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著名的名家英語美文：浪漫之都
Ah, beautiful Paris. For centuries this city has attracted the admiration of the world.The allure and charm of Paris captivate all who visit there.
Where can you discover the charm of Paris for yourself? Is it in the legacy of all the Fre?nch rulers whoworked to beautify their beloved city? Is it in the famous castles, palaces, statues and monuments, such as the Eiffel Tower? Can you find it in the world-class museums, such as the Louvre? Perhaps Paris? allure lies in the zest and style of the Parisians.
When you visit Paris, you don?t have to spend all of your time visiting museums and monuments. They are certainly worthy of your time, but ignore them for a day. First take some time to look around and experience life in Paris. You?ll find it charming.
Take a stroll along the Seine River. Browse through the art vendors? colorful paintings. Peek through delicate iron gates at the well-kept gardens. Watch closely for the French attention to detail that has made France synonymous with good taste. You will see it in the design of a doorway or arch and in the little fountains and quaint balconies. No matter where you look, you will find everyday objects transformed into works by art.
Spend some time in a quiet park relaxing on an old bench. Lie on your back on the green grass. When you need refreshment, try coffee and pastries at a sidewalk cafe.
Strike up a conversation with a Parisian. This isn?t always easy, though. With such a large internationalpopulation living in Paris, true natives are hard to find these days.
As evening comes to Paris, enchantment rises with the mist over the riverfront. You may hear music from anoutdoor concert nearby: classical, jaz, opera or chansons, those French folk songs. Parisians love their music. The starry sky is their auditorium. You can also hear concerts in the chateaux and cathedrals. In Paris the Music never ends.
Don?t miss the highlight of Paris evening: eating out. Parisians are proud of their cuisine. And rightly so; it?s world famous. Gourmet dining is one of the indispensable joys of living. You need a special guidebook to help you choose one of the hundreds of excellent restaurants. The capital of France boasts every regional specialty, cheese and wine the country has to offer. If you don?t know what to order, ask for the suggested menu.The chef likes to showcase his best dishes there. Remember, you haven?t tasted the true flavor of France until you?ve dined at a French restaurant in Paris.
After your gourmet dinner, take a walking tour of the floodlit monuments. Cross the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in the city, to the Ile de la Cite. The most famous landmark of Paris looms up in front of you: theNotre Dame Cathedral (Cathedral of Our Lady). Stand in the square in front of the cathedral. Here, you arestanding in the center of France. All distances are measured from the front of Notre Dame. Every road in France leads to her front door. All French kings and leaders have journeyed here to commemorate important occasions and give thanks. Notre Dame is the heart of Paris and the heart of France.
Your visit in Paris has only just begun. You?ve just started to discover the charm of this old city. May the rest of your journey be unforgettable. When it is time to leave, you will go reluctantly. You will saywith the French, ?A bientot, Paris, a bientot!?(See you again soon, Paris!)
