第一篇：英文文章集錦

Touchy Topics 敏感話題

In North America when people meet each other for the first time, they talk about things like family, work, school or sports.They ask questions like “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”, “Where do you work?”, “What school do you go to?”,and “Do you like sports?” They also ask questions like “Where do you come from?” and “Where do you live?” These are polite questions.They are not personal private.But some things are personal or private, and questions about them are not polite.People don’t ask questions about a person’s salary.They don’t ask how much someone paid for something.It is also not polite to ask older people their age.It’s also not polite to ask people questions about politics or religion unless you know them very well.People don’t ask unmarried people “Why are you single?”, and they don’t ask a married couple with no children “Why don’t you have any children?”

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在北美，當人們第一次彼此見面時，他們常常但論家庭，工作，學校或運動。他們 常問一些像“你有兄弟姐妹嗎？”，“你在哪兒上學？”或“你喜歡運動嗎？”等一類的 問題。他們也會問“您從哪兒來？”和“你住在哪兒？”這樣的問題。這些問題都是禮

貌的，并不是私人的問題。

但是有些事是私人的，問這些方面的問題是不禮貌的。人們不問關于收入的一些問 題。他們不問別人買某個東西要花多少錢。問老人的年齡是不禮貌的。另外，問一些關 于政治和宗教的問題也是不禮貌的，除非你和對方很熟。人不會問未婚的人“你為什么

不結婚？”，他們也不問結了婚沒有孩子的夫婦“你們為什么不要孩子？”。

New Year’s Speech新年致辭

Ladies and Gentlemen，The New Year is around the corner, I would like to extend my New Year’s greetings to all my guests and wish everyone good health and happiness.The New Year is a time of new beginnings and new hopes for the future.I hope that every one of you find yourself more prosperous and more content with each passing day this year.I know that this night will be fantastic celebration of the good friendship and good spirits that can last not only a year, but a lifetime.Have a wonderful evening everybody, thank you.【參考譯文】

女士們，先生們：

新年來臨了，我謹向各位來賓致以節日的問候，并祝各位在新的一年里身體健康，萬事如意!新年是新的開始，是對未來充滿新的憧憬的時候。我祝愿大家在新的一年里一天比一天成功、快樂、富足。我知道今晚我們將為友誼和熱情而歡呼慶祝。這種友誼和熱情將留存在我們心中，不是一年，而是一輩子。祝大家今晚玩得開心！謝謝！

Wedding Congratulations 新婚快樂

John and Mary, You have my warmest congratulations on this wonderful day.I am really very happy for you two.I have known John for about five years, and I have always been envious of his talent and abilities in many respects.He is not merely a competent professional in international trade;he is exceptional in doing almost anything.Today, I have become even more envious of John, because he just got married to one of the most beautiful brides in the world.But don't let our envy bother you, John, because we want you to become the happiest couple in the world, and keep us envious of you two forever!Congratulations, and be happy!We all wish you the very best!【參考譯文】

約翰、瑪麗，在今天這美妙的日子里，我衷心地祝福你們。我真心為你們感到高興。我認識約翰已經五年了，我一直嫉妒他在各方面的才能。他不僅是一位能干的外貿人才，而且在各個方面都很杰出。

今天我更嫉妒約翰了，因為他剛娶了世界上最美麗的新娘之一。不過，別介意我們的嫉妒，因為我們希望你們是世界上最幸福的一對；并且請讓我們永遠的嫉妒你們吧！恭喜你們，祝你們愉快！我們大家祝福你們！

Gratefulness 感激

In our hectic, fast-paced lives, it’s easy to forget about the many things for which we have to be grateful.We tend to be goal-seeking, achievement-oriented people.And there’s nothing wrong with that.However, it’s vitally important that we not lose sight of the things that are near and dear, things we all too easily take for granted.What we focus on expands.If we focus on the problems in our lives, they tend to increase.If we focus on the good things we already have, they too, have a tendency to grow.Focusing on what we have and what we want “appreciates” these things---they grow.If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you’ll find yourself having more to appreciate.【參考譯文】

我們生活在一個緊張忙碌、快節奏的世界里，很容易忘記身邊許多需要感恩的事情。我們逐漸成為了只追求目標、只注重業績的人。這也沒什么不對。然而，非常重要的是，我們不能對自己最親密的東西視而不見，而這些東西我們往往輕率地不當回事兒。

我們關注的東西會不斷擴展。如果我們只關注生活中的問題，問題將越來越多。如 果我們把注意力集中在我們已經擁有的美好事物上，它們自然也會越來越多。關注我們擁有的和希翼的東西，這會使它們“增值”，它們會蓬勃發展。如果你學會了常常感激你所擁有的，你會發現自己要感激的事情越來越多。

