3分鐘左右的英語美文

　　晚清至五四時期,新舊文人對美文或美術(shù)文觀念有著不同闡釋。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編帶來的3分鐘左右的英語美文，歡迎閱讀!

　　3分鐘左右的英語美文精選

　　WednesdaysShe is my wife， my lover， my best friend. For over fourteen years， our marriage has endured and grown. I can honestly state that after all this time together， my love for Patricia has not diminished in the slightest way. In fact， through each passing day， I find myself more and more enraptured by her beauty. The best times of my life are the times we spend together， whether sitting quietly watching television or enjoying an afternoon at a San Diego Chargers game.　　There is no secret to why our marriage has lasted while so many others have failed. There is no formula for success that I can offer， other than to express that the most important feature of our relationship is that it has never lost the sense of romance that bloomed when we first met. Too often marriage kills the romance that was born in the courtship of a relationship. To me， I have always felt that I am still courting Patricia， and therefore the romance has never died.　　Romance is not something that can be taught or copied. One can only be romantic through another. Patricia， my wife of fourteen years， has instilled the romance in me. I am romantic because of her. Patricia has always brought out the best in me. The many aspects of our romance are too numerous to mention. However， there is one special romantic interlude that I began over fifteen years ago.　　Before we were married， Patricia and I could not see each other as much as we would have like during the week. The weekends always went too fast， and the days in between dragged on forever. I decided that I needed to do something to make the weekdays go faster， or at least to give us something to look forward to during the week.　　And so it began on Wednesday some fifteen years ago： I bought a card and gave it to Patricia. There was no special occasion. The card was just an expression of how much I loved her and How much I was thinking about her. I picked Wednesday for no special reason other than it was the middle of the week.　　Since that day， I have never missed a Wednesday -- Patricia has received a card from me every Wednesday， every week， every month， every year.　　The purchase of the card each week is not done out of habit. It is my romantic mission each week to find the right card. At times， my search takes me to many different card stores to find that perfect offering. I have been known to spend a considerable amount of time in front of the card displays， reading up to a dozen different cards before I choose the right one. The picture and the words in the card must have specific meaning to me and must remind me in some way of Patricia and our life together. The card needs to evoke an emotion in me. I know that if a card brings a tear of happiness to my eyes， I have found the right one.　　Patricia awakens each Wednesday morning to find her card， and even though she knows it will be there， she still lights up with excitement when she tears　　open the envelope and reads what is inside. And I still get just as excited giving each card to her.　　At the foot of our bed is a brass chest that is filled with all of the greeting cards Patricia has received from me over the past fifteen years， hundreds and hundreds of cards， each one full of just as much love as the next. I can only hope that our life together will last long enough for me to fill ten brass chests with my weekly messages of love， affection and most of all thanks for the joy Patricia has brought to my life.

　　3分鐘左右的英語美文閱讀

　　True Forgiveness

　　Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have duly forgotten the name of an old lady who was a customer on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy in Marinette， Wisconsin back in 1954. Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness that I can only hope to pass on to someone else someday.　　On a mindless Saturday afternoon， a friend and I were throwing rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house from a secluded spot in her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they rolled to the roof’s edge and shot out into the yard like comets falling from the sky.　　I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride. The stone was too smooth， however， so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the old lady’s back porch. At the sound of fractured glass， we took off from the old lady’s yard faster than any of our missiles flew off her roof.　　I was too scared about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken porch window. However， a few days later， when I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered， I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper， but I was no longer able to act comfortable in her presence.　　I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money， and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I calculated would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it.　　I waited until it was dark， snuck up to the old lady’s house， and put the envelope of retribution through the letter slot in her door. My soul felt redeemed and I couldn’t wait for the freedom of， once again， looking straight into the old lady’s eyes.　　The next day， I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and said， “Here， I have something for you.” It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and proceeded to eat the cookies as I continued my route.　　After several cookies， I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope， I was stunned. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said， “I’m proud of you.”

　　3分鐘左右的英語美文學(xué)習(xí)

　　Who You Are Makes A Difference!A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar， California， she called each student to the front of the class， one at a time. First she told them how the student made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which read， "Who I Am Makes a Difference."　　Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three I more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results， see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.　　One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons， and said， "We're doing a class project on recognition， and we'd like you to go out， find somebody to honor， give them a blue ribbon， then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened."　　Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss， who had been noted， by the way， as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said， "Well， sure."　　The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon， he said， "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."　　That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said， "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes A Difference' on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight， I started thinking　　about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you.　　"My Days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess， but somehow tonight， I just wanted to sit here and well， just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother， you are the most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"　　The startled boy started to sob and sob， and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears， "I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow， Dad， because I didn't think you loved me. Now I don't need to."