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以下是小编整理的情感类英语美文欣赏:选择快乐所以快乐, 希望使你的心灵有所触动。
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He wasalways in a good mood and always had somethingpositive to say. When someone would ask him howhe was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, Iwould be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he hadseveral waiters who had followed him around fromrestaurant to restaurant. The reason the waitersfollowed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was anatural motivator. If an employee was having a badday, Jerry was there telling the employee how tolook on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don"t get it! You can"t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you have two choicestoday. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I chooseto be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I canchoose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to mecomplaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life.I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it"s not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, everysituation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people willaffect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It"s yourchoice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start myown business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about lifeinstead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in arestaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint bythree armed robbers. While trying to open the safe(保险柜), his hand, shaking fromnervousness, slipped off (忘记,遗漏)the combination (开启号码锁的号码组合)。 The robberspanicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma (创伤,外伤)center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from thehospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, hereplied, "If I were any better, I"d be twins. Wanna see my scars(伤疤)?" I declined to see hiswounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the backdoor," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I couldchoose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren"t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics (护理人员)were great. They kept telling me I was goingto be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions onthe faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He"s a deadman." "I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly (魁梧的,结实的)nurse shouting questions at me," saidJerry.
"She asked if I was allergic (过敏的)to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors andnurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Bullets!"
Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive,not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Ilearned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
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摘要:你是否总是会遇上错的人,却拥有一只最适合你的宠物?那么不妨看看以下这条恋爱建议。
Do you always go for the wrong men, but have the mostperfect pet? Then this relationship advice may be for you.
你是否总是会遇上错的人,却拥有一只最适合你的宠物?那么不妨看看以下这条恋爱建议。
A leading love expert has suggested there are parallels betweenpicking the perfect partner and the way you choose your dog.
一位著名的爱情专家认为,人们在选择最佳伴侣时有点类似于选择宠物狗。
Author and relationship coach Dr Annie Kaszina Ph.D - who is the first to admit she has her ownchequered relationship history - discovered that by applying these principles she could finally makethe right choices.
安妮博士是作家兼人际关系教练。作为第一个勇于承认自己复杂恋爱史的人,她发现采用一些法则会使她做出正确的选择。
When Annie met Orlandino it was love at first sight: the big brown eyes, the irresistible looks, theknack he had of making her laugh.
当安妮第一眼看到欧兰迪诺(Orlandino)时,便觉得他十分可爱。欧兰迪诺拥有一双棕色的大眼睛及令人无法抗拒的外表。他的一些小花招逗得安妮开怀大笑。
But sadly, he wasn't a keeper. Beneath that charming exterior lay some unsavoury habits and adifficult and a very demanding personality.
但令人伤心的是,他并不是那个值得安妮珍惜的人。他迷人的外表之下掩藏的是令人讨厌的习惯和执拗苛刻的个性。
Orlandino was the dog from hell.
欧兰迪诺就是一只地狱冥犬。
What Annie learned from that encounter set her on the path to becoming a women's relationshipcoach.
安妮在这段感情中领悟到的事情使她成为了一名女性人际关系教练。
She learned her lesson, chose her second dog - and her current lovely partner - with a lot morecare, and has since taught hundreds of women simple ways to spot the right man for them, usingher pet as the template.
她吸取经验教训,精心挑选了她的第二只狗,也是目前陪伴她的可爱伴侣。安妮用自己的狗作为例子,教导上百位女性如何用最简单的方式选择属于她们的真命天子。
Now Annie shares ten of her tips with Femail readers, inspired by her new book, entitled Do YouChoose Your Dog More Carefully Than Your Husband?, which comes out on Valentine's Day.
日前,安妮同Femail的读者分享了十条小贴士。这十条贴士源于她即将在情人节出版的新书——《你是否选择狗狗比选择丈夫更仔细》。
1. Temperament is king
性格才是王道
Mean, moody, and magnificent may sound exciting… So, too, may the idea of taking on achallenge, or 'taming' someone 'wild'.
吝啬卑鄙、喜怒无常、高贵华丽也许听起来令人兴奋无比,但也有可能意味着面临挑战,或是驯服某个野蛮粗鲁的人。
Unfortunately, they lead to hard work relationships; and hard work relationships lead to emotionalexhaustion and breakdown.
但不幸的是,脾气不好的人会导致感情变得难以维系,而难以维系的感情又会导致情感耗竭和感情破裂。
Better to look for someone sunny and sweet-natured.
最好是找个个性阳光、脾气好的人。
Think about the way a date projects himself on first meeting and beyond. Why would pessimismor negativity be an aphrodisiac?
仔细想想你的约会对象在第一次约会和之后的约会中是怎样表现自己的。为什么悲观消极的情绪会成为一种催情剂?
2. Check the pedigree
了解背景
Obviously, this is simpler with dogs than it is with people, and can't be settled on a first date. Butthen Rome wasn't built in a day, and nor should relationships be.
显然,了解狗狗的血统明显要比了解一个人的背景要容易得多,而且这不可能在第一次约会时就了解透彻。罗马不是一天建成的,恋爱关系也是如此。
You can listen to the way they talk about parents, family members, and friends.
你可以从他们对父母、家庭成员以及朋友的描述中获取一些相关信息。
If they come across as Billy-no-mates, there is cause for concern.
如果他们给你的印象是朋友寥寥无几,那你就得小心了。
3. Beware yappiness
注意言谈
Unless you're okay with saddling yourself with Mr I'm Great, Mr Alpha Male, Mr In Love With TheSound of His Own Voice, or Mr Life and Soul of the Party, be careful of over-talkers.
小心那些喋喋不休的人,除非你能忍受同自恋者、大男子主义者、喜欢自己声音的人或是派对上的活跃分子相处。
Incessant talking on a first date may be a sign of nerves, but also a lack of interest in the otherperson and a lack of social skills.
第一次约会时的喋喋不休可能是紧张的表现,也可能是因为他对他人没兴趣或缺乏社交技巧。
They need to take an interest in you too (This holds just as true for Strong, Silent Types).
约会对象也需要表现出对你感兴趣的样子(这一点适用于安静的壮汉)。
Asking non-intrusive questions is not rocket science.
问一些不侵犯他人隐私的问题并不是一件复杂的事。
4. Good manners
礼貌
This goes without saying. But it's not limited to table manners.
这一点不言而喻,但这并不只是指餐桌礼仪。
Snarliness towards waiters, children, and anyone outside the charmed circle of you and your dateis a bad sign of things to come.
怒骂服务生、孩子、交际圈之外的人或者约会对象,不好的事情就会发生。
Selective good manners actually suggest that those manners are not deeply ingrained and maysoon melt away.
选择性礼貌事实上暗示着它们并未深入人心,也许很快就会消失殆尽。
5. Over-exuberance
感情过于热烈
Pushy does not mean keen. It means pushy.
一意孤行就是它的字面意思,而非热切的渴望。
First date pushiness is the sign of someone who doesn't respect boundaries and will end uppushing you into emotional corners.
第一次约会时表现出的一意孤行可以看作是不尊重他人底线的表现,这会破坏感情进一步发展的可能。
6. Good behaviour
良好的行为举止
Many a woman who has overlooked a little first date leering - at other women - has lived to rue theday.