英國凱特王妃首次公開演講

First of all, I'd like to say thank you.Thank you for not only accepting me as your Patron but thank you also for inviting me here today.You have all made me feel so welcome and I feel hugely honored to be hereto see this wonderful centre

I am only sorry that William can't be here today;he would love it here.A view of hisis that through teamwork, so much can be achieved.What you have all achieved here is extraordinary.…

So thank you again for inviting me here today.I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.Thank you.【參考譯文】

首先，我想先說聲“謝謝”。謝謝大家不僅接受我作為大家的客人，而且今天還邀請 我到這兒來。大家已經讓我感覺特別熱情，我感覺特別榮幸能來到這里看到這個美好的（關懷）中心。

我為威廉姆沒有能到來表示歉意，他一定會愛上這里。他的一個觀點，當然我也同 意，就是通過團隊協作，能得到很多。大家在這里完成的是如此的特別。??

今天再次大家邀請我到這里。能作為英格蘭東部的這個兒童收容所的一部分和對于 看到大家做的在改變生命的工作，我感到非常地榮幸。

Learning to Speak English is Physical Work

學說英文是體力勞動

Since English is not your native tongue, it’s difficult to pronounce certain sounds.That’s why you must develop the muscles of your speech organs to produce unfamiliar sounds.So when you read, it’s important to read as loudly as possible, as learning any foreign language.Remember, you learn to swim by swimming.You learn to dance by dancing.You learn to drive by driving.You learn to play the piano by playing.So you can only learn to speak English by speaking.【參考譯文】

因為英語不是你的母語，所以有些音比較難發。因此你必須強化你發音器官的肌肉，以便發出陌生的聲音。當你讀的時候，要盡量做到最大聲、最清晰、最快速。口腔肌肉 訓練在學習任何語言時都是非常重要的。

記住：游泳是游出來的，跳舞是跳出來的，汽車是開出來的，鋼琴是彈出來的。所 以，只有通過說，你才能學會說英語。

Try More Than Once 不止一次地嘗試

Take a look at an apple tree.There might be five hundred apples on the tree,but each apple has just ten seeds.That’s a lot of seeds!

We might ask, “Why would you need so many seeds just to grow a few more apple trees?”

Nature has something to teach us here.It’s telling us:“Not all seeds grow.In life, most seeds never grow.So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once.”

This might mean:

You’ll attend twenty interviews to get one job.You’ll interview forty people to find one good employee.You’ll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea.And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend.When we understand the “Law of the Seed”, we don’t get so disappointed.We stop feeling like victims.We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.【參考譯文】

看一看蘋果樹。樹上可能有500 個蘋果，但每個蘋果就有10 粒種子。那可真是有很多種子！

我們可能會問：“為什么需要那么多種子才能長出幾棵蘋果樹？”

自然界教會我們一個道理：并不是所有的種子都能生長。事實上，大部分種子都不 會生長。所以，如果你真的想做出點什么，你最好多試幾次。

這也就是說：

你將參加20 次面試才能得到一份工作。你將面試40 個人才能找到一個好的雇員。你將跟50 個人談話才能賣掉一座房子、一輛汽車、一臺真空吸塵器、一份保單或者一個 商業創意。你可能會相識100 個熟人后才找到一個知心朋友。

當我們懂得“種子法則”后，就不會感到失望，也不會覺得自己是受害者，我們學 會了如何處理發生在我們身上的事情。

Survival Game in the Wild 物竟天擇現代篇

Given the slightest chance, life can bounce back.Nature has amazing powers of renewal which emerge from the very process of evolution.Today’s fabulous diversity is the result of a four-billion-year war for survival.Life’s greatest triumphs may be yet to come.【參考譯文】

只要有一線機會，生命就會恢復生機。自然界的再生能力讓人難以置信，而這正是 源自自然界自身的演變進化過程。今天自然界驚人的多樣性正是四十億年來生存之戰的 結果。而生命最盛大的凱旋終將到來。

Concession Speech: I Endorse Obama（節選）

--Hillary Clinton

I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you, to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs, who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and made calls, who talked, sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors who e-mailed and contributed online, who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, “See, you can be anything you want to be.”

