三十适合中学生背诵的经典英语短文

2021年1月24日发(作者：then怎么读)
适合高中背诵的篇目

To us young people, challenge often emerges in the form of competition. In the next century, competition will not only come
from other college graduates, but also from people of all ages, of all origins. With increasing international exchanges, we have
to face growing-competition from the whole outside world. This is calling for a higher level of our personal development.







































---Excerpt from Liu Xin's speech























(
全国英语演讲比赛第一届 冠军
:
刘欣
,
南京大学
,1996
年
)



A Chinese philosopher, Feng Youlan, once said China is an old country with a new life. To us, that means this country with a
long, long history is on its course of modernization. I am encouraged every time I think of it. I do believe China really has a
bright future, if it seeks this opportunity to continue building a road to the world. I see the future as a huge project in which I
can play an important role. China needs more and better roads to the rest of the world. I feel needed.

I feel inspired. I'm
ready.







































---Excerpt from Li Shu's speech






















(
全国英语演讲比赛第二届冠军
:
李舒
,
四川大学
,1997
年
)


We live at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflict and regional unrest are increasingly
posing a threat to peace and happiness of the whole human race. To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter
future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world community which is becoming smaller and smaller.



































---Excerpt from Liang Limin's speech















(
全国英语演讲比赛第三届冠军
:
梁励敏
,
北京外国语大学
,1998
年
)


What happened to this beautiful valley in Australia should also happen to our Yellow River and, in fact, it is happening. I have
seen farmers planting trees on mountains along the Yellow River. I have seen them climb the mountain tops with seeding on
their shoulders because they had no machinery. I have seen them pour on trees the water they carried up in buckets from miles
down the valley. These farmers are quietly nourishing our Yellow River, just as the river has nourished them.









































---Excerpt from Cai Li's speech























(
全国英语演讲比赛第四届 冠军
:
蔡力
,
南京大学
,1999
年
)


If a person inherits his father's millions of dollars and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person even in material terms,
because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence. The term
definition. But as I understand it, the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory
result of an endeavor.






































---Excerpt from Chen Heng's speech


















(
全国英语演讲比赛第五届 冠军
:
陈恒
,
上海外国语大学
,2000
年
)


The first and foremost thing is to let people fall in love with the city at first sight, attracting them by its unique image. What
image does Beijing intend to create for itself once it has the opportunity to host the 2008 Olympics? It is known to all that the
Beijing Municipal Government has already set the theme for the future games: New Beijing, Great Olympics. For me, the
2008 Olympics will be a great green Olympics illuminated with two more special colors, yellow and red.







































---Excerpt from Qi Yue's speech














(
全国英语演讲比赛第六届冠军
:
戚悦,
北京语言文化大学
,2001
年
)


Like many young people of my age in China, I want to see my country get prosperous and enjoy respect in the international
community. But it seems to me that mere patriotism is not just enough. It is vitally important that we young people do more
serious thinking and broaden our minds to bigger issues.




































---Excerpt from Sun Ning's speech















(
全国英语演讲比赛第七届冠军
:
孙宁
,
北京外国语大学
,2002
年
)

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The other night, as I saw the moon linger over the land and before it was sent into the invisible, my mind was filled with
songs. I found myself humming softly, not to the music, but to something else, someplace else, a place remembered, a place
untouched,
a
field
of
grass
where
no
one
seemed
to
have
been
except
the
deer.
And
all
those
unforgettable
scenes
strengthened the feeling that it's time for us to do something, for our own and our coming generation.





































