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　　高中英语美文篇1

　　Twelve Minute Cab Ride

　　"Penn Station," I told the cab driver. The young, heavy-set man peered at me through his sunglasses and motioned me to get in.

　　"I've got to get to JFK airport by 2:30PM. You think I'll be able to get there via LIRR (Long Island Rail Road ) or should I cab it all the way?" I ask him, as I get comfortable in the back seat.

　　"Hmmm? You should be okay. Yeah, you'll make it? It will be much cheaper to take the train," he replied in a mild South Asian accent.

　　"Thanks," I told him. Given his engaging(迷人的) nature, we naturally started a conversation, which went from the weather and quickly veered into the struggles of a cab driver's life.

　　"How long have you been driving cabs?"

　　"Three years."

　　"You like it?"

　　"It's really hard work. Not all people are so nice. I get tired, but what can you do? You have to pay the bills."

　　"I hear you."

　　Like most New York cab drivers, he accelerated constantly and braked often, zoomed through red lights, almost nicked a couple of cars and still, never broke a sweat.

　　"What do you do?" he asked curiously. "I help a nonprofit organization trying to bring some goodness in the world," I responded.

　　"Do they pay you well?"

　　"Well, no, but I get by(过得去). I don't have many material things in life, the IRS would consider me poor, but you know, I've realized that I don't need all that to keep me happy. If I die tomorrow, I want to go out knowing that I've made a few people smile."

　　The young cab driver, perhaps in his late thirties, looked back through the sliding glass as if extending his hand for a hand shake- "Man, it is nice to meet you. It is really nice to meet you." Although we were strangers, both of us felt deeply connected as human beings. And by now, 7 minutes into our ride, we were on a first-name basis. He even spelled his name for me: H-a-k-e-e-m.

　　Hakeem and I talked a bit about simple acts of generosity, the power of a pay-it-forward mindset(心态，习惯) and how that can promote trust and connection in our communities. He understood the idea, but it seemed very abstract and foreign to him, so I gave him the example of a Berkeley restaurant I knew about: "So, you walk into this restaurant and you get a meal without paying for it. Then your check says $0.00-someone before you has paid for your meal, and you can pay-forward for the person after you. You pay whatever you want for someone you don't know."

　　"So who comes to this restaurant?"

　　"It's not like a soup-kitchen for the homeless; it's a place where everyone comes in."

　　"Wow, really? That is something."

　　Our conversation was one of those lively, happy conversations. We were both laughing it up and sharing stories, when he turns to me and says, "Can I keep in touch with you? I want to help. I want to be associated with this."

　　Perhaps it broke protocol for a cab driver to ask for the business card of his customer, but Hakeem and I felt like old friends. "Sure thing, buddy." We traded e-mail addresses as he informed me that he has a laptop at home from which he can check e-mails once every couple of days.

　　"You know what you could do, Hakeem," I suggested in a conspiring tone. "You could give free ride to people every so often, and see how they respond. Imagine the dinner conversation that they will have with their family that night."

　　"Wow. Yeah. I will do it. Every week, I can give away a $5 cab ride." After a reflective pause, he added, "Man, I'm moved."

　　We arrived at Penn Station. "$14.15" was the total. I gave him $15, and was looking through my wallet for more when he immediately planted a dollar bill into my hands and insisted that I don't tip him- "No, no.? Please, please." It was 15 cents from a cabbie(出租车司机), but in his heart, Hakeem was giving me a free ride and I was blessed to receive it.

　　As I was heading out, I turn to him and say, "Hakeem, you know how we talked about this pay-it-forward idea; well, here's a $20. Whenever you feel like it, you give a ride to people and tell them that someone before them has paid for their fare. See what happens."?

　　Hearing this, Hakeem was visibly moved. "Really? Are you sure?"

　　"Absolutely."

　　"I will give them your e-mail address too."

　　"No, no. This is not about you or I. Ask them to just pay it forward. And here, give them this card," I said as I handed him a couple of Smile Cards.