To the young people like 13-year-old Anne Riddell from Mayfield, Ohio, who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World and decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her mom and volunteer there, as well.To the veterans, to the childhood friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans who traveled across the country, telling anyone who would listen why you supported me.【參考譯文】

首先我想告訴大家，我由衷地感謝你們每一個人：感謝你們不顧辛勞驅車數英里，站在街道兩旁揮舞著自制的標語，感謝你們省吃儉用踴躍籌款，感謝登門拜訪的、打電 話來的，感謝（為支持我）和朋友鄰居發生爭執的，感謝你們在網上通過發電子郵件或 是其他方式支持我，感謝你們在我們共同的事業中傾注這么多心血。特別要感謝那些來 參加我們活動的父母，你們把孩子們放在肩膀上，告訴他們，“看，有夢想就能實現”。

我也應該感謝像安妮·瑞黛爾這樣的年輕人，她今年剛13 歲，來自俄亥俄州的梅菲 爾得市，她把過去兩年中為迪士尼之旅攢下的錢用來和媽媽一起去賓夕法尼亞當志愿者。還要感謝所有的退伍軍人，所有我兒時的朋友，所有的紐約州人和阿肯色州人。你們的 足跡遍布整個美國，告訴每個愿意聆聽的人為什么你們支持我。

Love in life

Life is a gift we’re given each and every day.Dream about tomorrow, but live for today.To live a little, you’ve got to love a whole lot.Love turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.【參考譯文】

生命是一份我們每天都收到的禮物。要夢想明天，但要活好今天。即便是短暫的人生，你也要付出無限的愛。愛讓平凡變得精彩。

Concession Speech: I Endorse Obama

—Hillary Clinton

So I want to say to my supporters: When you hear people saying or think to yourself, “If only” or “What if ”, I say, please, don’t go there.Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.Life is too short;time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.We have to work together for what still can be.And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next President.And I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort.【參考譯文】

所以，我要告訴我的支持者們：當你們聽到有人說或者自己琢磨：真希望如何如何，或者如果怎樣就會怎樣，我勸你千萬別那樣做。浪費在后悔上的每一秒都會妨礙我們向前。生命太短暫，時間太寶貴，沉湎于過去代價太高。我們必須面對現實，共同努力。正因為如此，我將鞠躬盡瘁確保奧巴馬參議員成為下屆總統。

我衷心希望并祈求你們和我一起為他加油，為他爭取。

Self-Introduction

Good morning, everybody.My name is David Wang.There are three people in my family, including my father, mother and myself.I was brought up to always try my best, so I put my heart into everything I do.I am something of a perfectionist.Whatever I do, I want to do it just right.I have many interests, but English is what I like most.Although my English isn’t perfect, I want to keep on learning from my mistakes.I’m taking a Brian English course.It is giving me the confidence to practice my English in public, and it really broadens my horizons.【參考譯文】

各位，早上好。我叫王大衛。我家里有三個人，爸爸、媽媽和我自己。

我從小就受到教導，凡事要盡最大的努力，所以，無論做什么，我都全心投入。可以說我是個完美主義者。不管做什么，我都想把它做好。

我愛好很多，但我最喜歡的是英語。雖然我的英語并不怎么好，我仍想繼續從錯誤 中學習。我正在上一個布萊恩英語的課程。它給了我自信，讓我能在公開場合練習，而且，它真的拓寬了我的視野。

Oprah Winfrey Harvard Commencement Speech 奧普拉·溫弗瑞哈佛大學畢業典禮演講

I know that...I know that you all might have a little anxiety now and hesitation about leaving the comfort of college and putting those Harvard credentials to the test.But no matter what challenges or setbacks or disappointments you may encounter along the way, you will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being.You wanna max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you.Theologian Howard Thurman said it best.He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

From time to time you may stumble, fall, you will for sure count on this, no doubt you will have questions and you will have doubts about your path, but I know this, if you’re willing to listen to be guided by that still small voice that is the G.P.S.within yourself, to find out what makes you come alive, you will be more than okay.You will be happy, you will be successful, and you will make a difference in the world.Congratulations, Class of 2013, congratulations to your family and friends, good luck, and thank you for listening.Was that okay? 【參考譯文】

我知道??我知道你們現在對于即將離開大學的安逸，并且拿著證書面對（社會上的）考驗，都有些許的焦慮和猶豫。但不論你沿途遇見什么挑戰、挫折或失望，如果你只認準一個目標，那你就能獲得真正的成功和快樂。人生確實只有一個目標，那就是：最大程度地、最真實地展現自己。你通過運用自己的能量來最大程度的展現自己作為人的屬性，來提升自己、家人和你周圍的人。神學家霍華德·瑟曼說得好。他說，“不要

問自己世界需要什么，問問是什么讓你充滿活力地活著，然后就去做這個，因為世界所 需要的就是一個個朝氣蓬勃的人。”

你可能時不時的失足跌倒，你相信這個一定會發生，你無疑會質疑你所走的路，但我知道，如果你有意愿傾聽，并且被微弱的聲音——你體內內置的GPS 引導，你將會找到是什么使你充滿朝氣，將讓你更好。你會開心，獲得成功，并且你將在世上有一番作為。

