早晨读书应该要选择一些优美而且简单的文章,试着去感受英语的美,最好能够背下来。 早上读书应该报有以下目的: 一,练习发音 二,保持说英语的语感 三,享受生活(如果你喜欢它并且把它当做一种乐趣) 四,提高文学修养 当你读了很多优美的文章你自己的文化底蕴也会慢慢变得深厚起来 每天坚持读书肯定可以提高口语,但是一定要找很容易懂的文章来读,因为早起本来就不容易,要是读一些看不懂得东西,就没有读下去的欲望了。
What Do Angels Look Like? 天使是什么样子? They are— 天使就像— Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday. 那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老妇人。 Like the taxi driver who told you that your eyes light up the world when you smile. 那个告诉你当你微笑时你的双眸能照亮世界的出租车司机。 Like the small child who showed you the wonder in simple things. 那个将自己对细小事物的好奇心展现给你的小孩子。 Like the poor man who offered to share his lunch with you. 那个一贫如洗却仍然愿意将午餐分给你的穷人。 Like the rich man who showed you it really is all possible, if only you believe. 那个告诉你只要心存信仰一切皆有可能的富人。 Like the stranger who just happened to come along,when you had lost your way. 那个你迷路时碰巧走过来的陌生人。 Like the friend who touched your heart,when you didn’t think you had one left to touch. 那个你以为自...
Your mind is your source of power 你的思想是你的力量之源 Your mind has the fantastic ability to transform your most intimate desires and wants into their physical counterparts and create brand new realities of your current life. 你的思想有一种奇特的力量,它能将你最私人的想法和需要转化为相应的实际行动并且为你当前的生活增添全新的内容。 It is an amazing wonder what your mind can conceive of and then using your belief and willpower to actually implement. 你的思想可以构想出令人惊讶的奇迹,然后运用你的信念和意志力来将其实现。 Are you skeptical? You should be because that is also an important part of your mind. 你是个喜欢怀疑的人吗?你应该这样因为怀疑精神也是你思想的一个重要部分。 It's the part which relates information to your current reality that determines what to believe and what not to believe. 这部分将信息与你目前的现实联系到一起,共同决定你应该相信什么或是不相信什么。 The problem with this mechanism is that it oft...
When I think how long I have lived 每当我想起自己年高寿长 I am struck by life’s injustice: 命运的不公让我愕然; Others have lived much less 他人的生命何其短暂 Some have been given less than an hour of life. 一些人在出生短短时间后便告别尘寰。 I recall my childhood 我想起了我的童年 And the various stages of my growth. 和生命成长的各个阶段。 I have been blessed, indeed, beyond anything 我,事实上,受到了绝无仅有的 I expected or deserved! 我所期望的,和我值得的眷顾! I think of the experiences that life has given me—happy ones that filled my heart, 我想起生命赋予我的种种经历—幸福的事儿充满我的心房, Painful ones that helped me grow— 痛苦的事儿帮助我成长— Of the discoveries I have made... 我思考,那些我的发现… Of the persons I was privileged to meet... 那些我有幸遇到的人… And of my talents and abilities, 我的才华与能力, Of sight 视力, And hearing, 听力, Smell and taste and touch 嗅觉,味觉和触觉 And mind and wil...
In the pocket of an old ragged coat belonging to an elderly man in Chicago, a will was found, after his death. 在芝加哥一位辞世老人大衣的口袋里,人们发现了一份遗嘱。 It went like this: 遗嘱中写道: I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this my Last Will and Testament,in order, as justly as may be, to distribute my interests in the world among succeeding men. 我,查尔斯隆斯伯里,在心智清醒的状况下,写下这封遗嘱,以此尽量公正地把我的财产非配给后人。 That part of my interests which is known in law and recognized in the sheep-bound volumes as my property, being inconsiderable and of no account,I make no disposition of this in my Will. 对于法律所承认,写在羊皮卷宗上的我那点财产,在此不做赘述; My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal,but, these things excepted, all else in the world I now proceed to devise and bequeath. 而我活着的权力为命运所拥有,也不...
