新年沉思
Thoughts for a new year Most of us look away when we pass strangers. It is the expectional person who stops to help the woman maneuvering her kids and groceries up the staircase. We rarely give up in line or on the subway or bus. Locked
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送给罗丝的玫瑰
Roses for Rose Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, "Be my Valentine, "like all the years
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回归童真
Peeling Away Artifice For the Pure Original Sarah came running in."Look what I found." Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy, crumbling long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of
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人的包装
"Packaging" A Person A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantage. To display perso
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秋之湖
Lake Of Autumn I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in 1)measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine. That time we
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何谓真爱：爱只是一根线
Love Is Just a Thread Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order
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自信
Some people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Others feel they are at the mercy of fate. New research shows that part of those feelings are in the genes. Psychologists have long known that people con
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牛津大学
OXFORD UNIVERSITY 牛津大学 Oxford University once famously claimed to have been founded by Alfred the Great in the 9th Century, but in fact, the University as we know it today began to take shape in the 12th Century when English Scholar
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我们这个时代的尴尬
Paradox of Our Times我们这个时代的尴尬 [1]We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more
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现代智语
Words of Wisdom for the Modern Age现代智语 IN This ARTICLE: Wisdom today means something different for the young, modem Western generation.本文简介：对今天西方的年轻一代来说，智慧别有一番含义。 [1] Wisdom of the ancients always served civ
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日本的新一代
The New Generation in Japan日本的新一代 IN THIS ARTICLE: Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work ... (and) prefer easy jobs without heavy responsibility.本文简介：日本学生似乎正对工作失去耐心…（而且）更喜欢无需负重大责任的轻
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网络墓园
Graves on the Web网络墓园1. Looking for a dead person? Don't 1)wander from graveyard to 2)graveyard, reading endless 3)tombstones. Find out exactly where you need to look by 4)consulting Findagrave.com, a 5)directory of the graves of thousa
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足球知识知多少？
TEAMS Each soccer team has eleven players and three substitute, or reserve players. The team consists of a goalkeeper, defenders, midfield players, and forwards (or strikers). The object of the game is to get the ball into your opponent's g
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美国人对人权的看法
Human Rights 美国人对人权的看法 The time is 1905. A steamship sails on a vast ocean. "Daddy, will we ever get to America?" asks a weary lad. "Soon, my child, soon," his father replies. "We've been on this ship for weeks. I wish we we
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美国人的音乐爱好
Music 美国人的音乐爱好James Fenimore Cooper, an early American writer, once said, "The Americans are almost ignorant of the art of music." If that was once true, you would never know it today. Most Americans--even those without a musical bo
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美国的选举
Elections 美国的选举 Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in
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美国人的开车习惯
Driving 美国人的开车习惯 Meet Mitsuaki. He recently arrived in the United States to enter university. He wants to do well in his studies and adjust to the new culture. But Mitsuaki has a problem. It's not his roommates. It's not his schoo
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美国方式：帮助他人
Helping Others 美国方式：帮助他人 Christmas in America means different things to different people. To some people, Christmas means brightly wrapped packages under a decorated tree. To others, it means family reunions and a wonderful meal
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美国政府
Government 美国政府 "Of the people, by the people, and for the people." That's how Abraham Lincoln described the American government in his Gettysburg Address. These simple phrases capture the essence of American democracy. Instead of rul
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美式运动
Sports 美式运动 In many parts of the world, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. In the U.S., there are only three: football, basketball and baseball. That's not completely true, but almost. In every season, Americans
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