英文文章集锦[5篇范例]

第一篇：英文文章集锦

Touchy Topics 敏感话题

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，当人们第一次彼此见面时，他们常常但论家庭，工作，学校或运动。他们 常问一些像“你有兄弟姐妹吗？”，“你在哪儿上学？”或“你喜欢运动吗？”等一类的 问题。他们也会问“您从哪儿来？”和“你住在哪儿？”这样的问题。这些问题都是礼

貌的，并不是私人的问题。

但是有些事是私人的，问这些方面的问题是不礼貌的。人们不问关于收入的一些问 题。他们不问别人买某个东西要花多少钱。问老人的年龄是不礼貌的。另外，问一些关 于政治和宗教的问题也是不礼貌的，除非你和对方很熟。人不会问未婚的人“你为什么

不结婚？”，他们也不问结了婚没有孩子的夫妇“你们为什么不要孩子？”。

New Year’s Speech新年致辞

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.【参考译文】

女士们，先生们：

新年来临了，我谨向各位来宾致以节日的问候，并祝各位在新的一年里身体健康，万事如意!新年是新的开始，是对未来充满新的憧憬的时候。我祝愿大家在新的一年里一天比一天成功、快乐、富足。我知道今晚我们将为友谊和热情而欢呼庆祝。这种友谊和热情将留存在我们心中，不是一年，而是一辈子。祝大家今晚玩得开心！谢谢！

Wedding Congratulations 新婚快乐

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!【参考译文】

约翰、玛丽，在今天这美妙的日子里，我衷心地祝福你们。我真心为你们感到高兴。我认识约翰已经五年了，我一直嫉妒他在各方面的才能。他不仅是一位能干的外贸人才，而且在各个方面都很杰出。

今天我更嫉妒约翰了，因为他刚娶了世界上最美丽的新娘之一。不过，别介意我们的嫉妒，因为我们希望你们是世界上最幸福的一对；并且请让我们永远的嫉妒你们吧！恭喜你们，祝你们愉快！我们大家祝福你们！

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.【参考译文】

我们生活在一个紧张忙碌、快节奏的世界里，很容易忘记身边许多需要感恩的事情。我们逐渐成为了只追求目标、只注重业绩的人。这也没什么不对。然而，非常重要的是，我们不能对自己最亲密的东西视而不见，而这些东西我们往往轻率地不当回事儿。

我们关注的东西会不断扩展。如果我们只关注生活中的问题，问题将越来越多。如 果我们把注意力集中在我们已经拥有的美好事物上，它们自然也会越来越多。关注我们拥有的和希翼的东西，这会使它们“增值”，它们会蓬勃发展。如果你学会了常常感激你所拥有的，你会发现自己要感激的事情越来越多。

英国凯特王妃首次公开演讲

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.【参考译文】

首先，我想先说声“谢谢”。谢谢大家不仅接受我作为大家的客人，而且今天还邀请 我到这儿来。大家已经让我感觉特别热情，我感觉特别荣幸能来到这里看到这个美好的（关怀）中心。

我为威廉姆没有能到来表示歉意，他一定会爱上这里。他的一个观点，当然我也同 意，就是通过团队协作，能得到很多。大家在这里完成的是如此的特别。„„

今天再次大家邀请我到这里。能作为英格兰东部的这个儿童收容所的一部分和对于 看到大家做的在改变生命的工作，我感到非常地荣幸。

Learning to Speak English is Physical Work

学说英文是体力劳动

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.【参考译文】

因为英语不是你的母语，所以有些音比较难发。因此你必须强化你发音器官的肌肉，以便发出陌生的声音。当你读的时候，要尽量做到最大声、最清晰、最快速。口腔肌肉 训练在学习任何语言时都是非常重要的。