啊!美麗的巴黎!幾個世紀以來，這個城市壹直受到世人的傾慕。巴黎的誘惑與魅力令所有到此遊玩的人深深著迷。巴黎之於妳,其魅力究競何在?是在歷任的法國統治者美化他們所鐘愛的城市所留下的傳統裏?還是在那些著名的城堡、皇宮、雕像和紀念碑，例如艾菲爾鐵塔之中?妳能否在世界?流的傅物館，如盧浮宮中找到它?或許巴黎的誘惑力就在於巴黎人的特殊品味和風格吧。
當妳到巴黎遊玩時，不必把時間全都花在看博物館和紀念碑上面。當然，它們很值得妳花些時間，但今天權且忘掉它們吧。首先到四處看看，體驗壹下巴黎的生活。妳會發現它的迷人之處。
沿著塞納河散散步。沿途瀏覽壹下賣美術作品人們色彩繽紛的繪畫，透過那些精致的鐵門，可以瞥見裏面精心照看的花園。仔細留心法國人對於細節的獨具匠心，這使得法國成為高 雅品位的代名詞。而這些在門廊或拱門以及小巧的噴泉和奇妙的陽臺的設計上就可見壹斑。無論妳向哪裏看，妳都會發現曰常物品都已變成了藝術品。
花些時間，在壹座寧靜的公園裏的古舊長椅上放松壹下，或躺在青青的草地上休憩壹番。想吃點兒點心的時候，就嘗嘗路邊咖啡館的咖啡和糕點。找壹個巴黎人聊聊天，不過這也不太容易。在國際人口如此密集的巴黎，如今要找到壹個真正的當地人是很困難的。
傍晚來臨之時,隨著河岸上升起的霧氣，巴黎的魅力也隨之而起。妳會聽到附近露天音樂會所演奏的樂曲：古典樂、爵士樂、歌劇或是香頌即法國的民畋。巴黎人熱愛自己的音樂。繁星點綴的天空，就是他們演奏的大禮堂。妳也可以在城堡或教 堂裏聆聽音樂會。在巴黎，音樂是從不會止息的。
別錯過了巴黎夜晚的亮點：下館子。巴黎人對他們的烹飪引以為榮。理應如此，因為它馳名世界。美食本來就是與生活享樂不可分割的。為了幫妳從幾百所絕佳的餐廳中做選擇，妳需要壹本特別的指南。法國的首都以全國各地的特色風味、乳酪和酒著稱於世，如果妳不知道要叫什麽，就看看推薦的菜譜。大廚軎歡在此將他最拿手的菜作壹番展示。請記住，沒到巴黎的法國餐廳吃飯之前，都不算嘗過真正的法國風味。
在妳的晚餐美食之後，可以到壹片燈海照耀的紀念碑走壹趟。穿過?第九橋?(此城市中最古老的橋)，到達?城市之島?。巴黎最有名的標誌性建築就隱約地呈現在妳面前：聖母院。站在教堂前面的廣場，在這裏，妳即處於法國的正中心。所有的距離皆是以聖母院前門開始測算的。法國的每壹條道路都通往它 的前門。法國所有的國王和統治者都曾經到此來紀念重要的節曰或表示感恩。聖母院是巴黎的中心，也是法國的中心。
妳的巴黎之旅才剛剛開始呢。妳才剛剛開始發現這個古老城市的魅力。祝願妳剩余的旅程將令妳難以忘懷。當妳該啟程回家的時候，妳會依依不舍。妳將會用法語說道：?後會有期，巴黎!"
著名的名家英語美文：狗的頌歌Gentlemen of the jury, the best friend a man has in this world may turn against him andbecome his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may proveungrateful.
Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and ourgood name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It fliesaway from him perhaps when heneeds it most. A man?s reputation may be sacrificed in amoment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may bethe first tothrow the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one thatnever deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
Gentlemen of the jury, a man?s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health andin sickness.He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drivesfiercely, if only he may be near his master?s side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer,he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. Heguards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.
When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls topieces,he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, thefaithful dog asksno higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard againstdanger,to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes themaster in its embrace and his body is laid away inthe cold ground, no matter if all other friendspursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between hispaws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness,faithful and true, evento death.
