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2016英语经典美文篇一

Love in Mysteries

AS MUCH AS MURDER is a staple in mystery stories， so is love. Love may be a four-letter word， or the greatest of the trio of faith， hope， and love. It may appear in a mystery as the driving force behind the plot and the characters. Or it may appear as an aside in a sub-plot， a light spot in a heavy story. But it's there. Even Valentine knew love was worth dying for.

An emotion this strong gets a lot of attention. Love has its own special day， St. Valentine's Day. According to legend， the Roman emperor Claudius II needed soldiers to fight for him in the far reaches of the Roman Empire. He thought married men would rather stay home than go to war for a couple of years， so he outlawed marriage and engagements. This did not stop people from falling in love. Valentine， a priest， secretly married many young couples. For this crime， he was arrested and executed on February 14.

St. Valentine's Day was off to a rocky start. Love， secrecy， crime， death. Love prevailed， and the day lost its seamy side. Valentine's Day became a day to exchange expressions of love. Small children give each other paper hearts. Adults exchange flowers and chocolates. Everyone has an attack of the warm fuzzies.

Valentine's Day was popular in Europe in the early 1800s as a day men brought gifts to the women they loved. Gradually the expectations grew higher， the gifts got bigger， and eventually the holiday collapsed under the weight of the bills.

It was revived when the custom of exchanging love letters and love cards replaced the mandatory gifts. A young man's love was measured in how much time he spent making a card with paper， lace， feathers， beads， and fabric. If the young man wasn't good with scissors and glue， the job could be hired out to an artist who made house calls.

Valentine's Day grew more popular when machine-made cards became available， and people didn't have to make their own. In England in 1840， the nation-wide Penny Post made it cheap for everyone to send Valentine cards. In the United States， national cheap postal rates were set in 1845， and valentines filled the mail.

"Roses are red， violets are blue" was a popular verse on Valentine cards. Other holidays are associated with particular flowers—— the Christmas poinsettia， the Easter lily—— but Valentine's Day has no specific flower. Instead， it has colors—— red， pink， and white. Red symbolizes warmth and feeling. White stands for purity. According to one romantic flower code， messages can be spelled out with flowers. Gardenias say 'I love you secretly'. Violets say "I return your love'. Roses say 'I love you passionately'. Not surprisingly， the rose is now the top-seeded flower of love.

Love mostly goes wrong in mystery stories. Very badly wrong. Somebody done somebody wrong. Husbands， wives， and lovers kill each other. Or kill for each other. Stack the characters up in any kind of love triangle， and watch how the angles are knocked off. Love is unrequited， thwarted and scorned. Murders are motivated by real or imaginary love， or the lack of it. That famous novelist Ernest Hemingway said， "If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it". So it goes in the mystery. Justice may win， but love is often the loser.

In addition to plots driven by love， or the lack of it， there are sleuths who encounter love in the solving of the crime. The handsome or beautiful detective meets the suspect or the client. Their affair grows around， and in spite of， the murder. Think of the movies Casablanca and Chinatown. Barbara D'Amato offers a different twist on this theme in "Hard Feelings". The amateur sleuth meets a suspect or investigating officer and love smolders around the crime. Rose DeShaw's "Love With the Proper Killer" is such a story.

In a series of novels， if the continuing character is living a full life， love enters the storyline somewhere. Dorothy L. Sayers' sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey fell in love with Harriet Vane while he sleuthed his way through a few books. Sherlock Holmes remained aloof， but Dr. Watson fell in love and married between impossible crimes. There were no such temptations for Hercule Poirot or Jane Marple， but Agatha Christie created Tuppence and Tommy Beresford as a detecting couple.

Real crimes are sometimes motivated by love， and are written about in true crime books. E.W. Count describes one such case in "Love is a Risk." "Married to a Murderer，" by Alan Russell， follows the crime one step further.

Feeling an attack of the warm fuzzies? Do something sweet for someone you love. Then do something sweet for yourself. Settle back with soft music and savour the online mysteries of love and romance in the Valentine and Romance Mysteries sections of this site.

2016英语经典美文篇二

What is This Thing Called Love?

A wise man once said that love is a wonderful thing. Although this statement leaves sparse room for argument， it does little to define what love is beyond the vague realm of wonderful. It is my duty as a devout romantic to embark upon the seemingly difficult task of defining love by looking at the history， explaining what love is not， and examining the uses of love and the results of that usage.

The origin of the word is probably the most logical place to start. As with many words in the English language， love is a derivative of the Latin word "causemajoraproblemus" which means "You're miserable when you got it and miserable when you don't." The word was created to explain the biological phenomenon that existed when certain individuals came into contact with each other and either remained together or went about their lives separately. Regardless of the outcome， the relationship was usuallycharacteristic of throat lumps， knotted stomaches， weak knees， temporary loss of language， sweaty palms， dizzyness， sneezing， and occasional nausea. Belligerent insanity also resulted. History clearly illustrates this. Can we ever forget the face that launched a thousand ships? Federally expressingVan Gogh's ear? The construction of Le Tour Eiffel? All of these were results of love and love lost.

Star-crossed lovers have stated that love is not hand nor foot nor any part belonging to a man. Matrimonial ceremonies also claim that love is not jealous or boastful. Let it be stated here that love also is not a gourmet dish， a domesticated animal， or a latest trend. Love is not a strategic defense mechanism nor the best kept secret at the Pentagon. Love is not another seasoning to bottle and stick on the dust-lined shelves of the spice rack. Love is not to be confused with adhesive tape.

Instead， love is a great counterpart to late， evening thunder storms on hot July nights. Love goes well with cold pizza on picnic blankets. Love is cold， wet sand between bare toes. Love is a capitalistic sell-all for novels， Top-40 pop songs， summer movies， and greeting cards.

In its simplest terms， love is a four-letter word. Much like other words of similar letter make up， when expressed it can evoke laughter， pleasure， pain， anger， and virtually any wave of reaction. Love also can be confused with feelings of indigestion and gas. Houses have been built， burned， and banished because of love.

2016英语经典美文篇三

给儿子的信Dear son……

孩子…

The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …

当你看到我日渐老去，身体也渐渐不行，请给我耐心、理解我……

If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

如果我吃的脏兮兮，如果我不会穿衣服…… 有给我耐心…… 你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?

If， when I speak to you， I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me.

如果，当我一再重复述说同样的事情… 不要打断我， 听我说…

When you were small， I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…

你小时候， 我必须一遍又一遍的读着同样的故事，直到你静静睡着……

When I do not want to have a shower， neither shame me nor scold me…

当我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…

你记得小时候我曾编出多少理由， 只为了哄你洗澡…

When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…

当你看到我对新科技的无知， 给我一点时间， 不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我…

I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…

我曾教了你多少事情啊…。 如何好好的吃， 好好的穿… 如何面对生活……

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it， do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云， 给我一点时间回想… 如果我还是无能为力， 请不要紧张……… 对我而言重要的不是对话，而是能跟你在一起，和你的倾听…

If ever I do not want to eat， do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.

当我不想吃东西时，不要勉强我。 我清楚知道该什么时候进食

When my tired legs do not allow me walk…give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.

当我的腿不听使唤… 扶我一把…。 如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步…

And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…

当有一天我告诉你不想再活下去了…。 请不要生气…。 总有一天你会了解…

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived

试着明白我已是风烛残年，来日可数

Some day you will discover that， despite my mistakes， I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you……

有一天你会发现， 即使我有许多过错， 我总是尽我所能要给你最好的…

You must not feel sad， angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me， try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living.

当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤， 生气或无奈。你要紧挨着我，如同我当初帮着你展开人生一样的了解我

Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

扶我一把， 用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生… 我将用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你

I love adore you， God bless you.

我爱你，上帝保佑你

Your father

你的父亲