记住：游泳是游出来的，跳舞是跳出来的，汽车是开出来的，钢琴是弹出来的。所 以，只有通过说，你才能学会说英语。

Try More Than Once 不止一次地尝试

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.【参考译文】

看一看苹果树。树上可能有500 个苹果，但每个苹果就有10 粒种子。那可真是有很多种子！

我们可能会问：“为什么需要那么多种子才能长出几棵苹果树？”

自然界教会我们一个道理：并不是所有的种子都能生长。事实上，大部分种子都不 会生长。所以，如果你真的想做出点什么，你最好多试几次。

这也就是说：

你将参加20 次面试才能得到一份工作。你将面试40 个人才能找到一个好的雇员。你将跟50 个人谈话才能卖掉一座房子、一辆汽车、一台真空吸尘器、一份保单或者一个 商业创意。你可能会相识100 个熟人后才找到一个知心朋友。

当我们懂得“种子法则”后，就不会感到失望，也不会觉得自己是受害者，我们学 会了如何处理发生在我们身上的事情。

Survival Game in the Wild 物竟天择现代篇

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.【参考译文】

只要有一线机会，生命就会恢复生机。自然界的再生能力让人难以置信，而这正是 源自自然界自身的演变进化过程。今天自然界惊人的多样性正是四十亿年来生存之战的 结果。而生命最盛大的凯旋终将到来。

Concession Speech: I Endorse Obama（节选）

--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.【参考译文】

首先我想告诉大家，我由衷地感谢你们每一个人：感谢你们不顾辛劳驱车数英里，站在街道两旁挥舞着自制的标语，感谢你们省吃俭用踊跃筹款，感谢登门拜访的、打电 话来的，感谢（为支持我）和朋友邻居发生争执的，感谢你们在网上通过发电子邮件或 是其他方式支持我，感谢你们在我们共同的事业中倾注这么多心血。特别要感谢那些来 参加我们活动的父母，你们把孩子们放在肩膀上，告诉他们，“看，有梦想就能实现”。

我也应该感谢像安妮·瑞黛尔这样的年轻人，她今年刚13 岁，来自俄亥俄州的梅菲 尔得市，她把过去两年中为迪士尼之旅攒下的钱用来和妈妈一起去宾夕法尼亚当志愿者。还要感谢所有的退伍军人，所有我儿时的朋友，所有的纽约州人和阿肯色州人。你们的 足迹遍布整个美国，告诉每个愿意聆听的人为什么你们支持我。

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.【参考译文】

生命是一份我们每天都收到的礼物。要梦想明天，但要活好今天。即便是短暂的人生，你也要付出无限的爱。爱让平凡变得精彩。

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.【参考译文】

所以，我要告诉我的支持者们：当你们听到有人说或者自己琢磨：真希望如何如何，或者如果怎样就会怎样，我劝你千万别那样做。浪费在后悔上的每一秒都会妨碍我们向前。生命太短暂，时间太宝贵，沉湎于过去代价太高。我们必须面对现实，共同努力。正因为如此，我将鞠躬尽瘁确保奥巴马参议员成为下届总统。

我衷心希望并祈求你们和我一起为他加油，为他争取。

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.【参考译文】

各位，早上好。我叫王大卫。我家里有三个人，爸爸、妈妈和我自己。

我从小就受到教导，凡事要尽最大的努力，所以，无论做什么，我都全心投入。可以说我是个完美主义者。不管做什么，我都想把它做好。

我爱好很多，但我最喜欢的是英语。虽然我的英语并不怎么好，我仍想继续从错误 中学习。我正在上一个布莱恩英语的课程。它给了我自信，让我能在公开场合练习，而且，它真的拓宽了我的视野。

Oprah Winfrey Harvard Commencement Speech 奥普拉·温弗瑞哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲

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? 【参考译文】

我知道„„我知道你们现在对于即将离开大学的安逸，并且拿着证书面对（社会上的）考验，都有些许的焦虑和犹豫。但不论你沿途遇见什么挑战、挫折或失望，如果你只认准一个目标，那你就能获得真正的成功和快乐。人生确实只有一个目标，那就是：最大程度地、最真实地展现自己。你通过运用自己的能量来最大程度的展现自己作为人的属性，来提升自己、家人和你周围的人。神学家霍华德·瑟曼说得好。他说，“不要

问自己世界需要什么，问问是什么让你充满活力地活着，然后就去做这个，因为世界所 需要的就是一个个朝气蓬勃的人。”

你可能时不时的失足跌倒，你相信这个一定会发生，你无疑会质疑你所走的路，但我知道，如果你有意愿倾听，并且被微弱的声音——你体内内置的GPS 引导，你将会找到是什么使你充满朝气，将让你更好。你会开心，获得成功，并且你将在世上有一番作为。

恭喜2013 届的毕业生们，恭喜你的家人和朋友，祝福你们。感谢你们的聆听。（这样的演讲）还可以吗？

国家形象宣传片（角度篇）

—— 展示中国精神

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，中国人第一次从外太空亲眼看到了自己的国家，那数千年的神话和畅想，变成了事实。那些关于地球是个家园的歌颂，关于自己在漫长历史里生存下来的骄傲，这时候比任何时候更加清晰而具体。

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? 我们是谁？是什么造就了我们？早在创造中国历史的这一刻之前，中国人从未中断过从其他的角度来认识自己。传统是一种负担，还是一种推动发展的力？文化的传承是过于保守，还是过于开放？你看到的是冲突还是融合，是回忆还是未来？ „„

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

在我心目中，中国是一个包容性非常强的国家……

She is a country with rich culture„„

她是一个文化底蕴深厚的国家……

She has a long and eventful history that is new each day.具有历史的沧桑感，但又在日新月异的变化着……

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.但接下来30 年间发生的事情，却让全世界都看到，一个有着悠久历史和文底蕴的国家，在面临全新变革之时，能够展现出怎样的包容性和应变能力。......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.中国人懂得明天的幸福来源于今天的积淀，中国人从来没有比现在更珍视己的文化传承，也没有比现在更深刻的体验到，自己文化里那种永恒而特别的韵味，是无论任何时代都永远不变的立身之本。

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.从传统得到启示，从未来得到激励，是中国人不断更新自己观念，建立当代神的共同途径。

China on the way…

中国在路上……

Abundance is a Life Style 富足是一种生活方式

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.【参考译文】

富足是一种生活方式。富足是一种哲学，它体现于你的生理机能和价值观之中，并带有自己的一套信仰。无论走路、睡觉、洗澡你都会感受到它，你还要维护并照顾它。

富足是看到人们的天赋，而不是他们的缺陷。所有的事物都要看其天赋而不是缺陷。要处于你已经拥有的事物的富足状态。我保证它们就在那儿，常被忽视却从未远离。将其看成空气，吸入体内，因为它们是你的。放开暂时并不富足的东西。把你富足的所有天赋写在橱柜里的鞋盒子上，如果需要就每天早晨拉开橱柜，知道你的天赋都在那儿。

你需要学会信任自己的富足。当你开始处在自己富足的空间之内时，你所需要的东西都会在你需要的时刻出现。这就是宇宙形成时更高能量的运作方式。要相信宇宙的能量。知道这一点会让你在其力量面前保持谦卑，但也会让你的光亮闪耀在所有需要的地方。只要处于富足的状态，就是做你自己。

Michael Jackson 在1993 格莱美获奖感言

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.【参考译文】

我也爱你，谢谢„„

然而，今天，当我创作音乐时，我就像是大自然的乐具。我想，当我们敞开心灵，充分发挥上帝所赐予给我们的天赋时，大自然会是怎样的开心。宇宙到处洋溢着赞美之声，世充满了神奇，人们心中溢满了奇迹，就为我们所感受到的生命中即刻的欢乐。