恭喜2013 屆的畢業生們，恭喜你的家人和朋友，祝福你們。感謝你們的聆聽。（這樣的演講）還可以嗎？

國家形象宣傳片（角度篇）

—— 展示中國精神

In October 2003, the first Chinese citizen saw his homeland from outer space, and the mythology and dreams of thousands of years, became a reality.Our songs of how the earth is our garden and our pride in surviving our long history suddenly became more vivid and clear.2003 年10 月，中國人第一次從外太空親眼看到了自己的國家，那數千年的神話和暢想，變成了事實。那些關于地球是個家園的歌頌，關于自己在漫長歷史里生存下來的驕傲，這時候比任何時候更加清晰而具體。

Who are the Chinese? What makes us who we are? But even before this momentous chapter in our history, Chinese people have always regarded themselves from multi-facets angles.Is tradition a burden, or kind of driving force for development? Do we take our culture heritage too seriously, or not seriously enough? Do you see conflict or fusion, nostalgia or visions of the future? 我們是誰？是什么造就了我們？早在創造中國歷史的這一刻之前，中國人從未中斷過從其他的角度來認識自己。傳統是一種負擔，還是一種推動發展的力？文化的傳承是過于保守，還是過于開放？你看到的是沖突還是融合，是回憶還是未來？ ??

In my mind, China is a very inclusive country??

在我心目中，中國是一個包容性非常強的國家……

She is a country with rich culture??

她是一個文化底蘊深厚的國家……

She has a long and eventful history that is new each day.具有歷史的滄桑感，但又在日新月異的變化著……

But after 30 years, the world has seen how much China’s profound history and culture essence has given, lead us the flexibility and unity when facing fast transformation.但接下來30 年間發生的事情，卻讓全世界都看到，一個有著悠久歷史和文底蘊的國家，在面臨全新變革之時，能夠展現出怎樣的包容性和應變能力。......Chinese people future happiness must be built on the foundation of the past.Chinese people have never cherished their cultural heritage more than today, nor felt more its lingering charm which is why after so many generations, we are still here.中國人懂得明天的幸福來源于今天的積淀，中國人從來沒有比現在更珍視己的文化傳承，也沒有比現在更深刻的體驗到，自己文化里那種永恒而特別的韻味，是無論任何時代都永遠不變的立身之本。

From tradition to revelation, inspired by the future, Chinese people are creating an even newer way of thinking: building this generation’s new common spirit.從傳統得到啟示，從未來得到激勵，是中國人不斷更新自己觀念，建立當代神的共同途徑。

China on the way…

中國在路上……

Abundance is a Life Style 富足是一種生活方式

Abundance is a life style, a way of living your life.Abundance is a philosophy,it appears in your physiology, your value system, and carries its own set of beliefs.You walk with it, sleep with it, bath with it, feel with it, and need to maintain and take care of it as well.Abundance is seeing people for their gifts and not what they lack or could be.Seeing all things for their gifts and not what they lack.Be in a state of abundance of what you already have.I guarantee they are there;it always is buried but there.Breathe them in as if they are the air you breathe because they are yours.Let go of anything that isn’t abundant for the time being.Name the shoe boxes in your closet with your gifts of abundance, pull from them every morning if needed.Know they are there.Learning to trust in your own abundance is required.When you begin to be within your own space of abundance, whatever you need will appear whenever you need it.That’s just the way the higher powers set this universe up to work.Trust the universal energy.The knowing of it all will humble you to its power yet let the brightness of you shine everywhere it needs to.Just by being from a state of abundance, it is being you.【參考譯文】

富足是一種生活方式。富足是一種哲學，它體現于你的生理機能和價值觀之中，并帶有自己的一套信仰。無論走路、睡覺、洗澡你都會感受到它，你還要維護并照顧它。

富足是看到人們的天賦，而不是他們的缺陷。所有的事物都要看其天賦而不是缺陷。要處于你已經擁有的事物的富足狀態。我保證它們就在那兒，常被忽視卻從未遠離。將其看成空氣，吸入體內，因為它們是你的。放開暫時并不富足的東西。把你富足的所有天賦寫在櫥柜里的鞋盒子上，如果需要就每天早晨拉開櫥柜，知道你的天賦都在那兒。

你需要學會信任自己的富足。當你開始處在自己富足的空間之內時，你所需要的東西都會在你需要的時刻出現。這就是宇宙形成時更高能量的運作方式。要相信宇宙的能量。知道這一點會讓你在其力量面前保持謙卑，但也會讓你的光亮閃耀在所有需要的地方。只要處于富足的狀態，就是做你自己。

Michael Jackson 在1993 格萊美獲獎感言

I love you too...However, today, when I create my music, I feel like an instrument of nature, I wonder what delight nature must feel when we open our hearts and express our God-given talents, the sound of approval rolls across the universe and the whole world abounds in magic, wonder fills our heart, for we have glimpsed, for an instant the playfulness of life.And that’s why I love children and learn so much from being around them.I realize that many of our world’s problems today, from the inner-city crime to the large-scale war and terrorism and our overcrowded prisons are a result of the fact that children have had their childhood stolen from them.The magic, the wonder the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart...are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world.I really believe that.What we need to learn from children isn’t childish.Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life which is ever-present and only asks to be lived.They know the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts.Today I would like to thank all the children of the world including, including the sick and deprived, I’m so sensitive to your pain, I also, I also want to thank all those who has helped me, to channel my talent here on Earth, from the beginning, my parents, all my brothers and sisters, especially Janet.【參考譯文】

我也愛你，謝謝??

