英语短篇小说美文

A. 比较好看的国外短篇小说~

一朵玫瑰花 有位绅士在花店门口停了车，他打算向花店订一束花，请他们送去给远在故乡的母亲。

绅士正要走进店门时，发现有个小女孩坐在路上哭，绅士走到小女孩面前问她说：

「孩子，为什么坐在这里哭？」

「我想买一朵玫瑰花送给妈妈，可是我的钱不够。」孩子说。绅士听了感到心疼。

「这样啊……」于是绅士牵著小女孩的手走进花店，先订了要送给母亲的花束，然后给小女孩买了一朵玫瑰花。走出花店时绅士向小女孩提议，要开车送她回家。

「真的要送我回家吗？」 「当然啊！」

「那你送我去妈妈那里好了。可是叔叔，我妈妈住的地方，离这里很远。」

「早知道就不载你了。」绅士开玩笑地说。

绅士照小女孩说的一直开了过去，没想到走出市区大马路之后，随著蜿蜒山路前行，竟然来到了墓园。小女孩把花放在一座新坟旁边，她为了给一个月前刚过世的母亲，献上一朵玫瑰花，而走了一大段远路。 绅士将小女孩送回家中，然后再度折返花店。他取消了要寄给母亲的花束，而改买了一大束鲜花，直奔离这里有五小时车程的母亲家中，他要亲自将花献给妈妈。

一朵玫瑰花

为逝者举行盛大丧礼，

不如在他在世时，

善尽孝心。
便当里的头发

在那个贫困的年代里，很多同学往往连带个象样的便当到学校上课的能力都没有， 我邻座的同学就是如此。 他的饭菜永远是黑黑的豆豉，我的便当却经常装著火腿和荷包蛋，两者有著天渊之别。

而且这个同学，每次都会先从便当里捡出头发之后，再若无其事地吃他的便当。这个令人浑身不舒服的发现一直持续著。

「可见他妈妈有多邋遢，竟然每天饭里都有头发。」同学们私底下议论著。为了顾及同学自尊，又不能表现出来，总觉得好肮脏，因此对这同学的印象，也开始大打折扣。有一天学校放学之后，那同学叫住了我：「如果没什么事就去我家玩吧。」虽然心中不太愿意，不过自从同班以来，他第一次开口邀请我到家里玩，所以我不好意思拒绝他。

随朋友来到了位于汉城最陡峭地形的某个贫民村。

「妈，我带朋友来了。」听到同学兴奋的声音之后，房门打开了。他年迈的母亲出现在门口。

「我儿子的朋友来啦，让我看看。」 但是走出房门的同学母亲，只是用手摸著房门外的梁柱。 原来她是双眼失明的盲人。 种花的邮差

有个小村庄里有位中年邮差，他从刚满二十岁起便开始每天往返五十公里的路程，日复一日将忧欢悲喜的故事，送到居民的家中。就这样二十年一晃而过，人事物几番变迁，唯独从邮局到村庄的这条道路，从过去到现在，始终没有一枝半叶，触目所及，唯有飞扬的尘土罢了。

「这样荒凉的路还要走多久呢？」

他一想到必须在这无花无树充满尘土的路上，踩著脚踏车度过他的人生时，心中总是有些遗憾。

有一天当他送完信，心事重重准备回去时，刚好经过了一家花店。 「对了，就是这个！」 他走进花店，买了一把野花的种籽，并且从第二天开始，带著这些种籽撒在往来的路上。就这样，经过一天，两天，一个月，两个月……，他始终持续散播著野花种籽。

没多久，那条已经来回走了二十年的荒凉道路，竟开起了许多红、黄各色的小花；夏天开夏天的花，秋天开秋天的花，四季盛开，永不停歇。

种籽和花香对村庄里的人来说，比邮差一辈子送达的任何一封邮件，更令他们开心。

在不是充满尘土而是充满花瓣的道路上吹著口哨，踩著脚踏车的邮差，不再是孤独的邮差，也不再是愁苦的邮差了。

种花的邮差

人生如白驹过隙，

时光飞逝，

何妨留下善行，

提供后人乘凉？

B. 请问有什么比较好的英语文章吗散文、故事、体会等等，长短都行。请直接贴过来好吗谢谢了

超级推荐 黎巴嫩文坛饺子纪伯伦 beauty 和 on love

on beauty纪伯伦2009-05-22 10:26纪伯伦

And a poet said, "Speak to us of Beauty."

Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?

And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver（编织工）of your speech?

The aggrieved（苦恼的，悲伤的）and the injured say, "Beauty is kind and gentle.

Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us."

And the passionate（热情的）say, "Nay, beauty is a thing of might（力量，威力）and dread（惧怕，担心）

Like the tempest（暴风雨）she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."

The tired and the weary（疲倦的）say, "beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit.

Her voice yields to（屈服于）our silences like a faint（微弱的，模糊的）light that quivers（颤抖）in fear of the shadow."

But the restless（不能安静的）say, "We have heard her shouting among the mountains,

And with her cries came the sound of hoofs（蹄），and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions."

At night the watchmen of the city say, "Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east."

And at noontide the toilers（辛劳着）and the wayfarers（旅人，徒步旅行者）say, "we have seen her leaning （倾斜，倾向）over the earth from the windows of the sunset."

In winter say the snow-bound（被大雪困阻的）， "She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills."

And in the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift

(漂流物，堆积物）of snow in her hair."

All these things have you said of beauty.

Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,

And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy（入迷）.

It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,

But rather a heart enflamed（燃烧） and a soul enchanted（施魔法，是迷惑）.

It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,

But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.

It is not the sap（树液）within the furrowed（有犁沟的，有皱纹的）bark（树皮）, nor a wing attached to a claw

（抓）,

But rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.

People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils（揭开，除去面纱） her holy（神圣的）face.

But you are life and you are the veil.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

But you are eternity and your are the mirror.

On Love
By Kahlil Gibran

When love beckons to you follow him,though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; and then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; for love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God." And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; and to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; to rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; to return home at eventide with gratitude; and then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

论爱
纪伯伦

当爱向你招手，那就跟他去吧，尽管一路上难免艰难崎岖。当他用双翼将你拥抱，就服从他吧，虽然他翅下隐藏的剑可能会伤到你。要是他对你说话了，就相信他吧，即使他的话语或许会将你的梦粉碎，就象北风会使花园化成荒芜。

因为要是爱会将你加冕为王，他也能将你迫害至死。假如他能叫你成长，他也可能将你剪除。假如他会登到与你一样的高度去爱抚你那在阳光下娇颤的柔嫩枝叶，那他也可能下降到你的脚跟并动摇他们对土地的依附。他会将你如玉米一样成捆地收集，并将你反复地打击，使你裸露出来，然后将你从你的外壳中筛选出来，再把你碾磨得白白的，最后还要把你不断地揉捏，直到你变得驯从。接下来他会将你放在祭祀的火旁，那样你将成为献给上帝的圣餐里的面饼。

然而你要是害怕了，只想在追寻爱的宁静与快活。那么你最好掩盖好你的赤裸，远离爱的激烈颠簸的世界吧，到那没有四季冷热之分的世界去，在那里你可以大笑，却不完全表达你的笑声；你可以大哭，却不会用尽你的泪水。

除了其本身，爱一无所求，也不能给予任何东西。爱一无所有，也不被任何东西占有。因为爱有了自身就已经足够了。

当你爱了，请不要说“上帝在我心里了”，你应当说：“我在上帝的心里了”。也不要想着你能引导爱的进程，若你是值得的，爱会引导你们的进展。爱除了使自己圆满之外别无所求。

