英语美文适合朗诵的短文

　　教师要让短小精悍的课外美文走进课堂,让学生在读、思、议、悟的过程中感受美文阅读的乐趣。下面是学习啦小编带来的英语美文朗诵短文，欢迎阅读!

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　　The Birth of Wiffle 洞洞球的诞生

　　Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldn’t find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So Davey began playing with a plastic golf ball and a broom handle for a bat.

　　When his dad, David Mullaney, a former semi-pro baseball pitcher, realized his son was hurting his arm trying to throw curves with the little plastic ball, he decided to find a better solution. Mullaney got a bunch of hollow plastic spheres from a local factory, sat down at his kitchen table and began cutting different size holes in the balls with a razor knife. He thought maybe the holes would alter the ball’s flight and help his son throw curves and sliders without hurting his arm.

　　All the balls failed—except the one with the eight oblong holes cut into one of the hemispheres. This ball curved naturally and sharply without a violent snap of the wrist. In fact, Davey was now striking out so many batters; he called his new ball a “wiffle ball”. A year later, Mullaney borrowed ,000 from family and friends and started producing Wiffle Balls in his little suburban town of Shelton, Connecticut.

　　“I didn’t want investors.” He said, “I wanted to control my own company.” This was the beginning of one of the hottest fads of the fifties and a perennial best seller well known all around the world. Since then millions of boys and girls have enjoyed countless hours of safe, wholesome fun playing with a Wiffle ball and bat. Esquire Magazine has even called the Wiffle Ball “a national treasure”. By producing a high quality product at an affordable price, three generations of Mullany’s have enjoyed the satisfaction and benefits of running a successful and profitable family business.

　　Over the years, they’ve had plenty of offers to buy them out, but they’re still working out of a small factory in Shelton, making a new Wiffle Ball every couple of seconds. Creativity and persistence are two of the important sources for wealth. If he gave up his attempts at trying new things, Mullany would not have invented the wiffle ball, nor would he have made such a big fortune.

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　　Commitment

　　专心致志

　　I will never forget what my old headmaster told me. Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers. But, this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story.

　　老校长讲的那个故事，给人很多教诲，永远让我难以忘记。通常人年仅15岁的时候，很难记住老师讲授的大部分内容。但是这个特别故事却是我永远都不会忘记的。每当我对人生漫不经心时，我就会想起这个故事

　　It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and he was addressing the students on important things in life and about committing ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life.

　　在一个普通的周一晨会上，校长向我们讲授生活中重要的东西和要致力于这些对我们来说重要的东西。故事是这样的：伦敦某地住着一位老人。他每天早晨睡醒后都会去地铁站，乘坐地铁到中央伦敦，然后坐在马路的拐角处乞讨。他一生的每一天都是这样做的。

　　He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was filthy, and a stench came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The neighbors could not stand the smell anymore, so they summoned the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years. The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to share the good news with him.

　　他坐在同一个马路拐角处，乞讨了将近 20 年了。他的房子脏乱不堪，一股恶臭味从房子里传来，异常难闻，让人憎恶。邻居们再也忍受不了这种味道，于是他们请来警察清理此地。警察撞开房门，把这房子清扫干净了。但是他们发现房子到处都是小钱袋，这些钱是他这些年乞讨来的。警察数了数这些钱，很快他们意识到这位老人是个百万富翁。他们在房子外耐心等待这个老人，期望和他一起分享这个好消息。

　　When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire. He said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.

　　那天晚上，老人终于回来了，他和其中一个警察碰面，警察告诉他：“你没有必要再乞讨了，你现在已是个富有的人了，你是个百万富翁。”老人什么也没有说，他走进自己的房子，将门锁上。第二天早晨，他还是像往常一样醒来，去地铁站，搭乘地铁，坐在马路拐角处，继续乞讨。

　　Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing, commitment. We should remain true to our course, although it may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally disapprove. Just keep it in mind that Commitment attracts wealth.

　　很显然，这位老人没有什么伟大的计划，没有梦想，甚至没有任何对他生活重要的东西。我们从这一故事中也学不到什么，我们惟一能学到的是要专心于自己喜欢做的事情，要对之忠心耿耿。我们应该忠实于自己的生活之路，尽管那将意味着我们所专心致志的东西常常是周围人所反对的东西。一定别忘了，专心致志带来财富。

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　　The Beggar and the Miser

　　乞丐和吝啬鬼

　　One day, an old beggar went to the village. He knocked at the door of a rich man to beg for food.

　　一天，一个老乞丐来到一个熟悉的村子里。他敲上了一个富人家的门，想跟他讨点儿东西吃。

　　This was a big house and at the side was built a granary with a big padlock.

　　这是一座又高又大的房子，旁边有一个很大的谷仓，门上挂着一把大铁锁。

　　The owner of the house was a miser and he was known for never helping anyone.

　　这户人家的主人是个吝啬鬼，他从来不肯帮助别人。他的吝啬在方圆几百里内是出了名的。

　　The beggar was aware of his reputation but still pleaded, "Will you give me a bit of butter or milk?"

　　乞丐也知道他这种吝啬的狼藉名声，但还是乞求他：“您能不能给我一点黄油或牛奶?”

　　The miser said impatiently, "No! Go away at once!"

　　吝啬鬼不耐烦地说：“不行!快给我滚开!”

　　"Perhaps you can sweep out for me a bit of grain or beans," the hungry beggar continued.

　　“或许，您还能扫出一把麦子或黄豆呢?” 饥饿的乞丐又说道 。

　　"There isn't anything in my house!"

　　“我家里什么也没有!”

　　"How about a little bit of bread?" the beggar insisted. "Only a mouthful of food and I will be very grateful."

　　“那就请您给我一小块面包吧，”乞丐坚持道，“哪怕是给我一口饭吃，我都会对您感激不尽的。”

　　"Go away! I don't have bread!"

　　“滚开!我没有面包!”

　　"How about some water? I am thirsty."

　　“那给我一口水喝，行吗，我太渴了!”

　　"I don't have water."

　　“我没有水!”

　　The beggar then said sadly to him, "My friend, why are you here? You should go to some kind-hearted folk to beg for food because you are poorer than anybody else."

　　然后，乞丐悲哀地对这个吝啬鬼说：“我的朋友，那你还呆在这里干什么?你应该去找一些善良的人们讨些饭吃吧，因为你比谁都要穷!”

　　The miser in this story is really wealthy in a material sense, but he is extremely poor in a moral sense. Rich people without compassion and conscience are not welcome in the society. They are likely to maintain temporary wealth but not everlasting wealth. So at the same time we feed our stomach, don't forget to feed our soul.

　　故事中的吝啬鬼在物质方面确实是富有的，但在精神方面却是穷得可怜。没有同情心和良知的富人在社会中是不会受到欢迎的。或许他们会赢得一时的财富，但这种财富最终昙花一现，不会长久。所以，在填饱肚子的同时，一定别忘了丰实我们的心灵。