---Excerpt from Gu Qiubei's speech














(
全国英语演讲比赛第八届冠军
:
顾秋蓓
,< br>上海外国语大学
,2003
年
)


Look
at
us
today!
So
many
doors
are
open
to
us!
I
believe
there
have
never
been
such
abundant
opportunities
for
self- development as we have today. The doors open to us also pose challenges. Each door is a test of our courage, ability and
judgement, but with the support of my teachers, parents and friends, I believe I can meet the challenge head on.







































---Excerpt from Hong Ye's speech























(
全国英语演讲比赛第九届全军
:
洪晔
,
南京大 学
,2004
年

The Force of Habits
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. The more we do a thing, the more we tend to like doing it; and if we do
not
continue
to
do
it,
we
feel
uncomfortable.
This
is
called
the
force
of
habits,
and
the
force
of
habits
should
be
fought
against.
This applies even to such good things as work or rest. Some people form a bad habit of working too much, and others of
idling too much. Bad habits, once formed, are difficult to get rid of.
The wise man always remembers to che
ck any bad habit. He warns himself “I am now becoming idle” or “I like too many
sweets” or “I smoke too much”. And then adds, “I will get myself out of this bad habit at once.”





The Way to Achieve Success
Many people say that they owe much of it to the cultivation of certain good habits in early life. In forming good habits, I think
we should pay attention to four things, that is honesty, industry, enthusiasm and thrift.
“
Honesty is the best policy.” This is a proverb to which we must pay attention. Ther
e are so many temptations in society that
through a little carelessness we may go astray. But when we are honest, people will not be dishonest to us.
Industry gives every man and woman, every boy and girl, proper work to do. To do nothing is going to ruin oneself.
Enthusiasm is a great force. One’s soul will expand if one devotes oneself to a noble cause. The difficulties in our way are
tremendous, but what can we not accomplish, if with enthusiasm?

There
are
many
proverbs,
which
set
forth
the
advantages
of
thrift.
Since
we
live
in
the
world
in
which
money
is
a
very
powerful thing, we should always try to save a portion of our earnings for future use.
These are the four things to which we must pay attention. It is only by this way that we can achieve success.






TV --- A Blessing or a Curse?
As TV enters more and more families, people begin to wonder about its advantages and disadvantages. Some believe it is a
blessing, others hold that it is a curse to society.
TV
, as a mass media, can bring to people new information on economies, culture, arts, and many other fields. People can
enjoy their favorite programs at home. In some countries, some TV stations provide such programs as looking for dangerous
criminals and lost children, helping to find an ideal lover, and others which are quite beneficial to society, some TV stations
provide
various
useful
seminars
for
people
of
various
ages
and
social
status.
But
on
the
other
hand,
TV
may
exert
bad
influence on people. Some programs are full of violence. As a result, people, especially juveniles, are led to commit crimes.
An increasing number of people are so indulged in TV programs that some even neglect their duties.
In my opinion, the attitude towards TV all depends on oneself. People should choose those programs, which are useful, and
can bring to them the sense of beauty.

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On Test and Test Taking
The
purpose
of
a
test
is
to
check
how
much
we
students
have
learned
about
a
subject.
It
not
only
helps
make
our
newly
acquired knowledge permanent, but also enables us to find out what needs to spend more time improving.
But some students do not deal with test correctly. Some of them are afraid of failing in a test. They cheat even at the risk of
being caught on exams. Though cheating might give one “better grades”, it adds nothing to one’s knowledge. This dishonest
behavior will do one more harm than good.
I think that we go to college in order to have our further studies, and prepare us to be qualified for the future job. Therefore,
we should take a correct attitude towards test. As long as we study diligently and review our lessons regularly, we are sure to
be used to serve its real purpose.




The Dictionary
The dictionary is a living teacher. Whenever you come across a new word, just consult it and you will get a clear definition.
Every
student,
whether
attending
school
or
self-taught,
should
always
have
a
dictionary
at
hand.
As
a
study
aid,
it
is
convenient, inexpensive and almost omniscient (all-knowing).
Language skills will develop with your constant use of various dictionaries. The more you use them, the more familiar you
will become with them. Sooner or later, you will be quite skilled in finding the page, scanning the entries and locating the
exact meanings of the new words. But you should have one thing in mind. As a language student, you can never become too
much attached to dictionaries; basic language skills do not come from dictionaries, but from your practice. Expose yourself to
the language by listening, speaking, reading and writing more, and that is the only way to the mastery of a language.




