双语美文：倾听心声（有声）
Is there inside you? Very much , ever since you were brought into this world. when you couldn't open your mouth till the first two years on planet earth, inner voice is the one through which you interpreted and understood things.
从我们来到这个世界的那一刻起，请仔细聆听你的心灵。在来到这个世界的最初的两年里，我们还不能开口讲话，心灵是我们理解事物的一种方式。
Inner voice is the voice mouth of the subconscious mind .the subconscious mind is always acting as a secondary reflector of thoughts and ideas in the body. It justifies and rationalizes what is right and what is wrong. When we
go aganist what the inner voice say we get a guilty conscious and are bothered by it throughout our lives.
心灵是诉说潜意识的嘴，潜意识一直是思想和情感的反映。它控制着是与非、黑与白。当
我们违心的做了某件事情，我们会有一种负罪感，并且在一生当中还会时时为这种感觉所
烦恼。
At times when we are feeling low or those unforgettable moments when we are let down, we seem to need some kind of emotional or mental support. We usually speak to our closest pal or our dearest family member during times of distress to ease the burden .At such times we get over the initial drizzle of emotional anxiety and mental restlessness,because of the pepping up by our empathic listener. we suddenly feel rejuvenated because our inner voice alerts us to get on with things and leave the things of past on the memory books of our brain.
有时，当情绪低落感觉失望的时候，我们需要某种情绪或精神的支柱。通常我们沮丧的时候，我们会将给我们最好的朋友或家人听，以减轻我们的压力。在那时候，我们克服了情
绪的不安和焦虑，因为有了为我们打气的听众。我们迅速的恢复了活力，因为我们内心深处告诉我们，处理好一切，把那些烦恼都放在回忆里去吧。
The inner voice is always right most of the times because it knows us better than others and probably even ourselves. It is the dare devil child of the intuitions which we have been having since childhood. It's good to go by intuitions most of the tims because its the response provided due to the synchronism between our mental and physical being.
心灵在大部分时候都是正确无误的，因为它比任何人都要了解我们，甚至超过我们自己。它是我们从孩提时代一直伴随我们直觉的孩子。遵从直觉是有好处的，因为他来自于我们的精神和现实之间的同步的反应。
Whenever you are trying your first cigarette, or whenever you are asked to take sides in an argument, you are always in a sense of dilemma. During these times your inner voice automatically gives its verdict, which when over written, might leave us unhappy in the future. It's up to us to either ignore the morale booster inside us or go out to the world and search for spiritual guru's and happiness, when all these things are very much present within us. 当想学着抽第一支烟的时候，当不得不在一个争论里支持一方的时候，你总感到为难。在那个时候，心灵会自动地做出判断，夸张地说，会给我们将来留下不快。当我们面临这些问题的时候，我们该决定是忽略我们内心的冲动，或是接触这个世界来寻找精神领袖和快乐。
双语美文：花之歌（有声）
I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was Reared in the lap of Summer and I Slept in the bed of Autumn.
我是大自然亲切的话语，
说出去，又反复细念；
我是一颗星星，
从蓝色苍穹坠落绿毯之中。
我是诸元素之女：
冬天将我孕育；
春天使我绽放；
夏天让我成长；
秋天令我安睡。
At dawn I unite with the breeze
To announce the coming of light; At eventide I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.
清早，我同晨风一道
宣告光明的到来；
傍晚，我又与群鸟一起
为它的远去告别。
The plains are decorated with
My beautiful color and the air
Is scented with my fragrance.
我在原野上摇曳，
使风光更加旖旎；
我在清风中呼吸，
使气息芬芳馥郁。
As I embrace Slumber the eyes of Night watch over me, and as I Awaken I stare at the sun, which is The only eye of the day.
我微睡时，
夜空数双眼睛对我凝望；
我醒来时，
白昼的独眸向我注视。
I drink dew for wine, and hearken to
The voices of the bird and dance
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass.
我饮着朝露酿成的琼浆；
听着小鸟的鸣啭歌唱；
就着芳草的摇曳婆娑起舞。
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
我是爱人间的赠礼；我是婚礼的冠冕；
我是片刻欢愉的记忆；
我是生者予死者最后的祭献；
我是一半欢乐，一半忧伤。
But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.
而我仰望高空，只因对光明神往；
我从不顾影自怜，也不孤芳自赏。
而这些智慧，人类尚未得以领会。
如何练习听力?《听力方法》
凡练过英语听力的中国人，百分之百都感到英语听力困难，天天挂着耳机听一段英语也听
不懂，把音量开到震耳欲聋也还是听不明白，可拿出原文来一看却又十分简单，可看完了
原文后再去听还是听不懂，这到底是怎么回事呢？听我给你道破天机，可千万不可泄露呦！人走路时要用两条腿，左腿迈一步，右腿迈一步，十分轻松就可以往前走，没有任何人会
觉得走路费劲（除非是腿脚不好的人）。可如果你让人一条腿走路，另一条腿不动，那他走的那条腿就会十分费劲，只能一蹦一蹦地走，走得慢，还走不了多远。而如果你让他把不
动的那条腿彻底定死在地上，只让他另一条腿走路，那么只要定死的这条腿不动，另一条
腿就是累死也走不出半步，使得本来很简单的走路变得寸步难行。
英语听力难以提高，就是这个原因。
当你拼命练听力时，你只走了听力这一条腿，而另一条腿却固定在地上，因此你怎么练听
力也难以前进，一段英语往死里听上一百遍也还是听不懂，该模模糊糊的照样模模糊糊。
那么固定的那条腿是什么呢，就是发音。从来没听见你的嘴里发过英语音（或发准过英语音），就相当于你的发音的这条腿固定在地上，单剩下听力这条腿又怎么能前进呢？发音和听力，就像是人的两条腿，一起走本来很容易，可如果非让一条腿停住，只留另一条腿活动，则走半步也比登天还难。
为什么发音和听力是相辅相成的两条腿的关系呢？语言的声音不是简单的声音，不是鸟叫
或打雷那种简单的声音，而是从人的嘴里发出来的一种含有高等智慧的复杂的声音。要想
识别和理解这种声音，一方面要多听这种声音，使自己的耳朵习惯于这种声音，另一方面
就要通过自己的嘴亲自发出这种声音，亲自创造和体验这种声音的每一个细节，来练就对
这种声音的熟悉程度和熟悉能力，才能反过来学会识别这种声音。因此要想彻底听懂语言，非亲口能说出这种语言不可。就像会打篮球的人才能当篮球裁判员一样，篮球大家全都能看，全都能看懂输赢，但要想当个篮球裁判员，看到一般观众看不到的运动细节，就必须
