大學英語朗誦示範美文

Ⅰ 1至2分鍾英語朗誦美文（大約200詞）

you are my sunshine
你是我的陽光
the other night dear, as i lay sleeping,
親愛的，一天晚上我正在躺著睡覺
i dreamt i held you in my arms,
我夢見你在我的臂彎
when i awoke dear, i was mistaken,
當我醒來的時候，我親愛的。我發現我是錯誤的
and i hung my head and i cried!
我垂下我的頭，然後，我哭了
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
你是我的陽光，我唯一的陽光
you make me happy, when skies are gray.
你讓我感到開心，當天空黑暗的時候
you'll never know dear, how much i love you,
你永遠不會知道，我有多愛你
please don't take my sunshine away.
請不要把我的陽光帶走
you told me once dear, you really loved me,
你有一次告訴我，你真的愛我
and no one else could come between,
沒有人可以替代
but now you've left me, and love another.
但是現在，你離開了我，愛上了別人
you have shattered all my dreams.
你粉碎了我所有的夢
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
你是我的陽光，我唯一的陽光
the other night dear, as i lay sleeping,
親愛的，一天晚上我正在躺著睡覺
i dreamt i held you in my arms,
我夢見你在我的臂彎
you make me happy, when skies are gray.
你讓我感到開心，當天空黑暗的時候
when i awoke dear, i was mistaken,
當我醒來的時候，我親愛的。我發現我是錯誤的
you'll never know dear, how much i love you,
你永遠不會知道，我有多愛你
and i hung my head and i cried!
我垂下我的頭，然後，我哭了
please don't take my sunshine away.
請不要把我的陽光帶走
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
你是我的陽光，我唯一的陽光
you make me happy, when skies are gray.
你讓我感到開心，當天空黑暗的時候
you'll never know dear, how much i love you,
你永遠不會知道，我有多愛你
please don't take my sunshine away.
請不要把我的陽光帶走
you told me once dear, you really loved me,
你有一次告訴我，你真的愛我
and no one else could come between,
沒有人可以替代
but now you've left me, and love another.
但是現在，你離開了我，愛上了別人
you have shattered all my dreams.
你粉碎了我所有的夢
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
你是我的陽光，我唯一的陽光
you make me happy, when skies are gray.
你讓我感到開心，當天空黑暗的時候
you'll never know dear, how much i love you,
你永遠不會知道，我有多愛你
please don't take my sunshine away.
請不要把我的陽光帶走

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Ⅱ 急求一篇適合大學生英語朗誦比賽的稿子，詩歌或者散文都可以，時間要求五分鍾左右。感激不盡！！！！！

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這是英語朗誦的小說
A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple he grew. One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it. He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his field, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died. Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place."What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my field, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit." "Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!" 一個窮困的農夫有一個朋友，這個朋友因為種了神奇的蘋果樹而遠近聞名。 有一天，農夫的這個朋友送給他一棵小蘋果樹。農夫對這個禮物非常高興。但當他回到家時，卻不知道將它栽在什麼地方。 他擔心他把蘋果樹栽在路邊，陌生人會偷樹上的蘋果，他把樹種在自己的一塊地里，鄰居們夜裡就會過來偷蘋果。他把樹栽在自己的房子邊，他的孩子們就會摘蘋果。 最後，他把那棵樹栽在了林子里，那裡沒人能看見。但沒有陽光和泥土，樹不久就死了。 後來，朋友問農夫他為什麼把樹栽在那樣貧瘠的地方。 「那有什麼不一樣？」農夫生氣地說， 「我把蘋果樹栽在路邊，陌生人就會偷樹上的蘋果，我把樹栽在自己的一塊地里，鄰居們夜裡就會來偷蘋果。我把樹栽在自己的房邊，我自己的孩子們就會摘蘋果。」 是的，」他的朋友說. 「但至少可能有人來分享這些果實。現在你不僅剝奪了每個人的果實，也毀了一棵好蘋果
樹！

英語詩歌散文一

Lake of Autumn
I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shire. That time we used to be happy. Well, I thought we were. But the truth was that you had been longing to leave me, not daring to tell me. On that precious night, watching the lake, vaguely conscious. You said:" our story is ending."
The rain was killing the last days of summer, you had been killing my last breath of love, since a long time ago. I still don't think I'm gonna make it through another love story. You took it all away from me. And there I stand, I knew I was going to be the one left behind. But still I'm watching the lake, vaguely conscious, and I know my life is ending.