On Learning
Learning is one’s own business, which cannot rely on others. As we know, learning is a process of accumulating knowledge.
It is one’s life
-long task, which cannot be accomplished in one move. A successful learner is an independent one who has both
an indomitable (unyielding) will and amazing endurance. He will try to discover his own way of learning. Instead of waiting
for the teacher’s help, he will make efforts to create favorable conditions on his
own initiative. It will certainly be of great
help, if there is good environment, sufficient books and equipment, as well as instructions from teacher and beneficial friends.
But even if one has got all these favorable conditions, one cannot be sure to succeed in learning.
So the most important factor in learning consists in one’s own effort. To learn is rather a painstaking and persevering busin
ess.
Many
a
man
is
a
failure
because
he
cannot
bear
such
indispensable
hardships.
Unremitting
(never
stopping)
efforts
can
compensate for the lack of talents and thus enable one to get considerable progress in learning.




Is Failure a Bad Thing?
Failure is a common occurrence (happening) in our daily life. Whatever we do, there are always two possible results: success
or failure. Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries, sometimes failure can’t be avoided.

Different people hold different attitudes towards failure. When faced with it, some can stand up to it, draw a useful lesson
from it and try their best to fulfill what they are determined to do. Others, however, lose heart and give in. They do nothing
but complain about themselves and objective conditions.
As a popular saying goes, “Failure teaches success.” In my opinion, what really counts is not the
failure itself, but the proper
attitude we should take after it. I trust that as long as we keep to what is right and correct what is wrong, that is to say, learn a
lesson from failure, we will be certain to succeed. So I am of the opinion that failure is not a bad thing.




Recreation

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It is impossible to keep in good health unless we take sufficient (enough) recreation. The mind, too, requires change to make
it acute (sharp) and vigorous. There is much truth in the old saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

There are many games for people to indulge (enjoy) after their work of study. Among them are football, tennis, and kite-flying.
Other
forms
of
recreation
are
boating,
fishing,
gardening,
cycling,
walking,
chess-playing,
and
reading.
Those
who
spend
most of their time in the open air and have constant muscular employment, should adopt reading or some other quiet forms of
recreation.
Persons
who
sit
much
at
their
business
should
take
a
kind
of
recreation
that
will
supply
their
muscles
with
exercise.
Recreation
provides
people
with
the
kind
of
rest
and
relaxation.
It
makes
people
feel
happy,
energetic
and
confident,
meanwhile it prepares people to do much better than ever in their daily work.




On Today’s Education

I think one of the main pr
oblems with today’s education is that too much emphasis is placed on test score. It has become the
most important criterion (standard) for college enrollment. A student, however creative and intelligent, will not be admitted
into a college for his total scores are just one point less than required. It is also on of the crucial (decisive) factors either in job
assignment or in employment competitions.
The competition for high scores among students becomes intense. Students find themselves concentrating more on strategies
to
achieve
high
scores
than
on
acquiring
the
knowledge.
They
will
play
truant
(stay
away
from)
of
some
subsidiary
(less
important) courses and skip over the substance, which will not be tested on.
Teachers are apt to give their students high
scores. As their job is judged mainly by the students’ performance in terms of
scores, some teachers tend to set easy papers to test their students on or narrow down the scope of the exam, even give them
the hints to exams, or favor their students with higher scores.
As a result, the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually affects our education results.






Weekend
Weekends are important. They provide people with the kind of rest and relaxation that are essential to a happy and healthy life.
I’m one of those who know how to enjoy their leisure on the weekend. A good sleep at Saturday night usually helps me to
recover from the hard labor of the week. A delight Sunday trip to the suburbs makes me fresh and free from any tension.
If I stay at home, I usually do some light reading or practice Chinese calligraphy ---- a traditional writing skill which has an
extraordinary calming effect. Sometimes mother invites me to help her cook and I am always happy to accept her invitation.A
good rest on the weekend always makes me feel happy, energetic, confident and ready to all the hard work ahead of me. You
cannot work happily and efficiently until you learn how to rest and relax on the weekend.


