英文欣赏:放松心情 Lighten Up(下)

The next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration level. 第二步是要了解你的期望和挫折感水平之间的联系。 Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn't, 当你期待某件事以特定方式发生而事实并非如此, you are upset and you suffer. On the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, 你会不安和痛苦。相反,当你不去想太多...

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英文欣赏:加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯(上)

Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield 加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯 Jim Davis, is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield in 1978. 吉姆·戴维斯是美国漫画家,他在1978年创作了十分受欢迎的漫画连载《加菲猫》。 As an Art and Business major at Ball State University, 作为波尔州立大学商业艺术专业的学生, Davis distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest accumu...

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英文欣赏:世界上最大的家庭(下)

Mrs. Albina now has 16 more girls, including the twins who are 15 months old. 阿宾娜太太现在有16多个女儿,包括5个月大的双胞胎。 The oldest Albina children are in their 30s and 40s. They're on their own now, 阿宾娜年纪最大的孩子已经有三、四十岁了,他们自食其力, but 18 of the kids still live with their parents in a two-room hut. 但有18个孩子仍然和阿宾娜夫妇住在一套两居室...

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英文欣赏:交际面面观 Levels of Communication(2)

Levels of Communication 2 交际面面观 showing pictures of your kids, and exchanging personal history. 秀你孩子们的照片,和概括性的自我介绍。 Factual communication is relatively safe and most do this well. 事实沟通是相对安全的和更有可能做好的方式。 eg: I'm majoring in business administration. 例如:我的专业是商业管理。 I'm married with three children, two sons and one ...

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英文欣赏:身份危机 Identity Crisis(下)

From time to time, he will fly to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he came from. 偶尔,当他在上海没有归属感的时候,他就飞回美国。 "But when I am in the States, I feel that's not my destination either," he said. “但是当我回到美国,我也会觉得美国不是我的家乡”,他说。 At the De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living 在法国的...

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英文欣赏:英国人的礼貌 ​English Manners(上)

English Manners 英国人的礼貌 British people are quite reserved when greeting one another. 英国人在相互打招呼的时候都很保守。 Greeting can be a "Hello" "Hi" or "Good morning", when yu arrive at work or at school. 当你上班或者上学的时候,你可以跟遇到的人说:“你好”,“嗨”或者“早上好”。 You may also be called many different affectionate names, accord...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (116)阅读的衰退 Decline of Reading

Decline of Reading 阅读的衰退 We have a crisis on our hands. 我们正面临着危机。 You mean global warming? 你是指全球变暖问题? The world economy? 世界经济问题? No, the decline of reading. 不,是阅读衰退的问题。 People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. 大家现在都不读书了,尤其是年轻人。 Who’s responsible? 谁该负责? Actually, it’s more like, Wha...

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英文欣赏:中西方不同的友谊(上)

Friendship in China and the West 中西方的友谊 Chinese expect friendships to be more lasting. 忠实友谊注重天长地久 For Chinese a true friendship endures throughout life changes. Chinese are friends even if they haven’t spoken for 20 years. 对于中国人而言,真正的友谊可以经得住生活变故的考验。即使有20年都没能说话,那也是朋友。 If you shared something at one time, then all...

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英文欣赏:你是Cosplayer一族吗?(上)

Are You a Cosplayer? 你是Cosplayer一族吗? What is a Cosplay? “角色扮演” 是什么? “Cosplay” is an event which people dress up as their favorite character from cartoons, animations and video games and can take photos with them. 角色扮演,一般指人们通过化妆来扮演卡通,动漫作品和游戏中的角色,并允许他人与自己合影。 The word is a compound word made up of &...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (36)罗斯福就职演讲

President Hoover, Mister Chief Justice, my friends, 胡佛总统,首席法官先生,朋友们, This is a day of national consecration, 今天对我们的国家来说是一个神圣的日子。 and I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction in the Presidency,I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. 我肯定同胞们都...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (52)作者自述 The Author's Account of Himself

The Author’s Account of Himself 作者自述 This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. 寒来暑往,年岁渐增,游兴愈浓。 Books of voyages and travels became my passion,and in devouring their contents, 我对游记类的书籍爱不释手,如饥似渴、狼吞虎咽地阅读这些书, I neglected the regular exercises of the school. 使我荒废了学校的正常功课。 How wistfully would I wander ab...

