英語散文電影
『壹』 電影的類型有什麼我要英文的
Film Genres
I INTRODUCTION
Film Genres, categories of film characterized by frequently recurring patterns of form, style, and, particularly, subject matter. There is no clear consensus among film historians and critics on the number of genres, or on the line of demarcation between one genre and another. This must be borne in mind when considering the following list of major genres: Adventure; Biography; Comedy; Drama and Melodrama; Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction; Gangster/Crime/Spy/Film Noir; Musical; Problem Picture; War; Western. Some commentators would argue that the category 「Gangster/Crime/Spy/Film Noir」 clearly incorporates two, if not more, distinct genres, as it could be seen to include films as diverse as The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) and Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950). Similarly, the old instry category 「Women's Pics」 straddles at least two classifications: Film Noir and Melodrama. Only the Hollywood cinema has been considered. Obviously, genres exist in the popular cinemas of other countries, although, apart from such clear-cut exceptions as samurai films of Japan or kung fu pictures from Hong Kong, the categories applied are normally derived from Hollywood. Clearly there are interesting differences between, say, a British crime film and an American example, but on the whole these have yet to be studied. Differences between genres tend to be identified more in terms of themes, stars, use of costumes, and settings and locations, than in terms of specific aspects of film-making practice such as editing.
II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
In the days of the studio proction lines, placement of films within genres tended to be part of the thinking of studio executives in their decisions about proction and marketing policy, and were reiterated in the trade papers. Thus, notions about many film genres actually preceded explicit critical analysis. While critical accounts of a film genre tend, appropriately, to be descriptive, the same ideas in the mind of a procer or accountant are often prescriptive, based on a notion of what audiences will find acceptable in, say, a Western.
When critics started to analyse Hollywood films in depth, this link with the collective, entertainment, money-making aspect of the proction system, rather than its initially unrecognized personal, artistic dimension, contributed to an emphasis on the negative aspects of the genres, for example, the limits their conventions imposed on creativity. However, as Colin McArthur argued in his pioneering genre study Underworld USA (1972): 「the responses of film-makers and audiences to the genres seem to offer a good prime facie case for believing that they are animating rather than neutral, that they carry particular charges of meaning independently of whatever is brought to them by particular directors.」
Certainly, it seems unlikely to be coincidence that much of the finest work of Howard Hawks, John Ford, Anthony Mann, and, more recently Clint Eastwood, has been in the Western genre. Nevertheless, only minor or mediocre directors can be said to be defined by their relationship to a genre, and each of the four cited has inflected the genre in significantly different ways, both stylistically and thematically, as well as having done important work in other genres.
III DEVELOPMENT OF GENRES
Clearly film genres change over time as society, the audience, and the institutions of proction change. New stars come along, new themes emerge, new conventions of characterization evolve. The exact nature of these shifts is largely outside the conscious awareness of those responsible for bringing them about, however. The procer, director, writer, and star tend to think in terms of decisions that will make a work more interesting, or generate a more compelling star role, rather than how to modify the genre in response to shifts in society.
Some points relating the development of particular genres to changes in film technology are simple and obvious: there is nothing incongruous about a silent Western, and the genre has been on the screen since The Great Train Robbery (1903, directed by Edwin S. Porter), but the idea of a silent musical is obviously ridiculous, despite the fact that live musical accompaniment ensured that most cinemas were never really silent. Similarly, continually improving techniques for special effects have given new life to the Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror genre, from 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) on through Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) to the cycle of Alien films (Ridley Scott, 1979; James Cameron, 1986; David Fincher, 1992).
Popular films are not a simple reflection of the society that proced them: they are complex texts, systems of discourse certain strands of which bear traces of particular features of the society that generated them. Exactly what mechanisms are involved, however, varies from case to case, and may often be impossible to tease out. Thus, comparisons made between characteristics of the indivial genres, or between one era and another, must be provisional and tentative.
For example, in the 1930s, the great period of the gangster film, there were few major Westerns, and those there were came at the start and end of the decade. In the era of classic Hollywood cinema (from the late 1920s to the decline of the studio system around 1960) both these genres regularly involved conflicts between good and evil.
However, perhaps because part of the gangster film's concern was to indicate the social origins of crime, it is typically the gangster's journey the audience follows, and thus there is strong, if only partial, identification with him. His refusal to accept the restrictions of the urban environment, together with the energy of his indivialism, made him a dangerously fascinating, possibly sympathetic, character when contrasted with the less colourful representatives of law and order.
Indeed, this patina of charisma has persisted through to the present. It is part of the complex appeal of The Godfather series (Francis Ford Coppola: Part I, 1972; Part II, 1974; Part III, 1990), inviting the audience to collude with the actions of Michael Corleone. In the more pastoral world of the classic Western, on the other hand, the hero may have been a loner, but he normally represented the best values of the community. Moreover, it was his progress the audience followed, and thus it was he with whom it identified. Consequently, he was the one with charisma, rather than the villain, whose ultimate defeat and death were not mourned in the same way as the classic gangster's.
Though attempts to specify precisely where Western and gangster genres fit in an overall account of the generic categories of popular cinema are likely to generate academic controversy, all commentators agree on their existence as genres. This makes them appropriate choices for the accounts of generic difference and change given above. Though much has been left out, this is an example of the kind of analysis that can be made in relation to other genres.
『貳』 中學生英文勵志電影
中學生英文勵志電影推薦
節假日中學生可以適當放鬆一下緊張的學習，看一下英文勵志電影還是不錯的選擇，既可以提高英語水平，有可以娛樂立志，我在這給你推薦以下英語勵志電影，大家可以欣賞一下。
中學生英文勵志電影1
『體育篇』
1、《百萬美元寶貝》
對於整個電影，正如導演伊斯特伍德所說，「這不是一個關於拳擊的故事，而是關於希望、夢想和愛的故事」.在麥琪眼裡，夢想就是生命!
2、《洛奇》
弱者當自強，奮斗不停息。一段歌詞可以很完美的表達主題：Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted，one moment ，Would you capture it or just let it slip?
3、《一球成名》
講述一個人從足球愛好者到成為職業球隊主力的故事。大致結構可以說跟《萬夫莫敵》基本上相似。
4、《火的戰車》
最典型的勵志影片，1981年4項奧斯卡得主，關於奧運會的最佳電影，《火的戰車》的劇本根據二十年代兩個青年短跑選手-埃立克.利德爾和哈羅德.亞伯拉罕，為參加1924年在巴黎舉行德奧林匹克運動會刻苦鍛煉，終於取得冠軍的真實故事編寫而成。
5、《告別昨日》
這部電影提到的較少，但的的確確是一部經典的勵志電影，講述自行車手的故事，是AFI評出的勵志電影前幾名之一。
6、《萬夫莫敵》
描寫一名年近30一事無成的普通人，通過一次偶然的機會成為職業橄欖球球員的故事，真實事件改編非常勵志。
7、《百萬金臂》
最棒的棒球電影，看完以後對人生的態度都有所改變，可惜現在已經很難找到這部片子了，網上也幾乎絕跡。
8、《重振球風》
描寫一群少年犯的橄欖球奇跡，仍然是真人真事改編。
『事業篇』
1、《美麗心靈》
一個80歲時憑自己20歲的理論獲得諾貝爾經濟學獎的人。一個偉大的學者，一個生活的強者，一輩子都在和自己嚴重的幻想症做斗爭。「精神分裂症的最大痛苦是分不清哪是真的哪是假的，試想，當你突然認識到那些曾經的人和事以及讓你最珍惜的時刻，並沒有消失，而更糟的是，那些從來都不是真的，這有多可怕啊!」
2、《黑暗中的舞者》
一部震撼心靈的影片，具有深淵一般的穿透力，歌舞片中少有的經典。現實與理想，執著與信念，主題深刻的讓人窒息。
3、《當幸福來敲門》
找到一份工作需要經歷多少艱辛，需要付出多少努力，一份成功之前究盡能遇到多少生活的頸瓶，相信看完這個故事後無論誰都會有新的認識。
4、《時尚女魔頭》
這部勵志電影相對輕松詼諧，主題並不深刻。但仍是一部好的勵志篇。
5、《川流熙攘》
影片講述一個皮條客進軍嘻哈樂界的「傳奇」故事。迪傑是個皮條客，人到中年，卻一事無成。中年危機迫使他整天琢磨活著的意義。沉悶的生活讓他開始懷念中學時在教堂唱詩班的那段日子。迪傑腦子一轉突然萌生出一個奇怪的念頭：去當個說唱歌手。生活其實可以很有創意。
6、《飛行者》
只是個人推薦，因為本人十分欣賞萊昂納多扮演的這個角色。
『磨難篇』
1、《肖申克的救贖》
磨難並不能改變人的一生，除非你自己放棄信念。要學會在磨難中生存，相信終會有走出陰影的一天。
2、 《鋼琴師》
生命是卑微的，卻又是頑強的。他只是想生存，僅此一個目標。
3、《啟示錄》
背景是古代瑪雅時代，故事的重點在後面的追殺戲中。在遇到追逐與殺戮的時，多數人都只會本能性的逃避。但當意識到逃避是不能解決問題的時候，該怎麼辦呢?
