More changes—changing the world更多的改变—改变世界After thinking about some changes I&#39d like to make with myself, I started thinking about the changes I&#39d like to make with my family, and even my neighborhood.在思考了一些我想要对自己做出的改变后,我开始思考改变我的家人,甚至我的邻居。It&#39s possible to think about things to add and to lea

Freedom Choice and Responsibility自由 选择 责任I love choices.我爱选择。I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all the books,我喜欢在书店里徜徉，不是因为我能买下所有的书,but because I could buy one book, and I have so many to choose from.而是因为我可以买一本书,我有这么多的选择。I like buffets.我还喜欢自助餐。I rarely get to go to them, but

Pictures... Photos照片…摄影They say that a picture paints a thousand words.他们说一幅照片描绘的是千言万语。I have to say I agree. I love photographs.我必须说我同意。我爱摄影。I used to be crazy about taking pictures.我曾经对摄影感到疯狂。I used to take a lot of black and white photographs and disappear into the dark room for hours just to mak

Crying Tears哭泣 流泪I don&#39t cry much.我不是经常哭。Of course, when I was really young,当然,在我真的很年轻的时候,crying was not a big deal.哭不是一个大问题。But it is when one gets older that crying becomes one big deal.但是一个年纪大些的人哭就成了大事。I was never a crying baby.我从来不是一个爱哭的泪人。I mean I never cried more than other kids.我的意思是,我决不会比

The tides advance the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises the sun sets. The moon is full the moon is black. The birds arrive the birds depart. Flowers bloom flowers fade. Seeds are sown harvests are reaped. all nature is a circle of moods an

I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940&rsquos it was a wholesome, quaint little community. It was my home and I loved it there back then I thought I would never leave. My best friend Rose and I used to collectively dream about ra

More changes—changing the world更多的改变—改变世界After thinking about some changes I&#39d like to make with myself, I started thinking about the changes I&#39d like to make with my family, and even my neighborhood.在思考了一些我想要对自己做出的改变后,我开始思考改变我的家人,甚至我的邻居。It&#39s possible to think about things to add and to lea

A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum &amp Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a fascinating experience. I was able to walk around looking at the lion tiger giraffes and all the othe

To write or not to write拿起笔还是放下Writing is not easy. I do it everyday.写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。And I can tell you, it’s quite a challenge.我可以告诉你,这是一个相当大的挑战。But, the more I do it, the easier I get to just write.但是,我写作的越多，我就越会容易的感觉下笔如有神。Sometimes, that’s the most difficult part starting.有时候,最困难的部分是开始。When peopl

Old friends. They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you&rsquove had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there for you&mdashwhether it&rsquos in person or via late night phone calls&mdashthrough good times and bad.

For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the store, the school and the church. Then, I met, or rather&mdashgot to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline.差不多有一年，我都泡在家、店铺、学校和教堂里。然后我遇到了，或者更确切地说，认识了扔给我第一根救生索的那位夫人。Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps. She had the grace of co

Love is a verb爱是一个动词Do you ever think about words how they are used?你曾经想过词语会如何使用吗?They are some words that can be used in many different ways.有一些词语,可以用于许多不同的方面。Depending upon how you use the words, it could have several different meanings.这取决于你如何使用,它可能有很多不同的意思。Love is an example of this.爱是一个这样的例子。Of

Long Walk to Freedom漫漫自由路Then I slowly saw that not only was I not free, but my brothers and sisters were not free. I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of everyone who looked like I did. That is when I joined the African National Congress, and that is when the h

Trying New Things… Risk and Reward尝试新事物…风险和回报并存When we try new things,当我们尝试新事物的时候,there is always the risk that we will not be happy with our choice,总会有我们将不会满意我们的选择的风险相伴,we might try a food we have never tried before and end up disliking it.我们可以尝试我们还没有尝过的食物，最终以讨厌它告终。It could be too sour or too salty

Green绿色Another day, another color.另一天,另一种颜色。What comes to mind when you think of green?当你想到绿色，脑中会浮现什么？I think of different things like a cool green forest where I can walk with a friend, a green leaf of lotus to wrap my food in, a green watermelon that I can share, a green frog croaking away.我会想到很多不

Thank you谢谢你Magic words,There are so many of them.这是一句有魔力的词语，而且有很多这样的词语。Let&#39s talk about another magic word in English.让我们来谈谈在英语的世界里另一个具有魔力的词。If someone does something for you,it&#39s considered polite to thank him.如果有人为你做了什么事情,感谢他被认为是一种礼貌。A simple &quotThank you &quot or &quotThanks&quot goes a

