英语沙龙:幸运的鸡咕咕
明妮.布卢姆菲尔德从未丧失对生活的热爱。她相信随年龄的增长而来的是勇气、梦想和真正懂得生活-整个生活的意义。所以, 在她86岁高龄时, 成了一群鸡惟一的看管人。在一条南加州最繁忙高速公路上, 一次家禽卡车事故后, 一群鸡被遗弃在路旁。出于只有当今官僚作风的原因, 始终没有人来救助这些鸡。它们干脆在路旁灌木丛里定居下来, 当地人称它们为好莱坞高速公路鸡。 The Woman Who Took Chickens Under Her ...
英语沙龙:布赖斯峡谷
在印第安人来到这片土地之前，这里居住着许多各式各样的神话人物，如鸟、兽、蜥蜴等等，它们的形状全都像人一样……。出于某种原因，神话人物都很坏，于是草原狼把它们全部变成了石头。你现在在那里就可以看到，它们全都成了石头，有的一排排地站着，有的坐在那里，有的互相靠着。你可以看到它们脸上还保留着变成石头以前的原有色彩…… The Bryce Canyon1) Situated in Utah State，the Bryce Can yon is one ...
英语沙龙:Monday-星期一
Monday Monday，the second day of the week，means literally1)“day of the moon”．Here in Britain，it’ s generally the least popular of days because for most people it means a return to work or school after the weekend break．Often，this prospect2) is viewed with a lack of enthusiasm，a sad feeling that’s sometimes referred to as“Monday morning blues3)．” Sometimes the blues ma...
不要,再这么独自等待生活(双语)
【Transcript】 To sum up my credo in a sentence: The farther away I get from myself, the nearer I get to God. Most of my troubles came when I was obsessed with my own petty concerns and trivial details. I respect the hermit but admire the crusader—his life takes more of courage. I sympathize with the introvert as I would with the sickly, but both are missing a lot of life. A...
英文欣赏：学会休息
编者按: 一张一弛乃文武之道，工作固然重要，而适当的休息更重要。若一味工作而不放松自己，就会失去生活的乐趣，工作也会失去本身的意义。 Busy 忙 Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an ax...
英文欣赏：黄金与钻石
编者按: 我们不能通过事物的外表来判断它的价值。那些貌似华丽的，往往并没什么价值。而那些看起来很平常的，却可能价值连城。判断事物如此，判断人亦是如此。伯乐选马，关注的不是马的颜色，马的性别，而是它自身的价值。 Gold and Diamond A long time ago, in Egypt lived a famous mystical person named Zun-Nun. A young man came to visit him and asked,”Teacher, I do not understand why p...
英文欣赏：爱情就象一座四季花园
Love is like a four-season garden A relationship is like a garden, if it is to strive it must be watered regularly, special care must be given; take into account the seasons as well as any unpredictable weather. New seeds must be sown and weeds must be pulled. Similarly, to keep the magic of love alive, we must understand its seasons and nurture love’s special needs. The spr...
英文欣赏：智慧之语
做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方，做你想做的那个自己，生命只有一次，你只有一次机会可以做你想做的事情。 希望你有足够多的快乐让生活甜蜜美好，有足够多的考验让你变得坚强，足够多的悲伤让你更慈爱，足够多的希望让你快乐。 Words of Wisdom There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! When the door of ha...
英文欣赏：建造自己的房子
编者按: 有人曾经说过：“生活就是一项DIY的工程”。你今天的态度与选择决定了你明天会住在什么样的“房子”里。因此，用你的智慧去建造你的”房子”吧！ Building your House An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the p...
英语沙龙:December 31–European New Year's Eve
December 31– European New Year’s Eve On New Year’s Eve, Bulgarians1) perform fortunetelling tricks with leaves and water glasses. Finns have been known to do the same with molten2) tin and buckets. In the lower Rhine, it was once customary3) to play cards frenziedly4) until the stroke of midnight. The Greeks, too, play cards and sing songs about Saint Basil；and the Be...
