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英语文章摘抄200字

　　改变学生文辞贫乏毫无文采的有效途径之一是摘抄。下面是我带来的英语 文章 摘抄200字，欢迎阅读!

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　　the country maid and her milk can 村姑和牛奶罐
        a country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.“the money for which i shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred,these eggs,allowing for what may prove addle,and what may be destroyed by vermin,will produce at least two hundred and fifty chickens.the chickens will be fit to carry to market just at the time when poultry is always dear;so that by the new year i cannot fail of having money enough to purchase a new gown.green-let me consider-yes,green becomes my complexion best .and green it shall be, in this dress i will go to the fair,where all young fellows will strive to have me for a parter;but no-i shall refuse every one of them,and with a disdainful toss turn from them.“ transported with this idea,she could not forbear acting with her head the thought that passed in her mind,when down came the can of milk!and all her imaginary happiness vanished in a moment.

　　一个村姑头上顶着一罐牛奶在路上行走。走着走着，她的脑子里浮现出一连串的幻想：“我卖了这罐牛奶后，用这笔钱买鸡蛋，这样我有的鸡蛋可以增加到300个。用这300个鸡蛋孵小鸡，这就算有坏的、生虫的，至少也能孵出250只小鸡。等小鸡长大后，正好能赶上卖个好市价;那么到了新年，我就能有钱买一件新晚装。买一件绿色的——让我好好想想——对，绿色与我的肤色最相衬。我穿上这件衣服去赶集，所有的年轻小伙子都会抢着邀请我做舞伴;但是不行——我要轻蔑地把头一扬，转身过去不理他们，让他们人人都碰个钉子。 她想得得意忘形，情不自禁地把头一扬，刹那间，牛奶罐跌了下来!她幻想的一切幸福间破灭了。

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　　genius at work 天才在工作

　　henry ford didn’t always pay attention in school. one day ,he and a friend took a watch apart. angry and upset, the teacher told him both to stay after school. their punishment was to stay until they had fixed the watch. but the teacher did not know young ford’s genius. in ten minutes, this mechanical wizard had repaired the watch and was on this way home.. ford was always interested in how things worked. he once plugged up the spout of a teapot and placed it on the fire. then he waited to see what would happen. the water boiled and, of course, turned to steam. since the steam had no way to escape, the teapot exploded. the explosion cracked a mirror and broke a window. the young inventor was badly scalded ford’s year of curiosity and tinkering paid off. he dreamed of a horseless carriage. when he built one, the world of transportation was changed forever.

　　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。

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　　most of us take life for granted. we know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. we seldom think of it. the days stretch out in an endless vista. so we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life. the same lethargy, i am afraid, characterizes the use of our faculties and senses. only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. but those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. it is the same old story of not being grateful for what we conscious of health until we are ill. i have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. now and then i have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. recently i was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and i asked her what she had observed. “nothing in particular,” she replied. i might have been incredulous had i not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago i became convinced that the seeing see little.

　　我们大多数人认为生命理所当然，我们明白总有一天我们会死去，但是我们常常把这一天看得非常遥远。当我们身体强壮时，死亡便成了难以相象的事情了。我们很少会考虑它，日子一天天过去，好像没有尽头。所以我们为琐事奔波，并没有意识到我们对待生活的态度是冷漠的。 我想我们在运用我们所有五官时恐怕也同样是冷漠的。只有聋子才珍惜听力，只有盲人才能认识到能见光明的幸运。对于那些成年致盲或失陪的人来说尤其如此。但是那些听力或视力从未遭受损失的人却很少充分利用这些幸运的能力，他们对所见所闻不关注、不欣赏。这与常说的不失去不懂得珍贵，不生病不知道健康可贵的道理是一样的。 我常想如果每一个人在他成年的早些时候，有几天成为了聋子或瞎子也不失为一件幸事。黑暗将使他更珍惜光明;沉寂将教他知道声音的乐趣。 有时我会试探我的非盲的朋友们，想知道他们看见了什么。最近我的一位非常要好的朋友来看我，她刚刚在树林里走了很长时间，我问她看见了什么。“没什么特别的，”她回答说。如不是我早已习惯了这样的回答，我也许不会轻易相信，因为很久以前我就相信了有眼人看不见什么。

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　　three days to see 假如拥有三天光明

　　helen keller海伦.凯勒

　　all of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. i speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly delimited. such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. what associations should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings what happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets sometimes i have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. we should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. there are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of “eat, drink, and be merry,” most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.

