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Santa Claus: The True Story I remember my first Christmas party with Grandma．I was just a kid．I remember tearing1) across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb：“There is no Santa Claus，”she jeered．“ Even dummies2) know that.” My grandma was not the gushy3) kind，never had been．I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight ...
Thanks, Before & After I never intended to tell you anything about this，but since I became an adult I discovered that the meaning of Thanksgiving sure isn’t what it used to be． When I was younger，I remember receiving the inevitable homework assignment to write an essay on “Something I Am Thankful For．” Then，I’d spend a lot of time sitting in my room tryi...
Thinking of You When will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don’t know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I’d like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me. Dancing with my moon-lit shadow, It does not seem like the human world. The ...
Presents 送礼 Foreigner: There is something I can never puzzle out! The other day a Chinese friend who has helped me a lot was celebrating his birthday and I asked him what he would like for a birthday present. Do you know what he said? “No, no, no! Don’t give me anything. Don’t be polite!” Can you believe it? 外国人：有一件事我始终弄不明白！有个中国朋友帮了我很大的忙。有一...
“On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes, and when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep-but forever. “An immeasurable loss has been sustained both by the militant proletariat of Europe and America, and by historical sci...
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn,which have no songs,flutter and fall there with a sign. O Troupe of little vagrants of the world,leave your footprints in my words. The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song,as one kiss of the eternal. It is the tears of the earth that keep her s...
If somebody tells you, ” I’ll love you for ever,” will you believe it? I don’t think there’s any reason not to. we are ready to believe such commitment at the moment, whatever change may happen afterwards. As for the belief in an everlasting love, that’s another thing. Then you may be asked whether there is such a thing as an everlas...
Wealth Success and Love A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat. ” “We do not go into a house together. ”they replied. “Why is that？”she wanted to know. One of the old men explained：“His name is Wealth, this is Success, and I am Love. ”Then he added, “Now go i...
Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence, My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then Spin me around till I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me And I knew for sure I was loved. If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him, I’d play a song that would never, ever end. How I’d love,...
引言：灵魂倍受煎熬的时刻，也正是生命中最多选择与机会的时刻。任何事情的成败取决于我在寻求帮助时是抬起头还是低下头。 There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and learn from my p...
We Need Friends The word, friend, covers a wide range of meanings. It can be a nodding acquaintance, a comrade, a confidant, a partner, a playmate, an intimate colleague, etc. Everyone needs friendship. No one can sail the ocean of life single-handed. We need help from, and also give help to, others. In modern society, people attach more importance to relations and connectio...
The Chest1) of Broken Glass John had lived all alone ever since his wife died．He had worked hard as a tailor2) all his life，but misfortune had left him penniless，and now he was so old he could no longer work for himself．His hands trembled too much to thread a needle，and his vision had blurred too much for him to make a straight stitch3)．He had three sons，but they w...
A Grain of Sand–William Blake To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild fllower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. 一粒沙子–威廉.布莱克 从一粒沙子看到一个世界， 从一朵野花看到一个天堂， 把握在你手心里的就是无限， 永恒也就消融于一个时辰。 1.grain n. 谷粒, 颗粒, 谷类, 纹理, 本质 例句： He used a miller to mill the grai...
Life Is To Be Whole Once a circle missed a wedge.The circle wanted to be whole，so it went around looking for its missing piece．But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly，it admired the flowers along the way．It chatted with worms．It enjoyed the sunshine．It found lots of different pieces，but none of them fit．So it left them all by the side ...
引言： 学会聆听 ，日后定会成功。 Many people neglect this most important communication skill. Do you know that we spend an average of our waking day communicating? Of this communication time, 9% is spent writing, 16% reading, 30% talking and 45% listening. Immediately after hearing something, most of us can recall only 50% of what we hear. Within two to eight weeks, we can r...
There are two ways of thinking of history. There is, first, history regarded as a way of look¬ing at other things, really the temporal aspect of anything, from the universe to this nib with which I am writing. Everything has its history. There is the history of the universe, if only we knew it－and we know something of it, if we do not know much. Nor is the contrast so g...
The problem with GUYS If you treat them nicely,he says you are in love with him; If you don’t,he says you are proud. If you dress nicely,he says you are trying to lure him; If you don’t ,he says you are from Kampunc. If you argue with him,he says you are stubborn; If you keep silent,he says you have no brains. If you are smater than him,he will lose face; If he i...
引言： 获得成功的首要条件喝最大秘诀是：把精力和财力完全集中于所干的事业上。 The prime condition great secrets of success It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to th...
A simple truth about happiness After I gave a talk on the subject of happiness，a woman in the audience stood up and said，“I wish my husband had come．”“Much as I loved him，”she explained，“it wasn’t easy being married to someone so unhappy．”This woman enabled me to put into words what I had been searching for－－altruistic1)，as well as the personal，reasons for taking h...
A Psalm of Life Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way? But to act, that each tomorrow Finds us farther than today. Art is long, and ti...