精美英语文章6篇(3)

任何事情做得过分都可能有害，白日做梦也是一样。

总有那么一些人，他们用想入非非的生活来代替实际活动得到的好处。

但是这一类极端的情况极为罕见，愈来愈多的资料都能证明这样一种看法：

大多数人的白日梦做的太少了，而不是太多了。

现在我们才开始了解到它确实是多么有价值。当一个人被禁止做白日梦时，他们的感情平衡就可以被搅乱。不仅使他们更难以对付日常的生活压力，而且他们的自我控制和自我定向变得岌岌可危。

最近的研究表明，白日做梦是日常生活的一部分，每天做一定数量的白日梦多保持平衡是必不可少的。 科学已经发现白日梦是一种有效的消遣技巧。但它的有利影响不只这一点，

实验表明，白日梦特别有助于智力的发展，有助于全神贯注的能力和与人交往、交流的能力。

4.Pens

Small as it is, the pen has changed the course of history, shaped the destiny of nations,

facilitated the commerce of peoples, imprisoned the elusive thoughts of man, recorded events,

carried news, and done more work for mankind than all other tools or weapons.

Progress without it would have been almost impossible. The invention of the wheel and screw,

the introduction of steam-power, the use of electricity, all these have changed the lives of millions;

but the pen has done more.

It has removed mountains. It has prepared the way for all advancement.

Whatever plans have been drawn up, whatever laws formulated, have come from the pen.

笔

笔虽很小，却已经改变了历史的进程，决定了民族的兴衰，

推进了民间的贸易, 钳制了难以捉摸的不良思想，记录事件，

传播消息，为人类做了比任何其他工具或武器更多的工作。

没有它，进步几乎是不可能的。车轮和螺丝的发明，

蒸汽机的问世，电力的使用，所有这些都曾改变了亿万人的生活；

然而，笔却做得更多。

他创造了奇迹。他为所有的前进铺平了道路。

任何计划的拟订，任何法律的制定，无一不出自于笔。

5. The embarassment of our age

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time;

we have more degrees，but less common sense;

more knowledge，but less judgment; more experts, but more problems;

more medicine, but less wellness.

We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up too

late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.

We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life;

we’ve added years to life. not life to years.

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new

neighbor.

We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space.

We’ve split the atom，but not our prejudice;

We write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less.

We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals.

We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies, but have less communication. We are long on quantity, but short on quality.