最富哲理的英文美文

最富哲理的英文美文（通用5篇）

篇1：最富哲理的英文美文

shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car， and you get about the same results。

to be in your children’s memories tomorrow， you have to be in their lives today。

the smartest advice on raising children is to enjoy them while they are still on your side。

the best way to keep kids at home is to give it a loving atmosphere and hide the keys to the car。

the right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts， not by hot heads。

parents: people who bare infants， bore teenagers， and board newlyweds。

the joy of motherhood : what a woman experiences when all the children are finally in bed。

life’s garden age is when the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car。

grandparents are similar to a piece of string-handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren。

a child outgrows your lap， but never outgrows your heart。

god gave you two ears and one mouth…so you should listen twice as much as you talk。

there are three ways to get something done: do it yourself， hire someone to do it， or forbid your children to do it。

adolescence is the age when children try to bring up their parents。

cleaning your house while your kids are at home is like trying to shovel the driveway during a snowstorm。

oh， to be only half as wonderful as my child thought i was when he was small， and half an stupid as my teenager now thinks i am。

there are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother’s age。

money isn’t everything ， but it sure keeps the kids in touch。

adolescence is the age at which children stop asking questions because they know all the answers。

an alarm clock is a device for awakening people who don’t have small children。

no wonder kids are confused today。 half the adults tell them to find themselves; the other half tell them to get lost。

people hardest to convince that it’s time for retirement are children at bedtime。

kids really brighten a household; they never turn off any lights。

篇2：最富哲理的英文美文

Men do not attract that which they want,but that which they are.Their whims,fancies and ambitions are thwarted at every step ,but their inmost thoughts and desires are fed with their own food,be it foul or clean. The ”divinity that shapes our ends“is in ourselves ;it is our very self.Only himself manacles man:thought and action are the gaolers of fate ---they imprion,beimg noble. Nont what he wishes and prays for does a man get,but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize whith his thoughts and actions.

In the light of this truth ,what,then,is the meaning of”fighting against circumstances?"It means that a man is continually revolting against an effect without,while all the time he is niurishing and preserving its cause in his heart.That cause may take form of a conscious vice or an unconscious weakness;but whatever it is,it stubbornly retards the efforts of its possessor,and thus calls aloud for remedy .

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances,but are unwilling to improve themselves;they therefore remain bound The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set This is as true of earthly as of heavenly things.Even the man whose sole object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object ;and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life?

Here is a man who is wretchedly poor.He is extremely anxious that his surroundings and home comforts should be improved ,yet all the time he shirks his work,and considers he is justified in trying to deceive his employer on the ground of the insufficiency of his wages.Such a man does not understand the simplest rudiments of those principles which are the basis of true prosperity, and is not only totally unfitted to rise out of his wrechedness by dwelling in ,and acting out, indolent, deceptive,and unmanly thoughts.

Here is a rich man who is the victim of a painful and persistent disease as the result of gluttony.He is willing to give large sums of money to get rid of it,but he will not sacrifice his gluttonous desires.He wants to gratify his taste for rich and unnatural viands and have his health as well.Such a man is totally unfit to have health,because he has not yet learned the first principles of a healthy life.

Here is an employer of labor who adopts crooked measures to avoid paying the regulation wage,and,in the hope of marking large profits,reduces the wages of his workpeople.Such a man is altogether unfitted for prosperity.and when he finds himself bankrupt,both as regards reputation and riches,he blames circumstances,not knowing that he is the sole author of his condition.

篇3：最富哲理的英文美文

Robert Lee Frost(1874-1963)is an American poet,a lyrical poet,and an authentic painter of local landscape.He was the most popular American poet from 1914 to his death.He won the Pulitzer Prize four times,received commendations by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the poetry society of America respectively in 1938 and 1941,received honorary degrees from forty-four colleges and universities and became the nation’s unofficial Poet laureate when he was invited to read“The Gift Outright”at the inauguration of President John F.Kennedy in 1961.

Frost’s poetry is always a delightful experience to read.On the surface,his poems are very simple,but they are in fact profound and meaningful if considering them over and over,because most of his poems are endowed with philosophical meanings.Frost’s favorite subject matter was New England life and farming.But underneath the description of country life,there is often a deeper and wider meaning,some experience or truth about life itself.

