SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
编者按： 对我同样重要的另一个信仰就是，我的能力在球技中得到了证实。如果我不能投球，那我的名字与声誉都将毫无意义。对我而言，我觉得，任何赞誉之词都是对我付出努力的回报。 I Don’t Play To The Grandstand Bobby Doerr It seems to me that what any man’s beliefs are depends upon how he spends his life. I’ve spent a good part of mine as a professional baseball player and the game that...
编者按: 尽管我们每个人都应该乐于勇敢、独立地发挥自己的能力，但也要相信，只要我们愿意，我们也能从外界获得力量之源。 Spiritual Handholds on Life by Dr. Fred Dow Fagg, JR The view of the high Sierra Lake, nestled in the snow and rock slightly below the timber line, was beautiful from my vantage point some five hundred feet above its shimmering surface. I was anxious to rejoin m...
A Friend Is Someone A friend is someone who… Is concerned with everything you do. Is concerned with everything you think. Calls upon during good time. Calls upon during bad time. Understands whatever you think. Understands whatever you do. Tells you the truth about yourself. Knows what you are going through all time. Refuses to listen the gossip about you. Supports you...
I’m always here to love you I am always here to understand you I am always here to laugh with you I am always here to cry with you I am always here to talk with you I am always here to plan with you Even though we might not always be together Please know that I am always here to Love You 我永远在你身边爱你 我永远在你身边 以便更好地礼节你 我永远在你身边 与你一起哭泣 我永远在...
编者按： 我深信一个人要想在这世上留下些什么，不一定非得成为贝多芬或是伦勃朗，或是生儿育女。确切地说，这并非一则信条，也不完全是个人奋斗的目标——或许有人觉得是吧？不管怎样，倘若在我死后，我在指挥台上的浮沉得失能让我像马克西那样永远活在大家的心中，那我就不负此生了。 Maxis’s Recipe for Happiness by Meredith Willson I guess the creed of all human beings embraces the desire ...
Now I can go home One day after school the teacher said to his students，“Tomorrow morning，if any one of you can answer my first question．I’ll permit him or her to go home earlier．” The next day，when the teacher came into the classroom，he found the blackboard daubed．He was very angry and asked，“Who did it？Please stand up! ” “It’ s me，”said Bob，“Now，I c...
The Old Man and the Dog Saying goodbye to Meg was the hardest thing I‘ve ever done．She’d been part of my life for so long，always there when I needed her． Throughout the last fifteen years，she’ d been my closest friend，sharing my joy and sadness． She’d seen me marry and divorce，have two children，lose my mother and nurse my father through a long illness．So much in on...
Become A Lake The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the ‘pain’ depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things… Stop being a Glass. Become a Lake! Time doesn’t wait. If you think yo...
A gently Caress Michael and I hardly noticed when the waitress came and placed the plates on our table．We were seated in a small deli tucked away2) from the bustle3) of Third Street，in New York City． Our exchange was lively，if not profound．We laughed about the movie that we had seen the night before and disagreed about the meaning behind the text we had just finished fo...
Finish Each Day Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; Begin it well and serenely, And with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Before You Before you Speak… Listen Before you Write… Think Before you Spend̷...
编者按: 有句古话说：“如果你没犯错误，就说明你没有尽力。” 所以，勇往直前，去犯错误吧。然后学习、成长，最后成功。 Good Mistakes 有益的错误 It's good to make mistake, and here is why. First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It's always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anyth...
Where the Declaration of Independence was signed? Teacher：“Who knows where the Declaration of In dependence was signed？” Student：“I know，I know．At the bottom of the page．” 《独立宣言》是在哪儿签字的？ 老师：“谁知道《独立宣言》在哪儿签字的？” 学生：“我知道，我知道。是在那页纸的底部。” NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛（大学组）/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲与辩论大会（...
Message Mom，I came when you were out． I knew the key was still placed in the interstice Between the wall and the mailbox． I examined the floor under the wardrobe1) and found the secret You took out and hid back every night， A nanmu2) case．I meant to take away the bank deposit book， But soon I recognized the cloth That wrapped your treasure had once swaddled3) me． Wash...
编者按: 积极主动的思考对我们所接触到的人具有巨大的影响力。那些成功提高思考能力的人会充实自己，丰富自己的人生。 For Success in Life Thinking is necessary if you want to successd in life. people fear that thinking may upset their comfort and self-satifaction. thinking needs constant practice with enthusiasm, enthusiasm generates interest and susutains thinking. and concentrati...
Fresh Richer A fresh richer is purchasing coffin in the store for the death．A person asks him：“Which one is better？”He says：“Of course the zinc1)－filled is more durable2)，but the wooden is helpful to the health．” 新 贵 一个新贵在墓葬品商店选购他死时要用的棺材，有人问他：“最好买哪一种？”他说：“镀锌的棺材当然比较耐用，但木制棺材有益于健康。” NOTE 注释： 1. zinc n. 锌 vt...
“We are reading the first 1)verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are 2)infinite…” I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a 3)reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, 4)hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a 5)sculptor carves a statue from a shapele...
编者按: 人同自然界其他事物之间最重要的区别之一就是，人懂得短暂、始与终，所以也了解时间是一种恩赐。 Life grows in the soil of time What I believe, what I value most, is transitoriness. But is not transitoriness – the perishableness of life – something very sad? No! It is the very soul of existence. It imparts value, dignity, interest to life. Transitoriness create...
A String of Blue Beads Pete Richard was the loneliest man in town on the day Jean Grace opened the door of his shop．It’s a small shop which had come down to him from his grandfather．The little front window was strewn with a disarray2) of old－fashioned things：bracelets and lockets worn in days before the Civil War，gold rings and silver boxes，images of jade and ivo...
为我买一朵玫瑰花，工作时给我打个电话， 为我开开门，这样做你会难受吗？ 用你含情脉脉的眼神告诉我你的爱， 我的生活多么需要这些小小的表达。 Many times, the small things in life, which we often ignore, are more important than the ones that we consider far more valuable. This theme is highlighted in Kenny Roger’s song ‘Buy Me a Rose’. In his song, he insists on the fact that the e...
编者按: 在接下来的几年里，我得到了明确而满意的回答，超出了我最乐观的期望值。其中一个回答就是魔山盲人休闲营区。在那里，我和我的护士朋友每年都有幸看到失明的孩子们在大自然的怀抱中是多么生气勃勃。除此之外，朋友们真挚的友谊以及美妙的音乐都给我带来无穷无尽的欢乐和慰藉。最重要的是，我越来越意识到，在我日复一日的祷告中，当我聆听上帝的启示之时，我正日益与他靠近，并通过他接近永恒。 On...