好诗献给你 (16)If 假如

If – Rudyard Kipling 假如 – Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; 假如你能保持冷静,即使众人都失去理智并且归咎于你; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; 假如你能保持自信,即使众人都怀疑你,让所有的怀疑动摇; If you can wait and not be tired by wa...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (27)好运符 – 一张两美元钞票(下)

She asked me a series of questions and the interview was over. As I exited her office, I turned around and said, 'Mrs. Martin, I know that I am not qualified like your other applicants, but please give me a chance. I learn quickly and can be a very productive member of your team.' 回答完一连串的问题后,面试结束了。我正要迈出办公室时,转过身对马丁太太说:“马丁太太,我...

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英文格言警句 (12)修身养性(3)

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. —Joseph Addison, British writer 谦虚不仅可以增添光彩,而且可以维护美德。——约瑟夫.艾迪生,英国作家 He who loves not his country, can love nothing. —George Gordon Byron, English poet 一个不爱自己祖国的人什么都不爱。——乔治·戈登·拜伦,英国诗人 I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. —Nathan Hale....

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爱驻我心 (22)错过的祝福

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. 一个年轻人即将大学毕业。 For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. 数月来,他爱上了某经销商的展室中那一辆漂亮的跑车,他知道自己的父亲有能力负担得起,就告诉父亲,这是他最想要的礼物。 As Graduation Day appr...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (31)爱的小纸条(上)

爱的小纸条 Love Notes It's been over eleven years now. It was a wintry afternoon, the snow swirling around the cedar trees outside, forcing little icicles to form at the tips of the deep green foliage clinging to the branches. 11年前,那是一个寒冬的下午,窗外,大片的雪花绕着雪松盘旋飞舞,枝头深绿色的叶尖上挂着小小的冰柱。 My older son, Stephen, was at school, and Reed , ...

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那些给我勇气的双语美文 (43)我有一条黑狗,它名叫抑郁

I had a black dog. His name was Depression. 我有一条黑狗,它名叫抑郁。 Whenever the black dog made an appearance, I felt empty and life just seemed to slow down. 每当这条黑狗出现时,我就感到空虚,生活似乎也慢了下来。 He could surprise me with the visit for no reason or occasion. 它总会不分时间、场合的突然出现在我的面前。 The black dog made me look and feel older than my year...

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美好而忧伤的美文 (14)朋友就该这么做(下)

Jack avoided me the rest of the week. Proposals, specs, and letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch, and my corrected versions were not seen again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left a batch on his desk. Another day I left a note. "Hope your day is going great," it read. 那个星期余下的几天,杰克一直躲着我。他总趁我吃午饭时,把计划书、技术说明...

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诗歌朗读 (42)十四行诗98

Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare 十四行诗 98 威廉·莎士比亚 From you have I been absent in the spring, 我离开你的时候正好是春天, When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim 当绚烂的四月,披上新的锦袄, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, 把活泼的春心给万物灌注遍, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. 连沉重的土星也跟着笑和跳。 Yet nor the lays ...

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好诗献给你 (1)请记住我 Remember

Remember – Christina Rossetti 请记住我 – Christina Rossetti Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; 请记住我,当我已离去,到那遥远而静谧的土地; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. 你再不能牵住我的手,而我也无法将去还留。 Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that y...

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英文格言警句 (9)知识与教育(6)

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. —Edmund Burke, British statesman 学而不思,犹如进食却不消化。——埃德蒙.伯克,英国政治家 Whoever neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. —Euripides, ancient Greek tragedian 少而不学者既丧失了过去,也丢失了未来。——欧里庇得斯,古希腊悲剧大师 That is what learning is. You suddenly unde...

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常春藤名家散文精选 (18)致无名之师

Unit18 To the Unknown Teacher 第十八颗 致无名之师 I sing the praise of the Unknown Teacher. 我要歌颂无名之师。 Great Generals win campaigns,but it is the Unknown Soldier who wins the war. 伟大的将军赢得战役,但打赢战争的却是无名战士。 Famous educators plan new systems of pedagogy,but it is the Unknown Teacher who delivers and guides the young. 知名的教育家计划新的教学系统...

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好诗献给你 (15)咏水仙 I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud – William Wordsworth 咏水仙 – William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud. That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 我孤独地漫游,像一朵云在山丘和谷地上飘荡, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; 忽然间我看见一群,金色的水仙花迎春开放; Beside the lake, beneath the trees. Fluttering and dancing in the ...

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好诗献给你 (13)女郎夏洛特 The Lady Of Shalott(3)

The Lady Of Shalott(3) – Lord Alfred Tenyson 女郎夏洛特(3) – Lord Alfred Tenyson And down the river's dim expanse- Like some bold seër in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance- With a glassy countenance Did she look to Camelot. 那河的水面上幽暗昏沉-像个恍惚的勇敢占卜人,预见到自己的全部不幸-她那木然而呆滞的眼睛遥望着那卡默洛特。 And at the closing of ...

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好诗献给你 (31)我学会坚强 I Learn To Be Strong

诗歌原文: 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...

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好诗献给你 (32)谱写生命的乐章 Write Your Own Life

诗歌原文: Write Your Own Life 谱写生命的乐章 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 ...

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新概念英语初中早读 (23)新年

New Year 新年 Every country in the world celebrates the New Year 世界上每个国家都欢度新年, but not everyone does it the same way. 但是形式各不相同。 The countries of the America and Europe welcome the New Year on January first. 欧美国家是在每年的 1月1日喜迎新年, This practice began with the Romans. Julius Caesar,a Roman ruler, 这一习俗始于罗马人.罗马统治者儒略凯撒 changed ...

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幸福是一种态度 (15)幸福的秘密

The Secret of Happiness 幸福的秘密 Once there lived a king of great strength andwealth.Yet he was not happy.He told his servants tofind him things to make him happy,but each cameback saying,"Noting in the world can match thewonderful things you have already."Then in thatland,there lived a poor man with a patch over oneeye and a crutch to help him walk.Although he h...

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好诗献给你 (20)海外乡愁 Home Thoughts From Abroad

Home Thoughts From Abroad – Robert Browning 海外乡愁 – Robert Browning O, TO be in England 啊,但愿此刻身在英格兰, Now that April's there, 趁这四月天, And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning, unaware, 一个早晨醒来,谁都会突然发观, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf 榆树四周低矮的枝条和灌木丛中 Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, ...

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诗歌朗读 (34)The Comparison

The Comparison by Catullus translated by John Lam The crowd of beauteous Quintia Prate: To me she is but fair and straight; So far I can comply. Those stated charms her form displays; But still the full, the general praise, Of beauteous I deny. No grain of sprightliness or grace In all her lofty form we trace. I Lesbia beauteous call; Who, stealing from the lovely host The s...

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新概念英语初中早读 (30)今日妇女

Women of Today 今日妇女 Women are playing an increasingly important part in society today. 妇女在当今社会中扮演着越来越重要的角色。 Not restricted to their roles as wives and mothers anymore, 她们不再局限于扮演妻子和母亲的角色。 they now work and have become the equal partners of men. 她们现在外出工作,并成为男性同等地位的伙伴。 In many countries, more and more women are ser...

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