　　Standing on the streets, I looked in through the back window and said, "Alright, my friend, be well."

　　高中英语美文篇2

　　Loving France

　　Landing in France, a sacred feeling suddenly arises which attracts you to know more about this country.

　　France, approximately hexagonal(六边的) in shape, has a boundary on the east with Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and is bounded on the southeast by Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea; on the south are Spain and Andorra, with the Bay of Biscay on the west and the English Channel on the north as natural borders.

　　A series of massive mountain ranges includes the Alps, which separate France and Italy, and the Jura Mountains that delineate(描绘) the Franco-Swiss border. The Rhine River, at the northeast corner of France forms the Franco-German boundary. The Pyrenees Mountains, extending along the Franco-Spanish frontier from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay, forms the other mountain boundary of France.

　　The plains region is a projection of the great plain of Europe. The outstanding features of the plains are the river valleys. Among all the rivers, totaling more than 200 with numerous tributaries(支流) which are almost all commercially navigable, the Rhine River is the largest in terms of discharge volume.

　　The capital and largest city in France is Paris, which attracts many visitors every year. Marseilles is a chief port and Lyon is an industrial center famous for its textiles. Other major cities include Toulouse, an industrial and trade center; Nice, a resort; Strasbourg, a Rhine River port and industrial and commercial center; Bordeaux, a seaport and most famous for its wine.

　　French perfume, champagne, and bridges in Paris… want to know more? Then next time we will return to Paris, and you will learn more about her.

　　高中英语美文篇3

　　四种迹象辨别恋爱是否出现问题

　　Why is it, even though you're in a relationship - maybe even in love - you still feel so unhappy and unsatisfied with your partner? Is this what sharing your life with someone is supposed to be like?

　　为什么即使处在一段充满爱的关系里，你仍然会对伴侣感到不满意?难道跟恋人分享自己的生活本是这般模样?也许你原本关于爱情的一切认知都是错误的。

　　Maybe everything you thought you knew about love is wrong because when you're with your partner you don't feel swept off your feet, you don't feel butterflies in your stomach…what you feel like is something more like anxiety. Here are four warning signs to tell if you're in a toxic relationship.

　　1. The Criticizing

　　Criticism can be helpful when a partner points out a problem the other person in the relationship doesn't notice. It's how healthy relationships work. But once a problem ends so should the critique. With a criticizer in a toxic relationship everything the other person does is a target that can be attacked, and often in front of other people. This goes beyond playful banter(戏谑，开玩笑): this criticism is overly harsh and causes real harm. Behind a chronic criticizer is a person whose low self-esteem leads them to find faults in their partner because of their own insecurities. Criticizers need to fix themselves first, or else they may not have partners to criticize for long.

　　2. The Controlling

　　Power dynamics in relationships can be tricky. Sometimes one partner clearly runs the show. That can be okay, if the other person doesn't want any control, but other people may feel like they have no say over their lives. Controlling partners limit their loved ones' choices and never let them have any independence. Even if their controlling partners make them go out and party, the other person in the relationship feels locked away from the world, like prisoners, because doing that was not their choice. Someone has to let go, or else you'll both be searching for more leverage(手段，影响力) somewhere else.

　　3. The Withholding

　　Keeping things to yourself is one thing, but withholding(克制，阻挡) is something else. Withholding is when one or both of the people in the relationship refuse to share how they really feel to keep the other person from harm. That may seem nice, but it's actually toxic because if something is wrong, the other person has no idea about it and therefore can never hope to fix it. The brokeness spreads, and eventually the relationship will fall apart. Open up, or you'll have to pick up the pieces.

　　4. The Lying

　　You're not going to find a much worse sign that you're in a toxic relationship than if your partner is overtly(明显地) lying to you. Some liars are so good at what they do that it almost seems as if they believe the lies that they tell instead of the truth, and blame you for not believing them. This is probably the most toxic trait on this list. If you're the one who thinks you need to hide everything from your partner, consider the harm you are doing both to that person and to yourself: eventually your lies are going to get you dumped.

　　
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