亲自会打篮球才行。看篮球容易，看不懂细节还可以看个热闹，看不懂百分之百还可以看
个百分之七八十，但语言的听力可不是闹着玩的，一段英语里只要有几个地方没听懂，或
者有一个关键词没听懂，整段英语就全糊涂了，没法听个热闹。
因此要想提高听力，就不能丢下发音，要听力发音一起练，缺了谁另一个都难以前进。中
国人感到学英语很难，因此一般对英语有畏惧感，学英语时倾向于一个难关一个难关地攻克，生怕各种难关一起攻克负担过重。既然英语考试只考听力，就只练听力而不练发音，
生怕练习发音是耽误时间，其实这样做恰恰导致了听力的进步障碍，使听力的进步难度成
倍地加大。当你听一段英语实在听不懂时，就请你去练习这段英语的发音，练完了发音后
再去听，定会豁然开朗的感觉。听力和发音，两个能力分开学习时各自的难度是10，而两个混在一起学，交替地学，合起来的难度反而是2，甚至是0，没有难度。
当然，这里的发音练习指得是能发准英语音的练习，而不是胆大敢说，说出一堆胡音乱音
的发音，若说出来的英语声音严重发音不准，离标准声音相差悬殊，那这种发音真是在耽
误时间，除了练练胆以外不如不练。就好像一个人为了能当篮球裁判就自己练习打篮球，
凭着自己的感觉胡打乱打一气，最后还是看不懂正规的篮球比赛。
中国人在练习英语听力时，除了忽视听力外还有选择听力材料过难的毛病，不信你试试看，若有高级、中级、初级三种听力材料摆在中国大学生面前让其选则，一般人肯定是先选高
级的，他们错误地听到了一个叫做“强化”的概念，认为高级的听力肯定包含了初级的听力，高级的听力听懂了，初级的听力肯定也会过关。殊不知正是这种“强化”的概念害了中国人
学英语。练听力就像是上十个台阶，一个台阶一个台阶地上本来很简单，可若妄想一步迈
上第十个台阶，就是不迈脚下的台阶，则反而把极简单的问题复杂化了，导致一辈子也迈
不上第十个台阶，结果还冤枉地误认为英语听力难学。选好练习听力的材料很重要，千万
别选太难的材料，一定要选则你勉强可以张口说出来的材料来听，这样听几遍说几遍，听、说协同提高，很容易就取得双进步。
因此，当你再看见很多人天天挂着耳机一声不响地听英语时就请你走上前去告诉他：朋友，
你这么干是不行的，要想耳朵里的英语清清楚楚，你的嘴里就必须要出声，你嘴里的英语
发音是什么水平，你耳朵里的英语听力就是什么水平，听力和发音是两条连在一起的腿，
是必须共同前进和拉不开距离的。
双语美文：人生的蝴蝶效应（有声）
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“Thank you for your application. We would like to congratulate you,” the
letter read. Those words can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes. The feeling of following your dreams is inexplicable and proof that all your hard work was worth it.
“感谢你的申请。我们要恭喜你，”信上写道。那些话能使你的心为之一颤，让你热泪盈眶。追随梦想的感受是难以言喻的，并且证明你所有的努力都是值得的。
It is a signpost in life, a trail marker. It is a day you will never forget, the day you opened that envelope and your future was revealed. But what about all those days in-between—the ones that make and break you, the days that are
nothing special.
那是人生中的一个标记，人生路上的里程碑。那是你永远不会忘记的日子，那天你打开那个信封，你的未来就随之展现。但是在你获得录取信之前的所有日子呢？那些使你成功也使你崩溃的日子，那些平平淡淡的日子。
Would you have received that acceptance letter had you not attended the college fair at your school? What if you had forgotten to send an essay with your application, would you have been rejected?
要是你那时没有参加学校的学院展，你还会收到录取信吗？如果当时在寄申请书的时候，你忘记附上一篇个人陈述，你会被拒绝吗？
In life, one step creates the next. Each day is of equal importance, no matter how good or bad. There is no moment in life that does not matter. Regardless of how insignificant, each choice, each day, each idea, is the birth of the next. Something simple can completely reshape your life. It’s just like the Butterfly Effect and you never know what is at the end. To go back in time and change one moment in the many that create your life could change everything that follows.
人生中，步步相随。无论好与坏，每一天都一样的重要。人生中没有一个时刻是无关紧要的。不管如何不值一提，每个选择、每一天、每个想法，都会引出下一步。简单的事情可以完全重塑你的人生。那就像是“蝴蝶效应”，你永远不知道最后的结果是什么。若回顾从前并改变创造你人生的众多时刻中的一个，随后的一切也会被改变。
If I’ve learned anything, it is that everything matters. You can struggle through life in an attempt to create the perfect path, but the truth is you will always wonder if it could have been better. Everything is important and nothing need be changed—to climb up the hill may be difficult, but you’ll reach the top no matter which path you choose.
要是说我悟出什么道理，那就是任何事情都是重要的。你可以奋斗一生，试图创造完美的
人生之路，但事实是你总是怀疑是否原本有更好的路可以走。每件事情都是重要的，任何
事情都无需改变——攀山的过程可能是艰辛的，但无论你选择哪条道路，你终会到达顶峰。
用“精听”提高英语听力水平《听力方法》
各位都知道，英语阅读可以分为“精读”和“泛读”，同样，英语听力也可以分为“精听”
和“泛听”，我介绍的这种方法，就是通过“精听”，来提高英语听力水平，具体步骤是：中
国国际广播之声(CRI)或美国之音(VOA)或英国广播公司(BBC)每个小时开始的英语新闻，大约有20条，每条的时间不超过1分钟，词汇量不超过200个单词，您可以将某一天某
一小时的某一条新闻，用录音机复制下来，然后反反复复收听这条新闻，一遍不成听两遍，一天不成听两天，直到这条新闻中的每个单词(请注意是每个单词)，都能准确听出来为止。
在进行这种“精听”训练时，您需要特别注意四点。
第一点是：某些英语单词的弱读。比如介词of，它的音标是[ov](o＝hot中间的那个元音)，但它通常被弱化成[ev](e＝maker的第二个元音)，有时甚至被弱化成[v]或[f]，您
在“精听”一条新闻时，一定要把所有的弱读单词听出来。
第二点是：某些英语单词的连读。比如您在“精听”一条新闻时，听到一个生词，发音
好象是notatal，不像是外国的人名、地名，而且《英汉词典》中也查不到，这时，您就
应当想到，它很可能是两个(或两个以上)单词的连读，按照这个思路，您应当猜出它是
not at all。
第三点是：某些单音节的英语单词。多音节的单词，比如foreign、minister、immigration等，由于音节多，很容易听出来，比较麻烦的是那些单音节单词，比如did、was、him等，只有一个音节，发音时间短促，很容易被忽略，因此您在“精听”一条新闻时，一定要重点识别这些单音节单词。
第四点是：单词与头脑的同步。弱读、连读、单音节单词这三个问题解决之后，最后
的问题就是“单词与头脑的同步”，也就是您每听到一个单词，头脑中必须马上想到这个单词的中文意思，比如听到Russia，马上想到“俄国”，听到president，马上想到“总统”，听到visit，马上想到“访问”，等等。
一条新闻中的每个单词(请注意是每个单词)，都能准确听出来之后，您就可以复制下一条新闻，继续进行“精听”训练了。当然，每个人的具体情况不同，第一条新闻，您全部听懂，可能需要三天，第二条新闻可能缩短到一天，第三条新闻可能缩短到半天。通过英语六级考试的朋友，采用这种方法，“精听”十条新闻之后，即可明显提高自己的英语听力水平。
双语美文：赞美他人，永远不迟（有声）
He was in the first third gr ade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.
