英语美文 | When Love Beckons You 爱的召唤（中英对照）
当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信她，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。
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英语美文 | What I have Lived for 我为何而生（中英对照）
我的一生被三种简单却又无比强烈的激情所控制：对爱的渴望，对知识的探索和对人类苦难难以抑制的屿。这些激情像狂风，把我恣情吹向四方，掠过苦痛的大海，迫使我濒临绝望的边缘。
英语美文 | Ambition 抱负（中英对照）
It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: with out demands, without abrasions, without disappointments.
一个缺乏抱负的世界将会怎样，这不难想象。或许，这将是一个更为友善的世界：没有渴求，没有磨擦，没有失望。
英语美文 | If I Rest, I Rust 如果我休息，我就会生锈（中英对照）
The significant inscription found on an old key---“If I rest, I rust”---would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of idleness.
在一把旧钥匙上发现了一则意义深远的铭文——如果我休息，我就会生锈。
短篇小说 | The Fisherman and His Soul
Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water.
英语美文 | Companionship of Books 以书为伴（中英对照）
通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样，因为有人以人为伴，也有人以书为伴。无论是书友还是朋友，我们都应该以最好的为伴。
短篇小说 | The Devoted Friend
One morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole. He had bright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber.
短篇小说 | The Canterville Ghost
When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted.
短篇小说 | The Birthday of the Infanta
And the Infanta frowned, and her dainty rose-leaf lips curled in pretty disdain. 'For the future let those who come to play with me have no hearts,' she cried, and she ran out into the garden.
短篇小说 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
It was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual.
英语演讲 | 安德烈·萨哈罗夫：自由、人权与和平（Freedom, Human Rights and Peace）
自由、人权与和平（Freedom, Human Rights and Peace）为安德烈·萨哈罗夫领奖时的演讲。演讲者的热切、兴奋与欣慰之情溢于言表。
英语演讲 | 海明威：孤寂成就写作（Writing Is a Lonely Life）
孤寂成就写作（Writing Is a Lonely Life）为海明威在授奖仪式上的演讲词，海明威本人未出席这次授奖仪式，此文由当时美国大使约翰·C．卡波特代读。
