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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...
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...
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 ...
I used to like sheepherder coffee, a cup of grounds in my old enameled pot, then three cups of water and a fire, 过去我喜欢牧羊人咖啡, 往我那旧搪瓷壶里倒入一杯咖啡粉, 再加三杯水及一炉火, and when it’s hot, boiling into froth, a half cup of cold water to bring the grounds to the bottom. 当咖啡烧热,沸腾冒泡, 加半杯冷水 让咖啡粉沉底。 It was strong...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
If the Dream is Big Enough 为了心中的梦想 I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she 1)muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all. I remember the first day I s...
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...
Five Minutes to Spare抽出五分钟 No matter how busy you are, 无论你有多忙 you could spend five minutes, 你都可以抽出五分钟来： To answer the telephone 听一听电话 To read the morning paper 读一读早报 To talk with a neighbor 跟邻居谈一谈 To dispute with the laundryman about a mistake 跟洗衣工为一个错误争议一番 To watch new furniture being unloaded next door 看一看隔...
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...
The Greek myth of Ariadne offers hope to all who have felt the sting of love rejected. It tells of triumph after defeat, of sweetest success after the harshest sorrow. 在希腊神话中，阿里阿德涅的故事足以让全天下所有爱意被拒的痴男怨女们打心里升起新的希望。它说明了什么是否极泰来——即使是经历了最痛苦的悲伤，一样能迎来最甜蜜的结果。 Princess Ariadne, daughter of King M...
They’re gone now. 他们已经走了。 I stood in the driveway and watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles. 我站在车道上,看着我那些已长大的孩子驶远。我凝视着那路的尽头,直到再看不见他们的车。 “They live way too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they grow up and beco...
What's new? 有什么新鲜事吗? Can you smell, see or hear NEW? I think so. 你能闻到,看到或听到新鲜事吗?我是这样认为的。 Did you ever smell new better school clothes, bags no books and pencils. 你有没有闻到过新的更好的学校的衣服,没有书和铅笔的书包。 You can see all sorts of new items and programs and teachers at school. 你可以在学校看到各种各样的新项目，新节目及新教师。 You ...
The Story of Father's Day 父亲节的故事 Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards! 和通俗的误解不同，父亲节不是为了贺卡生产商卖出更多贺卡而设立的节日。事实上，当父亲节...
I remember, I rememberThe house where I was born,The little window where the sunCame peeping in at 1)morn;He never came a wink too soonNor brought too long a day;But now, I often wish the nightHad borne my breath away. 我记得呀，我记得我出生的那间屋子，早晨，阳光从小窗进来窥视；他从不早来片刻，也不多留半晌，但现在，我常愿黑夜带走我的呼吸。 I remember, I rememberThe rose re...
Men vs. Animal 人类与动物 I always enjoy watching nature shows. 我一直喜欢看自然节目。 Since I really get to see animals in the nature habitat in person seeing them doing what they normally do on television is the next best thing. 自从我真的看到动物在自然界中栖息我就感觉人类在电视上看到它们通常要做的是再好不过的事情了。 I was recently watching a show on animals in Africa, 最...