英語美文雙語
美文 是一種提倡寫真性情成大境界的散文體裁, 美文寫作中的審美和品味是為了培養(yǎng)學生根據散文的文學特質,真切自如地表達自己思想情感的教學策略。下面是學習啦小編帶來的中英文對照英語美文，歡迎閱讀!
中英文對照英語美文篇一
Why I Want a Wife
Judy Syfers
I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother.
Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife. As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife?
I would like to go back to school so that I can ome economically independent, support myself, and if need be, support those dependent upon me. I want a wife who will work and send me to school. And while I am going to school I want a wife to take care of my children. I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctor and dentist appointments. And to keep track of mine, too. I want a wife to make sure my children eat properly and are kept clean. I want a wife who will wash the children's clothes and keep them mended. I want a wife who is a good nurturant attendant to my children, who arranges for their schooling, makes sure that they have an adequate social life with their peers, takes them to the park, the zoo, etc. I want a wife who takes care of the children when they are sick, a wife who arranges to be around when the children need special care, ause, of course, I cannot miss classes at school. My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in my wife's income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that. Needless to say, my wife will arrange and pay for the care of the children while my wife is working.
I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean. A wife who will pick up after my children, a wife who will pick up after me. I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced when need be, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it. I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying. I want a wife who will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school. I want a wife to go along when our family takes a vacation so that someone can continue to care for me and my children when I need a rest and change of scene.
I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. And I want a wife who will type my papers for me when I have written them.
I want a wife who will take care of the details of my social wife. When my wife and I are invited out by my friends, I want a wife who will take care of the babysitting arrangements. When I meet people at school that I like and want to entertain, I want a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal, serve it to me and my friends, and not interrupt when I talk about things that interest me and my friends. I want a wife who will have arranged that the children are fed and ready for bed before my guests arrive so that the children do not bother us. I want a wife who takes care of the needs of my guests so that they feel comfortable, who makes sure that they have an ashtray, that they are passed the hors d'oeuvres, that they are offered a second helping of the food, that their wine glasses are replenished when necessary, that their coffee is served to them as they like it. And I want a wife who knows that sometimes I need a night out by myself.
I want a wife who is sensitive to my sexual needs, a wife who makes love passionately and eagerly when I feel like it, a wife who makes sure that I am satisfied. And, of course, I want a wife who will not demand sexual attention when I am not in the mood for it. I want a wife who assumes the complete responsibility for birth control, ause I do not want more children. I want a wife who will remain sexually faithful to me so that I do not have to clutter up my intellectual life with jealousies. And I want a wife who understands that my sexual needs may entail more than strict adherence to monogamy. I must, after all, be able to relate to people as fully as possible.
If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. Naturally, I will expect a fresh, new life; my wife will take the children and be solely responsible for them so that I am left free.
When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that my wife can more fully and completely take care of a wife's duties.
My God, who wouldn't want a wife?
我為什么想要一個妻子
朱迪•西斐斯
我屬于人們稱為妻子的那一類人，我是一個妻子。而且，并非偶然，我還是一個母親。
不久前，我的一位新近離了婚的男性朋友出現在我的面前。他曾經有過一個妻子，當然，孩子跟了他的前妻，他正在為自己重新物色一個妻子。一天傍晚熨衣服時，我想到了他。我突然萌發(fā)了我自己也要找一個妻子的念頭。我為什么希望有個妻子呢?
