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Keep Your Direction

What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your your way to success, you must keep your direction.

巴金：做一個戰士（雙語）

一個年輕的朋友寫信問我：“應該做一個什麼樣的人?“我回答他：“做一個戰士。”另一個朋友問我：“怎樣對付生活了①，我仍舊答道：“做一個戰士。

高大的矮人從容應對挑戰-2

( To continue)The hardest thing about being a dwarf is dealing with people's reactions. Sometimes people seem to think I'm invisible and they'll do stuff like cut in front of me in a line as if I'm not even there.

如再活一次，一切將會不同

If I Had My Life to Live OverI would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

名作節選：亞西亞失落的心

下面這段文章選自英國遊記作家科林-薩布倫撰寫的《亞西亞失落的心》一書。本書描述了薩布倫在蘇聯解體後不久遊歷中亞諸國的經歷。在這個節選片段中，薩布倫敍述了他在土庫曼斯坦馬雷市度過的第一晚的見聞。

男人重美貌女人愛幽默

When it comes to romance, women prefer someone who tickles their funny bone while men opt for those who catch their eye, according to an international survey released on Wednesday.

中國的月亮

Moon in Chinese Celestial Cosmology The choice of the festival's theme -- celebrating the glories and mysteries of the moon -- was a natural.

人生禮頌 A Psalm of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers, 請別用哀傷的詩句對我講；Life is but an empty dream!人生呵，無非是虛夢一場！For the soul is dead that slumbers 因為沉睡的靈魂如死一般，And things are not what they seem.事物的表裏並不一樣。

耶穌的兄弟 Brother of Jesus

In October 2002, the Biblical Archaeology Society announced a discovery which could provide historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. An inscription had been found on an ancient bone box (ossuary) that reads

美麗人生 Beauty

Beauty There were a sensitivity and a beauty to her that have nothing to do with looks. She was one to be listened to, whose words were so easy to take to is said that the true nature of being is veiled.

ess(愛情的見證)

Slight unpremeditated Words are borne By every common Wind into the Air;Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born，And in one instant give both Hope and Fear：Breathing all Contraries with the same WindAccording to the

用心感受那《第一場雪》

The First Snow The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the

When You Are Old

When you are old and gray and full of sleep And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep； How many loved your moments of glad

Sand and stone

兩個朋友結伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起來，其中一個摑了對方一記耳光。被打的人感到自己受了傷害，但什麼也沒有説，只是在沙地上寫下了這樣一句話：“今天我最好的朋友摑了我耳光。

The Best Kind of Love

I have a friend who is falling in love. She honestly claims the sky is bluer. Mozart moves her to tears. She has lost 15 pounds and looks like a cover girl. "I'm young again!" she shouts exuberantly.

The kind of Chinese elite we need

The idea of nurturing the Chinese elite has been hotly debated in the press. It is understood that the Government leaders raised this issue with two main objectives: a) The elite are to meet the practical needs of our

Why I Want a Wife 我為什麼希望有個老婆

李井崗 譯註I belong to that ClASsification of people known as wives. I am a Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce.

What Women Dont Understand About Guys

Contrary to what many women believe, it's easy to develop a long-time ,intimate and mutually ful-filling relationship with a guy. Of course, the guy has to be a Labrador retriever.

Whats lacking in our education?

Heading a group of Chinese-language teachers on a recent trip to China, the author visited schools in Beijing and Shandong province. He shares his observations and reflections with our readers.

初 戀

——獻給韓國Tigerok譯她是我荒謬初戀的女主角。在晨曦的微光中，我醒來躺着，等待着她那近乎無聲的腳步下到門廳，等待着她那蜂蜜和蜜桃混合的一種説不清的氣味，來沖淡遊子屋外滿滿的濃厚的孤寂氣息。

The Many Faces of Love

Love.. what is love? A lot of people shared their views to what Love really is, or at least what Love is in their eyes. Perhaps love is just an illusion.

First Generation Chinese-American Experiences

Growing up in the U.S., as a first generation Chinese-American, was not an easy experience. However, I feel that my unique experiences have given me insightssintosboth cultures that have helped make me a richer person.

