英文欣赏:孩子的守护天使The child's guardian angel

上帝拍拍他的头说: “你的天使会告诉你最美丽甜蜜的话,对你有耐心,悉心照料,教你说话” 。 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?” God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you ...

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英文欣赏:在工作中学会成长

成功的关键在于自己,在于自己的智慧,自己的雄心,自己的勇气和决心。对困难有充足的思想准备,努力战胜它们,让艰难的经历成为未来的竞争资本。 To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog...

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英文欣赏:热血、辛劳、汗水与眼泪(丘吉尔)

你们会问,我们的目标是什么?我可以用一个词作答,那就是:胜利。不惜一切代价,甘冒一切危险去夺取胜利。不论前面的道路多么漫长,多么崎岖,一定要夺取胜利!因为不获胜利就得灭亡。 In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today, and I hope that any of my friends and colleagues or former colleagues who are affected by the political reconstr...

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英文欣赏:Success in Life成功

不管你的梦想是什么,你有一个目标并且为之倾注心力。梦想带给你希望和幸福。在为之奋斗的过程中,你流泪,流汗,抱怨甚至诅咒,但是收获的快乐会令你忘却着所有你所经历的痛苦与艰辛。 Success means different things for different people. Some may equate it with fame, some with wealth and still some with accomplishments. For me, it means fulfilling one’s dreams. Whatever your dream...

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英语沙龙:The Reasons We Fight over Finance

The Reasons We Fight over Finance When I started doing research for this column, asking what sorts of money fights people have, every single couple said the same thing: “Well, we don’t really fight about money.” Right, right,right, I’d have to say,backing away from the flame of lies. “But we all have the occasional childish squabble, right?” Even then people were hesitant.“W...

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英文欣赏:我是我自己的主人Master of Myself

我从此领悟到人类和我自己情绪变化的奥秘。对于自己千变万化的个性,我不在听之任之,我将积极主动的控制情绪,从而掌握自己的命运。 I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best ,and I am not inferior.There will be days when I must IN THE WORLD constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down,Those such sa despair and sadness are simple to...

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英文欣赏:真正的自我The Real Self

我们都承认在我们曰常活动中那么忙碌的自我,并不完全是真正的自我;我们相信我们在生活的追求中已经失掉了一些东西。 The only problem unconsciously assumed by all Chinese philosophers to be of any importance is: How shall we enjoy life, and who can best enjoy life? No perfectionism, no straining after the unattainable, no postulating of he unknowable; but taking poor, modal human ...

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英语沙龙:Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead,the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger ang...

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英语沙龙:Why I Want a Wife

I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. And, not altogether incidentally,I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife. As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to m...

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英语沙龙:The Story of Sissa

The Story of Sissa There was once a victim of overwhelming numbers called King Shirham of India, who, according to the old legend, wanted to reward his grand Prime Minister Sissa for inventing and presenting to him the game of chess. The desire of the clever minister seemed very modest. “Majesty,” he said kneeling in front of the king, “give me a grain of wheat to put on the...

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每日阳光絮语:人生哲学的最好表述

Welcome to another brand new day at Faithradio online daily sunshine. 欢迎来到Faith英语电台每日阳光絮语。 One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. . . In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. 一个人的人生哲学的最好表述,不是体现于言语,而是表现在他所做的决定。从长远来看,我们塑造了自己的生活,也塑造了...

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英语沙龙:Old Friends,Good Friends

More than 30 years ago, when I took my first job in New York City, I found myself working with a number of young women. Some I got to know just in passing, but others gradually became my friends. Today, six of these women remain an important part of my life. They are more than simply friends, more even than close friends. They are old friends, as indispensable as sunshine an...

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英文欣赏:知识与美德Knowledge and Virtue

知识是一回事,美德是另一回事。好意并非良心,优雅并非谦让,广博与公正的观点也并非信仰。哲学,无论多么富有启迪和深奥莫测,都无法驾驭情感,不具备有影响力的动机,不具有导致生动活泼的原理。 Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profo...

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英文欣赏:发挥潜力,创造无限

我的技艺,我的头脑,我的心灵,我的身体,若不善加利用,都将随着时间的流逝而迟钝,腐朽,甚至死亡.我的潜力无穷无尽,脑力、体能稍加开发,就能超过以往的任何成就。从今天开始。我就要开发潜力。 Extend the Miracle My skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ;...

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英语沙龙:雪莱致伊丽莎白·西琴勒的情书

Shelly to Elizabeth Hitchener Your letter of the 1st hath this moment reached me. I answer it according to our agreement, which shall be inviolable. Truly did you say that, at our arising in the morning, nature assumes a different aspect. Who could have conjectured the circumstances of my last letter? Friend of my soul, this is terrible, dismaying: it makes one’s heart...

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英文欣赏:青春物语Man's Youth

青春奇妙无穷,充满魅力,充满痛楚.青春年少的时候根本不知青春为何物,直到青春一去不复返了才对青春有了真正的认识.谁都想让青春永驻,不忍青春离去;眼睁睁地看着青春流逝,心中会涌起无穷的忧伤和惋惜; Man’s Youth by Thomas wolfe Man’s youth is a wonderful thing: it is so full of anguish and of magic and he nevr comes to know it as it is, until it has gone from him forever. It ...

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英文欣赏:她在美中穿行

美汇入她的举止,美溶进她的眼神; 美在乌黑的发际游弋,美在灿烂的脸上逡巡。 She Walks in Beauty She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. By George Gordon 乔治•戈登•拜伦(George Gordon Byron 1...

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英语沙龙:为我的母亲祈祷 Prayer for My Mother

Prayer for My Mother Dear God, Now that I am no longer young,I have friends whose mothers have passed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change,but I do.As I grow older and w...

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每日阳光絮语:To sit patiently with a yearning

Welcome to another brand new day at Faithradio online daily sunshine, Faith英语电台每日阳光絮语。 To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful “magic skills” that human beings are capable of. NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛(大学组)/SDcamps全国中小...

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英语沙龙:You Can Have Entertainment at No Cost

You Can Have Entertainment at No Cost Most of us trade money for entertainment. Movies, concerts and shows are enjoyable but expensive. If you think that you cannot have a good time without spending a lot of money, read on. Little resourcefulness and a few minutes of newspaper-scanning should give you some pleasant surprises. People may be the most interesting show in a larg...

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