英語詩歌朗詩歌

These Things Shall Never Die 這些美好不會消逝
By --Charles Dickens/查爾斯.狄更斯
The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切純潔的,輝煌的,美麗的,
That stirred our hearts in youth, 強烈地震撼著我們年輕的心靈的,
The impulses to wordless prayer, 推動著我們做無言的禱告的,
The dreams of love and truth; 讓我們夢想著愛與真理的;
The longing after something's lost, 在失去後為之感到珍惜的,
The spirit's yearning cry, 使靈魂深切地呼喊著的,
The striving after better hopes- 為了更美好的夢想而奮斗著的-
These things can never die. 這些美好不會消逝。
The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手，
A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的時候，
A kindly word in grief's dark hour 傷慟、困難的時候，一句親切的話
That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以證明朋友的真心；
The plea for mercy softly breathed, 輕聲地乞求憐憫，
When justice threatens nigh, 在審判臨近的時候，
The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一種傷感--
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會消逝。
Let nothing pass for every hand 在人間傳遞溫情
Must find some work to do ; 盡你所能地去做；
Lose not a chance to waken love- 別錯失去了喚醒愛的良機-----
Be firm,and just ,and true; 為人要堅定，正直，忠誠；
So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀著你的那道光芒
Beam on thee from on high. 就不會消失。
And angel voices say to thee---你將聽到天使的聲音在說-----
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會消逝。

Ⅲ 適合朗誦的大學英語美文 幽默,押韻點的

莎士比亞的要不？

Ⅳ 求一篇適合英語朗讀的美文

我大一時候背誦過的一篇文 感覺寫的很好的~~和你分享~~希望能有所幫助哈~~ 題目是 If I were a boy again~~
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. "There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "Who can surmount the pyramids - the eagle and the snail."

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. I often hear grown up people say, "I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so", and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.

If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. "Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," says a wise author. We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear." The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear." Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be feared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. "Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love." Importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline.

If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more enrable.

Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.
假如我又回到了童年，我做事要更有毅力，決不因為事情艱難或者麻煩而撒手不幹，我們要光明，就得征服黑暗。
毅力在效果上有時能同天才相比。俗話說：「能登上金字塔的生物，只有兩種——鷹和蝸牛。」
假如我又回到了童年，我就要養成專心致志的習慣；有事在手，就決不讓任何東西讓我分心。我要牢記：優秀的滑冰手從不試圖同時滑向兩個不同的方向。
如果及早養成這種專心致志的習慣，它將成為我們生命的一部分。我常聽成年人說：「雖然我希望能集中注意聽牧師講道或讀書，但往往做不到。」而原因就是年輕時沒有養成這種習慣。
假如我現在能重新開始我的生命，我就要更注意記憶力的培養。我要採取一切可能的辦法，並且在一切可能的場合，增強記憶力。要正確無誤地記住一些東西，在開始階段的確要作出一番小小的努力；但要不了多久，記憶力本身就會起作用，使記憶成為輕而易舉的事，只需及早培養，記憶自會成為一種才能。

假如我又回到了童年，我就要培養勇氣。一位明智的作家曾說過：「世上沒有東西比勇氣更溫文爾雅，也沒有東西比懦怯更殘酷無情。」
我們常常過多地自尋煩惱，杞人憂天。「怕禍害比禍害本身更可怕。」凡事都有危險，但鎮定沉著往往能克服最嚴重的危險。對一切禍福做好准備，那麼就沒有什麼災難可以害怕的了。
假如我又回到了童年，我就要事事樂觀。生活猶如一面鏡子：你朝它笑，它也朝你笑；如果你雙眉緊鎖，向它投以懷疑的目光，它也將還以你同樣的目光。
內心的歡樂不僅溫暖了歡樂者自己的心，也溫暖了所有與之接觸者的心。「誰拒愛於門外，也必將被愛拒諸門外。」
假如我又回到了童年，我就要養成經常說「不」字的習慣。一個少年要能挺得起腰，拒絕做不應該做的事，就因為這事不值得做。我可以寫上好幾頁談談早年培養這一點的重要性。
假如我又回到了童年，我就要要求自己對夥伴和朋友更加禮貌，而且對陌生人也應如此。在坎坷的生活道路上，最細小的禮貌猶如在漫長的冬天為我們歌唱的小鳥，那歌聲使冰天雪地的寒冬變得較易忍受。
最後，假如我又回到了童年，我不會力圖為自己謀幸福，好像這就是人生唯一的目的；與之相反，我要更努力為他人謀幸福。

Ⅳ 求一篇3分鍾英語演講美文 大一水平 非常感謝

Don』t wait for a smile to be nice...
不要等到了一個笑容才面露慈善

Don』t wait to be loved, to love.
不要等被愛了以後，才要去愛

Don』t wait to be lonely, to recognize the value of a friend.
不要等到寂寞了，才明白朋友的價值。

Don』t wait for the best job, to begin to work.
不要非要等到一份最好的工作，才要開始工作

Don』t wait to have a lot, to share a bit.
不要等擁有許多後，才開始分享一些

Don』t wait for the fall, to remember the advice.
不要等到失敗後，才記得別人的忠告

Don』t wait for pain, to believe in prayer.
不要等到受傷了，才相信願意祈禱

Don』t wait to have time, to be able to serve.
不一定要等到有時間，才能夠去付出服務

Don』t wait for anybody else pain, to ask for apologies...
不要等別人受傷了，才來乞求原諒

... neither separation to make it up.
不要等到分開了，才想到去挽回

Don』t wait...
Because you don』t know how long it will take.
不要等待,因為，你不知道等待需要花費多少的時間
Remember: Friendship is like wine, it gets better as it grows older.
記得：友誼像醇酒，越久越濃。

The furthest distance in the world
Is not between life and death
But when I stand in front of you
Yet you don't know that
I love you
The furthest distance in the world
Is not when i stand in font of you
Yet you can't see my love
But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both
Yet cannot
Be togehter
The furthest distance in the world
Is not being apart while being in love
But when plainly can not resist the yearning
Yet pretending
You have never been in my heart
The furthest distance in the world
Is not
But using one's indifferent heart
To dig an uncrossable river
For the one who loves you
世界上最遙遠的距離，不是生與死
而是我就站在你的面前，你卻不知道我愛你
世界上最遙遠的距離，不是我站在你面前，你卻不知道我愛你
而是明明知道彼此相愛，卻不能在一起
世界上最遙遠的距離，不是明明知道彼此相愛，卻不能在一起
而是明明無法抵擋這股想念，卻還得故意裝作絲毫沒有把你放在心裡
世界上最遙遠的距離，不是明明無法抵擋這股想念，卻還得故意裝作絲毫沒有把你放在心裡
而是用自己冷漠的心，對愛你的人掘了一條無法跨越的溝渠
匆匆
Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return? - If they had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?
燕子去了，有再來的時候；楊柳枯了，有再青的時候；桃花謝了，有再開的時候。但是，聰明的，你告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢？——是有人偷了他們罷：那是誰？又藏在何處呢？是他們自己逃走了：現在又到了哪裡呢？

I don't know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty. Taking stock silently, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me. Like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean, my days are dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless. Already sweat is starting on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes.

我不知道他們給了我多少日子；但我的手確乎是漸漸空虛了。在默默里算著，八千多日子已經從我手中溜去；象針尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在時間的流里，沒有聲音也沒有影子。我不禁頭涔涔而淚潸潸了。

Those that have gone have gone for good, those to come keep coming; yet in between, how swift is the shift, in such a rush? When I get up in the morning, the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs. The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively; and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution. Thus--the day flows away through the sink when I wash my hands, wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal, and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as reflect in silence. I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to hold him back, but he keeps flowing past my withholding hands. In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over my body, glides past my feet, in his agile way. The moment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one whole day has gone. I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh. But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh.

去的盡管去了，來的盡管來著，去來的中間，又怎樣的匆匆呢？早上我起來的時候，小屋裡射進兩三方斜斜的太陽。太陽他有腳啊，輕輕悄悄地挪移了；我也茫茫然跟著旋轉。於是——洗手的時候，日子從水盆里過去；吃飯的時候，日子從飯碗里過去；默默時，便從凝然的雙眼前過去。我覺察他去的匆匆了，伸出手遮挽時，他又從遮挽著的手邊過去，天黑時，我躺在床上，他便伶伶俐俐地從我身邊垮過，從我腳邊飛去了。等我睜開眼和太陽再見，這算又溜走了一日。我掩著面嘆息。但是新來的日子的影兒又開始在嘆息里閃過了。

What can I do, in this bustling world, with my days flying in their escape? Nothing but to hesitate, to rush. What have I been doing in that eight-thousand-day rush, apart from hesitating? Those bygone days have been dispersed as smoke by a light wind, or evaporated as mist by the morning sun. What traces have I left behind me? Have I ever left behind any gossamer traces at all? I have come to the world, stark naked; am I to go back, in a blink, in the same stark nakedness? It is not fair though: why should I have made such a trip for nothing!