　　我们都读过这样一些动人的 故事 ，故事里主人公将不久于人世。长则一年，短则24小时。但是我们总是很想知道这个即将离开人世的人是决定怎样度过他最后的日子的。当然，我所指的是有权作出选择的自由人，不是那些活动范围受到严格限制的死囚。这一类故事会使我们思考在类似的处境下，我们自己该做些什么?在那临终前的几个小时里我们会产生哪些联想?会有多少欣慰和遗憾呢?有时我想，把每天都当作生命的最后一天来度过也不失为一个很好的生命法则。这种人生态度使人非常重视人生的价值。每一天我们都应该以和善的态度、充沛的精力和热情的欣赏来度过，而这些恰恰是在来日方长时往往被我们忽视的东西。当然，有这样一些人奉行享乐主义的座右铭——吃喝玩乐，但是大多数人却不能摆脱死亡来临的恐惧。

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　　放慢你的脚步

　　A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street， going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

　　一位年轻的总裁，以有点快的车速，开着他的新Jaguar经过住宅区的巷道。他必须小心游戏中的孩子突然跑到路中央，所以当他觉得小孩子快跑出来时，就要减慢车速。

　　As his car passed， one child appeared， and a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door. He slammed on the brakes and spun the Jag back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.

　　就在他的车经过一群小朋友的时候，一个小朋友丢了一块砖头打到了他的车门，他很生气的踩了煞车并后退到砖头丢出来的地方。

　　He jumped out of the car, grabbed some kid and pushed him up against a parked car， shouting， “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?“Building up a head of steam， he went on“That’s a new car and that brick you threw is gonna cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?“

　　他跳出车外，抓了那个小孩，把他顶在车门上说：“你为什么这样做，你知道你刚刚做了什么吗?” 接着又吼道：“你知不知道你要赔多少钱来 修理 这台新车，你到底为什么要这样做?”

　　“Please， mister， please， I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!”pleaded the youngster.“ It’s my brother，“ he said. “He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up.

　　小孩子求着说：“先生，对不起，我不知道我还能怎么办?”　他接着说：“因为我哥哥从轮椅上掉下来，我没办法把他抬回去。”

　　Sobbing， the boy asked the executive， “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.“

　　那男孩啜泣着说：“你可以帮我把他抬回去吗?他受伤了，而且他太重了我抱不动。”

　　Moved beyond words， the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts， checking to see that everything was going to be okay.

　　这些话让这位年轻的总裁深受感动，他抱起男孩受伤的哥哥，帮他坐回轮椅上。并拿出手帕擦拭他哥哥的伤口，以确定他哥哥没有什么大问题。

　　“Thank you， sir. And God bless you，“ the grateful child said to him. The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.

　　那个小男孩感激地说：“谢谢你，先生，上帝保佑你。” 然后他看着男孩推着他哥哥回去。

　　It was a long walk backs to his Jaguar... a long， slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.

　　年轻总裁返回Jaguar的路变的很漫长，他也没有修他汽车的侧门。他保留着车上的凹痕就是提醒自己。生活的道路不要走的太匆忙，否则需要其他人敲打自己来注意生活的真谛。

　　Life whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart. Sometimes,when you don’t have the time to listen,it’s your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick!

　　当生命想与你的心灵窃窃私语时，若你没有时间，你有两种选择：倾听你心灵的声音或让砖头来砸你!

　　Do you sometimes ignore loved ones because your life is too fast and busy leaving them to wonder whether you really love them?

　　请问你是否曾因为生活太快、太忙碌而忽略了你所爱的人，然后让他们开始开始怀疑起你是不是真的爱他们呢?

关于优秀英语短文摘抄

　　当今时代，英语已经成为一种多国、多 文化 ，多功能的国际语言。“英语族”这一概念也开始为大家所熟悉。本文是关于优秀英语短文，希望对大家有帮助!
　　关于优秀英语短文：A carpenter’s story
　　An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurel life with his wife and enjoy hisextended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

　　The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

　　When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, “This is your house... my gift to you. “

　　The carpenter was shocked!

　　What a shame!If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

　　So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock; we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over,we would do it much differently.

　　But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and everyday you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.“ Your attitude and the choices you made today, help build the “house“ you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!
　　关于优秀英语短文：The happy door
　　Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle ofripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.

　　There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.

　　Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

　　Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!

　　It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

　　Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.