当你要是爱了，又必定有所渴求。那就请让这些成为你的渴求吧：渴望着能融化为一条奔腾的小溪，对着夜晚唱起欢快的歌。渴望着能体会到太痴情将带来的痛楚。渴望着能被自己对爱的理解而受伤，并且心甘情愿地为此流血。祈求在黎明带着飞一般的心情醒来，并感谢还有可爱的日子。祈求在午休的时刻里能体会爱所带来的心悦神怡。祈求在傍晚带着感恩的心情归家，然后在临睡的时候，为心爱的人祈祷，并咏诵那美妙的赞歌。

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纪伯伦的这篇 On Love 是为数不多的我非常喜欢的英文散文诗。纪伯伦是黎巴嫩诗人、哲学家，是一个很有智慧的人。当初他写就《先知》的时候，世界文坛为之震惊。纪伯伦是一个像泰戈尔一般的存在，是一个可以用诗一般宁静美好的语言诠释生命、人生、存在和哲学的人。

我记得，中学（貌似是初中）语文课本里有培根的《论爱情》，但是到现在，我也只隐约记得里面夏日鲜果的比喻了。培根这个人，给我的印象不深，总之，就是一个很世俗的文人，很会讨王室欢心的作家。我在这里不是说抨击冰水哥哥的品味，我只是想说，和纪伯伦的文章比，培根还嫩着呐~~ 况且，不觉得用腐烂的水果比喻人向往之的爱情，很让人倒胃口吗？？

那种爱柔柔地轻轻地降落心房，搅乱一池春水掀起一片涟漪怦然心动的感觉，那种时而羞涩时而炽烈的情感，那种盲目的崇拜和恬淡的厮守，纪伯伦带给我的爱情是神圣美好的，又是让人无奈的。我到现在都会背诵这篇美丽的文章，当然是英文的，我不会背中文翻译，也没背过。每每念及第一句“When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep”都会有一种奇妙的感觉——这才是被多巴胺迷惑了神智的爱情啊，怎么可能会变成腐烂的水果呢？？！！

C. 求外国作家写的英语美文

奥哈拉给女儿的信
John O'hara to His Daughter

TLS,1 p.Mrs. Doughty
Quogue, Long Island
16 September 1962, Sunday

My dear:

Well, here we are — but not here. You at St. Tim's, Sister in Princeton, and me in Quogue, and another brand new year is about to start for you. For me, too. I always seem to approach the autumn in the frame of mind that spring inces in most people. The excitement of new things; the new plays, the new books, new clothes, etc., etc., etc. At the same time the autumn for me is a season of a sweet melancholy that is hard to explain. I love the early evenings, the leaves burning, the lights in houses.

It is the beginning of a big year for you, in many respects your biggest so far. By the time June comes around you will be 18, and graating from school. In the past week or so I have called you “Kid” but subconsciously I have been doing that because your kid days are over, or just about. I suspect that you are going through the experience of first love, and no matter what else happens, after that experience you are never a kid again.

Most of the nice things we associate with being a kid are okay — while you are still kid. But you gain more than you lose. You gain in understanding standing, in appreciation of people, in understanding and appreciation of yourself. You begin to see the wisdom in that quotation I have so often repeated to you: to thine own self be true. Every year at this time I have repeated that quotation to you, and the time is not really too far distant when you will be passing it on to your own children. It is probably the best single piece of advice I can give you, or you can give them.

You have done well, and I am pleased with you, not only for what you have done, but for what you are. As Miss Finnegan said to Sister, “Wylie has the right reactions.” So good luck in your Senior Year, and always know that the old man loves you very much.

Always

Dad

这是奥哈拉写给女儿的一封信。女儿将从中学毕业，这就意味着她将不再是小孩了。在这人生关键时刻，作为父亲，他既对女儿过去的表现表示满意，也对女儿的将来充满信心。然而，他却不忘再次重复自己对女儿立身行事的一句忠告：真诚地对待自己。这是要求女儿具有自信、自助、自律、自尊、自爱的品质。这句话显然是作者丰富的生活阅历和人生经验的总结，也是对女儿的谆谆教诲，赋予思想一种真切动人的感情力量。虽然信是写给予自己女儿的，但是这句忠告却具有普遍性的教育意义，是天下父母对子女的最真挚的希望。作者的语言温馨自然，平和亲切，看似叙述家常，却在平常中显示了令人惊叹的智慧，又让人产生一种贴心的感觉。

