英文欣赏:New home 新家

My New Home-Home-Real Estate 我的新家-家里-房地产 Because of father’s work. our family had to move to San Diego. Father wanted to lease but mother insisted on buying. Both of them had good points. so the compromise was a short-term lease as tamporary settlement and buying a new home at a better location late. Soon, father found out that loan interest rates had b...

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英文欣赏:School Infirmary校医院

I was not feeling well on Friday,but I still went to school anyway. I made it through the first three classes,but then my illness started to take over. 在星期五时,我感觉不太舒服,但我还是到学校上课,我撑过了前面三节课,但后来我就难受得坚持不下去了。 My teacher asked me if I needed to go to the infirmary,so I went. On my way to the infirmary,I almost could not hang on...

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英文欣赏:Baseball Field-Spors-Culture 棒球场-体育-文化

Baseball is the oldest pastime in American history.After years of evolution,todays baseball games are played with nine players,each serving a different role.The pitcher and the catcher are the first line of defense for the team in the field. 棒球是美国历史上最早的休闲活动。经过多年的演变,今天的棒球是由9个运动员上场来比赛,每个人负责不同的任务。在球场上,投手和捕手是防守...

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双语美文之似水流年 (110)荷塘月色(4)

Deft boys and pretty girls.Reach an understanding while boating;Their prows veer slowly,But the winecups pass quickly;Their oars are entangled,As they cut through the duckweed,And girls with slender waists.Turn to gaze behind them.Now spring and summer meet,Leaves are tender, flowers fresh;With smiles they protect their silks,Drawing in their skirts, afraid lest the boat up...

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双语美文之似水流年 (129)宽容(4)

I have found the road to a better home. 我已经找到一条通往更美好的家园的大道, I have seen the promise of a happier life. Follow me and I shall lead you thither. 我已经看到幸福生活的曙光。跟我来吧,我带领你们奔向那里。 For the smile of the Gods is the same there as here and everywhere. 上帝的笑容不只是在这儿,也在其它地方。 He stopped and there went up a g...

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双语美文之似水流年 (121)经比萨和锡耶纳到罗马(4)

Hence,when we came to Spezzia,we found that the Magra,an unbridged river on the high-road to Pisa,was too high to be safely crossed in the Ferry Boat,and were fain to wait until the afternoon of next day,when it had,in some degree,subsided. Spezzia,however,is a good place to tarry at; by reason,firstly,of its beautiful bay; secondly,of its ghostly Inn; third...

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英文欣赏:office 办公室

In the Office-Work-Tiring 在办公室-工作-疲累 An urban warrior’s daily life involves getting up in the morning and driving work.He fights through traffic jams for one and a half hours,then enters a steel jungle people call downtown,and rushes to his shiny office building just before eight o’clock.Working some forty odd hours a week,office workers do the ass...

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双语美文之似水流年 (106)我生命中最重要的一天(4)

We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysucklewith which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand underthe spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the wordwater, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of herfingers. Sudden...

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双语美文之似水流年 (130)宽容(5)

They were pushed aside. 他们被推到一旁, They complained of their lot. 嘴里还抱怨自己的命运不济, They bewailed the ingratitude of their children, but when the last wagon pulled out of the village, they stopped the driver and forced him to take them along. 诅咒孩子们忘恩负义。下过,最后一辆马车驶出村子时,他们叫住了车夫,强迫他把他们带走。 The flight into ...

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英文欣赏:A Well Balanced Diet健康饮食

1.propose vt.提议,建议; 打算,计划; 推荐,提名; 求婚 And where do you propose building such a huge thing? 那么你打算在哪里建这么一个庞然大物呢? 2.be defined as 被认为是 Within criminal law almost anything could be defined as “crime”. 在刑法中,几乎任何行为都可以被界定为“犯罪”。 3.proportion 比例 We must keep a sense of proportion about ...

