2016英語經(jīng)典美文誦讀
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2016英語經(jīng)典美文篇一
Love in Mysteries
AS MUCH AS MURDER is a staple in mystery stories， so is love. Love may be a four-letter word， or the greatest of the trio of faith， hope， and love. It may appear in a mystery as the driving force behind the plot and the characters. Or it may appear as an aside in a sub-plot， a light spot in a heavy story. But it's there. Even Valentine knew love was worth dying for.
An emotion this strong gets a lot of attention. Love has its own special day， St. Valentine's Day. According to legend， the Roman emperor Claudius II needed soldiers to fight for him in the far reaches of the Roman Empire. He thought married men would rather stay home than go to war for a couple of years， so he outlawed marriage and engagements. This did not stop people from falling in love. Valentine， a priest， secretly married many young couples. For this crime， he was arrested and executed on February 14.
St. Valentine's Day was off to a rocky start. Love， secrecy， crime， death. Love prevailed， and the day lost its seamy side. Valentine's Day became a day to exchange expressions of love. Small children give each other paper hearts. Adults exchange flowers and chocolates. Everyone has an attack of the warm fuzzies.
Valentine's Day was popular in Europe in the early 1800s as a day men brought gifts to the women they loved. Gradually the expectations grew higher， the gifts got bigger， and eventually the holiday collapsed under the weight of the bills.
It was revived when the custom of exchanging love letters and love cards replaced the mandatory gifts. A young man's love was measured in how much time he spent making a card with paper， lace， feathers， beads， and fabric. If the young man wasn't good with scissors and glue， the job could be hired out to an artist who made house calls.
Valentine's Day grew more popular when machine-made cards became available， and people didn't have to make their own. In England in 1840， the nation-wide Penny Post made it cheap for everyone to send Valentine cards. In the United States， national cheap postal rates were set in 1845， and valentines filled the mail.
"Roses are red， violets are blue" was a popular verse on Valentine cards. Other holidays are associated with particular flowers—— the Christmas poinsettia， the Easter lily—— but Valentine's Day has no specific flower. Instead， it has colors—— red， pink， and white. Red symbolizes warmth and feeling. White stands for purity. According to one romantic flower code， messages can be spelled out with flowers. Gardenias say 'I love you secretly'. Violets say "I return your love'. Roses say 'I love you passionately'. Not surprisingly， the rose is now the top-seeded flower of love.
Love mostly goes wrong in mystery stories. Very badly wrong. Somebody done somebody wrong. Husbands， wives， and lovers kill each other. Or kill for each other. Stack the characters up in any kind of love triangle， and watch how the angles are knocked off. Love is unrequited， thwarted and scorned. Murders are motivated by real or imaginary love， or the lack of it. That famous novelist Ernest Hemingway said， "If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it". So it goes in the mystery. Justice may win， but love is often the loser.
In addition to plots driven by love， or the lack of it， there are sleuths who encounter love in the solving of the crime. The handsome or beautiful detective meets the suspect or the client. Their affair grows around， and in spite of， the murder. Think of the movies Casablanca and Chinatown. Barbara D'Amato offers a different twist on this theme in "Hard Feelings". The amateur sleuth meets a suspect or investigating officer and love smolders around the crime. Rose DeShaw's "Love With the Proper Killer" is such a story.
In a series of novels， if the continuing character is living a full life， love enters the storyline somewhere. Dorothy L. Sayers' sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey fell in love with Harriet Vane while he sleuthed his way through a few books. Sherlock Holmes remained aloof， but Dr. Watson fell in love and married between impossible crimes. There were no such temptations for Hercule Poirot or Jane Marple， but Agatha Christie created Tuppence and Tommy Beresford as a detecting couple.
Real crimes are sometimes motivated by love， and are written about in true crime books. E.W. Count describes one such case in "Love is a Risk." "Married to a Murderer，" by Alan Russell， follows the crime one step further.
Feeling an attack of the warm fuzzies? Do something sweet for someone you love. Then do something sweet for yourself. Settle back with soft music and savour the online mysteries of love and romance in the Valentine and Romance Mysteries sections of this site.