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英文欣赏:都为"镜"狂(上)

Sunglass Mania 都为“镜”狂 Why are sunglasses the latest additions to our wardrobe? 为什么太阳镜成为了我们行头的最新添加? This fashion trend has been followed for centuries 这个时尚潮流已经持续了几个世纪, and is being developing into the latest and greatest fashion accessory. 今日已演变为最新最潮的时尚配件。 Jacqueline Kennedy is known to many as John F. Kennedy’s wife...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (1)生命的美好

Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed. 尽管有很多事让人忧虑,但相比而言,值得感激的是要多得多。尽管生命的美好又是被蒙上阴影,但它的价值却永远不会被超越。 For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, ...

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英文欣赏:寻找代孕母亲(下)

However, it is illegal to advertise for a surrogate or for a surrogate to advertise. 然而,为代孕做广告或者代孕者自己宣传均是违法的。 Once the baby is born, the intended parents will need to establish their legal parentage otherwise the baby will be registered as the child of the birth mother — the surrogate. 孩子一旦出世,寻求代孕的父母需要确立他们的法定父母身份,否则...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (68)纽约文化 New York City Culture

New York City Culture 纽约文化 New York City, in the state of New York,is the largest city in the United States. 位于纽约州的纽约市是全美最大的城市, More than 8,000,000 people live there. 有着800多万的人口, That is more than 2 times the number of people in Los Angeles, California, America’s second largest city. 这个数字是美国第二大城市洛杉矶的两倍多。 New York City i...

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英文欣赏:亚马逊总裁杰夫·贝佐斯的故事(下)

Hire very carefully—you’re creating an enduring culture. Bezos would rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person, Why? 公司用人非常谨慎——你想创建的是一种持久的文化。贝佐斯宁愿面试50个人也没有找到合适的人,也不愿意录用一个不合适的求职者,为什么呢? “Company Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of pe...

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英文欣赏:如梦似幻的想象 Imagination

Imagination 想象力 Imagination is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, and do not happen in the past. 想象力是一种能力。它可以在脑海中勾勒出现实生活中不存在、不在场或过去曾经发生过的心理画面、物体或活动。 Imagination makes it possible to experience a whole world inside the mind. it gives the ability to look at any situation fro...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (71)美国的斋月 Ramadan in America

Ramadan in America 美国的斋月 America is a nation of 292 million people. 美国有2.92亿人口。 There are estimates that 6 million of them are Muslim. 据估计,其中有600万人是伊斯兰教徒。 The government does not ask people their religion,so it has no official numbers. 由于政府没有要求民众提供其宗教信仰的信息,所以该方面也没有官方数据。 But Islam is often described as a fast growi...

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英文欣赏之人生感悟 (21)一月的风儿

January wind 一月的风儿 The January wind has a hundred voices. 一月的风儿,奏响千般号角,诉说万般风情。 It can scream, it can bellow, it can whisper, and it can sing a lullaby. 它时而尖叫,划破长空;时而怒吼,响彻宇宙;时而轻声细语,似也万般风情;时而哼着小曲儿,似有慈母柔情。 I can roar through the leafless oaks and shout down the hillside, 山坡上的橡树林,树叶凋落,风儿嚎...

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英文欣赏:爱情指南 Love Guide(上)

Love Guide 爱情指南 Are you really in love? Being in love is a powerful feeling. The emotions are intense. 你确实在恋爱吗?堕入爱河是一种轰轰烈烈的感情。情感是激烈的。 It is so exciting that it may be hard to concentrate on school, work, or family responsibilities. 爱情在激荡,使人无法专心学习、工作或专注于家庭责任。 Sometimes people confuse real love with the possessive lov...

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