My View on Job-Hopping
Some people tend to stick to their positions all the time, as they think the longer one works in a particular field, the more
skillful one will be at it. Some have been teachers all their lives. Some devote their life energy to scientific research. Such
people love their work and turn out to be specialists in their own field. They are usually high achievers.
Some
are
different.
They
are
in
the
habit
of
job-hopping,
for
they
always
pursue
(follow)
what
is
new
and
stimulating
(interesting). They never seem content with their present situation. Some like to meet more people, make more money and
new acquaintances, so they hop from job to job.
As far as I am concerned, I want to be professionally strong. I am not in favor of constant job-hopping, as the saying goes
“Jack of all trades, master of none”. But I want to cooperate and communicate with someone else so as to be more creative
and less partial.


Attending College at One’s Own Expense

Nowadays, colleges and universities tend to accept more and more candidates with a score close to the required by charging a

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portion of their tuition. Moreover, the percentage of the students attending college this way will be increasing year by year.

Owing to this practice, college candidates have much freedom in choosing the major they mostly interested in. In addition,
those who did not perform well on the College Entrance Exam are able to attend college to have further studies. It is reported
that most of these students work harder than their classmates. Certainly this practice has some disadvantages. For example,
those candidates who cannot afford the tuition might have fewer opportunities to receive higher education.
In my opinion, the advantages of this practice weigh more than its disadvantages. So I am in favor of it and I believe people
will be more willing to accept it as time goes by.


School-aged Children Drop Out
It’s reported that in China about one million school
-aged children drop out of school each year and 80% of the drop-outs are
from the families which are too poor to keep their children at school.
To tackle the problem, the government has launched the Hope Project. It has helped thousands of children go back to school.
But in my opinion, this is far from enough. In order to change this situation completely, the government should set aside an
adequate
amount
of
money
for
education,
especially
for
elementary
education.
And
also,
the
government
should
establish
laws to ensure that no children should drop out of school as elementary school education is compulsory in China, and local
governments should aid the poor families so that they can send their children to school.
To sum up, so long as our central and local governments and the whole society pay enough attention to this problem and take
effective action, this situation will be changed.


Knowledge and Power
Knowledge and power are the two things most desired by man. There is close connection between these two things. The man,
having done his best in acquiring knowledge, will easily get a high position and perform it successfully.
Power
depends
on
knowledge.
Knowledge
to
power
is
just
like
a
compass
to
a
ship,
by
which
her
sailing
is
made
safely
across
an
unknown
ocean.
A
great
statesman
or
a
learned
scholar
can
render
(give)
his
good
services
to
his
country
just
because he has perfect and profound knowledge.
Power only follows knowledge. A man cannot do anything well unless he has some information as how to do it well. A man
will sometimes lose his way in a strange land; an apprentice cannot produce any delicate work. Why are these so? Because
they
are
in
want
of
knowledge.
If
the
apprentice
wishes
to
produce
good
work,
he
must
pay
attention
to
his
instructor’s
advice.
We are all the future masters of our country. Our country needs our services. How can we fulfill our future tasks? To get more
knowledge is the only answer.


Breakfast
We get the energy for our movements from food. Human beings are just like machines. For us to work properly, we must be
well energized. The energy, of course, comes from the three meals a day, that is, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast is more important than any other meal in a day. For one thing, after a night’s sleep, most of the energy stored in
the
human body has been consumed. Breakfast serves the purpose of replenishing (fill up again) energy, thus making us energetic
again. For another, in the course of a day,
morning is the period of time in which we work with most efficiency. Without
breakfast, the efficiency would be lost. Finally, the constant lack of breakfast can contribute to stomach troubles.
Therefore, to keep fit, we must have breakfast every day. It can be a cup of mild with some bread, or a bowl of porridge with
some steamed bread, or anything else of the similar kind. Anyway, we must eat our fill (eat as much as we can), because a
good breakfast can not only ensure our good health but also make a good beginning for a new day.


