英文欣赏:执子之手,风雨同路

Desperately lonely at only 17 years old may not be normal, but so many things had happened in my life to make me feel like my world was crashing down. Growing up poor had never been easy, but somehow I managed to live my life around it. My mother, a single mother of four, was struggling to make ends meet working at our local McDonalds. I was the oldest and just a year before...

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英文欣赏:告诉妈妈我爱她(上)

Tell Mommy I Love Her 告诉妈妈我爱她 John had been on the road visiting clients for three weeks. He couldn't wait to get back to his wife and kids. It was coming up on Mother's day, and he usually tried to make it "back home", but this year he was too tired. When he drove by a flower shop, he said to himself, "I know what I'll do. I'll send Mom...

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英文欣赏:以书为伴 Companionship of Books

曾几何时,我学会了在书海中徜徉;曾几何时,我学会了在书山 中冥想;又几何时,我已经爱上了那熟悉的书的墨香。 A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. 通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人,就像看他...

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英文欣赏:一条美丽的裙子

A Beautiful Dress 一条美丽的裙子 My neighbor's eight-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside, her native place. 我邻居八岁的女儿之前住在乡下,她的老家。 Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them. 最近被带到城里来和爸妈一起生活。 Wild and uneducated, she would swear or use dirty words when she was displeased. 她是个没有受过教育的野孩子,她不开心...

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英文欣赏:我真笨 I'm Stupid!(下)

We were trying to sell our car about a year ago. 一年前,我们曾打算卖了我们的车。 A guy came over to the house and drove the car around for about 45 minutes. 一个哥们来看车,然后在附近开了45分钟。 We get back to the house, he gets out of the car, 等我们开车回家,他下车后, reaches down and grabs the exhaust pipe, then says, "Damn that's hot!" 把手伸到车下摸排气...

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英文欣赏:音乐的语言 The Language of Music

The Language of Music 音乐的语言 A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer a...

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英文欣赏:我真笨 I'm Stupid!(上)

I'm Stupid! 我真笨! Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't have to rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me…oops… never mind, didn't see your sign."It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there...

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英文欣赏:论孩子

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. 你的儿女并不是你的儿女 他们是生命自身憧憬的儿女 他们借助你来到这世界,却非自你而来 并且,尽管他们在你身旁,却并不属于你 You may give them your love but not your thought For they have ...

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英文欣赏:生命中的五个球 Five Balls of Life

Five Balls of Life 生命中的五个球 In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other commitments: 几年前,在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩•戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系: Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name ...

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英文欣赏:世界上最大的家庭(上)

The World's Biggest Family 世界上最大的家庭 Mr. and Mrs. Albina don't know where all their grown-up children are living now. 阿宾娜夫妇不知道他们已成年的孩子们现在在哪里生活。 They aren't sure how old all their children are either. Ask them, for example, 他们也不确定他们孩子们多大了。 "How old is your daughter Susanna?" and they say, "We're not...

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英文欣赏:不做有才华的穷人

Don't work for money 不做有才华的穷人  The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is, great talent is no...

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英文欣赏:交际面面观 Levels of Communication(4)

Levels of Communication 4 交际面面观 Emotional communication: involves sharing our emotions and feelings with another. We are sharing our inner-self when we allow others to know our heart. This is risky business! Societies place constraints upon the specific emotions (e.g., It's good to express love; it's bad to express hatred). We also have rules about when and how ...

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英文欣赏:Self-improvement-upgrading your life自我改善—提高你的生活

Self-improvement-upgrading your life 自我改善—提高你的生活 If you are given some money to fix up your residence, your apartment or house,what would you do? 如果给你一些钱来修葺你的住所,你的公寓或房子,你会做什么呢? Would you get some new wall-paper? 你将会弄些新墙纸吗? Would you get some new light fixtures? 你将会弄些新的灯光装饰吗? Would you get some new furniture? 你将会弄...

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英文欣赏:寂寞也好

A man is known by the company he keeps they say. If it is so,then everyone is bound to have their baggage of loneliness with them as companions.loneliness is not something that doesn't exist at all with any human being on earth.Every human being feels lonely in his life at some point or other. It's but natural to have such feeling ,because that's what makes us al...

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英文欣赏:回来吧,青春

It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. When he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal—the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages...

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英文欣赏:沙子与石头 Sand and Stone

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 话说两个好朋友正在穿越一个沙漠。途中他们忽然争吵了起来,其中一个一巴掌扇在另外一个人的脸上。 The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend sl...

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英文欣赏:生命的故事 Story of Life

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away they were meant to be there , to serve some sort of purpose ,teach you a lesson,or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.You never know who these people maybe (possibly your roommate , neighbor , coworker , long lost friend , lover , or even a complete stranger),but when you lock eyes with th...

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英文欣赏:承认错误

Admitting guilt 承认错误 Giving advice is a lot easier than receiving it. 给予建议比接受建议更容易。 Telling someone that he was wrong is a lot easier than admitting that you made a mistake. 当然告诉别人他是错的比承认自己犯错误更容易。 Writing a timeout everyday is not easy but trying to live up to all of my timeout goals and ideas, gosh! 每天停下来想一想不是件容易的事,但试...

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英文欣赏:尤蒂卡的午餐时光

If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior high. My junior high years were painful. Like every junior high kid, I was dealing with awakening sexuality, and struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life. But I was sure I was alone with these strange feelings. 如果我的人生是一出电影,我会快进初中求学那部分内容。我的初中时光充满了痛苦。像每个初...

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英文欣赏:Pet peeves怪毛病

Pet peeves 怪毛病 I don't complain that often, it's just not my style. 我不会经常抱怨这个,因为这不是我的风格。 But sometimes I just have to get what's bothering me off my chest! 但有时候我真的感觉有什么困扰着我。 Maybe today is a good chance to talk about my pet peeves. 也许今天是一个好机会来谈论我的怪毛病。 Today, I'll invent a little bit, I hope you don'...

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