4、《我的左腳》
當一個人只剩下左腳可以移動時，仍然不放棄自己的生活和理想。
5、《活著》
在經歷了動盪人生的洗禮後，即使是生活狀態每況愈下，也要堅強的活著。
『生活篇』
1、《楚門的世界》
生活在一個熟知的世界中，至少它會是安全的。不是誰都能有闖入未知領域的勇氣，因為在那裡，你什麼也不是。但正因為這樣，人生才會有意義。
2、《伊麗莎白鎮》
一個在事業中失敗的人最後從生活中找回自我的故事。散文式的敘述風格中充滿了浪漫的筆調。
3、《談談情跳跳舞》
這是我最喜歡的電影之一。每個人都可以擺脫沉悶，單調，乏味的生活，只要能找到你所嚮往的追求。多數人缺少的只是生命的激情。
中學生英文勵志電影2
第一名《阿甘正傳(Forrest Gump)》
這個年代沒有那一部電影能使人獲得如此的寧靜，使它繼續領跑今年的英文勵志電影排行榜。
在踏上這個充滿競爭與排擠的社會之前，《阿甘正傳》教給你的不是與世無爭、息事寧人，而是默默奮斗、樂天知命。看了《阿甘正傳》，內心能多一份平靜，少一份浮躁，就已經足夠了。湯姆漢克斯的經典片，高中生應該都看過的吧!
推薦指數：10
第二名《當幸福來敲門(The Pursuit of Happyness)》
彷彿影片講的是我們似曾相似的往昔再現，又彷彿對我們未來前進的叮囑，在感動之餘，對我們進行了人生的洗禮，只要不放棄，就一定會成功。威爾·史密斯主演。《當幸福來敲門》(The Pursuit of Happyness)取材於發生在美國真實故事。故事的主角就是當今美國著名黑人投資專家Chris Gardner。影片詮釋出一位瀕臨破產、老婆離家的落魄業務員，刻苦耐勞的善盡單親責任，奮發向上成為股市交易員，最後成為知名的金融投資家的勵志故事
推薦指數：9
第三名 《畢業生(The Graate)》
獻給大三大四的同學，當要離開校園時
達斯汀.霍夫曼對未知世界的彷徨和嚮往，以及那個洋溢著激情和沖動的結尾，都一絲不差地契合了畢業生的心情。當然，還有那首廣為傳唱的插曲，它會適時地盪起你心中淡淡的離愁。
推薦指數：9
第四名 心靈捕手(Good Will Hunting)
麻省理工學院的數學教授藍波在席上公布了一道困難的數學題，卻被年輕的清潔工威爾(馬特·戴蒙 飾)解了出來。可是威爾卻是個問題少年，成天和好朋友查克(本·阿弗萊特飾)等人四處閑逛，打架滋事。當藍波找到這個天才的時候，他正因為打架襲警被法庭宣判送進看守所。藍波向法官求情保釋，才使他免於牢獄之災。
藍波為了讓威爾找到自己的人生目標，不浪費他的數學天賦，請了很多心理學專家為威爾做輔導，但是威爾十分抗拒，專家們都束手無策。無計可施之下，藍波求助於他大學的好友，心理學教授尚恩(羅賓·威廉姆斯 飾)，希望能夠幫助威爾打開心房。
經過藍波和尚恩的不懈努力，威爾漸漸敞開心胸，而好友查克的一席話，更是讓他豁然開朗。
第五名 美麗心靈(A Beautiful Mind)
一個80歲時憑自己20歲的理論獲得諾貝爾經濟學獎的人。一個偉大的學者，一個生活的強者，一輩子都在和自己嚴重的.幻想症做斗爭。
第六名 百萬美元寶貝(Million Dollar Baby)
正如導演伊斯特伍德所說的，」這不是一個關於拳擊的故事，是關於希望、夢想和愛的故事」，看過這部電影，相信大家就會知道今年奧斯卡典禮上的大 獲全勝真的是實至名歸。
推薦指數：8
第七名 時尚女魔頭(The devil wears in Prada)
剛從學校畢業不久的女孩安德莉婭，機緣巧合進入了一家頂級時裝雜志社作總編助手。然而她很快發現自己的工作簡直是一場噩夢。在最後的時刻，她明白了什麼才是自己真正想要的~女主演安妮·海瑟薇很漂亮~
推薦指數：7
第八名 永不妥協(Erin Brockovich)
一個單身母親，帶著三個孩子，沒有受過高等教育，社會地位低下，數度求職而被拒，銀行帳戶上只有十四元錢，車停在道上挨罰單，還被其他的車撞……一個在事業、家庭、愛情之間摸爬滾打、不辭辛勞的女人，心直口快，善良機敏，偶爾還有些粗俗。她先是為自己的權益而戰，繼而為公眾的權益而戰，把公眾的權益當作了自己的權益。愛害人痛苦的樣子，令她深感同情，而別人的信賴，也令她找到了自我的價值，她的直覺，最終引導她走向了更高遠的目標，完成了一件別人無法想像的事，可以說是奇跡。只要有一線希望，就不輕言放棄，正如片名：永不妥協。一個平凡而偉大的女人，被朱麗婭羅伯茨演得細膩入微。
推薦指數：7
第九名 光輝歲月(Remember the Titans)
該片是根據真人真事改編，故事發生於1971年，兩間黑人中學和一間白人中學合並，於是這三個學校的足球隊必須重新組成一支混合球隊。白人教練約特(韋爾· 帕頓飾)將此視為「人格侮辱」而憤然辭職，於是黑人教練赫爾曼·布恩(丹澤爾·華盛頓飾)接手統領。他除了需要解決各隊的分歧外，還要應付當時徘徊於種族間的緊張狀況。最終，他排除萬難，帶領他的隊伍打開勝利之門。
推薦指數：6
第十名. 黑暗中的舞者(Dancer in the Dark)
在美國某個鄉村工廠做工的捷克移民塞爾瑪(比約克)天性善良，因患有先天性疾病，她的視線正日趨模糊。為了不讓遺傳了該病的兒子也將宿命繼承，塞爾瑪每日做工都很辛苦，不知情的好友兼同事林達(凱薩琳·丹妮芙)因心疼而好言相勸時，她總是報一微笑，因為她還有另一個純粹屬於音樂的世界，其間的美好與安靜，足以抵擋現實的心酸與艱難。
令她欣慰的是，在眼睛要徹底變瞎之前，基本籌齊了兒子手術所需的費用，然而就在此時，意外發生，她的命運被加速推向復雜悲慘的境地。
;『叄』 請問中外電影中有哪些優秀作品屬於散文式結構的
《城南舊事》
吳貽弓繼《巴山夜雨》之後獨立執導的《城南舊事》，為中國的散文電影提供了一個幾乎難以企及的範本。影片以「淡淡的哀愁，沉沉的相思」為情感線索，透過小女孩英子的目光，在離情別緒中講著三個似乎互不相關的故事。小童星沈潔和《送別》的歌詞與旋律是人們對《城南舊事》最感性的認知。影片注重意象的唯美風格代表了同時期一批中年導演的創作傾向。
該片沒有嚴密的故事聯結,而選取了"英子"童年的一些片段以散文風格進行敘述,清晰自然,難得的此類作品國產佳作.
青木瓜之戀
整部片子幽黯恬靜，籠著一層朦朧的輕紗，女主角梅的每次出現，以及著力刻畫出的昆蟲、清水、器皿、木瓜……的靜態，敏銳捕捉到的深門大戶宅院每一處的細節，猶如從這層晦澀的紗罩中透出的光線，恰如其分，閃爍而不耀眼、靈動卻不張揚。故事也在這一幅幅唯美的畫面里若隱若現有意無意中展開：貧窮的梅年幼時就被送至一個中產家庭作傭人，男主人為追求藝術理想常年在外漂泊，女主人默默持家，為支持丈夫，家道漸落……梅在童稚的夢幻和日日勞作中慢慢長大，少爺浩民漸漸喜歡上梅的淳樸，清新，富家小姐悵然離去……結局仍是隱約含蓄，梅手捧書本席地而坐，散發著趨向成熟的動人光彩，引人無限遐思。
然後必須注意的是這部片子的導演"陳英雄",他還導演了《三輪車夫》、《夏天的滋味》,合稱為"越南三步曲",都是散文詩風格電影的經典作品,在國際上多次獲獎,是越南近年來電影的標志性作品.
看在你MM才給找了那麼多素材,累啊!!!
『肆』 雙語散文欣賞我父親的音樂
散文 是一種抒發作者真情實感、寫作方式靈活的記敘類文學體裁。接下來，我給大家准備了雙語 散文欣賞 我父親的音樂,歡迎大家參考與借鑒。
雙語散文欣賞我父親的音樂
I remember the day Dad first lugged the heavy accordion up our front stoop,taxing his small frame. He gathered my mother and me in the living room and opened the case as if it were a treasure chest. "Here it is,"he said. "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life."
