英语,作为世界的主流语言之一,在我们生活中 扮演 着越来越重要的角色。下面是本站小编带来的英文必背文章，欢迎阅读!
英文必背文章1
The Choice of Companion
选择朋友
A good companion is better than a fortune, for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character which make companionship a blessing. The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves, for we are inspired by his wisdom and virtue to nobler deeds.
一个好友胜过一笔财富，因为钱财买不到人的某些品德因素，而正是这些因素，使友情成为一种恩惠。最好的朋友是那些比我们更睿智、更出色的人，我们会受到他们的智慧和美德的激励，从而使我们的行为更加高尚。
"Keep good company,and you shall be one of the number," said George Herbert. "A man is known by the companion he keeps. " Character makes character in the associations of life faster than anything else. Purity begets purity, like begets like; and this fact makes the choice of companion in early life more important even than that of teachers and guardians.
“与优秀者为伍，你也会成为优秀者中的一员。”乔治•赫伯特曾说，“从一个人所交的朋友可知其为人。”在社会交往中，品性对品性的塑造胜过其他任何因素。纯洁的品格会培养纯洁的品格，爱好会引发相同的爱好。这一事实使得在年少时选择朋友甚至比选择老师和监护人还要重要。
It is true that we cannot always choose all of our companions, some are thrust upon us by business or the social relations of life, we do not choose them, we do not enjoy them; and yet, we have to associate with them more or less. The experience is not altogether without compensation, if there be principle enough in us to bear the strain. Still, in the main, choice of companions can be made, and must be made. It is not best or necessary for a young person to associate with "Tom, Dick, and Harry" without forethought or purpose. Some fixed rules about the company he or she keeps must be observed. The subject should be uttermost in the thoughts, and canvassed often.
事实上，并非所有的朋友都是我们选择的，有些是生意或社会关系强加于我们的。我们没有选择他们，也不喜欢他们，可是我们不得不或多或少地与他们交往。不过，在情势的压力之下,只要我们自有主张，这样的交往也并非全无益处。大多数情况下，我们还是可以而且必须要选择朋友的。一个年轻人无所考虑、无所目的地随意与张三李四交往是不好的，也是没必要的，他/她必须遵循一些交友的定例，择友时应首先考虑这些定例，并经常加以审视。
Companionship is education, good or not; it develops manhood or womanhood, high or low; it lifts the soul upward or drags it downward; it ministers to virtue or vice. Sow virtue, and the harvest will be virtue, Sow vice, and the harvest will be vice. Good companionships help us to sow virtue;evil companionships help us to sow vice.
无论是有益还是有害，友谊就是一种教育。它可以培育高贵或卑微的品格;它可以升华灵魂，也可以使之沉沦;它可以滋生美德，也可以助长邪恶。播种美德，就会收获美德;播种邪恶,就会收获邪恶。有益的友谊帮助我们播种美德，而有害的友谊则使我们播种邪恶。
英文必背文章2
A Loving Gentleness 爱的温柔
A Loving Gentleness
爱的温柔
Do you know what a loving gentleness is like? Have you had a taste of it or shown it to others?
知道什么是爱的温柔吗?你曾经感受过它或者让他人感受过吗?
Surely you can get some idea of it from swallows under the eaves. They show it when they are busy flying to and fro to feed their nestlings. You can see it from the moon shedding cool light over the scorched land so that it becomes comfortable. You can also feel it when you listen to the clock ticking steadily, so considerate as not to disturb a sweet dream. Again you can find it in the heart of a young girl. She is charming because of her loving tenderness.
当然，你可以从屋檐下的燕子身上对爱的温柔有一些感悟，当它们匆匆忙忙地飞来飞去哺育巢中的雏鸟时，它们就显示出了这种温柔。你可以从月光上看到这种温柔，它清泠的光辉映照在枯黄的大地上，让人感觉到舒适。在聆听钟表有条不紊的嘀答声时，你也可以感觉到它，那声音如此体贴，不忍惊醒任何一个甜美的梦。你也可以在年轻女孩的心中发现它，由于爱的温柔，她变得魅力四射。
It's also a picture of loving tenderness for a youngster playing a pampered child in his or her mother' lap. But later, the person is so much changed by fate that tenderness is gone together with values of life. Some people are born uncouth. But tossed by life's storms they become gentle and good-humored unexpectedly, like mushrooms sprouting from the root of the tree of life.
在妈妈膝下撒娇的孩子也是一幅温柔的图画，之后，这个孩子在命运的支配下渐渐被改变，他的温柔也随着生命的价值一同消逝。有些人生来就是粗鲁不文的，但经过生命的暴风雨的洗礼，他会出人意料地变得温柔而亲切起来，就像在生命之树下面萌发出来的蘑菇。
True, gentleness or a tender care is often associated with love and kindness. It can also be found in a good- natured or broad-minded person. It is not fair to think that it has anything to do with weakness.
