涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (65)硕果和玫瑰

Day 65 第65天 Results And Roses 硕果和玫瑰 Edgar Albert Guest 埃德加·阿尔贝特·格斯特 The man who wants a garden fair, Or small or very big, 要想有个美丽花园, 面积大小姑且不管, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig. 只要园中长满鲜花, 就必须把汗水挥洒。 The things are mighty few on earth, That wishes can attain, 有愿望就能实现, 这样的事还真是少...

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智慧人生篇章 (44)左手利益,右手道德

It was Bob Diamond, recently of Barclays, who defined business culture as "how people behave when no one is watching." Speaking in a lecture sponsored by the Today programme last year, he declared that business corporations like Barclays had to learn how to be better citizens. Leaving on one side the irony of all this, what is remarkable is not that he said it, but...

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智慧人生篇章 (41)你在亵渎神灵吗?

As a boy I'd have been in dead trouble if I'd ever used the name of Jesus as a swear word at home. Blasphemy just wasn't tolerated, even though my parents were non-believers. The boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable language are shifting all the time. John Terry, for instance, has just been acquitted in court of racial abuse. But when I started out as a...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (61)美德

Day 61 第61天 Virtue 美德 By George Herbert 乔治·赫伯特 Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; 美好的白昼,如此凉爽、沉静、明亮, 仿佛天空和大地喜结连理; The dew shall weep thy fall tonight, For thou must die. 但今晚露珠将为你的落幕而悲伤, 因为你终归难逃一死。 Sweet rose, shoes hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye; 可爱...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (49)吉檀迦利44

44.This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer. 44.阴晴无定,夏至雨来的时节,在路旁等候了望,是我的快乐。 Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road. 从不可知的天空带信来的使者们,向我致意又向前赶路。 My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing ...

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英文格言警句 (17)友谊与爱情(2)

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. 要私下告诫朋友,但是要公开夸奖朋友 。 Publius Syrus, Syrian Latin writer 普布利乌斯·赛勒斯,叙利亚拉丁语作家 Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. 友谊的深度不取决于认识的时间长度。 Tagore,India poet 泰戈尔,印度诗人 Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; 友谊就像陶器,...

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好诗献给你 (66)自我之歌 From Song Of Myself

From Song Of Myself—Walt Whitman (1819–1892) 自我之歌——沃尔特·惠特曼 I think I could turn and live a while with the animals… 我想我可以和这些动物们一起住一段时间 they are so placid and self-contained, 它们是如此的温和,自给自足 I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long. 有时候我可以大半天站着观察它们 They do not sweat and whine about their condition , 他们不...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (37)吉檀迦利32

32.By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world. 32.尘世上那些爱我的人,用尽方法拉住我。 But it is otherwise with thy love which is greater than theirs, and thou keepest me free. 你的爱就不是那样,你的爱比他们的伟大得多,你让我自由。 Lest I forget them they never venture to leave me alone. 他们从不敢离开我,恐怕我把他们忘掉。 But day passes by after day ...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (64)失败的意义

Day 64 第64天 The Significance of Failure 失败的意义 Robert H. Schuller 罗伯特·舒乐 Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, 失败并不代表你是个失败者 It does mean you haven't succeeded yet. 它只表明你尚未成功 Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing, 失败并不代表你一无所获 It does mean you have learned something. 它只表明你吸取了一次教训 Failure doesn&...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (11)飞鸟集14

9.O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders! O beggar, to come beg at thy own door! 呵,傻子,想把自己背在肩上!呵,乞人,来到你自己门口求乞! Leave all thy burdens on his hands who can bear all, and never look behind in regret. 把你的负担卸在那双能担当一切的手中罢,永远不要惋惜地回顾。 Thy desire at once puts out the light from the lamp it touches with its breath....

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (58)心无所畏时

Day 58 第58天 Where the Mind Is Without Fear 心无所畏时 Rabindranath Tagore 拉宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔 Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free 在那里,心是无畏的,头也抬得高昂; 在那里,知识是自由的; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls 在那里,世界还没有被狭小的家国的墙隔成片段; Where words come...

