英语经典美文

things do not change;we change.sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 
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 

think it over……好好想想…… 

today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; 
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘； 

we spend more,but enjoy less; 
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少； 

we have bigger houses,but smaller famillies; 
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了； 

we have more compromises,but less time; 
我们妥协更多，时间更少； 

we have more knowledge,but less judgment; 
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了； 

we have more medicines,but less health; 
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意； 

we have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values; 
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了； 

we talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much; 
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了； 

we reached the moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors; 
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍； 

we have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space; 
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心； 

we have highter income,but less morals; 
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了； 

these are times with more liberty,but less joy; 
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少； 

we have much more food,but less nutrition; 
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了； 

these are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase; 
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了； 

these are times of finer houses,but more broken homes; 
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭； 

that‘s why i propose,that as of today; 
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始； 

you do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a special occasion. 
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别； 

search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs; 
寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法； 

spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love; 
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方； 

life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival; 
生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存； 

use your crystal goblets.do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it. 
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！ 

remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday"; 
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”； 

let‘s write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"! 
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！ 

let‘s tell our families and friends how much we love them; 
告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们； 

do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life; 
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情； 

every day,every hour,and every minute is special; 
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别； 

and you don't know if it will be your last. 
你无从知道这是否最后刻。