许多女性曾在第一次约会时忽略了约会对象对其他女性暗送秋波的细节,事后想起都会为此而懊悔。
You have standards for how you would dress and behave on a first date. Your date should, too.
对于第一次约会时的穿着和举止,你应该要有自己的一套标准。你的约会对象也应如此。
If your date's behaviour violates your standards in any way that's a clear sign that you could be infor a rough ride.
如果约会时的行为举止与自定的标准不同,那么你将会踏上一条曲折的感情之路。
7. Docility
性情温顺
You want your date to be sensitive and responsive to your wishes.
你理想中的约会对象应该是一个能察觉到你愿望并帮你实现它的人。
Choosing your meal for you, unasked, or making decisions for you without consulting you is aclear sign of wanting to be top dog.
一个人没有询问你意见就帮你点菜的,或是没有同你商量就擅自帮你做决定,很明显,他想成为你们关系中的主导者。
Do you want to be reduced to playing Bottom Dog?
难道你想沦为感情中的弱者吗?
8. Playfulness
能给你带来快乐
You want someone not just to have fun with, but someone who's fun to be around.
你不仅希望可以同约会对象相处愉快,还希望他能给周围的人带来快乐。
That doesn't necessarily mean someone who acts like a kid - what long-term kids are actuallylooking for is second mummies. You want someone who you feel comfortable enough around tobe silly with.
但这并不意味着约会对象的行为举止要表现得像个孩子。一个像孩子一样总长不大的人实际上是要为自己再找一个妈妈。你理想中的伴侣应该是一个能让你觉得舒心的人,即使你和他在一起时像个傻瓜。
9. Beware rogue breeders
当心周围疯狂的约会发起者
If you've been single for a while, friends may take it upon themselves to set you up with 'lovelydates'.
如果你处于感情空窗期有一段时间,你的朋友们可能会为你策划一场美好的约会,主动肩负起给你介绍对象的重任。
Just because they find that date 'lovely' in the context in which they know them doesn't meanyou will.
她们认为一场约会是美好的,并不代表对你而言也是一样的。
You wouldn't buy a house just on the say-so of Mrs Bloggs three doors down.
你不会因为住在离你三户远的布洛格斯太太(MrsBloggs)随口说的一句话,就买下一座房子。
You always have to do your own due diligence.
所以,你要认真地考虑问题。
10. Leave the paperwork at home
丢掉幻想
Women are terrible at playing 'Fantasy Future' - they go on a first date and, provided the man isn'tan obvious freak or psychopathic monster, they get busy imagining their future life with thatperson.
女性在幻想美好方面往往很不成功。她们在第一次约会时,只要男性不是一个情绪反复无常的怪人或是精神失常的怪物,接下来,她们开始忙于沉浸在和约会对象未来生活的幻想中。
A first date is not designed to be a marriage contract., it's simply the start of getting to knowanother person.
第一次约会并不是要制定一份结婚条约,而是双方相互了解的开始。
If you find yourself fantasising about that happy future, take a cold shower, or speak to agrounded friend.
如果你发觉自己开始沉浸在对未来的美好幻想之中,赶紧去洗个冷水澡或是找一位好友聊一聊。
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以下是小编整理的情感类英语美文欣赏: 我还会选择你做我的儿子,希望对你有所感触。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at theface of my 23-year-old son, Daniel, his backpack byhis side. We were saying good-bye. In a few hourshe would be flying to France. He would be stayingthere for at least a year to learn another languageand experience life in a different country.
It was a transitional time in Daniel's life, a passage,a step from college into the adult world. I wanted toleave him some words that would have somemeaning, some significance beyond the moment.
But nothing came from my lips. No sound broke the stillness of my beachside home. Outside, Icould hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.Inside, I stood frozen and quiet, looking into the searching eyes of my son.
What made it more difficult was that I knew this was not the first time I had let such a momentpass. When Daniel was five, I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. Ifelt the tension in his hand holding mine as the bus turned the corner. I saw colour flush hischeeks as the bus pulled up. He looked at me-as he did now.
What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it? Will I be okay? And then he walked up the steps ofthe bus and disappeared inside. And the bus drove away. And I had said nothing.
A decade or so later, a similar scene played itself out. With his mother, I drove him to Williamand Mary College in Virginia. His first night, he went out with his new schoolmates, and when hemet us the next morning, he was sick. He was coming down with mononucleosis, but we couldnot know that then. We thought he had a hangover.
In his room, Dan lay stretched out on his bed as I started to leave for the trip home. I tried tothink of something to say to give him courage and confidence as he started this new phase oflife.
Again, words failed me. I mumbled something like, "Hope you feel better Dan." And I left.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those lost opportunities. How many times have we alllet such moments pass? A boy graduates from school, a daughter gets married. We go throughthe motions of the ceremony, but we don't seek out our children and find a quiet moment totell them what they have meant to us. Or what they might expect to face in the years ahead.
How fast the years had passed. Daniel was born in New Orleans, LA., in 1962, slow to walk andtalk, and small of stature. He was the tiniest in his class, but he developed a warm, outgoingnature and was popular with his peers. He was coordinated and agile, and he became adept insports.
Baseball gave him his earliest challenge. He was an outstanding pitcher in Little League, andeventually, as a senior in high school, made the varsity, winning half the team's games with arecord of five wins and two losses. At graduation, the coach named Daniel the team's mostvaluable player.
His finest hour, though, came at a school science fair. He entered an exhibit showing how thecirculatory system works. It was primitive and crude, especially compared to the fancy,computerized, blinking-light models entered by other students. My wife, Sara, feltembarrassed for him.
It turned out that the other kids had not done their own work-their parents had made theirexhibits. As the judges went on their rounds, they found that these other kids couldn't answertheir questions. Daniel answered every one. When the judges awarded the Albert EinsteinPlaque for the best exhibit, they gave it to him.
By the time Daniel left for college he stood six feet tall and weighed 170 pounds. He wasmuscular and in superb condition, but he never pitched another inning, having given upbaseball for English literature. I was sorry that he would not develop his athletic talent, butproud that he had made such a mature decision.
One day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn't take a year or two offto travel when I finished college. This is the best way, to my way of thinking, to broadenoneself and develop a larger perspective on life. Once I had married and begun working, Ifound that the dream of living in another culture had vanished.
Daniel thought about this. His friends said that he would be insane to put his career on hold.But he decided it wasn't so crazy. After graduation, he worked as a waiter at college, a bikemessenger and a house painter. With the money he earned, he had enough to go to Paris.
The night before he was to leave, I tossed in bed. I was trying to figure out something to say.Nothing came to mind. Maybe, I thought, it wasn't necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a life-time if a father never tells a son what he really thinksof him? But as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it does matter. My father and I loved eachother. Yet, I always regretted never hearing him put his feelings into words and never havingthe memory of that moment. Now, I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why isit so hard to tell a son something from the heart? My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would beable to get out only a few words clearly.
“Daniel," I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked you."
That's all I could say. I wasn't sure he understood what I meant. Then he came toward me andthrew his arms around me. For a moment, the world and all its people vanished, and there wasjust Daniel and me in our home by the sea.
He was saying something, but my eyes misted over, and I couldn't understand what he wassaying. All I was aware of was the stubble on his chin as his face pressed against mine. Andthen, the moment ended. I went to work, and Daniel left a few hours later with his girlfriend.