在逃去如飛的日子裡，在千門萬戶的世界裡的我能做些什麼呢？只有徘徊罷了，只有匆匆罷了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什麼呢？過去的日子如輕煙卻被微風吹散了，如薄霧，被初陽蒸融了；我留著些什麼痕跡呢？我何曾留著象游絲樣的痕跡呢？我赤裸裸來到這世界，轉眼間也將赤裸裸地回去罷？但不能平的，為什麼偏要白白走這一遭啊？

You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?
你聰明的，告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢？

春天
Sound the Flute!
Now it's mute.
Birds delight
Day and Night.
Nightingale
In the dale,
Lark in Sky
Merrily
Merrily Merrily to welcome in the Year.
Little Boy
Full of joy.
Little Girl
Sweet and small.
Cock does crow,
So do you.
Merry voice,
Infant noise,
Merrily Merrily to welcome in the Year.
Little Lamb,
Here I am,
Come and lick
My white neck.
Let me pull
Your soft Wool.
Let me kiss
Your soft face.
Merrily Merrily we welcome in the Year.

把笛子吹起！
現在它無聲無息。
白天夜晚
鳥兒們喜歡。
有一隻夜鶯
在山谷深深，
天上的雲雀，
滿心喜悅，
歡天喜地，迎接新年到。
小小的男孩
無比歡快。
小小的女孩
玲瓏可愛。
公雞喔喔叫，
你也叫聲高。
愉快的嗓音，
嬰兒的鬧聲，
歡天喜地，迎接新年到。
小小的羊崽，
這里有我在，
走過來舔舐
我白白的脖子。
你的毛柔軟，
讓我牽一牽。
你的臉嬌嫩，
讓我吻一吻。
歡天喜地，我們迎接新年到。

Ⅵ 大學朗誦的英語文章或詩歌推薦一個，謝謝！

《你是人間的四月天》
You Are the April of This world
我說你是人間的四月天；
笑聲點亮了四面風；
輕靈在春的光艷中交舞著變。
You are the April of the world, I say;
Your laughing shines the wind on either side;
The spring flashes with ever-changing light.
你是四月早天里的雲煙，
黃昏吹著風的軟，
星子在無意中閃，
細雨點灑在花前。
You are the cloud and mist early in April,
At sk blowing the soft wind, stars twinkling
At ease, fine rains drizzling on the flowers.
那輕，那娉婷，你是，
鮮妍百花的冠冕你戴著，
你是天真，庄嚴，
你是夜夜的月圓。
You are so gentle, so graceful, wearing
A beautiful crown of a hundred fresh flowers;
Naïve and stately, you are the full moon at night.
雪化後那片鵝黃，你像；
新鮮初放芽的綠，你是；
柔嫩喜悅，
水光浮動著你夢期待中白蓮。
Like the light yellow of melting snow, like
The fresh green of budding, you are so pleased,
White lotus floating on the water of your dream.
你是一樹一樹的花開，
是燕 在梁間呢喃，
你是愛，是暖，是希望，
你是人間的四月天！
You are the flowers in bloom, the swallow
Whispering on the beams; you are the warm love,
You are the hope, the April of the world!.