Beloved, 亲爱的: There are days when nothing seems right, when every shell you pick up on the winding shore is broken,when the silken treasure slips through your fingers too quickly, and when comforts are empty and the world is noisy. 总有这样的日子:一切似乎都不正常,你在弯弯曲曲的海滩上捡到的贝壳都是残缺不全的,珍贵的宝物从你指缝中一忽儿就溜走了,别人应该给的慰藉荡然无存,而整个世界喧闹不堪。 On those jagged edged days, when the wind is screaming for a reason only she understands. 在那些艰难的日子里,狂风莫名地呼啸, And you find yourself all alone. 而你发现自只是孤身一人。 Turn your face to the sun. 面朝太阳吧。 There is goodness in the world that even the river of tears cannot erase. 因为人世间存在美善,即便是成河的泪水也无法将其冲掉。 There is love in the world that the numbed armies of fear can not destroy. 因为人世间存在着真爱,即便是冰冷的恐惧也不能将其摧毁。 Sometimes that goodness is ...
In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of. 人生在世,和“自己”相处最多,打交道最多,但是往往悟不透“自己”。 When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth. 人生走上坡路时,往往把自己估计过高,似乎一切所求的东西都能垂手可得,甚至把运气和机遇也看做自己身价的一部分而喜不自胜。 When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence. It's likely that you think it wise for yourself to know our place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded. 人在不得意时,又往往把自己估计过低,把困难和不利也看做自己的无能,...
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones. 岛屿是多么奇妙啊!它处在一望无际之中,四周海水围绕, 没有桥梁相通,没有电缆相连,更无电话可打。 An lsland from the world and the world's life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of mine. 我来的小岛就是 这样一个地方,它远离尘世,不见喧嚣。小岛是时间的孤岛,就 像我的这次短期假期。 The past and the future are cut off: only the present remains. 在这里,过去和未来都被隔断,只有现时 依然存在。 One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of here and now. 一个人,或是像个孩子:或是像个圣人,现在便实 实在在地在这里活着。 Every day, every act, is an island, washed by time and space, and has an island's completion. 每一天、每一个动作其实都是一个小岛,经受着时间和空间的冲刷,像小岛一样完美。 20131041018424453.jpg People, too, become like islands in such an atmosphere, self-contained, whole an...
Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom. 人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。 Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out. 每次你选择相信自己,开始采取行动时,你绝不会知道这个情况会如何。 Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disillusioned. 又是你是胜者,但是有时你又会幻灭。 The failed experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that ultimately prove successful; in fact, you usually learn more from your perceived "failures" than you do from your perceived "success". 然而,失败的经历远远高于成功,事实上,你从失败里学到的比在成功里学到的更多。 If you have made what you perceive to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own expectations, you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged wrong-doer. 如果你自责犯了一个错误...
A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.? 非凡的人生不是无根之木,无源之水。它需要合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思,为实现自 己的生活目标而努力。 Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease. 走出忧虑和失败,全身心地迎接成功和安逸。 A great life is the result of using the 24/7 you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next. Customize these " secrets" to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today! 不要得过且过,创造性 地好好利用生命中的分分秒秒吧!让我们从今天开始,根据下面的“秘诀”和自身情况,创 建属于自己的非凡人生。 1. S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life. 1、化繁为简。非凡的...
The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my moods will fall. 潮起潮落,冬去春来,夏末秋至,日出日落,月圆月缺,雁来雁往,花飞花谢,草长瓜熟,自然界万物都在循环往复的变化中,我也不例外,情绪会时好时坏。 Today l will be master of my emotions. 今天我学会控制情绪。 It is one of nature's tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday. 这是大自然的玩笑,很少有人窥破天机。每天我醒来时,不再有1日日的心情。 Yesterday's joy will become today's sadness; yet today's sadness will grow into tomorrow's joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly tuning from sadness to joy, from exultation to dep...
Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. 诫想一下……你!一个空前绝后的你,不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。 You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. 你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。 Wow !Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion... 哇!想想吧,你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。 You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity! 在无穷无尽的宇宙中,你是举世无双的!!! You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it.As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. 你是了不起的!你是卓越的!没错,就是你。你已经是了不起的,是卓越的,你还可以更卓越更了不起。 Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature,but beautiful old people are true works of art. 美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想,而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。 But you don't become "beautiful" ...