That was seven weeks ago, and I think about him when I walk along the beach on weekends.Thousands of miles away, somewhere out past the ocean waves breaking on the desertedshore, he might be scurrying across Boulevard Saint Germain, strolling through a mustyhallway of the Louvre, bending an elbow in a Left Bank café.
What I had said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing. And yet, it was everything.
在家门口,我凝视着23岁的儿子丹尼尔的脸,他的背包就放在身旁。他的背包就放在身旁。我们即将道别几个小时之后,他就要飞往法国,在那里待上至少一年的时间。他要学习另一种语言学习法语,并在一个全新的国度体验新的生活。
这是丹尼尔生命中的一个过渡时期,也是他从象牙塔进入成人世界踏出的一步。我希望送给他几句话,几句能令让他受用终身的话语。
但我竟一句话也说不出来。我们的房子坐落在海边,此刻屋里静寂无声。屋外,海鸥在波涛澎湃的长岛海域上空盘旋,我能听见它们发出的尖叫。我就这样站在屋里,默默地注视着儿子那双困惑的眼睛。
更糟的是,我很清楚自己已经不是第一次让如此重要的时光白白流逝。丹尼尔五岁的时候,那是幼儿园开学的第一天,我领着他来到校车的上落点。当校车在拐角处出现时,他的小手紧紧地攥着我,我感觉到了他的不安。校车到站那一刻,丹尼尔双颊发红,抬头望着我——就像现在这样。
爸爸,接下来会怎样呢?我能行么?我会没事吗?说着,他上了校车,消失在我的视野里。车开走了,我却始终开不了口。
十多年后,这一幕再次上演。我与妻子开车送丹尼尔到维吉尼亚州的威廉玛丽学院读书。抵达在学校的第一个晚上,丹尼尔和舍友们一起外出。次日清晨再见到丹尼尔时,他感到身体不适。其实当时他体内已出现白血球增多,但当时我们并不知道,以为他只是喝多了而已。
我正准备启程回家时,丹尼尔正在宿舍的床上躺着。我很想说一些鼓励的话语,在他的新生活伊始给他勇气与信心。
但是,我再一次语塞。我只是咕哝了一句“希望你快点好起来,丹尼尔”就转身离开了。
此时此刻,站在丹尼尔面前,我想起了那些被错过的时刻。究竟多少次,我们让这些珍贵的时刻白白溜走?例如儿子的毕业典礼,女儿的婚礼等等。我们疲于应付这些热闹的场面,却没有在人群中逮住孩子,找个安静的地方,亲口说出他们对我们有多么重要,或者与他们聊聊未来的人生。
时光飞逝,岁月如梭。1962年小丹尼尔出生于洛杉矶新奥尔良市。他比同龄人稍迟学会走路和说话,个子也长得不高。但是,尽管丹尼尔是班里最瘦小的一个,他性格热情外向,人缘甚广。由于协调性好且行动敏捷,他很快成为了运动高手。
棒球是丹尼尔人生的第一项挑战。他是棒球队里出色的投手。高三的时候,丹尼尔带领学校棒球队所向披靡,创下了七局五胜的记录。在毕业典礼上,棒球教练宣布他为最有价值球员。
然而,丹尼尔最辉煌的时刻却是在一次校园科技展上。丹尼尔带着他的循环电路系统参加了这次展览。与其他参展学生的那些新奇怪异、电脑操控、熠熠发光的模型相比,丹尼尔的作品相形见绌。我的妻子莎拉都替儿子感到脸红。
后来才得知其他孩子的作品并非自己完成,而是父母代劳的。当评委在现场评审的时候,他们发现这些孩子都对参展作品一无所知,只有丹尼尔对答如流。于是他们把本次展览的最佳作品奖颁给了丹尼尔,并授予艾伯特·爱因斯坦奖牌。
丹尼尔刚进大学时已经是个身高六尺,重一百七十磅的堂堂男子汉了。自从放弃棒球而选择英国文学后,肌肉结实、身体强壮的丹尼尔却再没打过棒球了。我为他放弃了自己的体育特长感到惋惜,但更为他做出如此慎重的决定感到骄傲。
有一次,我告诉丹尼尔我一生中最大的失误就是大学刚毕业时,没能抽出一两年的时间周游列国。在我看来,这是开拓视野,形成豁达人生的最佳途径。我成家工作以后,体验异国文化的梦想就烟消云散了。
听了这番话后,丹尼尔若有所思。丹尼尔的朋友告诫他说,为了游历世界而把事业搁在一边,这是非常愚蠢的。但丹尼尔并不认同。毕业后,他在大学校园端盘子,骑单车送报纸,还替人刷墙。通过打工挣钱,他攒足了去巴黎的路费。
丹尼尔离开的前夜,我在床上辗转难眠。我想准备好明天要说的话,但脑袋里却一片空白。也许根本就无须赘言,我安慰自己。
即使一位父亲一辈子都不曾亲口告诉儿子自己对他的看法,那又如何?然而,当我面对着丹尼尔,我知道到这非常重要。我爱我的父亲,他也爱我。但我从未听过他说心里话,更没有这些感人的回忆。为此,我总心怀遗憾。现在,我手心冒汗,喉咙打结。为什么对儿子说几句心里话如此困难?我的嘴唇变得干涩,我想我顶多能够清晰地吐出几个字而已。
“丹尼尔,”我终于迸出了一句,“如果上帝让我选择谁是我的儿子,我始终会选你。”
这是我惟一能想到的话了。我不晓得丹尼尔是否理解了这句话,但他扑过来抱住了我。那一刻,世界消失了,只剩下我和丹尼尔站在海边的小屋里。
丹尼尔也在说着什么,但泪水已经模糊了我的双眼,我一个字也没听进去。只是当他的脸向我贴过来时,我感觉到了他下巴的胡子茬。然后,一切恢复原样。我继续工作,丹尼尔几个小时后带着女友离开了。
七个星期过去了,周末在海边散步时我会想起丹尼尔。横跨拍打着这个荒芜海岸的茫茫大海,几百英里之外的某个地方,丹尼尔也许正飞奔着穿越圣热蒙大道,或者在罗浮宫散发着霉味的走廊上徘徊,又或者此时正托着下巴坐在左岸咖啡馆里憩息。
我对丹尼尔说的那些话既晦涩又老套,空洞无文。然而,它却道出了一切。
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必须认识到历史上有许许多多的亊例都讲述了克服重重困难之后才成为卓越不凡之人。而他们曾面对的困难如此之大,以至于足以轻易粉碎他们的意志,并让他们流落于尘俗之中。下面是读文网小编为大家带来英语经典美文:成功是一种选择,希望大家喜欢!
All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for thepredictable challenges and setbacks that crop upeveryday. If we expect that life won’t be perfect, we’llbe able to avoid that impulse to quit. But even ifyouare strong enough to persist the obstacle course of lifeand work, sometimes you will encounter an adverseevent that will completely knock you on your back.
Whether it’s a financial loss, the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones, or some othertraumatic event in your life these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself and wondering if thingscan ever changefor the better again.
Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time. Some form of major adversity is eithergoing to be there or it’s lying in wait just around the corner. To ignore adversity is to succumb tothe ultimate self-delusion.