我在明尼苏达州莫里斯的圣玛丽学校教书，他在我教的第一个三年级的班上。全班34个学生每一个都讨我喜欢，但马克·埃克隆却是独一无二的。他外表干干净净，是个乐天派，
所以即便是他偶尔的调皮捣蛋，也依然讨人喜欢。
Mark often talked incessantly. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was not acceptable. What impressed me so much, though, was his sincere response every time I had to correct him for misbehaving. "Thank you for correcting me, Sister!" I didn't know what to make of it at first, but before long I became accustomed to hearing it many times a day.
马克常常说个不停。我不得不一而再、再而三地提醒他，未经允许不能讲话。不过，令我
印象深刻的是，每当我不得已指出他的过错的时候，他都非常诚恳地对我说：“谢谢你指出我的问题，修女！”起初，我不知该作何反应，但很快，我便习惯了一天听到这句话好多遍。One morning my patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often, and then I made a novice-teacher's mistake. I looked at him and said, "If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut!"
一天早上，马克又一次讲个不停，我终于不耐烦了，于是犯了个新老师才会犯的错误。我
盯着他说：“再说一个字，我就拿胶带把你的嘴封上！”
It wasn't ten seconds later when Chuck, another student, blurted out, "Mark
is talking again." I hadn't asked any of the students to help me watch Mark, but since I had stated the punishment in front of the class, I had to act on it.
结果不到十秒钟，另一个学生查克就脱口而出：“马克又在讲话了。”我并没有让任何同学
帮我盯着马克，不过既然我已经当着全班的面说过他再说话就要罚他，我得说话算话。
I remember the scene as if it had occurred this morning. I walked to my desk, very deliberately opened my drawer and took out a roll of masking tape. Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of
tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. I then returned to the front of the room. As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me.
When I walked back to Mark's desk and removed the tape, his first words were, "Thank you for correcting me, Sister."
接下来的一幕我至今仍记忆犹新，仿佛就发生在今天早上。我走到讲桌前，不慌不忙拉打开抽屉，拿出一卷胶带，然后一言不发地走到马克桌前，撕下两截胶带，在他嘴上贴了个大大的“X”，然后转身走回教室前面。我瞟了瞟马克看他有什么反应，结果看到他朝我眨
了眨眼睛。而当我回到马克桌前给他撕下胶带时，他说的第一句话便是：“谢谢你指出我的问题，修女。”
One Friday, I asked the students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then I told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish the assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed me the paper.
在一个星期五，我让同学们把班上除自己之外其他同学的名字写在两张纸上，名字与名字间留点空隙。然后我让他们想想每位同学最好的地方是什么，并把这也写下来。大家用那堂课剩余的时间完成了这项任务，到下课离开教室的时候他们把各自的两张纸交给了我。That Saturday, I wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and I listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday I gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" I heard the whispers. "I never knew that meant anything to anyone!" "I didn't know others liked me so much!" Then Mark said, "Thank you for teaching me, Sister."
星期六的时候，我分别把每位同学的名字各写在一张纸上，然后把其他同学对他的评价列在上面。到了星期一，我把各人的单子分发给他们。很快全班同学脸上都扬起了笑容。“真有这么好？”我听见有人轻声说。“我从不知道那会对别人有意义！”还有人说：“原来大家
这么喜欢我啊！”而马克说：“修女，感谢你的教导。”
No one ever mentioned those pieces of paper in class again. I never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents.
后来再没人在课堂上提起过这些纸，我也不清楚他们有没有在课下与同学或者父母谈论过。Soon I was asked to teach junior-high math. The years flew by, and before I knew it Mark was in my classroom again. He was more handsome and more polite than ever. Maybe since he had to listen carefully to my instruction in
the "new math", he did not talk as much in the ninth grade as he had in the third.
很快我就被调去教初中数学了。几年的时间一晃而过，在我还未意识到的时候，马克又出
现在了我的课堂。他比以前帅气了，人也更加彬彬有礼。也许是因为他必须认真听我用“新数学”法讲课，九年级的他不再像三年级时那样爱讲话了。
That group of students moved on.
就这样，这一批学生毕业了。
Several years later, after I returned from vacation, my parents met me at the airport. Mother gave Dad a side-ways glance and simply said, "Dad?" My father cleared his throat as he usually did before saying something important. "The Eklunds called last night," he began. "Really?" I said. "I haven't heard from them in years. I wonder how Mark is." Dad responded quietly. "Mark was killed in Vietnam," he said. "The funeral is tomorrow, and his parents would like it if you could attend."
几年后的一天，我度假归来，父母来机场接我。妈妈斜斜地瞟了爸爸一眼，只说了两个字：“她爸？”爸爸清了清嗓子——但凡有要事宣布，他都会这样。说：“埃克隆家昨晚打了个电话过来。”“是吗？”我说，“好几年没他们的消息了，不知道马克怎么样了。”爸爸轻声地回
答道：“马克在越战中牺牲了，葬礼在明天举行。他父母希望你能去参加。”
I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature.
我从未见过军人躺在军用棺材里的样子。马克看上去是那样英俊，那样成熟。
After the funeral, Mark's mother and father found me. "We want to show you something," his father said. "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it." Opening a billfold, he carefully removed two worn and frazzled pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. I knew without looking that the pieces of paper were the ones on which I had listed all the good things that Mark's classmates had said about him. "Thank you so much for doing that." Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark behaved better and better at school. It's all because of you and your list."