　　Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
　　关于优秀英语短文：We are on a journey
　　Wherever you are, and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are just alike at this monment, and in all the moments of our existence. We are not at rest, we are on a journey. Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady, ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.

　　We are gaining something, or losing something, or losing something, everyday. Even when our position and our character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing. For the mereadvance of time is a change. It is not the same thing to have a bare field in January and in July. The season makes the difference. The limitations that are childlike in the child are childishin the man.

　　Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. it sets us forward or backward. the action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle is just as real as the action of the positive pole. To decline is to accept--the other alternative.

　　Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? yes, you must be a little nearer to some port or other for since your ship was first launched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment, the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would, there can be no pause until you come into port.
　　关于优秀英语短文：A True Gift of Love
　　“Can I see my baby?“ the happy new mother asked.

　　When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.

　　Time proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.

　　He blurted out the tragedy. “A boy, a big boy...called me a freak.“

　　He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music.

　　“But you might mingle with other young people,“ his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.

　　The boy’s father had a session with the family physician... “Could nothing be done?“

　　“I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured,“ the doctordecided. Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.

　　Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret.“

　　The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of triumphs.

　　Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day, he asked his father, “Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.”

　　“I do not believe you could,“ said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet.“

　　The years kept their profound secret, but the day did come. One of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears.

　　“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,“ his father whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?“

　　REMEMBER...

　　Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance,

　　but in the heart.

　　Real treasure lies not in what can be seen,

　　but what cannot be seen.

　　Real love lies not in what is done and known,

　　but in what that is done but not known.

高二优秀英语美文摘抄

　　美文,是文质兼美的 文章 。引导学生读好读美,诵读悟情积累。学生对美的体验和领悟,来自感觉的整体性,一定要从语言材料的氛围中去获得。我整理了高二优秀英语美文，欢迎阅读!
　　高二优秀英语美文：直到遇到你才知道怎么教学
　　There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy.

　　Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn’t play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant.

　　At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child’s past records and she put Teddy’s off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

　　Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners...he is a joy to be around.“

　　His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well-liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.“

　　His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn’t show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren’t taken.“

　　Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is withdrawn and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class.“

　　By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy’s. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing and a bottle that was one quarter full of perfume. She stifled the children’s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.

　　Teddy stayed after school that day just long enough to say, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.“ After the children left she cried for at least an hour.

　　On that very day, she quit teaching reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children.

　　Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children same, Teddy became one of her “teacher’s pets.“

　　A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

　　Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, second in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

　　Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’d stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had in his whole life.

　　Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor’s degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoller, M.D.

　　The story doesn’t end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he’d met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom.

　　Of course, Mrs. Thompson, did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

　　They hugged each other, and Teddy whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.“

　　Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.“

　　这是很多年前一位小学老师的 故事 。她叫汤普森夫人。开学的第一天，当她站在五年级教室前面时，她向孩子们撒了个谎。像大多数老师一样，她看着同学们说她会同样地爱他们。但那是不可能的，因为就在第一排，蜷坐在椅子里的，是一个叫特迪的小男孩。

　　汤普森夫人上年就观察过特迪，注意到他和其他孩子相处得不好，他的衣服又脏又乱，人也经常是该洗澡的样子，并且特迪可能会让人感到讨厌。

　　在汤普森夫人任教的学校，她必须查看一下每个孩子过去的记录，她一直等到最后才看特迪的。然而，看他的档案时，她着实感到吃惊。

　　特迪一年级的老师写道：“特迪是一个爱笑的聪明孩子，作业写得很整洁，又懂礼貌……他给周围的人带来了欢乐。”

　　他二年级的老师写的是：“特迪是一个优秀的学生，他的同学都很喜欢他，但他有些麻烦了，因为他母亲的病到了晚期，家里生活肯定非常困难。”

　　他三年级的老师写道：“他母亲的死对他打击很大，他尽力做好，但他父亲对他不够关心，如果不采取一些 措施 的话，家庭生活很快就会影响到他。”

　　特迪四年级的老师写的是：“特迪性格孤僻，对学习不感兴趣。他朋友很少，有时还在班里睡觉。”

　　到现在为止，汤普森夫人才意识到了问题所在，她为自己感到羞愧。当学生们为她带来那些圣诞礼物时，这种感觉更加强烈了，礼物都用漂亮的丝带和彩纸包装着，除了特迪的。他的礼物包装显得很笨拙，粗质的褐色包装纸也是从食品袋里找到的。在一堆其他人的礼物中间，汤普森夫人耐心地打开了它，她看到里面有一个人造钻石手镯，其中一些石子已经遗失了，还有一瓶只剩下四分之一的香水。有些孩子笑了起来，她制止住孩子们的笑声，惊呼这个镯子是多么漂亮，她带上了它，并洒了些香水在手腕上。

