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对我和霍莉来说，一切是从一只无主的猫开始的。它在严寒中被抛弃，在校舍楼前台阶上，蜷缩在一个球里。这是一所为心理不正常的儿童开设的小学，我在那儿每周提供三天的心理治疗。 Is Holly Working Today? For Holly and me，it started with a stray kitten1)．Abandoned in the harsh winter weather，she huddled in a ball on the front steps of our building，an elementary school for emotionally ...
在美国，尤其在美国城市里，男女经常相约一起外出。他们一起滑雪，一起工作，一起去饭馆或在彼此的住处用餐。这并不意味着他们一定是对性感兴趣，尽管表面上看起来如此；当然，有一些男女是这样的。 Adult Dating in the US Men and women go out together a great deal in America，especially in the cities．They ski1） together，work together，dine together，either at restaurants or in each oth...
编者按: 生命中到底什么最重要？是金钱，是地位，是名誉，是你远大的志向，还是对家人的关爱？ Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter w...
【美文欣赏】 信任！是一种弥足尊贵的东西，没有人可以用金钱买得到，也没有人可以用诱惑或武力争取得到，它来自一个人的灵魂深处，是活在灵魂里的清泉，它可以拯救灵魂，滋养灵魂，让心灵充满纯洁和自信 A Shared Moment Of Trust One night recently I was driving down a two lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we pa...
Wedding customs and traditions The idea of having bridesmaids1)，pages2)，a best man and ushers originated with the belief that evil spirits，envious of the couple’s happiness，would be out to harm them，but would be confused by so many similarly dressed people．The custom of the best man probably goes back to the days when the groom took a friend with him when he went to ki...
婚礼上的接吻还象征新娘身份的变化。当新郎揭开她的面纱去吻她嘴唇的时候，丈夫是在向大家宣布，他已确认并且接受了她新的身份。就像那王子的亲吻唤醒睡美人一样，她可爱的王子的亲吻把新娘从少女时期的酣睡中唤醒，并把她引进成年人的生活。 Kissing The Bride Western brides have been kissed as part of the wedding ceremony since the days of the Roman empire．Among engaged Roman couples，the k...
拥有万贯家财，也许是件很体面可以炫耀于人前的事情。但是，这又有什么可以炫耀的呢？财富可能遮望眼，可能迷心灵，让人看不到更体会不到生活的另一边的美好。那种美好金钱买不到，却可以由乐观的生活态度得到。所以，必须养成正确的财富观。 How Poor We Really Are One day a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country so he could have his son see how poor country people were. Th...
【导语】 那鹿被车撞死了。一个在狭窄山路上开车经过的人看见有东西微微一动, 就停下了车。蜷缩在死鹿旁的是头脐带未断的初生幼鹿。“我想你活的希望不大, ”开车人一边扯断脐带一边对这个小生灵说道, “但至少我要把你带到一个暖和的地方。” 【英文原文】 The Deer and the Nursing Home The deer had been struck and killed by a car. A passing motorist on the narrow mountain road saw a slight moveme...
市内过周末所需的物品：白天穿的棉制或其他较舒服的裙子。为晚间的活动准备一件质量很好的裙子或一条裤子。一件薄毛衣或开衫，颜色要亮丽，另加三件衬衣，其中一件是黑色的丝制T恤以备晚间聚会时穿。 The Best Packing for a Long Weekend Leave the trunk in the attic1）．It is possible to pack everything you need for a weekend getaway in one carry－on bag．Here’s how： Bring two pairs of sho...
编者按: 在艾伦当初听到这句格言的时候，他还只是一颗鹅卵石。但是当他面临危机，需要指引的那一刻，他就变成了钻石。所以，尽量多地收集些鹅卵石，那么有朝一日你就会拥有一个钻石般的未来。 The Magic Pebbles “Why do we have to learn all of this dumb stuff?” Of all the complaints and questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one mo...
Dig a Little Deeper There’s a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to get down to the serious business of getting the gold ore out of the mine. All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened. The vein of gol...
孤独的滋味，在与人相处时感觉最深，因为和别人相处，有时即使是恋人，也会因为趣味、性格和心情的不同而痛苦。 Solitary Life “Music I heard with you was more than music.” Exactly. And therefore music itself can only be heard alone. Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience. “Alone one is never lonely: the spirit ad...
编者按: 注意你所说的话。对你身边的人说鼓励的话。语言的力量…有时难以想象一句鼓励的话会有如此深远的影响。 The Power of Words A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up ...
【英文原文1】 The Eyes of TEX Eric Seal thought the scrawny puppy a t his feet was perhaps five weeks old．Some time during the night，the little mixed－breed female had been dumped at the Seals’ front gate．“Before you ask，”he told Jeffrey，his wife，“the answer is an absolute no。We are not going to keep it．We don’t need another dog．When and if we do，we‘ll get a pureb...
编者按: 珍惜拥有的生命，善待生命中的每一天，你将无怨无悔；珍惜拥有的缘分，握紧手中的每一份爱，你将得到温暖；珍惜拥有的机遇，网住幸运的每一个瞬间，你将创造奇迹；珍惜拥有的人生，踏实前进中每一个脚步，你的旅途将充满光辉。 A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her thoughts with ...
编者按: 欲速则不达的一种解释是，当你执着于结果，你就不能把所有的精力都放在开头上，放在过程中，而正是开头和过程中的努力才能结出最后的硕果。也许，当你不再执着于结果时，结果就来敲你的门了。 Time to Learn A young but earned Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: “If I work very hard and diligently how long will it take for me to find Zen?” The ...
洛杉矶以北40英里处有个叫香巴拉的野生动物保护区。露出地表的褐色巨石漫无规则地分散在保留地宽广起伏的土地上，它那粗犷的美使人想起非洲。香巴拉（梵语，意思是“所有生灵，包括人和动物，和睦相会的地方”。）是狮子和其他大型猫科动物的家园。它掩映在加利福尼亚州索尔达德峡谷令人叹为观止的壮丽景色中，令人心驰神往。 The Gift of Subira Forty miles north of Los Angeles，there is a wildlife pre...
编者按: 我们并不是因为年老就不再玩耍；我们变老是因为我们不再玩耍。只有四个秘密可以让你保持年轻，快乐，获得成功。你必须每天都开怀大笑，寻找幽默。你必须有一个梦想。失去了梦想，你就会虽生犹死。 Never Too Late to Become What You Want to Be The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us. “Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked l...
Guy Fawkes Night ――5th November Guy Fawkes Night–5th November, is s till observed in England――but fifty years ago it was celebrated with much more enthusiasm than is common today.It is different from other festivals in several ways. Although it occurs in the Autumn, it is not a seasonal festival：it is a political one. It started as an assertion1) of religious and patr...
让我们花一点点时间，对那个被我们叫做“妈”的人表达敬意和感激之情，虽然有些人当着面说不出口。她是不可替代的。珍惜与她在一起的每一时刻吧。虽然有时候，她可能不是我们最好的朋友，可能不同意我们的想法，但她依然是你的妈妈！ Love your mother Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM though some may not say it openly to their mo...