哪兒有值得背誦的英文短文章？

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哪兒有值得背誦的英文短文章？（道地英美人士寫的）
英文不好，不太知道怎麼找。
不是新聞喔，是一般短文。
不要太長，打算要背幾篇來加強對英文單字、文法、寫作的熟悉度。
希望是網路的免費資源^^

打算要背"幾"篇

Answer 1

以下這幾篇是被挑選出來的範本，是美國學生的作品。因為著作權的緣故，我只幫您列出開端的部分，您可以循連結閱讀全文，作文字數附於標題後。□□□ Rules [ 250 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WE-Rules.HTMOne day, on the way home from school, my mom told me she was going to make up some new rules for me and my brothers and sisters. Before this, we knew she wanted us to be good, but we really didn't have any rules. Well, Mom.... □□□ The Sled Run [ 106 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WoT-Sled.HTMOne day it snowed like crazy! So school was cancelled. I had Amy over to play. We decided to go sledding. So we started to slide down the hill. We sledded for a long time.  One time we decided to go down....□□□ Jet Bikes [ 270 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WE-Jetbike.HTMHave you ever run a business from a playhouse? My friends and I have. It is a bike shop. We call it Jet Bikes.  One day my friend Trent asked me and my brother Jared if we wanted to build a bike shop out of his old playhouse....□□□ My Dad [ 98 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WA-Mydad.HTMI was at the hospital when my dad was dying. My mom and my sister were there, too. Mom was lighting candles in my dad's room. My dad was going to have an operation. He said, "I'm going to be in a better place." He said he....□□□ The Horrible Day [ 79 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WA-Horribleday.HTMOne morning I woke up and I was turned around on my bed. Then I fell off! I walked downstairs and I almost fell over my dog. Next I fell asleep in my cereal and my brother stole my toast!  Then I had to walk....□□□ Cheat in America [ 280 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WS2K-CheatEd.HTMDid you know that 7 out of 10 students have cheated at least once in the past year? Did you know that 50 percent of those students have cheated more than twice? These shocking statistics are from a survey of 9,000 U.S. high school students....□□□ Ladybugs [ 105 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WA-Ldybugs.HTMLadybugs are insects. Insects are bugs that have six legs. Ladybugs have all kinds of designs on their wings. They have dots, stripes, and other designs. In England ladybugs are called ladybirds. Ladybugs are harmless....□□□ My Mother [ 245 words ] http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/WE-Mymom.HTMDo you have someone who is great, spends time with you, cares for you, and is an important person? Well, I do, and she has black hair, brown eyes, and a caring touch. That's my mom. My mom talks to me about many things....□□□ Parrots [ 73 words ]http://www.thewritesource.com/STUDENTMODELS/W1-Parrots.HTMParrots are colorful. They have different colors like blue, red, black, orange, green, yellow, and white. Parrots live in cactuses, nests, and underground holes. Some parrots eat roots, and some eat nectar and seeds. They have different bills.... 以上短文，謹供您參考。

Answer 2

這網站推薦的背誦短文很不錯~有文章有詩歌~有點像外國的文學小品集
共26篇...篇篇都有相關注釋
你可以自訂進度來背~
熟讀後還可以進一步認識外國的文化

http://www.ep66.com.tw/R&W3.htm

Answer 3

介紹你一個還不錯的網站,只要輸入單字查詢,系統就可以幫你查詢單字出現過的歷屆學測及研究所考題,你可以從考題中學習單字的用法,考題中任何單字都可右鍵快速查詢,同時它還可以分解單字字根也可隨機選擇列印查詢單字做成包含字首字根音標字義的隨身記憶卡、還可設定複習時間及要複習的單字，複習email會在你設定的時間就會自動寄出,不過你需要一次不離線連續加入六個複習單字才有複習email功能,另外也可以線上測驗,您可以試用看看,這個網站名稱叫做『快速記憶電子字典』,你可以在yahoo搜尋到,也可以直接連到網址 http://www.selfdoctor.com.tw/english

Answer 4

「麥克阿瑟為子祈禱文」

Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true strength, the open mind of true wisdom, the meedness of true strength.

Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain !"

此篇是《麥克阿瑟為子祈禱文》
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正式的翻譯如下：

求你塑造我的兒子，
心地清潔，
目標遠大；
使他在指揮別人之前，
先懂得駕馭自己；
永不忘記過去的教訓，
又能伸展入未來的理想。

當他擁有以上的一切，
我還要禱求，賜他足夠的幽默感，
使他能認真嚴肅，
卻不致過分苛求自己。

懇求賜他謙卑，
使他永遠記牢，
真偉大中的平凡，
真智慧中的開明，
真勇力中的溫柔。

如此，我這作父親的，
才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生。」
http://spring.fhl.net/spring/mcarthur2.html


個人覺得超棒的，尤其是最後一句

Answer 5

你覺得麥帥為子祈禱文如何?我覺得很不錯!http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1105061505521