FAMILY

FAMILY= (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OUA man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

American media: mouthpiece of terrorism

This is an abridged version of an article published in Taiwan's "The Journalist ", a weekly news magazine. In the article, the writer laments that the American media has become a political tool that assists the

Tips on How to Get Along with People

Tips on How to Get Along with People為人之道1. Keep chains on your tongue; always say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts more than what you say.説話要謹慎；多想少説。

How to be there

How to be there?There Angels cheerGod says glory wordsInfants are cared by deerRiver's full of milkEveryone is so dear…——Just go with meI promise, I swearHow to be there?We've nothing to wearNaked in heavy snowThe

Love Your Life

However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard is not so bad as you looks poorest when you are fault-finder will find faults in paradise.

Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day, Isn't It? The day started out rotten. She overslept and was late for work. Everything that happened at the office contributed to her nervous frenzy.

The Rainy Day

The day is cold,and dark,and dreary; It rains,and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.

[英語散文]-火與冰

Fire and IceSome say the world will end in fire,Some say in what I've tasted of desire，I hold with those who favor [1] if it had to perish [2] twice,I think I know enough of hateTo know that for

英語贈言For Friend

A friend is, as it were, a second e is a friend that sticks closer than a prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity（危難時）, we know our friends.

[詩歌] 青春的驕傲

The Pride of Youth 青春的驕傲華爾德·司各特Proud Maisie is in the wood,Walking so early;Sweet Robin sits on the bush,Singing so rarely.“tell me ,thou bonny bird,when shall I marry me?”-“when six braw

A Grain of Sand 一粒沙子

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.從一粒沙子看到一個世界，從一朵野花看到一個天堂，把握在你手心裏的就是無限，永恆也就消融於一個

高大的矮人從容應對挑戰-1

Big Challenges "Keep staring, I might do a trick" That's the message on a T-shirt of mine. People stare at me all the time so I thought this shirt would be funny. See, I'm a f n.

另一種愛

Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he though.

[詩歌] From Song Of Myself

I think I could turn and live awhile with the animals ... they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long.

[詩歌]Loves Witness 愛情的見證

Love's WitnessSlight unpremeditated Words are borne By every common Wind into the Air;Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born，And in one instant give both Hope and Fear：Breathing all Contraries with the same

[詩歌]青春的驕傲

The Pride of Youth 青春的驕傲華爾德·司各特Proud Maisie is in the wood,Walking so early;Sweet Robin sits on the bush,Singing so rarely.“tell me ,thou bonny bird,when shall I marry me?”-“when six braw

[詩歌]Dreams 夢想

Dreams 夢想---Langston HughesHold fast to dreams 緊緊抓住夢想， For if dreams die 夢想若是消亡Life is a broken-winged bird 生命就象鳥兒折了翅膀 That can never fly. 再也不能飛翔 Hold fast to dreams 緊緊抓住夢想，For when

[詩歌]My last will 我的遺囑

My last will 我的遺囑---Joe Hillmy will is easy to decide, 我的遺囑容易確定For there is nothing to divide. 因為我並無財產分給所愛My kin don’t need to fuss and moan— 親人不必抱怨，悲哀---“Moss does not cling to

[詩歌]What makes a man?

What makes a man? ---Hamlin GarlandDo you fear the force of the wind 你可害怕寒風凜冽,The slash of the rain? 你可畏懼大雨滂沱Go face them and fight them, 去迎着風雨努力拼搏Be savage again .

Better Late Than Never

"It's like anything else, dear," said Mama. 'No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won't want to do it anymore."像任何事情一樣，不管你在某個事情上有多少天賦，如果這個事情本身不再能給你帶來樂趣，那你

Brother of Jesus

In October 2002, the Biblical Archaeology Society announced a discovery which could provide historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. An inscription had been found on an ancient bone box (ossuary) that reads

患難真情－動物讓我們感動

A Friend in Need Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in most any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had

每一個女人都漂亮

A little boy asked his mother "Why are you crying? ”一個男孩問他的媽媽：“ 你為什麼要哭呢？”"Because I'm a woman,”she told him.媽媽説：“因為我是女人啊。”"I don't understand,” he said男孩説： “我不懂。

The four marks of leadership

The four marks of leadership領袖的四種品質Address by John Engler, Governor of Michigan Delivered to Stephen F. Austin State University, Commencement Address, Nacogdoches, Texas, May 15, 1999. 密歇根州州長約翰.

男 人

男人令人首先感到的印象是髒!⑴當然，男人當中亦不乏刷洗乾淨潔身自好的⑵,甚至還有油頭粉面衣冠楚楚的⑶，但大體講來，男人消耗肥皂和水的數量要比較少些。

Women and Men

I was slow to understand the deep grievances of women. This was because, as a boy, I had envied them. Before college, the only people I had ever known who were interested in art or music or literature, the only ones who

時間即生命

最令人怵目驚心的一件事，是看着鐘錶上的秒針一下一下的移動，每移動一下就是表示我們的壽命已經縮短了一部分。再看看牆上掛着的可以一張張撕下的日曆，每天撕下一張就是表示我們的壽命又縮短了一天。因為時間即生命。

Money Cant Buy Happiness. Er, Can It?

Money Can't Buy Happiness. Er, Can It? 金錢能夠購買幸福嗎？你説説看。經濟學家的筆觸也是很散文化的，讀來動人y Can't Buy Happiness. Er, Can It?By PAUL KRUGMANCAMBRIDGE, Mass.

Strength of cultures: East and West

SPEAKING at the Third Joint Meeting of the Chinese Physics Societies held in Hong Kong recently, Nobel Laureate Prof Yang Chen-ning talked in particular about how Chinese culture — or Eastern cultures in general —

論和諧——托馬斯-布朗

Of Harmony It is my temper, and I like it the better, to affect all harmony: and sure there is musick even in the beauty, and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

中秋節習俗

Different Celebrated FormsFor thousands of years, the Chinese people have related the vicissitudes of life to changes of the moon as it waxes and wanes; joy and sorrow, parting and reunion.

中秋節探源

"Zhong Qiu Jie", which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon

中秋節的傳説

Mid-Autumn Legend-the moon fairyladyMany years ago, there was a king in China. He was a brave man who did lots of belifits to the people. He admired a beautiful girl and made her stay in the palace so that he could see

嫦娥奔月的傳説

Legend of Chang-Er, the Moon GoddessThe story begins around 2170 B.C. after the great flood in the Hsia dynasty. Yu, king of many kingdoms, was credited with stopping the flood, and with teaching farmers how to

愛情的見證

Love's Witness【愛情的見證】 英文：Slight unpremeditated Words are borne By every common Wind into the Air;Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born，And in one instant give both Hope and Fear：Breathing all Contraries

如果世界是個一百人的村落

To all my friends and loved onesLove from meUseful Perspective致朋友們以及我所愛的人們這是一份愛的禮物也是一席金玉良言 If the world were a Village of 100 People如果世界是個一百人的村落If we could shrink the earth's

秋之湖

I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine.

啟示：亡羊補牢，尤未遲也

It's Never Too Late By Marilyn ManningSeveral years ago, while attending a communications course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ashamed of,

黎明前的北京

前後加起來，我在北京已經住了四十多年，算是一個老北京了。②北京的名勝古蹟，北京的妙處，③我應該説是瞭解的；其他老北京當然也瞭解，但是有一點，我相信絕大多數的老北京並不瞭解，④這就是黎明時分以前的北京。

THE POLITICIAN

After damning politicians up hill and down dale for many years, as rogues and vagabonds, frauds and scoundrels, I sometimes suspect that, like everyone else, I often expect too much of them.

AT THE TAILORS

To me the meanest flower that blows can giveThoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.—Worthwords即使最賤的花朵綻放，也能給我帶來沉思，深埋心底，使我潸然淚下。

西式幽默

西式幽默①馮驥才學院請來一位洋教師，②長得挺怪，紅臉，金髮，連鬢大鬍鬚，有幾根鬍子一直逾過面頰，挨近鼻子，他個子足有二米，③每迸屋門必須低頭，才能躲過門框子的攔擊，叫人誤以為他進門先鞠躬，這不太講究禮貌了嗎？頂怪的是，他

Youth

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of

When the Moon Follows Me

Each of my sons made the discovery early. We would be riding in the car at night, and a little voice would call out from the back seat, "Hey, the moon is following us!" I would explain that the moon was not actually