What is the definition of”happiness?¨Is it material wealth filled with fancy cars,a dream house,exteravagant furs and jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a roof over your head? “幸福”是什么?幸福是拥有豪华的汽车、梦想的居室、名贵的裘皮和珠宝等物质上的富足嘛?或者,幸福其实很简单一一有遮风避雨的住所 Food inthefridge?Having a child? A pet?A swimming pooI?A designer Gucci bag? Parents? Grandchildren? Love? Money? The perfct job?Winning the Lottery? 冰箱里有食物,有孩子、宠物、游泳池、Gucci的包,有父母、子孙、有爱情、金钱和理想的工作,彩票中奖了呢? According to the American Heritage Dictionary,”happiness”is derived from the Middle English word hap-meaning¨Luck.¨ 在《美国传统字典》中,幸福是从中古英语“Hap”一词演变而来,“Hap”意为“好运”。 But does happiness really have anything to do with”luck?¨Based on this description,one could assume that if you avoide*水a:stal traffic accident but got fired by coming late to work,you would be fdled w...
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other commitments: 几年前,在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩?戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关系: Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. 想象生命是一场不停丢掷五个球于空中的游戏。这五个球分别为工作、家庭、健康、朋友和心灵,而且你很努力地掷着这五个球,不让它们落地。很快地你会了解工作是一个橡皮球。如果你不幸失手落下它,它还是会弹回来。 But the other four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your lif...
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. 无论是否准备好,总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出,没有白天,没有小时和分钟。 All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 你收集的所有东西,不管你珍惜或忘记与否,它们都将流入他人手中。 Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. 不管是你得到的或是你欠别人的,可你的财产、名誉和权势也都会变成和你毫不相干的东西。 Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear. 保的怨恨、愤慨、挫折和妒忌最终也将消失。 So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire. 因此,你的希望、抱负、计划以及行动日程表也将全部结束。 The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. 当初看得比较重的成功得失也会消失。 It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you li...
The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day.A few days ago, my car was not running well. 世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人,我们每天都会见到他们。几天前,我的汽车运转不灵了。 I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is,great talent is not enough. 我把它开进维修厂,一位年轻的机械工只消几分钟就把它修好了。他仅凭倾听发动机的声音就能确定哪儿有毛病,这让我惊奇不己。然而遗憾的是,光有非凡才华是不够的。 I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. 找常常吃惊,为什么有才华的人却只有微薄的收入。 I heard the other day that less than percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year.Abusiness consultant who specializes inl the medical trade was telling me how many doctors, dentists and chiropractors strug...
这是一份《美国幼儿园给家长的备忘录》,是老师以孩子的口吻,提醒父母对待孩子时的注意事项,用心阅读的家长和老师从中一定都会有所启示和收获,也许对你教育孩子以及每个成年人对待自己的成长经历与自我成长及对幼小心灵的认同有所帮助。 Memo From A Child To Parents 孩子给爸爸妈妈的备忘录 1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for. I'm only testing you. 别溺爱我。我很清楚地知道,我不应该得到每一样我所要求的东西,我哭闹不休其实只是在试探你。 2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it, it makes me feel secure. 别害怕对我保持公正的态度,这样反倒让我有安全感。 3. Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages. 别让我养成坏习惯,在年幼的此刻,我得依靠你来判断和培养。 4. Don't make me feel smaller than I am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big". 别让我觉得自己比实际的我还渺...
The little words that work marriage magic - Spike 创造婚姻奇迹的小字眼 Using terms of endearment like honey or sweetheart from time to time is a small but important way to keep a marriage loving. 使用母女情深是一个小而重要的方法来保持婚姻的爱。 These terms make the other person feel loved and special. There are some other words that can help make your spouse feel special and aware of how much you love and appreciate him. 这样会使对方感受到特殊的爱。还有一些其他的语言,可以帮助使你的伴侣感受到特别的爱,并意识到你到底有多喜欢和欣赏他。 "Thank you." We would not never thank a friend or co-worker for helping us out. “谢谢你”,我们不会永远去感谢朋友或者同事吧。 But sometimes we forget to thank the person who we love most: our spouse. All couples forget now and then to thank each other for all they do. But thanking each other is a good habit to fall into because gratitu...
Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. 获悉人们希望我在这里讲几句时,我就问他们我该讲些什 么。他们希望我讲些适合年轻人的东西——一些教诲性、有教 育意义的东西,或是一些好的建议这太好了! Very well. I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young; 我倒是一直想 给年轻人提点建议呢,为人在年轻时期, for it is in one's tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable. First, then. I will say to you my young friends-and I say it beseechingly, urgingly. 好的建议极易在心 底扎根,并能终生受用。那么,首先,年轻朋友们——我要真 诚地告诫你们: Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because ...