2 Wisdom and Insights between Simple Lines

Frost was politically conservative,showing indifference to immediate political event either national or international,which left his verse unruffled.He stood aside from the literary movements of20th century since he showed little interest in experimentation in form.Yet he stood aloft among his contemporary poet,because of his modern thematic concern.In his poems he managed to construct a momentary stay against confusion.The New England landscape he portrayed in his poems reflects the fragmentation of modern society.The grotesque characters under his pen reveal the tension of modern life and alienation among modern people.He also wrote about something universal,about death and life,love and hate,war and peace,the good and the evil,for which his generally regarded as a poet of philosophy.

2.1 On human beings and nature

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Night”is perhaps the bes known of all his poems.Louis Untermeyer,American critic and poet,says that such a poem once in the mind of a reader will never leave it.Another critic calls this poem the supreme example o“Mr.Frost’s ability to enter into the life of nature.”As one o Frost’s most important writings,this poem is mainly a picture or an episode set within the picture.In classic Chinese landscape poems,a picture within a poem or a poem within a picture is not only the pursuit of the poet but also interesting and enjoyable for the reader.“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Night”is also a good example for comparing American with Chinese poems of this type.

The basic image of this poem is a snowy scene that the speaker views and a series of implicit questions that the scene causes“Woods”in this poem stands for nature.Not all readers who like this poem are aware that this poem suggests deep thought abou death and about life.The strange attraction of death to man is symbolized by the dark woods silently filled up with the coldness o snow.The poem opens with the first question,who own the wood?The speaker seems uncertain about the owner,for he uses the linguistic hedge“I think”to moderate his statement“I know whose woods these are”.Symbolism is one of the techniques mos frequently used in Frost’s poetry.Some critics say that horse in this stanza stands for the animal world,symbolizing a king of life that does not understand man’s action.

The speaker begins the second stanza by mentioning that his horse is unaccustomed to stopping without a reason.Accordingly,another implicit question is raised:why does he stop?Or what attracts him?The hedge“must”in the first line indicates that the horse can really consider the man’s reason for stopping.It was not the horse but the man the was feeling“queer”,which is“saying one thing in terms of another”.

The third stanza continues the inquiry of the second one,and in a more direct way.The horse seems to“ask if there is some mistake”In this stanza the speaker emphasizes the stillness of the night,the isolation and privacy of the moment,It was so still that he could“hear”ever the“easy wind“flowing and the“downy flake”falling,Tension begins to build up in the speaker’s mind:though he seems to enjoy the still night,he also feels doubtful momentarily,as to what he is doing and what he is going to do.

The fourth stanza summarizes the implications of the details in the preceding stanzas.It seems that the speaker there answers the question why he stopped by the woods and by the snowy night.Three adjectives(lovely,dark and deep)in the first line of this stanza reinforce one another,not only do they present tow different aspects of nature,but they also reveal the speaker’s contradictory attitude towards nature.

This poem is well unified and coherent.It has a narrative quality in that the speaker accounts his moving,his stopping,his meditating,and his resolving to go on his journey.Another element of this poem’s coherence is its logic.The first three stanzas raise implicit questions and the final stanza gives the answer,though not so explicit.Thirdly,the regular rhythm and rhyme pattern help achieve coherence and cohesion,the rhyme pattern is not only a pleasure to ears but also a support to the poem’s meaning.In this poem a difficult rhyme scheme is used.Instead of using a-b-a-b,Frost uses a-a-b-a.He also picks up the unrhymed sound of each stanza(the third line)and links it with the rhyming sound of the stanza that follows it and become the main rhyme in the next stanza.In the final stanza,Frost uses d-d-d-d to replace d-d-e-d to terminate the rhyme scheme,which is the interlocking rhyme and in this way to suggest the end of the action in the poem as well as the end of life—death.The sense and the musical effect of the poem are also reinforced by the skillful use of alliteration and assonance.One thing must be pointed out:though the poem is regular in its iambic pentameter,Frost avoids metrical monotony by departing from the pattern slightly in the final stanza,and by his masterful control of tempo.The images in the poem can be divided into two kinds,visual images(e.g.woods house,village,Snow Lake,harness bell)and auditory images(e.g.shake of bells,the sweep of easy winds and downy flake).They correspond to the sensory feelings of the poet as well as the readers,and therefore create vividness.

The attraction of the beauty of nature makes the speaker stop in his journey.He finally turns away from it,with a certain weariness and yet with quiet determination to face the needs and demands of life.This stresses the central conflict of poem between man’s enjoyment of nature’s beauty and his responsibilities in society.Poems can have multiple themes and this poem is no exception.The theme here may be the necessity to face the responsibilities,inherent in adult or the seductiveness of death as an attractive way of escaping the weight of responsibility.This poem is about our lost connection with the natural world.Our ego bound activities take over our entire adult life.No time to appreciate the natural world.No time for activities that have no specific reason to admire nature.Even the horse senses there is wrong with stopping in these woods because the horse is trained by humans.“…..promises to keep……”is the abiding theme of all of our lives as urban dwellers.This poem may also tell us that duty and responsibility take precedence over beauty and pleasure.

2.2 On man and his internal world

“The Road Not Taken”is another one of his most importan philosophical poems.Some critics believe that the poem is set in some particular woods where the road diverges into two directions There is a little stream in western Canada where the Canadian Pacific Railway crosses the Continental Divide.The tourist trains all stop at that point,for the right hand branch of the stream flows into the Pacific Ocean,and the left hand branch into the Atlantic.Forks and crossroads are everywhere and confront everyone.We must make choices in front of them and take full responsibility for the consequences.By turning this concrete,common experience into poetry Frost raises this experience to a symbolic level of universal significance.With less colloquial speech rhythms than in“Mending Wall”,the poem is written in regular stanzas and rhyme schemes.

“And sorry I could not travel both.”is the second line o this poem.Here,a strong sense of regret is clearly demonstrated by the traveler before he makes a choice.In an attempt to make a decision,the traveler“looks down one as far as I could”.The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown,as does any choice in life As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead.So,the future is a mystery,we cannot see it clearly but one choice must be made.Then he took the other,“as just as fair,and having perhaps the better claim.”What made“the other”has the better claim is that“it was grassy and wanted wear”which is mysterious and adventurous for the traveler.In this stanza the narrator took“the road less traveled by”exactly illustrates his personality and the kind of people the poet admires,that is,one who does not want to necessarily follow the crowd but do more o what has never been done,what is new and different.

“And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black.”The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road.Perhaps Frost does this because each time a person comes to the poin where they have to make a choice,it is new to them,somewhere they have never been and they tend to feel as though no one else had ever been there either.“I kept the first for another day!”The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and it is not unusual but“knowing how way leads on to way”,the speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one and he“doubted if I should ever come back.”This is his common sense speaking and acknowledging that what he chooses now will affec every other choice he makes afterward.

Once again,the regret hangs over the traveler like a heavy cloud about to burst at the end of the poem.He realizes that at the end of his life,“somewhere ages and ages hence”,he will have regrets about having never gone back and traveling down the roads he did not take.Yet he remains proud of his decision and he recognizes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did and lives his life the way in which he lived.“I took the road less traveled by and that had made all the difference.”To this man,what was most important,what really made the difference is that he did what he wanted.If he hadn’t,he wouldn’t be the same man he is now.

The poem seems to be about the poet,walking in the woods and coming upon a fork in the road,he feels sorry that he could no take both roads and he has to choose which road he should follow on his walk.In reality,it concerns the important decisions which one must make in life.Usually we are confronted with this dilemma and can not have thing worked in our own ideal way.But choices must be made and our decisions prove irrevocable,one must give up one desirable thing in order to possess another.Whatever the outcome,one must accept the consequences of one’s choice for i is impossible to go back and have another chance to choose differently.Everyone is a traveler,choosing the roads to follow on the map of their journey,life.There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head.Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey,his poem,“The Road Not Taken”,has left its readers with many different interpretations.In any case,however,this poem clearly demonstrates Frost’s belief,that is,the road one chooses to travel tha makes him the man who he is.