然而，今天，當我創作音樂時，我就像是大自然的樂具。我想，當我們敞開心靈，充分發揮上帝所賜予給我們的天賦時，大自然會是怎樣的開心。宇宙到處洋溢著贊美之聲，世充滿了神奇，人們心中溢滿了奇跡，就為我們所感受到的生命中即刻的歡樂。

這也是為什么我這么喜歡孩子，跟他們在一起我學到了很多。我意識到，當今世界的許多問題--城市犯罪，國家間的戰爭，恐怖主義還有擁擠的監獄---這些問題的根源都在于孩子們失去了他們的童年。一個孩子心中的魔法，奇跡，神秘還有純真，是創造力的源泉，而如此的創造力能夠治愈我們的世界。我無比堅信。

我們要從孩子身上學東西其實并不幼稚。孩子能夠幫我們與更深刻的從未顯現過的 智慧相連，只要相信，這智慧就會在你眼前。他們知道，我們心中潛藏的等待認同的解 答。今天，我要感謝全世界的孩子，無論你們貧窮，饑餓??我非常了解你們的痛苦。

我同樣要感謝所有幫助我發覺我才華的人們。從一開始，我的父母，兄弟姐妹們,尤 其是珍妮。

The Torch has been passed to a New Generation of America 將火炬傳遞給下一代 By John Kennedy And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world，ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you.With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.【參考譯文】

因此，我的美國同胞們，不要問你們的國家能為你們做些什么，而應該問一問你們能為你們的國家做些什么。

世界各國的公民們，不要問美國能為你們做些什么，而要問一問我們一起能為人類的自由做些什么。

最后，不管你是美國公民還是其他國家的公民，請以同樣的高標準要求我們吧，就像我們要求你們那樣，也要求我們貢獻出力量，做出犧牲吧！讓我們率領著我們所熱愛的祖國，奮勇前進吧！問心無愧將是我們惟一能得到的報酬，歷史將是我們業績的最后裁判。我們祈求上帝的保佑和幫助，但我們知道，在這個世界上，上帝的事業要靠我們來實現。

第二篇：英文文章

Explore Nanjing, host of 2014

Youth Olympics

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing are only a few days away.As the world tunes in to the international event, the host city has a chance to highlight its unique charm and fascinating history.Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, does not see the flow of international travelers that Beijing and Shanghai do.With a blend of the modern and traditional, Nanjing has a proud history of being “the ancient capital of six dynasties”.Royal summer retreats of Chinese emperorsTaking a summer escape away from hot and stuffy air is not a modern idea.At a time when air conditioning and the refrigerator were not even a summer dream, traveling to a place for milder weather and cooler water seemed more important to people, including for the emperors.Like clockwork, many emperors would stay at a summer resort with their concubines and ministers during the hottest months each year.Here we take a look at some of the summer resorts lived by the royal families, which now can be enjoyed by ordinary people.Boeing 787 to serve Xiamen Air A Boeing 787, the first of its kind for Xiamen Air, will land at Xiamen Airport in Fujian province on Aug 31 after completing its first test flight on Aug 12 in Seattle, US.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the first mid-sized long-range airliner in aircraft history.As Xiamen Air’s first wide-bodied aircraft, the Boeing 787 can fly 14,232 kilometers and enable Xiamen Air to open more non-stop air routes.Xiamen Air has ordered six Boeing 787 planes.The second one will be delivered in October and the other four are scheduled for delivery next year.Xiamen Air is the third airline company in China to introduce the Boeing 787, following China Southern and Hainan airlines.Xiamen Air currently has 106 planes.The new Boeing 787 will initially be used for domestic flights and later serve international routes, as the airline hopes to expand its international service.The new plane will first fly between Fuzhou and Beijing in September, and then fly to North America and Europe after approval.