这也是为什么我这么喜欢孩子，跟他们在一起我学到了很多。我意识到，当今世界的许多问题--城市犯罪，国家间的战争，恐怖主义还有拥挤的监狱---这些问题的根源都在于孩子们失去了他们的童年。一个孩子心中的魔法，奇迹，神秘还有纯真，是创造力的源泉，而如此的创造力能够治愈我们的世界。我无比坚信。

我们要从孩子身上学东西其实并不幼稚。孩子能够帮我们与更深刻的从未显现过的 智慧相连，只要相信，这智慧就会在你眼前。他们知道，我们心中潜藏的等待认同的解 答。今天，我要感谢全世界的孩子，无论你们贫穷，饥饿„„我非常了解你们的痛苦。

我同样要感谢所有帮助我发觉我才华的人们。从一开始，我的父母，兄弟姐妹们,尤 其是珍妮。

The Torch has been passed to a New Generation of America 将火炬传递给下一代 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.【参考译文】

因此，我的美国同胞们，不要问你们的国家能为你们做些什么，而应该问一问你们能为你们的国家做些什么。

世界各国的公民们，不要问美国能为你们做些什么，而要问一问我们一起能为人类的自由做些什么。

最后，不管你是美国公民还是其他国家的公民，请以同样的高标准要求我们吧，就像我们要求你们那样，也要求我们贡献出力量，做出牺牲吧！让我们率领着我们所热爱的祖国，奋勇前进吧！问心无愧将是我们惟一能得到的报酬，历史将是我们业绩的最后裁判。我们祈求上帝的保佑和帮助，但我们知道，在这个世界上，上帝的事业要靠我们来实现。

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：感恩节文章(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：如何读英文文章

如何读英文文章

1.先找5篇跟自己论文最相关的外文文章，花一个月的时间认认真真的看，反复看，要求全部读懂，不懂的地方可以和同学和老师交流一下。一个月以后你已经上路了。

2.如何读标题：不要忽视一篇论文的标题，看完标题以后想想要是让你写你怎么用一句话来表达这个标题，根据标题推测一下作者论文可能是什么内容。有时候一句比较长的标题让你写，你可能还不会表达。下次你写的时候就可以借鉴了

3.如何读摘要：快速浏览一遍，这里主要介绍这篇文章做了些什么。也许初看起来不好理解，看不懂，这时候不要气馁，不管它往下看，等你看完这篇文章的时候也许你都明白了。因为摘要写的很简洁，省略了很多前提和条件，在你第一眼看到摘要而不明白作者意图的时候看不懂是正常的。

4.如何读引言（前言）：当你了解了你的研究领域的一些情况，看引言应该是一件很容易的事情了，都是介绍性的东西，写的应该都差不多，所以看文献多了以后看这部分的内容就很快了，一扫而过。有些老外写得很经典得句子要记下了，下次你写就可以用了。

5.如何读材料及试验：当你文献看多了以后，这部分内容也很简单了，无非就是介绍试验方法，自己怎么做试验的。很快就能把它看完了吧

6.如何看试验结果：看结果这部分一定要结合结果中的图和表看，这样看的快。主要看懂试验的结果，体会作者的表达方法（例如作者用不同的句子结构描述一些数字的结果）。有时看完以后再想想：就这么一点结果，别人居然可以大篇幅的写这么多，要是我可能半页就说完了？

7.如何看分析与讨论：这是一篇文章的重点，也是最花时间的。我一般把前面部分看完以后不急于看分析讨论。我会想要是我做出来这些结果我会怎么来写这部分分析与讨论呢？然后慢慢看作者的分析与讨论，仔细体会作者观点，为我所用。当然有时候别人的观点比较新，分析比较深刻，偶尔看不懂也是情理之中。当你看的多了，你肯定会看的越来越懂，自己的idea越来越多

