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What is success？ To laugh often and love much； To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children； 成功是什么？ 笑口常开，爱心永在， 赢得智者的尊重， 孩子们的爱戴； To earn the approbation of honest critics And endure the betrayal of false friends； To appreciate beauty； To find the best in others； To give oneself；  博得真诚的认可，  容忍损友的背叛；  欣赏...

小时候， 乡愁是一枚小小的邮票， 我在这头， 母亲在那头。 When I was young, Nostalgia was a tiny, tiny stamp, Me on this side, Mother on the other side. 长大后， 乡愁是一张窄窄的船票， 我在这头， 新娘在那头。 When I grew up, Nostalgia was a narrow boat ticket, Me on this side, Bride on the other side. 后来啊， 乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓， 我在外头， 母亲在里头。 But later on, Nostalgia was a lowly grave,...

Tune: Sunny Sand 〔 天 净 沙 · 秋 思 〕 作者 | 马致远（元） 翻译 | 许渊冲 枯藤老树昏鸦 Over old trees wreathed with rotten vines fly evening crows;　　 小桥流水人家 Under a small bridge near a cottage a stream flows; 古道西风瘦马 On ancient road in the west wind a lean horse goes. 夕阳西下 Westward declines the sun; 断肠人在天涯 Far, far from home is the heartbroken one.

巴金《梦》英译朗读 朗读 | Flora Fang BGM | 《独自待着的时间》 巴金（1904—2005），作家、翻译家、社会活动家、无党派爱国民主人士。散文《梦》写于1941年，巴金通过此文表达他对父亲的怀念。文章由 翻译大家张培基先生译 成英文。 据说“至人无梦”。幸而我只是一个平庸的人。 It is said that "a virtuous man seldom dreams". Fortunately, I am but an ordinary man. 我有我的梦中世界，在那里我常常见到你。 I dre...

《少年中国说》英译朗读 朗读 | Flora Fang BGM |《Star Sky》 歌曲 | 钟一鸣《少年中国说》 故今日之责任，不在他人，而全在少年。 Therefore, the responsibility bestowed by the times falls on nobody but us youth.  少年智则国智，少年富则国富， If we are intelligent, China will be intelligent; if we are wealthy, China will be wealthy;  少年强则国强，少年独立则国独立， if we are strong, China...

杜甫《登高》双语朗读 | 翻译：许渊冲 朗读 | Flora Fang BGM |《御剑千山梦》 On the Height The wind so swift, the sky so wide, apes wail and cry 风急天高猿啸哀 Water so clear, and beach so white, birds wheel and fly 渚清沙白鸟飞回 The boundless forest sheds its leaves shower by shower 无边落木萧萧下 The endless river rolls its waves hour after hour 不尽长江滚滚来 from home, I’m grieved at autumn’s pl...

From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. “在未来的很多年中，我希望你受到过不公正的待遇，唯有如此你才能真正懂得公正的价值。 ” I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. “我希望你遭受背叛，唯有如此你才领悟到忠诚之重要。 ” Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely...

The Beautiful Lady Yu — Li Yu 虞美人——李煜 Spring flowers and autumn moon —  when will they be ended? 春花秋月何时了, How many past events can we tell? 往事知多少。 The east wind blew  through my small lodge again last night. 小楼昨夜又东风， The old country, bathed in a bright moon,  Is an overwhelming sight! 故国不堪回首月明中。 Those carved balustrades, those marble terraces —&nb...

《你还在我身旁》 瀑布的水逆流而上 蒲公英种子从远处飘回 聚成伞的模样 太阳从西边升起，落向东方 子弹退回枪膛 运动员回到起跑线上 我交回录取通知书，忘了十年寒窗 厨房里飘来饭菜的香 你把我的卷子签好名字 关掉电视，帮我把书包背上 你还在我身旁 Water draws back to the hilltop Seeds fly faraway toward the dandelion Gather themselves as an umbrella The sun rises from the west and sets to the east Bullets hit r...

