好诗献给你 (51)青春的飞逝

The Flight of Youth 青春的飞逝 Richard Henry Stoddard 理查德.亨利.斯托达德 There are gains for all our losses. 我们失去的一切都能得到补偿, There are balms for all our pain; 我们所有的痛苦都能得到安慰; But when youth,the dream,departs 可是梦境似的青春一旦消逝, It takes something from our hearts, 它带走了我们心中的某种美好, And it never comes again. 从此一去不复返。 We are...

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智慧人生篇章 (19)失业人员对话实业家

Some time ago at a buffet lunch in a church hall – not quite a fine dining event – I recall a lively conversation between an unemployed man in early middle age and an older, wealthy industrialist. The younger man commented that unemployment was hard work. He complained that everyone imagined it was like being on holiday. But he worried constantly about money and ...

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英文欣赏:Down the Rabbit-Hole掉进兔子洞

Part 2 Down the Rabbit-Hole 第二部分 掉进兔子洞 Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?" 爱丽丝...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (12)爱情残忍爱情甜

Day 12 第12天 Love Is Cruel, Love Is Sweet 爱情残忍爱情甜 Thomas MacDonagh 托马斯·麦克唐纳 Love is cruel, love is sweet, —Cruel sweet, Lovers sigh till lovers meet, 爱情残忍爱情甜,——残忍而又甜, 情人肠断到相见, Sigh and meet — Sigh and meet, and sigh again — Cruel sweet! O sweetest pain! 肠断到相见——肠断到相见,相别肠又断——残忍的甜呵!最甜的肠断! Love is blind — but love ...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (50)吉檀迦利45

45.Have you not heard his silent steps? He comes, comes, ever comes. 45.你没有听见他静悄的脚步吗?他正在走来,走来,一直不停地走来。 Every moment and every age, every day and every night he comes, comes, ever comes. 每一个时间,每一个年代,每日每夜,他总在走来,走来,一直不停地走来。 Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind, but all their notes have always proclaimed, ...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (56)没有走过的路

Day 56 第56天 The Road Not Taken 没有走过的路 Robert Frost 罗伯特·弗罗斯特 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both 黄色的树林里分出两条路 可惜我不能同时去涉足 And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could 我在那路口久久伫立 我向着一条路极目望去 To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (38)吉檀迦利33

33.When it was day they came into my house and said, `We shall only take the smallest room here.' 33.白天的时候,他们来到我的房子里说:“我们只占用最小的一间屋子。” They said, `We shall help you in the worship of your God and humbly accept only our own share in his grace'; 他们说:“我们要帮忙你礼拜你的上帝,而且只谦恭地领受我们应得的一份恩典”; and then they took thei...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (1)当你年老时

Day 1 第1天 When You Are Old 当你年老时 William Butler Yeats 叶芝 When you are old and grey and full of sleep, 当你年老鬓白,昏沉欲睡, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 坐在炉边打盹,取下这本诗集, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look, 缓缓读起,梦忆你过去可人的双眸, Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 那脉脉秋水,她们曾经是多么的深情和曼美; ...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (13)吉檀迦利08

8.The child who is decked with prince's robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step. 那穿起王子的衣袍和挂起珠宝项链的孩子,在游戏中他失去了一切的快乐;他的衣服绊着他的步履。 In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move. 为怕衣饰的破...

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新概念英语初中早读 (31)知识和力量

Knowledge and Power 知识和力量 Knowledge and power are two things most desired by man. 知识和力量是人类最期望得到的两样东西, There is a close connection between these two things. 它们之间有密切的联系。 The man who acquires the most knowledge 努力获得知识的人 will easily get a high position and perform it successfully. 能很容易谋得高职位并干得出色。 Power depends on knowledg...

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智慧人生篇章 (14)财富公平

I'm hesitant here to quote anyone from the Bible because recently when I mentioned a saying of Jesus someone objected that he had never run anything in his life. The same's true of St Paul. But writing to the well-off in the city of Corinth about helping the poor in Jerusalem, Paul said, It's a question of a fair balance between your abundance and their need, as ...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (21)母亲之歌

Day 21 第21天 The Song of the Old Mother 母亲之歌 William Butler Yeats 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝 I rise in the dawn, kneel and blow, till the seed of fire flicker and glow. 我在清晨起床,跪在火炉旁用力吹着炉膛 直到点点火星燃起,摇曳着红光。 and then I must scrub and bake and sweep, till stars are beginning to blink and peep. 然后,擦洗器具,烘烤食物,打扫庭院 直到群星满布,在天空眨眼...

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智慧人生篇章 (25)别把财富妖魔化

The trouble about money is that it is often linked to power. Money well used can do great things which benefit many people, anything from funding the arts to bringing food and water to a starving nation. It has great pragmatic possibilities. But there is another power which has to do with the presumption that enough money should buy influence and assure control to the benefi...

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英文格言警句 (19)友谊与爱情(4)

Love conquers all things. 爱能战胜一切。 Virgil, ancient Roman poet 维吉尔,古罗马诗人 The heart is not conquered by force, but by love and tolerance. 心不是靠武力征服,而是靠爱和宽容大度征服。 Spinoza, Dutch philosopher 斯宾诺莎,荷兰哲学家 Every man is a poet when he is in love. 每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。 Plato, ancient Creek philosopher 柏拉图,古希腊哲学家 Love lives deep ...

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好诗献给你 (63)为快乐腾点空间 Make Room for Happiness

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 at ...

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美文阅读 (43)我的一切

What would I do without your smart mouth 没有你的甜言蜜语,我该如何是好 Drawing me in, and you kicking me out 你时而热情似火,时而冷若冰霜 Got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down 让我神魂颠倒,又无力抓住 What's going on in that beautiful mind 你那可爱的脑袋里到底在想些什么 I'm on your magical mystery ride 你的世界神秘莫测,让我不禁追随 And I'm ...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (31)致少女,珍惜时光

Day 31 第31天 To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time 致少女,珍惜时光 By Robert Herrick 罗伯特·赫里克 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: 玫瑰出花蕾,堪折直须折: 时光飞逝不停歇; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. 一朵鲜花美,今日笑微微, 明日或许即凋萎。 The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (3)月光行

Day 3 第3天 Walk with Me in Moonlight 月光行 Leon Knight 里昂·耐特 Come, walk with me in moonlight 来吧,与我漫步在月光中。 We'll rejoice the close of day. 让我们共享这朦胧月色。 Talk with me as moonlight sparkles dreams before our way. 当月光在前面的路上闪烁着梦想, 让我们把柔肠细述。 Draw closer in the moonlight, 月色中更紧的偎依, Feel warmth within my arms? 你可曾感...

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智慧人生篇章 (26)希望—西方文明的基石

More recent and disturbing history will be reviewed this week by a court in Oslo. While Anders Behring Breivik will present his own warped view of reality, victims and bereaved families will confront again the terror of what actually happened. To resist simple vengeance, pursue justice and to relive the pain is a brave thing to do and shows in the words of the commentator Li...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (23)友谊地久天长

Day 23 第23天 Auld Lang Syne 友谊地久天长 Robert Burns 伯特·彭斯 Should auld acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind? 怎能忘记旧日朋友 心中能不怀想 旧日朋友岂能相忘 Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? 友谊地久天长 我们往日情意相投, And here's a hand,my trusty friend And gie's a hand of thine, 让我们紧握手, 让我们来举杯畅饮, 友谊...

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