双语美文之似水流年 (115)新月(2)

WHERE have I come from, where did you pick me up? the baby asked its mother. 我是从哪儿来的,你,在哪儿把我捡起来的?孩子问他的妈妈说。 She answered half crying, half laughing, and clasping the baby to her breast, You were hidden in my heart as its desire, my darling. 她把孩子紧紧地搂在胸前,半哭半笑地答道—你曾被我当作心愿藏在我的心里,我的宝贝。 You were in the...

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双语美文之似水流年 (107)荷塘月色(1)

The last few days have found me very restless. This evening as I sat in the yard to enjoy the cool, it struck me how different the lotus pool I pass every day must look under a full moon. The moon was sailing higher and higher up the heavens, the sound of childish laughter had died away from the lane beyond our wall, and my wife was in the house patting Juner and humming a ...

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英文欣赏:Bowling Alley-Sports-Innovation 保龄球馆-体育-创新

Bowling has been around as a very popular leisure activity for many decades.Whether professional or amateur,bowlers go to bowling alleys to bowl at their own paces.Nowadays,bowling alleys are not just for bowling;they have video games,pool tables,fast foods,and even bars.Over time,these alleys have been transformed into multi-purpose entertainment centers. 几十年来,保龄...

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双语美文之似水流年 (114)新月(1)

I PACED alone on the road across the field while thesunset was hiding its last gold like a miser. 我独自在横跨过田地的路上走着,夕阳像一个守财奴似的,正藏起它的最后的金子。 The daylight sank deeper and deeper into thedarkness, and the widowed land, whose harvest hadbeen reaped, lay silent. 白昼更加深沉地投入黑暗之中,那已经收割了的孤寂的田地,默默地躺在那里。 Su...

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双语美文之似水流年 (131)郁金香(1)

I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer, 夏天的一个清晨,我碰巧起得很早。 and took a walk into the country to divert myself among the fields and meadows, while the green was new, and the flowers in their bloom. 于是,便跑去乡间散步,希望能在绿草丛中和田野间得到一份安逸。夏天,正是绿草芬芳、百花绽放的季节。 As at this season of the year ev...

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双语美文之似水流年 (86)追忆似水年华(3)

I remember being so over enjoyed, when a year later, you gently held my hand to your waist and whispered in my ear that we were going to be a family. 一年后,你轻轻地把我的手放到你的腹前,对着我的耳朵悄悄透露这个让我欣喜若狂的好消息:我们就快有宝宝啦。 I know both our children love you dearly; they are outside the door now, waiting. 我知道我们的孩子都深深地爱你,他...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (23)写给女儿的信(上)

The Letter for My daughter 写给女儿的信 Dear Malia and Sasha, 亲爱的马莉亚和莎夏: I know that you’ve both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn’t have let you have. 我知道这两年你们俩随我一路竞选都有过不少乐子,野...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (33)一个流浪汉的来访

visit with a tramp 一个流浪汉的来访 I was swinging on the front gate, trying to decide whether to walk down the street to play with Verna, my best friend in fifth grade, when I saw a tramp come up the road. 我在院门口晃悠,想着要不要去街对面找维娜玩,她是我五年级最好的朋友。这时,我看见从街上走来一个流浪汉。 “Hello, little girl,” he said. “Is your mama at home?...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (18)小乔丹科比的成长之路

Kobe Bryant’s growing road 小乔丹科比·布莱恩的成长之路 Kobe Bryant first started turning heads on the basketball court when he was in middle school. 科比·布莱恩第一次关注篮球是他在上中学的时侯。 His talents dominated the game so much that high schools from all over the Philadelphia area watched him grow up. 他在篮球方面很有天赋,费城的各所中学都密切关注...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (26)好运符 – 一张两美元钞票(上)

Extra Good Luck 好运符:一张两美元钞票 I keep a two dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mother when I was six years old. I am not superstitious but the bill goes with me wherever I go. 有一张两美元的钞票一直保存在我的钱夹里,那是我6岁时妈妈给的。 My mother gave it to me so that luck would follow me everywhere. She looked at me and said, ‘I w...

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双语美文之似水流年 (136)人生七阶

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 大千世界是个舞台,所有男男女女不过是戏子。 They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts. 他们各有登场和退场,而一个人一生扮演着那么些角色。 At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. 首先是婴儿,在奶妈怀中啼哭着,呕吐着。 ...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (2)一杯牛奶的温暖

a glass of milk 一杯牛奶的温暖 One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. 一天,一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身,却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。 However, h...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (10)来自天堂的玫瑰(上)

Roses for Rose 来自天堂的玫瑰 – Judy Sinha Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, “Be my Valentine”, like all the years before. 红玫瑰是她的最爱,她的名字叫罗斯,也是“玫瑰”的意思。每年情人节,丈夫都要送...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (44)林中漫步(上)

A walk in the woods-Jastin 林中漫步-詹斯汀 I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn’t as if the area w...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (24)写给女儿的信(下)

I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that you’ll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. 我要大家向发现的极限挑战,让你在有生之年能够看见改善我们生活、使这个行星更干净、更安全的新科技和发明。 And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region,...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (43)迟到的情书(D)

It was the only love letter I ever received, but it turned all my bitterness and grief into a peacefulness which was the nearest I could get, then, to happiness. 这可是我有生以来收到的唯一的情书!它将我的忧伤一扫而光,使我的心情变得平静–当时对我来说几乎类似幸福的平静。 I knew Richard still loved me, and somehow, as long as I had his letter, I felt that we could ...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (59)幸运的礼服(上)

The Blessed Dress 幸运的礼服 I got an engagement ring for Christmas. My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony. 圣诞节的时候我戴上了订婚戒指。我和男友交往已快一年,我们都感到是携手步入神圣的婚姻殿堂的时候了。 The month of January was spent planning our perfect Alabama June w...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (7)一个微笑挽救了一条生命

My life was saved by a smile 一个微笑挽救了一条生命 I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. 一想到自己明天就没命了,不禁陷入极端的惶恐。 I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. 我翻遍了口袋,终于找到一支没...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (15)57美分建成的教堂(上)

A church built with 57 cents – Anonymous 57美分建成的教堂 匿名 A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it “was too crowded.”I can’t go to Sunday school,” she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. 一个小女孩被拦在一座小教堂外面,“因为里面“太拥挤了,他们不让我进星期日学校(在美国,星期...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (3)老师的魅力(上)

The difference a teacher can make– anonymous 老师的魅力– 匿名 Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S. education system. Remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, Steve was failing. He had been failing since first grade, as he was passed on from grade to grade. 史蒂夫已经12岁了...

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