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智慧人生篇章 (27)宗教在当今社会的尴尬地位

"I'm spiritual but I'm not religious" is now a commonplace among people in Britain, the majority of whose population live their lives without reference to organised religion. In my role as an Anglican priest, I meet significant numbers of people who are on the cusp of leaving the church or on the cusp of wondering whether there's anything in it – ...

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莎士比亚十四行诗朗诵 (18)Sonnet CXXXII 第132首

Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, 我爱上了你的眼睛;你的眼睛 Knowing thy heart torments me with disdain, 晓得你的心用轻蔑把我磨折, Have put on black and loving mourners be, 就披上黑色,做旖旎的哭丧者, Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain. 对我的痛苦表示柔媚的悲悯。 And truly not the morning sun of heaven 而的确,无论天上灿烂的朝阳 Better becomes the grey cheeks ...

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新概念英语初中早读 (46)爱和时间

Love and Time 爱和时间 Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: 从前,有一个岛屿上住着所有的感情: Happiness,Sadness, Knowledge,and all of the others, including Love. 快乐,悲伤,知识,还有包括爱在内的所有其他所有情感。 One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, 一天他们得到消息说这个岛屿将要沉没, so all constructed boats...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (43)多佛海岸

Day 43 第43天 Dover Beach 多佛海岸 Matthew Arnold 马修·阿诺德 The sea is calm to-night, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; 今夜,大海风平浪静, 潮水高涨,明月倾洒在海峡之上; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; 法兰西对岸的灯光, 忽明忽暗; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. 英格兰的峭壁 耸立在静谧的...

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英文欣赏:Albert Schweitzer to His Parents阿尔伯特.施韦策给他父母一封信

Part1 Albert Schweitzer to His Parents 第一部分 阿尔伯特.施韦策给他父母一封信 Barcelona 巴塞罗纳 Wednesday, 2: 00 P. M 周三下午两点 22 October, 1908 1908年,10月22日 My dear parents, 亲爱的爸爸、妈妈: The worst is behind us! That was last night's organ concert and the lecture preceding it. Quite frankly I was somewhat worried about this lecture. Since I am not used to g...

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泰戈尔诗歌精选 (57)吉檀迦利52

52.I thought I should ask of thee—but I dared not—the rose wreath thou hadst on thy neck. 52.我想我应当向你请求--可是我又不敢--你那挂在颈上的玫瑰花环。 Thus I waited for the morning, when thou didst depart, to find a few fragments on the bed. 这样我等到早上,想在你离开的时候,从你床上找到些碎片。 And like a beggar I searched in the dawn only for a stray petal...

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莎士比亚十四行诗朗诵 (4)My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun 我的爱人没有阳光一般明亮的眼睛

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, 我的爱人的眼睛一点不像太阳, Coral is far more red than her lips' red: 珊瑚比她的嘴唇还要红得多, If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; 雪若算白,她的胸就暗褐无光 If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 发若是铁丝,她头上铁丝婆娑, I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, 我见过红白的玫瑰,轻纱一般...

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涤荡心灵英语诗歌 (62)成功的内涵

Day 62 第62天 What Is Success 成功的内涵 Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生 What is success? To laugh often and love much; To win the respect of intelligent people 成功是什么? 笑口常开,爱心永在, 赢得智者的尊重, And the affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest critics 孩子们的爱戴; 博得真诚的认可, And endure the betrayal of false friends; To appr...

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新概念英语初中早读 (39)运动员精神

Sportsmanship 运动员精神 Sportsmanship means the right spirit 运动员精神是 for people who are taking part in any sport or playing any game. 相对于那些参加各种级别的运动会,并尽力参加每一场比赛的用动员而言的。 Everybody knows that a real sportsman would never dream of cheating in a game. 所有人都知道真正的运动员从不奢望在赛场上靠作弊取胜。 He always plays fair and follows the...

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