葬礼结束后，马克的父母找到了我。“我们想给您看一样东西，”他爸爸说，“马克牺牲的时候他们在他身上找到了这个。我们想您可能认得。”他打开皮夹，小心翼翼地取出两张破损不堪的笔记本纸。很明显，这两张纸用胶带补过、反复折叠过。不用看我也知道，这就是当初那两张纸，我当时把马克的同学们对他的表扬都写在了上面。“您所做的这些，我们感激不尽，”马克的妈妈说，“您也看到了，马克在学校里的表现越来越好。这都归功于您和您的这张单子。”
Mark's classmates started to gather around us. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home." Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put this in our wedding album." "I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary." Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn list to the group. "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said without batting an eyelash. "I think we all saved our lists."
这时，马克的同学们也围了过来。查利腼腆地笑着说：“这张单子我现在还保留着，就在我家书桌最上面的抽屉里。”查克的妻子说：“查克让我把这个放在我们的结婚纪念册
里。”“我的也在，”玛丽莲说，“就在我日记本里。”接着，另一个同学维姬从手提袋里取出
钱包，给大家看那张已经磨损了的纸。“我一直把这个带在身上，”维姬眼睛一眨不眨地说，“我想我们都保存着自己的单子。”
That's when I finally sat down and cried.
那一刻，我终于坐下大哭起来。
Sometimes the smallest things could mean the most to others. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget life will end one day and we don't know when that one day will be. Compliment the people you love and care about, before it is too late.
有时候，即便是最微不足道的事情，对他人也可能意义非凡。在这个社会上，在熙熙攘攘
的人群中，我们哪里还会记得某天人生终会走到尽头，更不知道那一天何时到来。所以，
趁一切都还来得及，去赞美你爱着、关心着的人吧！
双语美文：童话——剪不断的情结（有声）
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 entrancing music on their children, leading them away to never be seen again. This key moment in a familiar fairy tale carries many insights. It is, at once, a commentary on social values, a vivid example of family tragedy, and a bit of personal psychology. Folklore is compacted wisdom-literature that yields more information with each reading.
当德国哈默尔恩的人们遇上鼠疫的难题,他们请来了一个花衣魔笛手。借助其魔笛的迷人乐声,他把老鼠引出城,引进水里淹死。但当哈默尔恩的人们拒绝兑现承诺——向魔笛手支付报酬时,魔笛手转而向他们的孩子们奏起迷乐,引孩子们出走,不再出现。在这个耳熟能详的童话故事里,这一关键的情节隐含着很多深层的东西。它既反映出社会价值观,又鲜活地展现了某种家庭悲剧,还呈现了一点个人心理。民间故事是一种浓缩的智慧文学,每看一次都能获取更多信息。
There is much we can learn by reflecting on the stories heard in childhood. Magical characters are likely to remain in the imagination for a lifetime. Fairytale is a sub-genre of folktale, something that is handed down from person to person for generations; one of the most important identifying features of a folktale is that it belongs to an entire culture, rather than to an individual. That is why folktales give us many insights into the cultures from which they spring.
通过回想童年里听过的故事，我们可以从中学到很多东西。种种奇幻人物角色很可能会一辈子留在我们的想象空间里。童话故事是民间故事下面的一个分支流派，口耳相传，代代流传。民间故事最重要的特征之一是它是某种文化共有的，而非属于个人。这就是民间故事能让我们深入了解其文化渊源的原因所在。
My own first hearing of many of the old stories was in the places where they originated. Throughout my childhood our family would travel abroad for several months every few years. There were six children. My parents came up with an ingenious and life-changing idea: have us study the local tales. When we were in Denmark, we visited the home of Hans Christian Andersen, and discussed his stories, such as The Little Mermaid. In Germany, we went to the village of Hamelin, where the tale of the Pied Piper takes place. In Baghdad, it was Arabian Nights. In the temples of India and Japan, the tales of Asia came to life. Seeing how the adventures reflected their settings and how the stories are still alive in those places was a powerful experience.
我初次接触到那些源远流长的童话故事，很多都是在故事的起源地。在我的整个童年时期里，我们一家隔几年就会出国旅行好几个月。家里有六个孩子。我们的父母想到了一个巧妙的主意，而这也影响了我们的一生，那就是让我们学习当地传说。当我们在丹麦时，我们参观了汉斯?克里斯蒂安?安徒生的故居，还对他写的童话进行了一番讨论，比如《小美人鱼》;在德国，我们去了哈默尔恩村——花衣魔笛手那个童话的起源地;在巴格达，我们研究童话《一千零一夜》;而在印度及日本的寺庙里，亚洲的童话故事跃然眼前。看着那段段冒险如何反映其文化背景及那些童话如何依然在其起源地经久不衰，那是种令人震撼的体验。
Various people can imagine the tales quite differently. I had heard the stories before and had pictures in my mind about what the places looked like. When I saw, for example, the spot in Germany where the Pied Piper supposedly led the children away, it didn’t look exactly the same as I had imagined. In a way, noticing that difference made me aware of how our creativity works. It shaped my sense of the world.
不同的人对童话的想象是千差万别的。我之前对那些故事早就有所听闻，并在脑海里想象
了一番故事发生地的景象。比如，当我在德国看到那个按推测应该是魔笛手引孩子出走的地方，它看上去和我之前想象的并非完全一致。在某种程度上，发现这种差异使我知道了我们的创造力是如何发挥作用的。它塑造了我对这世界的观感。
I later learned how these stories portray life issues in miniature. These tales are psychological mirrors that can become more complex as we mature. Bedtime stories have enormous influence over our identities. People identify with certain characters in the stories they heard in childhood. To some degree, many live out these stories, largely unaware of how much the old tales may be shaping our lives.
我后来认识到，这些故事其实就是生活的缩影。这些童话就是反映心理的镜子，随着我们成长成熟，故事寓意变得愈发复杂。睡前故事对于我们的个性塑造影响巨大。人们认同自己童年里听到的故事中的某些人物。在某种程度上，很多人会按着这些故事的发展轨迹来生活，却没有意识到这些源远流长的故事可能对我们人生的塑造起着如此大的作用。
The story of the Pied Piper reminds us that every parent has to deal with letting go of their children and every former child has to cope with feelings about what it means to leave home. If we take the tale as a reflection of the inner landscape, we see that all the characters can represent aspects of our own personalities. The village leaders may symbolize a practical, thrifty side that does not sufficiently appreciate our magical qualities or artistic abilities. If we cheat the imagination of appropriate time and resources, things may go badly. Creativity and play engage the childlike energies that can leave us in a state of depression if they depart.
