Making judgement 评判 Are you the type of person that is quick to judge? 你是那种能非常迅速做出评判的人吗? I often make the mistake of quickly judging someone. 我经常犯这样迅速评判某人的错误。 You've probably heard the expression,
Movie scenes 电影场景 Yesterday, a friend of mine and I were talking about scenes of movies that we liked, 昨天,我的一个朋友和我谈论我们很喜欢的电影场景, that moved us, that stuck in our brains somehow. 那些曾经感动我们,在我们脑中触动我们的东西。
The Dexterity of Poetry 诗歌之灵性 With the young of both sexes, Poetry is, like love, a passion; but, for much the greater part of those who have been proud of its power over their minds, a necessity soon
I used to like sheepherder coffee, a cup of grounds in my old enameled pot, then three cups of water and a fire, 过去我喜欢牧羊人咖啡, 往我那旧搪瓷壶里倒入一杯咖啡粉, 再加三杯水及一炉火, and when it’s hot, boiling into fro
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold
Do you really want it? 你真的想要吗? I think we can do things only when we really want to, 只有当我们真正想要的时候,我想我们才可以做许多事情, I mean really want to. 我的意思是真正想要的。 Do you remember something that you really want it, 你还
What's the Rush? 放慢脚步 享受生活 Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride—the ride we call life—as we know it. 有时我在想我们需要离开我们称之为生活的东西—我们都了解这一点。 As the song goes, “slow down, you're moving
Smell 嗅觉 Witty my large nose, I have fairly keen sense of smell. 别看我有个很大的鼻子,但我的嗅觉非常敏锐。 It's a blessing, and also a curse. 这是一种祝福,也是一种诅咒。 Since my nose tends to be more sensitive than the average p
If the Dream is Big Enough 为了心中的梦想 I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she 1)muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the stree
Remembering why we are doing something 记住我们为什么做某事 Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。 Have you ever done that? 你曾有过这种经历吗? I'm not just talking about a mem
Five Minutes to Spare抽出五分钟 No matter how busy you are, 无论你有多忙 you could spend five minutes, 你都可以抽出五分钟来: To answer the telephone 听一听电话 To read the morning paper 读一读早报 To talk with a neighbor 跟邻居谈一谈 To
Stuck in the past 纠结过去 I think it's natual to reflect at the end of the day, 我认为在一天结束的时候是一种自然的反映, or the end of the week,month or year. 或者一周,每月或每年结束的时候。 But the danger of a reflecting and focusing
The Greek myth of Ariadne offers hope to all who have felt the sting of love rejected. It tells of triumph after defeat, of sweetest success after the harshest sorrow. 在希腊神话中,阿里阿德涅的故事足以让全天下所有爱意被拒的痴男怨女
They’re gone now. 他们已经走了。 I stood in the driveway and watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their vehicles. 我站在车道上,看着我那些已长大的孩子
What's new? 有什么新鲜事吗? Can you smell, see or hear NEW? I think so. 你能闻到,看到或听到新鲜事吗?我是这样认为的。 Did you ever smell new better school clothes, bags no books and pencils. 你有没有闻到过新的更好的学校的衣服,没有书和铅笔的书包。 You c
The Story of Father's Day 父亲节的故事 Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a
I remember, I rememberThe house where I was born,The little window where the sunCame peeping in at 1)morn;He never came a wink too soonNor brought too long a day;But now, I often wish the nightHad bor
Men vs. Animal 人类与动物 I always enjoy watching nature shows. 我一直喜欢看自然节目。 Since I really get to see animals in the nature habitat in person seeing them doing what they normally do on television is the ne