2.3 On the relation of human beings

Since literature is the reflection of the social life,in Frost’s volumes,what he displays is just the encyclopedic epitome of the society,which shows all aspects in New England,so the relationship between man and man would be an unavoidable topic.In Frost’s poems,a part of simple conversation or monologue often reflects some kind of phenomenon in the society,so to some extent,the meanings of his poems are usually thoughtful and profound.The environment where he lives in greatly influenced his creation of poems,therefore the people there and the relationship between them always inspired Frost.“Home Burial”is his masterpiece on dealing with the relationships among human beings.“Home Burial”is a poem discloses the relationship between husbands and wives the sweetest and most intimate one in the social relationship.

From the title,the relationship between the couple and their neighbors could be found.Subjectively they bear their own ideas about his or her spouse.In our common sense,no matter when the death happens,the people alive would get together to discuss how to deal with the funeral.At the same time,they would send the unfortunate news to their relatives,their acquaintances to be presen at the funeral.For the rich family,they would hold decent funerals to bury the deceased,even for the poor;they would get their relatives or neighbors,friends together to help them.But the title of the poem“Home Burial”implies that the couple finishes the funera by themselves.Although they live in a country,some of the villagers should have assisted them.

In this poem,the main stage is merely designed in the couple’s house.It shows that the husband and the wife quarreled resentfully on the day when the man buries their little son,who died a few days ago.The wife,Amy,stands by the window discerns the whole process of the burial.His coming is out of her expectation and his commanding interrogation makes her seethe the rage in the deep heart.She feels depressed for her husband’s attitude towards their son’s death.So she warns her husband not to mention the death in front of her for fear of breaking her heart,all her warnings are in vain.On the contrary,he mentions it over and over again.A last,she makes the determination to leave the house.Seeing this the husband tries to persuade her to stay,but his consolation is absolutely wrong.His pretext to stop her from leaving is that the quarrel between them may be overheard by passers-by.By and by,the smoldered rage bursts out like the erupting volcano.She departs her husband and rushes out.

By analyzing this poem,Frost’s opinion about the relation o human beings is exposed.He thought,between man and man,especially for modern people,there is always a kind of barrier existing in their hearts.No matter whom,the couple,friends or neighbors this kind of phenomenon would be found.It seems that there aren’t any true or pure emotions but the barriers,the contradictions and the suspects in their souls.When something unhappy happens though they have established very well-built relationship before they begin to build walls in their hearts and refuse to communicate with others;moreover,they stop others from approaching or getting in their lives.

3 Conclusion

In Robert Frost,the American people found their poet,their singer and their seer.Frost is a philosophical poet as well as a poe of profound simplicity.In the ripeness of his years,Robert Fros was acclaimed as few artists have been during their lifetime:his government officially recognized his greatness as man and poet,and critics hailed his poems as modern classics.Frost deliberately tries to make his blank verse smooth,easy,informal,and as much like common speech as possible,which can be understood by the average person.Frost holds that the idea should unfold as the poem progresses.Readers may discover that many of his poems begin as a seemingly simple narration of a seemingly simple incident,but end by suggesting meanings far beyond anything specifically referred to in the narrative.All of these things illustrate Frost’s belief that a poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.His poems are shining stars in the sky of literature and philosophy which can arouse people’s enthusiasm to love the nature and illuminate modern peo-ple’s lives,though they are simple.

摘要：如果从20世纪美国推出一位民族诗人的话,那就是罗伯特·弗罗斯特。该文从语言、风格以及主题对他的几首哲理诗进行了简要分析,旨在展示其诗中蕴含的真理、智慧以及对现代生活的启示。

