Lying in bed, by an open window, and listen..... 窗边静躺，细心聆听 No air-conditioning, how can you sleep? my fiend asks, horrified. I've just revealed that my family had decided to shut the air-conditioner off and trim our electric bill. 不...
They quizzed jackpot winners and came up with 10 tips to keep you feeling on top of the world. 他们采访了多位中了彩票头等奖的人，总结出了十条感觉幸福的秘诀。 And the results were surprising. No flash cars of expensive j...
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. 青春...
We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite... 我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的 I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder t...
At the end of summer the sun changes its light, As a middle-aged man becomes less sharp and bright, Gone are all those exciting days of the season past. 在夏末之时,太阳改变了光线,正如一个中年男子变得不再那么犀利、生气勃勃...
People say, you can not change the environment, but can change their own; you can not change the facts, but can change attitudes; you can not change the past, but can be changed now; you can not control other people, but can be masters of our own; yo...
Did you ever have a dream? I'm not talking about a dream you have when you sleep. I'm talking about a conscious dream where you would like to see a new future, a different choice of employment, and a business of you own. How many times have you wishe...
A tiny drop of water washed away the land and buildings fell, floating away with other people's dreams. 一小滴水能使河堤冲垮，能使建筑倒塌，也能使人们的梦想付之东流。 Roadways planned and formed by huge machines and men...
There once was a master who went to india. in those times, we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. so the master went to india on foot. he had never been to india before; perhaps he came from per...
Silence is soundlessness; silence exists in different forms. 无声即沉默。沉默有各种各样 An empty head or a blank mind which leads to speechlessness--that is silence. 腹中空泛，思想一片苍白，故无言可发，这是沉默。 E...
Now we discuss how to smile facing the life, I always stick to their principles, the road of life is long, always wrong steps, wrong, I smile to face, the next to come on the line. 现在我们探讨下如何以微笑面对生活，我始终坚持自己...
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. ~Henry David Thoreau 迷失自我，才能发现自我。亨利大卫梭罗（美国作家及自然主义者） Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by go...
The sun has begun to set and I hang up the smile I've worn all day, though I will make sure it is the first thing I put back on in the morning just in case it is that day. I want her to see me at my very best. 太阳将要下山，我收起挂了一天...
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. 人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。 All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebration...
One day， a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. 一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正...
No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time indeed is flown...
In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, on...
People need homes: children assume their parents' place as home; boarders call school home on weekdays; married couples work together to build new homes; and travelers have no place to call home, at least for a few nights. 人人都需要家：小孩子...
Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. 每当我遇到挫折时，...
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must...
The 92-year-old,petite,well-poised and proud lady,who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock,with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied,even though she was legally blind,moved to a nursing home today. 这位92岁高龄、个子...
To Realize The Valu e Of One Year, Ask A Student Who Has Fa iled His Final Exam. 想知道一整年的价值，就去问留级的学生。 To Realize Th e Value Of One Month, Ask A Mother Who Has Given Birth To A Premature Baby. 想知道一个月的价...
We're like the cream. When the cream rises to the top, it separates itself from the milk. Perhaps that is what the New Age Movement is really all about. We find ourselves lonely at the top. Yes, it is. 我们就像奶油。当奶油浮到顶部的时候...
Nothing succeeds lacks confidence.When you are truly confident,it radiates from you like sunlight,and attracts success to you like a magnet. 信心成就一切，当你真正自信时，它就像灿烂的阳光一样从你身上散发出来，就像磁...
The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, You should leave your son alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can't come to see him during this period. 一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了，却没有一点勇...
As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flower I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena of the atmosphere, looking through the branches at the strewn stars which glittered like chips of silv...
你曾经想到过的那个非凡的主意后来怎样了？ 你是否因为觉得那只是个小小的念头而将其忽略了呢？ Have you ever considered what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts or if you had...
You probably don't know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. He's been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of year combining exemplary professional skills with a sweet nature and gentle disposition. He's never...
请根据下面提示，以《财富与快乐》为题，写一篇短文。 (1)一些人认为财富能带来快乐。 (2)另一些人认为钱多了不是一件好事。 (3)提出自己的看法。 注意：单词数120个左右。 Wealth and Happin...
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as Christmas present. On Christmas eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was looking around the shining new car, admiring it. 我有个朋友，保罗，在圣诞节那...
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming u...
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. 青春不...
However mean your life is, meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps h...
The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, You should leave your son alone here. Ill make him into a real man within three months. However, you can't come to see him during this period. 禅师对男孩的父亲说：你应该让他单独留在这里。...
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, If I were any better, I d be twins! He was a natural motivator. 迈克尔是...
Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family s only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as...
There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure. 从前有一个农民，...
How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time thinking about their vacation than they...
I like the subtle fresh green budding from the branches of the tree -- the herald of spring, ushering in the dawn 我喜欢看树枝上那淡淡的嫩绿,它是春天的使者,它是一天清晨的开始 I like the subtle flow of cloud that makes the...
by Christina Rossetti 克里斯蒂娜罗塞蒂 I wish I could remember the first day, 愿我能铭记你我邂逅的 First hour, first moment of your meeting me, 第一日，第一时，第一刻， If bright or dim the season, it might be 它或是灿...
Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. 我可以看看我的宝宝吗？初为人母的她开心地问道。 When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned qui...
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money, w...
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. 我以前常常从厨房的窗户看到她穿梭于操场上的一群男孩子中间，她显得那么矮小。 The sc...
wn haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth, it has no time to flow down the spout. 她和妈妈刚在沃尔玛结束购物。这个...
In our unspoken but not so subtle Darwinian competition with one anotherwhich springs, I think, from our fear of our own insignificance, a subset of our dread of mortality we have of late, we Americans, to our detriment, come to love accolades more t...
he art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way: A man comes to this world with h...
If you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive thoughts. When we are stressed, depressed, upset, or otherwise in a negative state of mind because we perceive that bad things keep happening to us...
幸福是随便走走没目的什么也不想。 幸福是冬天等巴士时喝热维他奶。 幸福是看一本精彩的好书。 幸福是想起心上人而偷笑。 幸福是情人用体温为你送暖。 What is happiness? Different people have...
We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite 我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的 I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that...
I am the wind, the gentle wind; I am the clouds, the slow， drifting clouds; I am the water, the silent water; I am the mountains, the boundless mountains 我是风，轻轻的风；我是云，缓缓的云；我是水，静静的水；我是山，连...
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