But you must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatnessdespite facing hurdles so steep that easily could have crashed their spirit and left them lying in thedust. Moses was a stutterer, yet he was called on to be the voice of God. Abraham Lincoln overcomesa difficult childhood, depression, the death of two sons, and constant ridicule during the Civil Warto become arguably our greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despitebeing deaf, dumb, and blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.
There are endless examples. These were people who not only looked adversity in the face butlearned valuable lessons about overcoming difficult circumstances and were able to move ahead.
我们每个人都应该让自己做好准备,迎接每天可以预见的挑战和突如其来的挫折。假如我们相信生活并非十全十美,我们就能够避免因一时冲动而放弃追求。但是即使你足够坚强并能够在生活和工作的障碍重重的道路上挺进,有时候你也会遭遇逆境,它将会在背后给你狠狠一击。
不管是出现经济损失,或是失去同辈及亲人的尊敬,或是遭受其他的生活重创,这些巨大的挫折都会使你对自己产生怀疑,并且想知道情况是否能够好转。
我们每个人都可能遭遇困境,而且它时常发生,有些灾祸不是即刻发生就是藏于角落以待时机。而忽视逆塊则无异于彻头彻尾的自我欺骗。
但是你必须认识到历史上有许许多多的亊例都讲述了克服重重困难之后才成为卓越不凡之人。而他们曾面对的困难如此之大,以至于足以轻易粉碎他们的意志,并让他们流落于尘俗之中。摩西曾有口吃,但他后来却成为传播上帝福音的使者。亚伯拉罕·林肯战胜了童年的艰难困苦、绝望沮丧、丧失两子之痛以及内战中纷至奋来的嘲弄,最终成为典国历史上无可擊辩的最伟大的总统。海伦·凯勒从小就双目失明,双耳失聪,又是个哑巴,但她还是对世界产生了深刻彩响。而富兰克林·罗斯福则患有小儿麻痹症。
类似的例子不胜枚举。这些人不仅大胆地直面逆境,而且从中学到了征服困境的宝贵经验,然后能够男往直前。
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选择指选项,也有指为自己做的决定的意思。例句:我们的选择塑造了我们的人生。那么你知道选择用英语怎么说吗?下面来学习一下吧。
selection
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第一类:顶级大报。也就是英文中说的newspaper of record。
The Guardian 《卫报》 (英式英语)
The Daily Telegraph 《每日电讯报》 (英式英语)
The New York Times 《纽约时报》 (美式英语)
The Washington Post 《华盛顿邮报》 (美式英语)
有同学会问,为什么没有大名鼎鼎的《泰晤士报》?呵呵,答案很简单:要钱。
第二类:娱乐小报。我们一般不建议读太low的小报,对,《太阳报》说的就是你。但是出于兴趣,某些不太low的小报也不是不能拿来解闷。毕竟通过《人民日报》学中文挺苦逼的,偶尔也可以看看新浪搜狐。
Daily Mail 《每日邮报》 深深的怀疑这家在中国有记者,什么吴亦凡秀长腿、上海地铁打架都上过这家的新闻。
第三类:行业报刊。
经济类:Financial Times,The Economist (《华尔街日报》收费,差评)
自然科学类:National Geographic, Nature, Scientific American
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以下是小编整理的情感类英语美文欣赏:你可以选择, 希望对你有所感触。
今天就在你的眼前,等着你去塑造。你就是每一天的雕刻师,每一个今天都在你手中……
You have a choice I woke up early today, excitedover all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.
My job is to choose what kind of day I am going tohave.
Today I can complain because the weather is rainyor I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.
Today I can fell sad that I don’t have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourageme to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.
Today I can lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up or I can feelgrateful that they allowed me to be born.
Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.
Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover newrelationships.
Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored becausethe Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.
Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets todo the shaping.
What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!
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导语:人生中,没什么决定比选择一个合拍的出行拍档更重要的了。
There is no more important decision or greater commitment in life than choosing the right traveling companion. Having a kid, getting married, rescuing a puppy, moving from Manhattan to Texarkana—these are all small potatoes compared to spending 10 days in Guadeloupe with a friend.
Most people have a lot of friends, maybe even several tiers of friends. The A list, the B list, the ones who can drive, the ones who can find the exact right pair of jeans, the ones who have a lot of specialist doctors, the ones who can set up a tray of hors d’oeuvres in the shape of a pinwheel—but none are who you’d want to take on a trip. That takes a whole different list of criteria and it is all about Travel Compatibility.
人生中,没什么决定比选择一个合拍的出行拍档更重要的了。结婚生子,解救宠物,从曼哈顿搬到德克萨肯纳——这些事情,比起和朋友去瓜德鲁普岛呆上10天而言,都只是小巫见大巫。
多数人都有一大帮朋友,甚至还分好几类。密友,普通朋友,会开车的,找牛仔裤很拿手的,认识很多专科医生的,会将开胃菜拼成纸风车形状的——但是他们都不是你想共同旅行的那个人。这类朋友的标准与前面的截然不同,其实一切都只是关乎“旅途和睦指数”的问题。
I‘ve compiled a simple checklist of scenarios for you and your potential travel mate to consider. If you have fewer than four out of six questions in common, you may want to rethink your choice.=
Financial Compatibility: This is not just about having similar incomes, but also about the way you spend money. Here’s the scenario: You’ve been walking around Belize all day and are exhausted and a little bit lost. You see a bus stop that might take you near your hotelandyou see a taxi that will cost big bucks but will certainly take you to your hotel. Are you going to splurge or save?
我列了一个简单的情景列表,供你与你的潜在驴友考虑。6个问题中,如果你们答案相同数还不到4个,那奉劝你们还是重新考虑下自己的选择吧。
财力相当:这不仅指收入相当,而是你们花钱的方式。假设以下场景:你已经在伯利兹走了一整天,筋疲力尽,还有点迷路。这时,你看见一个公交车站,公交也许可以把你带到附近的酒店。与此同时,还有一辆的士出现,打的烧钱,但肯定能把你带到你所下榻的酒店。那么,你是要挥霍一把去打的还是省钱坐公交呢?
Fitness: If you’re the kind of person who panics when your gym is closed on Christmas, you’ll want to make sure you’re both on the same page about fitness options. Here’s the scenario: You are at the Statue of Liberty and you have a option of walking up to her nose or taking a helicopter around it. Are you taking the easy way out?
适合度:如果你是那种在圣诞节看见常去的健身房关门了都会恐慌的人,那么你会想要确保你的同伴和你在这题的选择上是一致的。假设以下情景:你正站在自由女神像脚下,眼前摆着两个选择,一是靠自己往上走,一直走到神像鼻子的高度;二是搭乘直升飞机环绕神像。你会选择省事的后者吗?
Eating and Drinking: This is one of the most crucial points, in my opinion. I need to eat in a timely fashion, and my personality suffers if I don’t. Because this one is more important than anything else, be honest with your answers to the following true-or-false questions: your trip depends on it.
饮食问题:这是最重要的问题之一。就我而言,我要及时吃饭,否则我就会发飙。因为吃饭是头等大事。下列对错题请如实作答:这可关系到你的旅行。
• I have frequently uttered the sentence, “I forgot to eat lunch!” True or False.
• 我是否经常说,“我忘记吃午饭了!” 对或错?
• When given a choice between a boat ride down the Ganges or a breakfast buffet, I’d choose the buffet. True or False.
