有哪些经典的英语文章可以选择背诵啊？

这两个是相反的任务，词汇量口语中通常不多，大约日常使用的只有8000左右，很多是组合，口语关键是要多多留意，因为经常会有新的流行词语被使用。多看电视连续剧，新闻，聊天就能补充。
词汇要多去背莎翁，里边的词很多老外都要去查字典。很多中古英文词汇，现在没有人用。也够经典,可以在老外面前嚣张。

要背就背最经典的词．

The Quality of Mercy is not Strain'd

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us