花衣魔笛手的故事提醒我们，每个父母都得面对放手让孩子高飞的情况，而每个孩子都得品尝到离家独立的滋味。如果我们视童话为对内心境况的映照，我们会看到所有的角色都代表着我们个性中的方方面面。村中的领导干部也许象征着我们现实而节俭的一面，这一
面不会很欣赏我们那些不可思议的特性或艺术才能。如果我们“欺骗”了想象力，不予其适当的时间和资源来发展，事情可能会变糟。创造力和游戏玩耍这些活动包含人们那孩童般旺盛的活力于其中，而如果这种活力消失，我们可能会陷入消沉状态。
Mythic stories make up a kind of collective dream that we all have together. If we want to understand our dreams, in many respects, we can look at these stories and study them. A talking animal in a story is often the voice of nature. Among other messages, we are being reminded that we are also animals. We are walking around in animal flesh. We sometimes forget this in our excessively mental, all too industrial culture. We are, first of all, animal creatures. We are not just visitors to nature, or merely caretakers of nature. We are nature. Guiding animals are crucial in mythic stories. Psychologically, this might well represent the wisdom of the body. Meanwhile, sinister or wicked characters may represent aspects of ourselves that have been neglected or rejected.
虚构的故事拼凑出的是一种我们所有人共有的梦想。如果我们想理解我们的梦想，从许多方面来讲，我们可以看看这些故事，好好研究一下。故事里会说话的动物所发出的通常就是自然的声音。在其传达的其他信息当中，它们提醒着我们，人类也同样是动物。我们以一副“皮囊”行走于世。置身于过度强调“精神世界”，全盘工业化的文化当中，我们有时会忘记这一点——我们首先是动物。我们不仅仅是偶尔走到自然里参观游玩或对其照料看管。我们属于自然。在虚构的故事中，起引导作用的动物是关键角色。在心理学上，这也许很好地表现了肉身存在的智慧(编者注：这里意指会说话的动物其实为人类的化身。因为人类过分关注其“社会性”而忽视了自身的“动物性”，而这些会说话的动物提醒了人们其“动物性”，因此我们不能忽视其智慧)。同时，邪恶或不道德的角色可能代表的是我们自身那些被忽略或被抹杀掉的方面。
The ancient tales have their own lives, each with unique, eccentric qualities.
英语美文欣赏10 Melancholy Music Can Make Us Feel Better 听悲伤的歌会让心情变好 We've all turned to melancholy music to make us feel better at some point in our lives, but why does doubling down on the sadness help drag us out of the mire? 我们都曾在生命中的某些时刻通过听悲伤的歌来让自己好受一些，但是为什么更多的悲伤反而会让我们走出低谷呢？ A new study sheds light on what's going on inside our brains when we match our music to our feels, and it looks like sad music can be enjoyable - rather than simply depressing - because it triggers positive memories that can help to lift our mood. 一项新的研究阐明了当我们将所听的音乐与心中感受配对的时候我们大脑里到底发生了什么。其结果显示：悲伤的音乐也能带来愉悦（而非简单地令人低落），因为它能通过触发积极的回忆来使我们的心情变好。 Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there are two groups of possible explanations for why we enjoy listening to sad music like this: one from social psychology, and one from cognitive neuroscience. 澳大利亚科廷大学的心理学家阿德里安·诺斯说，对于我们为什么这么享受悲伤的歌曲这一点，有两派可能的解释：一派来自社会心理学，一派来自认知神经科学。 In terms of social psychology, one way of thinking about this is that we feel better about ourselves if we focus on someone who's doing even worse, a well-known process known as downward social comparison. Everything's going to be okay, because this person is having an even worse day than you are. 从社会心理学这一派来讲，有一种思路是：当我们把注意力集中在一个比我们过得还惨的人身上时，我们会觉得好受些，这个过程就是著名的下行社会比较。一切都会好起来的，因为这个人比你过得更惨。 Another hypothesis from social psychology is that people like to listen to music that mirrors the tone of their current life circumstances – the songs act as a sort of tuning fork for our own situations, and they resonate with us. 社会心理学这一派的另一个假说是：人们喜欢听那些能反映自己现在生活境况基调的音乐，这些歌对于我们的境况来讲起到了类似音叉的作用，他们与我们产生了共鸣。 You Don’t Lack Reason But Action 你不缺道理，缺的是行动力 If you ask me what are the things that people should not do no matter how, the
经典英语美文欣赏80篇（适用于成人） 英语美文欣赏80篇 01-The Love of Beauty 英语美文欣赏80篇 02-The Happy Door 英语美文欣赏80篇 03-Born to Win 英语美文欣赏80篇 04-Work and Pleasure 英语美文欣赏80篇 05-Mirror,Mirror-What do I See 英语美文欣赏80篇 06-On Motes and Beams 英语美文欣赏80篇 07-An October Sunrise 英语美文欣赏80篇 08-To be or not to be 英语美文欣赏80篇 09-Gettysburg address 英语美文欣赏80篇10-First Inaugural Address
英语美文欣赏80篇11-American black bears 英语美文欣赏80篇 12-Coal-fired power plants 英语美文欣赏80篇 13-Statistics 英语美文欣赏80篇 14-Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs 英语美文欣赏80篇 15-The source of Energy 英语美文欣赏80篇 16-Vision 英语美文欣赏80篇 17-Folk Cultures 英语美文欣赏80篇 18-Bacteria 英语美文欣赏80篇 19-Sleep 英语美文欣赏80篇 20-Cells and Temperature 英语美文欣赏80篇21-Youth 英语美文欣赏80篇 22-Three Days to See 英语美文欣赏80篇 23-Companionship of Books 英语美文欣赏80篇24-If I Rest,I Rust 英语美文欣赏80篇 25-Ambition 英语美文欣赏80篇 26-What I have Lived for 英语美文欣赏80篇 27-When Love Beckons You 英语美文欣赏80篇 28-The Road to Success
【双语美文】《无论如何》 2014-11-15英语美文 《无论如何》 ——特蕾莎修女 People are unreasonable，illogical and self-centered； 人们不讲道理、思想谬误、自我中心， Love them anyway. 无论如何，还是爱他们； If you are kind，people may accuse you of selfish，ulterior motives； 如果你友善，人们会说你自私自利、别有用心， Be kind anyway. 无论如何，还是要友善； If you are successful，you will win some false friends and some true enemies；如果你成功以后，身边尽是假的朋友和真的敌人， Succeed anyway. 无论如何，还是要成功； The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow； 你所做的善事明天就会被遗忘， Do good anyway. 无论如何，还是要做善事； If you are honest and frank，people may cheat you； 诚实与坦率使你容易受到欺骗和伤害， Be honest and frank anyway. 无论如何，还是要诚实与坦率； People favor under dogs but follow only topdogs. 人都会同情弱者，却只追随赢家， Fight for a few underdogs anyway. 无论如何，还是要为一些弱者奋斗； What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight； 你耗费数年所建设的可能毁于一旦， Build anyway. 无论如何，还是要建设； If you find serenity and happiness，they may be jealous； 如果你找到了平静和幸福，人们可能会嫉妒你，
