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编者按: 珍惜拥有的生命，善待生命中的每一天，你将无怨无悔；珍惜拥有的缘分，握紧手中的每一份爱，你将得到温暖；珍惜拥有的机遇，网住幸运的每一个瞬间，你将创造奇迹；珍惜拥有的人生，踏实前进中每一个脚步，你的旅途将充满光辉。 A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her thoughts with ...
编者按: 欲速则不达的一种解释是，当你执着于结果，你就不能把所有的精力都放在开头上，放在过程中，而正是开头和过程中的努力才能结出最后的硕果。也许，当你不再执着于结果时，结果就来敲你的门了。 Time to Learn A young but earned Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: “If I work very hard and diligently how long will it take for me to find Zen?” The ...
洛杉矶以北40英里处有个叫香巴拉的野生动物保护区。露出地表的褐色巨石漫无规则地分散在保留地宽广起伏的土地上，它那粗犷的美使人想起非洲。香巴拉（梵语，意思是“所有生灵，包括人和动物，和睦相会的地方”。）是狮子和其他大型猫科动物的家园。它掩映在加利福尼亚州索尔达德峡谷令人叹为观止的壮丽景色中，令人心驰神往。 The Gift of Subira Forty miles north of Los Angeles，there is a wildlife pre...
编者按: 我们并不是因为年老就不再玩耍；我们变老是因为我们不再玩耍。只有四个秘密可以让你保持年轻，快乐，获得成功。你必须每天都开怀大笑，寻找幽默。你必须有一个梦想。失去了梦想，你就会虽生犹死。 Never Too Late to Become What You Want to Be The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us. “Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked l...
Guy Fawkes Night ――5th November Guy Fawkes Night–5th November, is s till observed in England――but fifty years ago it was celebrated with much more enthusiasm than is common today.It is different from other festivals in several ways. Although it occurs in the Autumn, it is not a seasonal festival：it is a political one. It started as an assertion1) of religious and patr...
让我们花一点点时间，对那个被我们叫做“妈”的人表达敬意和感激之情，虽然有些人当着面说不出口。她是不可替代的。珍惜与她在一起的每一时刻吧。虽然有时候，她可能不是我们最好的朋友，可能不同意我们的想法，但她依然是你的妈妈！ Love your mother Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM though some may not say it openly to their mo...
在印第安人来到这片土地之前，这里居住着许多各式各样的神话人物，如鸟、兽、蜥蜴等等，它们的形状全都像人一样……。出于某种原因，神话人物都很坏，于是草原狼把它们全部变成了石头。你现在在那里就可以看到，它们全都成了石头，有的一排排地站着，有的坐在那里，有的互相靠着。你可以看到它们脸上还保留着变成石头以前的原有色彩…… The Bryce Canyon1) Situated in Utah State，the Bryce Can yon is one ...
Monday Monday，the second day of the week，means literally1)“day of the moon”．Here in Britain，it’ s generally the least popular of days because for most people it means a return to work or school after the weekend break．Often，this prospect2) is viewed with a lack of enthusiasm，a sad feeling that’s sometimes referred to as“Monday morning blues3)．” Sometimes the blues ma...
【Transcript】 To sum up my credo in a sentence: The farther away I get from myself, the nearer I get to God. Most of my troubles came when I was obsessed with my own petty concerns and trivial details. I respect the hermit but admire the crusader—his life takes more of courage. I sympathize with the introvert as I would with the sickly, but both are missing a lot of life. A...
明妮.布卢姆菲尔德从未丧失对生活的热爱。她相信随年龄的增长而来的是勇气、梦想和真正懂得生活-整个生活的意义。所以, 在她86岁高龄时, 成了一群鸡惟一的看管人。在一条南加州最繁忙高速公路上, 一次家禽卡车事故后, 一群鸡被遗弃在路旁。出于只有当今官僚作风的原因, 始终没有人来救助这些鸡。它们干脆在路旁灌木丛里定居下来, 当地人称它们为好莱坞高速公路鸡。 The Woman Who Took Chickens Under Her ...
编者按: 一张一弛乃文武之道，工作固然重要，而适当的休息更重要。若一味工作而不放松自己，就会失去生活的乐趣，工作也会失去本身的意义。 Busy 忙 Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an ax...
编者按: 我们不能通过事物的外表来判断它的价值。那些貌似华丽的，往往并没什么价值。而那些看起来很平常的，却可能价值连城。判断事物如此，判断人亦是如此。伯乐选马，关注的不是马的颜色，马的性别，而是它自身的价值。 Gold and Diamond A long time ago, in Egypt lived a famous mystical person named Zun-Nun. A young man came to visit him and asked,”Teacher, I do not understand why p...
Love is like a four-season garden A relationship is like a garden, if it is to strive it must be watered regularly, special care must be given; take into account the seasons as well as any unpredictable weather. New seeds must be sown and weeds must be pulled. Similarly, to keep the magic of love alive, we must understand its seasons and nurture love’s special needs. The spr...
编者按: 有人曾经说过：“生活就是一项DIY的工程”。你今天的态度与选择决定了你明天会住在什么样的“房子”里。因此，用你的智慧去建造你的”房子”吧！ Building your House An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the p...
December 31– European New Year’s Eve On New Year’s Eve, Bulgarians1) perform fortunetelling tricks with leaves and water glasses. Finns have been known to do the same with molten2) tin and buckets. In the lower Rhine, it was once customary3) to play cards frenziedly4) until the stroke of midnight. The Greeks, too, play cards and sing songs about Saint Basil；and the Be...
做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方，做你想做的那个自己，生命只有一次，你只有一次机会可以做你想做的事情。 希望你有足够多的快乐让生活甜蜜美好，有足够多的考验让你变得坚强，足够多的悲伤让你更慈爱，足够多的希望让你快乐。 Words of Wisdom There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! When the door of ha...
Wedding custom around the world (5) Carribean1)：A rich black cake baked with dried fruits and rum is especially popular on the islands of Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. The ricipe, handed down from mother to daughter, is embellished2) by each. It is considered a “pound”cake――with the recipe calling for a pound each of flour, dark brown sugar, butter, glace cherries, raisi...
她想得得意忘形，情不自禁地把头一扬，刹那间，牛奶罐跌了下来！她幻想的一切幸福间破灭了。 The country Maid and Her Milk Can A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.”The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred, These eggs, allowing for...
编者按: 每个人迟早都会在一些人生重大事情上遇到挫折——无论它是工作、梦想，还是一份感情。我相信，被法学院开除使我成了一名更好的法官。它确实教我认识了人性的弱点，体会到给予人们第二次机会的必要性。 但失败也使我懂得，人生之路充满了未知的变数，要充分利用这些变数，你就不能让自己被一次挫折击垮，也不能让别人束缚你的手脚。 The Day I Flunked out of Law School The dean of the University ...
Wedding custom around the world (6) The Czech1) Republic：Friends would sneak into2) the bride’s yard to plant a tree, then decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend said she would live as long as the tree. Brides in the countryside carry on the very old custom of wearing a wreath of rosemary3), which symbolizes remembrance. The wreath is woven for each bride on...