O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the stead
I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains. 我得到她的厚礼是在山间七月的一个夜晚。 My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone. 我的车突然无缘无故地熄了火,我孤身一人被困在山中,束手无策。 The sun had set, and I wa
The cherry tree is something the same, but more sturdy. 樱桃树和白杨差不多,只是更加顽强。 Now, in the last week of April, the cherry blossom is still white, but waning and passing away:it is late this year, and the l
Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden 葬礼蓝调 奥登 Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, 停止所有的时钟,切断电话 Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, 给狗一块浓汁的骨头,让他别叫 Silence the pianos and with muffled drum 黯哑
Besides, it was certainly no problem for a person of my age to look after himself. 而且我 这样大年纪的人,难道还不能料理自己么? Oh, when I come to think of it, I can see how smarty I was in those days! 唉,我现在想想, 那时真是太聪明了!
When I was eight or nine years old, I wrote my first poem. 我在八九岁时,第一次写了一首诗。 At that time my father was head of Paramount Studios. 那时我父亲是好莱坞的大亨,派拉蒙制片公司的经理。 My mother was involved in various intellectua
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go.For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old
Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare 第十四行诗130 威廉·莎士比亚 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; 我情妇的眼睛一点不像太阳;珊瑚比她的嘴唇还要红得多: If snow be white, why then her breas
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every lesson in school or college is an opportunity. Every examination is a chance in
A Pirate's Tale-Talks-Accident 海盗者故事-话题-意外 A pirate walked into a bar and ordered a whiskey.The bartender noticed that,like any self-respecting pirate,this guy had a peg leg,a hook in place of one of
Napoleon declared, “Victory belongs to the most persevering.”Upon careful study we find perseverance depends upon three things - purpose,will, and enthusiasm. He who has a purpose is always concentrat
Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty,and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a
International Driver's License-Vacation 国际驾驶执照-假期 For more than 50years,travelers have been using the international driver's license to travel in foreign countries.The idea is that a driver with a dri
I LONG to go over there to the further bank of the river, 我渴想到河的对岸去。 Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line; 在那边,好些船只一行儿系在竹杆上; Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with
The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality.The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of g
The moon was shining when we approached Pisa,and for a long time we could see,behind the wall,the leaning Tower,all awry in the uncertain light; 到达比萨时已是深夜。在好长的一段时间里,我们都能看到围墙后面的斜塔,在朦胧的月光中更加倾斜。 the shad
Wake Up-Home Monday 星期一 醒来 All of a sudden my alarm clock went off, it is six o'clock in the morning.I Should wake up. but I am still sleepy.I know that I have to get up,or I will be late 突然音我的闹钟响了,现在
Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? 我们初次相遇,难道真的是六十二年前吗? It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in t
“In my studio, all formalities will be abolished, and only the most intimate friends will be admitted. They will be treated with rich or poor fare such as I eat, and we will chat and laugh and forget
If Music Be The Food Of Love from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 《假如音乐是爱情的粮食》,节选自《第十二夜》,莎士比亚 If music be the food of love, play on; 假如音乐是爱情的食粮,那么奏下去吧; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting the