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Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe， a moment that will never be again And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four， and that Paris is the capital of France. 我们活着的每一秒都是...

Letter to a Young Friend by Benjamin Franklin 给年轻朋友的一封信 本杰明富兰克林 My dear friend 我亲爱的朋友 I know of no medicine fit to diminish the violent natural inclination you mention; and if I did， I think I should not communicate...

Once upon a time， there was an island where all the feelings lived： Happiness， Sadness， Knowledge， and all of the others， including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink， so all constructed boats...

1.God won't ask what kind of car you drove,He will ask how many people you drove who did not have transportation. 上帝不会问你开的是哪种车，他会问你搭载的人中，有多少是没有交通工具的。 2.God won't ask the square footage of your house,He'll...

My wife, Shirley, and I have gone on vacations to a quiet beach in southwestern Florida for most of our married life. If that beach could talk, it would tell of teenage newlyweds who sunned and wrote I love you on its sands. It would tell...

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would guess at what I thought was the correct answer. 从前我母亲经常问我，身体最重要的部位是什么。许多年来，我一直以为自己所想的是正确答案。 When I w...

As a teenager，I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious1 out－side，but I wanted to be liked inside. 当我还是个10几岁的少年的时候，觉得自己总是让人失望。从外表上看，我似乎很叛逆，但是在内心深处，我是如此地渴望被人疼爱。 On...

John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin. The soft...

If you choose only to complain and escape from the ordeal, it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise. 面对苦难，如果选择抱怨与逃避，...

She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the wall-was a freshly baked peach pie. 她在...

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire, If you did, what would there be to look forward to? 感谢你没有渴求到的一切东西， 如果得到了你就不会再有期待。 Be thankful when you don't know something, For it gives you the op...

There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. 生命中，有那么多我未曾经历过，有那么多我未曾见识过。 I have not thought and have not done or felt enoughthe early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in...

It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. When he cast them on the earth, wher...

The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. 国际贸易和海外投资的增加产生了对具有外语知识和跨文化交流技巧...

My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from home, I have learned that little forays in...