Ability and Gook Looks
Old
people
usually
tell
the
young,
“Don’t
judge
a
person
by
his
appearance.”
Meaning
ability
is
more
important
than
appearance.
Indeed,
we’v
e
seen
so
many
brilliant
but
not
at
all
good-looking
people.
In
the
film
Mozart,
an
opera
singer
reiterates (repeat) this view by saying, “For a woman of taste, it is not the looks, but the talent that interests me.” For h
er, the
preference shows one’s tas
te.

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However,
nowadays,
with
more
and
more
interviewers
putting
much
emphasis
on
the
looks,
the
appearance
of
the
job- applicants, a lot of people come to the conclusion that appearance is more important than ability because many beautiful
girls acquire very
good positions although they don’t have much talent.

In my opinion, ability is definitely much more important than good looks, because it demonstrates one’s own self
-cultivation.
It bespeaks (show) the efforts and the glory of acquiring something through
one’s hard work whereas a good look bespeaks no
struggle of the individual. Good looks are pleasant, but I like the ability because it really shows something of my own self.


Life Is Struggle
Everything in the world is in constant struggle. Struggle is in a sense of the competition in natural selection among organisms.
Animals and plants struggle for their existence. Nature provides them with weapons for that struggle. Lions have claws; fish
have scales; roses have thorns. They use these weapons for the unavoidable war of existence. Nature also orders us to struggle;
when we obey the nature, we win our existence.
The result of struggle is the evolution of a better society. In order to surpass the others, one has to devote himself to what he
does. If every individual does so, the society will make progress.
Struggle is inevitable. But we should struggle with sportsmanship, not to stand in the way of others in order to achieve our
own success. It is only by struggling in such a way, mankind will see a world getting more glorious day by day.


Can Computer Replace Human Brain
Computers are working faster than human brain. But is it possible that some day the computer will replace human brain and
control the human being?
It
is quite impossible. Computers are designed and developed by human brain. They are used to speed up the calculation.
Computers are working according to the orders designed by human being. The running of computer is a group of integrated
circuit run by a set of programmes. Without programmes, the computers will not know what to do.
It
is
true
people
are
relying
more
and
more
on
computers.
If
people
don’t
know
how
to
control
computers,
they
may
be
replaced by computers and lose their jobs.


Success
Success is a lousy (very bad) teacher. It seduce
s (tempt) smart people into thinking they can’t lose. And it’s an unreliable
guide to the future. What seems the perfect business plan or latest technology today may soon be out-of-date.
Usually winning lottery (
彩票
) is thought to be one
’
s luck. Many people like to try their luck.
One of the lottery’s new millionaires gave an interview on television. When he was asked by the reporter how he had picked
his winning numbers, he said that while “two of the six numbers he just pulled for no particular reason.” As
for the other four
numbers, he used family birth dates.
“

So, you see,
”

he boasted
（自夸）
,
“
Winning the lottery is not all just luck.
”



The Car and Pollution
Most Americans would find it hard to think what life would look like without a car. However, some have realized the serious
problem of the air pollution caused by the car. The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to health.
One way to get rid of the polluted air is to build a car that does not pollute. That’s what several of the large factories
have
been trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something. Now inventors are working on steam cars as well as electric
cars. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a useful model that pleases men.
To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we make some changes in the way many of us live. Americans, for example,
have to reduce the number of their total cars. They are encouraged to travel and to work by bicycle. It is thought to help man
to keep the air clean.
But this change does not come easily. A large number of workers might find themselves without jobs if a car factory closed.
Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
Although cars have led us to better life, they have also brought us new problems.



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