第三篇：感恩節文章(英文)

Theology 2 D 11.17 Yuxuan Li Theology Newsletter for Thanksgiving/Advent

I’d like to spend the next few days focusing on Thanksgiving.That’s right, Thanksgiving.Yes, I know that the official American holiday falls on the fourth Thursday in November, not the third Monday.So, yes, I know that I’m a week early.But I’d like to begin to offer some thoughts on Thanksgiving, even though we won’t be sitting down to a Turkey dinner for another 240 hours or so.Why start a conversation about Thanksgiving now? I do not mean in any way to undermine the specialness of the traditional holiday.I think it’s great that the United States continues to set apart a day a year for giving thanks.And I think it’s doubly great that most of us still believe that Thanksgiving is a day for actually giving thanks to God, not just a time for feeling nebulously thankful while filling our faces with a Turkey dinner and watching football on TV.My hope is that by writing about Thanksgiving a week and a half early, I might actually enhance your celebration of Thanksgiving, not detract from it.Thus, today’s post will be the first of several on giving thanks.There is a danger, I believe, in identifying one day a year as Thanksgiving Day.It’s the danger of implying that thanks is due on this day, but not on others.We face a similar danger, for example, when we designate the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.Shouldn’t children honor their mothers more than once a year? Similarly, shouldn’t we be thankful more often than once a year on the fourth Thursday of November? As a Christian, I would argue that giving thanks to God is important because it honors God.I would also argue that Scripture calls for consistent gratitude among God’s people.But, there is also case for gratitude that doesn’t depend on biblical theology.In fact, it appeals to common sense and even self interest.To put the matter bluntly: Gratitude will improve your life.Gratitude magnifies our experience of the good things in life, enabling us to enjoy them more thoroughly.Gratitude also helps us to endure the hard things in life with dignity, perhaps even with humor.Gratitude is like savoring a fine meal, enjoy every bite, rather than racing through a meal as if it’s some sort of race.Let me offer a person example of what I’m talking about here.I was able to go to college because I received generous financial aid.My father had been unemployed for several years so our family resources were limited.Harvard expected me to earn a fair amount of money through working, both during the summers and the school years.I was also required to take out a reasonable loan.But the majority of my tuition, room, and board was covered by a grant from the school.This was not a merit-based scholarship, I might add.I’m not bragging here.Harvard’s assistance was based on financial need, of which I had plenty.

第四篇：如何讀英文文章

如何讀英文文章

1.先找5篇跟自己論文最相關的外文文章，花一個月的時間認認真真的看，反復看，要求全部讀懂，不懂的地方可以和同學和老師交流一下。一個月以后你已經上路了。

2.如何讀標題：不要忽視一篇論文的標題，看完標題以后想想要是讓你寫你怎么用一句話來表達這個標題，根據標題推測一下作者論文可能是什么內容。有時候一句比較長的標題讓你寫，你可能還不會表達。下次你寫的時候就可以借鑒了

3.如何讀摘要：快速瀏覽一遍，這里主要介紹這篇文章做了些什么。也許初看起來不好理解，看不懂，這時候不要氣餒，不管它往下看，等你看完這篇文章的時候也許你都明白了。因為摘要寫的很簡潔，省略了很多前提和條件，在你第一眼看到摘要而不明白作者意圖的時候看不懂是正常的。

4.如何讀引言（前言）：當你了解了你的研究領域的一些情況，看引言應該是一件很容易的事情了，都是介紹性的東西，寫的應該都差不多，所以看文獻多了以后看這部分的內容就很快了，一掃而過。有些老外寫得很經典得句子要記下了，下次你寫就可以用了。

5.如何讀材料及試驗：當你文獻看多了以后，這部分內容也很簡單了，無非就是介紹試驗方法，自己怎么做試驗的。很快就能把它看完了吧

6.如何看試驗結果：看結果這部分一定要結合結果中的圖和表看，這樣看的快。主要看懂試驗的結果，體會作者的表達方法（例如作者用不同的句子結構描述一些數字的結果）。有時看完以后再想想：就這么一點結果，別人居然可以大篇幅的寫這么多，要是我可能半頁就說完了？

7.如何看分析與討論：這是一篇文章的重點，也是最花時間的。我一般把前面部分看完以后不急于看分析討論。我會想要是我做出來這些結果我會怎么來寫這部分分析與討論呢？然后慢慢看作者的分析與討論，仔細體會作者觀點，為我所用。當然有時候別人的觀點比較新，分析比較深刻，偶爾看不懂也是情理之中。當你看的多了，你肯定會看的越來越懂，自己的idea越來越多

8.如何看結論：這個時候看結論就一目了然了，作后再反過去看看摘要，其實差不多

9.把下載的論文打印出來，根據與自己課題的相關性分三類，一類要精讀，二類要泛讀，三類要選擇性的讀。分別裝訂在一起

10.看完的文獻千萬不要丟在一邊不管，3－4個月一定要溫習一遍，可以根據需要，對比自己的試驗結果來看

11.學會記筆記，重要的結論，經典的句子，精巧的試驗方案一定要記下來，供參考和學習

12.有些試驗方法相同，結論不同的文獻，可以批判性的閱讀。我想要是你自己做試驗多的話，你應該有這個能力判斷誰的更對一點。出現試驗方法相同，結論不同的原因有下：試驗方法描述不詳細，可能方法有差別；試驗條件不一樣；某些作者夸大結果，瞎編數據

