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What are friends for? 两肋插刀(2006-11-20 15:58:00)
摘要：What are friends for? 为朋友当然应该“两肋插刀”了。这次我们一起来分享几个地道英文句型，全都是书本上没有的哦！精彩不容错过！
1. Wouldn't miss... for the world
我绝对不会错过……的。
在某人邀请你参加某个活动的时候，恰巧你也很期待去参加，就可以用这句话：I wouldn't miss... for the world.
例如：
A: Are you going on the school trip?
你要参加学校的旅行吗？
B: I wouldn't miss it for the world.
我是一定会去的。
2. Is he all there?
他脑袋正常吗?
Is he all there? 不是指“他现在在哪里”。句中的all there 是指“脑袋处于正常的状况下”。所以这句话其实是用来质疑对方的脑袋是否正常，比如当你不相信对方干了什么傻事的时候：
A: My brother just got arrested for robbing a store.
我的兄弟因为偷盗商店而被被捕了。
B: You know, I don't think he's all there.
你知道，我觉得他的脑子不太正常。
3. ... While you are at it.
“既然你在那，就顺便……”，这个句子多用于某人外出在某地，你想借机让对方帮自己带过来一些东西，例如：
A: I am going out to rent a movie.
我要去租部电影来看。
B: Ok, please get me one too while you are at it.
好啊，顺便帮我也租一部吧。
4. Hold that thought
等会儿再说。
字面的意思是“你先保留住那个想法”，实际意思就是“你先等一下（等我做完了什么再说）”，还有一种解释是：你不愿意继续对方的话题，意思就是“以后再说吧”，以次作为谈话的终止。例如：
A: What do you think of Charlie?
你觉得查理怎么样?
B: Hold that thought. I just want to ......
放爱一条生路(2006-11-02 09:48:00)
摘要：The other day as I talked with a friend I recalled a story that I heard this summer. "A compassionate person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very gently loosened the filaments to form an opening. The butterfly was freed, emerged from the cocoon, and fluttered about but could not fly. What the compassionate person did not know was that only through the birth struggle can the wings grow strong enough for flight. Its shortened life was spent on the ground; it never knew freedom, never really lived."
I call it learning to love with an open hand. It is a learning which has come slowly to me and has been wrought in the fires of pain and in the waters of patience. I am learning that I must free the one I love, for if I clutch or cling, try to control, I lose what I try to hold.
If I try to change someone I love because I feel I know how that person should be, I rob him or her of a precious right, the right to take responsibility for one'......
结婚周年系列表达 (2006-10-26 12:16:00)
摘要：Paper wedding--纸婚1周年
Tin wedding--锡婚2周年
Crystal wedding--水晶婚15周年
China wedding--搪瓷婚20周年
Silver wedding--银婚25周年
Pearl wedding--珍珠婚30周年
Ruby wedding--红宝石婚40周年
Sapphire wedding--蓝宝石婚45周年
Golden wedding--金婚50周年
Emerald wedding--翠玉婚55周年
Diamond wedding--钻石婚60-70周年
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人生物语(2006-10-24 21:17:00)
摘要：Taking the first step
How will you know you can succeed at something if you don't give it a try?
How will you know you can drag yourself out of the depths of your despair if you don't try?
How do you know you won't get that new job if you don't apply? How do you know...
Before becoming a success at anything, you must take that first step.
Giving and Receiving Love
Humans need love. It is in the giving and receiving of love that we choose life. Participating in this fundamental exchange lies in our ability to trust others.
Happiness Now!
Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.
Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.
Setting aside special moments
Over the years, I have noticed that it has become more and more difficult to set a......
当刮风的时候(2006-10-19 21:38:00)
摘要：很多年前，一个农场主在大西洋沿岸有一块土地，他经常贴广告雇佣人手。可是，很多人都不愿意在大西洋岸边的农场干活，他们害怕大西洋上空剧烈的风暴会破坏房屋和庄稼。所以当这个农场主招工面试时，得到的都是否定的答案……直到一个矮小瘦弱的男人出现……
Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him.
"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.
Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door ......
Living life over 如果有来生(2006-10-12 21:53:00)
摘要：如果有来生，我会少说，多听；我会请朋友来家里吃饭，即使把地毯弄脏；如果有来生，我会点燃那支雕成玫瑰状的蜡烛，不让它在尘封中融化；我会与孩子们坐在草地上，不去担心草地上的污渍……如果有来生，我会说更多的“我爱你”……“对不起”……然而，最重要的是，如果有来生，我会抓住每一秒……看人生，读人生……体验人生……再也不放手。
If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life.
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding patter if I were not there for the day.
I would never have bought anything just because ......
Love and Time(2006-10-12 21:51:00)
摘要：Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy......
人生的十大准则(2006-10-12 21:46:00)
摘要：1. You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period of this time around.
2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works".
4. A lesson is repeated until learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here".
When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain ......