这次小编给大家整理了5篇适合初中生当睡前读物的英语美文，值得细读！，供大家阅读参考，也相信能帮助到您。
一、《给自己一份承诺》
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something special in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the
best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your
own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of
the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you
meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to
criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too
happy to permit the presence of trouble.
要坚强，不让任何事物烦扰内心的平和。
要与每一个见到的人谈论健康、快乐和富足。
要让所有的朋友感到他们是与众不同的。
要看一切事情的光明面，让积极乐观弥漫。
要只去想最美好的事情;只追求最美好的结果;
只怀有最美好的希望。
要对他人的成功抱有像对自己的成功一样的热情。
要抛却曾经的错误，为将来更伟大的成就坚定不移地前进。
要永远面带愉快，要用微笑迎接每一个生命。
要多花时间在自我提升上，这样就不会有时间去批评他人。
要胸怀宽广，心无挂虑;要品行高尚，不怨不怒;
要身心坚强，无所畏惧;要心情欢畅，远离烦恼。
二、《一切皆因有爱》
1.One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.
1.一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风景，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的瞬间，你会发现，原本是费尽心机想要忘记的事情真的就那么忘记了。
2.Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one's hand. It’s about having each tiny wish come true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having someone's love when you need love.
2.幸福，不是长生不老，不是大鱼大肉，不是权倾朝野。幸福是每一个微小的生活愿望达成。当你想吃的时候有得吃，想被爱的时候有人来爱你。
3.Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow. When the lamp is off, you will find the shadow everywhere. Friend is who can give you strength at last.
3.爱情是灯，友情是影子，当灯灭了，你会发现你的周围都是影子。朋友，是在最后可以给你力量的人。
4.I love you not for who you are, but for who I am before you.
4.我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是我在你面前可以是谁。
5.Love makes man grow up or sink down.
5.爱情，要么让人成熟，要么让人堕落。
6.If you can hold something up and put it down, it is called weight-lifting; if you can hold something up but can never put it down, it's called burden-bearing. Pitifully, most of people are bearing heavy burdens when they are in love.
6.举得起放得下的叫举重，举得起放不下的叫负重。可惜，大多数人的爱情，都是负重的。
7.We all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour to like someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.
7.我们每个人都生活在各自的过去中，人们会用一分钟的时间去认识一个人，用一小时的时间去喜欢一个人，再用一天的时间去爱上一个人，到最后呢，却要用一辈子的时间去忘记一个人。
8.One may fall in love with many people during the life time. When you finally get your own happiness, you will understand the previous sadness is kind of treasure, which makes you better to hold and cherish the people you love.
8.一个人一生可以爱上很多的人，等你获得真正属于你的幸福之后，你就会明白一起的伤痛其实是一种财富，它让你学会更好地去把握和珍惜你爱的人。
三、《总有一些回忆，你无法舍弃》
I cleaned out Dad’s closet yesterday.
我昨天清理了爸爸的衣橱。
There were two things I couldn’t box up: his work shirts and his two pairs of Red Wing boots.
有两样东西我没有办法打包：他的工作T-恤和两双红翼牌的靴子。
He couldn’t remember birthdays or anniversaries, but he remembered the date on which he’d bought his first pair.
他不记得第一双靴子是在生日还是纪念日的时候买的，但是却记得买鞋的具体日期。
I remember it too—April 16, the day after Tax Day.
我也记得是4月16日，缴税日的后一天。
What does a child do with her dad’s favorite boots?
一个孩子要怎么处理爸爸最喜欢的靴子呢?
I think I will make a planter out of them or use them to store something valuable.
我想用它们做一个培植器皿或者藏些值钱的玩意。
You can’t throw away a man’s favorite boots.
你不能把一个男人最喜欢的靴子扔了。
You’ve got to keep them and pass them down.
你要留着它们然后传下去。
美文好比一杯香茶。浓茶之苦涩，提神健脑;清茶之淡香，沁人心脾。品茶者观色、识香、知味。香茶细细品尝，觉其清苦，回味甘甜，香郁味醇，一切尽在不言中。希望大家会喜欢这些美文。
一、当我俩分手时
When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
当我们俩分手时
沉默不语满含泪花
想起来都心碎
要分离好几年
你的脸苍白冰冷
吻你似冰霜
当时真预兆了
今天的悲痛
The dew of the morning
Sunk chill on my brow -
Of what I feel now.
Thy vows are all broken,
And light is thy fame:
I hear thy name spoken,
And share in its shame.
早晨的寒露
覆在我的眉毛上
那种感觉好像是
对我发出警告
你抛弃了所有声誉
变得声名狼藉
我听到别人说你的名字
顿感脸红
They name thee before me,
A knell to mine ear;
A shudder comes o'er me -
Why wert thou so dear?
They know not I knew thee,
Who knew thee too well: -
Long, long shall I rue thee,
Too deeply to tell.
他们当着我的面讲你
如丧钟入耳
我全身立即颤抖--
为什么对你如此情重?
他们不知道我认识你
对你太熟悉了
我将长久为你感到惋惜，
悲痛不已
In secret we met -
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee? -
With silence and tears.
我们秘密相会
我感到默默悲伤
你的心把我欺骗
以致遗忘
如果再遇见你
多年以后
我该如何招呼你?
只好沉默不语满含泪花
二、我一无所求
I asked nothing,only stood at the edge
of the wood behind the tree.
Languor was still upon the eyes of the dawn,
and the dew in the air.
我一无所求
只站在林边树后
倦意还逗留在黎明的眼上
露润在空气里
The lazy smell of the damp grass
hung in the thin mist above the earth.
Under the banyan tree
you were milking the cow with your hands,
tender and fresh as butter.
湿草的懒味悬垂在地面的薄雾中
在榕树下你用乳油般柔嫩的手挤着牛奶
And I was standing still.
I did not come near you.
我沉静地站立着
我没有走近你
The sky woke with the sound
of the gong at the temple
The dust was raised in the road
from the hoofs of the driven cattle.
天空和庙里的锣声一同醒起
街尘在驱走的牛蹄下飞扬
With the gurgling pitchers at their hips,
women came from the river.
Your bracelets were jingling,
and foam brimming over the jar.
把汩汩发响的水瓶搂在腰上
女人们从河边走来
你的钏镯丁当
乳沫溢出罐沿
The morning wore on
and I did not come near you.
晨光渐逝而我没有走近你
三、寂静之声
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
你好黑暗，我的老朋友
我又来和你海阔天空神侃
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds
while I was sleeping
And the vision
that was planted in my brain
Still remains
因为有个影子悄悄潜入
趁我熟睡埋下了它的种子
这影子根植于我的大脑里
至今还留在
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams
I walked alone
静默之声的地盘中
在不安的梦境中我独自游荡
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Neath the halo of a street lamp
鹅卵石的街道狭窄幽长
在一盏街灯的光晕下
I turned my collar
to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
我竖起衣领抵挡寒冷潮湿
就在我的眼睛
被一盏霓虹灯的闪光刺穿的同时
光芒划破了夜空
打破了这份静默
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
在孱弱的烛光中我看到
成千上万的人们，或许更多
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs
that voices never share
And no one dare
disturb the sound of silence
人们缄口却倾述心声
人们罔闻却声声贯耳
人们写歌却从没嗓音分享
静默之声没人敢打扰
“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows”
“傻瓜”，我说，“你见识不长
静默像癌细胞一样生长”
Hear my words
that I might teach you
Take my arms
that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
有益的教诲你当听取
有助的臂膀你该挽起
但话语如雨滴悄然落下
在静默的源泉中渐渐模糊
And the people bowed and prayed
to the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
And the words that it was forming
人们向自己塑造的霓虹神灵膜拜祈祷
告示牌上闪烁出神灵的警告
若隐若现显示成行
And the sign said:
”The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence.“
告示牌上写道：
先贤们的箴言涂鸦在地铁的大墙
以及公寓走廊上
也在静默之声中被低声传送”
一、《快乐之门》
The Happy Door
Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples.
快乐就像一块为了激起阵阵涟漪而丢进池塘的小石头。
As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
正好史蒂文森所说，快乐是一种责任。
There is no exact definition of the word happiness.
快乐这个词并没有确切的定义，
Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons.
快乐的人快乐的理由多种多样。
The key is not wealth or physical well-being,
快乐的关键并不是财富或身体健康，
since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.
因为我们发现有些乞丐，残疾人和所谓的失败者也都非常快乐。
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend.
快乐是一种意外的收获，
But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character.
但保持快乐却是一种成就，一种灵性的胜利。
It is not selfish to strive for it.
努力追寻快乐并不自私，
It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
实际上，这是我们对自己和他人应尽的责任。
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease.
不快乐就像传染病，
It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer.
它使得人们都躲避不快乐的人。
He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered.
不快乐的人很快就会发现自己处于孤独，悲惨，痛苦的境地。
There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem,
然而，有一种简单得看似荒谬的治病良方：
at first glance, ridiculous; if you don't feel happy, pretend to be!
如果你不快乐，就假装你很快乐!
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them.
这很有效。不久你就会发现，别人不再躲着你了，相反，你开始吸引别人了。
You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
你会发觉，做一块能激起好意涟漪的小石头有多么值得。
Then the make-believe becomes a reality.
然后假装就变成了现实。
You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
你拥有了使心灵平静的秘密，会因帮助他人而忘我。
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit,
一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并使快乐成为习惯，
opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。
二、《上帝与孩子的精彩对话》
A Wonderful Dialogue between God and a Child
上帝与孩子的精彩对话
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.
从前，有一个婴儿即将出生了。
One day the child asked God, ”They tell me you are going to send me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless? “
一天，这个小孩问上帝，“他们告诉我明天你将要把我送到地球，不过我这么弱小无助，在那儿该如何生活呢?”
God replied, ”Among the many angels, I have chosen one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.“
上帝答道：“在众多天使之中，我已经给你选中了一位。她将会等待并照顾你。”
”But,“ said the child, ”tell me here in Heaven I don't do anything else but sing and smile. That's what I need to be happy!“
“不过”，小孩说请告诉我——在天堂我除了歌唱和微笑之外什么都不做。这些是我快乐所需要的!”
God said, ”Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.“
上帝说，“你的天使每天将会为你歌唱，也会为你微笑。你将会感受到你的天使的爱，你会感到快乐。”
”And,“ said the child, ”how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the language that men talk?“
“还有”，小孩又说道，“如果我不懂他们说的语言，当人对我说话的时候我怎样才会理解呢?”
That's easy, said God, ”Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.“
“这很简单，”上帝说，“你的天使将教会你语言中最美丽和最甜蜜的词语，带着最大的耐心和关怀，你的天使将教会你怎样说话。”
The child looked up at God saying, ”And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?“ God smiled at the child saying, ”Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.“
小孩抬头看着上帝说，“我想和你说话的时候该怎么做呢?”上帝微笑着对小孩说你的天使会把你的双手放在一起然后教会你怎样祈祷。”
The child said, ”I've heard on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?“
小孩说：“我听说地球上有坏人，谁将会保护我呢?”
God put his arm around the child, saying, ”Your angel will defend you--even if it means risking life!“
上帝将手臂环绕小孩，说，“你的天使将会保护你：——即使那意味着冒着生命的危险!”
The child looked sad saying, ”But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.“
小孩看起来有些悲伤地说，“我将会一直感到悲伤因为我再也看不到你了。”
God hugged the child, ”Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.“
上帝拥抱着小孩说，“你的天使会一直跟你说有关我的事情，还会教你回到我身边的方法，虽说我一直与你同在。”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard.
在这一刻天堂变得无比安详，不过已经可以听到从地球上传来的声音。
The child, in a hurry, asked softly, ”Oh, God, if I am about to leave now please tell me my angel's name! “
小孩有点着急，柔声请求，“上帝啊，如果我现在将要离开，请告诉我我的天使的名字!”
God replied, ”Your angle's name is of no importance…you will simply call her MOMMY! “
上帝回答说，“你的天使的名字并不那么重要…你可以简单地叫她‘妈妈’。”
英语诗歌是英语语言的精华。它以最凝练的文字传递时间与空间、物质与精神、理智与情感。
诗歌本身包含的丰富社会生活内容和艺术内涵，诗歌语言的独特的美与和谐都使它们具有无穷的魅力。
下面小编为大家带来经典优美英文诗歌，希望大家喜欢!
一、经典优美英文诗歌：星空中的真理
looking up at the stars, i know quite well
仰望群星的时分，我一清二楚，
that, for all they care, i can go to hell,
尽管它们关怀备至，我亦有可能赴地府，
but on earth indifference is the least
可是尘世间我们丝毫不必畏惧
we have to dread from man or beast.
