英文欣赏之人生感悟 (56)如果 If

If 如果 If you can keep your head when all about you, 如果周围的人都失去理智怪罪于你, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, 而你仍能镇定自若保持冷静, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, 如果所有人都对你心存猜忌, But make allowance for their doubting too; 而你仍能自信如常并认为他们的猜忌情有可原; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, 如果你能耐心等...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (29)旧湖重游

Once More to the Lake 旧湖重游 Summertime, oh summertime, pattern of life indelible, 夏日,哦,夏日,生命中的印记留存不去, the fade proof lake, 那永不消失的湖泊, the woods unshatterable, 永不摧折的林木, the pasture with the sweet fern and the juniper forever and ever, 牧场上遍布香蕨木和桧树,年年岁岁,郁郁蓊蓊, summer without end; 夏日没有尽头; this was the background,a...

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英文欣赏:我不会让儿子上大学(上)

I Won’t Let Our Boy Go to University 我不会让儿子上大学 I’ve refused to allow my stepson Jim to go to university because it will be too expensive and a waste of time. 我不会让我的继子上大学,因为上大学是件既浪费金钱又浪费时间的事情。 People think I’m selfish or uncaring. But I think more parents will come to accept my way of thinking. 人们认为我自私,对继子...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (91)健身与长寿的关系 Exercise and Longevity

Exercise and Longevity 健身与长寿的关系 ONE sure giveaway of quack medicine is the claim that a product can treat any ailment. 如果有人宣称他的药能包治百病,我们一般就能确定这是个庸医。 There are, sadly, no panaceas. 因为世上根本没有所谓的灵丹妙药。 But some things come close, and exercise is one of them. 但有些事情却类似这种药,比如说健身就是其中之一。 As doctors never tire...

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英文欣赏:美国偶像怎么了?(上)

What’s Wrong with American Idol? 美国偶像怎么了? American Idol is no doubt one of the most popular TV shows of recent years, drawing millions of viewers. 《美国偶像》无疑是近年来最受欢迎的电视节目之一,吸引了数以百万计的观众。 But the show is misleading about what it takes to succeed as a musical artist in the modern world as it has created five myths. 尽管这个节目曾...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (22)密西西比河上夏天的日出

Summer Sunrises on the Mississippi 密西西比河上夏天的日出 One can never see too many summer sunrises on the Mississippi. 夏天,密西西比河上的日出奇美无比, They are enchanting. 令人百看不厌。 First, there is the eloquence of silence;for a deep hush broods everywhere. 日出伊始,河面一片宁静,仿佛世界都陷入了沉思当中。 Next, there is the haunting sense of loneliness, isolation...

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英文欣赏:有个男孩名叫纳考西(下)

In 3 years at school Nkosi had only one accident. He fell in the playground and cut his mouth. 纳考西能在学校待三年纯属一个意外。他曾在操场上摔倒,弄破了自己的嘴。 The bleeding was handled with care. His school performance was satisfactory. 流出的血被小心地处理了。他在学校表现良好。 Nkosi’s progress was tracked in the media. 纳考西的进步引起了媒体的注意。 Gail took adv...

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英文欣赏:超级名模的靓丽诀窍(下)

“After my second child, my belly is flat. But if I bend over to pick something up, I’ve got extra skin here.” She bends over to demonstrate, but there is nothing to see. “生完第二个孩子,我的肚子就平了。但是当我弯腰捡东西的时候,能感觉到有多余的赘肉。”说完她弯腰示范,但是并没有看见。 “I’m lucky to be successful. You work with good photographers,...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (35)比尔·盖茨哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲

Members of the Harvard Family: 哈佛是一个大家庭。 Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world. 这个院子里在场的人们,是全世界最有智力的人类群体之一。 For what purpose? 我们可以做些什么? There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people ...

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英文欣赏:如何成为优秀的校园领袖(下)

You should be able to listen to others, communicate well, establish trust, ask questions to stimulate thinking, and develop a sense of teamwork. 你应该能够倾听他人,与他人沟通,建立信任,提出能够激发他人思考的问题,树立团队合作精神。 To demonstrate your interpersonal skills, you should go around your campus and meet new people. 为了验证自己的人际交往能力,你可以在校园里多结...

