英文欣赏:Power Walk Getting more exercise劲走 得到更多的锻炼

Power Walk Getting more exercise 劲走 得到更多的锻炼 I've been thinking and talking and writing about how I need to get some exercise. 我一直在想,在说及在写我需要如何去做些运动。 But I haven't done much about it. 但我还没有做很多运动。 So, the other day, after a radio show, I went for a walk. 所以,有一天,在一个广播节目后,我出去散步了。 I walked a little faster than n...

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英文欣赏:Making changes做出改变

Making changes—getting rid of bad habits 做出改变–摆脱坏习惯 I was cleaning up my computer yesterday, organizing files, deleting some unused things to make more space, and improving what I already have. 我是昨天整理我的电脑,整理文件,删除一些闲置的东西以便腾出更多的空间,提高我已经有的文件。 Even though my computer was almost five years old, pretty old in computer years,...

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英文欣赏:关于爱和幸福的想法(上)

Thoughts on Love and Happiness 关于爱和幸福的想法  Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but oftentimes we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for ...

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英文欣赏:真心英雄 Heroes among Us

The sun shone brightly in the cloudless blue Wabash, Indiana, sky.  印第安纳州沃巴什县晴空万里的蓝天上,太阳光芒四射地照耀着。 “That was an especially beautiful sunny day,” recalls Jimmy Mitchell, a statuesque man in his early thirties.  “那是一个特别美丽的晴日。”吉米•米切尔回忆道。他30出头,五官轮廓分明。 That day Jimmy was driving his car beh...

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英文欣赏:专注 试图集中注意力

Focus—trying to concentrate 专注——试图集中注意力 A famous athlete once said: 一个著名的运动员曾经说过: It is not necessarily the amount of time you spent of practice that accounts, 你为锻炼所花费的时间多少并不重要, it's what you put into the practice. 重要的是你在其中所投入的。 So we can spend our time, studying, or practicing, or doing whatever, 所以我们可以花时间,学习,...

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英文欣赏:空闲时光-度假

Time Off—Vacation 空闲时光—度假 I haven’t had a vacation in a while. 我有段时间没有度假了。 I think I’ll take off soon. 我想自己不久就会启程。 I’m not sure where I’ll go or what I’ll do. 我不知道我要去哪里或我会做什么。 But I can learn a tourism place where I can go for a long road, 但是我了解到的是在旅游的地方我可以走很长的一段路、 breathe fresh air and take some nice pictu...

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英文欣赏:与老朋友们保持联系

Staying in touch with old friends 与老朋友们保持联系 I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages. 我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。 He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know to contact me. 他说自己过去一直很忙,也真的不知道与我联系。 I told him the same. 我告诉我也是一样。 The truth is, we have a few mutual friends, if we had really wanted to contact e...

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英文欣赏:你是一个成功者吗?

The newspaper I previously worked for employs a very friendly receptionist. All receptionists are supposed to be friendly, but Connie Abbott has such a positive tone, she could brighten your day by saying, "Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a movie star? You ought to go to Hollywood and audition for the title role in a new movie: The Return of King Kong."...

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英文欣赏:从日常生活中学到的教训

Lessons learning from daily life 从日常生活中学到的教训 When I was a child, I always like reading fairy tales about heros who were good, 当我还是个孩子时,我总是喜欢阅读那些非常好的英雄在其中的神话故事, who had to go through many difficult situations often battling the bad guys before he or she lived happily ever after. 他们往往与坏人战斗之前必须要经历许多磨难,之后他或她从此...

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英文欣赏:Red 红色

Red 红色 When learning English, a good memory will help you, but a good imagination may help you even more. 在学英语的过程中,一个好的记忆将有助你的学习,但一个好的想象力可以帮助你更多。 For example, in English we don't have many words for colors, but we have many ways to describe a color. 举例来说,在英语里,对于颜色我们没有很多的词汇,但是我们有很多方式来描述一种颜色。 We s...

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英文欣赏:注意你的年龄—慢慢变老

Noticing your age–getting older 注意你的年龄——年纪越来越大 When do you feel like you are getting older? 你什么时候感觉自己正在慢慢变老? Is it when the songs you liked when you were young are now considered all this but good east to the next generation? 是你年轻时喜欢的歌曲现在被下一代认为老掉牙的时候吗? When I was younger, I rarely liked classic music or jazz. 当我年轻...

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英文欣赏:Writing:Just a letter写作:只是一封信而已

Writing: Just a letter 写作:只是一封信而已 In the modern age, you can communicate in so many ways: text messaging, e-mailing, faxing, calling, but there is something about snail mail that is special. 在当今时代,你可以通过许多方面进行交流:比如发短信、电子邮件、传真或者打电话,但有一种邮局信件是很特别的。 When was the last time you received a letter from someone? 你上次收到一封...

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英文欣赏:你令爱了不起

Relax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. “No he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to talk.” 放松。他仍是你昨天爱着的那个小男孩。我笑着,试图抑制住眼里的泪水。“不,他不是。昨天我还梦想着他长大后会成为一名宇航员,今天我只希望他能学会说话。” It was ...

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英文欣赏:Being there,Done that早已经历过

Being there,Done that 早已经历过 Have you ever heard the expression "being there done that"? 你听说过“早已经历过”这个表达吗? You say it to a friend when you want to let that person know that you've already experienced something. 当你要让那个人知道你已经经历过的时候,就对朋友使用这个表达吧。 You often say when want to emphasize that experience wasn't so good...

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英文欣赏:在阔叶林

The same leaves over and over again! They fall from giving shade above To make one texture of faded brown And fit the earth like a leather glove. 同样的叶子,一回又一回! 从投下树阴的高处飘落, 堆积成枯褐的纹理, 仿佛给大地戴上了皮手套。 Before the leaves can mount again To fill the trees with another shade, They must go down past things coming up. They must go down into the...

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英文欣赏:瞬间之美

My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from home, I have learned that little forays into the outside world are imperative for psychological well-being. So before I begin attempting to put sentences together, I stroll over to...

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英文欣赏:Pain疼痛

Pain 疼痛 There is a phrase no pain no gain,it's used a lot by coaches ,teachers, and parents. 有一句话是没有痛苦就没有收获,许多教练、教师及家长都在使用它。 The idea is that good things don't come easily ,we have to work for them ,the more we invest the big we reward,so pain could be mental or physical. 这个想法是好的东西来之不易,我们通过努力争取,我们越投入,得到的奖...

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英文欣赏:没有人会知道

Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were already outside, playing marbles or hop scotch or jumping rope, since it was a pleasant spring day. 卡伦、朱迪和我是最后三个吃完午饭回到教室的。当我们把各自的金属饭盒放到衣帽钩上...

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英文欣赏:对抗感冒

Fighting a cold 对抗感冒 How do you fight a cold? 你怎样和感冒作斗争? When I get sick, I think every kind of bad strategy is manageable. 当我生病时,我认为每一种不好的办法都是可行的 Perhaps you can let me know some ways to get over a cold or give me some ideas that I haven’t tried yet for the next time I get sick. 也许下次我生病时你可以告诉我些方法来摆脱感冒抑或是我还没有尝...

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英文欣赏:旅程 The Journey

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundation though their melancho...

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