在備考四級的時候，多閱讀一些經(jīng)典的美文對大家的提高也是很有幫助的。今天我們?yōu)榇蠹艺砹舜髮W英語四級美文閱讀，歡迎閱讀。

【篇一】大學英語四級美文閱讀

不要降低自己的標準

Suppose a child comes home with a report card with five As and one B. Usually the first thinghis parents will say is "Why the B?" What do you think will go through the child’s mind? Did hetry for the B? Or should his parents congratulate the child for the B and accept a lowerstandard? Not at all.

What the child is really looking for acknowledgement and encouragement for the effort ingetting the five As. A parent after acknowledging and praising the As, can make clear hisexpectations of seeing all six As and offer help if needed. If we lower our standards, thechances are pretty good that the performance next time would drop to those expectations.

Similarly at work, an employee does 100 things right and one thing wrong. Guess what theboss picks on.

Acknowledge the positive but don't lower your standards.

假如一個孩子帶回家一張五個A，一個B的成績單，他的父母親首先通常會這樣問：“為什么得了個B?”你認為孩子心里會怎么想?難道他是爭取得個B嗎?或者父母親應(yīng)該祝賀孩子得了個B，并接受這較低的標準嗎?根本不是。

孩子真正盼望的是，他因努力而獲得的五個A能得到承認和鼓勵。父親或母親可以在承認和贊揚這些A之后，表明想要看到六個A的愿望，并表示如果需要，可以提供幫助。如果我們降低自己的標準，那么下一次的成績很可能低于那些期望。

同樣，在工作上，一個雇員做了100件正確事而做了一件錯事，猜猜老板會挑出哪件事。

承認積極面，但不要降低自己的標準。

【篇二】大學英語四級美文閱讀

女人為什么撒謊?

If you think your woman would never lie to you, guess again. From little white lies to the moreserious variety, most women will curtail the truth at some point in a relationship. Hermotivation for lying can stem from wanting to protect your feelings or, sure enough, to saveher own butt.

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into theriver. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, 'My dear child, why are you crying?'The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to helpher husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water andpulled up a golden thimble set with sapphires.

'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked The seamstress replied, 'No.'

The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studded with rubies.

'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, 'No.'

The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble.

'Is this your thimble ?' the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, 'Yes.' The Lord was pleasedwith the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress wenthome happy.

Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and herhusband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lordagain appeared and asked her, 'Why are you crying?' 'Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into theriver!'

The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. 'Is this your husband?'the Lord asked.

'Yes,' cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious. 'You lied! That is an untruth!' Theseamstress replied, 'Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said'no' to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt.

Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' youwould have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to takecare of all three husbands, so THAT' S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney.

And so the Lord let her keep him.

The moral of this story is:

Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest ofothers. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

如果你認為你的女人從不會對你撒謊，請再仔細考慮一下。大部分女人，小到善意的謊言，大到更為嚴重的假話，都會在牽涉到某種關(guān)系的某一點時掩飾真相。她的撒謊動機也許是想要保護你的情感，或者是，可以相當肯定地說，維護她自身的利益。

有一天，一個女裁縫坐在河邊干活時，不小心把頂針掉進了河里。當她大聲哭喊時，上帝出現(xiàn)了，問她：“我親愛的孩子，你為什么哭啊?”女裁縫回答說，她的頂針掉進河里了，她很需要這個頂針，好用它來幫助丈夫為一家人謀生。上帝把手伸進河里，撈上來一個金燦燦的鑲嵌著藍寶石的頂針。

“這是你的頂針嗎?”上帝問道。女裁縫回答：“不是?！?/p>

上帝又把手伸進河里。他這次手上拿著的是一個金燦燦的鑲嵌著紅寶石的頂針。

“這是你的頂針嗎?”上帝問道。女裁縫再次回答：“不是?！?/p>

上帝再次把手伸進河里，這次他手上拿的是一枚皮制頂針。

“這是你的頂針嗎?”上帝問道。女裁縫回答：“是的?！鄙系酆転榕说恼\實高興，就把三個頂針都給了她，女裁縫高高興興地回了家。

幾年以后，女裁縫和丈夫沿著河岸走著，突然她的丈夫掉進了河里，消失在水下。女裁縫大哭的時候，上帝又出現(xiàn)了，問她：“你為什么哭啊?”“主啊，我的丈夫掉進河里了!”

上帝到了河里，把喬治·克魯尼救了上來。“這是你的丈夫嗎?”上帝問道。

“是的，”女裁縫喊道。上帝大怒?！澳闳鲋e!那不是真話!”女裁縫回答道，“噢，我的主，請寬恕我。這是一個誤會。你瞧，如果我對喬治說：‘不’，你會再救上來一個布萊德·皮特。

那么如果我對他說‘不’，你又會把我丈夫救上來。如果我說‘是的’，你會把他們?nèi)齻€都給我。主啊，我身體不太好，不能把三個丈夫都照顧好啊，所以我就對喬治-克魯尼說‘是’了?！?/p>

而上帝因此就讓女裁縫留著喬治做丈夫了。

這個故事的寓意是：

不管一個女人何時撒謊，那是為了一個善意的和高尚的理由，而且是對別人最有利的。這就是我們要講的故事，而且我們對此堅信不疑。

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