我還記得那天，爸爸豁出瘦小的身軀，第一次把那沉甸甸的手風琴拖上我們家的門廊。他把媽姆和我召到客廳，打開箱子，好像那是個百寶箱似的.「給，」。他說，「你一學會拉它，它就跟你終身做伴。」
If my thin smile didn't match his full-fledged grin, it was because I had prayed for a guitar or a piano. It was 1960, and I was glued to my AM radio,listening to Del Shannon and Chubby Checker. Accordions were nowhere in my hit parade. As Ilooked at the shiny white keys and cream-colored bellows, I could already hear my friends' squeeze box jokes.
我淡淡一笑，滿不像他那麼喜笑顏開，可那是因為裁一直巴望著有一把吉他，或一架鋼琴。當時是1960年，我迷上了在調幅廣播里收聽戴爾·香農和查比·切克的音樂。手風琴在我的流行曲目里根本排不上號。看著那白晃晃的琴鍵和奶油色的風箱，我都可以聽到夥伴們嘲弄這玩意兒的聲音。
For the next two weeks, the accordion was stored in the hall closet. Then one evening Dad announced that I would start lessons the following week. In disbelief I shot my eyes toward Mom for support. The firm set of her jaw told me I was out of luck.
後來的兩個禮拜，手風琴一直擱在門廳的壁櫥里。有天晚上，爸爸宣布，’下周起我就開始上手風琴課。狐疑中我直向母親遞眼色，求她幫忙。可她緊閉著嘴，就是說我這次倒了霉了。
Spending $300 for an accordion and $5 per lesson was out of character for my father. He was practical always-something he learned growing up on a Pennsylvania farm. Clothes, heat and sometimes even food were scarce.
花300元買架手風琴，每上一課還得交五元，這可不合我父親的性格。他向來都很講究實際——這是他自小在賓夕法尼亞州的農場學來的。當時穿的，取暖的，有時候連吃的都很少。
Before I was born, he and my mother moved into her parents' two-story home in Jersey City, N.J. I grew up there on the second floor; my grandparents lived downstairs. Each weekday Dad made the three-hour commute to and from Long Island, where he was a supervisor in a comparty that serviced jet engines. Weekends, he tinkered in the cellar, turning scraps of plywood into a utility cabinet or fixing a broken toy with spare parts. Quiet andshy, he was never more comfortable than when at his workbench.
我出生前，父母搬進了新澤西州澤西城外公外婆家一樓一底的房子。我就是在那兒的樓上長大的，外公他們住樓下。爸爸每天去長島上班來回要坐三個小時的車。他在那兒的一家飛機發動機維修公司做監督，周末他就在地窖里東修西補，不是把零星的膠合板拼湊成多用櫃，就是找些個零部件 修理 破玩具。他生性沉靜靦腆，只有坐在工作凳上時他才最為自在。
Only music carried Dad away from his world of tools and projects. On a Sunday drive, he turned the radio on immediately. At red lights, I'd notice his foot tapping in time. He seemed to hang on every note.
只有音樂可以使爸爸陶醉，忘卻他那個近視工具和活計的天地。星期天只要一開車，他便打開收音機。遇見紅燈，就見他的腳及時地輕輕打起拍子。他好像不放過每一個音符。
Still, I wasn't prepared when, rummaging in a closet, I found a case that looked to me like a tiny guitar's. Opening it, I saw the polished glow of a beautiffil violin. "It's your father's," Mom said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to ever learn to play it." I tried to imagine Dad's rough hands on this delicate instrument-and couldn't. .
然而，我還是沒有料到，又一次翻一個壁櫥，竟發現一隻盒子，我看像個小吉他盒。打開一看，卻是把漂亮的小提琴，光滑鋥亮的。「那是你父親的，」媽媽說，「他父母給他買的。怕是農場上太忙了吧，他壓根兒就沒顧上學。」我盡量想像爸爸那雙粗手在擺弄這把精巧的小提琴——可就是想像不出來。
Shortly after, my lessons began with Mr. Zelli at the Allegro Accordion School tucked between an old movie theater and a pizza parlor. On my first day, with straps straining my shoulder, I felt clumsy in every way. "How did he do?" my father asked when it was over. "Fine for the first lesson,"said Mr.ZeUi. Dad glowed with hope.
不久，我在手風琴速成學校跟澤里先生上起課來了，那個學校夾在一家舊電影院和一家餡餅店之間。第一天，我肩上勒緊了兩條皮帶，怎麼都覺得別扭。「他怎麼樣?」過後父親問老師。「第一課嘛，還可以。」澤里先生說。爸爸看有希望，神采奕奕。
I was ordered to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. My future seemed to be outside playing ball, not in the house mastering songs I would soon forget, but my parents hounded me to practice.
按規定我每天的練半小時的琴，而我每天都沒法躲過去。我看我的前途是在戶外打球，不是呆在屋裡練很快就會遺忘的曲子，可父母逼著我練。
Graally, to my surprise, I was able to string notes together and coordinate my hands to play simple songs. Often, after supper, my father would requesta tune or two. As he sat in his easy chair, I would fumble through "Lady of Spain" and "Beer Barrel Polka."
想不到我漸漸可以把各個音符串起來，兩手配合著拉起簡單的歌曲了。晚飯後，父親常常要我拉上一兩段曲子。他坐在安樂椅里，我就笨手笨腳地拉完《西班牙女郎》和《啤酒桶波爾卡》
"Very nice, better than last week," he'd say. Then I would segue into a med-ley of his favorites, "Red River Valley" and "Home on the Range," and he would drift off to sleep, the newspaper folded on his lap. I took it as a compliment that he could relax under the spell of my playing.
「很好，比上星期強。」他會說。於是我一口氣拉下去，把他最喜歡的歌曲《紅河谷》和《家在牧場》混在一起，於是他不知不覺地睡去，報紙還攤在膝上。他能在我的演奏感召之下，也輕松一下算是對我的贊賞吧。
One July evening I was giving an almost flawless rendition of "Come Back to Sorrento,"and my parents called me to an open window. An elderly neighbor, rarely seen outside her house, was leaning against our car humming dreamily to the tune. When I finished, she smiled broadly and called out, "I remember that song as a child in Italy. Beautiful, just beautiful."
有年七月的一天傍晚，我正在拉《重歸蘇連托》，幾乎是無懈可擊，父母把我叫到一扇窗口。一個上了年紀的鄰居，很少見她出門，這時正依在我家車旁，恍恍惚惚地跟著曲子哼著。我拉完了，她笑眯眯地喊道：「我小時候在義大利就記得這首歌。好聽，真好聽。」
Throughout the summer, Mr. Zelli's lessons grew more difficult. It took me a week and a half to master them now. All the while I could hear my buddies outside playing heated games of stickball. I'd also hear an occasional taunt: "Hey, where's your monkey and cup?
整個夏天，澤里先生的課越上越難。現在要花一個半星期才能學會。我一邊學琴一邊可以聽到夥伴們在外面玩棍球玩得好熱鬧，不時還聽到句把損人的話：「喂!你那猴兒罐兒呢?」
Such humiliation paled, though, beside the impending fall recital, I would have to play a solo on a local movie theater's stage. I wanted to skip the whole thing. Emotions boiled over in the car one Sunday afternoon.
不過，眼看秋季演奏會就要到來，這么糟踐人也就不算個事了。強得耷本地一家電影院上台獨奏。我想賴掉這差事。個星期天下午在車上，我們都動了感情，都發火了。
"I don't want to play a solo," I said.
我不想獨奏。」我說。
"You have to," replied my father.
你就得獨奏。」父親答道。
"Why?" I shouted. "Because you didn't get to play your violin when you were a kid? Why should I have to play this stupid instrument when you never had to play yours7"Dad pulled the car over and pointed at me.
「為啥?」我吼道，「就因為你小時候沒能拉成小提琴?你不拉就行我干嗎就非得拉這笨乎乎的玩意兒?爸爸剎住車，面對著我。
"Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts. That's a gift I won't let you throw away." He added softly, "Someday you'll have chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you understand why you've worked so hard."
「就因為你可以給別人帶來歡樂。你可以打動他們的心。，那是給人的一份禮物，我不許你白扔了。」他又輕聲說，「總有一天你會有我從來沒有的機會：你會給你的妻子兒女演奏美麗動聽的音樂。那時候你就會明白你干嗎要這么苦練了。」
I was speechless. I had rarely heard Dad speak with such feeling about anything, much less the accordion. From then on, I practiced without parents' making me.
我無言以對。我很少聽到父親說話這么動情，更何況是說的手風琴。從此我練琴不用父母逼了。
The evening of the concert Mom wore glittery earrings and more makeup than I could remember. Dad got out of work early, put on a suit and tie, and slicked down his hair with Vitalis. They were an hour early, so we sat in the living room chatting nervously. I got the unspoken message that playing this one song was a dream come true for them.