What I have lived for 我为何而生 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. 对爱情的渴望,对知识的追求,对人类苦难不可遏制的同情心,这三种纯洁而无比强烈的激情支配着我的一生。 These passions, like great winds, 这三种感情,就像阵阵狂风, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course,over a great ocean of anguish,reaching to the very verge of despair. 卷着我四处飘荡,走上艰难的旅程,越过痛苦的海洋,直抵绝望的边缘。 I have sought love, first,because it brings enthusiasm-enthusiasm so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. 我寻求爱情,首先因为爱情给我带来激情,它如此强烈以致我经常愿意为了几小时的欢愉而牺牲生命中的其他一切。 I have sought it, next,because it relieves loneliness-that terrib...
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. 每天我们都在同样的房间醒来,遵循同样的生活轨迹,过着和昨天同样的生活。 Yet at one timeeach day was a new adventure. Along the way something changed. 曾几何时每一天都是一场新的冒险。然而某种改变发生了。 Before our dayswere timeless, now our days are scheduled. 曾经的一天没有时间的束缚,如今的一天却被各种计划占据。 Is this what itmeans to be grown up? To be free? But are we really free? 难道这就是长大后的生活?我们追求着所谓的自由,可是我们真的自由吗? Food, water,land. The very elements we need to survive are owned by corporations....
I have 422 friends, yet I am lonely. I speak to all of them every day, yet none of them really know me. 我有422个朋友,但我依旧孤独。我每天跟他们所有人说话,但他们没有一人真正了解我。 The problem I have sits in the spaces between, looking into their eyes, or at a name on a screen. 我的问题在于是要看着他们的双眼,还是屏幕上的名字。 I took a step back, and opened my eyes, I looked around, and then realised that this media we call social, is anything but when we open our computers, and it's our doors we shut. 我后退一步,睁开双眼,环顾四周,发现这个我们称作社交的媒体一点也不具备社交性,当我们打开电脑时,我们就关上了那道门。 All this technology we have, it's just an illusion, community companionship, a sense of inclusion, 我们所拥有的科技只是一种暗示,社群,友谊,包容的感觉, yet when you step away from this device of delusion, you awaken to see, a world of confusion. 然而,当你离开这个充满幻想的设备,你会忽然惊觉面...
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” syas a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids — the eagle and the snail.” If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begain early enough. I often hear grown up people say “ I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes...
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 dispute with the laundryman about a mistake 跟洗衣工为一个错误争议一番 To watch new furniture being unloaded next door 看一看隔壁卸下来的新家具 To chat with a salesman 与推销员聊聊天 To read a trivial letter 阅读一封微不足道的信 Or to write one 或者写一封信 To say a prayer for the suffering friend 为受苦的朋友祈祷 To stop and think of Gods daily gift of mercy 停下来想想神的恩赐 To remember the cross 记住你彷徨的时候 To make an act of faith, hope and love 做一件充满...
Every second, we have the opportunity to make the next second greater than now. 每一秒,我们都有机会让下一秒变得比现在更好。 Because destiny isn't a matter of chance. It's a matter of choice. 因为真正决定命运的不是运气,而是选择。 So let go of what others want you to be. 所以,放下世俗中别人对你的期望。 Change is in all of us. 改变在于我们的内心。 And the only person your destiny to become, is the person you decide to be. 所以你的命运在于你选择成为什么样的人。 Change destiny. 改写命运。
Make Room for Happiness 为快乐腾点空间 If you want something new and different in your life, you must first make room for happiness by moving out the old. 如果你想体验新鲜的东西,首先必须腾出空间。 The question is: Where do you start to begin to make room for happiness? 挪出旧的东西,为快乐腾点空间。问题是:你该从哪着手为快乐腾出空间? You may find the answer right here 马上你就可以找到答案。 Time 时间 How do you spend your time? Is it wasted time, or refreshing time? 你的时间是怎么度过的?你是在浪费时间还是在充分利用它? Does it tak...
Good day, and welcome to the world of today! The world has never been quite the same as it is on this day, and you never have been just the same person that you are today. I hope that the day is kind to you and that you're able to recognize and appreciate the kindness, and then pass it on to others! 多么美好的一天啊,欢迎来到今天!这个世界从未像今天这样充满了新鲜,而你也从未像今天这样与往日与众不同。我希望今天会带给你美好,同时你也能够发现并珍惜这份美好,并把它传递给他人。 Family is precious, with parents by our side, life has a beginning. 家庭是宝贵的,有父母在我们身边,生活的旅程开始了。 Love is eternal, hand in hand, life becomes everlasting. 爱是永恒的,手牵着手,生活变得无止境。 Sentiment is completion, with children laughing and playing, life becomes whole. 感情是完...