关键词：罗伯特·弗罗斯特,诗歌,哲理,智慧,寓深刻于简单

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篇4：26个英文字母中蕴藏的人生哲理

B——Belief（信念） 做事有坚定的信念。

C——Confidence（信心） 对自己充满信心。

D——Dreaming（梦想） 拥有梦想。

E——Empathy（共鸣） 为人着想。

F——Fun（乐趣） 享受学习的乐趣。

G——Giving（给予） 助人为乐。

H——Hope（希望） 生活充满希望和阳光。

I——Imagination（想象力） 展开想象的翅膀奋力飞翔。

J——Joy（欢乐） 给朋友带来欢乐。

K——Knowledge（知识） 不断学习各种知识。

L——Love（爱心） 奉献爱心。

M——Motivation（激励） 激励自己，超越自我。

N——Nice（友善） 即使对陌生人也保持一颗善心。

O——Openness（开化） 敞开胸怀，接受新事物。

P——Patience（耐心） 坚持就是胜利，耐心等待成功。

Q——Quiet（安静） 找一个安静的地方反省自己。

R——Respect（尊重） 尊重所有的种族、宗教、文化、信仰及价值观。

S——Smile（微笑） 用微笑面对绝望的困境。

T——Trust（信任） 信任亲戚、朋友和其他人。

U——Unity（团结） 与周围的人团结一致、和平相处。

V——Voice（声音） 勇敢地说出自己的想法。

W——Weakness（缺点） 正视自己的缺点。

X——Xfactor（未知因素） 挖掘自己的潜力。

Y——Youth（少年） 今日少年，明日栋梁。

篇5：最富哲理的英文美文

失衡背景下的分拆

根据当时的改革方案,中国电信被划分为南、北两大部分,华北地区(北京、天津、河北、山西、内蒙古)、东北地区(辽宁、吉林、黑龙江)和河南、山东共10个省区市的电信公司归属中国电信北方部分;其余归属中国电信南方部分。北方部分和中国网通、吉通重组为中国网络通信集团公司;南方部分保留“中国电信集团公司”名称,继续拥有“中国电信”的商誉和无形资产。

这一改革的初衷是引入竞争机制,创新管理机制,使电信业由传统的计划经济模式向市场经济的现代企业制度模式迅速转变。在中国电信分拆前,我国曾采取过组建联通、网通、吉通、铁通以及移动和寻呼剥离等改革措施,初步形成一定竞争格局;但由于中国电信规模太大、实力太强,而其他几家运营商实力较弱,尽管多家运营商竞争局面形成,但实际上却并未形成十分有效的竞争,业务比重仍是严重失衡。

在这一背景下,此次改革应运而生。

谁是谁非?

此次改革之所以比其他多次改革引起更多争议的原因在于,一派观点坚持认为,改革方案所带来的结果将与初衷背道而驰。他们认为这一方案没有抓住中国电信一家独大的根本原因,分拆之举只是让全国性垄断变为地区性垄断,对于引入更有效的竞争没有任何作用。而且在我国当时即将“入世”、电信业即将开放迎来外资竞争的背景下,这样的拆分更会削弱我国电信企业的竞争实力。

而另一派观点则认为,此次改革毕竟可以在一定程度上改变业务比重对比,使中国电信、中国移动、中国网通、中国联通四家公司实力趋于均衡,这为此后相关监管部门撤销非对称管制、实行更公平的竞争机制打下了基础。而且,对于“拆分会削弱我国电信企业的竞争实力”一说,这一派认为“庞大”并不等同于“强大”,将企业真正抛向市场才会使之磨练为真正的强大。

争议是当年的,事实上,在过去的8年间,我们已经陆续看到一些似乎能够在一定程度上为这一改革正名的线索:8年间,我国电信业仍保持了较好的发展势头,未走下坡路;8年间,我国电信企业在国际上声名鹊起,越来越强大,外资进入并未造成威胁;8年间,我国电信用户一年比一年获得更多的实惠、更好的服务……

或许当年的分拆方案并不尽善尽美,或许它的确存在一些后遗症,但改革从来不可能一蹴而就,无论如何,这一次改革毕竟为此后的数次改革奠定了基础,在这样一次次改革的不断归正、调整下,我国通信业终于在今天达到了一个历史高点。

2001年大事记

·1月,电信资费再次进行结构性调整。

·2月,原信息产业部开始实行电信服务质量通告制度。

·4月,中国移动电话用户总数突破1亿户。

·5月,原信息产业部公布施行《电信网码号资源管理暂行办法》,这是该部首个关于电信行业监管的行政规章。

·6月,中国开始进行3G技术试验。

·7月,国家取消电话初装费、邮电附加费等政府性基金;中国最后一个不通光缆的地区西藏阿里光缆通信工程正式开通。

·8月,中央决定重新组建国家信息化领导小组;全国31个省区市通信管理局全部组建完毕;原信息产业部首次采用评选(招标)办法分配3.5GHz地面固定无线接入系统频率。

·11月,国务院批准新一轮电信体制改革方案,中国电信南北分拆。