音樂會那天晚上，媽媽戴上亮晶晶的耳環，臉上沒見她這么打扮過。爸爸早早就下了班，紮上領帶，一身套裝，頭發用發油梳得溜光。他們提前一小時就打扮完了，我們便坐在客廳里緊張地聊天。這時我得到一個無言的啟示：演奏這么一首歌是實現他倆的一個夢想。
At the theater nervousness overtook me as I realized how much I wanted to make my parents proud. Finally, it was my turn. I walked to the lone chairon stage and performed "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" without a mistake. The applause spilled out, with a few hands still clapping after others hadstopped. I was lightheaded, glad my ordeal was over.
在電影院，我意識到我是真想使父母感到自豪時，簡直緊張死了。終於輪到我上場了。我走向台上孤零零的椅子，演奏了《今晚你可寂寞?》沒出一點兒錯。一時掌聲四起，落下後還有幾個人在拍手。我高興得輕飄飄的，總算熬到頭了。
After the concert Mom and Dad came backstage. The way they walked—heads high, faces flushed—I knew they were pleased. My mother gave me a big hug. Dad slipped an arm around me and held me close. "You were just great," he said. Then he shook my hand and was slow to let it go.
音樂會散後媽媽和爸爸來到後台。瞧他們走路那神氣——昂首挺胸，紅光滿面，我就知道他們很高興。母親緊緊擁抱了我。爸爸伸過一隻胳臂摟住我不放。「你真是好樣兒的!」他說，然後又握住我的手，久久不松開。
As the years went by, the accordion drifted to the background of my life. Dad asked me to play at family occasions, but the lessons stopped. When I went to college, the accordion stayed behind in the hall closet next to my father's violin.
隨著歲月的流逝，那架手風琴在我的生活中也漸漸隱退了。爸爸只要我在家有節慶的時候拉一拉，課是不上了。我上大學，那琴就放在門廳的壁櫥里，挨著父親的小提琴。
A year after my graation, my parents moved to a house in a nearby town. Dad, at 51, finally owned his own home. On moving day, I didn't have the heart to tell him he could dispose of the accordion, so I brought it to my own home and put it in the attic.
我 畢業 一年後，父母搬到了附近一個鎮上。父親在51歲終於有了自己的房子。搬家那天，我不忍心告訴他可以把手風琴賣了，於是我把它拿回我自己的家，放在閣樓上。
There it remained, a sty memory until one afternoon several years later when my two children discovered it by accident. Scott thought it was secret treasure; Holly thought a ghost lived inside. They were both right.
它就呆在那兒，一件灰塵撲撲的紀念物，直到好幾年後的一天下午，我的兩個孩子偶然發現了它。司各特以為是個秘藏的珍寶，荷里以為里頭住了個精靈。他倆都講對了。
When I opened the case, they laughed and said, "play it, play it." Reluctantly,I strapped on the accordion and played some simple songs. I was surprised! my skills hadn't rusted away. Soon the kids were dancing in circles and giggluig. Even my wife, Terri, was laughing and clapping to the beat. I wa samazed at their unbridled glee.
我一打開箱子，他們就笑了，說道：「拉拉，拉拉嘛。」我勉強套上琴的背帶，拉了一些簡單的歌曲。沒想到我的琴法竟然沒有荒疏。很。陝孩子們就轉著圈子跳呀笑個不停。連我妻子特麗也樂呵呵地和著節奏拍起手來。他們那興高采烈的痛快勁兒真讓我吃驚。
My father's words came back to me: "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. Then you'II understand."I finally knew what it meant to work hard and sacrifice for others. Dad had been right all along: the most precious gift is to touch the hearts of those you love.
這時，父親的話又回到我的腦海：「總有一天你會有我從來沒有的機會。那時你就會明白的。」 我終於明白了為他人努力工作和做出犧牲的意義。爸爸始終是對的：打動你所愛的人的心才是最寶貴的禮物。
Later I phoned Dad to let him know that, at long last, I understood. Fumbling for the right words, I thanked him for the legacy it took almost 30 years to discover. "You're welcome," he said, his voice choked with emotion.
事後我打電話給爸爸，告訴他我終於明白過來了。我拙嘴笨舌地不知說什麼好，只說我花了差不多30年的工夫才發現了他留給我的這筆財富，為此我感謝他。「不客氣。」他說，嗓音因激動而哽咽了。
Dad never learned to coax sweet sounds from his violin. Yet he was wrong to think he would never for his family. On that wonderful evening, as my wife and children laughed and danced, they heard my accordion. But it was my father's music.
爸爸從未學會從他那小提琴上撥出甜美的聲音。但他以為他永遠都不會為他的家人演奏樂曲，那是他錯了。就在那個美妙的夜晚，我的妻兒又笑又跳，聽著我拉手風琴。可那是我父親的音樂。
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『伍』 下面哪一部作品被稱為"散文詩"電影
《小街》《城南舊事》
20世紀20~30年代在歐洲出現的與詩電影相對而言的藝術流派和電影樣式。蘇聯散文電影的主要代表..'" 尤特凱維奇、..格拉西莫夫'" 格拉西莫夫等認為電影藝術的中心任務是塑造「能夠使觀眾喜愛的主人公」;影片中主要的是「人、他們的行動、他們的相互關系」;「形像只有通過與其他人們的相互關系、與事件的相互關系，才有可能創造出來」。主張電影「向散文學習」。代表作品有《夏伯陽》、《列寧在十月》、《馬克辛三部曲》等。這些影片或塑造了革命領袖形像，或描寫了英雄人物的思想發展和性格成長，它們通過敘事結構和對人物的心理刻劃,表現了時代環境,歌頌了無產階級革命斗爭以及歷史上的豐功偉績。40年代以後被認為與「戲劇電影」相對而言的散文電影，以美國影片《公民凱恩》與義大利新現實主義電影為開端。這類影片不遵循傳統的戲劇結構形式，不採用貫串完整的情節沖突，而是通過多種敘述手段，用多側面、多層次、多聲部的手法，使作品更加接近生活的本來形態，以造成親切可信的藝術效果。但這類影片並不排斥戲劇性，而是從自然的日常生活與鬆散的散文結構中表現現實生活中的戲劇性
『陸』 初一上冊英語小美文兩篇，急用！！！
My family
I love my family, because I have a happy family.
My father is an English teacher. His name is Jacky. He is thirty-eight. He likes playing basketball. What』s my mother job? Is she a teacher? Yes, you』re right! My mother is very kind and nice, she is thirty-seven. My mother is always laborious work. I love my parents!
On Saturday and Sunday, I often go to the library and play the piano, My father go to play basketball. Sometimes, we watch TV and listen to music at home.
I love my family. Because I』m very happy to live with my parents together!
我的家庭
我愛我的家庭,因為我有一個快樂的家庭.
我的爸爸是一名英語教師,他的名字叫Jacky.他今年38歲.他非常喜歡打籃球.我的媽媽是趕什麼呢?她是一名教師嗎?是的.你說對了!我的媽媽是一個很親切、友善的人,她今年37歲.我媽媽總是勤勞的幹活.我愛我的父母.
在星期六和星期天里,我經常去圖書館和彈鋼琴.我爸爸去打籃球.有時侯,我們都在家看電視和聽音樂.
我愛我家.因為我和爸爸媽媽一起生活得很開心!
Ann』s Diary
Today was Sunday. Today was September 30th, 2004. It was a boring day. It was hot. I was not a work.
I watched TV all morning. The shows were boring. Then I called my friend, Nancy. She wasn』t at home. I didn』t know where she was.
At twelve I was hungry. There was not any food in the fridge. I was lazy. I was tired. Then I ate lunch outside. At one o』clock. I was in bed. In the afternoon I was at the movies. The film was boring. I'm glad tomorrow is Monday. I can go to school and see my friends.