>01 The Language of Music A painter hangs his or her finished picture on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm -- two entirely different movements. Singers and instrumentalists have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner's responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties: the hammers that hit the strings have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sounds with fanatical but selfless authority. Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century. 01 音乐的语言 画家将已完成的作品挂在墙上，每个人都可以观赏到。作曲家写完了一部作品，得由演奏者将其演奏出来，其他人才能得以欣赏。因为作曲家是如此完全地依赖于职业歌手和职业演奏者，所以职业歌手和职业演奏者肩上的担子可谓不轻。一名学音乐的学生要想成为一名演奏者，需要经受长期的、严格的训练，就象一名医科的学生要成为一名医生一样。绝大多数的训练是技巧性的。音乐家们控制肌肉的熟练程度，必须达到与运动员或巴蕾舞演员相当的水平。歌手们每天都练习吊嗓子，因为如果不能有效地控制肌肉的话，他们的声带将不能满足演唱的要求。弦乐器的演奏者练习的则是在左手的手指上下滑动的同时，用右手前后拉动琴弓--两个截然不同的动作。歌手和乐器演奏者必须使所有的音符完全相同协调。钢琴家们则不用操这份心，因为每个音符都已在那里等待着他们了。给钢琴调音是调音师的职责。但调音师们也有他们的难处：他们必须耐心地调理敲击琴弦的音锤，不能让音锤发出的声音象是打击乐器，而且每个交叠的音都必
Sun smile 阳光般的微笑 The sun shone brightly on the ground in front of her feet as she pondered the reality of light. 太阳光芒四射地照耀这她脚前这片大地。她在沉思，思考着阳光是怎么一回事: How did light get here? Who made it and why? 它是怎么来到这儿的?谁让它来的?来做什么? She instinctively stepped into the sun spot and instantly felt warmer, brighter, and fuller of life and energy. 她下意识地踏进阳光里，整个人立刻觉得暖和，清醒起来，浑身充满了生机和活力。 The sun wrapped her in comfort and stability for, if nothing else,she could always count on the sun waking her up most mornings. 阳光笼罩着她，她感到很舒服很踏实，如果没有其他事情，大多数早晨，她都会让阳光叫她起床。
Its predictable radiance felt like the mother she never had as her childhood was characterized more so by pain and heartache than comfort and love. 太阳那如期而至的光芒就像妈妈一样，虽然她从来就没有感受过母爱，她的童年记忆里满是痛苦和伤心，而不是关怀和爱。 She stepped out of the sunlight and felt that all-too-familiar anxious pang in the pit of her stomach as she remembered how horrible it was to live in her childhood home. 她从阳光里走出来，一阵再熟悉不过的恼人的悲痛袭击了她的胸口，让她回忆起童年时的可怕生活。 Memories flooded her mind as she unsuccessfully tried to block them out by thinking good thoughts. 她努力朝好的方面想，希望能抵挡住如洪水般泛滥的痛苦回忆，但是无济于事。 Oh how she wished she could curl up in the middle of the sun and allow its love to encase her for all eternity. 她是多么希望可以蜷缩在温暖的阳光里，让太阳的爱包裹着她直到永远。 But, no, she was stuck here on earth with those who didn't feel the sun's rays the same way she did,who didn't feel deeply connected to this amazing source of life. 然而，这是不可能的。她只能在这儿，和其他人一起。其他人不像她一样渴望阳光，也不曾觉得自己与这神奇的生命之源有什么紧密联系。 All she could do was stand in the sun on occasion and shut out the rest of the world for a little while. 她唯一能做的就是偶尔站在阳光里，和阳光以外的世界短暂地隔离。 Maybe if she stood here long enough they would cease to exist. 她想也许只要一直站在阳光里，外面的世界也就不复存在了。
英语美文欣赏64 勇敢面对自己内心的敌人 We 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 the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won't need to live in fear of it. 我们的勇气并不是与生俱来的，我们的恐惧也不是。也许有些恐惧来自你 的亲身经历，别人告诉你的故事，或你在报纸上读到的东西。有些恐惧可以理解，例如在凌晨两点独自走在城里不安全的地段。但是一旦你学会避免那种情 况，你就不必生活在恐惧之中。 Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. 恐惧，哪怕是最基本的恐惧，也可能彻底粉碎我们的抱负。恐惧可能摧毁 财富，也可能摧毁一段感情。如果不加以控制，恐惧还可能摧毁我们的生活。 恐惧是潜伏于我们内心的众多敌人之一。 Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within. The first enemy that you've got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a tragic disease this is! "Ho-hum, let it slide. I'll just drift along." Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain. 让我来告诉你我们面临的其他五个内在敌人。第一个你要在它袭击你之前 将其击败的敌人是冷漠。打着哈欠说："随它去吧，我就随波逐流吧。"这是多 么可悲的疾病啊！随波逐流的问题是：你不可能漂流到山顶去。 The second enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword to this enemy. 我们面临的第二个敌人是优柔寡断。它是窃取机会和事业的贼，它还会偷 去你实现更美好未来的机会。向这个敌人出剑吧！ The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure, there's room for healthy skepticism. You can't believe everything. But you also can't let doubt take over. Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worse of all, they doubt themselves. I'm telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Doubt is an enemy. Go after it. Get rid of it. 第三个内在的敌人是怀疑。当然，正常的怀疑还是有一席之地的，你不能
谈一场恋爱就像读一本新书 Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right. 读一本新书恰似坠入爱河，是场冒险。你得全身心投入进去。翻开书页之时，从序言简介直至封底你或许都知之甚少。但谁又不是呢？字里行间的只言片语亦不总是正确。 Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could have ever told you. 有时候你会发现，人们自我推销时是一种形象，等你再深入了解后，他们又完全是另一种模样了。有时拙作却配有出色的市场推销，故事的叙述却流于表面，阅读过半后，你方才发觉：这本书真是出乎意料地妙不可言，这种感受只要靠自己去感悟！ You start off slow. The story is beginning to unfold. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment lugging this tome around. Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel guilty about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll keep hate-reading or just set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely — needing something to fill the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it. 你慢慢翻页，故事开始缓慢展开，而你却依旧心存犹疑。阅读这样的巨著需要百分之百的投入。或许它并不是你想象中的伟大的作品，奈何半途弃读会使你觉得不安。又或许，故事真的很烂，你要么咬牙苦读下去，要么立刻放弃束之高阁。抑或某个酒醉或孤寂的夜晚，你又重新捡起这本书来——但只为打发时光。不管怎样，它并没有比你初次阅读时好多少。
英语美文欣赏 第一篇：A Grain of Sand 一粒沙子William Blake/威廉.布莱克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. 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。 第二篇：Love Your Life 热爱生活Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. 不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；在那门前，积雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的，不