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英文欣赏:美国 工作狂之乡(上)

America—Home to Workaholics 美国——工作狂之乡 It is pretty likely that you—or someone you know—is a workaholic. 很可能你是,或者你认识的人是个工作狂。 Workaholics live for their work, often spending many extra ours at work, and often taking work home to complete. Americans—live in a work-hard culture, but when work becomes the sole reason for a person’s exi...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (108)去室外玩耍吧

When It’s Light Out, You’re Out 去室外玩耍吧 Television can be a wonderful learning tool. 电视能成为很好的学习工具。 Thirty-odd years ago, “Sesame Street” ,”The Electric Company” and “Mr. Rogers’Neighbourhood”helped my sons learn to read, count,socialize and cope with feelings. 30多年前,电视节目“芝麻街”,...

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英文欣赏:不靠整容年轻十岁(上)

Look 10 Years Younger without Surgery 不靠整容术年轻十岁 We all want do it: defy ageing, look younger, find the fountain of youth. But how many of us actually take the plunge and do something about? 我们希望可以这样:掩盖住真实年龄,看上去很年轻,找到永葆青春的办法。但是有多少人敢于冒险尝试,努力达成所愿呢? The numbers are surprisingly high. In Japan, age-erasi...

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英文欣赏:痴呆症的一种 Alzheimer's Disease(下)

AD begins slowly. At first, the only symptom may be mild forgetfulness. 阿尔茨海默氏病病情开始进展缓慢。最初的病症是轻度的健忘。 In this stage, people may have trouble remembering recent events, activities, or the names of familiar people or things. 在这一阶段,患者可能难以记忆最近发生的事,参加的活动,或者熟悉人、事的名字。 They may not be able to solve simple ...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (41)葛底斯堡演说

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 87年前,我们的先辈们在这个大陆上创立了一个新国家,它孕育于自由之中,奉行一切人生来平等的原则。 Now we are engaged in a great civil war,testing whether that nation, or any nation,so conceived and ...

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英文欣赏:我们这个时代的购物狂(上)

Shopaholics of Our Times 我们这个时代的购物狂 In trying to keep up with the Jones, many people buy more than they can really afford. 人们都试图跟随琼斯,许多人购物超过了他们的承受能力。 For some who purchase many items they neither need or use, however, there is more than merely trying to keep up with the Jones going on. 然而,那些购买很多既不需要也不使用的东...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (60)拿破仑致约瑟芬 Napoleon to Josephine

Napoleon to Josephine 拿破仑致约瑟芬 I have your letter, my adorable love. 我收到了你的信,我膜拜的心上人。 It has filled my heart with joy… 你的信使我充满了欢乐… Since I left you I have been sad all the time. 自从与你分手以后,我一直闷闷不乐,愁眉不展。 My only happiness is near you. 我唯一的幸福就是伴随着你。 I go over endlessly in my t...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (88)天气预报 Weather Forecasting

Weather Forecasting 天气预报 It is the material for the conversation of board chairman and bored cleaning woman,of young and old, of the bright, the dull, the rich and the poor. 天气是董事会主席和无聊的清洁女佣之间闲聊的话题,也是年轻人和老人,聪明人和笨蛋,穷人和富人的谈资。 As if this basic coin of conversation needed to be gilded, 这个基本的聊天话题仿佛需...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (109)解放现代妇女? Liberating the Modern Woman?

Liberating the Modern Woman? 解放现代妇女? Many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modern woman tend to have the opposite effect,because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. 许多在广告中宣称解放了现代妇女的家用电器商品似乎起到了相反的效果,因为它们只是改变了工作的性质而没有消除工作。 Machines have a cer...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (79)莎士比亚 William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 Of all the famous English writers,probably the best known is William Shakespeare. 在所有举世闻名的英文作家中,最著名的的也许要数莎士比亚了。 He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. 莎士比亚于1564年4月23日出生在埃文河畔的斯特拉特福德镇。 His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbr...

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