约翰·奥哈拉(John O' hara,1905-1970)是美国著名小说家。他生于宾夕法尼亚州的波茨维尔，中学毕业后父亲去世，就离家出走，开始独立的生活。他东奔西走，经过广泛的旅行之后，终于在纽约市当上记者，撰写文艺批评，短篇小说作品常常出现在著名杂志《纽约人》，此外还为好莱坞和百老汇改编电影和戏剧，如音乐喜剧《好友乔依》（1940年）。从第一部长篇《在萨马拉的约会》（1934）到死后出版的短篇小说集《萨马拉好人及其他小说》（1974），他的作品是20世纪20—40年代积极上进的美国社会史，以对20世纪美国生活习俗和价值的敏锐目光而著称。作为现实主义作家，他的风格是客观的，实事求是的。

D. 现代英语短篇小说或散文

The Bear——William Faulkner
The Whistle——Eudora Welty
The Ballet Dancer——Jane Mayhall
Herb Gathering——Truman Capote
Two Mutes——Carson McCullers
Rosie——William Van Buskirk
The Treasure Game——H.E.Bates
The Duck——J.B.Priestley

E. 经典英文短篇小说集：哲理故事的内容简介

《经典英文短篇小说集:哲理故事》精选的20余篇美文，融合当代最新佳作和文坛巨匠的短篇精华，既能放松身心，又能开启智慧的英语短篇小说，让读者从平凡的小故事中感悟现实生活的甘苦百味，读解到心智的深邃和理解生命的本义。小故事，大智慧。生活中的平凡故事，亦可影响人的一生，同样在字里行间充满人生体验的睿智见解、隽永的哲理。

F. 能不能帮忙推荐几篇关于友情的英语美文，适合大学生四级水平学生阅读的谢~！

推荐书虫的《秘密花园》一个英文短篇小说 比较感人 包含友情亲情

G. 跪求短的英文散文或故事 急啊！

不知道你是要长的还是短的，你先看看这些可以不。
泰戈尔英文散文诗1
夏日迷路的鸟儿，唱着歌，从我窗前飞过。
秋日枯黄的落叶，沉默着，在飘飞中留下一点痕迹。
Stray
birds
of
summer
come
to
my
window
to
sing
and
fly
away.
And
yellow
leaves
of
autumn,
which
have
no
songs,
flutter
and
fall
there
with
a
sign.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
2
世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。
O
Troupe
of
little
vagrants
of
the
world,
leave
your
footprints
in
my
words.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
3
世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。
它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。
The
world
puts
off
its
mask
of
vastness
to
its
lover.
It
becomes
small
as
one
song,
as
one
kiss
of
the
eternal.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
4
是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
It
is
the
tears
of
the
earth
that
keep
here
smiles
in
bloom.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
5
无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
The
mighty
desert
is
burning
for
the
love
of
a
bladeof
grass
who
shakes
her
head
and
laughs
and
flies
away.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
6
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。
If
you
shed
tears
when
you
miss
the
sun,
you
also
miss
the
stars.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
7
跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟
瘸足的泥沙而俱下么?
The
sands
in
your
way
beg
for
your
song
and
your
movement,
dancing
water.
Will
you
carry
the
burden
of
their
lameness?

泰戈尔英文散文诗
8
她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。
Her
wishful
face
haunts
my
dreams
like
the
rain
at
night.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
9
有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。
我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。
Once
we
dreamt
that
we
were
strangers.
We
wake
up
to
find
that
we
were
dear
to
each
other.