人生价值,活得精彩,要有理想: 生命可以归结为一种简单的选择:要么忙于生存,要么赶着去死。 活着不就是为活着而活着,生命就是一个过程,这个过程美好而又绚丽多彩。春天观察小草发出嫩绿的芽,很就是开心;夏天闻着君子兰飘来的淡淡清香,很就是悠哉;秋天体会丰收的喜悦,很就是知足;冬天瞧着“千里冰封,万里雪飘”很就是壮观。但这都不就是让我活着更好的理由。 苏联作家奥斯特洛夫斯基在小说《钢铁就是怎样炼成》当中写到:“人的一生应当这样度过:当回忆往事的时候,她不会因为虚度年华而悔恨,也不会因为碌碌无为而羞愧;在临死的时候,她能够说:我的整个生命与全部精力,都已经献给了世界上最壮丽的事业——为人类的解放而斗争。” 人活着就就是要做点什么,给世界留下一份美丽。岳飞留下了“待从头,收拾旧山河”的忠心,文天祥留下了“留取丹心在汉青”的志向,于谦发出了“粉骨碎身浑不怕,要留清白在人间”的呐喊。她们的人生都就是有意义的。生与死对她们来说已经不重要了。 人生的旅途也许有恶风险浪,沟沟坎坎,生命若活得浑浑噩噩,就像行尸走兽,大家要摒弃这种毫无意义的生活。要无论何时何地不忘自己的责任,不丢掉理想的追求,沿着自己的目标,活得光明磊落,扬起出征的风帆用有限的生命去做有价值的事,这才会使生命绽放光彩！生命如花,就让自己的生命花开时就是美好的,落时也就是美好的吧！把生命的花瓣,一瓣一瓣撒在人生的旅途上…… 为了人类自己,为了共同的社会,为了整个地球,让生命活得更有价值、更精彩,并让它飘出幽香吧！ 英雄的赞歌,骨气,意气 在长达几千年的中国历史上,涌现出无数的英雄。她们或守疆卫土,或敌御强敌,或驱逐外寇,或与腐败王朝殊死斗争,留下了伟大的英雄浩气,谱出了不朽的壮歌。这些满含英雄豪气的千古壮歌,如川江奔泻,如山峰屹立,感召着后人的壮志,鼓舞着后人们去拼搏,去创造更加辉煌的未来。这就是中华伟大民族精神的体现,更就是中华民族的本质。 骨气就就是孟子“富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移”的忠贞不渝。骨气就就是李白“安能摧眉折腰事权贵,使我不得开心颜”的傲岸不羁。骨气就就是于谦“粉身碎骨浑不怕,要留青白在人间”的刚强不屈。骨气就就是叶挺“人的身躯怎能从狗的洞子爬出”的凛然不惧。 宝剑锋从磨砺出,梅花香从苦寒来”这个人从不怕苦,吃得苦中苦,方为人上人。“黄师北定中原日,家祭无忘告乃翁”“醉里挑灯瞧剑”中国人不缺有志爱国志士,团结刻苦,永不认输。“山不在高,有仙则名;水不在深,有龙则灵。斯就是陋室,惟吾德馨。”文人骚客自古便有折她们的高风亮节,德馨就是她们的准则……“吾爱吾师,但更爱真理”中国人一直都不比遥远的西方国家笨,同样的时间,我们用我们专属的语言陈述着一样的真理！中国人我们用我们最精炼,优美的语句抒发着我们的对祖国的回报！ 智慧的结晶除了四大发明,怎么少得了儒家思想！孔子用她的儒教化了“人”何以为“人”。令世界知晓人非蛮夷,人需懂礼,品德行性的重要！韩国不就就是先借鉴了不？她将“礼”学习了,发展了,成了礼仪之国。别人的借鉴无疑就是对此的肯定！新加坡,一个小到只有我们的十万分之一的国家,她用从我们那学去的“礼”建立了一个家喻户晓的国家,即使她并没有辽阔的土地……而汉语在世界的各个角落正在发展,“全世界的在说中国话,孔夫子的话,越来越国际化……”我们就这样一路领先的用我们深厚的文化底蕴影响着世界……“三人行必有我师焉”“已所不欲,勿施于人”“有朋自远方来,不亦说乎”…… 善良
1.October Lake十月湖上 Herbert Ernest Bates赫伯特·欧内斯特·贝慈The October leaves have fallen on the lake. On bright, calm days they lie in thousands on the now darkening water, mostly yellow flotillas of poplar, floating continuously down from great trees that themselves shake in the windless air with the sound of falling water, but on rainy days or after rain they seem to swim or be driven away, and nothing remains to break the surface except the last of the olive—yellow lily pads that in high summer covered every inch of water like emerald porcelain. The lilies have gone too, the yellow small—headed kind that in bud are like swimming snakes, and the great reeds are going, woven by wind and frost into untidy basket islands under which coot and moorhen skid for cover at the sound of strangers. 十月时树叶已飘落湖上。在晴朗无风的日子里，树叶成千上万地攒聚在此刻已经色泽转暗的水面，这黄色小舟般的落叶——大多为白杨树叶——纷纷不停地从那些即使无风天气也颤抖不已的高树之上飘落下来，淅淅沥沥，仿佛水声；但是遇上雨天或雨后，它们又被飘得无影无踪，于是，除了那在盛夏时节宛如盏盏翠盘把湖面盖个满当而如今色作橄榄黄的睡莲残叶之外，这时湖上是一片利落。这连睡莲——一种在其蓓蕾时期有如浪里金蛇似的色黄头细的睡莲——也已不在，另外茂密的芦苇也稀疏起来，它们被风霜编织成了许多凌乱的蓝篓似的汀渚，这里的大鷭鸟和松鸡一听见什么陌生人的响动便溜进那底下去躲避。 All summer in this world of water —lilies, the coot and moorhen lived a bewildered life. There was no place where they could swim and all day they could be seen walking daintily，heads slightly aside and slightly down, across the lily-hidden water, as bemused by the world of leaves as they had been in winter by the world of ice. In the clearer water they are more active. The lake is long and unbroken except for two small islands. The birds, as the fit takes them, dash madly up and down it, taking off and touching down it, taking off and touching down like small fussy black sea-planes. Beside them the arrival of the wild duck, at much higher speed, is almost majestic. They plane down, the necks of the drakes shining like royal green satin, with the air of squadrons coming in after long flights from home. 长夏之际，在这片处处睡莲的世界里，大鷭和松鸡过着一种困惑迷惘的日子。它们找不到可以自由游泳的地方，于是整天整天可以看到它们在这片为睡莲盖满的水面之间小心翼翼地徐图前进，不时把头歪歪低低，对这片绿叶世界感到不胜惶惑，正如在冬天时候对冰天雪地感到的那样。遇到稍清净的水面，它们马上就活跃多了。湖面很长，除其中两处小岛外，大体连成一片。湖上的鸟儿兴致来时往往发狂般地参差其羽，翻飞水上，那起飞降落恍若无数细小激动的黑色水上飞机。相比之下，那野鸭飞来时的样子，而且速度也快得多，便几乎颇形威武。它们着陆时——一些雄鸭脖颈处闪耀着色如浓绿缎面的光泽，那神气大有飞机中队于其长期国外飞行之后初次返回本土之势。 It was not until late summer that fishing was possible. The water was so low and clear after drought that fish could be seen in great dark shoals, sunning themselves, shy, impossible to catch. Only in the evening, as the air cooled and the water darkened, and the surface was broken with the silver dances of the rising shoals, would you perhaps get a bite or two, a baby perch sucking at the worm, a roach no bigger than a sardine. All the time, on bright hot mornings especially, great pike would lie out in the middle of the lake in shoals of ten or even twenty, like black torpedoes, transfixed, never moving except in sudden immense rises that rocked the water-surface with rings. 钓鱼一事则要等待时序进入夏末才有可能。久旱之后，水面浅而清，深黝黝的游鱼可以成批看见，这是出来晒太阳的，但羞怯易惊，不好捕捉。只有等到晚间，当天气已经转凉，