我要重返校園，接受教育，以便能夠經濟獨立，自食其力，必要時還能養(yǎng)活那些賴我為生的人。我要找一個有一份工作并愿意送我上學的妻子;在我上學期間我希望有一個能照顧孩子的妻子;我希望有一個能夠隨時注意與孩子的或者牙醫(yī)取得聯系的妻子，而且，她還得隨時與我自己的或者牙醫(yī)保持聯系;我希望有一個能夠保證孩子飲食得當、衣著整潔的妻子;我希望有一個能夠替孩子縫補清洗衣服的妻子;我希望有一個能輔導孩子功課，安排其學業(yè)，保證他(她)與同學們有足夠的社交時間并能帶他們逛公園、動物園等的妻子;我需要一個當孩子需要特別照護時，能擠出時間陪伴其左右的妻子。因為我在學校的功課自然是耽誤不得的，我的妻子需得有個妥善的安排，上下班要遲到早退，但又不能丟了工作，這意味著我妻子的收入有時會被扣掉些許，不過我想這一點我還是能夠容忍的。不用說，我妻子上班時會把花錢找人看孩子的事安排好的。
我希望有一個能照料我身體需要的妻子。我希望有一個能夠保持房間整潔的妻子。一個孩子們在前面亂丟亂扔她在后面拾掇，我在前面亂丟亂扔她也在后面拾掇的妻子。我希望有一個能夠把我的衣服洗得干干凈凈、熨得平平整整、縫補得完完好好，必要時還能夠替我添置新衣服的妻子，而且還要保證把我的個人用品放在適當的地方，以便需要時隨時都能找到的妻子。我希望有一個能替我做飯而且烹調技術還很不錯的妻子。我希望有一個會計劃菜譜、采購必備食品、做好飯菜、笑臉侍應，然后我去學習時能夠洗碗刷鍋的妻子。我希望有一個我生病時能關心我，而且對我的病痛和耽誤的學習有同情心的妻子。我希望有一個能夠隨全家一起度假的妻子，這樣當我需要休息和轉移地方時，有人能繼續(xù)照料我和孩子。
我希望有這樣一個妻子，她不會喋喋不休地抱怨做妻子的義務來煩擾我?？僧斘腋械叫枰忉屛以趯W習中遇到難點時，我希望她能洗耳恭聽。我希望有一個在我寫完論文之后能替我打字的妻子。
我希望有一個對我的社交生活關照入微的妻子。當我和妻子應朋友之邀外出時，我希望有一個能對一切作出保姆般安排的妻子。當我在學校遇到喜歡的人想要款待時，我希望有這樣一個妻子，她會把房子收拾得干干凈凈，會燒出一桌特別的美味佳肴，款待我和我的朋友們，當我們談到彼此感興趣的事情時她不會打斷我們的雅興。我希望有這樣一個妻子，在我的客人們到來之前，為了不讓孩子們打攪我們，她已經妥為安排，讓孩子們吃過飯準備睡覺了。我希望有這樣一個妻子，她能照料好客人的一應需求，使他們有一種賓至如歸的感覺，她要確保他們有煙缸可用，能為他們送上餐前小吃，為他們添飯加菜，必要時還要替他們把酒杯斟滿，還要按照客人的口味給他們沖咖啡。而且我希望有一個能理解我有時需要獨自外宿不歸的妻子。
我希望有一個對我的性要求反映敏感的妻子，一個當我有性要求時充滿激情如饑似渴地與我做愛的妻子，一個能確實能讓我得到滿足的妻子。當然，我也希望有一個在我沒有興致時不主動提出性要求的妻子。我希望有一個能負起計劃生育全部責任的妻子，因為我不想要更多的孩子了。我希望有一個對我性專一的妻子，這樣我就不會因為爭風吃醋而影響學業(yè)了。我還希望有這樣一個妻子，她對我在性需求方面可能不會老老實實地嚴格遵守一夫一妻制能夠表示理解。畢竟，我必須能夠與盡可能多的人保持關系。
如果我偶然碰上一個比我現在的妻子更適合做妻子的人，我希望有休掉現在的妻子、重新另娶一個的自由。自然，我向往過一種新鮮的生活：我的妻子將撫養(yǎng)孩子，對他們全權負責。這樣，我就可以無牽無掛。
當我完成學業(yè)找到一份工作后，我希望我的妻子辭掉工作留在家里，以便能夠更全心全意得盡到做妻子的本分。
我的天啊，誰不想要一個妻子呢?