安的日記
今天是星期天，2004年9月30日。這是令人厭煩的一天。今天天氣很熱，我呆在家裡，不用去上學。
我看了一上午的電視。電視節目和無聊。於是我給好朋友南西打電話，可她不在家。我不知道她去哪裡了。
十二點我餓了，可是冰箱里什麼食物都沒有。我很懶惰，也很勞累，於是我出去吃了午飯。一點我上床睡覺。下午我去了電影院。電影很無聊。很高興明天就是星期一了，我有可以返回學校見到我的好朋友了。
『柒』 有沒有適合朗誦的英語美文，急需
文歌曲]-One thing
·[英文歌曲]-Falling 墮落
·[英文歌曲]-Diary(圖)
·[英文歌曲]-Heal the World
·[英文歌曲]-Forever《永遠》
·[英文歌曲]-Miracle (愛的奇跡)
·[英文歌曲]-Dangerously in love
·[英文歌曲]-I am alive
·[英語歌曲]-只要你愛我
·[英文歌曲]-Things will go my way
·[英文歌曲]-Call my name
·[英文歌曲]-突如其來的愛情故事
·[英文歌曲]-Even If
·[英語歌曲]-Viva Forever spice girls
·[英語歌曲]-TPiecesofme我的每一部分
·[英語歌曲]-The end of the world
·[英語歌曲]-Heaven(圖)
·[英文歌曲]-Summer Wine
·[英語歌曲]-You should've known better
·[英語歌曲]-A song for you
·[英語歌曲]-Did you ever see a lassie
·[英語歌曲]-Simple simon
1 Yesterday Once More 2 Said I love You..But.. 3 Hotel California 4 Reality 5 Save the Best for Last
6 Rhythm of the Rain 7 La Paloma 8 I Have Nothing 9 I Swear 10 Emotion
11 Paint My Love 12 Candle in the Wind 13 Love story 14 Sailing 15 Casablanca
16 Sound of silence 17 Sealed with a kiss 18 Careless whisper 19 Right here waiting 20 Let it be
21 Moon River 22 Sad movie 23 Yesterday 24 Love is blue 25 Oh Carol
26 Love me tender 27 River of Babylon 28 Everytime You Go Away 29 My Heart Will Go On 30 Everything I Do
31 Say You Say Me 32 The Cup of Life 33 Overture of William 34 Gmmei 35 Winterfire
36 Denyboy 37 Superstar 38 Take a Bow 39 Beauty and the Beast 40 Miss You
41 a whole new world 42 because i love you 43 big big world 44 colors of the wind 45 evergreen
46 eyes on me 47 i just called to.. 48 i will always love.. 49 love of my life 50 perfect moment
51 speak softly love 52 when i fall in love 53 sitting down here 54 Hotel California 55 tennesse waltz
56 the wedding 57 changing partners 58 are you lonesome.. 59 tammy 60 the last waltz
61 sad movies 62 all kind of my.. 63 and i love her 64 summer holiday 65 hey jude
66 hey paula 67 the greatest love.. 68 saving all my love.. 69 endless love 70 making love out of..
71 i've never been to me 72 moonlight flower 73 you're my everything 74 one more night 75 you needed me
76 rains & tears 77 run away 78 tell laure i love her 79 young love 80 auld lang syne
81 inside of my guitar 82 500 miles 83 sa tears go by 84 the end of the world 85 and i love you so
86 stay awhile 87 the way we were 88 evergreen tree 89 morning has broken 90 paloma blanca
91 imaging 92 cotton fields 93 rhineston cowboy 94 nobody's child 95 moon river
96 diana 97 holiday 98 on!carol 99 frankie 100 tea for two
101 if 102 angel of the morning 103 there s a kind of.. 104 san francisco 105 rose garden
106 i started a joke 107 mandy 108 Family Portrait 109 take me home 110 pretty boy
111 Jenny From The Block 112 Trouble 113 White Flag 114 You Don t Know My.. 115 Fighter
116 Me Against The Music 117 Breathe 118 Stole-Kelly Rowland 119 Slow-Kylie Minogue 120 The Closest Thing..
121 Milkshake 122 Too Lost In You 123 No Scrubs 124 Survivor 125 take me to your heart
--奧斯卡歐美電影金曲-- ‖百年經典‖
經典珍藏版(一) 1 我怎麼活 【空中監獄】 2 愛情傻瓜 【新羅密歐與茱麗葉】 3 再見 【巧克力情人】
4 天使怎麼會傷我的心 【天使多情】 5 屈服 【007之明日帝國】 6 歡樂嘉年華 【王牌大賤諜】 7 麻煩 【第五元素】
8 愛你所愛 【愛情失竊事件】 9 敬重 【花木蘭】 10 我將記住 【人生點滴是真情】 11 我總夢見你 【白宮奇緣】
12 我不想在提起 【驚世未了情】 13 x檔案 【x檔案】 14 乘噴氣機離去 【地球末日】 15 破壞者 【越空狂龍】
經典珍藏版(二) 16 往無前 【穿梭夢美人】 17 墜入愛河 【四個婚禮一個葬禮】 18 夢 【職業特功隊】
19 此情可待 【終有一天感動你】 20 威力無限 【炮彈專家】 21 三番市 【阿甘正傳】 22 說你說我 【白夜】
23 他是我兄弟 【第一滴血3】 24 我的寶貝 【寶貝小情人】 25 今夜愛無限 【獅子王】 26 嶄新世界 【阿拉丁】
27 似曾相識 【時光倒流七十年】 28 夜色 【夜色】 29 落日之幻影 【生命因你而動聽】 30 引領我 【壯志凌雲】
經典珍藏版(三) 31 黑超特警 【mib黑超特警】 32 心之形 【這個殺手不太冷】 33 現在和永遠 【賭命鴛鴦】
34 粉紅色玫瑰 【一切從失戀開始】 35 星體 【阻擊職業殺手】 36 我相信我能飛 【太空也入樽】 37 漂亮 【雲裳風暴】
38 你的追求 【那一天傳奇】 39 吻她 【小美人魚】 40 費城街頭 【費城故事】 41 007主題音樂 【007】
42 你的愛有多深 【周末狂熱愛】 43 破曉時分 【現代女人心】 44 玫瑰之吻 【蝙蝠俠第三集】 45 勿傷我心 【致命戀人】
經典珍藏版(四) 46 電話訴衷情 【紅衣女郎】 47 老虎的眼睛 【洛奇】 48 時光流逝 【北非諜影】
49 倒退華爾茲 【沉默的羔羊】 50 你的畫像 【憨豆先生】 51 伴我一生 【留住有情人】 52 殘酷 【此情可問天】
53 我會永遠等待 【捉鬼敢死隊】 54 暢通無阻 【艷舞女郎】 55 紅色女郎 【上班女郎】 56 生生不息 【獅子王】
57 你愛的那個 【生於七月四日】 58 未來戰士 【未來戰士】 59 說愛 【理智與情感】 60 王者殿堂 【危機總動員】
經典珍藏版(五) 61 打擊 【三步殺人曲】 62 一無所有 【女人香】 63 跨越彩虹 【綠野仙蹤】
64 此情永不移 【廊橋遺夢】 65 總在某處 【鵝塘暗殺令】 66 如果你需要傳奇 【精子奇緣】 67 讓我哭泣 【激情交叉點】
68 上帝知道 【一生的愛都給你】 69 駕駛 【的士司機】 70 海底下 【小美人魚】 71 雪絨花 【音樂之聲】
72 你一定愛上了我 【貝隆夫人】 73 我一無所有 【保鏢】 74 改變世界 【不一樣的本能】 75 奔向你 【保鏢】
經典珍藏版(六) 76 幻想 【變相怪傑】 77 化裝舞會 【情人】 78 你讓我快樂 【獵愛高手】
79 當男人愛上女人【當男人愛上女人】 80 愛情故事 【愛情故事】 81 你我和第三次世界大戰 【職業特工隊】 82 美女與野獸 【美女與野獸】
83 奔放的旋律 【人鬼情未了】 84 畢業生 【畢業生】 85 你可曾見過雨 【費城故事】 86 我會永遠愛你 【保鏢】
87 當我墜入愛河 【西雅圖未眠夜】 88 感覺真好 【閃電舞】
goodbye heal the world
windflowers love story
anyoneatall all out of love
my heart will go on I want it that way
take my breath away tonight i celebrate my love
can you feel the love tonight 獅子王續集-榮耀大地
my heart stays with you 獅子王續集-沉睡的獅子
that's why (you go away) everything i do (i do it for you)
yesterday once more
泰塔尼克《我心永恆》插曲
魂斷藍橋 《友誼地久天長》插曲
北非諜影 《卡薩布蘭卡》插曲
I Will Always Love You
007 <《007主題音樂》插曲> 泰塔尼克 <《我心依舊》插曲> 007之明日帝國 <《屈服》插曲>
魂斷藍橋 <《友誼地久天長》插曲> MIB黑超特警 <《黑超特警》插曲> 北非諜影 <《卡薩布蘭卡》插曲>
X檔案 <《X檔案》插曲> 阿甘正傳 <《三番市》插曲> 阿拉丁 <《嶄新世界》插曲>
愛情故事 <《愛情故事》插曲> 愛情失竊事件 <《愛你所愛》插曲> 白宮奇緣 <《我總夢見你》插曲>
白夜 <《說你說我》插曲> 伴我一生 <《伴我一生》插曲> 寶貝小情人 <《我的寶貝》插曲>