8.如何看结论：这个时候看结论就一目了然了，作后再反过去看看摘要，其实差不多

9.把下载的论文打印出来，根据与自己课题的相关性分三类，一类要精读，二类要泛读，三类要选择性的读。分别装订在一起

10.看完的文献千万不要丢在一边不管，3－4个月一定要温习一遍，可以根据需要，对比自己的试验结果来看

11.学会记笔记，重要的结论，经典的句子，精巧的试验方案一定要记下来，供参考和学习

12.有些试验方法相同，结论不同的文献，可以批判性的阅读。我想要是你自己做试验多的话，你应该有这个能力判断谁的更对一点。出现试验方法相同，结论不同的原因有下：试验方法描述不详细，可能方法有差别；试验条件不一样；某些作者夸大结果，瞎编数据

13.有时间还是多看点文献吧，最好定个目标：在学术上超过自己的老板。因为老板一般不看文献，他们都是凭经验做事，很多新东西他们都不知道，慢慢的你老板会觉得你很厉害。

第五篇：一些英文文章写作技巧

一些英文文章写作技巧

一些常见的英文文章语言技巧

a)如何指出当前研究的不足以及有目的地引导出自己的研究的重要性

通常在叙述了前人成果之后，用However来引导不足，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...这种引导一般提出一种新方法，或者一种新方向。如果研究的方法

以及方向和前人一样，可以通过下面的方式强调自己工作的作用：

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...为了强调自己研究的重要性，一般还要在However之前介绍自己研究

问题的反方面，另一方面等等

比如：

1)时间问题

如果你研究的问题时间上比较新，你就可以大量提及对时间较老的问题 的研究及重要性，然后说(However)，对时间尺度比较新的问题研究不足

2)物性及研究手段问题

如果你要应用一种新手段或者研究方向，你可以提出当前比较流行的方法

以及物质性质，然后说对你所研究的方向和方法，研究甚少。

3)研究区域问题

首先总结相邻区域或者其它区域的研究，然后强调这一区域研究不足

4)不确定性

虽然前人对这一问题研究很多，但是目前有两种或者更多种的观点，这种uncertanties, ambiguities，值得进一步澄清

5)提出自己的假设来验证

如果自己的研究完全是新的，没有前人的工作进行对比，在这种情况下，你可以自信地说，根据提出的过程，存在这种可能的结果，本文就是要

证实这种结果。

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)提出自己的观点

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)圈定自己的研究范围

前言的另外一个作用就是告诉读者包括(reviewer)你的文章主要研究

内容。如果处理不好，reviewer会提出严厉的建议，比如你没有考虑

某种可能性，某种研究手段等等。

为了减少这种争论，在前言的结尾你就要明确提出本文研究的范围：

1)时间尺度问题

如果你的问题涉及比较长的时序，你可以明确地提出本文只关心这

一时间范围的问题。

We preliminarily focus on the older(younger)...或者有两种时间尺度的问题(long-term and short term)，你可以说

两者都重要，但是本文只涉及其中一种

2)研究区域的问题

和时间问题一样，明确提出你只关心这一地区

d)最后的原场

在前言的最后，还可以总结性地提出，这一研究对其它研究的帮助。

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

study(or elsewhere)

总之，其目的就是让读者把思路集中到你要讨论的问题上来。减少

争论(arguments).关于词汇以及常用结构，要经常总结，多读多模仿才能融会贯通。

以上是常见的语言结构，不算抄袭。

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怎样提出观点

在提出自己的观点时，采取什么样的策略很重要。

不合适的句子通常会遭到reviewer的置疑。

1)如果观点不是这篇文章最新提出的，通常要用

We confirm that...2)对于自己很自信的观点,可用

We believe that...3)在更通常的情况下，由数据推断出一定的结论，用，Results indicate, infer, suggest, imply that...4)在及其特别的情况才可以用We put forward