• 如果有机会乘船渡恒河或吃自助早餐,我还是会选择后者。对或错?
• Sometimes I need a glass of wine, and when I say a glass, I mean a bottle. True or False.
• 有时候我需要一杯酒,当我说一杯的时候,我其实是要一瓶酒。对或错?
• I understand that some people shouldn’t be spoken to before they’ve had coffee. True or False.
• 我理解有些人必须等到他们喝过咖啡,才能跟他们说话。 对还是错?
The True Test of Friendship: How Do Relationships Withstand the Amazing Race
友谊的真正考验:看友谊如何顶住《极速前进》这档真人秀节目
How You View Art:I’ve often impressed people with the speed by which I can get through an exhibit. In fact, I frequently find myself waiting for upwards of an hour at the gift shop at the end of a show—which is not a bad thing. You can tell what pieces were the most important by what’s on the T-shirts and mugs. Okay, there’s not really a scenario here. Just say “Do you like to spend hours looking at one painting?” and take it from there.
如何看待艺术:我观看展览会的速度常常令人折服。事实上,我经常在展会结束时,在礼品店内等上一个多小时——这并非什么坏事。因为你可以从T恤和马克杯的图上看出哪些部分是最重要的。好吧,这根本算不上什么情景假设。就问问“你喜欢花数小时盯着一幅画看吗?”从这个问题中你就可得到“如何看待艺术”这题的答案了。
Level of Comfort: This overlaps with many of the previous categories, but it is significant in its importance—or lack thereof. This is where you need to find out how your companion rates the things you consider non-negotiable in a hotel. Everyone’s list is different, but just to get you started, here’s mine:
舒适度:这一点和前面许多分类有所重叠,但它意义重大——又或者其实没什么意义。从这点中,你要找出你的同伴是如何评价那些你所认为的酒店中的必备品。每个人的清单都不同,为了给你一点启发,我来列列我的清单:
• Air-conditioning
• 空调
• WiFi
• 无线网络
• Room service
• 客房服务
• A minimum of three stars, no wait, four
• 至少是三星级酒店,等等,至少四星……
• Bonus for a stocked minibar
• 如果有供应充足的小酒吧就可加分
Flexibility and Temperament: This last one encompasses all the categories. Some things to think about: How nuts do you get if everything doesn’t work out? Is the goal of your trip to enjoy yourself? If you desperately wanted a water view and you’re facing the airport, will you cry or appreciate that you’re getting to see an awful lot of planes take off? Or do you have a checklist of sites that you’d be devastated to miss? (You and your friend should be in synch. You can’t have two people panicking that the Pyramids are closing.)
灵活度和性格匹配度:最后一条囊括了所有分类。考虑下以下情况:如果事事不顺,你会有多抓狂?旅行的目的是否是为了玩得尽兴?如果你超想看水景,面对的却是飞机场,你准备大哭一场还是心怀感恩,因为自己就要看到许多飞机起飞的场景?又或者你是否列了一张景点清单,万一错过,会伤心欲绝。(你和驴友必须保持一致。万一你们俩都因为金字塔关闭就惊慌失措,你会受不了的。)
In the end, my advice is to go with your gut. And at the very least, know that you don’t want to travel with me.
最后,我的建议就是:放胆去玩。然后至少还得明确一点,那就是你可不想和我一起出去旅行。
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伴侣,指同在一起生活、工作或旅行的人;亦指夫妻。语出《百喻经·伎儿著戏罗刹服共相惊怖喻》:“时行伴中从睡寤者,卒见火边有一罗刹……一切伴侣悉皆逃奔。”那么你知道伴侣的英语单词是什么吗?下面来学习一下吧。
他找到了理想的伴侣。
He has found his ideal mate.
她是个好伴侣。
She's an excellent companion.
你如何选择你的朋友和伴侣?
How do you choose your friends and partners?
使婚姻中的一个伴侣停止爱其配偶。
Make one of the partner in a marriage stop loving the other.
他现在没有固定的(性)伴侣。
He doesn't have a regular (sexual) partner at the moment.
他一直以为她是他儿子的理想伴侣。
He had always considered her an ideal companion for his son.
你是否期望你的伴侣不等你提出就主动满足你的需要?
Do you expect your partner to anticipate your needs?
研究结果为男人如何选择伴侣和女人如何争夺伴侣提供了更多线索。
They shed new light on how men choose and women compete for mates.
本人的伴侣和她的男伴侣要帮本人“钓个”他们熟悉的小伙子。
My friend and her boyfriend want to hook me up with a guy they know.
但是,我们有没有为伴侣花费过时间,试着使自己成为完美的伴侣?
But how much time do we spend trying to be the perfect partner for our partner?
她与同居伴侣共住这一间公寓。
She shared the apartment with her live-in partner.
只要你心诚,往喷泉里扔下一根大头针,然后盯着泉水看,就能看见未来伴侣的影子。
Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner.
只要她不表露她的激情和情感,她就可以选择自己的婚姻伴侣。
She could choose her own partner in matrimony, as long as she gave no utterance to her passions and emotions.
乔治对伴侣的不忠行为视而不见。
George ignored his partner's infidelities.
他对婚姻伴侣的选择
His choice of marriage partner
水瓶座位居第二是因为他们从不觉得伴侣关系有什么让人开心之处,对他们来说,伴侣关系能导致幽闭恐怖症。
Aquarius is next since they are never happy about claustrophobic partnerships.
同时他们也要意识到,检测结果也有可能呈假阴性,这样他们就不会自以为逃过一劫,再去危害他们的性伴侣。
He needed to appreciate the danger of false negatives, so he wouldn 't become reckless, endangering sexual partners.
我差不多一进这屋子,就挑中你做我的终身伴侣。
Almost as soon as I entered the house I singled you out as the companion of my future life.
还在我上四年级的时辰,母亲就起头吸毒,是以在我上七年级时,一个伴侣偶然给我年夜麻,让我试试,我也不感觉有甚么不合错误。
My mom started abusing drugs when I was in fourth grade, so when a friend offered me weed in seventh grade, it didn't seem wrong to try it.
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以下是小编整理的情感类英语美文欣赏:生活充满选择, 希望使你的心灵有所触动。
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He isalways in a good mood and always has somethingpositive to say. When someone would ask him howhe was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better,I’d be twins!” He was a natural motivator.
迈克尔是那种你真想恨一恨的家伙,他总是乐呵呵的,总是说些积极上进的话。如果有人问他近况如何,他会这样回答:“如果我还能再好,我就成双胞胎了!”他生来就会让人积极进取。
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael wasthere telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this stylereally made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t get it. Youcan' t be positive all the time. How do you do it?"
如果哪位雇员有天过得很糟糕,迈克尔会告诉他如何看待问题的积极一面。他的这种方式着实让我好奇,所以有一天我找到迈克尔问:“我真弄不明白。你怎么能总是那样积极乐观?你是如何做到这一点的?”
Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike, you have two choices today.You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to bein a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose tolearn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining I canchoose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose thepositive side of life."