人类或禽兽的那份冷漠。
how should we like it were stars to burn
倘若群星燃烧着关怀我们的激情，
with a passion for us we could not return?
我们却无法回报，我们作何感想?
if equal affection cannot be,
倘若无法产生同样的感情，
let the more loving one be me.
让我成为更有爱心的人。
admirer as i think i am
尽管我自视为群星的崇拜者，
of stars that do not give a damn,
它们满不在乎，
i cannot, now i see them ,say
现在我看群星，我却难以启齿，
i missed one terribly all day.
说我成天思念一颗星星。
were all stars to disappear or die
倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡，
i should learn to look at an empty sky
我应该学会仰望空荡的天空，
and feel its total dark sublime,
同时感受天空一片漆黑的崇高，
though this might take me a little time.
虽然这样可能要花费一点时间。
二、经典优美英文诗歌：倘若风有颜色
if wind had colors,the world would be more beautifuland lively.
if it matched with the natural scence,it would be amost beautiful picture.
if wind had colors,in spring it should begreen.flowers come out in spring.
when green wind blew around,all the flowers seemedto be surrounded by green leaves.what a beautifulsight!
the wind in summer should be light blue,because itis too hot.when the light blue wind blew over,you would seem to be in a swimming pool.howcool!
the wind in autumn should be golden because autumn is harvest time,and golden color makeus have harvest feelings.
the wind in winter should be light yellow.
when light yellow wind blew on white snow, it was very warm,wasn't it?
if wind had colors ,the world would be a riot of colors.
倘若风有颜色,世界一定回更加美丽,更加生动.
如果它和自然景色搭配起来,那一定是一幅最美丽的图画.
倘若风有颜色,那春天的风应该是绿色的.
春天百花盛开,绿色的风就像给百花衬上了绿叶,美极了!
夏天的风应该是浅蓝色的.因为天太热,一阵浅蓝色的风吹过,人们就像在游泳池中,多凉爽啊!
秋天的风应该是金色的,
因为秋天是收获的季节金黄色使我们有丰收的感觉.
冬天的风应该是鹅黄色的,鹅黄色的风吹在纯白的雪上,难道不是很暖和吗?
倘若风有颜色世界会变得五彩缤纷!
The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.
One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.
After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.
两只猴子
猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。
一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。
过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。
Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor.
One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! I’ll reward you.”
“Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Don’t worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water.
The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry.
“How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.”
So the fisherman went down to the beach.
“What’s the matter?” asked the fish.
“My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherman.
“Don’t worry, she will have it.”
So the fisherman’s wife had her cottage.
But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fisherman’s wife had her palace.But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.”
This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away.
The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didn’t come back. When he went home, he found his wife back in their old hut.
渔夫和他的妻子
从前，有一位渔夫，他又一个很丑的妻子。他们家里很穷。
一天，渔夫捕到一条金鱼。但这条金鱼会说话：“请放我走吧!我会报答你的.”
“啊，我的天啊!” 渔夫吃惊地叫道，“别担心，我不会吃一条会说话的鱼的。”于是他把金鱼放进了水里。
渔夫回家并把这件事告诉了他的妻子。妻子非常愤怒。
“你多愚蠢啊!”她说：“看看这个破草屋，到海边去，向金鱼要一间小木屋。”
于是渔夫来到海边。
“怎么啦?”金鱼问。
“我的妻子想要一件小木屋。”渔夫说。
“别担心，她会有的。”
渔夫的妻子得到了一间小木屋。
但过了几天，她对此感到厌倦了：“告诉金鱼，让它给我一座宫殿。”渔夫又返回海边。他的妻子得到了一座宫殿。
但她很快又对此感到厌倦：“去叫金鱼做我的仆人，我想当女王。”
这次，金鱼变得愤怒了，它一句话也没说就游走了。
渔夫等呀等，但金鱼没有回来。当他回家时，他看见他妻子又回到就茅屋。
Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home.
So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late.
His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”
Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.”
“It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”
谁把墨水倒在我椅子了?
唐尼是个7岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。
因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。
他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室?”
“ 因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。”
“ 回答老师的问题是好事。”
“ 但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了?’”