　　那天放学后，特迪呆了很长时间，只说了一句：“汤普森夫人，今天你身上的香味就像我妈妈过去一样。”在孩子们都离开后，她哭了不下一个小时。

　　就在那一天，她放弃了教阅读、写作和算术。相反，她开始 教育 孩子们。

　　汤普森夫人特别关注特迪。和她在一块的时候，他的头脑好像又活跃起来了。她越是鼓励他，他的反应越快。到这一年结束时，特迪已经成为这个班里最聪明的学生之一，尽管她曾撒谎会同样爱所有的学生，特迪却成为她“最喜欢的学生”之一。

　　一年以后，她在她门缝下发现一个短笺，是特迪写的，告诉她她仍是他一生中最好的老师。

　　六年后，她又收到来自特迪的另一张短笺，说他以班级第二的成绩从高中 毕业 了，她仍是他一生中最好的老师。

　　又过了四年，她收到另一封信，里面说尽管不时遇到困难，他还会呆在学校里，继续完成学业，而且很快他就会以优秀的成绩从大学毕业了。他向汤普森夫人保证说，她仍然是他一生中最好的也是他最喜欢的老师。

　　又一个四年过去了，他又写来一封信，这次他解释说，在获得学士学位后，他决定继续深造，信里还解释说她还是他最好的、最喜欢的老师，但是这时他的署名有些长了。署名的地方写着：医学博士西奥多·F·斯托勒。

　　故事并没有这样结束。你瞧，那个春天还有一封信呢。特迪说他遇到了一位女孩，并且马上要结婚了。他解释说他父亲几年前去世了，想知道汤普森夫人是否会愿意在婚礼上坐在新郎母亲的位置上。

　　当然，汤普森夫人去了。你猜怎么着?她戴着那个手镯，就是遗失了几颗石子的那一个。而且她特意用了特迪上次和她过 圣诞节 时送给她的他妈妈以前用过的香水。

　　他们互相拥抱，特迪在汤普森夫人耳边轻轻地说：“汤普森夫人，谢谢你信任我。非常感谢你让我觉得自己很重要，而且使我觉得我能够变得不同。”

　　含着泪水，汤普森夫人也轻轻地对他说：“特迪，你弄错了。是你让我知道我能够改变，直到遇到你我才知道怎么教学。”
　　高二优秀英语美文：我和生命中另一个女人约会
　　After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love. I started to go out with another woman. It was really my wife’s idea.

　　“I know that you love her,“ she said one day, taking me by surprise. “But I love YOU,“ I protested. “I know, but you also love her.“

　　The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be pleasant to pass some time with you,“ I responded. “Just the two of us.“ She thought about it for a moment, then said, “I would like that very much.“

　　That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,“ she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.“

　　We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,“ she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,“ I responded.

　　During the dinner we had an agreeable conversation — nothing extraordinary — but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.“ I agreed.

　　“How was your dinner date?“ asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,“ I answered.

　　A few days later my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. At that moment I understood the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU“ and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time“.

　　中文：

　　结婚21年后，我发现了保持爱之火花的一种新 方法 。我开始与另一个女人出去约会。其实这还是我妻子的主意呢。

　　“我知道你爱她，”有一天她对我说，这令我感到惊奇。“但我也爱你，”我声明。“我知道，不过，你也爱她。”

　　我妻子想让我去 拜访 的另一个女人就是我的妈妈，她守寡19年了，但由于我的工作需要以及有三个孩子要抚养，我很少有机会去看望她。那天晚上，我打电话约她吃饭看电影。“出什么事了?你还好吧?”她问。我妈妈是那种认为深夜电话或出其不意的邀请代表坏消息征兆的女人。“我觉得与您共度一段时间将是一件愉快的事，”我这样回答。“就我们两个人。”她想了一想，便说：“其实我很想这样。”

　　于是周五下班后，我开车去接她。我有点儿不安。到了她的住所，我注意到，她对我们的约会好像也有些紧张。她穿着外套在门口等我。她将头发盘了起来，并且穿着最后一次结婚纪念日那天穿的套装，天使般容光焕发的脸上带着笑容。“我告诉朋友们我要跟儿子出去约会，他们都很感动，”上车时她对我说。“他们急迫地想了解我们约会的情况。”