Do you condemn yourself for things which you did--or failed to do--in the past? Everyone does this at some point. However, if you want to lead a successful and productive life, it is imperative that you release the past and not blame yourself for events which have already transpired and which cannot be changed. 你是否为你曾经做过的事,或失败的事而对自己耿耿于怀?每个人都会在某种程度上有过这种经历。然而,如果你想要一种成功而积极的生活,学会释怀过去,不要为已经发生且无法改变的过去而责备自己,这一点是非常必要的。 The successful person takes this approach: Learn from past mistakes and make adjustments in future behavior. The strategy of berating yourself for past conduct solves nothing and only serves to lower your self-esteem. You create a vicious cycle where negative experiences and negative feelings are reinforced, which leads to more negative outcomes and more negative feelings. 大凡成功的人...
How often do we come to a place in life where we feel there is no hope, no purpose for going on, no anything to live for? Some of us come to this place often while others just visit once in a while. But I am sure, most of us have been there one time or another. 曾几时我们也有过这样一种境况,心怀绝望,心灰意冷,心无寄托。有些人可能会经常遇到这种境况,有些人可能会偶尔光顾。但是我很肯定,我们中的大多数人都曾在生活的不同时期遭遇过这种境况。 During such times, the pain is intense, the fear is beyond comprehension and the confusion is great. What do we do at such times? Where do we go? Who do we ask for help? Where do we turn? 每当此刻,痛楚在加深,迷惑在增多,恐惧占据着心灵。此刻,我们该做些什么?我们将何去何从?我们将向谁求助?我们的方向在哪里? But there is always hope, always help if we can clear our heads, still our minds and listen to the deep calm voic...
Creating Your Own Life Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your roommate, neighbor, professor, long-lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger whom when you lock eyes with, you know that every moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. 有时,当一些人进入你的生活时,你马上就会认识到他们注定是要在那儿的。他们的出现是由于某种目的:教育你,或者让你明白你是谁,或者让你知道你想成为什么样的人。你永远都不会知道那些人将会是谁——你的室友、邻居、教授、好久不见的朋友、爱人,甚至陌生人。当你仔细观察他们,你就会立刻知道他们对你的生活有了巨大的影响。 Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but i...
The sun has just risen in the morning of another day. What can I wish this day may bring me? 太阳刚刚升起,又是一个新的早晨。我希望新的一天带给我些什么呢? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men, but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength. 我希望世界上所有人都更加富有,希望我们获得的一切都不会损害他人的利益,我希望有些东西到来时不会阻碍我前进,希望它们从我身边经过时只会带给我感动,能让我从中汲取力量。 I wish that this day could bring me a few friends, who understand me, and yet remain my friends; I also wish that this day could bring me a job to do which has real value. 我希望在新的一天里能结交一些灵犀相通的新朋友,同时也继续拥有老朋友;我还希望自己在新的一天里能做一份真正有意义的工作。 I wish...
Why I Love You 我之所以爱你 Every time I think about you, 每当你浮现在我的脑海 I'm reminded of the reasons why I love you 我试着回忆自己爱上你的原因 From the deep of my heart and soul. 它源自我内心的深处和灵魂 And I wonder what I'd do without you, 并且担心没有你我该怎么办 Without your healing smile, 没有你抚平创伤的微笑 Your words of faith, 没有你饱含信念的话语 The caring and sensitive way you touch me, 你曾经关心体贴感动我的方式 Lifting me just when I need it most. 在我最需要的时候你却离开了 Wi...
Here is our latest program, a humble effort offered to you in the hopes that you'll find something here that is worth your while, something that moves or inspires or motivates you in very positive ways. 这里是我们最新的一期节目,希望你能在这里找到有价值,并能以积极的方式感动你,或启发或激励你的东西。 It's not easy... loving yourself unconditionally, because we've learned to judge ourselves... 全心全意爱自己,这并不容易,因为我们对自己总是很挑剔。 We seem to be driven to find what we perceive as "the missing piece" in our lives as if we are flawed, or not good enough. Somehow enough never seems like enough and we live our lives in a constant and never ending search which leaves us exhausted. 我们就像被驱使着要去寻找我们生活中“缺失的那部分”,似乎我们总有一些缺陷,或者总是做得不够好。然而,足够永远不会真正地足够,我们一直在不停地索取苛...
