学海无涯 It was the last day of final examination in a large Eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors huddled, discussing the exam due to begin in a few minutes. On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam-then on to commencement and jobs. 这是东部一... 查看详细
让每一天都与众不同 Be thankful and look to every new day with positive hope心存感激,以积极的心态来迎接新的一天。 Take time to pull yourself away from all the noise and just look around you. Take inventory.给自己一点时间从喧哗的世界中摆脱出来,列出一个清单出来。 Appreciate those who have enhanced the quality of your life, and remember... 查看详细
偶然 徐志摩by Xu Zhimo 我是天空里的一片云I am a cloud in the sky, 偶尔投影在你的波心A chance shadow on the wave of your heart. 你不必讶异Don"t be surprised, 更无须欢喜Or too elated; 在转瞬间消灭了踪影In an instant I shall vanish without trace. 你我相逢在黑夜的海上We meet on the sea of dark night, 你有你的我有我的方向You on your way, I on... 查看详细
特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997),印度著名的慈善家,印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人,在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网,赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞,语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华,其所举事例听来似平凡之至,然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。 The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four pe... 查看详细
No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is no need to list these writers. Everyone here may make his own list according to his knowledge and his conscience. It would be impossible for me to ask the Ambassador of my count... 查看详细
一年一度的父亲节即将来临,在关注我们的父亲的同时,也让我们拓宽眼界,看看动物世界的爸爸们如何担当抚育、照顾后代的责任吧! Penguin(皇企鹅): A fatherEmperor penguin(皇企鹅,南极地区一种巨大的企鹅,颈部有桔黄色块) withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire time he doesn"t eat a th... 查看详细
这是一篇奇文,因为它是一篇法庭辩护词,作者是当时接触的演讲家和辩论家。辩词的撼人之处在于拿出人类兽性的一面与狗人性的一面做对比,引起法官们对狗的感激和同情,以及对杀狗人的强烈憎恶。这不仅是一篇辩护词,也是一篇优秀的讲演稿,更是对人性的呼唤…… 最后作者靠这篇奇文打动了陪审,并因此赢得了胜利。既然是奇文,那就奇文共欣赏吧! George Graham The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he ha... 查看详细
“燕子去了,有再来的时候;杨柳枯了,有再青的时候;桃花谢了,有再开的时候。但是,聪明的,你告诉我,我们的日子为什么一去不返呢?”看过朱自清先生的《匆匆》,无一不对这句话印象深刻。时间有如白驹过隙,稍纵即逝,不留一点痕迹。 本文是《匆匆》的英译本,清新自然,又带有一股淡淡的忧伤,而译文也尽可能地保留了原文的特色,清新优美,读时琅琅上口,动人心弦,给人以美的享受。 匆匆 Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a t... 查看详细
《吾之三愿》是选自《贝特兰·罗素自传》的一篇优秀散文。语言古朴典雅,情感真挚而充沛。它既是作者心灵的抒发,也是生命体验的总结。 吾之三愿 Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have bl... 查看详细
何为不朽 by William Hazlitt To see the golden sun and the azure sky, the outstretched ocean, to walk upon the green earth, and to be lord of a thousand creatures, to look down giddy precipices to over distant flowery vales, to see the world spread out under one’s finger in map, to bring the stars... 查看详细
本文节选自弗朗西斯培根的名篇《论学习》,这一篇文章可以说是字字珠玑,其中的句子常常为人们所引用,是句子被引用率最高的名篇之一。 论学习 Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. 读书足以怡情,足以博彩,... 查看详细
雪夜林边驻马 —Robert Frost——罗伯特·弗罗斯特 Whose woods these are I think I know.我想我认识这树林的主人 His house is in the village though;不过他的住房在村庄里面。 He will not see me stopping here他不会看到我正停于此处 To watch his woods fill up with snow.观赏他的树林被积雪淤满。 My little horse must think it queer我的小马定以为荒唐... 查看详细
心灵深处的音乐 -----Lester E.Garrett——莱斯特·E·加勒特 Life…What is it?生命是什么? See it in the colors of autumn,它浸染在五彩缤纷的秋色里, A gentle snowfall in winter,飘融在轻柔无语的冬雪中, A sudden shower in spring,在阵阵春雨里, The radiance of a summer day.在绚丽夏日中。 Behold it in the laughter of the young a... 查看详细
这些美好不会消逝 —Charles Dickens ——查尔斯·狄更斯 The pure, the bright, the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的, That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的, The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的, The dreams of love and truth; 让我们梦想着爱与真理的; The longing after something’s lost,在失去后为... 查看详细
昔日依依别 By George Gordon Byron When we two parted 昔日依依别, In silence and tears, 流泪默无言; Half broken-hearted 离恨肝肠断, To sever for years, 此别又几年。 Pale grew thy cheek and cold, 冷颊何惨然, Colder thy kiss; 一吻寒更添; ... 查看详细
It Takes More Than Blood It takes more than blood to be a dad.Oh this is surely a proven fact.I’ve seen men give his heart to a child ...Never once think of taking it back.不仅仅是血脉相连成为一位父亲不仅仅是血源关系,哦,这是一个不争的事实。我见识过他们把自己的心给了孩子,却从没想过要回。 A Dad is the one who is always there;He protects a child f... 查看详细
A father and a dad are not the same:One can be a dad and not a father,Or one can be a father and not botherTo earn through love the more endearing name.Some find fatherhood a bit too tame,Leaving all the details to the mother, Or dumping the sweet burden on another Man with just a passing twinge of ... 查看详细
Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a “father’s day”. She thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died w... 查看详细
Hope your day is sunshine and flowers with happy thoughts to fill the house. To the greatest mother in the world! Thanks for the gift of life! To thank you for the little things you always say and do, and to wish you all the happiness that life can bring to you! Happy Mother’s Day!! May... 查看详细
Those Childhood Days When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by weeping your eyes out. When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. You thanked her by crying all night long. When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. You thanked her by r... 查看详细