　　我们去了一家虽不是一流却很优雅舒适的饭店。妈妈挽着我的手臂，宛如第一夫人。我们坐下后，我开始看菜单。她的眼睛现在只能看清一些大字。透过条目的缝隙，我抬眼看到妈妈正坐在那儿盯着我，嘴上带着怀旧的笑容。“你小的时候，都是我看菜单，”她说。“现在轮到您休息了，该我回报您了，”我答道。

　　吃饭的时候，我们谈得很愉快——也没什么特别的事——只是简单描述一下彼此生活中最近发生的事。我们谈得太尽兴以至错过了看电影。当我送她回到家时，她说：“我会再跟你出去约会，但必须是我邀请你。”我同意了。

　　“饭吃得怎么样啊?”回到家时我妻子问。“非常好。比我想象中要好得多。”我回答。

　　几天后，妈妈由于严重的心脏病发作去世了。发生的如此突然以至我没有机会为她做任何事。那一刻，我明白了及时说出“我爱你”以及给予我们所爱的人他们应该得到的时间的重要性。生命中没有什么比你的家庭更重要。多花些时间陪陪你的家人，因为这些事情不能被推迟到“改天”。
　　高二优秀英语美文：结五次婚热爱生活的西尔玛
　　Even at the age of 75, Thelma was very vivacious and full of life. When her husband passed away, her children suggested that she move to a “senior living community.“ A gregarious and life-loving person, Thelma decided to do so.

　　Shortly after moving in, Thelma became a self-appointed activities director, coordinating all sorts of things for the people in the community to do and quickly became very popular and made many friends.

　　When Thelma turned 80, her newfound friends showed their appreciation by throwing a surprise birthday party for her. When Thelma entered the dining room for dinner that night, she was greeted by a standing ovation and one of the coordinators led her to the head table. The night was filled with laughter and entertainment, but throughout the evening, Thelma could not take her eyes off a gentleman sitting at the other end of the table.

　　When the festivities ended, Thelma quickly rose from her seat and rushed over to the man. “Pardon me,“ Thelma said. “Please forgive me if I made you feel uncomfortable by staring at you all night. I just couldn’t help myself from looking your way. You see, you look just like my fifth husband.“

　　“Your fifth husband!“ replied the gentleman. “Forgive me for asking, but how many times have you been married?“

　　With that, a smile came across Thelma’s face as she responded, “Four.“

　　They were married shortly after.

　　即使在75的时候，西尔玛仍然过着快乐充实的生活。丈夫去世以后，她的孩子建议她搬到“老年人生活小区”去住。喜欢交友热爱生活的西尔玛就决定搬到那里去住。

　　搬过去不久，西尔玛就成为了活动的领导者，她参与为社区人们做的一切活动，并很快被大家所喜欢，交了很多朋友。当西尔玛80岁的时候，她的一些新朋友为她举办了一个生日晚会来表达对她的喜爱。那晚，当她来到晚宴大厅的时候，大家都站起来欢呼着向她致意，其中有一个人把她带到首席。那晚充满了笑声和欢乐，但是整个晚会上，西尔玛的眼神都没有离开一个坐在另一头的绅士身上。

　　当庆祝结束的时候，西尔玛迅速地离开座位冲到那个男士面前：“对不起，请原谅刚才我一直那样盯着你让你感到不安。我只是控制不住自己去看你。你看，你长的就像我第五个丈夫一样。”

　　“你第五个丈夫!”这个男士惊讶地说，“请原谅我不礼貌的问题，但是你结了几次婚啊?”

　　这时，西尔玛脸上露出笑容，回答到：“四次”。

　　不久，他们就结婚了。

关于英语优美短文摘抄精选

　　经典美文与 英语写作 是两项相对独立但又相互依赖、相辅相成的关系,这一结论对写作教学有很大启发。我整理了关于英语优美短文，欢迎阅读!
　　关于英语优美短文篇一
　　Sleep

　　睡眠

　　Sleep is part of a person’s daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, andthey too occur in cycles.

　　睡眠是人每天日常活动循环的一部分。人的睡眠分几个阶段，而这些阶段也是循环发生的。

　　If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off intoslumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles willrelax, and your breathing well slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bittoo, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. Thisis called stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will driftdown through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brainwaves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will havereached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that areknown as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep.