的确，温柔与关切通常与爱和善良结伴同行，在脾气温和或心胸宽广的人身上，也可以发现到这种品质。认为温柔与软弱有关，是一种不公平的看法。
Gentle as spring breeze, it cracks the frozen river with its light touch. Soft as cotton, it renders a steel ball bouncing high from the ground paralyzed in its embrace. Similarly, tenderhearted as friendship, it melts the toughness of an ironwilled man and reduces him to grateful tears.
温柔就像春天的风，它轻柔的触摸让冰冻的河流开裂，它像棉絮一样柔软，从地上高高弹起的钢球也会在它的怀抱中麻痹。同样，温柔又像友谊，它能柔化一个有着钢铁般意志的男人，并让他流下感动的眼泪。
A loving gentleness is too subtle to describe. Though it seems invisible, inaudible and evasive to the touch, it is still perceptible. It is the quintessence of kindness, enthusiasm, love and moral support. It gives strength and power. It is the source of beauty.
爱的温柔过于微妙，难以言传，尽管它是看不见、听不着、摸不到的，但它却可以被人们感受到。它是善良、热情、爱与美德的结晶，它带来坚强与力量，它是美的源泉。
英文必背文章3
The Definition of a Gentleman 何谓君子
The Definition of a Gentleman
何谓君子
Hence it is, that it is almost a definition of a gentleman, to say he is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him; and he concurs with their movements rather than takes the initiative himself. His benefits may be considered as parallel to what are called comforts or conveniences in arrangements of a personal nature: like an easy chair or a good fire, which do their part in dispelling cold and fatigue, though nature provides both means of rest and animal heat without them.
一个人行事而不给他人招致痛苦，则于君子之义相去无几。上面这话既不失为雅正，而所指范围也极为确切。他致力于为他周围的人解除行动障碍，使其行事自由自在;他总是与周围的人行动一致，而不是抢占风头。而他所能给予的帮助也多少带有主人待客的性质，即在照顾他人时，尽量使其舒适方便：仿佛安乐椅之能为人解乏或一团炉火之能为人祛寒;虽说没有这些，自然仍能予人以其他休息与取暖之法。
He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments or insinuates evil which he dare not say out. From a long sighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend. He has too much good sense to be affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too engaged to bear malice. He is patient, tolerant, and resigned, on philosophical principles; he submits to pain, because it is inevitable, to the death of family members, because it is irreparable, and to death, because it is his destiny. If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blundering discourtesy of better, though less educated minds; who, like blunt weapons, tear and hack instead of cutting clean, who mistake the point in argument, waste their strength on trifles, misconceive their adversary, and leave the question more involved than they find it.
在与人辩论时他丝毫也不鄙吝偏狭，既不无道理地强占上风，也不把个人意气与尖刻词语当成论据，或在不敢明言时恶毒暗示。他目光远大，慎思熟虑，每每以古代哲人的格言为自己的行动准则，即我们之对待仇人，须以异日争取其做友人为目标。他深明大义，故不因受辱而生气，他事务繁忙，故不暇对毁镑置念，他尽有他事可做，故再无精力对人怀抱敌意。他耐心隐忍逆来顺受，而这样做都以一定的哲理为根据;他甘愿吃苦，因为痛苦不可避免;他甘愿忍受失去家人的孤独，因为这事无法挽回;他甘愿直面死亡，因为这是他的必然命运。如果他涉入任何问题之争，他那训练有素的头脑总不致使他出现一些也许比他更聪明但却缺乏教养的人所常犯的那种失检无礼的缺点;这类人仿佛一把钝刀那样，只知乱砍一通，但却不中要害，他们往往把辩论的要点弄错，把气力虚抛在一些琐碎细节上面，并且对自己的对手并不理解，反而把问题弄得愈加复杂。
He may be right or wrong in his opinion, but he is too clear headed to be unjust; he is as simple as he is forcible, and as brief as he is decisive. Nowhere shall we find greater candor, consideration, indulgence: he throws himself into the minds of his opponents, he accounts for their mistakes. He knows the weakness of human reason as well as its strength, its province and its limits.
他的看法有时正确有时错误，但由于头脑极为清醒，故颇能避免不公;在他身上，我们充分见到了气势、淳朴、果断、简练。在他身上，坦率、周到、宽容得到了最充分的体现：他对自己对手的心情最能体贴入微，对他们的错误也能找到原因。他对人类的理性不仅能识其长，亦能识其短，既知其领域范围，又颇知其不足。