(discover, observe..)..“for the first time”.来强调自己的创新。

5)如果自己对所提出的观点不完全肯定，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...要注意这些结构要合理搭配。如果通篇是类型1)和5)，那这篇文章的意义就大打折扣。如果全是2)，肯定会遭到

置疑。所以要仔细分析自己成果的创新性以及可信度。

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连接词与逻辑

写英文论文最常见的一个毛病就是文章的逻辑不清楚。解决 的方法有：

1)句子上下要有连贯，不能让句子之间独立

常见的连接词语有, 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...用好这些连接词，能够使观点表达得有层次，更加明确。

比如，如果叙述有时间顺序的事件或者文献，最早的文献可用AA advocated it for the first time.接下来，可用Then BB further demonstrated that..再接下来，可用Afterwards, CC..如果还有，可用More recent studies by DD..如果叙述两种观点，要把它们截然分开

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

or Unlike AA, BB suggest

or On the contrary(表明前面的观点错误，如果只是表明

两种对立的观点，用in contrast)，BB..如果两种观点相近,可用

AA suggest

Similarily, alternatively, BB..Or Also, BB

or BB allso does..表示因果或者前后关系，可用

Consequently, therefore, as a result，表明递进关系，可用furthermore, further, moreover, in addition，当写完一段英文，最好首先检查一下是否较好地应用

了这些连接词。

2)段落的整体逻辑

经常我们要叙述一个问题的几个方面。这种情况下，一定要注意

逻辑结构。

首先第一段要明确告诉读者你要讨论几个部份

...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观点逐层叙述。

Or, 可以直接用First, Second, Third...Finally,..当然,Furthermore, in addition等可以用来补充说明。

3)讨论部份的整体结构

小标题是比较好的方法把要讨论的问题分为几个片段。

一般第一个片段指出文章最为重要的数据与结论。补充说明 的部份可以放在最后一个片段。

一定要明白文章的读者会分为多个档次。文章除了本专业 的专业人士读懂以外，一定要想办法能让更多的外专业人读懂。

所以可以把讨论部份分为两部份，一部份提出观点，另一部份

详细介绍过程以及论述的依据。这样专业外的人士可以了解

文章的主要观点，比较专业的讨论他可以把它当成黑箱子，而这一

部份本专业人士可以进一步研究。

为了使文章清楚，第一次提出概念时，最好加以个括弧，给出

较为详细的解释。

如果文章用了很多的Abbreviation, 两种方法加以解决

1)在文章最好加上个Appendix，把所有Abreviation列表

2)在不同的页面上，不时地给出Abbreciation的含义，用来

提醒读者。

总之，写文章的目的是要让读者读懂，读得清晰，并且采取各种

措施方便于读者。

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一定要注意绝对不能全面否定前人的成果，即使在你看来

前人的结论完全不对。这是前人工作最起码的尊重，英文

叫做给别人的工作credits.所以文章不要出现非常negative的评价，比如Their results

are wrong, very questionable, have no commensence, etc.遇到这类情况，可以婉转地提出：

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.讨论部份还包括什么内容?

1.主要数据特征的总结

2.主要结论以及与前人观点的对比

3.本文的不足

第三点，在一般作者看来不可取。事实上给出文章的不足恰恰

是保护自己文章的重要手段。如果刻意隐藏文章的漏洞，觉得

别人看不出来，是非常不明智的。

所谓不足，包括以下内容:

1.研究的问题有点片面

讨论时一定要说，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.结论有些不足

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，在指出这些不足之后，随后一定要再一次加强本文的重要性

以及可能采取的手段来解决这些不足，为别人或者自己的下一步

研究打下浮笔。

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..用中文来说，这一部份是左右逢源。把审稿人想到的问题提前

给一个交代，同时表明你已经在思考这些问题，但是由于文章

长度，试验进度或者试验手段的制约，暂时不能回答这些问题。

但是，这些通过你的一些建议，这些问题在将来的研究中游可能

实现。