英文欣赏:只因一个微笑 Just A Little Smile

Just A Little Smile 只因一个微笑 Mike was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a tape recorder. Mike knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burde...

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英文欣赏:韶华易逝

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. 自然的新绿如金, 奈何最是难留。 自然的初芽如花, 绽放却难恒久。 叶叶凋萎,片片散落。 伊甸园沉入悲伤, 黎明沉沦为白昼。 韶华流逝如飞。 罗伯特·弗罗斯特(Robert Frost, 18...

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英文欣赏:母亲的含义 Not Just a Mom

Not Just a Mom 母亲的含义 A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job, or are you just a … " 一位名叫埃米莉的妇女在县办事处给驾驶执照续期时...

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英文欣赏:你真的想要吗?

Do you really want it? 你真的想要吗? I think we can do things only when we really want to, 只有当我们真正想要的时候,我想我们才可以做许多事情, I mean really want to. 我的意思是真正想要的。 Do you remember something that you really want it, 你还记得你真正想要的东西, it could be something as simply as an ice cream. 它可能只是简单的就像一个冰淇淋一样。 When my daughter wants an...

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英文欣赏:千载难逢的机会(上)

The Outside Chance 千载难逢的机会 It's a funny thing about money. If you haven't got it, you think it's the most important thing in the world. That's how I used to think. I don't any more, and I learned it in the hard way. 这是一个关于金钱的有趣的故事。如果你没有听过,你会觉得钱是世界上最重要的东西。这也是我曾经一直赞同的观点。不过现在不会了,我从艰辛中懂...

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英文欣赏:更难却更好的永别(下)

Use swabs to wet her mouth, the nurse told me. Hold her hand. 护士告诉我用棉签蘸水湿润她的嘴唇,举起她的手。 Her senses are dimming, but hearing will linger. Tell her you love her. 她的意识逐渐消退,但是还能够听见你的声音。快告诉她你爱她。 She died on Father's Day. I had bought Dad a bottle of cognac, 母亲在父亲节这一天去世的。我给父亲带来一瓶白兰地, which we were drink...

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英文欣赏:放慢脚步 享受生活

What's the Rush? 放慢脚步 享受生活 Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride—the ride we call life—as we know it. 有时我在想我们需要离开我们称之为生活的东西—我们都了解这一点。 As the song goes, “slow down, you're moving too fast, you got to make the good times last.” 就如同歌中所唱的:“放慢你的脚步,你太快了,你必须让最好的时光在最后到来。” Why have we become ...

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英文欣赏:呼喊自由的鹦鹉

Freedom parrot 呼喊自由的鹦鹉 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating "Freedom! Freedom!". And it was such a place that when the parrot repeated the word "Freedom!" it would go on ...

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英文欣赏:放松心情 Lighten Up(上)

Lighten Up 放松心情 These days, it seems that almost all of us have something to worry about. 这些日子,似乎我们每个人都有担心的事情。 People are frustrated and uptight about almost everything—being five minutes late, 人们对很多事情会感到沮丧和紧张——还有五分钟就要迟到了, having someone else show up five minutes late, being stuck in traffic, 希望对方能在五分钟后出现,因为交...

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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:Smell嗅觉

Smell 嗅觉 Witty my large nose, I have fairly keen sense of smell. 别看我有个很大的鼻子,但我的嗅觉非常敏锐。 It's a blessing, and also a curse. 这是一种祝福,也是一种诅咒。 Since my nose tends to be more sensitive than the average person's. 因为我的鼻子会变得比一般人的更加灵敏。 There are advantages and disadvantages. 其中有优势也有劣势。 For example, I am usually the...

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英文欣赏:记住我们为什么做某事

Remembering why we are doing something 记住我们为什么做某事 Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。 Have you ever done that? 你曾有过这种经历吗? I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。 I have called someone because I want to tell...

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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:纠结过去

Stuck in the past 纠结过去 I think it's natual to reflect at the end of the day, 我认为在一天结束的时候是一种自然的反映, or the end of the week,month or year. 或者一周,每月或每年结束的时候。 But the danger of a reflecting and focusing on the past is that we kind of get lost in it. 但专注于过去的反映会危险到让我们迷失在其中。 I know people that think about all the mistak...

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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:酒神传说

The Greek myth of Ariadne offers hope to all who have felt the sting of love rejected. It tells of triumph after defeat, of sweetest success after the harshest sorrow. 在希腊神话中,阿里阿德涅的故事足以让全天下所有爱意被拒的痴男怨女们打心里升起新的希望。它说明了什么是否极泰来——即使是经历了最痛苦的悲伤,一样能迎来最甜蜜的结果。 Princess Ariadne, daughter of King M...

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英文欣赏:遗留在时光背后的思念

They’re gone now. 他们已经走了。 I stood in the driveway and watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles. 我站在车道上,看着我那些已长大的孩子驶远。我凝视着那路的尽头,直到再看不见他们的车。 “They live way too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they grow up and beco...

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英文欣赏:What’s new? 有什么新鲜事吗?

What's new? 有什么新鲜事吗? Can you smell, see or hear NEW? I think so. 你能闻到,看到或听到新鲜事吗?我是这样认为的。 Did you ever smell new better school clothes, bags no books and pencils. 你有没有闻到过新的更好的学校的衣服,没有书和铅笔的书包。 You can see all sorts of new items and programs and teachers at school. 你可以在学校看到各种各样的新项目,新节目及新教师。 You ...

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英文欣赏:父亲节的故事(上)

The Story of Father's Day 父亲节的故事 Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards! 和通俗的误解不同,父亲节不是为了贺卡生产商卖出更多贺卡而设立的节日。事实上,当父亲节...

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