　　如果你是一个正常的睡眠者，你的睡眠循环会这样进行。在你开始昏昏入睡时，你的眼睛会滚动几下，体温略有下降，肌肉放松，呼吸变得缓慢而有节奏。除了开始几分钟比较快的α节奏外，脑电波也稍有减缓。这被称为第一阶段睡眠。在随后约半小时内，你进一步放松，进入第二和第三阶段睡眠。睡眠越深入，脑电波就越缓慢。大约在开始睡眠后的40到60分钟，你将进入沉睡状态。这时的脑电波表现为巨大的缓波，被称为δ节奏。这就是第四阶段睡眠。

　　You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes afteryou fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm willdisappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dartaround under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you.This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. Itis during REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow andregular once more, and you will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep - only to riseonce again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later.

　　但你并不是整夜都保持这种沉睡状态。入睡后约80分钟左右，你的大脑运动水平会再度略有提高。δ节奏消失，并被脑电波的运动图形取代。你的眼睛会在闭着的眼睑下迅速转动，就好象你在看着眼前发生的什么事情。这种迅速的眼球运动持续约8-15分钟，这一阶段睡眠被称之为快速眼动(REM)睡眠。在REM睡眠阶段，你的肢体会很快再度放松，呼吸也再次放慢并变得有节奏，你会轻松地从第一阶段滑入第四阶段睡眠——直到大约80分钟后重新接近清醒状态。
　　关于英语优美短文篇二
　　风筝人生

　　There never exists absolute freedom free from restrictions; generally, we young people should learn to understand and respect rules and regulations.

　　从来没有没有约束的绝对自由;通常来说,年轻人要学会理解规则，尊重规则。

　　How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to duanwenw.com follow tom which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

　　有时我们真像这风筝! 上苍赋予我们困境和约束,赋予我们成长和增强实力所要遵从的规则。约束是逆风的必要匹配物 。我们中有些人是如此强硬地抵制规则,以至我们从来无法飞到本来能够达到的高度 。我们只遵从部分戒律,因此永远不会飞得足够高,使尾巴远离地面 。

　　Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the duanwenw.com steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.

　　让我们每个人都飞到高处吧,并且认识到这一点:有些可能会令我们生气的约束, 实际上是帮助我们攀升和实现愿望的平衡力 。
　　关于英语优美短文篇三
　　熟悉陌生城市的最好 方法 一迷路

　　I was in a strange city and I didn’t know the city at all. What is more, I could not speak a word of the language.

　　我在一个陌生的城市里并对这座城市一无所知。更糟糕的是当地话我一句也不会说。After having spent my first day in the duanwenw.com center, I decided to lose my way on the second day, since I believed that this was the nearest way of getting to know the strange city.

　　第一天我在市中心待了一天,第二天我决定迷路,因为我相信迷路是了解一座陌生城市的最快办法。

　　I got on first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops. Then got off it and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I know of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly.

　　我上了第一辆路过的公交车,坐了几站地后下车步行。前两个小时非常愉快地过去了,然后我决定返回旅馆吃午饭。走了一段时间之后我想我还是问问路吧。可问题是我唯一会说的一个词就是我所住的街道的名称,并且发音还很糟糕。

　　I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I gave him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and duanwenw.com left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the point.

　　我停下来去问一个长得比较友善的卖报人,他微笑着拿给我一份报纸,我揺揺头又重复了一遍我住的街道的名称,他却把报纸放到我手里,我给了他钱,继续走我的路。我同的第二个人是个警察,他仔细听我说,微笑着并很温和地拉起我的胳膊,他的眼里流露出一种奇怪的神情,他指左指右又指左。我礼貌地点了点头按他指的方向走去。

　　About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer And green fields were appearing in either side of me. I had come all the way into countryside. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station.

　　大约一小时以后我发现周围的房屋越来越少,两边开始出现一片片绿野,我一路来到了乡下。现在我唯一能做的事就是找到最近的火车站了。

作文优秀英语句子摘抄

作文优秀英语句子摘抄

　　every day i miss you. it is a hard time for me to miss you but it is even harder not to do so. in such a contrary mood, i miss you deeply!在每个想念的日子，想你不容易，不想你更难，愿以一片难懂的心情，深深思念你!以下是我整理的有关作文中优秀的英语句子摘抄，希望可以帮到你!

　　作文优秀英语句子摘抄篇一

　　1、It’s you that led me out of the loneliness when i was lost in my mind.