13.有時間還是多看點文獻吧，最好定個目標：在學術上超過自己的老板。因為老板一般不看文獻，他們都是憑經驗做事，很多新東西他們都不知道，慢慢的你老板會覺得你很厲害。

第五篇：一些英文文章寫作技巧

一些英文文章寫作技巧

一些常見的英文文章語言技巧

a)如何指出當前研究的不足以及有目的地引導出自己的研究的重要性

通常在敘述了前人成果之后，用However來引導不足，比如

However, little information..little attention...little work...little data

little research

or few studies

few investigations...few researchers...few attempts...or no

none of these studies

has(have)been less

done on...focused on

attempted to

conducted

investigated

studied

(with respect to)

Previous research(studies, records)has(have)

failed to consider

ignored

misinterpreted

neglected to

overestimated, underestimated

misleaded

thus, these previus results are inconclisive, misleading, unsatisfactory, questionable, controversial..Uncertainties(discrepancies)still exist...這種引導一般提出一種新方法，或者一種新方向。如果研究的方法

以及方向和前人一樣，可以通過下面的方式強調自己工作的作用：

However, data is still scarce

rare

less accurate

there is still dearth of

We need to

aim to

have to

provide more documents

data

records

studies

increase the dataset

Further studies are still necessary...essential...為了強調自己研究的重要性，一般還要在However之前介紹自己研究

問題的反方面，另一方面等等

比如：

1)時間問題

如果你研究的問題時間上比較新，你就可以大量提及對時間較老的問題 的研究及重要性，然后說(However)，對時間尺度比較新的問題研究不足

2)物性及研究手段問題

如果你要應用一種新手段或者研究方向，你可以提出當前比較流行的方法

以及物質性質，然后說對你所研究的方向和方法，研究甚少。

3)研究區域問題

首先總結相鄰區域或者其它區域的研究，然后強調這一區域研究不足

4)不確定性

雖然前人對這一問題研究很多，但是目前有兩種或者更多種的觀點，這種uncertanties, ambiguities，值得進一步澄清

5)提出自己的假設來驗證

如果自己的研究完全是新的，沒有前人的工作進行對比，在這種情況下，你可以自信地說，根據提出的過程，存在這種可能的結果，本文就是要

證實這種結果。

We aim to test the feasibility(reliability)of the...It is hoped that the qutestion will be resolved(fall away)with our proposed

method(approach).b)提出自己的觀點

We aim to

This paper reports on

provides results

extends the method..focus on

The purpose of this paper is to

Furthermore, Moreover, In addition， we will also discuss...c)圈定自己的研究范圍

前言的另外一個作用就是告訴讀者包括(reviewer)你的文章主要研究

內容。如果處理不好，reviewer會提出嚴厲的建議，比如你沒有考慮

某種可能性，某種研究手段等等。

為了減少這種爭論，在前言的結尾你就要明確提出本文研究的范圍：

1)時間尺度問題

如果你的問題涉及比較長的時序，你可以明確地提出本文只關心這

一時間范圍的問題。

We preliminarily focus on the older(younger)...或者有兩種時間尺度的問題(long-term and short term)，你可以說

兩者都重要，但是本文只涉及其中一種

2)研究區域的問題

和時間問題一樣，明確提出你只關心這一地區

d)最后的原場

在前言的最后，還可以總結性地提出，這一研究對其它研究的幫助。

或者說，further studies on...will be summarized in our next

study(or elsewhere)

總之，其目的就是讓讀者把思路集中到你要討論的問題上來。減少

爭論(arguments).關于詞匯以及常用結構，要經常總結，多讀多模仿才能融會貫通。

以上是常見的語言結構，不算抄襲。

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怎樣提出觀點

在提出自己的觀點時，采取什么樣的策略很重要。

不合適的句子通常會遭到reviewer的置疑。

1)如果觀點不是這篇文章最新提出的，通常要用

We confirm that...2)對于自己很自信的觀點,可用

We believe that...3)在更通常的情況下，由數據推斷出一定的結論，用，Results indicate, infer, suggest, imply that...4)在及其特別的情況才可以用We put forward

(discover, observe..)..“for the first time”.來強調自己的創新。

5)如果自己對所提出的觀點不完全肯定，可用

We tentatively put forward(interrprete this to..)

