英语美文欣赏8GeniusatWork天才在工作HenryForddidn'talwayspayattentioninschool.Oneday,heandafriendtookawatchapart.Angryandupset,theteachertoldhimbothtostayafterschool.Theirpunishmentwastostayuntiltheyhadfixedthewatch.ButtheteacherdidnotknowyoungFord'sgenius.Intenminutes,thismechanicalwizardhadrepairedthewatchandwasonthiswayhome..Fordwasalwaysinterestedinhowthingsworked.Heoncepluggedupthespoutofateapotandplaceditonthefire.Thenhewaitedtoseewhatwouldhappen.Thewaterboiledand,ofcourse,turnedtosteam.Sincethesteamhadnowaytoescape,theteapotexploded.Theexplosioncrackedamirrorandbrokeawindow.TheyounginventorwasbadlyscaldedFord'syearofcuriosityandtinkeringpaidoff.Hedreamedofahorselesscarriage.Whenhebuiltone,theworldoftransportationwaschangedforever.亨利.福特在学校里常常心不在焉。有一天,他和一个小朋友把一块手表拆开了。老师很生气,让他们放学后留下来,把表修好才能回家。当时这位老师并不知道小福特的天才。只用了十分钟,这位机械奇才就把手表修好,走在回家的路上了。福特对各种东西的工作原理总是很感兴趣。曾有一次,他把茶壶嘴用东西堵住,然后把茶壶放在火炉上。他便站在一边等候着会出现什么情况。当然,水开后变成了水蒸气。因为水蒸气无处逸出,茶壶便爆炸了,因而打碎了一面镜子和一扇窗户。这个小发明家也被严重地烫伤了。多年后,福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。他曾经梦想着去制造一辆无马行进的车。他造成了一辆这样的车后,运输界发生了永久性的变化TheBeautyoftheSunset黄昏之美LookingintothesunsetIcan'thelpbutnoticethatdespiteherbeauty,asenseofstruggleandhopelesssurroundthesky.Deepinsideyourealizethatthisdayisgone,andeverythingthatIthadbroughtislostforever.Everythought,everyaction,everydream,everyhope,everysight,everysoundisgone.Thereisnochanceofeverybeingreturnedthesame,exactlythesame.Foreverymomenthasalimittowhatitcancapture,Everymemoryhasalimittowhatithadretrieve.1凝望夕阳,我无法抑止地看到,无论她是如何的美丽动人,挣扎和绝望依然萦绕天幕,内心深处,你明白今日已逝,它所带来的一切也永远消失了,每一脉思想,每一次行动,每一个梦想,每一线希望,每一幅景象,每一缕声音,都消逝而去,一切都不可能还复如初,和原来一模一样,只因每一个时刻所能捕捉的东西是有限的,甚至每一段记忆所能缅怀的一切也是有限的。Andthecoloursintheskytrytoentertainus.onelastactwithpaintedsmiles,fortheytooknowthatnothingcanbedonetosavetheday.Sofutiletheirattempttocomfortourfearofthenight.ourhorroraswetrytofindourway,likechildrenwhowanderintoaforestandneverreturn.Iamingratiatedbythesunsetbecauseofhersensitivityasshetriestopushthedarknessbackforjustamomentmore.Butlikesomanytimesbefore....tonoavail!而天空中的绮丽色彩努力让我们快乐起来,最后上演的是五彩缤纷的微笑,因为它们也知晓,做什么都无法留住时日,它们想安慰我们对夜的恐惧,而又如此徒劳无益,虽然恐惧,我们依然寻找出路,宛若在林中的孩心,彷徨不知归路,我满心欢喜,只因夕阳的敏感,她竭力将黑暗推回,仅仅为了再多驻留一刻,可却犹如以往,一切都无济于事....ThePursuitofLife生命的追求ThereissomuchIhavenotbeen,somuchIhavenotseen.生命中,有那么多我未曾经历过,有那么多我未曾见识过。Ihavenotthoughtandhavenotdoneorfeltenough—theearlysun,rainandtheseasonaldelightofflocksofducksandgeeseinflight,themysteriesoflate-at-night.Istillneedtimetoreadabook,writepoems,paintapicture,lookatscenesandfacesdeartome.Thereissomethingmoretobeofvalue—somethingIshouldfindwithinmyself—aspeaceofmind,patience,graceandbeingkind.Ishalltake2andIshallgive,whileyet,thereissomuchtolivefor—rainbows,starsthatgleam,thefields,thehills,the...