名篇背诵:热情成就未来
正是这种孩子气的好奇给了热情的人们（不论年龄大小）一种青春的气息。大提琴家帕布罗•卡萨尔斯在90岁时还坚持以拉巴赫开始他的每一天音乐从他的指间流出， 他弯着的背挺直起来， 欢乐再度溢满他的眼眸音乐对卡萨尔斯来说, 是使人生变成无止境的探索之旅的灵丹妙药就像作家兼诗人塞缪尔•厄尔曼曾写过的：“岁月使皮肤起了皱纹， 但如果失去热情， 便会使灵魂起皱纹”。 Enthusiasm takes you fur...
英语范文背诵：Ideas of Home Have Changed
A great many people, when they speak of home, tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere, certain physical surroundings, and certain emotional attitudes within themselves. This sentimentality toward home is something that has come down to us from the past. Many modern people do not have it, and I think it is a good thing that they do not. In the old days life was difficu...
英语范文背诵：Male and Female Roles
In all societies, male and female roles are regarded differently. The mother role is universally carried out by women, which is biologically based. Roles defined by sex also characterize the economic sphere so that the tasks men perform are different from those women perform. This difference is not any outgrowth of the biological differences between men and women. A specific...
英文欣赏：今天我学会控制情绪
沮丧时，我引吭高歌。 悲伤时，我开怀大笑。 病痛时，我加倍工作。 恐惧时，我勇往直前。 Today I will be master of my emotions 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; harv...
英语沙龙:The reds or the greens?红的还是绿的?
The reds or the greens？ Two apples up in a tree were looking down on the world．The first apple said，“Look at all those people fighting，robbing，rioting －－no one seems willing to get along with his fellow man．Some day we apples will be the only ones left．Then we’ll rule the world．”Replied the second apple，“Which of us －－the reds or the greens？” 红的还是绿的...
英文欣赏：爱的眼神
编者按： 作家朱迪斯·厄斯特曾写道：“当你觉得他像罗伯特·雷德福一样仪表堂堂，像索尔仁尼琴一样心地纯洁，像伍迪·艾伦一样言谈风趣，像吉米·康纳斯一样身体矫健，像阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦一样头脑聪明，那你就被爱冲昏了头脑。当你认识到他在长相方面像伍迪·艾伦，头脑方面像吉米·康纳斯，言谈方面像索尔仁尼琴，身体方面像阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦，无论在哪一方面都不像罗伯特·雷德福——但你却偏偏要嫁给他，这才是...
英文欣赏：诚实是最棒的礼物
编者按： 我相信诚实是一件最棒的礼物。 我知道如今他们给它取了许多好听的名字，像正直和直率。但是怎么称呼并不重要，关键还在于怎样才算一个好公民。 这就是我的准则，我努力按这一准则生活。 Taxi Drivers Are People, Too I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts there is. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity and forthrightness. But it doesn’t make a...
英文欣赏：不做有才华的穷人
编者按： 世界上到处都是有才华的穷人。在很多情况下，他们之所以贫穷、生活拮据或者收入与其能力不相符，不是因为他们已知的东西而是因为他们未知的东西。他们只将注意力集中在提高和完善做汉堡包的技术上，却不注意提高有关汉堡包的销售和送货技能。 Don’t work for money The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car...
名篇背诵:似是而非的戒律(肯特.基思)
编者按： 假如人们过一种似是而非的生活，更关注人生的意义，而非赞誉和掌声，这个世界将会更加理智。 –肯特.基思 The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr.Kent M.Keith 1.People are illogical,unreasonable,and self-centered. Love them anyway. 2.If you do good,people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. 3.If you are successful,you win false friend and true enem...
英文欣赏：父亲的金星(威廉.奥维尔.道格拉斯)
编者按： 这些日子我越来越回想起父亲的话。我们需要他那样的信仰，我们祖先的信仰；我们需要一种信仰鞭策自己投身于比发展自身与积聚私产更重要的事业。只有具备这种信仰，我们才能在世界历史最关键的时期决定国家的命运。 My Father’s Evening Star by William O. Douglas During moments of sadness or frustration, I often think of a family scene years ago in the town of Yakima, Washington. I w...
