【篇一】关于英语诗歌阅读理解
Work
Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."
And he answered, saying:
You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth.
For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession, that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.
Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labour a misfortune.
But I say to you that when you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born,
And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life,
And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.
But if you in your pain call birth an affliction and the support of the flesh a curse written upon your brow, then I answer that naught but the sweat of your brow shall wash away that which is written.
You have been told also life is darkness, and in your weariness you echo what was said by the weary.
And I say that life is indeed darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work,
And all work is empty save when there is love;
And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
And what is it to work with love?
It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.
It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.
It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit,
And to know that all the blessed dead are standing about you and watching.
Often have I heard you say, as if speaking in sleep, "he who works in marble, and finds the shape of his own soul in the stone, is a nobler than he who ploughs the soil.
And he who seizes the rainbow to lay it on a cloth in the likeness of man, is more than he who makes the sandals for our feet."
But I say, not in sleep but in the over-wakefulness of noontide, that the wind speaks not more sweetly to the giant oaks than to the least of all the blades of grass;
And he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.
Work is love made visible.
And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.
And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine.
And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.
劳作
一位农夫说，请为我们谈谈劳作。
他答道：
你们劳作，故能与大地和大地的精神同步。
你们慵懒，就会变为季节的生客，落伍于生命的行列;那行列正带着庄严豪迈和骄傲的顺从向永恆前进。
劳作时你们便是一管笛，时间的低语通过你的心化作音乐。
你们中谁愿做一根芦苇，当万物齐声合唱时，惟独自己沉寂无声?
总有人对你们说：工作是一种诅咒，劳动是一种不幸。
但我要对你们说：当你们工作时，你们便实现了大地一部分最悠远的梦想，在梦想成形之初，这部分便已分派给你，
你们辛勤劳动，便是真正热爱生命，
在劳动中热爱生命，便是通晓了生命最深的秘密。
然而，如果你们在痛苦中把降生称作折磨，把维持肉体生存当成写在额头的诅咒，那麽我要回答，只有你们额头上的汗水，才能洗去那些字迹。
也总有人对你们说生活是黑暗的，你们疲惫时重複疲惫者的语气
而我说生活的确是黑暗的，除非有了渴望，
所有渴望都是盲目的，除非有了知识，
一切知识都是徒然的，除非有了工作，
所有工作都是空虚的，除非有了爱;
當你們帶著愛工作時，你們就與自己、與他人、與上帝會為一體。
什麼是帶著愛工作?
是用你心中的絲線織布縫衣，彷彿你的至愛將穿上這衣服。
是帶著熱情建房築屋，彷彿你的至愛將居住其中。
是帶著深情播種，帶著喜悅收穫，彷彿你的至愛將品嚐果實。
是將你靈魂的氣息注入你的所有製品。
是意識到所有受福的逝者都在身邊注視著你。
我常聽你們夢中吃語般地說："雕刻大理石，在石中找到自己靈魂形象的人，比耕田的農夫高貴。
【篇二】关于英语诗歌阅读理解
给自己一份承诺
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something special in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
要坚强，不让任何事物烦扰内心的平和。
要与每一个见到的人谈论健康、快乐和富足。
要让所有的朋友感到他们是与众不同的。
要看一切事情的光明面，让积极乐观弥漫。
要只去想最美好的事情;只追求最美好的结果;只怀有最美好的希望。
要对他人的成功抱有像对自己的成功一样的热情。
要抛却曾经的错误，为将来更伟大的成就坚定不移地前进。
要永远面带愉快，要用微笑迎接每一个生命。
要多花时间在自我提升上，这样就不会有时间去批评他人。
要胸怀宽广，心无挂虑;要品行高尚，不怨不怒;
要身心坚强，无所畏惧;要心情欢畅，远离烦恼。
【篇三】关于英语诗歌阅读理解
When I Wake Up Each Morning
And See you Next to Me
I Know that My Day Will Be All Right
Sometimes it is hard
to put feelings into words
but I want you to know
how you affect me
When I wake up
and see you in the morning
I am so happy
that we are together
I respect you
I admire you
I love you deeply
When I wake up
each morning
and see you next to me
no matter what happens
I know that my day will
be all right
将感情付诸言辞，
有时确是件难事。
但我想让你知道，
你于我有多重要。
清晨醒来见到你，
知道我们在一起，
便觉得如此幸福。
我尊重你崇拜你，
我深深地爱着你。
若每个清晨醒来，
能见你即在身侧，
我便深深地知道，
无论发生什么事，
日子将安然继续。
