英文欣赏之人生感悟 (14)心静如水

The Practice of Peace 心静如水 There are many areas in which peace needs to be accomplished, 许多方面需要做到心静如水: within ourselves, between ourselves and others, 我们的内心,我们和他人之间的关系, and between ourselves and the divine. 以及我们和我们内心之间的关系。 When any part is out of balance, 当任何一方失去平衡, a lasting peace cannot ...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (19)河之歌

The Song of the River 河之歌 You hear it all along the river. 沿河上下都可以听见那歌声。 You hear it, loud and strong, from the rowers as they urge the junk with its high stern, the mast lashed alongside, down the swift running stream. 它响亮而有力,那是船夫,他们划着木船顺流向下,船尾翘得很高,桅杆系在船边。 You hear it from the trackers, a more breathless chant, as they pu...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (2)幸福是一段旅程

Happiness is a Journey 幸福是一段旅程 We convince ourselves that life will be better,after we get married, have a baby, then another. 我们总是相信,等我们结了婚,生了一个又一个的孩子之后,生活就会更美好。 Then we’re frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. 等有了孩子,我们又因为他们总长不大而烦恼,想着等他们大些时...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (97)胆小的新贵 The Scary New Rich

The Scary New Rich 胆小的新贵 Aristotle believed they were democracy’s secret weapon-the protectors of social values,the moderators of political extremism,and believers in a society run by laws instead of by strongmen. 亚里士多德认为,他们是民主体制的秘密武器—他们保卫社会价值观、缓和政治极端主义、在政府法令面前捍卫理性,并相信社会应当由法律而非铁腕人物来治理。 They hav...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (23)夏末的诗意

The Poetry of Late Summer 夏末的诗意 One has the leisure of July for perceiving all the differences of the green of leaves. 七月间,人们有余暇观察树叶绿翠的千差万别。 It is no longer a difference in degrees of maturity,for all the trees have darkened to their final tone,and stand in their differences of character and not of mere date. 这不再是成熟上的差异,因为所有的树木,或...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (13)微笑

The Smile 微笑 I was sure that I was to be killed. 一想到自己明天就没命了, I became terribly nervous. 我不禁陷入极端的惶恐。 I searched my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. 我翻遍了口袋想看看有没有一支没被他们搜走的香烟, I found one and because of my shaking hands, 但我的手紧张得不停发抖, I could barely get it to my lips. 连将烟...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (67)派对时间 Party Time

Americans plan parties for many reasons. 美国人举行派对缘由诸多。 As in other cultures, many Americans attend parties for weddings and religious and national holidays. 同其他的文化一样,很多美国人也会在婚礼上,宗教节日和法定假日里举办派对, But some parties are especially American. 但也有一些派对很美国化。 For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat f...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (90)固定电话的消亡 Is This the Death of Telephone?

Is This the Death of Telephone? 固定电话的消亡 The demise of the landline has gone almost unnoticed. 固定电话的消亡几乎是无声无息的。 After all, the din of mundane phone chatter is all around us-on the bus, at the next table in a restaurant. 毕竟,我们身边仍然充斥着日常电话聊天的嘈杂声-无论是在公交车上,还是在餐馆的邻桌处。 What difference does it make whether the cables lie...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (118)未解之谜 Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries 未解之谜 Over the past several decades,the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. 过去几十年里,美国,加拿大和欧洲都对异常现象界未解之谜给予了大量来自媒体甚至研究机构的关注。 These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with “nonhuman creatures&...

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英文欣赏:"Sex”这个词怎么了?