花之歌

I am a kind word uttered and repeated
By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements
With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.
我是大自然親切的話語，
說出去，又反復細念；
我是一顆星星，
從藍色蒼穹墜落綠毯之中。
我是諸元素之女：
冬天將我孕育；
春天使我綻放；
夏天讓我成長；
秋天令我安睡。
At dawn I unite with the breeze
To announce the coming of light;
At eventide I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.
清早，我同晨風一道
宣告光明的到來；
傍晚，我又與群鳥一起
為它的遠去告別。
The plains are decorated with
My beautiful color and the air
Is scented with my fragrance.
我在原野上搖曳，
使風光更加旖旎；
我在清風中呼吸，
使氣息芬芳馥郁。
As I embrace Slumber the eyes of
Night watch over me, and as I
Awaken I stare at the sun, which is
The only eye of the day.
我微睡時，
夜空數雙眼睛對我凝望；
我醒來時，
白晝的獨眸向我注視。
I drink dew for wine, and hearken to
The voices of the bird and dance
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass.
我飲著朝露釀成的瓊漿；
聽著小鳥的鳴囀歌唱；
就著芳草的搖曳婆娑起舞。
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
我是愛人間的贈禮；我是婚禮的冠冕；
我是片刻歡愉的記憶；
我是生者予死者最後的祭獻；
我是一半歡樂，一半憂傷。
But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.
而我仰望高空，只因對光明神往；
我從不顧影自憐，也不孤芳自賞。
而這些智慧，人類尚未得以領會。

Ⅶ 求一篇英語美文推薦，適合朗誦的

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

作者WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS葉芝（1865-1939），用英語寫作的愛爾蘭詩人，早年曾參加愛爾蘭獨立運動，但後來脫離政治運動，專心致力與文學寫作。其詩風受布萊克影響較深；後與法國詩派接觸，使他的詩又帶上了唯美注意和象徵主義色彩。葉芝在1923年獲得諾貝爾文學獎，是一位對現代詩歌具有重大影響的詩人。葉芝在1889年遇見女演員、愛爾蘭獨立運動戰士Maud Gonne,並愛上了她，他曾多次向她求婚，但均遭拒絕，但他終生愛慕著她，為她寫下了許多詩，《當你老了》就是其中一首。When you are old and gray and full of sleep

And nodding by the fire,take down this book,

And slowly read,and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once,and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true;

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur,a little sadly,how love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead,

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

當你老了，頭白了，睡思昏沉，

爐火旁打盹，請取下這部詩歌，

慢慢讀，回想你過去眼神的柔和

回想它們過去的濃重的陰影；

多少人愛你年輕環暢的時候

愛慕你的美貌出於假意或真心，

只有一個人愛你那朝聖者的靈魂，

愛你老去的容顏的痛苦的皺紋。躬身在紅光閃耀的爐火旁，

凄然的低語，愛為何消逝，

在頭頂的山上他緩緩踱著步子，

將臉隱沒在了群星之中。

Ⅷ 求一篇英文朗誦的美文 故事 勵志文章等等 適合大場面讀的就可以

Knowledge and virtue

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles. Liberal Ecation makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conct of life--these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge; they are the objects of a University; I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them; but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness, they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate, to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them. Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and on the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim. Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk, then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.

知識與美德

知識是一回事，美德是另一回事。好意並非良心，優雅並非謙讓，廣博與公正的觀點也並非信仰。哲學，無論多麼富有啟迪和深奧莫測，都無法駕馭情感，不具備有影響力的動機，不具有導致生動活潑的原理。文科教育並不造就基督教徒抑或天主教徒，而是造就了紳士。造就一個紳士誠為美事。有教養的才智，優雅的情趣，正直、公正而冷靜的頭腦，高貴而彬彬有禮的舉止--這些是與淵博的學識生來固有的品質, 它也是大學教育的目的。對此我提倡之，並將加以闡釋和堅持。然而我要說的是，它們仍然不能確保聖潔，或甚至不能保證誠實。它們可以附庸於世故的俗人，附庸於玩世不恭的浪子。唉，當他們用它偽裝起來時，就更增加了他們外表上的冷靜、快活和魅力。就其本身而言，它們似乎已遠非其本來面目，它們似乎一遠看的美德，經久久細察方可探知。因此它們受到廣泛的責難，指責其虛飾與偽善。我要強調，這絕非是因為其自身有什麼過錯，而是因為教授們和贊美者們一味地把它們弄得面目全非，並且還要殷勤地獻上其本身並不希冀的贊頌。如若用剃刀就可以開采出花崗岩，用絲線即能系泊位船隻，那麼，也許你才能希望用人的知識和理性這樣美妙而優雅的東西去與人類的情感與高傲那樣的龐然大物進行抗爭。

Ⅸ 適合三到五分鍾朗誦的英語美文 內容要積極向上

那我就推薦一首泰戈爾的詩吧：

Where The Mind Is Without Fear

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

你得要有勇氣和志向才敢朗誦這首詩。。。