英语沙龙:October 20: Colchester Oyster Feast
October 20: Colchester Oyster1) Feast2) For nearly two thousand years,people have been cultivating the common British oyster in the lower reaches of England’ s Colne River－－ever since the town now known as Colchester was a Roman fortress.The Romans exported boatloads of oysters to Italy. Colchester’ s oyster harvest is still a big event.On opening day in late S...
英文欣赏：你是卓越的！
编者按： 试想一下……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。你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇！想想吧，你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。 You are awesome 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. You are unique in the entire history and future of the unive...
英文欣赏：母亲的礼物
编者按： 母亲答道，”很高兴我也有过工作。可是工作好比开了口的气球，你只有不停地充气，它才能鼓着劲。可是一个孩子就是一粒种子，你浇灌了它，全心全意地爱护它，然后，它就会独立自主地开出美丽的花朵来。”此时此刻，我凝望着我的母亲，脑海里又浮现出儿时的我和母亲一起坐在饭桌旁的情景，也明白了为什么我还珍藏着夹在我们家里那本旧字典中的那朵用两小块皱皱巴巴的纸巾压平的蒲公英。 M...
英文欣赏：我的价值观(约翰.G.李夫人)
编者按： 我相信所有时代最伟大的观念之一，即最令人信服的道德力量就是个人的尊严和价值。为了共同利益而奉献的精神就来自于这种观念。 我相信如果我们把这些看似简单但却十分重要的观念集中起来，用诚实和真理把它们连在一起，人类将会登上一个又一个高峰。 Inspiration from a Drainpipe By Mrs. John G. Lee I think the most profound influence in my life was my father. He was an inventor and a ...
精美英语短文赏析（5）Enjoy What You Have
Act of Caring Too often we underestimate: The power of a touch, A smile, A kind word, A listening ear, An honest compliment, Or the smallest act of caring. All of which has the potential to turn a life around. Enjoy What You Have Success is not defined by obtaining everything you want, but by enjoying and appreciating everything you want. Learn to enjoy what you have. NSDA“...
英文欣赏：关于自由(詹姆斯.B.凯里)
编者按： 作为个人，我必须诚实地面对未来，并相信使我们强大的美好事物。我必须对自己、他人和任何地方有着善良意愿的人充满信心，因为自由是真理和信心的孩子。 Flotsam, Jetsam, and Liberty By James Carey Perhaps more than anything else in the world, I believe in liberty: liberty for myself, liberty for my fellow men. I cannot forget the legend engraved on the base of the Statue of L...
英文欣赏：这,我相信(H.劳埃德.乔丹)
编者按： 我相信人类本质上心地善良，精神不可摧毁，在太阳下的地位很牢固，因为他是按照上帝的形象创造出来的。我真诚地相信所有这一切——但更重要的是——我的孩子们相信这些，因为他们把握着人类未来的和平与幸福。 Revelations on a Bomb Run By Lloyd Jordan One day while piloting a bomber through the war skies of Europe, I came to believe in the immortality of man. There was not any melodra...
英语范文背诵：Why Women Live Longer Than Men
If you could take an immense group snapshot of everyone in the United States today, it would contain six million more females than males. In this country, women outlast men by about seven years. Throughout the modern world, cultures are different, diets are different, ways of life and causes of death are different, but one thing is the same — women outlive men. It star...
英文欣赏：我生命中的另一个女人
编者按： 那一刻，我突然体会到及时说出“我爱你”有多么重要，与那些我们深爱的人分享他们应得的时光是多么美好…… 昨天是支票，已经付讫。 明天是本票，还未到期。 今天是现金……用心去花。 The Other Woman in My Life After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love. A little while ago I had started to go out with another woman. I...
名篇背诵:美的力量
编者按： 就其带给我们的美好感觉的度和量而言，美的最主要来源是我们与外界的美好关系，它们给我们的生活带来源源不断的感情–让我们茁壮成长，超越自我。这一有力的和谐关系可以存在于生物与生物之间，也可存在于人和某个地方之间，或是人和某项技能之间。当我们能更好地认识这些关系时，世界就会变得更加美丽。因此，我们在培育和欣赏美的同时，也会得到无穷的快乐。 The power of beauty Beauty i...