诗歌朗读 (48)有一位女郎甜美和善

There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind Anonymous 有一位女郎甜美和善 There is a lady sweet and kind, 有一位女郎甜美和善 Was never face so pleas'd my mind; 她的容貌让我愉悦非常; I did but see her passing by, 看着她从身边走过, And yet I love her till I die. 我想爱她直到地老天荒。 Her gesture, motion, and her smiles, 她的举止,她的微笑, Her wit, her voice, my heart beguiles, 她的...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (44)林中漫步(上)

A walk in the woods-Jastin 林中漫步-詹斯汀 I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn't as if the area was attrac...

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幸福是一种态度 (13)许愿的小女孩(中)

Amy's dad guessed a picture book. But Amy wasn't ready to reveal her secret Christmas wish just then. 艾米的爸爸认为是一本图画书。但是艾米当时还不想告诉他们,她的秘密圣诞节愿望。 Here is Amy's letter to Santa, just as she wrote it that night 以下是艾米写给圣诞老人的信,就是那晚上她写的: Dear Santa Claus, 亲爱的圣诞老人, My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I ha...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (24)写给女儿的信(下)

I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that you'll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. 我要大家向发现的极限挑战,让你在有生之年能够看见改善我们生活、使这个行星更干净、更安全的新科技和发明。 And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender a...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (68)写给低头族的诗(2)

So look up from your phone, shut down that display, take in your surroundings, and make the most of today. 所以从你的手机抬起头来、关上屏幕。接纳你周遭的事物,把今天物尽其用。 Just one real connection is all it can take, to show you the difference that being there can make. 只要一次真正的接触,就足以告诉你亲临现场可以造成的不同体验。 Be there in the moment, when she gives yo...

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诗歌朗读 (33)爱复爱

Love after Love by Derek Walcott 爱复爱 德里克·沃尔科特 The time will come 这样的时刻将会来临: when, with elation 你得意洋洋地 you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, 站在自家门口, in your own mirror 照着镜子,迎接自我的到来 and each will smile at the other's welcome, 以微笑欢迎彼此, and say, sit here. Eat. 并说道,坐这儿。吃吧。 You will love again the stra...

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诗歌朗读 (45)Westron Wind,When Will Thou Blow

Westron Wind, When Will Thou Blow Westron wind, when will thou blow? The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again. NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲/美式辩论赛 诚招省市合作伙伴 NSDA认证项目SDcamps全国英语演讲大赛(大学组)/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲大会(中小学及幼儿组)/美式辩论赛(以下简称大赛/大会)现诚招部分省市合作伙伴或城市合伙人,共...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (64)我们身处的谎言世界(1)

At this moment you could be anywhere, doing anything.Instead you sit alone before a screen. 此刻,你本可以在任何地方做任何事,但你却独自坐在屏幕前。 So what'sstopping us from doing what we want? Being where we want to be? 究竟是什么在阻碍我们做想做的事,到想去的地方? Each day wewake up in the same room and follow the same path, to live the same day asyesterday. 每天我们...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (43)迟到的情书(D)

It was the only love letter I ever received, but it turned all my bitterness and grief into a peacefulness which was the nearest I could get, then, to happiness. 这可是我有生以来收到的唯一的情书!它将我的忧伤一扫而光,使我的心情变得平静–当时对我来说几乎类似幸福的平静。 I knew Richard still loved me, and somehow, as long as I had his letter, I felt that we could never b...

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幸福是一种态度 (23)锁定目标

Keep Your Goals in Sight 锁定目标 When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. 佛罗伦斯·...

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幸福是一种态度 (7)爱你没商量

I Love You Anyway 爱你没商量 It was Friday morning and a young businessman finally decided to ask his boss for a raise.Before leaving for work, he told his wife what he was about to do.All day long he felt nervous and apprehensive. Finally, in the late afternoon, he summoned the courage to approach his employer and to his delight,the boss agreed to the raise. 这是一个星期...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (59)幸运的礼服(上)

The Blessed Dress 幸运的礼服 I got an engagement ring for Christmas. My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony. 圣诞节的时候我戴上了订婚戒指。我和男友交往已快一年,我们都感到是携手步入神圣的婚姻殿堂的时候了。 The month of January was spent planning our perfect Alabama June wedding. My mo...

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幸福是一种态度 (34)酿酒也疯狂(上)

The Brewer's Son 酿酒也疯狂 When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to dissuade me from becoming a brewer. He'd spent his life brewing beer for local breweries, barely making a living, as had his father and grandfather before him. He didn't want me anywhere near a vat of beer. 在青少年时期,父亲就极力告诫我,将来不要做一个酿酒人。因为,他一辈子就像...

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幸福是一种态度 (24)就为了今天

Just for Today 就为了今天 Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not solve my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime. 就为了今天,我将尽力只度过今天而不立刻去解决终身的问题。对一件令我沮丧而又必须坚持一辈子的事,我只能坚持十二个小时。 Just for today I will be happy. This ...

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幸福是一种态度 (3)男孩的使命(中)

That day he found two sacks, which he took to the rambling wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails. 那天,他找了两条麻袋,拿到杂乱的木材厂,卖给为钉子装袋的人。 The boy's hand tightly clutched the five-cent pieces as he ran the two kilometers home. 两公里的路程他是一路跑着回的家,手里紧紧攥着两个5分硬币。 Near his house stood the ancient barn that h...

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诗歌朗读 (50)他希翼天国的锦缎

He wishes for the cloths of heaven by W.B. Yeats 他希翼天国的锦缎 叶芝 Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, 若我有天国的锦缎, Enwrought with golden and silver light, 以金银色的光线编织, The blue and the dim and the dark cloth 还有湛蓝的夜色与洁白的昼光 of night and light and the half-light, 以及黎明和黄昏错综的光芒, I would spread the cloth under your feet; 我将用这...

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诗歌朗读 (40)《公主》节选

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal from the Princess by Alfred Tennyson 《公主》的深红的花瓣睡着了 阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生 Now sleeps the crimson petal,now the white; 深红的花瓣睡着了,然后是白色的 Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk 柏树也不在舞摆于宫苑小径 Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font: 金鱼也不再炎眼于斑岩圣钵 The fire-fly wakens:waken thou with me 萤火虫醒来:唤醒...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (7)一个微笑挽救了一条生命

My life was saved by a smile 一个微笑挽救了一条生命 I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. 一想到自己明天就没命了,不禁陷入极端的惶恐。 I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. 我翻遍了口袋,终于找到一支没被他们搜走的香烟...

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幸福是一种态度 (41)最后一美元(上)

Ballad of the Bottom Dollar 最后一美元 Cameron , Mounger and I have been friends since we were teenagers. 卡梅伦,我和mounger自从我们青少年的时候就是朋友。 Both of us liked rock'n'roll, and several years after we left high school, Cam became a disc jockey. 我们都喜欢摇滚乐,我们离开高中几年之后,卡梅伦成了一名DJ。 Recently he told me the story about the day he was do...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (15)57美分建成的教堂(上)

A church built with 57 cents – Anonymous 57美分建成的教堂 匿名 A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it "was too crowded."I can't go to Sunday school," she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. 一个小女孩被拦在一座小教堂外面,“因为里面“太拥挤了,他们不让我进星期日学校(在美国,星期日学校是指在星期...

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