Imagine that your feelings are a child within. If you ignore this child—by ignoring your feelings—this child feels abandoned. Our refusal to feel and take responsibility for our own pain is an inner abandonment and results in anxiety, depression, or inner emptiness. 想象一下,你的感情是一个藏在内心里的小孩子。如果你忽略了他——即忽略了你的情感——这个小孩子就会感到被抛弃了。如果我们不去感受,或拒绝对自己的痛苦承担责任,这就是一种内心的抛弃,它会导致焦虑﹑沮丧﹑或是内心的空虚。 Learning to manage the pain of loneliness is essential to discovering your passion and purpose. There is no way of managing loneliness without a deep and personal connection to a spiritual source of love and wisdom. We cannot manage loneliness from our mind alone. 点燃你激情的关键,就是学会处理好孤独带来的伤痛。除了与精神源泉——爱和智慧建立起深刻和密切的联系外,没有别的办法能处理好孤独。仅仅靠我们的思想是不可能掌控...
Love What You Do, Do What You Love 爱你所做,做你所爱 Life is short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your passion? Welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. 人生短暂。你所从事的是你热爱的工作吗?你生活在激情中吗? 这里是Faith主持的Faith轻松电台节目。 If not, why? I am guessing most people will answer that question with "I have a mortgage, a spouse and three kids to support." In the real world people have responsibilities. They have to make sacrifices. You aren't supposed to be happy with your job but you do it because you have to." 如果不是,为什么?我猜想大部分都会以“我要付房子的按揭贷款,还有爱人和三个孩子要养”之类的回答来搪塞这个问题。的确,在现实生活中,我们有自己的家庭责任,我们不得不做些牺牲,我们做着一些自己并不热爱的工作只因我们必需这样去做。 With all due re...
In today's program, let's share a few tips for being truly free. 在今天的节目中,我们将分享一些关于获得真正自由的几个建议。 If you are quick to take offense, then you'll be under the control of those whom you find offensive. 如果你容易发火,那你就会为那些惹你发火的人所操纵; If you are easily angered, then your actions will be dictated by those who anger you. 如果你容易生气,那么你的行动就受制于惹你恼怒的人; If you are obsessed by what other people think, then you will be imprisoned by their thoughts. 如果他人的看法让你烦恼,那你就是他人思想的囚徒; If you yearn for easy answers and quick solutions, you'll fall prey to people who offer nothing but promises. 如果你渴望捷径,你就会为空许诺者所害; I...
A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out. “别人都走开的时候,朋友仍与你在一起。” Sometimes in life, 有时候在生活中, You find a special friend; 你会找到一个特别的朋友; Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. 他只是你生活中的一部分内容,却能改变你整个的生活。 Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; 他会把你逗得开怀大笑; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. 他会让你相信人间有真情。 Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. 他会让你确信,真的有一扇不加锁的门,在等待着你去开启。 ...
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你,不是因为你是一个怎样的人,而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。 No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. 没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. 失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于,他近在身旁,却犹如远在天边。 Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 纵然伤心,也不要悉眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某人,你是他的整个世界。 Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。 Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with...
Always Be... 时常..... Always be understanding to your enemies, 时常去尝试理解你的敌人, Loyal to your friends. 并忠实于你的朋友。 Always be strong enough to face the world each day, 时常坚强地面对这个世界的每一天, Weak enough to know that you cannot do everything alone. 并虚心地告诉自己一个人的力量是有限的。 Always be generous to those who need your help, 时常慷慨地对待那些需要帮助的人们, Frugal with that you need yourself. 并自我处处节俭。 Always be wise enough to know that you do not know everything, 时常明智地提醒自己并非知晓一切, Foolish enough to believe in miracles. 并可爱的相信奇迹的出现。 Always be willing to share your joys, 时常乐意去分享你的欢乐, Willing to share the sorrows of others. 并乐意去和他人分享你的悲伤。 Always be a leader when you see a path that othe...
