Sleep Sleep is part of a person's daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you fist drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, you temperature will drop slightly

Facing the Enemies WithinWe are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you’ve read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o’clock in

President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at Furman UniversityTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President. President Shi, thank you for that kind introduction. Governor Sanford, Senator Graham, Congressman Inglis, members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, members of the F

The family has set up camp in my brother&rsquos house. I live just next door, but it makes us feel better to be all in the same house. My brother, a novelist, is writing his articles I am writing mine. From time to time a tremor will make us pause and run back outside, just in case, to be safe. I wo

When the people of Hamelin, Germany had a problem with rats, they called the Pied Piper. With his bewitching pipe and enchanting music, he lured the rats away from the city and into a watery grave. But when the people of Hamelin refused to pay the Pied Piper what they had promised, he turned his ent

The First Post Written on June 19th, 2009第一篇日记写于2009年6月19日I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I&rsquom listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted t

A great life doesn&#39t happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.?非凡的人生不是无根之木，无源之水。它需要合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思，为实现自 己的生活目标而努力。Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to

Letter to my grandchildren 给孙儿们的一封信 To my beautiful grandchildren: 我的好孙儿们: Our world is changing so fast and there are many things I wish for you... 我们生活的世界变化非常快，我希望你们能做到下面这些事: I'd really like for you to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches.

A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till nightit was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear himhe was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的歌声都使人觉得很愉快。His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little and slept less.he was a

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her ,She did not know she was going to make it and wantde to give up.女儿向父亲抱怨她的生活，她觉得凡事都很艰难，不知该怎样面对，想放弃。She was tired of fighting and struggling .It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.她厌倦了不断的抗争和奋斗，好像一个问题刚

Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom.人类的成长是一个经历,试验和最终失败而引向智慧的过程。Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out.每次你选择相信自己,开始采取行动时,你绝不会知道这个情况会如何。Sometimes you are victorious,

Steps to happiness一步步走向幸福Everybody Knows:每个人都知道：You can&#39t be all things to all people.你无法为每个人办到每件事。You can&#39t do all things at once.你无法立刻完成所有的事。You can&#39t do all things equally well.你无法把所有的事都做的尽善尽美。You can&#39t do all things better than everyone else.你无法把每件事都做的比别人好，Your humanity is showing ju

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

The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day.A few days ago, my car was not running well.世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人，我们每天都会见到他们。几天前，我的汽车运转不灵了。I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wro

Lessons from a dandelion蒲公英I recall as a young child bringing bouquets of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother.我想起了孩提时代我把几束鲜艳的黄色花朵送给妈妈的事。It didn&#39t matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed the presence of these flowers in the lawn.我记得那些花的华茎很黏，我爸妈当时都在埋怨草坪里怎么会长出这些花，但我都没在意，I

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live.我们都读过这样一些动人的故事，故事里主人公将不久于人世。Sometimes it was as long as a year sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last d

Once there lived a king of great strength and wealth.Yet he was not happy.从前有一位国王，很有权力和财富，然而他并不快乐。He told his servants to find him things to make him happy,but each came back saying他告诉仆人去找可以使他快乐的东西，但是每个回来的人都说：&quotNoting in the world can match the wonderful things you have already.&quot“世界上没有什么比得上你已

Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.诫想一下……你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。Wow !Stop and think about that. You&#39re better than on

What will matter要紧的事Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.不管有没有准备好，总有一天一切将走到终点。There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.不再有日出，不再有分钟，不再有小时，也不再有日子。All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.所有你积攒的东西，不管是你所珍藏的的还是已遗忘的，都将归属于他人。Your

A feline perspective猫儿看世界There once was a kitty named Bear.从前有只叫贝尔的小猫，He loved to play, run outside and chase spiders.他很爱玩，喜欢在外面跑来跑去，还喜欢逮蜘蛛。He was a happy cat without a care in the world.他是只快乐的猫，远离着身边嘈杂世界的烦扰。He would often sit on top of the fence next to his owner&#39s condo and listen to all the hu

Balzac once said artistic creation was “an exhausting strug-gle”．巴尔扎克说过，艺术创造是“一场累人的斗争”。He believed that only by tenacious work and fearing notafraid of difficulties could you show your talent．他认为，只有顽强地工作，不怕困难，才能把自己的才华表现出来。It was just likethe soldiers charging the fortress，not relaxing your effort fo

What do angels look like?天使是什么样子？What Do Angels Look Like?天使是什么样子？They are—天使就像—Like the little old lady who returned your wallet yesterday.那个昨天捡到钱包并把它交还给你的身材矮小的年老妇人。Like the taxi driver who told you that your eyes light up the world when you smile.那个告诉你当你微笑时你的双眸能照亮世界的出租车司机。Like the small child who

In all one&#39s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.人生在世，和“自己”相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透“自己”。When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself. It seems that everything you see

The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platform eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian School&#39s track and field squad.火车站挤得水泄不通。拉斐德学院的学生们一齐拥上站台，热切地等待着卡莱尔印地安人学校田径队的到来。NO one would have believed it a few months earlier.倘若在几个月前，准没有人

Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun.多年的风雨毁坏了古老的风车。车轮已经锈了，倒了，静静地躺卧在茂盛的六月禾丛中。在落日的衬托下，曾经散发着生气的风车如今如耸立的尖塔般冰冷、生硬。I hadn‘t walked across

The gift礼物A young man was getting ready to graduate from university.一个年轻人将要从大学毕业了。For a long time he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer&#39s showroom and knowing his father could well afford it, he told his Dad that was all he wanted.几个月以来他一直喜欢某个经销商展厅里的那台漂亮的跑车。他知道他的父亲买得起，所有他告诉父亲说，他只想要这台跑

Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab.16年前我学到了人生中重要一课，那是在纽约市的出租车后座上。I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front

How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones.岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通，没有电缆相连，更无电话可打。An lsland from the world and the world&#39s life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of min

As a child—and as an adult as well—Bill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him.童年时期——即使成了了大人——比尔也不修边幅。据说为了改此习惯，玛丽为他制定了一周着装计划。On Mondays he might go to school in blue, on Tuesdays in green, on Wednesdays in brown , on Thursdays in bla

Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University.在爱荷华州大学读大三时，我和两个朋友从宿舍搬出来，租了一间房子。We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a gruff middle aged man who was &quotall business&quot when we signed the lease.房东是一个粗鲁的中年人，我们都有点怕他。He gave us a lecture about paying