When the landlord learned that I and my agents were artists, our party rose perceptibly in his esteem；we rose still higher when he learned that we were making a pedestrian tour of Europe. 当旅店老板得知我和我的代
Franklin’s life is full of charming stories which all young men should know how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood as the guest of kings in Europe;how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Phila
The apprentice angel 实习天使 One day, a little angel who wanted to be a big angel was spending some time with a more seasoned angel. 一天， 一个一心想成为大天使的小天使和一个经验丰富的天使在一起。 They were invisibly walking down a bu
I look around me and the room has changed imperceptibly and overtly.There are elephants on thin legs lining the walls, the people around me have become giant insects,my watch melts and slowly drips fr
The next morning, I'd ferry across the river to Pukou，and，from there，catch an afternoon train for Beijing. 第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。 Father said he was too busy to go and see me off at the railway station,
A cricket shrills in the grass. 一只蟋蟀在草丛中长鸣。 I think of poets and musicians. 我想起了诗人和音乐家。 Of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and of Shakespeare, whose Lorenzo declaims in The Merchant of Venice, How sweet
Super hero 大英雄 Dr.Marilyn spoke at our staff meeting. 玛丽琳波斯在我们员工会议上讲话。 She took us through exercises as she worked to get our minds and spirits adjusted to a more positive direction. 她想通过练习把我们的思想和精神调整
Part Time and Full Time-Work-Job 找工与全职-工作-职业 Sandy Beethoven started her first job when she was eighteen.It was at a flower shop that sold flowers for all kinds of occasions. 珊蒂.贝多芬在18岁的时候开始她的第一份工作。那是
Night has fallen over the country. Through the trees rises the red moon, and the stars are scarcely seen. In the vast shadow of night the coolness and the dews descend. I sit at the open window to enj
Grazing the right-bank dike and aiming carefully for the middle arch of the stone bndge below; 顺流而下，擦过堤岸的右侧边缘，小心地对准下游石桥的中孔滑下。 I watched them in this way,and lost all this time hoping to see one of the
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold 《多佛海滩》 马修·阿诺德 The sea is calm tonight. 今晚，海上风平浪静。 The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; 潮水正满，皎洁的月光洒在海峡上； On the French coast the light gleams and is gone
When he came near the train，I hurried out to help him by the hand. 到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。 After boarding the train with me, he laid all the tangerines on my overcoat, and patting the dirt off his clothes，he loo
The magical mustard seed 神奇的芥籽 A woman's only son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and asked, 一个女人的独生子死了。她非常伤心地找到神父问: What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son ba
They are the principles on which my wife and I have tried to bring up our family .They are the principles in which my father believed and by which he governed his life .They are the principles,many of
Among the more curious questions that can be asked about love is this,when one feels romantic love, does he feel it in breaks with interruptions or changes, or does he feel it continuously without int
I felt approaching footsteps. I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Some onetook it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal allthings to me, and, mo
June 24 If a man is ever going to admit that he belongs to the earth, not the other way round,it probably will be in late June.Then it is that life surpasses man’s affairs with incredible urgency and
I think that,from a biological standpoint,human life almost reads like a poem.It has its own rhythm and beat,its internal cycles of growth and decay.It begins with innocent childhood,followed by awkwa
My friend said cars are a pain. What he meant was that his car was a lot of trouble. I suppose he must have bought a “lemon”, that is, a car full of problems and not worth its keep. Not everybody feel
She Walks in Beautyby Lord Byron 《她在美中徜徉》，拜伦 She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; 她在美中徜徉，仿佛夜晚皎洁无云，繁星漫天； And all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect a