Friends or 'Enemies?' When I was younger, my Dad used to tell me: "Boys don't want to be your friend." He then left the rest to my imagination. At the time, I didn't agree. I thought: I can crack a good joke, I know how to shoot a hoop, and I'm a cheerful person (but not in an annoying way). What kind of boy wouldn't want to be around that kind of girl? Turns out, my Dad was right. Not to be all "Samantha Brick" about it, but in my experience, single, heterosexual men aren't actively looking for an exclusively platonic relationship with a woman they find sexually attractive. This of course is not a revolutionary concept. In fact, it seems pretty natural to me. Now, I will be the first to say that it is really and truly the most wonderful thing in the world if the attraction is mutual. But the Powers That Be seem to like to play these complicated little mating games with humans where the guy we want to re-enact scenes from 9? Weeks with sees our attractiveness level as akin to that of a discarded dishcloth, and the most physical we could see ourselves being with the guy who actually likes us is a game of ping pong over an especially long table. All of which means that someone usually ends up getting rejected. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I have struggled with the scenario where I am not interested in a man romantically, but I want to keep him as a friend because he is funny and I enjoy his company, or he has shown himself to be that rare specimen known as "a nice, genuine person, " or he simply doesn't mention his therapist in every other sentence. Rather than string him along and give him hope, I feel compelled to somehow communicate to him sooner rather than later that we'll just be staying friends, nothing more. Otherwise, I think I am being unfair to him. Why should he waste his romantic stamina on me when there are loads of other single women out there who might fall instantly in love with him? The thing is, it can sometimes be tricky to reject a man and keep him as a friend. If the operation is not executed carefully, you may end up creating a "menemy." It requires a certain amount of skill to be able to turn down a man's sexual advances or romantic gestures and then get him to agree to meet you for blueberry pancakes the following weekend and chat about the latest Woody Allen film. Some men aren't satisfied with just that. I'm not clear why. What's so bad about friendship? Everyone needs buddies. But I've seen men react poorly or simply fall off the face of the earth. I get it -- their feelings are hurt. None of us likes getting rejected. But in my experience, some men find it especially soul-crushing. I am only bringing all of this up because I recently had to go through this scenario again. I had spent some time cultivating a friendship with a man who, in my defense, I thought was gay. So I didn't see the harm in him buying me the occasional falafel, or accepting an invitation to see a film with him. Isn't that what friends are for? But a mutual friend shed light on his sexual orientation (straight) and suggested that his intentions -- and attentions -- weren't platonic. He had never "made the moves" but now it was all crystal clear -- that explains the way he had looked at me that time the tahini sauce dribbled down my chin! Since he had clearly been too timid to express his feelings, I thought I would be clever this time and subtly mention the dates I had been going on, focusing on the one guy I was kind of keen on, so that he would know that I was "unavailable" for heavy petting and those sorts of activities, but that I was available for things like roller skating, falafel-eating and shooting the breeze. Doesn't that sound nice? That way, he would known not to try to lean in for a kiss, and I wouldn't have to pull the Stevie Wonder dance and dodge him went he went for it. It was like pre-rejection, yet I was sparing his feelings because he didn't even have to put himself out there! I really thought I was being brilliant. It backfired, of course. Said man ended up sending me an email rant accusing me of being insensitive by talking about other men when he had "feelings for me." As if I am psychic, by the way, just because I am a woman! How was I supposed to know that? I think in his mind we were dating. In my mind, he was my new gay BFF. In the end, I got mad at him for getting mad at me, and now the friendship has ended. And I have created yet another "menemy." Look, I have also tried the direct thing: "I really like you, but only as a friend, " but you can only do that when the guy has made his intentions clear, and in my experience, they either cope okay (though rarely do I feel much enthusiasm for friendship after that), or they really don't cope well. I also tried the thing where you make them think they are rejecting you, but it gets quite confusing and only works if the guy isn't very sharp, and why would I -- or you -- be hanging out with someone not that sharp in the first place? As we all remember, Billy Crystal's character says men and women can't be friends in When Harry Met Sally because the sex stuff gets in the way. I do have single, male, heterosexual friends with whom I have an easy, non-romantic rapport, but I honestly don't know if they would walk away if I was sprawled naked on a bed calling out to them. I may not be everybody's cup of tea, but sometimes, I wonder if they wonder. And they may wonder if I wonder. If so, I hope they'll keep it to