引導學生走近美文,使他們成為美文的崇拜者和得益者,這也是是當代教育所期待的。下面小編整理了高中優秀英語美文，歡迎閱讀!
林肯蓋茨堡演講詞
Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,
八十七年前，我們的祖先在這塊大陸上建立了個新國家，
conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
這個國家是以自由為理念，並致力於人生而平等的主張。
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation，or any nation so conceived and so dedicated，can long endure.
現在我們投身於這場偉大的內戰。這個內戰在考驗這個新國家或是任何一個有相同理念、致力於相同主張的國家能否長久存在。
We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
我們相會於這場戰爭的偉大戰場上。
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
我們來到這裡，將這戰場上的小塊土地奉獻給那些為國家生存而捐軀的人，以作為他們最後安息之地。
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
我們這樣做是十分適當的，也是應該的。
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground.
但就廣義而言，我們卻無法奉獻這塊土地，無法把這塊土地變得神聖，
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
因為在此奮戰過的勇者，不論是生是死，都已經將這塊土地變得如此神聖，以致我們薄弱的力量實不能再對它有所揚抑。
The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
我們現在在這裡所說的話，世人是不太注意的，過不久都會忘記，但這些勇者在此曾有的表現世人將水遠銘記在心。
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
我們活著的人，應該在這塊土地上獻身於那些曾被努力推進卻尚未完成的工作。
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us:
我們實在應該獻身於這些勇者所遺留給我們的眼前這個偉大任務:
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion;
這些光榮過世的先烈們曾為國家大業奉獻到底，而我們則應秉承他們的奉獻精神，更加全力以赴;
that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;
我們決意不計這些先烈白白犧牲;
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom;
在上帝的庇佑之下，自由將在我國重生，
and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
而這個民有、民治、民享的政府將永存於世。
高中優秀英語美文篇二自制
Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness.
自制是快樂及有為不可或缺的部分。
It is the master of all the virtues, and has its root in self-respect.
它主宰所有的美德，並紮根於自尊。
Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moralfreedom.
一個人若受到衝動、感情用事支配的話，從那一刻起他便放棄了他的.道德自由。
It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to pursue success with superior diligenceand sobriety.
自律使人能夠更加勤奮、更加冷靜地來追求成功。
Many of the great characters in history illustrate this trait.
歷史上許多偉人都展現了這樣的特質。
In ordinary life the application is the same.
自律亦可同樣運用在日常生活中。
He who would lead must first command himself.
欲領導他人的人必須先統御自己。
The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, then the well一balanced mind comes tothe front.
每個人激動生氣時，便是考驗的時刻，這時心平氣和的人便會出頭了。
There is a very special demand for the cultivation of this trait at present.
目前最需要培養這種特質了。
The young men who rush into business with no good education or drill will do poor andfeverish work.
沒有受過良好的教育或磨練便匆匆投入商場的小夥子，做起事來一定是差勁而毛躁。
Endurance is a much better test of character than act of heroism.
忍耐要比逞英雄更能考驗品德。
A fair amount of self-examination is good，Self-knowledge is a preface to self-control.
適度的自我檢討很不錯。若有自知之明方能自制。
Too much self-inspection leads to morbidness; too little conducts to careless and hastyaction.
不過過度的自我檢討會成為病態，檢討不足則又導致行事粗心草率。
There are two things which will surely strengthen our self-control.
有兩件事肯定會增強我們的自制力。
One is attention to conscience; the other is a spirit of good will.
其一是注重良知，其二是心懷善意。
The man who would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his faculties under perfectcontrol;
若要實現任何偉大的抱負獲得成功就必須妥善掌控自己的才能;
they must be disciplined and drilled until they quickly and cheerfully obey the will.
他必須要先加以約束、磨練這些才能，它們方能迅速而又愉快地服從他的心意。
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高中優秀英語美文篇三青春
Youth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind.
青春不只是人生的一個階段;它是一種心境。
It is not a matter of rosy cheeks，red lips and supple knees;
它不是指紅潤的臉頰、紅色的嘴脣和柔軟彎曲的膝蓋;
it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination，a vigor of the emotions.
而是指意志力、豐富的想象力、充沛的感情。
It is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
它是生命深泉之清新。
Youth means the predominance over of courage over timidity, of adventure over the love ofease.
青春意味著勇氣勝過膽怯，冒險犯難勝過貪圖安逸。
This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty.
六十歲的人往往要比二十歲的小夥子更持有這種精神。
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
沒有人只因活了若干年而變老。
We grow old by deserting our ideals.
我們變老是因為我們拋棄了自己的理想。
Years may wrinkle the skin，but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
歲月可以使面板產生皺紋，但是放棄熱誠則會消蝕靈魂。
Worry，doubt，self-distrust，fear and despair - these bow the head and turn the growingspirit back to dust.
憂慮、懷疑、缺乏自信、恐懼和絕望—這些都會讓我們垂頭喪氣，而且會讓成長的精神化為烏有。
Whether sixty or sixteen，there is in every numan being's heart the love of wonder,
每個人不管是六十歲或是十六歲，心中都有一股好奇心，
the sweet amazement of the stars and the starlike things, the undaunted challenge ofevents，
對星星及星狀的東西會產生一種歡喜之情，不畏任何挑戰，
the unfailing childlike appetite for what-next and the joy of the game of living.
對未知的事物有著一種像孩子般永不冷卻的熱望，以及遊戲人生的喜悅之情。
You are as young as your faith，as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence,
你有信心、自信和希望時，就會年輕;
as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
而你若懷疑、恐懼和絕望時，就會衰老。
