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What is a Typical American Film? Is there such a thing as a typical American film? It is true that there are many features that mark a movie as American, but perhaps the most essential feature is the theme of the loner-hero. From the earliest days of silent films until the recent extravagant science fiction films, the American movie has concentrated on the role of one indivi...
In southern New England where I live, it’s mud season. It’s ugly, wet, and cold with 1)sleet and rain all piled on top of each other. Wet socks. Wet shoes. Cold feet. It is a miserable time and made more miserable by the fact that half the people I know have escaped to somewhere warm. This time of year, the only way to avoid a misery is to stay inside and 2)moan,...
Welcome to another brand new day at Faithradio online daily sunshine. 欢迎来到Faith英语电台每日阳光絮语。 Life is certainly only worthwhile as it represents struggle for worthy causes. There is no struggle in perfect security. NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛（大学组）/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲与辩论大会（中小学及幼儿组）/美式辩论赛（以下简称大赛/大会）现诚招全国省市合...
No More Heroes? Many articles have appeared in recent years, claiming that there are no more heroes in the Western world. The authors say that, particularly in Europe and North America, the young now refuse to admire anyone; that we are living in a world too well informed, too curious and critical for hero worship. The press, books, and television keep showing us the faults ...
安静吧，忧伤的心！别再悔恨；乌云后面太阳依然辉煌灿烂； 你命运和大家的一样，每个人一生都得逢上阴雨，有些日子必然阴暗而沉闷。 The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is cold,and dark,and dreary; It rains,and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold ...
Entering the New Room of Your Life It must be one of the most frequently asked questions in the English language—“What do you want to be when you grow up?” And for most of us the answer is simple—“I don’t know.” And that’s just fine. For teenagers all over the world it is difficult to imagine life outside the familiar school grounds and comfortable family home. B...
仅仅抱有乐观的态度是不够的，而是要尽力做到最好。换句话说，不要只是站（坐）在那儿，要行动起来改善你的生活！ Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “This is my fate, my destiny. I cannot change it.” Of course not! You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Your destiny depends on you, not on any other external fa...
灵魂倍受煎熬的时刻，也正是生命中最多选择与机会的时刻。任何事情的成败取决于我在寻求帮助时是抬起头还是低下头。 There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and learn from my past mi...
回忆一下某个曾给你留下独特印象的事件：街角处你碰到两个人正在交谈，当时周围的场景是，树在随风摆动；街灯灯光摇曳不定；说话人声调悲喜交集；那一刻你感受到的情景全然融合在一起。 How Should One Read a Book? By Virginia Woolf It is simple enough to say that since books have classes–fiction, biography, poetry–we should separate them and take from each what it is right th...
Poet of Piano—Chopin Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish-born composer and renowned pianist, was the creator of 55 mazurkas, 13 polonaises, 24 preludes, 27 etudes, 19 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. Frederic Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland,on February 22, 1810, to a French father and Polish mother. His father, Nicholas Chopin, was a French tutor to many aristocra...
Storms Always Give Way to the Sun What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when other sink? The answer is very simple. It’s all in how they perceive their problems. Yes, every living person has problems. A problem-free life is an illusion—a mirage in...
我们失去的一切都能得到补偿，我们所有的痛苦都能得到安慰； 可是梦境似的青春一旦消逝，它带走了我们心中的某种美好，从此一去不复返。 The Flight of Youth by Richard Henry Stoddard There are gains for all our losses. There are balms for all our pain; But when youth,the dream,departs It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better, Under...
Welcome to another brand new day at Faithradio online daily sunshine, Faith英语电台每日阳光絮语。 Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛（大学组）/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲与辩论大会（中小学及幼儿组）/美式辩论赛（以下简称大赛/大会）现诚招全国省市合作...
唯有美好而正直的心灵，犹如干燥备用的木料，永不走样； 纵然整个世界变为灰烬，它依然流光溢彩。 Virtue by G.Herbert Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! The bridal of the earth and sky- The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring,ful...
A Beautiful Memory Er…the loveliest house that I’ve ever lived in was one that I lived in with my grandparents when I was a child. And the name of the house was Crosslands. And I have some very happy memories of Crosslands. It was, it seemed, so huge to me as a child. And it had a lovely living room with a piano in it and a lovely sort of hall with lots of carpet...
家是什么？家是充满爱、体谅和信心的地方。它是家庭成员彼此相亲相爱的地方。父母关心爱护孩子,孩子也乐于参与家庭中的各种活动。因此,他们是被爱拴在一起的,他们会发现家是世界上最快乐的地方。 What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly affections exist among all the members of the family.The parents take good care of their children, and the children...
那些设法把自己培养成为真正爱好读书的人，确实是幸运的。因为爱读书的人比之别人有着明显的好处。只要手头有书，他们就从来不知寂寞。书越好，读来越是津津有味。 Devote some of your leisure, I repeat, to cultivating a love of reading good books. Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers. For book- lovers have some noteworthy advantages over other ...
生活像一具大秋千，总在开心和忧愁间摇摆。每当我们陷入忧愁的低谷时，我们以开始冲向开心的谷顶。在深陷悲痛，跌入感情创伤和绝望的深渊的时候，能够从中走出来的，就是战胜悲伤的赢家。 Power of Self Talk Life is like a big swing, dangling between the depths of happiness and sadness. As soon as we descend down the slope of sadness, we accelerate over the ever-feel-good acclivity of hap...
Advice to a Young Man Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest. Don’t be ...
把大的工作量作为一种推动你自己向前、学习新技能、展示你的精神风貌的好机会。抱怨只会让你精疲力竭，相反，应以乐观的态度对待每日重工作。对自己说：“这个问题，我能搞定。” What would you say when you are under work pressure, “stressed out and frantic” or “challenged and energized”? There is very little physiological difference between the two, says a growing...