迈克尔回答说,“每天早晨醒来时我对自己说,‘迈克,今天你有两种选择。你可以选择心情愉快,你也可以选择心情恶劣。’我选择心情愉快。每次什么不愉快的事情发生时,我可以选择成为一个牺牲品,也可以选择从中吸取教训。我选择从中吸取教训。每次有什么人找我来抱怨,我可以选择接受他们的抱怨,也可以选择向他指出生活的积极面。我选择指出生活的积极面。”
"Yeah, right. It isn't that easy." I protested.
“是的,不错。可并不那么容易呀。”我表示异议。
"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, everysituation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people willaffect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's yourchoice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.
“其实很容易,”迈克尔说。“生活就是选择。从每一事物剔除一切枝节后剩下的都是一种选择。你选择如何应付生活中的种种情形。你选择他人会怎样影响你的情绪。你选择是心情愉快还是心情恶劣。说到底:如何生活是你自己的选择。”我琢磨着迈克尔的这席话。
Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my ownbusiness. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life insteadof reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off60 feet from a communications tower.
那以后不久,我离开了工作数年的大企业去创建自己的公司。我们失去了联系,但当我对生活做出一种选择而非对它做出反应时,我时常想起迈克尔。几年之后,我听说迈克尔遭遇一场恶性事故,从一座通讯大楼的60英尺高处掉了下来。
After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospitalwith rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I askedhim how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I’d be twins. Wanna see my scars?" Ideclined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accidenttook place.
在经历了18个小时的手术和数周的精心护理之后,迈克尔出院了,背部装有金属杆。大约事故半年之后,我见到了迈克尔。当我问他怎么样时,他回答,“如果我还能再好,我就成双胞胎了。想看看我的伤疤吗?”我拒绝看他的伤痕,但的确问了他事故发生时他是怎么想的。
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter,"Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose tolive or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren’t you scared? Did you loseconsciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great. They kept tellingme I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw theexpressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l read'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, therewas a big burly nurse shouting questions at me” said Michael. "She asked me if I was allergic toanything. ‘Yes,’ I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. Itook a deep breath and yelled", ‘Gravity’” Over their laughter, I told them, 'I'm choosing to live.Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
“我首先想到的是我那即将出世的女儿的幸福生活,”迈克尔答道。“当时我躺在地上,我记起我有两种选择:我可以选择活着,也可以选择死。我选择了活。”“你难道不害怕吗?你失去知觉了吗?”我问。迈克尔接着说,“……那些护理人员棒极了。他们不停地告诉我我会好的。但当他们把我推进手术室,我看到医生和护士脸上的表情时,我真是吓坏了。在他们的眼里,我读出了‘他是个死人。’我知道我应该采取行动。”“你采取了什么行动?”我问道。“有一位人高马大的护士大声冲我问问题,”迈克尔说。“她问我是否对什么过敏。‘是的,’我说。医生和护士都停下手中的活儿等我回答。我深吸一口气大声说出,‘万有引力。’他们的笑声未了,我告诉他们,‘我选择活着。把我当活人而不是死人来做手术。”’
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I1eamed from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. Attitude is everything.
迈克尔活了下来,这要感谢他那些医生的高明医术,但也要归功于他那令人赞叹的态度。我从他那里学到了我们每天都有机会充实地活着,关键是态度。
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我们又该如何选择合适的伴侣?看一下下面这篇文章吧。
This step is very important if you really want to choose the right partner. You have to know yourself. Some people are searching in all corners of the earth for their soulmate but come back in vain. One of the reasons of that failure is that the bachelor did not ask himself. So the, before loving someone, before making your choice on the right guy or girl to marry, start by asking yourself the real questions: who are you? What do you want? What are you expecting from your partner? What do you like most? All these little questions may seem tiny but are very important. It is after answering these questions to yourself that you can start defining who you are and what you really want.
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以下是小编整理的哲理类英语美文欣赏:选择了美好,每日便能安眠, 希望对你有所启发。
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbornamed Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'dever known. He never yelled at us for playing in hisyard. I remember him as someone who was a lotnicer than circumstances warranted.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was plantingtrees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life's goalwas to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting theoriesconcerning plant husbandry. He came from the “No pain, no gain” school of horticulture. Henever watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why.He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each successive treegeneration will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and weedout the weenie trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren'twatered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture. I took him to mean that deep rootswere to be treasured.
So he never watered his trees. He'd plant an oak and, instead of watering it every morning,he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and hesaid it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs went to glory a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked byhis house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago.They're granite strong now. Big and robust. Those trees wake up in the morning and beattheir chests and drink their coffee black.
I planted a couple of trees a few years back. Carried water to them for a solid summer. Sprayedthem. Prayed over them. The whole nine yards. Two years of coddling has resulted in trees thatexpect to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble andchatter their branches. Sissy trees.
Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs'. Adversity and deprivation seemed to benefitthem in ways comfort and ease never could.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch theirlittle bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that theirlives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer.
This change has to do with the inevitability of cold winds that hit us at the core. I know mychildren are going to encounter hardship, and I'm praying they won't be naive. There'salways a cold wind blowing somewhere.
So I'm changing my prayer. Because life is tough, whether we want it to be or not. Too manytimes we pray for ease, but that's a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for rootsthat reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be sweptasunder.
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2016考研第一轮复习,已经开始有小伙伴在接触阅读题型了吧。趁大家还没“入戏太深”,都教授要跟大家说说考研英语阅读要避免的误区和学习方 法。大家在做四六级阅读的时候肯定深有感触,整套题做下来像是一场幻觉,稀里糊涂的就做完了,一问你做题依据,心里就开始发慌,即使做对了心里也没底。考研英语阅读难度比四六级大很多,不及时的掌握一套科学的做题发法,你的英语过线都很困难。
下面小编就带各位考生来“攻克”一下,希望能对大家有所帮助。
第一,此阶段一定要“读起来”,目的就是“以毒攻毒”。
一、配以阅读来强化单词记忆;
二、培养语感。
同学此阶段背单词仍然是第一位的,但是,不能只是单纯的背单词。单词如果不用或是用不对,背下来也 没有任何意义,所以,单词一定要背下来。而且,一定要在一个语境当中去强化单词记忆,熟悉单词用法。简单举个例子,我们说20岁的女人是茉莉花,沁人心 脾;30的女人是玫瑰花,妖艳妩媚;40岁的女人是梅花,风韵犹存;50岁的女人是兰花,蕙质兰心。就如同不同年龄段的女性有不同的风情,单词在每一个语 境中也有它本身引申义。所以,大家不要盲目的背单词,既没有起到效果,又耽误复习时间。所以,请拿起阅读材料,不枉背单词一次。
第二,用“心”选择阅读资料。
最近在和学生交流中,发现大家普遍存在两个非常严重的问题:
一,一撮人不知道 看什么,无从下手。对于这类同学我们还要划以区分:
六级已过人群,适合选择一些相对高端点的资料;
六级未过的同志应更加重单词记忆以及我们教材中单词编写 下方的真题例句研读。这一阶段,我们不求快,不求满,只求打牢基础。
还有另外一撮人是“学长派”的,总和我说,我学长让我看什么看什么。孩子们,其实向学 长取经是很好的一条启程之路,有方向感的学长会给我们很大的帮助;但是,老师有几个问题:
1.你是你的学长们?
2.你和学长们在同一个起跑线上吗?
3.你 们的资质和知识底蕴和学长是相同的吗?