英语沙龙:Wedding custom around the world (5)
Wedding custom around the world (5) Carribean1)：A rich black cake baked with dried fruits and rum is especially popular on the islands of Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. The ricipe, handed down from mother to daughter, is embellished2) by each. It is considered a “pound”cake――with the recipe calling for a pound each of flour, dark brown sugar, butter, glace cherries, raisi...
英文欣赏：村姑和牛奶罐
她想得得意忘形，情不自禁地把头一扬，刹那间，牛奶罐跌了下来！她幻想的一切幸福间破灭了。 The country Maid and Her Milk Can A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.”The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred, These eggs, allowing for...
英文欣赏：我被法学院开除的日子
编者按: 每个人迟早都会在一些人生重大事情上遇到挫折——无论它是工作、梦想，还是一份感情。我相信，被法学院开除使我成了一名更好的法官。它确实教我认识了人性的弱点，体会到给予人们第二次机会的必要性。 但失败也使我懂得，人生之路充满了未知的变数，要充分利用这些变数，你就不能让自己被一次挫折击垮，也不能让别人束缚你的手脚。 The Day I Flunked out of Law School The dean of the University ...
英语沙龙:Wedding custom around the world (6)
Wedding custom around the world (6) The Czech1) Republic：Friends would sneak into2) the bride’s yard to plant a tree, then decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend said she would live as long as the tree. Brides in the countryside carry on the very old custom of wearing a wreath of rosemary3), which symbolizes remembrance. The wreath is woven for each bride on...
英语沙龙:西方的头衔与称谓
Western titles and terms of address In the west，especially in Britain，status titles are associated with class distinctions――Lord Apley，Earl Bernard（‘Count ’is used in Western European countries）．The British upper class families usually have titles，such as Duke1），Marquis2），Earl3），Viscount4）and Baron5）．In the U．S．，however，class differences are minimized and...
微笑出发:搭起与陌生人之间的桥梁
【美文欣赏】 与陌生人交往是人生的必修课，是我们融入社会的桥梁。与陌生人谈话是口语交际中的一大难关，处理得好，可以一见如故，相见恨晚；处理得不好，又会导致尴尬难受。 On June 23, 1970, I had just been mustered out of the Army after completing my one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. I was a 23-year-old Army veteran on a plane from Oakland, California, returning home to Dallas, Texa...
Friends-友谊长存(双语)
【导语】 我们挑了只毛茸球似的爱玩的小灰猫。家里像是添了只跑得飞快的走鹃。她到处追逐想像中的老鼠和松鼠, 一眨眼的工夫就从桌子上跳到椅子上。所以我们管她叫“闪电”。 【英文原文】 Friends Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old schnauzer1）, to help ease the loss of our daughter. Sam and I developed a very special bond over the next fourteen years. It seemed...
英文欣赏：给自己放松
为了使你的工作日一切顺利，试着有条不紊地安排工作：上午精力相对充沛时多做一些要求较高的工作；下午感动疲劳时做一些较轻松的工作。 试着听听音乐，这有助于你放松身心，例如听听海浪拍打岩石或鸟儿歌唱的声音。这些磁带市面上都有卖。如果你在工作中听音乐的话，最好使用耳机。 The time you spend at the office may be the most stressful part of your day, but it doesn’t have to be. You h...
英文欣赏：待售的小狗
编者按: 这时小男孩弯下腰，拉起左边的裤管，露出用以支撑双腿的金属支架。他抬头看看老板，轻声地说：“我自己也跑不快，这只小狗正好有个同病相怜的主人。” Puppies for sale A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his o...
英语沙龙:Halloween-万圣节前夜
Halloween1） All Saints’ Day，which falls on 1st November，is regarded in the West as a festival．It was formerly a religious day and has been observed since the 4th century．31 st October，the night before All Saints’ Day called Halloween，was originally New Year’ s Eve celebrated by the Celts．The Celtic authoritative2） druids3） believed that demons and spirits of the de...