新东方背诵文选 Lesson 49:Sleep

Sleep Sleep is part of a person’s daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you fist drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, you temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing will slow and become quite...

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新东方英语美文背诵 第15篇:Facing the Enemies Within

Facing the Enemies Within We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you’ve read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o’clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won’t need to ...

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布什在福尔曼大学毕业典礼讲话(2008-05-31)

President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at Furman University THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President. President Shi, thank you for that kind introduction. Governor Sanford, Senator Graham, Congressman Inglis, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, members of the Furman community, parents — and most important — the Class of 200...

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英文欣赏:一个海地地震灾民的内心独白

The family has set up camp in my brother’s house. I live just next door, but it makes us feel better to be all in the same house. My brother, a novelist, is writing his articles; I am writing mine. From time to time a tremor will make us pause and run back outside, just in case, to be safe. I wonder how long we will have to be so cautious, and I long for normalcy. 全家...

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英文欣赏:童话-剪不断的情结

When the people of Hamelin, Germany had a problem with rats, they called the Pied Piper. With his bewitching pipe and enchanting music, he lured the rats away from the city and into a watery grave. But when the people of Hamelin refused to pay the Pied Piper what they had promised, he turned his entrancing music on their children, leading them away to never be seen again. Th...

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英文欣赏:一个伊朗女子的生死日记

The First Post Written on June 19th, 2009 第一篇日记写于2009年6月19日 I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon b...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (10)非凡人生的七大秘诀

A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.? 非凡的人生不是无根之木,无源之水。它需要合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思,为实现自 己的生活目标而努力。 Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and eas...

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美文故事之找谁倚靠 (29)给孙儿们的一封信

Letter to my grandchildren 给孙儿们的一封信 To my beautiful grandchildren: 我的好孙儿们: Our world is changing so fast and there are many things I wish for you… 我们生活的世界变化非常快,我希望你们能做到下面这些事: I’d really like for you to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. 我非常希望你们愿意穿哥哥姐姐们穿...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (24)皮匠和银行家

A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages. 一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的歌声都使人觉得很愉快。 His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little and slept less.he was a banker;when by chance he fell into...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (20)胡萝卜,鸡蛋还是咖啡豆

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her ,She did not know she was going to make it and wantde to give up. 女儿向父亲抱怨她的生活,她觉得凡事都很艰难,不知该怎样面对,想放弃。 She was tired of fighting and struggling .It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. 她厌倦了不断的抗争和奋斗,好像一个问题刚解决,另一个有出现了...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (23)没有错误,只有教训

Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom. 人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。 Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out. 每次你选择相信自己,开始采取行动时,你绝不会知道这个情况会如何。 Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes yo...

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美文故事之找谁倚靠 (8)一步步走向幸福 Steps to happiness

Steps to happiness 一步步走向幸福 Everybody Knows: 每个人都知道: You can't be all things to all people. 你无法为每个人办到每件事。 You can't do all things at once. 你无法立刻完成所有的事。 You can't do all things equally well. 你无法把所有的事都做的尽善尽美。 You can't do all things better than everyone else. 你无法把每件事都做的比别人好, Your humanity is s...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (9)做自己情绪的主人

The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my ...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (2)不做有才华的穷人

The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day.A few days ago, my car was not running well. 世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人,我们每天都会见到他们。几天前,我的汽车运转不灵了。 I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply liste...

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美文故事之找谁倚靠 (30)蒲公英 Lessons from a dandelion

Lessons from a dandelion 蒲公英 I recall as a young child bringing bouquets of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother. 我想起了孩提时代我把几束鲜艳的黄色花朵送给妈妈的事。 It didn't matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed the presence of these flowers in the lawn. 我记得那些花的华茎很黏,我爸妈当时都在埋怨草坪里怎么会长出这些花,但我都没在意, I t...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (31)假如给我三天光明

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 我们都读过这样一些动人的故事,故事里主人公将不久于人世。 Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours. 长则一年,短则24小时。...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (13)幸福的秘诀

Once there lived a king of great strength and wealth.Yet he was not happy. 从前有一位国王,很有权力和财富,然而他并不快乐。 He told his servants to find him things to make him happy,but each came back saying 他告诉仆人去找可以使他快乐的东西,但是每个回来的人都说: "Noting in the world can match the wonderful things you have already." “世界上没有什么比得上你已经拥有...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (4)令人敬畏的你

Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. 诫想一下……你!一个空前绝后的你,不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。 You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. 你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。 Wow !Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, ...

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美文故事之找谁倚靠 (5)要紧的事 What will matter

What will matter 要紧的事 Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. 不管有没有准备好,总有一天一切将走到终点。 There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. 不再有日出,不再有分钟,不再有小时,也不再有日子。 All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 所有你积攒的东西,不管是你所珍藏的的还是已遗忘的,都将归属...

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美文故事之找谁倚靠 (25)猫儿看世界 A feline perspective

A feline perspective 猫儿看世界 There once was a kitty named Bear. 从前有只叫贝尔的小猫, He loved to play, run outside and chase spiders. 他很爱玩,喜欢在外面跑来跑去,还喜欢逮蜘蛛。 He was a happy cat without a care in the world. 他是只快乐的猫,远离着身边嘈杂世界的烦扰。 He would often sit on top of the fence next to his owner's condo and listen to all the human noise...

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