夏日里有那湛蓝的令人向往的天空,还有那轻声吟唱的微风。夏日是一叶小舟上的船夫,是你四岁时不小心沾在裙子上的冰琪淋。夏日是浸入你脚趾间的湿露露的沙子,是朝阳初升前一小时的那花园里的清香味。夏日就是那丝绸段,那盛开的天竺葵,以及从远方飘来的悠悠长笛声! Summer afternoon--summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words. 夏日的下午-夏日的下午;对我来说,这几个字一直是英语语言中最美丽的两个字。 Welcome to summer at Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. Summer is the glorious time of the year when most of us can put on our shorts and short-sleeved shirts and actually feel the air and sunlight on our skin; when we don't have to turn up the heat in the morning when we get up; but also when we lay hot and sweaty in bed, unable to sleep at times (those of us who don't have air conditioning, anyway); when we get the sunburn and the heatstroke and all those wonderful things. 欢迎来到Faith轻松电台的浪漫夏季,这是一年中最灿烂的...
Slow Dance 放慢你的舞步 Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round 你曾否看过孩子们骑旋转木马 Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? 或听过雨水拍打地面的声音呢? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight 你曾否追逐过飘忽不定的蝴蝶 Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? 或看着夕阳消失于地平线呢? You better slow down, 放慢你的舞步 Don't dance so fast. 不要匆匆忙忙 Time is short, 人生苦短 The music won't last. 音乐不会永远奏下去。 Do you run through each day on the fly 你是否每天忙个不停 When you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply? 当问候别人时,你真的在意他们的回答吗? When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? 每晚就寝时,你是否仍在脑海中念叨着无数的杂事呢? You'd better slow down 放慢你的舞步 Don't dance so fast 不要匆匆忙忙 Time is short 人生苦短 The music won't last 音乐不会永远奏下去。 When you run so fast to get somewh...
Life doesn't always give us the joys we want. We don't always get our hopes and dreams, and we don't always get our own way. But don't give up hope, because you can make a difference one situation and one person at a time. 生活并非总是如你所愿。希望有时会落空,梦想有时会破灭,我们不能一切随心所愿。但别放弃希望,因为事物并非一成不变;不同时间,不同场合,你会呈现不同的面貌。 Look for the beauty around you--in nature, in others, in yourself--and believe in the love of friends, family, and humankind. You can find love in a smile or a helping hand, in a thoughtful gesture or a kind word. It is all around, if you just look for it. 处处留心你身边的美丽:自然中的美,他人的美,你自己的美。请相信,美来自朋友、家庭乃至全人类的融融爱意。一个微笑,一双援助之手,一个关心的举止,一句友善的话语,无不传达着爱。如果你有心去寻找,爱无所不在。 Give love, for in giving it you will find the power in life along with the joy, happiness, patience and understanding. Believe i...
Welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. At the beginning of today's program, I would like to thank you for dropping by! I'm glad that you've come to visit this online radio program in this new week. I hope that this program finds you doing well and living a full and happy life, and that the contents here might help you to think, to grow, to be. 欢迎收听Faith轻松电台,我是Faith。在今天节目的开始,我想谢谢大家的到来,我很高兴你们在新的一周又来到了这个英语电台节目。我希望这个节目伴随你一切顺利,充实和快乐地生活,同时这里的内容可以帮助你去思考,去成长,去做你自己。 Everyone has a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. 每个人都有一个银行,它的名字叫"时间"。每天早晨,它在你的帐户里存入86,400秒钟。...
Welcome to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I'm Faith. The new day is here, and so are you! Now that we've started this new day, I hope that you're ready to give your best to it, and to enjoy it for all that it's worth! 欢迎收听Faith轻松电台,我是Faith。新的一天开始了,你也要开始一天的忙碌了。希望你已经准备好全力以赴,充实而快乐地生活在今天。 Remember today that you are alive. 记住今天你拥有生命! Sometimes we tend to forget that you have a purpose that is all your own, no one else is you. You have dreams and hopes and desires. Listen to your heart for a while. 有时我们似乎会忘记我们自己独有的生活目标,我们会忘记自我。每个人都有梦想,希望和愿望。有时去倾听一下你内心的召唤。 Remember today all the blessings you have: There's beauty in every direction you look, enjoy the abundance that is...
Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen. 假如有人送你一支笔,一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔。 You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or last just long enough to create a masterpiece (or several) that would last forever and make a difference in the scheme of things. You don't know before you begin. 里面究竟有多少墨水看不出。或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干,或许足够用来创作一部影响深远的不朽巨著(或是几部)。而这些,在动笔前,都是无法得知的。 Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance! Actually, no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen, you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused. 在这个游戏规则下,你真的永远不会预知结果。你只能去碰运气!事实上,这个游戏里没有规则指定...
