優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文摘抄
優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文摘抄
隨著社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展和全球化的深入,學(xué)習(xí)者對(duì)于英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的要求也發(fā)生了變化。英語(yǔ)越來(lái)越成為人們使用的一種工具。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編帶來(lái)的優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文，歡迎閱讀!
優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文篇一
The colour of sky天空的顏色
If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer‘s day we shall find that theblue colour is the most pure and intense overhead，and when looking high up in adirection opposite to the sun. Near the horizon it is always less bright，whilein the region immediately around the sun it is more or less yellow. The reasonof this is that near the horizon we look through a very great thickness of thelower atmosphere，which is full of the larger dust particles reflecting whitelight，and this diluter the pure blue of the higher atmosphere seen beyond，And inthe vicinity of the sun a good deal of the blue light is reflected back intospace by the finer dust，thus giving a yellowish tinge to that which reaches usreflected chiefly from the coarse dust of the lower atmosphere. At sunset andsunrise，however，this last effect is greatly intensified，owing to the greatthickness of the strata of air through which the light reaches us. The enormousamount of this dust is well shown by the fact that then only we can look full atthe sun，even when the whole sky is free from clouds and there is no apparentmist.
But the sun’s rays then reach us after having passed，first，throughan enormous thickness of the higher strata of the air，the minute dust of whichreflects most of the higher strata of the air，the minute dust of which reflectsmost of the blue rays away from us，leaving the complementary yellow light topass on，Then，the somewhat coarser dust reflects the green rays，leaving a moreorange-coloured light to pass on;and finally some of the yellow isreflected，leaving almost pure red. But owing to the constant presence of aircurrents，arranging both the dust and vapour in strata of varying extent anddensity，and of high or low clouds which both absorb and reflect the light invarying degrees，we see produced all those wondrous combinations of tints andthose gorgeous ever-changing colours which are a constant source of admirationand delight to all who have the advantage of an uninterrupted view to the westand who are accustomed to watch for those not infrequent exhibitions of nature‘skaleidoscopic colour painting. With every change in the altitude of the sun thedisplay changes its character;and most of all when it has sunk below thehorizon，and owing to the more favourable angles a larger quantity of thecoloured light is reflected toward us，Especially when there is a certain amountof cloud is this the case. These，so long as the sun was above thehorizon，intercepted much of the light and colour，but when the great luminary haspassed away from our direct vision，his light shines more directly on the undersides of all the clouds and air strata of different densities;a new and morebrilliant light flushes the western sky，and a display of gorgeous ever-changingtints occurs which are at once the delight of the beholder and the despair ofthe artist. And all this unsurpassable glory we oweto——dust!
晴空萬(wàn)里的夏日，如果我們觀察一下天空，且背向太陽(yáng)，極目仰望，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)頭頂上空的藍(lán)色最純凈，最濃郁。靠近天邊，色彩往往較暗淡，太陽(yáng)周?chē)牡胤絼t略呈黃色。這是因?yàn)槲覀兿蛱爝呁r(shí)，目光要穿過(guò)極厚的低空大氣層，其中布滿顆粒較大的塵埃，反射出白光，這就沖淡了天際高空大氣層的純藍(lán)色。在太陽(yáng)附近，大量藍(lán)光則由細(xì)微的塵埃反射回太空。這樣，主要由低空大氣層的粗粒塵埃反射到地面的光線，便帶有淺黃色。不過(guò)，在日出日落時(shí)，由于光線到達(dá)地面南非要穿過(guò)厚厚的大氣層，這種反射效果大大增強(qiáng)了。只有在這種時(shí)候，我們才可以直視太陽(yáng)，即使萬(wàn)里長(zhǎng)空沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)云彩，不見(jiàn)一絲霧靄。這就充分顯示了低空塵埃的數(shù)量之大。
但是太陽(yáng)的光線終于到達(dá)了地面。它們先是穿過(guò)厚度極大的高空大氣層，其中的細(xì)微塵埃把大部分藍(lán)色的光反射掉了，讓補(bǔ)色的黃光繼續(xù)通行。然后，粗粒塵埃又反射掉綠色的光，讓偏橙色的光繼續(xù)通行。最后，部分黃色的光也反射掉，剩下幾乎是純紅色的了。不過(guò)，由于不斷出現(xiàn)氣流，把法埃與水汽分層排列，廣度不均，密度各異，加上高低空常有云層，不同程度地吸收并反射陽(yáng)光，我們這才看到各種奇異的色調(diào)斑剝陸離，諸多絢麗的色彩變化萬(wàn)千;任何人只要有幸將西方的景致一覽無(wú)余，只要有心觀看大自然不時(shí)展現(xiàn)的那一幅幅瞬息萬(wàn)變的彩畫(huà)，都會(huì)為之贊不絕口，喜不自勝。隨著夕陽(yáng)緩緩西墜，這種景觀也不斷變幻;尤其是在太陽(yáng)沉入地平線之后，由于角度更加適宜，五顏六色的光就都發(fā)射到地面上來(lái)。遇有些許云霧，更是如此。本來(lái)，只要太陽(yáng)還位于地平線之上，云霧便截住了不少夕陽(yáng)和色彩;而今太陽(yáng)從我們的視野消失，陽(yáng)關(guān)便更為直接地照射到密度各異的重重云靄與層層大氣的底部;一片嶄新的、更加燦爛的陽(yáng)光染紅了西天，一幅景觀色彩絢麗，變化萬(wàn)千，觀賞者固然賞心悅目，然而自嘆莫及。而我們之所以能領(lǐng)略如此無(wú)與倫比的美景，全應(yīng)歸功于—塵埃!
優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文篇二
Each day is special每一天都特別
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package." He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on. Was saving it for a special occasion.
Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:
"Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion".
I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.
I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... letters that i wanted to write "One of this days". I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not times enough at least, how much I love them.
Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
優(yōu)秀高中英語(yǔ)美文篇三
Great Expectations
Pete Rose, the famous baseball player, whom I have never met, taught me something so valuable that changed my life.
Pete was being interviewed in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb’s all time hits record.
One reporter blurted out, “Pete, you only need 78 hits to break the record.
How many at-bats do you think you’ll need to get the 78 hits?”
Without hesitation, Pete just stared at the reporter and very matter-of-factly said, “78.”
The reporter yelled back, “Ah, come on Pete, you don’t expect to get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you?”
Mr. Rose calmly shared his philosophy with the throngs of reporters who were anxiously awaiting his reply to this seemingly boastful claim.
“Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit!
If I don’t expect to get a hit, I have no right to step in the batter’s box in the first place!”
“If I go up hoping to get a hit,” he continued, “then I probably don’t have a prayer of getting a hit.
It is positive expectation that has gotten me all of the hits in the first place.”
When I thought about Pete Rose’s philosophy and how it applied to everyday life, I felt a little embarrassed.
As a business person, I was hoping to make my sales quotas.
As a father, I was hoping to be a good dad.
As a married man, I was hoping to be a good husband.
The truth was that I was an adequate salesperson, I was not so bad of a father, and I was an okay husband.
I immediately decided that being okay was not enough!
I wanted to be a great salesperson, a great father and a great husband.
I changed my attitude to one of positive expectation, and the results were amazing.
I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips, I won Coach of the Year in my son’s baseball league,
and I share a loving relationship with my wife, Karen, with whom I expect to be married to for the rest of my life!
Thanks, Mr. Rose!
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