编者按： 八月是多么令人惬意的季节啊！果园和麦田到处都充溢着忙碌劳作的声响；串串果实压得果树都弯下了腰，枝条低垂到地面；还有谷穗，有的一捆捆优雅地堆挤在一起，有的迎风招展，仿佛在向镰刀求爱，它们给周围的景致染上了一层金黄的色调；整个大地似乎笼罩在醇香柔和的气氛中 August (Excerpt) by Charles Dickens There is no month in the whole y
Question: What has been your key to success? Bill Gates: Well, coming up with a simple explanation for the kind of success, that ah, I’ve, I’ve been 1)privileged to be part of working at Microsoft, It
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 enjo
All I Remember When my father spoke to me，he always began the conversation with “Have I told you yet today how much I adore you？”The expression of love was reciprocated and，in his later years，as his l
编者按： 唱则群山应， 叹则空散尽。 回声反射成欢欣， 倾诉忧虑无回音。 Solitude --Ella Wheeler Wilcox ?? Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth, But has trouble eno
The Ugly Duckling One evening, the sun was just setting in with true splendor when 1)a flock of beautiful large birds appeared out of the bushes. The duckling had never seen anything so beautiful. The
A new Version1) of Washington and Cherry Tree Mr．Washington looked at the cherry tree and scratched his chin．“Now George，”he said to his son，“Are you sure you had nothing to do with chopping2) this tr
编者按： 要无所畏惧而不是听天由命。因为你明白，我相信当我满怀诚意，静静等待事情发生时，它们便会发生。这并不是一种消极的状态，而是对自己真正处境的了解。 The Art of Bouncing Back by Joyce Grenfell I think the center of my faith is an absolute certainty of good. Like everyone e
The tree has entered my hands, The sap has ascended my arms, The tree has grown in my breast- Downward, The branches grow out of me, like arms. Tree you are, Moss you are, You are violets with wind ab
编者按： 当你犯错时,不要总放在心上。记住犯错的原因,然后向前看。犯错是智慧的课程。过去无法改变。现在仍在你的手中。利用好你的错误,来实现你的目标和理想。 Mistakes Mistakes and errors are the disciplined true which we advance in life. Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes
Please let me have a little world,please my dear husband.Be so generous as to Let me have a little of my own.If you find me scrawling on a piece of newspaper.please don't piple over my shoulders.It ma
编者按： 如果有人问我如何解决学校面临的危机时，那就是惠特森先生的教学方法。我没有任何伟大的科学发现，但是惠特森先生的课给我和同学们一样重要的启示：我们要正视别人的眼睛，勇敢地告诉他们，他们错了。他也同样指出我们的不足，这会获得无穷的乐趣。 The Best Teacher I Ever Had Mr.Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first
雨继续说：“今后，当下雨时，你们所有的颜色将横跨填空，形成一道巨大的彩虹，以提示你们七种颜色能友好共处。记住，彩虹象征着明天的希望。”因此，每当好雨洗礼世界的时候，一道彩虹都会出现在天空，让我们记得要学会彼此欣赏。 The colors of friendship Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. ?? All
编者按： 他最后一次送给我的这张贺卡如今仍保存在我的记事牌上。它提醒我父亲是多么地不同寻常，以及这些年来对我是多么地重要，我知道我有这样一位父亲，他以慷慨的胸怀、朴素的理解和一生中向他的亲人表达祝福的能力，来保持着爱的传统。 My Forever Valentine The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spen
编者按： “爱能历久常新。华发或会失去原有的光彩。双颊或会日显消瘦黯淡。然而，有爱的心中，从无寒冬霜冰，只有夏之温热。” keep walking in sunshine Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush blu
编者按： 要想有个美丽花园， 面积大小姑且不管， 要想园中长满鲜花， 就必须把汗水挥洒。 RESULTS AND ROSES Edgar Albert Guest The man who wants a garden fair, Or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig
What the Americans Don' t Talk About ! One of the recurring questions that my students in China often ask is:"What are the things they shouldn't talk about with Americans?"Taboo1) topics tend to make
编者按： 智慧微笑着，充满睿智地答道：“因为爱情的价值只有时间才能理解！” Love and Time Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love. One day, it