陪審團諸君：世上親如手足的摯友可能會疏遠叛離，反目成仇。含辛茹苦的父母面臨的也許是兒女的忘恩負義。
有些人備受我們尊敬和愛戴，有些人是我們幸福之所依，聲譽之所系;即便如此，他們也會背信棄義。人的錢財會失去，而且可能在急需之時偏偏散失殆盡。人的名譽也會因為壹時的考慮不周而蕩然無存。
當勝利與我們同行時，有些人往往向我們俯伏下跪,稱頌致敬;但是當風雲突變，失敗的黑雲壓頂之時，最先落並下石的或許就是他們。
在這個私欲橫流的世界上，壹個人可能擁有的絕對無私的朋友乃是他的狗。它從不拋棄主人，永不忘恩負義，也永不心懷鬼胎。
陪審團諸君：無論在主人富裕之曰還是貧困之時，也無論主人健康無恙還是病入裔肓，守衛在他身邊的始終是他的狗。
只要它能夠貼近於主人，它就寧願蜷伏於冰冷的地面，任寒風刺骨，冰雪襲身。它願意親吻主人的手，即便主人並未施與食物。它會舔舐主人在與這個粗暴的世界奮戰中留下的傷口和痛處。它守候著睡夢中的赤貧如洗的主人就如同守候著君主王侯壹般。
當所有的朋友都棄主人而去，唯有它仍留守在主人身旁。即使主人傾家蕩產、身敗名裂，它依然愛心如常宛若曰行中天。
壹旦主人遭遇不幸被眾人拋棄而舉目無親之時，忠貞不渝的狗別無他求，唯以伴隨主人抵禦危險和抗擊敵人為榮。待到主人大限臨近，最終被死神擭入懷抱，屍入涼冢，長眠黃泉，任憑其他朋友各奔東西，趴在主人墓旁的仍是這只高尚的狗。它的頭伏於雙爪之間，瞀覺地圓睜著抑郁的雙眼，盡誠盡職，死而後已。
著名的名家英語美文：獨身生活的回報For me the most interesting thing about a solitary life,and mine has been that for the lasttwenty years,is that it becomes increasingly rewarding.When I can wake up and watch the sunrise over the ocean, as I domost days, and know that I have an entire day ahead,uninterrupted,in which to write a few pages, take a walk with my dog,lie down in the afternoon for a think(Why does one think better in a horizontal position?), read and listen to music, I am floodedwith happiness.
I am lonely only when I am overtired, when I have worked too long without a break, when forthe time beingI feel empty and need filling up.And I am lonely sometimes when I come backhome after a lecture trip, when I have seen a lot of people and talked a lot,and am full to thebrim with experience that needs to be sorted out.
Then for a little while the house feels huge and empty, and I wonder where myself is hiding.Ithas been recaptured slowly by watering the plants, perhaps, and looking again at each one asthough it were a person,by feeding the two cats, by cooking a meal.
It takes a while, as I watch the surf blowing up in fountains at the end of the field,but themoment when the world falls away,and the self emerges again from the deepunconsciousness,bringing back all I have recently experienced to be explored and slowlyunderstood,when I can converse again with my hidden powers,andso grow, and so berewarded, till death do us part.
對我而言,獨身生活中最有趣的?也是我最近20年以來深有體會的?就是它使生活變得越來越有情調了。當我早展醒來看到太陽從大海上冉冉升起的時候?盡管我幾乎每天都是如此?我就知道面前將有沒人打攪的整整壹天時間了。在這壹天裏，我可以悠閑地寫幾頁文章，可以帶著狗散散步,午後還可以躺下來思考思考問題(為什麽平躺的時候更加有利於思考呢?)，看看書，聽聽音樂，心中洋溢著快樂之情。
只有在我過度疲勞的時候，或是在我工作太久而沒有休息的時候,或是在我當時覺得空虛因而需要充實的時候，我才會感到孤獨。而有時，當我在外地演講後趕回家的時候，當我和許多人見面並且交談甚多的時候，當許多經歷多得要溢出來，因而需要整理的時候，我才會感到孤獨。
那個時候，房子壹度讓人覺得太大、太空，而我卻不知道自我藏身於何處。也許通過給花草澆水，並對其逐壹端詳，好像端詳人壹樣;也許通過餵那兩只貓和做壹餐飯，我才能又慢慢捕捉到自我了。
過了 壹會兒，我看到地平線的盡頭海浪如泉水般噴湧，那壹刻，世界消逝殆盡了，而自我從深層的無意識中再壹次浮現，這才使我想起最近所經歷的壹切，讓我去探究、去愎慢了解。此時，我又能與隱藏的力量交流了，於是我又在成長，並在成長中得到回報，直到死亡將我們分開。