦”，我尖叫起来，“你干嘛捏我？”
　　“You’re not wearing green,” said my little brother, Tex. “Everyone knows you get pinched if you don’t wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day!”
　　“因为你没穿绿色衣服，”我的小弟弟特克斯说，“人人都知道如果在圣帕特里克节里不穿绿色衣服就会被捏！”
　　“It’s true,” said my little sister, Indi.
　　“这是真的！”我的小妹妹英蒂说。
　　I was mostly mad about getting pinched, but also a tiny bit glad about being reminded that it was Saint Patrick’s Day.
　　我对自己被掐感到非常生气，但有一点儿值得高兴的是，这提醒了我今天是圣帕特里克节。
　　I panicked. “What am I going to do? I don’t have time to change. I’ll get pinched all day long!”
　　我惊慌失措：“我该怎么办？我没时间换衣服了。一整天我都会被人捏的！”
　　“Well,” Tex said, taking the old green baseball cap off his head, “you could borrow my lucky hat.”
　　“好吧，”特克斯从他头上摘下那顶绿色的旧棒球帽，说，“你可以借我的幸运帽。”
　　“But it’s your favorite!” I said.
　　“但它可是你的最爱。”我说。
　　“I know,” said Tex. “Just promise to give it back after school.”
　　我知道，”特克斯说，“只要你答应放学后还给我就行了。”
　　“No problem,” I said, glancing in the mirror on my way out the door. “I look like a goofball in this thing!”
　　“没问题，”我说。出门前，我照了照镜子。“戴上这个东西，我看上去就像个傻瓜！”
　　“A lucky goofball!” said Tex.
　　“一个幸运的傻瓜！”特克斯说。
　　“Hum.” I grabbed my backpack. “Thanks, I think.”
　　“嗯，”我抓起书包说道，“好吧，谢谢。”
　　Now, before I go on, you should know that I’m not an overly superstitious person. I don’t believe that thirteen is an unlucky number or that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck. I definitely don’t freak out if a black cat crossees my path. And when it comes to things like lucky four-leaf clovers and lucky pennies, I just never believed in them.
　　说到这里，你要知道我不是个极其迷信的人。我不认为13是个倒霉的数字，或者打碎镜子会带来7年的厄运。我决不会因为一只黑猫在我面前走过而被吓坏，也决不会相信诸如幸运四叶草、幸运便士这类东西。
　　Anyway, I was racing to catch the school bus, and I saw a dollar on the sidewalk! I looked around to see if anyone was looking for it, but people just kept stepping on the poor thing, so I decided to rescue it. I’d found pennies and nickels before, but never a dollar! Then, I didn’t miss the bus, because the bus was even later than me—which never happens!
　　不管怎样，当我正拼命追赶校车 时，我看到人行道上有张一美元的钞票！我环顾四周，看看有没人在找它，可人们都相继踩过这个可怜的家伙，所以我决定营救它。以前我捡过便士和镍币，可从没 发现过一美元的钞票。随后，我没有错过校车，因为校车甚至比我还晚到——这是从未发生过的！
　　My luck didn’t stop there. Carlos and Jackson were sitting behind me, quizzing each other on spelling words. I turned around and said, “You guys know that test isn’t till tomorrow, right?”
　　我的运气并未就此打住。卡洛斯和杰克逊刚好坐在我后面，正相互考单词拼写。我转过头去，说：“你们知道明天才测验，对吗？”
　　“It got switched to this morning,” said Jackson. “Remember? There’s some assembly tomorrow. ”
　　“已经改到今天早上了。”杰克逊说，“记得吗？明天有个大会要开。”
　　“That’s right. I totally forgot!” I said. “I’m so lucky that I sat in front of you. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have found out till it was too late!” I got out my spelling words, studied all the way to school. And ended up acing the test!
　　“对哦。我忘得一干二净！”我说，“坐在你们前面我多么幸运啊。不然，到我发现已经晚了。”我拿出要考的单词表来，去学校的一路上，我都在复习。最终，我考了个好成绩。
　　The minute I got home, I gave Tex a gigantic hug.
　　一回到家，我就给特克斯一个大大的拥抱。
　　“This is the luckiest hat in the world,” I said. “I’m never taking it off!”
　　“这是世界上最幸运的帽子。”我说，“我永远都不取下来了！”
　　“But you promised to give it back!” said Tex.
　　“但你答应过要还给我的。”特克斯说。
　　“I know, but…” I pretended to try to pull the hat off my head. “I think it’s stuck.”
　　“我知道，但是……”我假装试图把帽子摘下来，“我想它粘住了。”
　　“It is not!” said Tex.
　　“没有！”特克斯说。
　　“Please-oh-please let me borrow your lucky hat for one more day!” I begged.
　　“求求你把你的幸运帽借我再用一天。”我请求道。
　　“Tomorrow I’m auditioning for the school play, and I need every bit of help I can get.”
　　“明天我要参加学校话剧表演的选角面试，我需要得到所有帮助。”
　　“OK,” said Tex. “One more day. But you’d better be really nice to me.”
　　“好吧，”特克斯说，“再借一天。但你最好真得对我好点。”
　　“I will,” I agreed. “In fact, here you can have my lucky dollar!” Tex let out a whoop, then started dancing around and waving his gift in the air.
　　“我会的，”我同意道，“这样，我这张幸运美元给你！”特克斯欢呼了一声，接着，他一边在空中挥舞着他的礼物，一边开始在四周跳起舞来。
　　The next day turned out to be super lucky. My audition couldn’t have gone better.
　　第二天，我的运气棒极了。我的试演再好不过了。
　　“Wow, Arizona!” said my friend Mareya. “I can’t believe how amazingly you just did! You are so getting a major part in this play!”
　　“哇，亚利桑那！”我的朋友玛瑞娅说，“你刚刚的表演太令人吃惊了，我简直不敢相信！你肯定可以在这部话剧里演主角！”
　　“Thanks! You did really great, too!” I said. “But honestly, the only reason I did OK is because I had my lucky hat.”
　　“谢谢！你也表演得很棒！”我回答道，“不过，老实说，我表演好全因为我有一顶幸运帽。”
　　“What lucky hat?” asked Mareya.
　　“什么幸运帽？”玛瑞娅问。
　　“This one,” I said, reaching into my backpack, where I thought I’d put Tex’s hat since I couldn’t wear it for the audition. But it wasn’t there! “Oh no!” I cried. “It’s gone! What am I going to tell Tex?”
　　“就是这个，”我边说边把手伸进书包里，我以为我把特克斯的帽子放在书包里了，因为我不能戴着它表演。但帽子不在里面！“哦，不！”我喊道，“它不见了！我怎么跟特克斯交代啊？”
　　Mareya helped me look for it. Luckily, we found Tex’s hat in my locker. Also luckily, I discovered that I could be lucky with or without a goofy-looking cap in my possession.
　　玛瑞娅也帮我找，幸运的是，我们发现原来帽子放在我的储物柜里了。同样幸运的是，我发现无论戴不戴那顶落入我手中让我看起来滑稽可笑的帽子，我都会有好运。
　　“So it wasn’t the hat,” said Mareya. “This is just a wild guess, but maybe it was all those hours you spent practicing over the past month.”
　　“所以，并不是因为那顶帽子，”玛瑞娅说，“那不过是瞎猜罢了。也许那是你过去一个月里刻苦练习的结果。”
　　“Hmm,” I said. “It’s possible.”
　　“嗯，”我说，“可能是！”
　　So, dear Looking, I guess you could say that luck is a combination of being prepared, believing in yourself…and maybe just a tiny bit of magic!In other words, luck may come your way, but you have to be ready for it when it does!
　　所以，亲爱的运气寻觅者，我想你可以说幸运是这样一个组合——做好准备，相信自己……也许再加上一点点的魔法！换言之，幸运也许正向你走来，但在它降临时，你得做好准备！
　　Ciao for now.
　　写到这里。再见。
　　Arizona
　　亚利桑那
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二：[经典英文文章]英语经典美文两篇

