双语美文之似水流年 (91)老人与海(4)

Then he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy. 跟着他感到钓索轻轻地动了一下,他高兴了。 “It was only his turn,” he said. “He’ll take it.” “它刚才不过是在转身,”他说。“它会咬饵的。” He was happy feeling the gentle pulling and then he felt something hard and unbelievably heavy. It was the weight of the fish and he let the...

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英文欣赏:supermarkets 超市

1.get ahead of 赶超,排名靠前 Some people were hurrying, as if anxious to get ahead of others. 有一些人匆匆忙忙,似乎急于超过别人。 2.rather than 而不是 Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game. 比赛形势决定了他们要打防守战而不是进攻战。 3.combine…with… 结合起来 I am partial to desserts that combine fres...

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双语美文之似水流年 (125)Love 爱

This is real. 这是真的。 There was once a daughter of a tolerably well-off family in the country who was very lovely and sought out by many matchmakers, although nothing had come of their efforts. 有个村庄的小康之家的女孩子,生得美,有许多人来做媒,但都没有说成。 That year, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. 那年她不过十五六岁吧, One spring evenin...

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英文欣赏:Visiting Colleges-Vacation-Tour 造访大学-假期-旅游

Spring breaks were always used to pay back my sleep debt for burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. 过去的每个春假,我都是用来弥补平日经常熬夜所造成的睡眠不足。 This year was different.My parents,counselors,and friends all encouraged me to go visit colleges.I thought,”those tedious application forms and essays were a pain,now I have to give up a week of va...

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英文欣赏:Beach Volleyball 沙滩排球

Beach Volleyball-Sports-Passion 沙滩排球-体育-热衷 The best things about volleyball are the sense of teamwork and the interaction between players.Students and school teams often play in their gyms.Friends and families set up nets in a park and play there.Sometimes,even neighborhoods put together their own teams to compete with each other. 打排球最棒的是队员之间的合...

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双语美文之似水流年 (99)修女谢谢您的指教(1)

He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. 我在明尼苏达州莫里斯的圣玛丽学校教书,他在我教的第一个三年级的班上。全班34个学生...

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双语美文之似水流年 (128)宽容(3)

They ordered him to be silent. 他们命令他闭嘴。 But he spoke. 但他偏要说话。 Upon the Old Men he turned his back and his eyes sought those who but a short time before had been his comrades. 他把脊背转向老者,两眼搜寻着不久以前还与他志同道合的人。 “Listen to me,” he implored. “听我说吧,”他恳求道, “Listen to me and be rejoiced. “听我说,大家都高兴...

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双语美文之似水流年 (88)老人与海(1)

He did not remember when he had first started to talk aloud when he was by himself. He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats. He had probably started to talk aloud, when alone, when the boy had left. But he did not remember. When he and the boy fished to...

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双语美文之似水流年 (98)爱的约会(3)

“Going my way, soldier?” she murmured. he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell. “问路吗,军人?”她轻轻地说。他又走近一步,接着,他看到了霍丽丝梅内尔。 She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past 40, her graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump; her thick-ankled feet were thrust into low-heeled...

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英文欣赏:national parks 国家公园

National Parks-Vacation-United States 国家公园-假期-美国 This past summer I took my family out on a daring trip to see three famous national parks. 刚过去的这个夏天,我带家人去看了三个著名的国家公园,来一个大胆的旅游。 First we arrived at the Grand Canyou in northern Arizona.It was very dry and unbearably hot.The view was amazing.I would say it was the best of t...

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双语美文之似水流年 (121)经比萨和锡耶纳到罗马(4)

Many others are being worked at this moment;others are to be begun to-morrow,next week,next month;others are unbought,unthought of;and marble enough for more ages than have passed since the place was resorted to,lies hidden everywhere: patiently awaiting its time of discovery. 另外有许多山洞是新近开采的;有一些可能会在明天,下周,下个月开始开采;还有的尚未被人承包...

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双语美文之似水流年 (96)爱的约会(1)

Six minutes to six, said the clock over the information booth in Grand Central Station. The tall young Army lieutenant who had just come from the direction of the tracks lifted his sunburned face, and his eyes narrowed to note the exact time. His heart was pounding with a beat that shocked him because he could not control it. In six minutes, he would see the woman who had f...

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双语美文之似水流年 (101)修女谢谢您的指教(3)

Before long, the entire class was smiling. “Really?” I heard the whispers. “I never knew that meant anything to anyone!” “I didn’t know others liked me so much!” Then Mark said, “Thank you for teaching me, Sister.” 很快全班同学脸上都扬起了笑容。“真有这么好?”我听见有人轻声说。“我从不知道那会对别人有意义!”还有人说:“...

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双语美文之似水流年 (119)经比萨和锡耶纳到罗马(2)

Some of the villages are inhabited,almost exclusively,by fishermen; 有些村庄,所有居住的村民几乎都是渔民。 and it is pleasant to see their great boats hauled up on the beach,making little patches of shade,where they lie asleep, 他们被巨大的船只拖上海滩,形成一些荫凉,渔民会躺在那里休息; or where the women and children sit romping and looking out to sea,wh...

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英文欣赏:Winter Clothing Store 冬衣店

Winter Clothing Store-Shopping 冬季衣服店-购物 In Detroit,one of the most visited clothing wholesale stores in Burlington Coat Factory.I shop for winter clothes exclusively at Burlington.For a cost-conscious consumer like me,spring is the time or choice for buying winter clothes.This is when the store is trying to get rid of their older,overstocked winter wares.Once a...

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英文欣赏:Awards 颁奖

Awards-School-Encouragement 颁奖-学校-鼓励 Schools like to give out lots of awards.These awards serve the purpose of honoring the ones receiving them and also encouraging the others to do better.This strategy works,but by giving out too many,the awards could become commonplace and less important. 学校喜欢颁发很多奖项(给学生)。这些颁奖的目的是给予得奖人光荣,并鼓...

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英文欣赏:Religious Belief-Health-Peace 宗教信仰-健康-和平

People around the world have religions.Some people consider it as an important part of good mental health while others take it much lightly. 全世界信仰宗教的人们。有些人认为这是一个精神健康的重要因素,而另一些人则不太以为然。 As a Christian,I can fully appreciate the fact that my faith helps me keep my mind at ease.The improvements in mental health are seen in many ne...

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英文欣赏:Basketball Court 篮球场

Basketball Court-Sports-Saturday篮球场-体育-星期六My friend Jason called me this morning to play basketball.I was kind of tired,but I still went because I love to play basketball. 我的朋友杰森今天早上打电话约我去打篮球,我本来有点累,但我还是去了,因为我非常喜欢打篮球。 By the way. did I tell you my favorite basketball player is MiChael Jordan?He is very cool and he s...

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双语美文之似水流年 (108)荷塘月色(2)

And starring these tiers of leaves were white lotus flowers, alluringly open or bashfully in bud, like glimmering pearls, stars in an azure sky, or beauties fresh from the bath. The breeze carried past gusts of fragrance, like the strains of a song faintly heard from a far-off tower. And leaves and blossoms trembled slightly, while in a flash the scent was carried away. As ...

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