　　曾经迷惘的心中，是你牵引 走出寂寞。

　　2、Love is a carefully designed lie.

　　爱情是一个精心设计的谎言。

　　3、Go back to the past, can return.

　　回到过去，只能回到。

　　4、Do you have a map? Because I just keep losing in your eyes.

　　你有地图么?因为我刚在你的眼神中迷失了。

　　5、I can meet a person in a minute, like a person in an hour and love a person in a day, but it will take me a whole life to forget you.

　　遇上一个人要一分钟的时间，喜欢一个人只需一小时的时间，爱上一个人要一天的时间，可要 忘记你却要用上一生的时间。

　　6、Love is a fabric that nature wove and fantasy embroidered.

　　爱情是一方织巾，用自然编织，用幻想点缀。

　　7、every day i miss you. it is a hard time for me to miss you but it is even harder not to do so. in such a contrary mood, i miss you deeply!

　　在每个想念的日子，想你不容易，不想你更难，愿以一片难懂的心情，深深思念你!

　　8、If at the outset I brave, ending is different.

　　如果当初我勇敢，结局是不是不一样。

　　9、A person live in love, why reduced.

　　一个人好好过，何苦在爱情里沦落。

　　10、He has made his weapons his gods. When his weapons win he is defeated himself.

　　他把他的刀剑当作他的上帝。当他的刀剑胜利的时候他自己却失败了。

　　11、I didn’t miss only t ube would I want to TianYa want to cape.

　　我没有留恋，仅管我会想去天崖想去海角。

　　12、I don’t know whether i really love you, but i know i cannot lose you. if the earth is going to be destroyed i want to tell you that you are the only one i want to see.

　　不知道 是否真的爱，但是 知道 不能没有你，如果地球将要毁灭，那么 要告诉你“你是 唯一想见的人”。

　　13、Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

　　她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的’梦魂。

　　14、I believe in the fairy story u wrote for me, and myself becomes the faint flower in the story.

　　我相信了你编写的童话，自己就成了童话中幽蓝的花。

　　15、God finds himself by creating.

　　神从创造中找到他自己。

　　16、i will make you happy when you are depressed. i will make you delighted when you are in great sorrow!

　　在你抑郁的时候， 就是你的开心果。在你忧伤的时候， 愿作你的忘忧树!

　　17、If you leave me, please don’t comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain.

　　离开我就别安慰我，要知道每一次缝补也会遭遇穿刺的痛。

　　18、In love’s bumpy road, we’d better not say love.

　　在爱情的坎坷路上，我们最好别说爱。

　　19、A heart that loves is always young.

　　有爱的心永远年轻。

　　20、I miss you when i am depressed, just as i miss the sunlight in winter; i miss you when i feel happy, just as i miss the shade in the hot sun.

　　在忧愁时想你，就像在冬天想太阳; 在快乐时想你，就像在骄阳下想树阴。

　　作文优秀英语句子摘抄篇二

　　1、A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.

　　聪明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不会失去。

　　2、To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.

　　活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

　　3、Nothing is more important than to receive education.

　　没有比接受教育更重要的事。

　　4、The day is short but the work is much.

　　工作多，光阴迫。

　　5、The harder you work,the more progress you make.

　　你愈努力，你愈进步。

　　6、The morning sun never lasts a day.

　　好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。

　　7、Look before you leap.

　　三思而后行。

　　8、People believe that computer skills will enhance their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.

　　人们相信拥有计算机技术可以获得更多工作或提升的机会。

　　9、He that doth most at once doth least.

　　什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。

　　10、To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

　　有些东西你想要而没有，这是幸福不可缺少的一部分。

　　11、The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can supply fresh air for us.

　　我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

　　12、Finished labours are pleasant.

　　完成工作是一乐。

　　13、Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.

　　明天如有事，今天就去做。

　　14、The sum of behaviour is to retain a man’s own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.

　　人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严，不妨碍他人的自由。

　　15、We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.

　　我们应该不遗余力地美化我们的环境。

　　16、It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

　　没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。

　　17、We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

　　我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

　　18、Quality matters more than quantity.

　　质量比数量重要。

　　19、It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.

　　全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

　　20、They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

　　不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。

　　21、One today is worth two tomorrows.

　　一个今天胜似两个明天。

　　22、We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life.

　　我们应尽全力去达成我们的人生目标。

　　23、If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.

　　想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。

　　24、Have no fear of perfection ，you’ll never reach it.

　　不要为十全十美担心，你永远作不到十全十美。

　　25、Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.

