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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 goal.On your way to success, you must keep your direction.

一个年轻的朋友写信问我：“应该做一个什么样的人?“我回答他：“做一个战士。”另一个朋友问我：“怎样对付生活了①，我仍旧答道：“做一个战士。

( 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.

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.

下面这段文章选自英国游记作家科林-萨布伦撰写的《亚西亚失落的心》一书。本书描述了萨布伦在苏联解体后不久游历中亚诸国的经历。在这个节选片段中，萨布伦叙述了他在土库曼斯坦马雷市度过的第一晚的见闻。

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.

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

Tell me not in mournful numbers, 请别用哀伤的诗句对我讲；Life is but an empty dream。人生呵，无非是虚梦一场。For the soul is dead that slumbers 因为沉睡的灵魂如死一般，And things are not what they seem.事物的表里并不一样。

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

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 heart.It is said that the true nature of being is veiled.

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

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 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

两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴了对方一记耳光。被打的人感到自己受了伤害，但什么也没有说，只是在沙地上写下了这样一句话：“今天我最好的朋友掴了我耳光。

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 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

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

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.

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.

——献给韩国Tigerok译她是我荒谬初恋的女主角。在晨曦的微光中，我醒来躺着，等待着她那近乎无声的脚步下到门厅，等待着她那蜂蜜和蜜桃混合的一种说不清的气味，来冲淡游子屋外满满的浓厚的孤寂气息。

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.

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= (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.

This is an abridged version of an article published in Chinese 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为人之道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.说话要谨慎；多想少说。

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

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.

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 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.

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

A friend is, as it were, a second self.There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity（危难时）, we know our friends.

The Pride of Youth 青春的骄傲华尔德·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

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

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 dwarf.dwarf n.

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.

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.

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

The Pride of Youth 青春的骄傲华尔德·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

Dreams 梦想---Langston HughesHold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想， For if dreams die 梦想若是消亡Life is a broken-winged bird 生命就象鸟儿折了翅膀 That can never fly. 再也不能飞翔 Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想，For when

My last will 我的遗嘱---Joe Hillmy will is easy to decide, 我的遗嘱容易确定For there is nothing to divide. 因为我并无财产分给所爱My kin don’t need to fuss and moan— 亲人不必抱怨，悲哀---“Moss does not cling to

What makes a man? ---Hamlin GarlandDo you fear the force of the wind 你可害怕寒风凛冽,The slash of the rain? 你可畏惧大雨滂沱Go face them and fight them, 去迎着风雨努力拼搏Be savage again .

"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."像任何事情一样，不管你在某个事情上有多少天赋，如果这个事情本身不再能给你带来乐趣，那你

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

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

A little boy asked his mother "Why are you crying? ”一个男孩问他的妈妈：“ 你为什么要哭呢？”"Because I’m a woman,”she told him.妈妈说：“因为我是女人啊。”"I don’t understand,” he said男孩说： “我不懂。

The four marks of leadership领袖的四种品质Address by John Engler, Governor of Michigan Delivered to Stephen F. Austin State University, Commencement Address, Nacogdoches, Texas, May 15, 1999. 密歇根州州长约翰.

男人令人首先感到的印象是脏。⑴当然，男人当中亦不乏刷洗干净洁身自好的⑵,甚至还有油头粉面衣冠楚楚的⑶，但大体讲来，男人消耗肥皂和水的数量要比较少些。

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

最令人怵目惊心的一件事，是看着钟表上的秒针一下一下的移动，每移动一下就是表示我们的寿命已经缩短了一部分。再看看墙上挂着的可以一张张撕下的日历，每天撕下一张就是表示我们的寿命又缩短了一天。因为时间即生命。

Money Can’t Buy Happiness. Er, Can It? 金钱能够购买幸福吗？你说说看。经济学家的笔触也是很散文化的，读来动人......Money Can’t Buy Happiness. Er, Can It?By PAUL KRUGMANCAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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 —

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.

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.

"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

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

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

Love’s Witness【爱情的见证】 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

To all my friends and loved onesLove from meUseful Perspective致朋友们以及我所爱的人们这是一份爱的礼物也是一席金玉良言 If the world were a Village of 100 People如果世界是个一百人的村落If we could shrink the earth’s

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.

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,

前后加起来，我在北京已经住了四十多年，算是一个老北京了。②北京的名胜古迹，北京的妙处，③我应该说是了解的；其他老北京当然也了解，但是有一点，我相信绝大多数的老北京并不了解，④这就是黎明时分以前的北京。

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.

To me the meanest flower that blows can giveThoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.—Worthwords即使最贱的花朵绽放，也能给我带来沉思，深埋心底，使我潸然泪下。

西式幽默①冯骥才学院请来一位洋教师，②长得挺怪，红脸，金发，连鬓大胡须，有几根胡子一直逾过面颊，挨近鼻子，他个子足有二米，③每迸屋门必须低头，才能躲过门框子的拦击，叫人误以为他进门先鞠躬，这不太讲究礼貌了吗？顶怪的是，他

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

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

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