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The Germans generally adore England and have suffered in the past from unrequited love.England used to be the ultimate role model with its amazingly advanced political,social, industrial and technological achievements. The Germans regard the English as being very nice and mostly harmless,almost German. They admire Americans for the (un-German) easygoing pragmatism and dislik...
Rachel Carson was a scientist and a bird watcher. She noticed, in the late ’50s, the gradual disappearance of some birds, and linked it to our use of 1)pesticides. She wrote a book about her fear that 2)robins would sing no more in future spring times. She called it Silent Spring. With that revolutionary book, Rachel Carson launched the environmental movement, a force ...
编者按： “你就像这个杯子” 禅师回答，“如果你不倒空你的杯子我如何才能告诉你禅是什么呢?” Empty Your Cup A university professor went to visit a famous Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen. The master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, and then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer rest...
Night has fallen over the country. Through the trees rises the red moon and the stars are scarcely seen. In the vast shadow of night the coolness and the dews descend. I sit at the open window to enjoy them; and hear only the voice of the summer wind. Like black hulks, the shadows of the great trees ride at anchor on the billowy sea of grass. I cannot see the red and blue fl...
How To Stay Lovers As Well As Parents Children can bring great joy to a marriage，and they deserve our love and attention．But t heir arrival can alter1) the couple’ s usual way of doing things，and even the way they feel about each other．There is great harm in boxing ourselves into a role of“servants of children．”We mistakenly think that the children of course can&#...
本文是一篇法庭辩护词，作者George Graham (1830-1904) 是美国密苏里州的一个议员，是当时杰出的演讲家和辩论家。本篇是他早年从事法律工作时在法庭上所作，其时他为一位因狗被杀而起诉的人做辩护。辩护时，他没有要求任何证词，只是凭借其辩论就赢得了官司。他辩词的撼人之处在于：拿出人类兽性的一面与狗人性的一面作对比，引起法官们对狗的感激和同情，以及对杀狗人的强烈憎恶。这不仅仅是一篇辩护词，...
我能否将你比作夏天？ 你比夏天更美丽温婉。 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nat...
The other day an acquaintance of mine, a gregarious and charming man, told me he had found himself unexpectedly alone in New York for an hour or two between appointments. He went to the Whitney and spent the “empty” time looking at things in solitary bliss. For him it proved to be a shock nearly as great as falling in love to discover that he could enjoy himself ...
编者按： 地球是多数人的幸福家园。但信念是精神的一种状态。人只要拥有信念，就不会轻言放弃。倘若他不得已颠沛流离，就会再次建起一座房子，那是地球上任何飓风都无法摧毁的。 The Light of a Bright Day By Helen Keller I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma. By faith I mean a vision of good one cherishes and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its...
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles. Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to b...
A valuable letter of reply A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing．Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment1)． The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago，was an Australian nurse by the name of Kate Austen．But Nurse Austen was not too busy to acknowledge with a long，friendly letter every ...
编者按： 我见过有些游击手在比赛中故意出现失误，这些失误其他游击手压根儿不会考虑，因为他们脑子里想的是自己的个人表现记录。选择故意失误的游击手想的是球队的胜利，为了顾全球队的大局，他们宁可牺牲自己的个人成绩。我想这种态度就是一种信仰的体现。 Baseball Has a Religion Too By Joe Williams There is saying at the race track that you can’t “rule a man off for trying.̶...
Catch of a Lifetime He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s 1)cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day before the 2)bass season 3)opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching 4)sunfish and 5)perch with worms. Then he tied on a small silver 6)lure and practiced casting. The lur...
To my Friends Who Are Single Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love’s only special when you give it to someone who is really worth it. So take your time and choose the best. 给我单身的朋友 爱像蝴蝶。你越追它, 它越躲...
编者按： 倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡， 我应该学会仰望空荡的天空， 同时感受天空一片漆黑的崇高， 虽然这样可能要花费一点时间。 The More Loving One W.H.Auden Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us ...
Who is Disgusting First:”My neighbor is very disgusting,who moved here recently,he rang the bell of my house with a rush late at night.” Second:”It is disgusting in faith,do you call the police?” First:”No.I just take him as a madman,and continue to play my piano.” 谁可恶 甲：“我家新搬来的邻居好可恶，竟然深更半夜跑来猛按我家的门铃。” 乙：“...
编者按： 反思自己的过错 以至于不重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟 比他人优越并无任何高贵之处 真正的高贵在于超越过去的自我 True Nobility In a calm sea every man is a pilot But all sunshine without shade all pleasure without pain is not life at all Take the lot of the happiest -it is a tangled yarn Bereavements and blessings one following another make us sad and blessed by turns Even de...
A new Version1) of Washington and Cherry Tree Mr．Washington looked at the cherry tree and scratched his chin．“Now George，”he said to his son，“Are you sure you had nothing to do with chopping2) this tree down？”“I don’t clearly recall chopping this tree down，”answered George．“Isn’t this your axe3)？”asked the father，pointing to the tool on the ground by the stump of th...
To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog. To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered; to be willing to pay the price of success in honest effort...
编者按： 那最能赋予生命价值、代价最廉而回报最多的东西， 不过一个令人心畅的微笑而已。 Let Us Smile The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile, That costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men, Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the Sun again. It’sfull of worth ...