推荐一篇英文短篇文章或诗歌的鉴赏

　　泰戈尔的《世界上最遥远的距离》或者是徐志摩的《再别康桥》
　　《世界上最遥远的距离》-----泰戈尔
　　The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离，

　　Is not between life and death 不是生与死

　　But when I stand in front of you 而是我就站在你的面前，

　　Yet you don't know that 你却不知道

　　I love you 我爱你

　　The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离

　　Is not when i stand in font of you 不是我站在你面前

　　Yet you can't see my love 你却不知道我爱你

　　But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both 而是明明知道彼此相爱

　　Yet cannot 却不能

　　Be togehter 在一起

　　The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离

　　Is not being apart while being in love 不是明明知道彼此相爱

　　But when plainly can not resist the yearning 却不能在一起

　　Yet pretending 而是明明无法抵挡这股想念

　　You have never been in my heart 却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里

　　The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离

　　Is not 不是明明无法抵挡这股想念

　　But using one's indifferent heart 却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里

　　To dig an uncrossable river 而是用自己冷漠的心

　　For the one who loves you 对爱你的人掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠

　　徐志摩《Goodbye Again, Cambridge! 》

　　Very quietly I take my leave
　　As quietly as I came here;
　　Quietly I wave good-bye
　　To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

　　The golden willows by the riverside
　　Are young brides in the setting sun;
　　Their reflections on the shimmering waves
　　Always linger in the depth of my heart.

　　The floating heart growing in the sludge
　　Sways leisurely under the water;
　　In the gentle waves of Cambridge
　　I would be a water plant!

　　That pool under the shade of elm trees
　　Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
　　Shattered to pieces among the duck weeds
　　Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?

　　To seek a dream?
　　Just to pole a boat upstream
　　To where the green grass is more verdant;
　　Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
　　And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

　　But I cannot sing aloud
　　Quietness is my farewell music;
　　Even summer insects keep silence for me
　　Silent is Cambridge tonight!

　　Very quietly I take my leave
　　As quietly as I came here;
　　Gently I flick my sleeves
　　Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴了对方一记耳光。

The one who got slapped felt hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.
被打的人感到自己受了伤害，但什么也没有说，只是在沙地上写下了这样一句话：今天我最好的朋友掴了我耳光。

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
他们继续前行，看见到处绿洲，他们正打算在那里洗澡时，刚才被打的人不小心陷入了泥潭，开始深陷，他的朋友救了他。

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life.
等他从几近淹死的边缘苏醒过来后，他在石头上刻下:;今天我最好的朋友救了我的命。

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?
他的朋友问：为什么我伤你之后，你在沙子上写字，现在却把字刻在石头上？

The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.
他回答道：“当有人伤害了我们，我们应该把它写进沙里，宽恕的风会把仇恨抹去。而当有人为我们做了好事，我们应当把它刻在石头上，没有风可以将它抹去。

Don't Quit!

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

When….

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt.

And you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems afar.

So, stick to the fight when you are hardest hit.

It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.