英文欣赏:生命的追求 Much to Live For

There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. 生命中,有那么多我未曾经历过,有那么多我未曾见识过。 I have not thought and have not done or felt enough—the early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in flight, the mysteries of late-at-night. I still need time to read a book, write poems, paint a picture, look at scenes and faces d...

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英文欣赏:Making judgement评判

Making judgement 评判 Are you the type of person that is quick to judge? 你是那种能非常迅速做出评判的人吗? I often make the mistake of quickly judging someone. 我经常犯这样迅速评判某人的错误。 You've probably heard the expression, "Don't judge a book by its cover". 你有没有听过这样一句话,叫做“人不可貌相。” But, it's hard not to. 但是,很难不去这样做。 I...

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英文欣赏:人生如筷 Life as Chopsticks

Chopsticks. Right now, millions of people are digging into their food with two sticks that have stood the test of time as a utensil for humans, even when countless thousands of other tools, gadgets and products haven't. But what's so special about them? 筷子。现如今,当数不尽的工具、器具和产品都已被时间淘汰,只有筷子经受住了时间的考验,成千上万的人们用它们来夹取食物...

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英文欣赏:Movie scenes 电影场景

Movie scenes 电影场景 Yesterday, a friend of mine and I were talking about scenes of movies that we liked, 昨天,我的一个朋友和我谈论我们很喜欢的电影场景, that moved us, that stuck in our brains somehow. 那些曾经感动我们,在我们脑中触动我们的东西。 Do you know the kind that I am talking about–scenes that are really powerful, and easy to recall, 你知道那种我谈论的,真正的...

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英文欣赏:诗歌之灵性 The Dexterity of Poetry

The Dexterity of Poetry 诗歌之灵性 With the young of both sexes, Poetry is, like love, a passion; but, for much the greater part of those who have been proud of its power over their minds, a necessity soon arises of breaking the pleasing 1)bondage; or it relaxes of itself; —the thoughts being occupied in domestic cares, or the time 2)engrossed by business. Poetry then ...

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英文欣赏:只因一个微笑 Just A Little Smile

Just A Little Smile 只因一个微笑 Mike was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a tape recorder. Mike knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burde...

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英文欣赏:韶华易逝

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. 自然的新绿如金, 奈何最是难留。 自然的初芽如花, 绽放却难恒久。 叶叶凋萎,片片散落。 伊甸园沉入悲伤, 黎明沉沦为白昼。 韶华流逝如飞。 罗伯特·弗罗斯特(Robert Frost, 18...

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英文欣赏:母亲的含义 Not Just a Mom

Not Just a Mom 母亲的含义 A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job, or are you just a … " 一位名叫埃米莉的妇女在县办事处给驾驶执照续期时...

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英文欣赏:你真的想要吗?

Do you really want it? 你真的想要吗? I think we can do things only when we really want to, 只有当我们真正想要的时候,我想我们才可以做许多事情, I mean really want to. 我的意思是真正想要的。 Do you remember something that you really want it, 你还记得你真正想要的东西, it could be something as simply as an ice cream. 它可能只是简单的就像一个冰淇淋一样。 When my daughter wants an...

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英文欣赏:千载难逢的机会(上)

The Outside Chance 千载难逢的机会 It's a funny thing about money. If you haven't got it, you think it's the most important thing in the world. That's how I used to think. I don't any more, and I learned it in the hard way. 这是一个关于金钱的有趣的故事。如果你没有听过,你会觉得钱是世界上最重要的东西。这也是我曾经一直赞同的观点。不过现在不会了,我从艰辛中懂...

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英文欣赏:更难却更好的永别(下)

Use swabs to wet her mouth, the nurse told me. Hold her hand. 护士告诉我用棉签蘸水湿润她的嘴唇,举起她的手。 Her senses are dimming, but hearing will linger. Tell her you love her. 她的意识逐渐消退,但是还能够听见你的声音。快告诉她你爱她。 She died on Father's Day. I had bought Dad a bottle of cognac, 母亲在父亲节这一天去世的。我给父亲带来一瓶白兰地, which we were drink...

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英文欣赏:放慢脚步 享受生活

What's the Rush? 放慢脚步 享受生活 Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride—the ride we call life—as we know it. 有时我在想我们需要离开我们称之为生活的东西—我们都了解这一点。 As the song goes, “slow down, you're moving too fast, you got to make the good times last.” 就如同歌中所唱的:“放慢你的脚步,你太快了,你必须让最好的时光在最后到来。” Why have we become ...

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英文欣赏:呼喊自由的鹦鹉

Freedom parrot 呼喊自由的鹦鹉 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating "Freedom! Freedom!". And it was such a place that when the parrot repeated the word "Freedom!" it would go on ...

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英文欣赏:放松心情 Lighten Up(上)

Lighten Up 放松心情 These days, it seems that almost all of us have something to worry about. 这些日子,似乎我们每个人都有担心的事情。 People are frustrated and uptight about almost everything—being five minutes late, 人们对很多事情会感到沮丧和紧张——还有五分钟就要迟到了, having someone else show up five minutes late, being stuck in traffic, 希望对方能在五分钟后出现,因为交...

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英文欣赏:放松心情 Lighten Up(下)

The next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration level. 第二步是要了解你的期望和挫折感水平之间的联系。 Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn't, 当你期待某件事以特定方式发生而事实并非如此, you are upset and you suffer. On the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, 你会不安和痛苦。相反,当你不去想太多...

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英文欣赏:加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯(上)

Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield 加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯 Jim Davis, is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield in 1978. 吉姆·戴维斯是美国漫画家,他在1978年创作了十分受欢迎的漫画连载《加菲猫》。 As an Art and Business major at Ball State University, 作为波尔州立大学商业艺术专业的学生, Davis distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest accumu...

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英文欣赏:Smell嗅觉

Smell 嗅觉 Witty my large nose, I have fairly keen sense of smell. 别看我有个很大的鼻子,但我的嗅觉非常敏锐。 It's a blessing, and also a curse. 这是一种祝福,也是一种诅咒。 Since my nose tends to be more sensitive than the average person's. 因为我的鼻子会变得比一般人的更加灵敏。 There are advantages and disadvantages. 其中有优势也有劣势。 For example, I am usually the...

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英文欣赏:记住我们为什么做某事

Remembering why we are doing something 记住我们为什么做某事 Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。 Have you ever done that? 你曾有过这种经历吗? I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。 I have called someone because I want to tell...

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英文欣赏:世界上最大的家庭(下)

Mrs. Albina now has 16 more girls, including the twins who are 15 months old. 阿宾娜太太现在有16多个女儿,包括5个月大的双胞胎。 The oldest Albina children are in their 30s and 40s. They're on their own now, 阿宾娜年纪最大的孩子已经有三、四十岁了,他们自食其力, but 18 of the kids still live with their parents in a two-room hut. 但有18个孩子仍然和阿宾娜夫妇住在一套两居室...

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英文欣赏:纠结过去

Stuck in the past 纠结过去 I think it's natual to reflect at the end of the day, 我认为在一天结束的时候是一种自然的反映, or the end of the week,month or year. 或者一周,每月或每年结束的时候。 But the danger of a reflecting and focusing on the past is that we kind of get lost in it. 但专注于过去的反映会危险到让我们迷失在其中。 I know people that think about all the mistak...

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