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A String of Blue Beads Pete Richard was the loneliest man in town on the day Jean Grace opened the door of his shop．It’s a small shop which had come down to him from his grandfather．The little front window was strewn with a disarray2) of old－fashioned things：bracelets and lockets worn in days before the Civil War，gold rings and silver boxes，images of jade and ivo...
These are my jeans After going on a diet，a woman felt really good about herself－－especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago．“Look，look．” she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband．“I can wear my old jeans again．”Her husband looked at her for a long time，when said，“Honey，I love you，but these are my jeans．” by ...
What Is Immortal To see the golden sun and the azure sky, the outstretched ocean, to walk upon the green earth, and to be lord of a thousand creatures, to look down giddy precipices or over distant flowery vales, to see the world spread out under one’s finger in a map, to bring the stars near, to view the smallest insects in a microscope, to read history, and witness t...
编者按： 我的尝试和成败得失熔铸成一个坚定的信念——绝非仅我一人试图理解与尊重他人。我相信合作与相互关爱正是人类的本性。 I Live Four Lives at a Time by Alice Thompson I live a life of four dimensions—a wife, a mother, a worker, an individual in society. Diversified roles, yes; but they are well knit by two major forces: an attempt to discover, understand, and accept other human...
The Joys of Writing The fortunate people in the world—the only reallyfortunate people in the world, in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition.They enjoy in this respect at least a real harmony of life...
编者按： 我热爱生命，但我不惧怕死亡。死亡不过是去另一个世界的过渡，就像朋友跨越海洋一样；他们依然活在另一个世界里。”我坚信，是死亡教会了我们永生。 About Secrets and Falling Tiles by Carroll Binder “We are all at the mercy of a falling tile,” Julius Caesar reminds us in Thornton Wilder’s Ides of March. None of us knows at what hour something we may love may...
The Cobbler and the Banker By La Fontaine 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.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 a doze at day-break,the cobbler 12 ...
All I Remember When my father spoke to me，he always began the conversation with “Have I told you yet today how much I adore you？”The expression of love was reciprocated and，in his later years，as his life began to visibly ebb1)，we grew even closer．．． At ８２he was ready to die，and I was ready to let him go so that his suffering would end．We laughed and cried and hel...
How High Can You Jump? Flea1) trainers have observed a strange habit of fleas while training them.Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it.The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again.As you watch them jump and hit the lid,something very interesting becomes obvious.The fleas continue to jump,but they ar...
My People by Langston Hughes The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. 我的人民–兰斯顿·休斯 夜色美丽， 我的人民的面孔亦美丽。 群星美丽， 我的人民的眼睛亦美丽。 太阳也美丽。 我的人们的心灵也美丽。 兰斯顿·休斯(1902—1967)在美国文坛,尤其是黑...
编者按： 美丽总会稍纵即逝，从外到内，给人留下无尽的感伤。对美的需求是人类最崇高的善举，是人类灵魂最伟大的天赋。 Growing in the Middle Ground Anne Phipps I believe that my beliefs are changing. Nothing is positive. Perhaps I’m in a stage of metamorphosis, which will one day have me emerging complete, sure of everything. Perhaps, I shall spend my life searching. Until this win...
编者按： 上帝，他赐予我命运并值得我的一切赞美和服务； 家庭，它给我幸福和力量； 祖国，它为我提供一切机会按照自己的良心生活； 棒球，它是一种娱乐和训练，使我健康，使我懂得生活。 这就是我的宗教信仰和人生哲学。 I Call Things As I See Them by Ralph Pinelli An umpire has to make instant decision. I’ve learned to call things as I see them. This helps me make a quick reply to s...
编者按： 我信仰人类，信仰透明、纯粹的人性。倾听人们的心声，帮助他们达成所愿，得到需要的东西，这也是我的信仰。 Give Part of Yourself Away By DR.HAROLD TAYLOR We are living in one of those periods in human history which are marked by recolutionary changes in sll of man’s ideas and values. It is a time when every one of us must look within himself to find what ideas, what...
The Ugly Duckling One evening, the sun was just setting in with true splendor when 1)a flock of beautiful large birds appeared out of the bushes. The duckling had never seen anything so beautiful. They were dazzlingly white with long waving necks. They were swans and uttering a peculiar cry. They spread out their magnificent broad wings and flew away from the cold regions to...
编者按： 我相信，人的生命之所以有意义，正是由于其个人树立的目标与他所处的文明、时代和国家之间有着密切的联系。 A New Control Of Destiny Children used to play a game of pointing at someone, suddenly saying, “What are you?” Some people answered by saying, “I am a human being,” or by nationality, or by religion. When this question was put to me by a new generation of children, I...
编者按： 给自己做一次DNA测试。扪心自问：“我现在做的是什么决定，所采取的是什么行动？我为何要做这些决定？为何要采取这些行动？那些决定将会把我带到何处？那些行动将会引导我走向何方？它们会引领我走向值得一搏的地方吗？”如果答案是肯定的，那么当你到达时，我们都会看见你，因为这世上没有任何东西能够阻止你。做决定吧。行动起来。这样你会迎来美好的一天！ The DNA of Success by Earl Mann Toda...
编者按： 唱则群山应， 叹则空散尽。 回声反射成欢欣， 倾诉忧虑无回音。 Solitude –Ella Wheeler Wilcox ?? Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow it’s mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. ?? Sing, and the hills will answer; ?? Sigh, it is lost on the air. ?? The echoes bound to a joyful sound, ?? But shri...
The Wedding Dance The hand that clasps mine is not that of the child I can still remember，but that of the man he has become．From that hand to his face to the smile he beams at me，he is his father in days gone by．We move gracefully across the floor as his young bride looks on．My new daughter．Oh，how the years have passed．It seems I didn’t even notice．One day，I ...
The 175-dollar Bill I stretched my legs under the living－room desk，picked up a letter and cut it open．It came from Martel’s Department Store．I was shocked when I saw the amount we owed them：175 dollars．It was a mistake，of course．Janet and I had not spent that kind of money，certainly not with the way we had been counting every penny and saving for the first pay...
编者按： 作为一个人，一种具备身心的有机体，我能学会如何摆脱自负，这样赋予我生命和意识的神的光芒就能驱散阴影，照亮我全身。 Learning to Get Out of the Way In every one of the higher religions there is a strain of infinite optimism on the one hand,and on the other,of a profound pessimism.In the depths of our being,they all teach,there is an inner high–but an inner Light w...