泰戈尔英文散文诗
10
忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。
Sorrow
is
hushed
into
peace
in
my
heart
like
the
evening
among
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H. 请推荐一些英语美文的书，最好是优美的散文

《最美的英文》不错，我和我同学都看，基本符合你的要求。一般这类书在学校图书馆都能找到。 还有《牛津英语书虫系列》是短篇小说，依难度而分，其实我个人觉得还是读小说比较好，更能提高你的阅读水平。

I. 可以推荐一本适合中学生学英语读的小说么

The soul of man under Socialism
The Selfish Giant
The Model Millionaire
The Happy Prince
The Devoted Friend
Nightingale and the Rose
这些都是Oscar Wilde的。他的小说语言很美，也很符合你的要求。而且，语句都不难

要不就看看书虫系列的。那是分年级的，基本是世界文学名著的改编简化版

J. 简单英语小短文50字左右

1、Today was Sunday and I was very happy!In the morning，I stayed at home to do my homework and watch TV.In the afternoon，I went to a park with my best friends.There were many flowers，and some birds were singing songs.We played games and talked about our dreams.At last，we went home for dinner.Today，I had a great time!

翻译：这天是星期天，我十分高兴！早上，我呆在家里做作业看电视。下午，我和我最好的朋友去了公园。那里有许多花儿，一些鸟还在唱歌呢、我们一齐玩游戏，谈论我们的梦想。最后，我们就回家吃晚饭了。这天玩的真的很开心！

2、Most kids like animals.Girls like cats，and boys like dogs.However，my favorite animal is the horse.The horses are strong，not like the tame cats or puppy dogs.They look wild and hard to get close.Yet，they will be very timid and friendly after they get to know you.Horses remember the way home.

They are also faithful to their masters.They even understand what you are trying to tell them.I’ve heard many stories about how a horse saved his master’s life.That's also the reason why I love horses.They never betray you.

翻译：大多数孩子喜欢动物。男孩和女孩喜欢猫，喜欢狗。然而，我最喜欢的动物是马。马是强大的，不像温顺的猫或狗狗。他们看起来野生和难以接近。然而，他们将会十分胆小，友好的了解你之后。马还记得回家的路。他们也对他们的主人忠心耿耿。他们甚至明白你想告诉他们什么。我听说许多故事关于一匹马救了主人的命。这也是为什么我喜欢马。他们永远不会背叛你。

3、Look，I have a nice room.Come and have a look.Its small and nice.There is a big bed，a small desk，a shelf and a closet.The bed is near the desk.There is a shelf near the closet too.

Many good books are in the shelf.I like the books very much.Oh，yes，There is a big board on the wall.I often write and draw pictures on the board.Oh，My bedroom is too beautiful.I like it very much.Do you like my bedroom?Can you tell me about your beroom，please？

翻译：看，我有一个舒适的房间，过来看一看，它小而漂亮，那有一张大床，一张小桌，一个书架和衣柜，床在桌子旁边，书架也在衣柜旁边，很多好的书都在书架上，我十分喜欢书，哦，是的，那有一个大的黑板在墙上，我经常写和画一些图片在黑板上。哦，我的卧室是太漂亮了，我十分喜欢它，你喜欢我的卧室吗，请你有告诉我你的卧室吗？

4、My best friend is.He’s a very funny person.For example，he keeps his watch one hour ahead of the real time.He says it’s because he doesn’t want to be late.is also very honest and intelligent.He doesn’t need to cheat to get ahead.

In school he always gets the highest scores，but he never seems to study.He says he studies only when nobody is looking.Everybody likes my friend very much.

翻译：我最好的朋友我最好的朋友是。他是一个很风趣的人。比如，他把表拨快1小时，他说那是因为他不想迟到。很诚实并且聪明。他不用作弊就能够名列前茅。在学校他总是得最高分，但是他好像从来不学习。他说他只有在四周无人时才学习。每个人都十分喜欢我的朋友。

5、My classmate who called Limei.She is a beautiful girl，she has long long hair and big eyes.She always smiles.She has a little brother.We often play together.I like her very much.

翻译：我的同学叫丽美。她是一个美丽的女孩，她有长长的头发和大大的眼睛。她总是微笑。她有一个小弟弟。我们经常在一齐玩。我十分喜欢她。