　　For Love of Children 给孩子的爱
　　This slender volume opens with the story of Beniah, an infant rescued by sanitation workers from the stack of garbage in which he had been left to die. Without ever losing sight of Beniah and the too many other deserted children, the author, Sharon Emecz, tells the story of the two homes for abandoned children, Happy Life Kasarani and Happy Life Juja Farm, organized in the area of Nairobi, Kenya. Developed more than a decade ago by two indomitable couples, Sharon and Jim Powell from Delaware in the USA, and Faith and Peter Kamau from Nairobi, the two settings provide the physical and emotional comforts that would otherwise have been denied the 102 abandoned children now living there, as well as having nurtured the many more who have found adoptive homes. More than that even, the two homes have literally saved the lives of all those children. The book provides detail of the structure and functioning of The Happy Life homes allowing for an appreciation of their organization (as well as a pattern for their replication), and provides as well brief portraits of some of the children saved, of those adults who have opted to share a part of their lives with them whether through work or volunteering, and the adoptive parents who have pledged to share their homes and their love with the children who have become their own. Ms. Emecz gives the reader a real sense of the spiritual journey she has undergone in traveling from London to Nairobi, a journey she and her husband, Steve, now make at least annually.
　　Three Days to See( 节选) 假如给我三天光明
　　All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year, sometimes as short as 24 hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed hero chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited.
　　Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings, what regrets?
　　Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the Epicurean motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry”. But most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.
　　In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
　　Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
　　The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill.
　　I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

三：[经典英文文章]短篇的经典英语美文

　　随着网络文化的发展，美文的概念已经不限定于某种文体，或某类内容。短篇的经典英语美文，希望可以帮助到大家。
　　短篇的经典英语美文1
　　一粒沙子
　　William Blake/威廉.布莱克
　　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.
　　从一粒沙子看到一个世界，
　　从一朵野花看到一个，
　　把握在你手心里的就是无，
　　也就消融于一个时辰。
　　短篇的经典英语美文2
　　Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗
　　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.
　　不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到里也能找到缺点。你要的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人窗上一样光亮；在那门前，积同在早春融化。我只看到，一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的，不靠城镇来支援他们；可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，无论是新的或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。
　　短篇的经典英语美文3
　　The pure.the bright，the beautiful， 一切纯洁的，辉煌的，
　　That stirred our hearts in youth， 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的的，
　　The impulses to wordless prayer， 推动着我们做无言的祷告的，
　　The dreams of love and truth; 让我们着爱与真理的;
　　The longing after something’s lost， 在后为之感到的，
　　The spirit’s yearning cry， 使深切地呼喊着的，
　　The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的而着的-
　　These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
　　The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手，
　　A brother in his need， 在你的弟兄需要的时候，
　　A kindly word in grief’s dark hour 恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话
　　That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以证明朋友的；
　　The plea for mercy softly breathed， 轻声地乞求怜悯，
　　When justice threatens nigh， 在审判临近的时候，
　　The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种--
　　These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
　　Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温
　　Must find some work to do ; 尽你所能地去做；
　　Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
　　Be firm，and just ，and true; 为人要坚定，正直，忠诚；
　　So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
　　Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。
　　And angel voices say to thee---你将听到的声音在说-----
　　These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。

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