人生自己跨的,江山是自己打得,谁好谁带着,谁坏谁挨着。切莫拿别人的地图走自己的路,万一迷路了呢,是吧!所以, 请正确认清自己的底牌,切莫好高骛远或内敛至极!
第三,善于取舍题材。
考研是一类选拔性的考试,那必然是有针对性的。所以,一定要抓重点,缕结构,扒内涵。考研题材主要涉及经济,文化,科普以及自然类的文章!如2014年英语一第一篇文章即为社会文化文章,对于这种备受冷落的题材大家一定要予以重视。
老子《道德经》讲,‘一生二,二生三,三生万物’。学习亦是如此,请大家谨记。另外,老师还想分享给大家我很喜欢的一句话:土豆和西红柿本不是 同一个世界,但是当土豆变成薯条,西红柿变成番茄酱,他们就变成绝配。没有谁生下来注定就是赢家,还在于活着的过程,奋斗的过程,与考研各位共勉。
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Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself:
生活有时候困难得难以置信,但又不容置疑。我们面临的挑战与困境似乎无法抵御,试图毁灭我们生活,甚至使你犹疑是否继续走下去。但是你总有选择的余地。从人生低谷走向新生活的杰西卡·赫斯乐普,在这里与我们分享她启迪心灵、充满震撼力的生活之旅。
In 2012 I had the worst year of my life.
I worked in a finance job that I hated and I lived in a concrete jungle city with little greenery. I occupied my time with meaningless relationships and spent copious quantities of money on superficialities. I was searching for happiness and had no idea where to find it.
Then I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and became virtually bed bound. I had to quit my job and subsequently was left with no income. I lived with my boyfriend of then only 3 months who financially supported me and our relationship was put under great pressure. I eventually regained my physical health, but not long after that I got a call from my family at home to say that my father’s cancer had fiercely progressed and that he had been admitted to a hospice.
I left the city and I went home to be with him.
2012年是我生活中最艰难的一年。
我做着讨厌的财务工作,住在难寻绿色的高楼林立的城市。我忙于无意义的交往,在一些肤浅表面的东西上大笔开销。我寻找快乐,却又不知道它在哪里。
然后我患上了慢性疲劳综合症,几乎到了卧床不起的地步。我不得不辞掉工作,同时也就断了财源。我和那时仅相处了3个月的男友住在一起,经济上完全依赖于他,我们的关系承受着巨大压力。终于我恢复健康,但不久,我接到家里的电话,父亲的癌症急剧恶化,已经住进了临终关怀中心。
我离开了城市,回家陪父亲。
He died 6 months later.
My father was a complete inspiration to me. He was always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his last breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life. I couldn’t believe I would never again cuddle into his big warm chest and feel safe no matter what.
The grief that followed was intense for all of us 5 children and our mother, but we had each other.
But my oldest sister at that time complained of a bad back. It got so bad after 2 months that she too was admitted to hospital.
They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was nothing that they could do.
6个月之后,他去世了。
父亲的事让我彻底清醒。他一直很强壮,在他咽气之后一分钟里,我真的认为,他会活过来。我不能相信,我再也不能依偎在他温暖的怀抱里,享受他宽大的胸怀带给我的安全感。
母亲和我们5个兄弟姐妹极为难过,但至少我们还拥有彼此。
但是,那时我大姐开始抱怨着背痛,2个月后,因疼痛加剧也住进了医院。
医生们检查发现,她已是骨癌晚期,对此他们已无能为力。
She died 1 month later.
I could never put into words the loss of my sister in my life.
She was a walking, talking angel and my favourite person in the whole world. If someone could have asked me the worst thing that could ever happen, it would have been losing her.
She was my soul-mate and I never thought I would journey this lifetime without her.
1个月之后,她也走了。
大姐的逝去让我陷入难以形容的痛苦之中。
在这个世界上,她是一个能走路、会说话的天使,我最喜欢的人。如果有人问我,世界上发生的最坏的事情是什么,那就是失去她。
她是我的灵魂伴侣,我从来没有想过,我会走过没有她陪伴的生命旅程。
The Moment Of Deliberate Choice
The shock and extreme heart break brought me to my knees. The pain was so great and my world just looked desolate. I had no real home, no money, no job, and no friends that cared. Not one person had even sent me a sympathy card for my loss.
I made an attempt of my own life and I ended up in hospital.
I remember lying in the hospital bed, looking up at the ceiling and seeing my sister’s beautiful face. She stayed with me all night long.
I realised during that night that I had a choice. I could choose to end my life or I could choose to live it.
I looked in my sister’s eyes and I made a decision not to go with her just yet. That I would stay and complete my journey here.
I also made the decision that, I wouldn’t just live any life. I would live the life that I absolutely LOVE and nothing less.
In that moment, the clarity that descended around me was like a light shining in a dark room for the first time. As if the earth’s plates had shifted under my feet and everything suddenly looked real for the first time.
抉择时刻
我被打击和极度的心痛击挎了。强烈的痛苦使世界在我眼中变得如此凄凉。我没有真正意义上的家,没有钱,没有工作,也没有关心我的朋友。没有一个人因我失去亲人而寄给我慰问卡。
我尝试着活下去,结果住进了医院。
我记得,躺在病床上,看着天花板,看到姐姐美丽的面庞。她整夜守候着我。
那天晚上,我意识到我可以选择。要么结束生命,要么活下去。
望着姐姐的眼睛,我决定不跟她走。我要留下来,走完我的生命旅程。
同时,我还决定,不只为生活而生活,我要完全以自己想要的方式生活。
在那一刻,这一想法第一次清晰得如同一盏在黑暗闪烁的明灯。好像脚下的地球版块变换了,每一样东西在我眼前都真实得前所未有。
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我们都知道学习英语,听力是第一步,选择怎么样的材料最适合听力练习呢?小编建议大家,教材不在于多,在于精,我们发现有时候我们买了太多的材料,结果没有一本完全看完的,所以选择教材的时候选择一本或者两本就足够。能把一本教材读透了,你的英语水平一定会大有突破的。那么,我们应该怎样选择英语听力练习材料呢?
