Six minutes to six, said the clock over the information booth in Grand Central Station. The tall young Army lieutenant who had just come from the direction of the tracks lifted his sunburned face, and
Hence as a Chinese writer expresses it:For enjoying flowers, one must secure big-hearted friends.For going to a sing-song houses to have a look at sing-song girls, one must secure temperate friends. F
Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" I heard the whispers. "I never knew that meant anything to anyone!" "I didn't know others liked me so much!" Then Mark said, "Thank you for teachin
However mean your life is, meet it and live it. 不管你的生活如何卑微，你都要正视它，生活下去。 do not shirk it and call it hard names is not so bad as you are. 不要逃避，也不要恶语相加。你的生活不像你自己想象的那么糟糕。 It looks poorest when you are ri
Some of the villages are inhabited，almost exclusively，by fishermen； 有些村庄,所有居住的村民几乎都是渔民。 and it is pleasant to see their great boats hauled up on the beach，making little patches of shade，where they lie
Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. 如同大智慧者不会因穷尽自然的和谐底蕴而失去对她的好奇之心。 Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. 自然之于智慧的心灵绝非玩具。 The fl
And starring these tiers of leaves were white lotus flowers, alluringly open or bashfully in bud, like glimmering pearls, stars in an azure sky, or beauties fresh from the bath. The breeze carried pas
This feeling mercifully mitigates the sense of responsibility which so easily becomes paralyzing, 拥有这神心情，不仅宽厚地減轻了那种使人容易感到心有余而力不足的责任感， and it prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seri
In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. 那年晚夏，我们住在乡村一幢房子里，望得见隔着河流和平原的那些高山。 In the bed of the river there were pebbl
It is more than two years since I saw my father last time and what I can never forget is the sight of his back. 我与父亲不相见已二年余了我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 In the winter of more than two years ago Grandma died and fath
Earlier in theday we had had a tussle over the words "m-u-g" and "w-a-t-e-r." Miss Sullivan had tried toimpress it upon me that "m-u-g" is mug and that "w-a-t-e-r" is water, but I persisted inconfound
But in the sunny countries, change is the reality and permanence is artificial and a condition of imprisonment. Hence, to the northerner, the phenomenal world is essentially tragical, because it is te
To begin with the Youthful type of character. 我们首先来讨论一下年轻人的性格特征。 Young men have strong passions, and tend to gratify1 them indiscriminately. 年轻人有炽热的激情，而且想不管不顾地逐个满足。 They are changeable and fickle in t
Also there are the huge bud-spikes of the stout, thick-flowering pink orchid, huge buds like fat ears of wheat, hard-purple and splendid. 当然。也少不了顶着巨大的花苞穗，长满茂密花儿的强壮粉红兰花，兰花那巨大的花苞穗如同饱满地麦穗一样，配上耀眼地紫色，让人觉得完
Deft boys and pretty girls.Reach an understanding while boating;Their prows veer slowly,But the winecups pass quickly;Their oars are entangled,As they cut through the duckweed,And girls with slender w
North of the Alps, the everlasting winter is interrupted by summers that struggle and soon yield; south of the Alps, the everlasting summer is interrupted by spasmodic and spiteful winters that never
I have found the road to a better home. 我已经找到一条通往更美好的家园的大道， I have seen the promise of a happier life. Follow me and I shall lead you thither. 我已经看到幸福生活的曙光。跟我来吧，我带领你们奔向那里。 For the smile of the Gods is
Hence，when we came to Spezzia，we found that the Magra，an unbridged river on the high-road to Pisa，was too high to be safely crossed in the Ferry Boat，and were fain to wait until the afternoon of next
We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysucklewith which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand underthe spout. As the cool
In the wood, the scrub-oak is only just coming uncrumpled, and the pines keep their hold on winter. 在森林里，矮灌木即将倒下，而松树在冬天里则稳稳地保持自己的站姿。 They are wintry things, stone-pined. 冬天是最适宜石松生长的季节。 At Christmas, t