保鏢 <《奔向你》插曲> 保鏢 <《我一無所有》插曲> 保鏢 <《我會永遠愛你》插曲>
時光流逝 <《北非諜影》插曲> 貝隆夫人 <《你一定愛上了我》插曲> 畢業生 <《畢業生》插曲>
蝙蝠俠第三集 <《玫瑰之吻》插曲> 變相怪傑 <《幻想》插曲> 不一樣的本能 <《改變世界》插曲>
沉默的羔羊 <《倒退華爾茲》插曲> 穿梭夢美人 <《一往無前》插曲> 此情可問天 <《殘酷》插曲>
當男人愛上女人 <《當男人愛上女人》插曲> 的士司機 <《駕駛》插曲> 地球末日 <《乘噴氣機離去》插曲>
第五元素 <《麻煩》插曲> 第一滴血3 <《他是我兄弟》插曲> 賭命鴛鴦 <《現在和永遠》插曲>
鵝塘暗殺令 <《總在某處》插曲> 費城故事 <《費城街頭》插曲> 費城故事 <《你可曾見過雨》插曲>
憨豆先生 <《你的畫像》插曲> 紅衣女郎 <《電話訴衷情》插曲> 花木蘭 <《敬重》插曲>
激情交叉點 <《讓我哭泣》插曲> 驚世未了情 <《我不想在提起》插曲> 精子奇緣 <《如果你需要傳奇》插曲>
空中監獄 <《我怎麼活》插曲> 廊橋遺夢 <《此情永不移》插曲> 理智與情感 <《說愛》插曲>
獵愛高手 <《你讓我快樂》插曲> 綠野仙蹤 <《跨越彩虹》插曲> 洛奇 <《老虎的眼睛》插曲>
美女與野獸 <《美女與野獸》插曲> 那一天傳奇 <《你的追求》插曲> 女人香 <《一無所有》插曲>
炮彈專家 <《威力無限》插曲> 巧克力情人 <《再見》插曲> 情人 <《化裝舞會》插曲>
人鬼情未了 <《奔放的旋律》插曲> 人生點滴是真情 <《我將記住》插曲> 三步殺人曲 <《打擊》插曲>
閃電舞 <《感覺真好》插曲> 上班女郎 <《紅色女郎》插曲> 生命因你而動聽 <《落日之幻影》插曲>
生於七月四日 <《你愛的那個》插曲> 獅子王 <《今夜愛無限》插曲> 獅子王 <《生生不息》插曲>
時光倒流七十年 <《似曾相識》插曲> 四個婚禮一個葬禮 <《墜入愛河》插曲> 太空也入樽 <《我相信我能飛》插曲>
天使多情 <《天使怎麼會傷我的心》插曲> 危機總動員 <《王者殿堂》插曲> 未來戰士 <《未來戰士》插曲>
西雅圖未眠夜 <《當我墜入愛河》插曲> 現代女人心 <《破曉時分》插曲> 小美人魚 <《海底下》插曲>
小美人魚 <《吻她》插曲> 新羅密歐與茱麗葉 <《愛情傻瓜》插曲> 艷舞女郎 <《暢通無阻》插曲>
夜色 <《夜色》插曲> 一切從失戀開始 <《粉紅色玫瑰》插曲> 一生的愛都給你 <《上帝知道》插曲>
音樂之聲 <《雪絨花》插曲> 越空狂龍 <《破壞者》插曲> 雲裳風暴 <《漂亮》插曲>
這個殺手不太冷 <《心之形》插曲> 職業特工隊 <《你我和第三次世界大戰》插曲> 職業特功隊 <《夢》插曲>
至OUT凸務IN嬌娃 <《歡樂嘉年華》插曲> 致命戀人 <《勿傷我心》插曲> 終有一天感動你 <《此情可待》插曲>
周末狂熱愛 <《你的愛有多深》插曲> 壯志凌雲 <《引領我》插曲> 捉鬼敢死隊 <《我會永遠等待》插曲>
阻擊職業殺手 <《星體》插曲>
不過我要特別推薦的是艾微兒的歌:
1.Anything But Ordinary
2.Complicated
3.Im With You
4.Losing Grip
5.Mobile
6.My World
7.Naked
8.Nobodys Fool
9.Skater Boy
10.Things I'll Never Say
11.Tomorrow
12.Too Much To Ask
13.Unwanted
以下收集的都是經典名曲，近期的流行歌曲不在其中
[A22] A dear John letter 給約翰的一封信* —Skeeter Davis 史琪特戴維絲
[A14] A horse with no name 沒有名字的馬 —America 亞美利加合唱團
[A54] A new day has come 新的一天開始 —Celion Dion 席琳狄翁
[A48] A shoulder to cry on 可以靠著哭泣的肩膀 —Tommy Page 湯米佩吉
[A57] A song for mama 給媽媽的歌# —Boyz II Men 大人小孩雙拍檔合唱團
[A12] A spaceman came traveling 外星人來訪 —Chris De Burgh 克里斯迪伯夫
[A05] A time for us 我倆的時光* from電影「殉情記「 —Andy Williams 安迪威廉斯
[A46] A whiter shade of pale 更淺的蒼白陰影 —Procol Harum 普洛可哈倫合唱團
[A31] A whole new world 嶄新的世界 from動畫「阿拉丁「 —Peabo Bryson & Regina 比柏布萊森 & 芮姬娜
[A06] A winter』s tale 冬天的故事 —David Essex 大衛艾塞克斯
[A50] About a girl 關於女孩 —Nirvana 超脫合唱團
[A42] Abracadabra 咒語 —The Steve Miller Band 史提夫米勒樂團
[A47] Across the universe 飛越宇宙 —Beatles 披頭四合唱團
[A30] Africa 非洲 —Toto 托托合唱團
[A16] Against all odds(Take a look at me now) 完全不可能(再看我一眼)* from電影「再看我一眼「
—Phil Collins 菲爾柯林斯
[A32] Ain』t no mountain high enough 愛比山高 from電影「親親小媽「
—Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 馬文蓋 & 黛米泰瑞爾
[A11] Alasca 阿拉斯加* —Topas 黃玉合唱團
[A52] All about loving you 全心愛你 —Bon Jovi 邦喬飛合唱團
[A07] All by myself 獨自一人* —Eric Carmen 艾瑞克卡門
[A53] All for the love of a girl 全是為了一個女孩的愛 —Johnny Horton 強尼荷頓
[A19] All I have to do is dream 只有尋夢去 —Glen Campbell & Robbie Gentry 葛倫坎伯 & 羅比珍崔
[A21] All kinds of everything 萬事萬物 —Dana 唐娜
[A51] All my life 一生一世 —Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville 琳達朗絲黛 & 艾倫納維爾
[A29] All my loving 我所有的愛 —Beatles 披頭四合唱團
[A55] All night long 徹夜狂歡 —Lionel Richie 萊諾李奇
[A02] All out of love 與愛絕緣 —Air Supply 空中補給合唱團
[A41] All those years ago 多年以前* —George Harrison 喬治哈里森
[A34] Almost over you 幾乎忘了你 —Sheena Easton 席娜伊斯頓
[A43] Almost paradise 如在天堂 from電影「渾身是勁「 —Mike Reno & Ann Wilson 麥可利諾 & 安威爾森
[A10] Alone 孤單 —Heart 紅心合唱團
[A35] Always 永遠 —Atlantic Stars 大西洋之星合唱團
[A36] Always 永遠 —Bon Jovi 邦喬飛合唱團
[A17] Always on my mind 永在我心中* —Elvis Presley 貓王-艾維斯普里斯萊
[A26] Always somewhere 總在某處 —Scorpions 蠍子合唱團
[A49] Am I that easy to forget? 忘記我有那麼容易嗎？ —Jim Reeves 吉姆瑞夫斯
[A09] Amanda 阿嫚達 —Boston 波士頓合唱團
[A45] Amazing 太神奇了 —Aerosmith 史密斯飛船合唱團
[A01] Amazing grace 奇異恩典* —Judy Collins 茱蒂柯琳絲
[A27-1] American pie 美國派 歌詞完全解說版請看這里！ —Don McLean 唐麥克林
[A27] American pie 美國派* —Don McLean 唐麥克林
[A28] And I love her 我愛她 —Beatles 披頭四合唱團
[A13] And I love you so 我是如此愛你 —Don McLean 唐麥克林
[A44] And so it goes 就這麼走了 —Billy Joel 比利喬
[A18] Angel 天使* from電影「X情人「 —Sarah McLachlan 莎拉麥克勞蘭
[A40] Angel 天使 —Aerosmith 史密斯飛船合唱團
[A38] Angel queen 天使女王* from日本動畫「千年女王「 —Dara Sedaka 達拉西達卡
[A23] Angie 安琪 —Rolling Stones 滾石合唱團
[A04] Annie』s song 安妮之歌* —John Denver 約翰丹佛
[A25] Another brick in the wall 牆上的另一塊磚* —Pink Floyd 平克佛洛依德合唱團
[A03] Another day in paradise 天堂的另一日 —Phil Collins 菲爾柯林斯
[A15] Another town another train 另一城鎮另一班車 —ABBA 阿巴合唱團
[A33] Anywhere is 四處皆然 —Enya 恩雅
[A56] Are you happy now ? 你快樂嗎 ? —Michelle Branch 蜜雪兒
[A24] Are you lonesome tonight? 今晚你寂寞嗎？ —Elvis Presley 貓王-艾維斯普里斯萊
[A37] Arthur』s theme (the best you can do) 亞瑟之歌 from電影「二八佳人花公子「
—Christopher Cross 克利斯多佛克羅斯
[A39] As long as you love me 只要你愛著我 —Backstreet Boys 新好男孩合唱團
[A20] As tears go by 淚水流逝 —Rolling Stones 滾石合唱團
[A08] Aubrey 奧布芮 —Bread 麵包合唱團
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2 回復：【推薦】大量經典英文歌曲英漢曲目對照表，首首經典(轉載)
[B08] Babe 寶貝* —Styx 冥河合唱團
[B33] Back at one 回到原點 —Brian McKnight 布萊恩麥肯奈特
[B05] Back for good 永遠停留 —Take That 接招合唱團
[B25] Bad medicine 劣葯 —Bon Jovi 邦喬飛合唱團
[B30] Band on the run 逃亡樂隊 —Paul McCartney & Wings 保羅麥卡尼 & 翅膀合唱團
[B20] Beat it 走開 —Michael Jackson 麥可傑克森
[B17] Beautiful boy 美麗的孩子* from電影"春風化雨1996" —John Lennon 約翰藍儂
[B12] Beautiful Sunday 美麗的星期天 —Daniel Boone 丹尼爾潘