下面我为大家讲解一下如何选择英语听力材料。
听力本身的提高源于听力词汇量(即指听到后能立刻反应其意思的词汇)的增大与对不同地方口音的识别能力的加强。就词汇量而言,需要根据读者自身情况进行因材施教,一般而言,该材料的阅读生词量(即指看到后能直接反应其意思的词汇)应控制在5%以内,类似《走遍美国》(Family Album),《空中美语教室》(Studio Classroom)等都比较适合推荐给有一定英语基础的读者,而《色拉英语》(Salad English)则适合基础相对较薄弱的读者循序渐进,因为其词汇量的安排也是由浅入深的一个变化过程。
以上材料的一大共同特色,也是学习听力的教材所必须具备的,是以场景为单位的安排模式。该模式从生活实用性角度而言是最为科学的。当读者具备一定词汇量后可以开始涉足一些电影材料的学习,但就选材而言,以生活片、伦理片、爱情片等为宜,诸如《阿甘正传》(Forrest Gump)、《公主日记》(Princess Diary)等。因为这些片种更接近日常生活的表达,因此其词汇的选择更为实用,尤其值得一提的是Disney的真人片一般都简单易懂贴近生活。应当注意避免使用以动作片为代表的语言含量过少的片种,以及以科幻片为代表的词汇过难的片种,类似《黑衣人》(Man in Black)、《星球大战》(Star Wars)等恰恰两者兼而有之。
就口音识别能力的提高,则需要尽量接触各种类型的发音特色,这一点在选材上较为困难,一般而言BBC能满足对英音的需求,而VOA则能满足对美音的需求,但两者就词汇量而言还是有一定难度,尤其是它们都以新闻素材为主。
因此就英音和美音而言,推荐使用《新概念英语》(New Concept English),该教材本来就有4册按难度排列,另外也有英音和美音版的音像素材可供学习,当然,早期的一些类似《英语900句》之类的教材的配套听力素材对听说能力相对薄弱的同学来说,也不失为一种不错的选择。
而其他的一些发音特色往往比较难以获得,类似《阿甘正传》(Forrest Gump)的阿拉巴马音(Alabama Tone)为美国南部乡村发音特色;一些动画中的发音夸张化特色,尤以Disney为甚;而西班牙音,亦称拉丁音,主要源于拉丁美洲人进入美国后所产生,该发音在美国电影中经常可以接触到,诸如《越狱》中菲尔南多·苏克雷(Sucre)等,但如果要典型的浓重拉丁口音,则需要从雅思考试(IELTS)的一些素材中予以提取,有时间或可以在一些英语版的拉美片中找到其综计;印度音在中国相对最难接触到,但如果身边公司里有印度的工作人员,往往可以进行一些刻意的交谈来熟悉其口音特色;日本音是除了主流发音特色外在中国相对最为容易接触到的一种发音特点,一是因为中国日本公司本来就很多,其次日剧、日本动漫等大量涌入国内,而日语中现在也很盛行直接使用一些英语的外来语,所以多接触些日剧或日本动漫,无疑对提高日式英语的识别能力也有一定帮助。
听写练习是听力的升级版本,素材基本可以以一些速度相对较慢的学术性材料为主,类似BBC、VOA、VOA SPECIAL、CRI、CRI SPECIAL等都是非常不错的练习素材。当然,也可以使用类似一些考试所使用的素材来进行提高,类似4、6级的文章类素材、雅思考试素材、托福考试素材等。
大家也可以利用网上学英语听力,现在很多网站都有VOA,BBC,CRI等听力频道,大家也可以下载MP3格式的下来学习。总之希望大家多多训练!熟能生巧!
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摘录:我们的目标是使我们朝着我们所选择的方向前进,换句话说,要让我们去挖掘!
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped to watch.
俩兄弟决定在他们的房子后面挖一个很深的洞。他们在挖洞时,几个年长的男孩停下来观看。
“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.
“你在干什么?一位参观者问。
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth, ” one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.
“我们计划在地球上挖一个洞,”一个兄弟兴奋地说。
The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide assortment of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors. Then he said quietly and confidently, “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”
年长的男孩开始大笑,告诉这两个年轻人在地球上挖一个洞的年轻人是不可能的。经过长时间的沉默,一个孩子拾起一个装满蜘蛛,蠕虫和各种昆虫的盒子。他打开盖子,把这些奇妙的东西展示给正在嘲笑参观者。然后他平静而满怀信心地说,“即使我们不能在地球上挖一个洞,看看我们在挖的过程中发现的!“
Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is for—to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words, to set us to digging!
他们的目标是太过于雄心勃勃,但它确实导致他们挖。这就是我们的目标是使我们朝着我们所选择的方向前进,换句话说,要让我们去挖掘!
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很多人也许现在正在苦恼,为什么英语学习如此困难啊,其实英语学习重要的的培养兴趣,.培养对英语的兴趣并不难.当我们可以说点儿简单的英语,用英语与别人或与老外交谈,或作别人的翻译时,我们就可以从英语学习中得到满足感和成就感,这样,兴趣就培养起来了。
一般英语学习者,在全面提高英语的前提下,要提高听、说能力,应首先注意以下三点:
1.注意区分和模仿正确的语音、语调在英语里有不少读音相近,但意思却截然不同的词汇,象cure[kjue](医愈)和 kill[kill](杀死),menu(菜单)和manure(肥料)等。设想如果有一个医生想说:"I'll cure you."(我要治好你的病。)却因发音不好,说成:"I'll kill you."(我要杀死你。)那病人会吓成什么样子。又比如,有人对你说:" I am thirty.My wife is thirty,too."而你听到的却是:" I am dirty. My wife is dirty,too."你一定会莫名其妙。实际上,所差之外就是一个音素。因此,我们从一开始就要注意区分和模仿正确的语音,语调。在这个基础上提高听、说,才能收到良好效果。
2.创造一定的听、说环境听、说是一种语言交流,没有一个外语环境或一定的听、说条件,只靠单枪匹马很难收效。当然,现代科学为我们提供了录音机这一工具,我们可以把课文,对话和中外成品磁带录制下来反复听和模仿。还可以把自己的口头作文和复述录下来,仔细审听,发现问题,及时纠正。但是,在自然条件下,听与说是不能分的。一个人听的过程实际是另一个人说的过程。如果有条件的话,最好能把自学的伙伴组织起来,定期开展会话活动,或利用社会上,公园中提供的" 外语之角"等条件,既练了说,又练了听,在实际的语言环境中练习,才能取得长足的进 步。
3.要有不怕听错,说错,不断苦练的精神练习听、说的学习者,特别是成年人,往往必听错、说错,不敢主支张口练习。然而,语言是一种习惯,没有反复的操练和实践难以产生熟练的技巧。会话重在达意,只要达到交流思想的目的,这种听、说实践就应该说是基本成功的。出了错,注意总结经验,自学改正就是了。
建议大家不要用电影对白或者托福听力的对话部分练听写。换句话说,对话类型的材料(conversations)是不适合拿来练听写的。原因很简单,对话的难点不在于某一个词,或一个复杂的句型,或比较晦涩的内容,或巨大的信息量。
难点往往来自于一些音变现象,比如连读失去爆破;来自于一些俚语习惯表达;来自于上下文语境的理解。换句话说,很多对话材料,就算原文里每个单词你都认识,但不一定理解这句话的意思。所以,费了半天劲听写下来的对话内容,要么看不懂不理解;要么就是这次看懂了,下次还是听不出。所以,对话材料应该采用的练习方法其实是跟读模仿。
用来练听写的材料应该是一个人的陈述、讲座之类的(Lecture)。之所以选择这样的材料,是和练听写的目地分不开的。练听写的核心本质其实是为了提高我们快速理解和记忆的能力。
有的同学误以为听写就是要把听到的所有内容都写下来,那是一些考试的要求,不是我们平时提高听力的方法。如果那样练习,你会发现两个问题:一是,有的时候就算写下来了,其实也不知道自己写了些什么。二是,觉得刚才听懂了,但要下笔写的时候觉得又忘了听到什么了。
造成这两种情况的原因,都是因为我们没理解听到的内容。听写真正应该做的是记忆和总结的工作,而不是听和写的工作。什么叫做记忆和总结,就是我们不需要完全按顺序重复这一个人的每一个字,但我们要做到能理解它的内容,并在总结后复述出来。这才是我们练听写真正的目地。如果我们总是反复听原文,一个字一个字写,可能半个小时才写了一个五分钟的文章,而这半小时的投入可能就没有达到什么提高听力水平的效果。
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