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A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn 乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天 A wet Sunday in a country inn ! Whoever has had the luck to experience (1)one can alone (2) judge ofmy situation. The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely ou...

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Black and White 黑色和白色 All colors are special, but there are something about black and white. 所有颜色都是特殊的,但关于黑色和白色则有些东西。 And I am talking about the combination here that has real power. 而我谈论的是这个组合有真正的力量。 Black and white make people focus, they say that most people dream in black and white, I wonder why that is. 黑和白让人们关注,他们...

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Following a dream 追逐梦想 When I was a younger, I used to dream about becoming a fireman. 当我还年轻的时候,我曾梦想要成为一名消防队员。 I thought wow, wouldn’t it be great to ride around, 我想哇,到处跑会很好, and help people put out fires. 还可以帮助人们扑灭大火。 As I got older, I want to be like my father. 而随着我逐渐长大,我想成为像我父亲那样。 He taught in a university,...

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Quality Time on the Weekend 周末的黄金时光 Do you have any plans for the weekend? 你周末有什么计划吗? I hope you do, if you don't check out the culture page in your local paper or on the internet or just sit down and think of something that you want to do. 我希望你有个计划,如果你不是看看当地报纸或互联网的文化页或只是坐下来想你想做的事。 I hope to go on a small road trip ...

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Waking up and staying up 起床和熬夜 Some people find going to sleep a challenge. 一些人发现睡觉是一种挑战。 But many people find getting up and staying a little and wake a big challenge. 但是许多人发现,起床和熬一小会儿夜之后醒来才是很大的挑战。 I’m not a naturally morning person. 我不是一个自然的早起的人。 However years of training make me get up early possible. 然而多年的训...

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生命中我们有很多的失望、沮丧和烦恼，我们根本不需要寻找。我们美妙的世界充满了美丽、光明、希望。但是，当我们放眼四周时，为什么浪费时间寻找不快、失望和烦恼，而看不到我们面前的美好事物呢？In life we are happiest when… 生活中我们最幸福 A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. 一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。 All of their friends...

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Routines 惯例 I get up everyday at 5:30. 我每天在5:30起床。 I shave and wash up. 我刮胡子，洗脸。 I get a quick-buy to eat. 我顺便很快的吃完早饭。 I'm on the road by 6:30. 我在六点半左右动身。 I get to the studio and have a cup of coffee. 我到工作室后喝杯咖啡。 And on and on. 之后的之后等等。 We all have routine that we go through everyday. 每一天我们都会有些惯例。 The t...

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Feeling 触觉 What if you've got a magic sense of touch? 如果你得到一种魔术般的感觉会怎样? Yes, we do! Isn't it great? I love being able to feel different things, everything has its own unique feel. 是的,我们已经得到了!不错吧?我很高兴可以感觉到不同的东西,每种东西都有其独特的感受。 For example, the feel of a soft, furry puppy, or a rabbit; 例如,感受一只柔软的、毛茸茸的...

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Think Positive Thoughts Every Day 积极看待每一天 If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view. 　 如果你觉得心有余力不足，觉得缺乏前进的动力，有时候你只需要改变思维的角度。 By training your thoughts to concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to ha...

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I ago Prytherch his name, though, be allowed, Just an ordinary man of the bald Welsh hill Who pens a few sheep in a gap of cloud. Docking mangel chipping the green skin From the yellow bones with a half-witted grin Of satisfaction, or churning the crude earth To a stiff sea of clods that glint in the wind– So are his days spent, his spittled mirth Rarer than the sun th...

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Blue 蓝色 What comes to mind when you think of blue? 当你想到蓝色，脑中会浮现什么? Blue is a cool color. 蓝色是一种酷的颜色。 It's not necessarily cold, but I definitely think It's cool. 它不见得很冷,但我确实认为是很凉爽。 Clear blue skies on Autumn days are nice. 秋天晴朗的蓝天非常不错。 Salty blue water next warm islands, anybody feels swim. 温暖的岛屿碧蓝的咸海水,...

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Dear Arizona, 亲爱的亚利桑那: My brother is so lucky. Good stuff is always happening to him. Do you believe in luck? And if so, how can I get more of it? 我的兄弟运气特别好,常有好事发生在他身上。你相信运气吗?如果真有运气,我怎样才能得到更多一些呢? —Looking for Luck in Louisiana ——身在路易斯安那寻找好运的人 Dear Looking, 亲爱的运气寻觅者: I was eating breakfa...

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The river is famous to the fish. 鱼儿熟知河流。 The loud voice is famous to silence, which knew it would inherit the earth before anybody said so. 寂静熟知高声。 寂静知道,在任何人发声前, 它会接管地球。 The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds watching him from the birdhouse. 鸟儿熟知睡在围墙上的猫。 它在笼中注视着猫的一举一动。 The tear is famou briefly, to the c...

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Teaching and Learning Responsibility 教与学的责任 "Teaching a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." "教一个人钓鱼,你喂饱他一辈子。" It sounds good in theory. 论上听起来不错。 But is it realistic to make your kids "work"? 但现实中可能你的孩子"工作"吗? They are supposed to study or play or do something other than "work"...

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Pets and dogs 宠物和狗 When I was in the fifth grade, I moved to the country. 当我在五年级的时候,我搬到了乡下。 We had pigs, chickens, rabbits, fish, turtles, cats, dogs and a horse. 我们有猪、鸡、兔、鱼、龟、猫、狗和马。 I would run everywhere with the dogs. 我带着狗到处跑。 I can say what dogs are called—men's best friends. 我能说狗被称为——-人类最好的朋友。 They ...

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我们无法选择出生，无法选择父母，无法选择出生的历史时期与国家……但是在这些无法选择之中，我们的确可以选择自己的生活方式…… 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. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be...

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Levels of Communication 3 交际面面观 Evaluative communication: Offering opinions, ideas and judgments to others. 评价交流：告诉别人自己的观点，主意和评价。 This is risky business because the odds are that others will give their own evaluations, which may be different from yours. 这是件冒险的事，因为你的评价和别人对自己的评价可能会不同。 When people always use evaluative comm...

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Discovery in a Thunderstorm 雷雨中的醒悟 Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to relate, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Pedaling, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it impossible to get into the clear. The clouds w...

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Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate into great moments of joy; some will result in profound sorrow. 人生就如一趟火车之旅。我们上车,前进,下车。接着,我们又回到火车上,再乘坐几程。这当中会有意外发生,也会出现延误的...

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Sight 视觉 Every once in a while on a weekend, my family and I go to the local park, and shoot off some small fireworks. 偶尔在周末的时候,我和我的家人会去当地公园,燃放一些很小的烟花。 Then we light some sparklers and run around until they burn out. 那时我们会点燃一些烟火,跑来跑去直到它们燃尽。 It's nice to watch the kids run around with the sparklers. 看到孩子们围着烟火...

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