I believe we are not alone.我相信我们并不孤单。Even if I am on the other side of the world from the farmhouse I live in, I still dream of the ancient vines out the window, and the shed out back that my grandfather&rsquos father built in 1870 with eucalyptus trunks. As long as I can recreate these images, I ne

She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the wall-was a freshly baked peach pie.她在跳舞。我那身有残疾的祖母居然在跳舞。我站在客厅的门口,被彻底惊呆了。我扫了一眼厨房的餐桌,果不其然,在餐桌上&mdash&mda

It was worth the extra thirty-five dollars just to see this kind of excitement.看到男孩满足的样子，为他支付额外的35美元还是值得的。John ordered his own flowers and had the clerk to be sure that delivery would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. As he drove away from the shop, he was feeling good. He cau

On March 16, 2002, when daffodils were swaying in the slowly warming wind of a North Carolina spring, I found myself in a snug hospital room with my wife and just-born daughter, only hours old, and I thought of ice.2002年3月16日,北卡罗来纳州的春天时节,水仙花在渐渐变暖的春风中摇曳,我与妻子以及刚刚出生才几个小时的女儿呆在一间温暖的病房里。这时,我想到了冰雪。A poem c

Power Walk Getting more exercise劲走 得到更多的锻炼I&#39ve been thinking and talking and writing about how I need to get some exercise.我一直在想,在说及在写我需要如何去做些运动。But I haven&#39t done much about it.但我还没有做很多运动。So, the other day, after a radio show, I went for a walk.所以,有一天,在一个广播节目后,我出去散步了。I walked a little faster

Making changes—getting rid of bad habits做出改变--摆脱坏习惯I was cleaning up my computer yesterday, organizing files, deleting some unused things to make more space, and improving what I already have.我是昨天整理我的电脑,整理文件,删除一些闲置的东西以便腾出更多的空间,提高我已经有的文件。Even though my computer was almost five years old, pretty old i

Thoughts on Love and Happiness关于爱和幸福的想法Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but oftentimes we look so long at the clos

The sun shone brightly in the cloudless blue Wabash, Indiana, sky.印第安纳州沃巴什县晴空万里的蓝天上，太阳光芒四射地照耀着。&ldquoThat was an especially beautiful sunny day,&rdquo recalls Jimmy Mitchell, a statuesque man in his early thirties.&ldquo那是一个特别美丽的晴日。&rdquo吉米&bull米切尔回忆道。他30出头，五官轮廓分明。That day Jimmy was driving his car

Focus—trying to concentrate专注——试图集中注意力A famous athlete once said:一个著名的运动员曾经说过:It is not necessarily the amount of time you spent of practice that accounts,你为锻炼所花费的时间多少并不重要,it&#39s what you put into the practice.重要的是你在其中所投入的。So we can spend our time, studying, or practicing, or doing whatever,所以我们可以花

Time Off—Vacation空闲时光—度假I haven’t had a vacation in a while.我有段时间没有度假了。I think I’ll take off soon.我想自己不久就会启程。I’m not sure where I’ll go or what I’ll do.我不知道我要去哪里或我会做什么。But I can learn a tourism place where I can go for a long road,但是我了解到的是在旅游的地方我可以走很长的一段路、breathe fresh air and take some nice picture

Staying in touch with old friends与老朋友们保持联系I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages.我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know to contact me.他说自己过去一直很忙,也真的不知道与我联系。I told him the same.我告诉我也是一样。The truth is, we have a few mutual friends, if we had really wanted

The newspaper I previously worked for employs a very friendly receptionist. All receptionists are supposed to be friendly, but Connie Abbott has such a positive tone, she could brighten your day by saying, &quotDid anyone ever tell you that you look like a movie star? You ought to go to Hollywood an

Lessons learning from daily life从日常生活中学到的教训When I was a child, I always like reading fairy tales about heros who were good,当我还是个孩子时,我总是喜欢阅读那些非常好的英雄在其中的神话故事,who had to go through many difficult situations often battling the bad guys before he or she lived happily ever after.他们往往与坏人战斗之前必须要经历许多磨难,之后他或她

Red红色When learning English, a good memory will help you, but a good imagination may help you even more.在学英语的过程中,一个好的记忆将有助你的学习,但一个好的想象力可以帮助你更多。For example, in English we don&#39t have many words for colors, but we have many ways to describe a color.举例来说,在英语里,对于颜色我们没有很多的词汇,但是我们有很多方式来描述一种颜色。We say red