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双语美文之似水流年 (120)经比萨和锡耶纳到罗马(3)

The church is bright with trophies of the sea,and votive offerings,in commemoration of escape from storm and shipwreck. The dwellings not immediately abutting on the harbour are approached by blind low archways,and by crooked steps,as if in darkness and in difficulty of access they should be like holds of ships,or inconvenient cabins under water;and everywhere,there ...

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双语美文之似水流年 (134)郁金香(4)

I was very much pleased and astonished at the glorious show of these gay vegetables, that arose in great profusion on all the banks about us. 看到花团锦簇的美妙画面,我真是又惊又喜。一垄一垄的花儿,密密麻麻地将我笼罩。 Sometimes I considered every leaf as an elaborate piece of tissue, in which the threads and fibers were woven together into different configurations, w...

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英文欣赏:Do Laundry-Home-Tasks 洗衣服-家里-任务

House chores are boring routine stuff that everybody hates.However,doing laundry is different.My laundry career began when my wife started assigning me little duties in the name of gender equality.In no time,I’ve become an expert in laundering. 家务事是一成不变的枯燥事情,每个人都不喜欢。然而,洗衣服却不同。当我的妻子以男女平等的名义开始叫我做东做西时,我的洗衣生涯...

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英文欣赏:Applying For College-School-Process 申请大学-学校-过程

College education is a big investment for anyone.Each choice leads to a different destination.Which road should you take? 对于任何人来说,大学教育都是一项大的投资。每一项选择都可能会引导你到不同的目的地。你该选择哪一条路呢? You create your own choices through researching.Find the universtites that will provide the deucation you want.This task can take a while,but it ...

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双语美文之似水流年 (87)追忆似水年华(4)

I do not see the wrinkles and grey hair that other people see. When I look at you now, I only see your sweet tender lips and youthful sparkling eyes as we sat and had out first picnic next to that small stream, and chased each other around that big old oak tree. I remember wishing those first few days together would last forever. Do you remember how exciting and wonderful t...

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英文欣赏:Christmas 圣诞

Christmas-Home-In the United States 对诞节-家里-在美国 Christmas is considered a major holiday in the United States.Shopping malls have big sales,every-body gets happier,and everywhere shows red and green.As early as one month before December 25th,houses in the residential areas would be dressed up with flashing lights,ornaments,and sculptures.Normally lifeless downto...

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英文欣赏:School Bus 校车

School Bus-School-Tuesday 校车-学校-星期二 I am on the School bus sitting by my classmates.Tina,Linda,Jackie and Lisa.I do not like to gossip with them.so I am listening to a new CD I bought last week. 我现在在校车上,旁边坐的是我的同学:蒂娜,琳达,杰姬和莉落。我不喜欢跟她们鬼扯,所以我正听者我上网新买的CD。 Rock is the type of music that I like I just went to ...

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英文欣赏:Finding A Job找工作

My friend James Newton just lost his job last week.He has a family to support and bills to pay.His wife does not work because his son is only 18 months old. 我的朋友詹姆士·牛顿上周刚失业,他有个家庭要支撑,还有很多账单要支付。他的妻子没有上班工作赚钱,因为他的儿子只有18个月大。 He really needs a job soon.It is already Wednesday;he only has three days left this week.He...

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英文欣赏:Cosmetics-Shopping-Outlook 化妆品-购物-前瞻

Not only as an act of courtesy,but also to look good,women spend time and energy polishing their appearances.At the very least,lipsticks and foundations can be found in any woman’s purse these days.It is not enough;women always want to be prettier,younger,and more attractive.That is why cosmetic products are so popular among female shoppers. 不光是礼貌,也是为了好...

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双语美文之似水流年 (103)我生命中最重要的一天(1)

The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, AnneMansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurablecontrasts between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, threemonths before I was seven years old. 在我的一生中,最令我刻骨铭心的一天就是我的老师,安妮曼斯菲尔德苏立文的到来...

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