　　今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

　　26、Pollution poses a great threat to our existence.

　　污染对我们的生存造成一大威胁。

　　27、A work ill done must be twice done.

　　首次做不好，必须重新搞。

　　28、Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

　　有热情而物质时犹如有火焰而无光芒。

　　29、So precious is time that we can’t afford to waste it.

　　时间是如此珍贵，我们经不起浪费它。

　　30、It is right to put everything in its proper use.

　　凡事都应用得其所。

　　31、This issue has caused wide public concern.

　　这个问题已经引起了广泛关注。

　　32、The older, the wiser.

　　姜是老的辣。

　　33、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

　　行动是知识之佳果。

　　34、There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.

　　不可否认的，我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

　　35、Something attempted,something done.

　　有所尝试，就等于有所作为。

　　36、Christmas comes but once a year.

　　圣诞一年只一度。

　　37、Like and like make good friends.

　　趣味相投。

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　　优秀英语美文：自制

　　Self-control is essential to happiness and usefulness. It is the master of all the virtues,andhas its root in self-respect. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from thatmoment he gives up his moral freedom.

　　It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to pursue success with superior diligenceand sobriety.Many of the great characters in history illustrate this trait. In ordinary life theapplication is the same.He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test iswhen everybody is excited or angry,then the well-balanced mind comes to the front.

　　There is a very special demand for the cultivation of his trait at present.The young men whorush into business with no good education or drill will do poor and feverish work.Endurance is amuch better test of character than act of heroism.

　　A fair amount of self-examination is good. Self-knowledge is a preface to self-control. Toomuch self-inspection leads to morbidness; too little conducts to careless and hasty action.There are two things which will surely strengthen our self-control. One is attention toconscience; the other is a spirit of good will.The man who would succeed in any greatundertaking must hold all his faculties under perfect control; they must be disciplined anddrilled until they quickly and cheerfully obey the will.

　　优秀英语美文：论四大自由

　　In the future days, which we seek to make secure,we look forward to a world founded uponfour essential human freedoms.

　　The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world.

　　The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in theworld.

　　The third is freedom from want - which, translated into world terms, means economicunderstandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peace time life for its inhabitants -everywhere in the world.

　　The fourth is freedom from fear - which, translated into world terms, means a world widereduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will bein a position to commit an actof physical aggression against any neighbor - anywhere in theworld.

　　That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable inour own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so called neworder of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

　　To that new order we oppose the greater conception - the moral order. A good society is ableto face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.

　　Since the beginning of our American history we have been engaged in change - in a perpetualpeaceful revolution - a revolution which goes on steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changingconditions - without theconcentration camp or the quicklime in the ditch. The world order whichwe seek is the cooperation of freecountries, working together in a friendly civilized society.

　　This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free menand women;and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means thesupremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gainthose rights and keep them. Our strength is in our unityof purpose.

　　To that high concept there can be no end save victory.

　　优秀英语美文：愚人节

　　While popular in the U.S., the April Fool’s Day tradition is even more prevalent in Europeancountries,such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional trickings areunclear,the French andthe British both have claims on the origin of the celebration.

　　One theory holds that the first April Fool’s Day was on April 1 of the year when King of Franceinstituted the new calendar.This new system placed the day that had formerly been the firstday of a new year on April 1.Many people were reluctant to adjust to the new calandar andcontinued to celebrate New Year’s Day on what had become the first day of April.Thus, theybecome the first April fools.Others began to give gaggifts on the day to mock the foolishnessof thosewho continued to celebrate the new year on April 1.

　　An English story about the day, however, holds that it began sometime during the 1200s.Atthe time, King John of England was in the habit of making a road out of nearly every path hewalked regularly.The citizensof one particular farm village were aware of this.To avoid havingtheir green meadows and pastures disturbed with one of the king’s roads,they built a fencethat prevented the king from walking through their countryside.The king sent a group ofmessengers to inform the villagers that they must remove the barrier.Upon hearing that theking was planning to do this, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own.Whenthemessengers arrived, they found what appeared to be a community of lunatics,with peoplebehaving in a bizarre manner, throwing things and running around wildly.The messengers,alarmed at what they had found, reported to king John that these people were so mad as tobe beyond punishment.So, the villagers saved their farmland by tricking the King. In GreatBritain,tradition only allows April Fool’s tricks from midnightto noon on April 1. Those who try toplay tricks in the afternoon become the fools themselves.