2016英語經(jīng)典美文篇二
What is This Thing Called Love?
A wise man once said that love is a wonderful thing. Although this statement leaves sparse room for argument， it does little to define what love is beyond the vague realm of wonderful. It is my duty as a devout romantic to embark upon the seemingly difficult task of defining love by looking at the history， explaining what love is not， and examining the uses of love and the results of that usage.
The origin of the word is probably the most logical place to start. As with many words in the English language， love is a derivative of the Latin word "causemajoraproblemus" which means "You're miserable when you got it and miserable when you don't." The word was created to explain the biological phenomenon that existed when certain individuals came into contact with each other and either remained together or went about their lives separately. Regardless of the outcome， the relationship was usuallycharacteristic of throat lumps， knotted stomaches， weak knees， temporary loss of language， sweaty palms， dizzyness， sneezing， and occasional nausea. Belligerent insanity also resulted. History clearly illustrates this. Can we ever forget the face that launched a thousand ships? Federally expressingVan Gogh's ear? The construction of Le Tour Eiffel? All of these were results of love and love lost.
Star-crossed lovers have stated that love is not hand nor foot nor any part belonging to a man. Matrimonial ceremonies also claim that love is not jealous or boastful. Let it be stated here that love also is not a gourmet dish， a domesticated animal， or a latest trend. Love is not a strategic defense mechanism nor the best kept secret at the Pentagon. Love is not another seasoning to bottle and stick on the dust-lined shelves of the spice rack. Love is not to be confused with adhesive tape.
Instead， love is a great counterpart to late， evening thunder storms on hot July nights. Love goes well with cold pizza on picnic blankets. Love is cold， wet sand between bare toes. Love is a capitalistic sell-all for novels， Top-40 pop songs， summer movies， and greeting cards.
In its simplest terms， love is a four-letter word. Much like other words of similar letter make up， when expressed it can evoke laughter， pleasure， pain， anger， and virtually any wave of reaction. Love also can be confused with feelings of indigestion and gas. Houses have been built， burned， and banished because of love.
2016英語經(jīng)典美文篇三
給兒子的信Dear son……
孩子…
The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …
當(dāng)你看到我日漸老去，身體也漸漸不行，請給我耐心、理解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
如果我吃的臟兮兮，如果我不會穿衣服…… 有給我耐心…… 你記得我曾花多久時間教你這些事嗎?
If， when I speak to you， I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me.
如果，當(dāng)我一再重復(fù)述說同樣的事情… 不要打斷我， 聽我說…
When you were small， I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
你小時候， 我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著……
When I do not want to have a shower， neither shame me nor scold me…
當(dāng)我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要責(zé)罵我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…
你記得小時候我曾編出多少理由， 只為了哄你洗澡…
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
當(dāng)你看到我對新科技的無知， 給我一點時間， 不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我…
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊…。 如何好好的吃， 好好的穿… 如何面對生活……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it， do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云， 給我一點時間回想… 如果我還是無能為力， 請不要緊張……… 對我而言重要的不是對話，而是能跟你在一起，和你的傾聽…
If ever I do not want to eat， do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
當(dāng)我不想吃東西時，不要勉強我。 我清楚知道該什么時候進(jìn)食
When my tired legs do not allow me walk…give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
當(dāng)我的腿不聽使喚… 扶我一把…。 如同我曾扶著你踏出你人生的第一步…
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
當(dāng)有一天我告訴你不想再活下去了…。 請不要生氣…。 總有一天你會了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived
試著明白我已是風(fēng)燭殘年，來日可數(shù)
Some day you will discover that， despite my mistakes， I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you……
有一天你會發(fā)現(xiàn)， 即使我有許多過錯， 我總是盡我所能要給你最好的…
You must not feel sad， angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me， try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.
當(dāng)我靠近你時不要覺得感傷， 生氣或無奈。你要緊挨著我，如同我當(dāng)初幫著你展開人生一樣的了解我
Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
扶我一把， 用愛跟耐心幫我走完人生… 我將用微笑和我始終不變無邊無際的愛來回報你
I love adore you， God bless you.
我愛你，上帝保佑你
Your father
你的父親
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