Or The results may be due to(caused by)attributed to

rsulted from..Or This is probably a consequence of

It seems that..can account for(interpret)this..Or It is pisible that it stem from...要注意這些結構要合理搭配。如果通篇是類型1)和5)，那這篇文章的意義就大打折扣。如果全是2)，肯定會遭到

置疑。所以要仔細分析自己成果的創新性以及可信度。

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連接詞與邏輯

寫英文論文最常見的一個毛病就是文章的邏輯不清楚。解決 的方法有：

1)句子上下要有連貫，不能讓句子之間獨立

常見的連接詞語有, However, also, in addition，consequently, afterwards, moreover, Furthermore，further, although, unlike, in contrast, Similarly，Unfortunately, alternatively, parallel results，In order to, despite, For example, Compared with

other results, thus, therefore...用好這些連接詞，能夠使觀點表達得有層次，更加明確。

比如，如果敘述有時間順序的事件或者文獻，最早的文獻可用AA advocated it for the first time.接下來，可用Then BB further demonstrated that..再接下來，可用Afterwards, CC..如果還有，可用More recent studies by DD..如果敘述兩種觀點，要把它們截然分開

AA pput forward that...In contrast, BB believe

or Unlike AA, BB suggest

or On the contrary(表明前面的觀點錯誤，如果只是表明

兩種對立的觀點，用in contrast)，BB..如果兩種觀點相近,可用

AA suggest

Similarily, alternatively, BB..Or Also, BB

or BB allso does..表示因果或者前后關系，可用

Consequently, therefore, as a result，表明遞進關系，可用furthermore, further, moreover, in addition，當寫完一段英文，最好首先檢查一下是否較好地應用

了這些連接詞。

2)段落的整體邏輯

經常我們要敘述一個問題的幾個方面。這種情況下，一定要注意

邏輯結構。

首先第一段要明確告訴讀者你要討論幾個部份

...Therefore, there are three aspects of this problen have to

be addressed.The first questuon involves...The second problem relates to

The thrid aspect deals with...上面的例子可以清晰地把觀點逐層敘述。

Or, 可以直接用First, Second, Third...Finally,..當然,Furthermore, in addition等可以用來補充說明。

3)討論部份的整體結構

小標題是比較好的方法把要討論的問題分為幾個片段。

一般第一個片段指出文章最為重要的數據與結論。補充說明 的部份可以放在最后一個片段。

一定要明白文章的讀者會分為多個檔次。文章除了本專業 的專業人士讀懂以外，一定要想辦法能讓更多的外專業人讀懂。

所以可以把討論部份分為兩部份，一部份提出觀點，另一部份

詳細介紹過程以及論述的依據。這樣專業外的人士可以了解

文章的主要觀點，比較專業的討論他可以把它當成黑箱子，而這一

部份本專業人士可以進一步研究。

為了使文章清楚，第一次提出概念時，最好加以個括弧，給出

較為詳細的解釋。

如果文章用了很多的Abbreviation, 兩種方法加以解決

1)在文章最好加上個Appendix，把所有Abreviation列表

2)在不同的頁面上，不時地給出Abbreciation的含義，用來

提醒讀者。

總之，寫文章的目的是要讓讀者讀懂，讀得清晰，并且采取各種

措施方便于讀者。

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標 題: 一些英文文章寫作的技巧總結--4(轉載)

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一定要注意絕對不能全面否定前人的成果，即使在你看來

前人的結論完全不對。這是前人工作最起碼的尊重，英文

叫做給別人的工作credits.所以文章不要出現非常negative的評價，比如Their results

are wrong, very questionable, have no commensence, etc.遇到這類情況，可以婉轉地提出：

Their studies may be more reasonable if they had

considered this situation.Their results could be better convinced if they...Or Their conclusion may remain some uncertanties.討論部份還包括什么內容?

1.主要數據特征的總結

2.主要結論以及與前人觀點的對比

3.本文的不足

第三點，在一般作者看來不可取。事實上給出文章的不足恰恰

是保護自己文章的重要手段。如果刻意隱藏文章的漏洞，覺得

別人看不出來，是非常不明智的。

所謂不足，包括以下內容:

1.研究的問題有點片面

討論時一定要說，It should be noted that this study has examined only..We concentrate(focus)on only...We have to point out that we do not..Some limitations of this study are...2.結論有些不足

The results do not imply，The results can not be used to determine

be taken as evidence of

Unfortunately, we can not determien this from this data

Our results are lack of...但是，在指出這些不足之后，隨后一定要再一次加強本文的重要性

以及可能采取的手段來解決這些不足，為別人或者自己的下一步

研究打下浮筆。

Notwithstading its limitation, this tudy does suggest..However, these problems culd be solved if we consdier

Despite its preliminary character, this study

can clearly indicate..用中文來說，這一部份是左右逢源。把審稿人想到的問題提前

給一個交代，同時表明你已經在思考這些問題，但是由于文章

長度，試驗進度或者試驗手段的制約，暫時不能回答這些問題。

但是，這些通過你的一些建議，這些問題在將來的研究中游可能

實現。