英文欣赏:比尔·盖茨与通用汽车公司(上)

Bill Gates vs. GM 比尔·盖茨与通用汽车公司 At a computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stat...

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英文欣赏:我真笨 I'm Stupid!(上)

I'm Stupid! 我真笨! Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't have to rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me…oops… never mind, didn't see your sign."It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there...

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英文欣赏:颜色与人 Colors and People

Colors and People 人和颜色 There are three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. Certain psychologists have put people who love these colors into different groups. 有三种原色:红色,黄色和蓝色。某些心理学家把喜欢这三种颜色的人划分成三类。 The group of people who love red are those who have self-confidence enough to be heroes and winners of competitions. The members of this ...

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英文欣赏:我为何而生 What I have Lived for

What I have Lived for 我为何而生 Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. 我的一生被三种...

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英文欣赏:多想想美好的事情

Try to Remember the Good Things 想想好事情 When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. 当你身陷困境的时候(你有时会),回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。 Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial. 回想它是如何使你快乐,你便有了走出困境...

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英文欣赏:只有时间了解爱的价值

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave . 从前有一个岛,所有的情感都住在那里:幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的,爱也不例外。一...

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英文欣赏:颜色与人 Colors and People

Colors and People 人和颜色 There are three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. Certain psychologists have put people who love these colors into different groups. 有三种原色:红色,黄色和蓝色。某些心理学家把喜欢这三种颜色的人划分成三类。 The group of people who love red are those who have self-confidence enough to be heroes and winners of competitions. The members of this ...

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英文欣赏:比尔·盖茨与通用汽车公司(上)

Bill Gates vs. GM 比尔·盖茨与通用汽车公司 At a computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stat...

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英文欣赏:我真笨 I'm Stupid!(上)

I'm Stupid! 我真笨! Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't have to rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me…oops… never mind, didn't see your sign."It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there...

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英文欣赏:我爱你胜过爱我自己

It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, me fixing Amanda's blonde hair. I said, “I love you, Amanda.” “And, I love you,” she replied. “Oh, yeah,” I taunted. “Well, I love you more.” Her eyes lit up as she recognized the cue for the start of another “I love you more” match. “Nuh-uh...

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英文欣赏:做男人/女人真棒,因为……(下)

Dry cleaners and hair cutters don't rob us blind. 干洗店和卷发器不会让我们没眼光。 We can leave the motel bed unmade. 我们可以不整理床铺直接离开旅馆。 We get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. 一点点体贴的行为就能增加我们的信誉。 If we're 34 and single, nobody notices. 如果我们34岁,单身,没有人会注意到。 Everything on our face stays its original c...

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英文欣赏:比尔·盖茨与通用汽车公司(下)

and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 并且不能重启,在这种情况下,你将不得不重新安装引擎。 5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive… but would run on only five percent of the roads. 麦金塔将使一辆可靠的太阳能车,以五倍的速度行驶,驾驶起来比之前轻松两倍……...

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英文欣赏:人生处处是转角 Always Changing

Always Changing 人生处处是转角 Please excuse me if I’m a little pensive today. 如果我今天有点郁郁寡欢,请原谅我。 Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad. 马克要走了,我感到有点难过。 You probably don’t know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of year combining e...

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英文欣赏:做男人/女人真棒,因为……(上)

It's Great to Be a Guy/Woman Because… 做男人/女人真棒,因为…… It's Great to Be a Guy Because… 我想成为一个男子汗因为…… Our last name stays put. 称谓还等着我们去填写。 We can be President. 我们可能称谓总统。 The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. 几年保持同一个发型,也许是十年。 Car mechanics tell us the truth. 汽车修理师告诉我们一个真理。 We d...

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英文欣赏:日出前的一小时 An Hour before Sunrise

An Hour before Sunrise 日出前的一小时 An hour before sunrise in the city there is all air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets, which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the quiet, closely shut buildings which throughout the day are swarming with life. The drunken, the dissipated, and tile criminal have disapp...

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英文欣赏:我为何而生 What I have Lived for

What I have Lived for 我为何而生 Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair. 我的一生被三种...

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英文欣赏:美丽在我心

Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. 我住的公寓大楼里的每个人都认得这只丑八怪。丑八怪曾是小区里的流浪猫。在这个世界上他只喜欢做三件事:战斗、吃垃圾,还有,应该说是爱吧。 The combination of these things combined with a life spent o...

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英文欣赏:坠落人间的天使

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" 从前,有个孩子马上就要诞生了。于是有一天他问上帝:“听说明天您就送我去人间了,但是,我这么弱小和无助,我在那儿怎么生活呢?” God replied, "Among the many angel...

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英文欣赏:手语 Sign Language(下)

The priest who made up the finger alphabet also founded the first school for the deaf in Paris in 1760. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people went to Paris and learnt Abbe de l'Epee's system. Then they taught it to their students and patients. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. 组成手势语的牧师1760年在巴黎也建立了第一个聋哑学校。教...

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英文欣赏:身份危机 Identity Crisis(上)

Identity Crisis 身份危机 With industrialization and modernization, more and more people are confronted with the problem of identity. 随着工业化和现代化的发展,越来越多的人要面对身份问题。 The most interesting example is that of a so-called "banana", 最有趣的例子是所谓的香蕉型人, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values. 它代表长着...

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