[B15] Beauty and the beast 美女與野獸 from動畫"美女與野獸" —Peabo Bryson & Celion Dion 比柏布萊森 & 席琳狄翁
[B06] Because I love you 因為我愛你 —Shaking Steven 薛金史蒂芬
[B13] Because you loved me 因為你愛過我* from電影"因為你愛過我" —Celion Dion 席琳狄翁
[B31] Bed of roses 玫瑰花床 —Bon Jovi 邦喬飛合唱團
[B29] Before the next teardrop falls 下一滴眼淚落下以前 —Freddie Fender 佛瑞迪芬德
[B19] Ben 班 from電影"金鼠王" —Michael Jackson 麥可傑克森
[B18] Better man 更好的人 —Robbie Williams 羅比威廉斯
[B14] Betty Davis『s eyes 貝蒂黛維絲的眼睛 —Kim Carnes 金卡倫斯
[B16] Big, big world 廣大的世界 —Emilia 艾蜜莉亞
[B28] Biggest part of me 我最珍貴的部分 —Ambrosia 安伯路西亞
[B11] Bird on a wire 電線上的鳥* —Leonard Cohen 李歐納柯罕
[B32] Bloody Sunday 染血的星期天* —U2 U2合唱團
[B04] Blowing in the wind 飄在風中* —Peter, Paul & Mary 彼得、保羅 & 瑪麗三重唱
[B26] Blue balloon 藍色汽球 from電影"初戀的故事" —Jeremy 傑若米
[B27] Blue bayou 藍色港灣 —Linda Rondstadt 琳達朗絲黛
[B21] Blue eyes 藍眼睛 —Elton John 艾爾頓強
[B23] Blue moon 藍色月亮 —The Marcels 波浪發型合唱團
[B24] Blue velvet 藍絲絨 —Bobby Vinton 巴比溫頓
[B10] Bohemian rhapsody 波西米亞人狂想曲 —Queen 皇後合唱團
[B07] Borderline 邊界 —Chris De Burgh 克里斯迪伯夫
[B01] Both sides now 正反兩面 —Judy Collins 茱蒂柯琳絲
[B22] Breathe 呼吸 —Faith Hill 費絲希爾
[B02] Bridge over troubled water 惡水上的大橋 —Simon & Garfunkel 賽門 & 葛芬柯二重唱
[B03] Bright eyes 明亮雙眼* —Art Garfunkel 亞特葛芬柯
[B09] Broken wings 殘破的羽翼 —Chris De Burgh 克里斯迪伯夫
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3 回復：【推薦】大量經典英文歌曲英漢曲目對照表，首首經典(轉載)
[C20] C『set la vie 這就是人生 —Emerson, Lake & Palmer 愛默生、雷克 & 帕瑪合唱團
[C02] California dreaming 加州之夢 —Mamas & Papas 雙親合唱團
[C07] Call me 打電話給我 —Dennis De Young 丹尼斯狄楊
[C26] Can you feel the love tonight 今晚你感受到愛了嗎？ from動畫"獅子王" —Elton John 艾爾頓強
[C31] Can『t fight the moonlight 無法抗拒這月光* from電影"女狼俱樂部" —LeAnn Rimes 黎安萊姆絲
[C13] Can『t fight this feeling 無法克制這份感情 —REO Speedwagon REO快馬車合唱團
[C19] Can『t help falling in love 無法自拔陷入愛河 —Elvis Presley 貓王-艾維斯普里斯萊
[C18] Can『t take my eyes off you 無法將視線從你身上移開* from電影"絕命大反擊" —Frankie Valli 法蘭琪瓦利
[C27] Can『t we try ? 我們不能再試試看嗎？ —Dan Hill & Vonda Sheppard 丹希爾 & 芳達雪柏
[C04] Candle in the wind 風中之燭* —Elton John 艾爾頓強
[C04-1] Candle in the wind 1997 風中之燭* 紀念黛安娜王妃 —Elton John 艾爾頓強
[C28] Captain of her heart 她心中的船長 —Double 雙重合唱團
[C08] Careless whisper 無心的耳語 —Wham Wham合唱團
[C17] Carrie 凱莉 —Europe 歐洲合唱團
[C06] Casablanca 卡薩布蘭加* —Bertie Higgins 柏帝希金斯
[C33] Castles in the air 空中城堡 —Don McLean 唐麥克林
[C01] Cats in the cradle 搖籃里的貓* —Harry Chapin 哈利卻賓
[C30] Changes 改變 —Black Sabbath 黑色安息日合唱團
[C38] Changes 改變 —Olivia Newton John 奧莉薇亞紐頓強
[C24] Changing partners 交換舞伴 —Patti Page 佩蒂佩姬
[C05] Cherish 珍惜 —Kool & the Gang 庫爾夥伴合唱團
[C35] Child 孩子 —Freddie Aguilar 佛瑞迪艾格勒
[C16] Child in time 時代的小孩 —Deep Purple 深紫色合唱團
[C12] Children of the universe 宇宙的孩子* —Barclay James Harvest B.J.H.合唱團
[C10] Chiquitita 奇琪堤塔 —ABBA 阿巴合唱團
[C32] Circles in the sand 沙灘上的圈圈 —Belinda Carlisle 貝琳達卡萊兒
[C21] Close to you 靠近你 —Carpenters 木匠兄妹合唱團
[C11] Colors of the wind 風的顏色 from動畫"風中奇緣" —Vanessa Williams 凡妮莎威廉絲
[C44] Come as you are 還你本色 —Nirvana 超脫合唱團
[C15] Come what may 不論未來如何* —Lani Hall & Herb Alpert 蕾妮霍爾 & 赫柏艾伯特
[C34] Come what may 哪怕受盡風霜 from電影"紅磨坊" —Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor 妮可基嫚 & 伊旺麥奎格
[C39] Constant craving 永恆的渴望 —K. D. Lang 凱蒂蓮
[C14] Cotton field 棉花田 —C.C.R. 清水復興合唱團
[C40] Could『ve been 曾經可以 —Tiffany 提芬妮
[C22] Count on me 依靠我 from電影"等待夢醒時分" —Whitney Houston 惠妮休斯頓
[C25] Coward of the county 郡里的懦夫 —Kenny Rogers 肯尼羅傑斯
[C29] Crazy for you 為你瘋狂 from電影"奪標27秒" —Madonna 瑪丹娜
[C43] Crazy love 瘋狂的愛 —Dick Glasser 狄克葛拉瑟
[C41] Creep 怪物 —Radiohead 電台司令合唱團
[C36] Crocodile rock 鱷魚搖滾 —Elton John 艾爾頓強
[C23] Cruel war 殘酷的戰爭 —Peter, Paul & Mary 彼得、保羅 & 瑪麗三重唱
[C37] Cruising 漫遊 —Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis 葛妮絲派特洛 & 修路易士
[C42] Cry 哭泣 —Godley & Creme 葛利 & 克里姆二重唱
[C09] Crying 哭泣 —Don McLean 唐麥克林
[C03] Crying in the rain 在雨中哭泣 —A-Ha 啊哈合唱團
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4 回復：【推薦】大量經典英文歌曲英漢曲目對照表，首首經典(轉載)
[D15] Dancing queen 舞後 —ABBA 阿巴合唱團
[D16] Danny boy 丹尼少年 —英國民謠 英國民謠
[D07] Danny『s song 丹尼之歌* —Anne Murray 安瑪莉
[D43] Daydream believer 白日夢信徒 —Monkees 猴子合唱團
[D04] Days of summer 夏日時光 —Topas 黃玉合唱團
[D23] Dear heart 親愛的 —Andy Williams 安迪威廉斯
[D32] Delilah 狄萊拉 —Tom Jones 湯姆瓊斯
[D11] Desert moon 沙漠之月* —Dennis De Young 丹尼斯狄楊
[D33] Desert rose 沙漠玫瑰 —Sting 史汀
[D26] Desperado 亡命之徒 —Eagles 老鷹合唱團
[D29] Devoted to you 深愛著你 —The Everly Brothers 艾維利兄弟
[D06] Diamond and rust 鑽石與鐵銹* —Joan Baez 瓊拜雅
[D28] Diana 黛安娜* —Paul Anka 保羅安卡
[D35] Diary 日記 —Bread 麵包合唱團
[D22] Didn『t we almost have it all 我們幾
『捌』 求外國作家寫的英語美文
奧哈拉給女兒的信
John O'hara to His Daughter
TLS,1 p.Mrs. Doughty
Quogue, Long Island
16 September 1962, Sunday
My dear:
Well, here we are — but not here. You at St. Tim's, Sister in Princeton, and me in Quogue, and another brand new year is about to start for you. For me, too. I always seem to approach the autumn in the frame of mind that spring inces in most people. The excitement of new things; the new plays, the new books, new clothes, etc., etc., etc. At the same time the autumn for me is a season of a sweet melancholy that is hard to explain. I love the early evenings, the leaves burning, the lights in houses.