中英文對照英語美文篇二
Why are you poor?你為什么是窮人
The most important thing to becoming rich for you is to have a mindset to want to become rich. The reason I saythat is this， is because I wanted to become rich when I played Monopoly， that was， I was nine years old. The greatest formula for wealth is found on that board game. When I was nine years old my poor dad， the schoolteacher says， “Ah put that game away. Study， study， study! You‘re wasting your time playing Monopoly.”
And my rich dad said the formula， “You must open your mind and see the formula right on Monopoly.” He said， “It‘s right in front of you.” And I went， “What‘s the formula?” And finally I learned the formula is， four green houses， red hotel， four green houses， red hotel. Today I‘m a rich man because all I ever did since the time I was 24 years old was buy four green houses， sell them all， buy a red hotel， four green houses， red hotel. It is not， that you have to go to school to become rich. Just play Monopoly; four green houses， red hotel. That‘s it.
You must look at how people before you have become rich. Do not talk to poor people. Poor people will tell you， “Oh it‘s too risky. Don‘t do that. Don‘t take risk. Save your money. Play it safe.” That is a poor person‘s mindset. You must have an open mindset， open. And if you have an open mindset you will learn from everything.If you have a closed mindset you will learn from nothing. So I think that is the most important thing.
The difference between money and wealth.
No， I don‘t have a salary. I only had a job four years in my life. I don‘t want a salary. The middle class and poor， what they want is high income. They think they want money. But they have no wealth because they have no assets. You must know the difference between money and wealth but they‘re not the same same. Money will never make you rich. This makes you rich. I have large companies. I have lots of stocks. I trade options. I have real estate， that‘s what makes me rich. So the money just comes in whether I work or not.
Bill Gates makes 0，000 a year. That‘s all. I make more than him. That‘s all he makes but he‘s worth 40 billion. I‘m trying to tell you there is a very big difference between income， money and wealth. So I have spent my life buying assets， businesses， stocks， real estate， that‘s what makes you rich， not a job. The reason the rich in America get richer is they pass this on to their kids. My poor dad always said， “High paying job， high paying job， high paying job.” And my rich dad said， “Assets， assets， assets.” That‘s the difference.
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成為富翁的最重要的一點就是要有成為富翁的思想。我之所以這樣說是因為當我還在玩“大富翁”游戲的時候就這樣想了，那時我九歲。財富積累的最有效的公式就是建立在那個游戲盤的基礎上。我九歲時，當學校老師的窮爸爸對我說∶“哦，不要玩游戲了。學習，學習，學習!玩‘大富翁’游戲是在浪費時間。”
我的富爸爸則告訴我這個公式∶“你必須開放思想，發(fā)現“大富翁”游戲里的公式。”他說∶“它就在你的眼前。”我問：“什么公式?”最后我發(fā)現，公式就是：四座綠房子--一座紅旅館--四座綠房子--一座紅旅館。今天我之所以能成為一個富翁全是因為，從二十四歲時起，我就開始買四座綠房子，然后把它們全賣掉再買一座紅旅館，四座綠房子，一座紅旅館，如此循環(huán)。你并不需要進學校才能變得富裕。玩一玩“大富翁”吧：四座綠房子，一座紅旅館。就這么簡單。
你必須學習在你之前成為富翁的人的經驗。不要和窮人們談話。窮人總是會告訴你說∶“哦，那太冒險了。不要那樣做，不要冒險，把你的錢存起來吧，這樣很安全。”這就是窮人的觀點。你必須開放你的思想。如果你有開放的思想，你就可以學到一切。如果你封閉了思想，你就什么都學不到。所以我認為，這才是最重要的。
不，我沒有薪金。我總共才有過一份工作，干了四年。我不想拿薪金。中產階級和窮人所想要的是高收入。他們想要錢，但是他們沒有財富，因為他們沒有資產。你們必須清楚錢和財富之間的差別，它們并不是一回事。錢不會使你成為富翁，財富才能使你成為富翁。我有多家大公司，我有許多股票，我還有許多經營權。我有房地產，這些才是使我成為富翁的秘密，所以錢只是在我是否工作的時候才顯得有意義。
比爾·蓋茨一年只掙五十萬美元，僅此而已。我掙的比他多。他雖然只掙那么些錢，但他的資產卻有兩百億。我想告訴大家，收入、錢和財富之間是有很大差別的。所以我總是在買資產、做生意、買股票和房地產，這些才能使你變得富裕，而不是一份工作。在美國，富人變得更富的原因是他們將財富傳給他們的孩子。我的窮爸爸總是對我說，“高收入的工作、高收入的工作、高收入的工作。”我的富爸爸則說，“資產、資產、資產。”這就是區(qū)別。
中英文對照英語美文篇三
The prime condition great secrets of success成功
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. The other day a fond fashionable mother in Michigan asked a young man whether he had ever seen a lady sweep in a room so grandly as her Priscilla. He said no, he never had ,and the mother was gratified beyond measure, but then said he ,after a pause, “What I should like to see her do is sweep out a room” It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.
Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself ，“My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams.
And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.
The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets，which break most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.
To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm’s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, “no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”
年輕人應該從頭學起，擔當最基層的職務，這是件好事。匹茲堡有許多大企業(yè)家在創(chuàng)業(yè)之初都肩負過重任。他們與掃帚結伴，以清掃辦公室度過了企業(yè)生涯的最初時光。我注意到現在的辦公室都配備了工友，這使我們的年輕人不幸丟掉了這個有益的企業(yè)教育的一個內容。不過，如果哪一天早晨清掃工碰巧沒來，某位具有未來合伙人氣質的青年就會毫不猶豫試著拿起掃帚。有一天，以為溺愛孩子的，時髦的密歇根母親問一位男青年，是否見過像她的女兒普里希拉那樣的年輕女郎如此瀟灑地在房間里進行打掃。男青年說從未見過，那位母親高興的樂不可支。但男青年頓了頓又說: “我想看到的是她能在室外進行打掃”。如果有必要，新來者在辦公室外進行打掃并沒有什么損失。我本人就曾經是打掃人之一。
假設你們都已就業(yè)了，并干的相當出色，我對你們的忠告是要“胸懷大志”。對那些尚未把自己看成是某重要公司的合伙人或領導人的年輕人，我會不屑一顧。你們在思想上一刻也不要滿足于充當任何企業(yè)的首席職員，領班或總經理，不管這家企業(yè)的規(guī)模有多大。你們要對自己說:“我的位置在最高處”你們要夢寐以求登峰造極。
獲得成功的首要條件喝最大秘訣是：把精力和財力完全集中于所干的事業(yè)上。一旦開始干那一行，就要決心干出個名堂，要出類拔萃，要點點滴滴地改進，要采用最好的機器，要盡力通曉這一行。
失敗的企業(yè)是那些分散了資力，因而意味著分散了精力的企業(yè)。他們向這件事投資，又向那件事投資，在這里投資，又在哪里投資，方方面面都有投資。“別把所有的雞蛋放進一個籃子”之說大錯特錯。我告訴你們，“要把所有的雞蛋放在一個籃子，然后照管好那只籃子。”注意走位并留點神，能這樣做的人往往不會失敗。管好并提好那只籃子很容易。在我們的國家，想多提籃子的人打碎的雞蛋也多。有三只籃子的人就得把一只籃子頂在頭上，這樣很容易摔倒。美國企業(yè)家的一個錯誤就是缺少集中。
我把所說的話歸納如下：要志在頂峰，千萬不要涉足酒吧，不要沾酒，或者僅在用餐時喝點酒;千萬不要投機，簽署支付的款項時，千萬不要超過盈余的現金儲備，把公司的利益當成自己的利益，取消訂貨的目的永遠在于挽救貨主，集中精力，把所有的雞蛋放進一個籃子，支出永遠小于收入，最后不要失去耐心，因為正如愛默生所說，“除了你自己以外，沒有人能哄騙你離開最后的成功。”
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