What Happened to the Word “Sex”? “sex”这个词怎么了? What ever happened to sex? I had to fill out a government form the other day and it ask for my gender, giving town boxes to check, male or female. “sex”这个词怎么了?某天我得填一份官方表格,上面要求我填写性别是男是女。 It wasn’t too many years ago that it would have asked for my sex,...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (117)英国人的姓氏 British Surnames

British Surnames 英国人的姓氏 The men and women of Anglo-Saxon England normally bore one name only. 英国的安格鲁撒克逊人无论男女通常只有一个名字。 Distinguishing epithets were rarely added. 有区别作用的称号很少加在他们的名字后。 These might be patronymic, descriptive or occupational. 这样的描述性词语可能源于父名,描述性词语或职业, They were, however, hardly surnames. 但在过...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (106)习惯性孤独 The Habits of the Solitary

The Habits of the Solitary 习惯性孤独 My bones have been aching again,as they often do in humid weather. 和平常一样遇到天气潮湿,我的骨头又疼起来了。 They ache like history:things long done with, that still remain as pain. 疼起来就像历史重演,很久之前就疼过,现在依然很疼。 When the ache is bad enough it keeps me from sleeping. 疼得厉害时,我无法入睡。 Every night I yearn for...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (64)大熔炉 Melting pot

“Melting pot” means a place where people from many different ethnic groups or cultures form a united society. 大熔炉是指这样一个地方,在那里来自不同种族或文化的人们形成了一个和谐统一的社会群体。 The idea comes from heating metals in a container. 此概念源自把各种金属放到冶炼容器里一起加热这一工序。 When they melt, the metals unite and become something new and stro...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (93)腹中新发现 The Belly of the Beast

The Belly of the Beast 腹中新发现 WHAT dinosaurs ate is, of course,a question as interesting and illuminating as what ate dinosaurs. 恐龙吃什么?当然,这个问题与什么吃恐龙?一样有趣,一样具有启发性。 In the case of one particular dinosaur,Microraptor, the matter was addressed in a presentation to the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology by Jingmai O̵...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (92)男性美容 Cosmetic Treatment for Men

Cosmetic Treatment for Men 男性美容 In GEORGES ROMAN’S clinic in London,women queue to see a cosmetic dermatologist renowned for zapping wrinkles and smoothing brows. 伦敦的乔治斯·罗曼的诊所外,女士们排着队来找这位在消除皱纹和眉间除皱方面着名的整容皮肤专家。 These days, alas, they have to share the waiting room with men. 啊呀,如今男士们也加入了进来。 In the past few y...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (15)十月的日出

An October Sunrise 十月的日出 I was up the next morning be fore the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. 第二天凌晨,在十月的太阳升起之前,我已经起身并穿过了旷野和丛林。 The rising of the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it; 十月的清晨乍寒还暖,日出的景象非常壮观。 peeping down the spread of light, he raised his shoulder heavily over the edge o...

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英文欣赏:你的眼神令你无可抵御(上)

When a woman walks into a crowded room, 一位女士走进拥挤的房间, what her eyes do in the first moments may determine, 对于任何一个与她目光相遇的男士来说, how attractive she is to any man meeting her gaze. 她前几秒钟的眼神可能决定了她是否迷人可爱。 If she turns her eyes deliberately toward a particular man, 最新研究表明:如果她有意将眼神转向某个男士, he immediately rates h...

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英文欣赏:何为强迫型过度饮食症(上)

What Is Compulsive Overeating? 何为强迫型过度饮食症? Compulsive overeating is a health problem, which can affect women or men, though it appears twice as often among women. 强迫型过度饮食是一个事关健康的问题,男性和女性都有可能患上,但女性患上几率比男性多两倍。 In this serious eating disorder, a person eats a lot of food in a short amount of time. This is called bingeing. Co...

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英文欣赏:何为强迫型过度饮食症(下)

Compulsive overeating generally has a gradual beginning, often starting in early childhood when eating patterns are formed. 强迫型过度饮食最初基本上都开始于从幼年时期形成的饮食习惯。 It usually starts very subtly, when a child turns to food whenever they were upset. Over time, you learn that food in fact will soothe the upset feelings. 起因往往很微妙: 如果在幼年时期一感到沮...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (111)始祖鸟 Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx 始祖鸟 Scientists have determined that Archaeopteryx,the earliest known bird,was definitely birdbrained,meaning no disrespect. 科学家已经确定,已知最古老的鸟类始祖鸟的确是鸟的脑子,这么说并不是对它不敬。 Indeed, they consider the fossil’s brain size decisive evidence that Archaeopteryx had what it took to fly. 确实,他们把这种化石的脑部尺寸作为有力的证据...

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