It is the beginning of a big year for you, in many respects your biggest so far. By the time June comes around you will be 18, and graating from school. In the past week or so I have called you 「Kid」 but subconsciously I have been doing that because your kid days are over, or just about. I suspect that you are going through the experience of first love, and no matter what else happens, after that experience you are never a kid again.
Most of the nice things we associate with being a kid are okay — while you are still kid. But you gain more than you lose. You gain in understanding standing, in appreciation of people, in understanding and appreciation of yourself. You begin to see the wisdom in that quotation I have so often repeated to you: to thine own self be true. Every year at this time I have repeated that quotation to you, and the time is not really too far distant when you will be passing it on to your own children. It is probably the best single piece of advice I can give you, or you can give them.
You have done well, and I am pleased with you, not only for what you have done, but for what you are. As Miss Finnegan said to Sister, 「Wylie has the right reactions.」 So good luck in your Senior Year, and always know that the old man loves you very much.
Always
Dad
這是奧哈拉寫給女兒的一封信。女兒將從中學畢業，這就意味著她將不再是小孩了。在這人生關鍵時刻，作為父親，他既對女兒過去的表現表示滿意，也對女兒的將來充滿信心。然而，他卻不忘再次重復自己對女兒立身行事的一句忠告：真誠地對待自己。這是要求女兒具有自信、自助、自律、自尊、自愛的品質。這句話顯然是作者豐富的生活閱歷和人生經驗的總結，也是對女兒的諄諄教誨，賦予思想一種真切動人的感情力量。雖然信是寫給予自己女兒的，但是這句忠告卻具有普遍性的教育意義，是天下父母對子女的最真摯的希望。作者的語言溫馨自然，平和親切，看似敘述家常，卻在平常中顯示了令人驚嘆的智慧，又讓人產生一種貼心的感覺。
約翰·奧哈拉(John O' hara,1905-1970)是美國著名小說家。他生於賓夕法尼亞州的波茨維爾，中學畢業後父親去世，就離家出走，開始獨立的生活。他東奔西走，經過廣泛的旅行之後，終於在紐約市當上記者，撰寫文藝批評，短篇小說作品常常出現在著名雜志《紐約人》，此外還為好萊塢和百老匯改編電影和戲劇，如音樂喜劇《好友喬依》（1940年）。從第一部長篇《在薩馬拉的約會》（1934）到死後出版的短篇小說集《薩馬拉好人及其他小說》（1974），他的作品是20世紀20—40年代積極上進的美國社會史，以對20世紀美國生活習俗和價值的敏銳目光而著稱。作為現實主義作家，他的風格是客觀的，實事求是的。
『玖』 用英語介紹，自己喜歡的英語歌，英語美文，英語名著，英語電影等等，至少五十個詞
I like the movie Titanic. It's one of the best movie that I have ever seen. The movie is about a big ship which hit an iceberg. The ship sink into the sea at last. But what moves me a lot is that the love between Jack and Rose. Their love is lasting forever!
關於泰坦尼的電影，喜歡的話請採納！
『拾』 簡單英語美文
閱讀教學在高中英語教學中佔有極其重要的地位。高效的閱讀教學是提升英語教學質量的關鍵。下面是我帶來的簡單經典英語美文，歡迎閱讀!
簡單經典英語美文篇一
Funny or not?
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion. It is cal1ed' sick humour '. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow. On Christmas day, the man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent
a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals. He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
我們覺得一則笑話是否好笑，很大程度取決於我們是在哪兒長大的。幽默感與民族有著神秘莫測的聯系。譬如，法國人聽完一則俄國笑話可能很難發笑。同樣的道理，一則可以令英國人笑出淚來的笑話，俄國人聽了可能覺得沒有什麼可笑之處。
大部分令人發笑的 故事 都是根據喜劇情節編寫的。盡管民族不同，有些滑稽的情節卻能產生普遍的效果。比如說，不管你生活在哪裡，你看查理.卓別林的早期電影很難不發笑。然而，近來一種新式幽默流行了起來，這種幽默主要來自美國。它被叫作“病態幽默”。喜劇演員根據悲劇情節諸如暴死，重大事故等來編造笑話。許多人認為這種笑話是低級庸俗的。下面是個“病態幽默”的實例，你可據此自己作出判斷。
聖誕節 前幾周，某人摔斷了右腿被送進醫院。從他進醫院那一刻時，他就纏住醫生，讓醫生告訴他什麼時候能回家。他十分害怕在醫院過聖誕。盡管醫生竭力醫治，但病人恢復緩慢。聖誕節那天，他的右腿還上著石膏，他在床上鬱郁不樂地躺了一天，想著他錯過的種種歡樂。然而，第二天，醫生安慰他說，出院歡度新年的可能性還是很大的，那人聽後振作了精神。果然， 除夕 時他可以一瘸一拐地去參加晚會了。為了補償住院這一段不愉快的經歷，那人喝得稍許多了一點。在晚會上他盡情娛樂，一再告訴大家他是多麼討厭醫院。晚會結束時，他嘴裡還在嘟噥著醫院的事，突然踩到一塊冰上滑倒了，摔斷了左腿。
簡單經典英語美文篇二
The death of a ghost
For years villagers believed that Endley farm was haunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bert Cox. They employed a few farm hands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find the work had been done overnight. Hay had been cut and cow sheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night, claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the
moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man. After the funeral, Joe and Bert revealed
a secret which they had kept for over forty years. Eric had been the eldest son of the family. He had been obliged to join the army ring the first World War. As he hated army life he decided to desert his regiment. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his farther hid him until the end of the war. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bert. They did not even tell their wives. When their father died, they thought it their ty to keep Eric in hiding. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse(隱遁者, 寂寞者). He used to sleep ring the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
多年來，村民們一直認為恩得利農場在鬧鬼。恩得利農場屬於喬.考科斯和鮑勃.考科斯兄弟倆所有。他們雇了幾個農工，但誰也不願意在那兒長期工作下去。每次僱工辭職後都敘述著同樣的故事。僱工們說，常常一早起來發現有人在夜裡把活幹了，乾草已切好，牛棚也打掃干凈了。有一個徹夜未眠的僱工還聲稱他看見一個人影在月光下收割莊稼。隨著時間的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一個盡心盡責的鬼，他們家的活大部分都讓鬼給幹了，這件事成了公認的事實。
誰也沒想到農場竟會有一個從未露面的人。但事實上確有此人。不久之前，村民們驚悉恩得利農場的鬼死了。大家都去參加了葬禮，因為那“鬼”不是別人，正是農場主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人們以為埃里克年輕時就死了。葬禮之後，喬和鮑勃透露了他們保守了長達50多年的秘密。
埃里克是這家長子。年齡比他兩個弟弟大很多，第二次世界大戰期間被迫參軍。他討厭軍旅生活，決定逃離所在部隊。當他了解自己將被派遣 出國 時，他逃回農場，父親把他藏了起來，直到戰爭結束。由於害怕當局，埃里克戰後繼續深藏不露。他的父親告訴大家，埃里克在戰爭中被打死了。除此之外，只有喬與鮑知道這個秘密。但他倆連自己的妻子都沒告訴。父親死後，他們兄弟倆認為有責任繼續把埃里克藏起來。這些年來，埃里克過著隱士生活，白天睡覺，夜裡出來幹活，一點不知道自己已成了恩得利家場的活鬼。他死後，他的弟弟們才覺得無法再保守這個秘密了。
簡單經典英語美文篇三
The double life of Alfred Bloggs
These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a stman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a stman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow stmen kept his secret. Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a stman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.
如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作“白領工人”，就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領白襯衫，系著領帶去上班。許多人常常情願放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯就是一個例子。
艾爾弗結婚時，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業告訴妻子。他只說在埃爾斯米爾公司上班。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然後換上工作服，當8個小時清潔工。晚上回家前，他洗個淋浴，重新換上那身黑色西服。兩年多以來，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁給了一個清潔工，而且她永遠也不會知道了，因為艾爾弗已找到薪職，不久就要坐辦公室里工作了。他將來掙的錢只有他現在的一半。不過他覺得，地位升高了，損失點兒錢也值得。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。別人將稱呼他為“布洛格斯先生”，而不再叫他“艾爾弗”了。