This poem is about someone whom I deeply cared about. The feelings were never returned, but I learned that with or without his love, I could make it and always remain strong and happy. 这首诗是关于一个我非常关心的人。感觉再也没有回来,但我知道有或没有他的爱,我可以让它一直保持强大和快乐。 I Learn To Be Strong 我学会坚强 Words of wisdom come to my ears, 智慧之语穿过我的耳朵, Telling me what I know in my heart, 告诉我一些我心中早已明白, But never wanted to hear. 却不愿去相信的一番话。 With the truth finally said and out in the open for me to plainly see, 当真言终于被道出,并展现于我面前, I wonder why I can love so deeply but never had that love returned back to me. I confessed the feelings that I held inside for so long, 使我不得不现实地面对时,我问自己为什么我会爱得如此深切,而那爱情却从未走向我。 ...
In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of. 人生在世,和"自己"相处最多,打交道最多,但是往往悟不透"自己"。 To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist: aware of both one's strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges, but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. 悟透自己,就是正确认识自己,也就是说要做一个冷静的现实主义者,既知道自己的优势,也知道自己的不足。我们可以憧憬人生,但期望值不能过高.因为在现实中,理想总是会打折扣的。可以迎接挑战,但是必须清楚自己努力的方向。 To get a thorough understanding of oneself requires doing oneself a favor when it'...
Of all the wonderful gifts that we've been given, one of the greatest is freedom. 在众多的我们天生被赋予的美妙礼物中,自由是最伟大的礼物之一。 As much as we may deny it we are free in this life. We are free in what we think, free in what we feel, free in what we say, and free in what we do. Yes, life may give us some very difficult circumstances at times, but we are still free in how we choose to react to them. 就如我们常常会否认这一点,我们有自由掌握自己的生活确实是不争的事实。我们可以自由地思考,自由地感受,发表自由言论,做自己想做的事。是的,有时生活会让我们处境艰难,但我们仍然可以自由选择如何应对困境。 Many people in this life deny their freedom. They sit back in their misery and blame it on their parents, or their childhood, their health, or their financial problems. They never once stand up and take responsibility for their own lives and their own happiness. 有许多人否认他们的自由。他们只是颓废地坐在那里,抱怨他们的父母,或他们的孩子,或他们的身...
When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial. 当你身陷困境的时候(你有时会),回想你生命中快乐和幸福的时刻。回想它是如何使你快乐,你便有了走出困境的勇气。 When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achieved through perseverance and by struggling to the end. In doing so, you'll find you have the ability to overcome each obstacle brought your way. 当面对重重困难,你感觉举步维艰的时候,回想你以前是如何坚持到底战胜困难的最后时刻的。这样,你就会发现你有能力克服每个障碍。 When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest. 当你觉得精疲力尽的时候,暂时离开,让自己稍作休息。 Take the necessary time...
Catch the Star That Will Take You to Your Dreams 追随你的梦想 Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you commit yourself to it. 追随能够改变你命运的那颗星,那颗永远在你心中闪烁的明星。当它在你面前闪耀时,抓住这宝贵的机会。请谨记,只要你坚持不懈,最终的目标总能实现。 Though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, remember that your destiny is hiding behind them. Accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve of the choices you've made, have faith in your judgment, catch the star that twinkles in your heart, and it will lead you to your destiny's path. Follow that pathway and uncover the sweet sunrises that await you. 尽管实现梦想的途中有时会遇到障碍,要知道这是命运对你的挑战。不是每个人都会赞成你的选择,接受这个现实,并相信...
关注微信公众号“双语文摘”,每天给你不一样的阅读空间 Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion… 试想一下……你!一个空前绝后的你,不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇!想想吧,你是万里挑一、亿里挑一、兆里挑一的。 You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!!! 在无穷无尽的宇宙中,你是举世无双的!!! You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging proc...
更多英语美文或者其他语言美文阅读,欢迎关注微信公众平台“双语文摘” 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 assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said,that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." 就为了今天,我会很快乐。亚伯拉罕-林肯说过,“大多数人都是决定想怎么高兴就怎么高兴。”这已经被认为是真理。 Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes. 就为了今天,我会做自我调整适应事物本来的面目,而不是想方设法使每一件事满足自己的欲望。当机会来临的时候我会抓住它。 ...