I climbed the door And opened the stairs I said my pajamas And put on my prayers Then turned off my bed And crawled into the light All because you kissed me good-night 我爬上大门 打开台阶 念完睡衣 换好祷词 关掉被窝 钻进电灯 只因你吻了我一个晚安 Next morning, I woke And scrambled my shoes Polished my eggs and Toasted the news I couldn't tell my left from right All ‘cause you kissed me good-night 次...

Dear Little One, 亲爱的女儿， Recently, your mother and I were searching the Internet, and Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. Perched at the top was "How to keep him interested". 最近，妈妈和我在上网时，收到谷歌推送的一份网络热门搜索清单，置顶的热搜是“如何让他对你感兴趣”。 It startled me. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy, whe...

『Date A Girl Who Reads』 和爱读书的女孩谈恋爱 She has problems with closet space because she has too many books.  她常常为收纳空间不够而烦恼，因为实在有太多书了。 She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants.  她是书店里在书架边流连的可爱女子，是每每找到想要的书就会高兴得叫出声的女孩。 She can never res...

『 早市的太阳 』 作者 | 严力 朗读 | Flora Fang BGM- <By and by Hoimai oe> You find yourself at the morning market Carrying a bag of food A bag of a myriad of seller's calls 你发现自己在早市上 拎着一袋食物 一袋各种各样的叫卖声 A bag of fat, protein and vitamins- All carefull...

「Cold Night」 A song by Sarah MacDougall While the sunlight freezes up 当阳光定格 I think of you again 我又想到了你 And the snow is lying cold 雪冷冷的铺在地上 Looks like the blanket on this town 像是这个小镇的地毯 And it drips down from the rooftops 它从屋顶掉落 While I hear the winter whisper 我听到了冬天的低语 That everything is naked 所有事都裸露着 And stark underneath 在雪的覆盖之...

杜拉斯《情人》（节选） THE LOVER Part I For Bruno Nuytten ONE DAY, I was already old, inthe entrance of a public place a man came  up to me. He introduced himself and said:'I've known you for years. Every-one says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than your face as a young woman, I perfer...

《命运的简单转折》（节选） 作者 | Bob Dylan  冷霜 | 译 朗读 | Flora Fang / BGM |《Guitar Lullaby》 They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate 他们一起坐在公园里 黄昏的天空逐渐变暗 她看着他 他觉得有颗火星刺痛...

Wind turns back the sheets of the field. What needs to sleep, sleeps there. What needs to rest. 风把田野的被单揭开。 凡是需要睡下的，都在那里睡下。 凡是该休息的也都已经歇息。   The door has fallen from the moon. It floats in the slough, all knob and hinges. 门从月亮上掉下来， 带着把手和铰链，漂在沼泽地里。 Now the moon's so open anything could walk right through. 此时的月亮是这样通透， 不管是...

冬·第一章 我爱在淡淡的太阳短命的日子， 临窗把喜爱的工作静静做完； 才到下午四点，便又冷又昏黄， 我将用一杯酒灌溉我的心田。 多么快，人生已到严酷的冬天。 In the pale and short-lived sunshine, I quietly finish my work by the window; Four o’clock in the afternoon, cold and dim, I moisten my dry heart with a cup of wine. So soon, my life is reaching its winter. 我爱在枯草的山坡，死寂的原野， 独自...

『 节选自 电影 《真爱至上》』 每当我为世界的现状感到沮丧时，我就会想到伦敦希思罗机场的接机大厅。 Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrival's gate at Heathrow airport.  很多人都开始觉得，我们生活在一个充满贪婪与憎恨的世界里，但我却不这么认为。 General opinion start to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed.  对我来说，真爱无处不在。 它可能...

爱 过 之 后 「 After Love 」 作者 | 杰克·吉尔伯特 [美国] Jack Gilbert 译者 | 柳向阳 He is watching the music with his eyes closed. 他凝神于音乐，眼睛闭着。 Hearing the piano like a man moving 倾听钢琴像一个人穿行 through the woods thinking by feeling. 在林间，思想依随于感觉。 The orchestra up in the trees, the heart below, 乐队在树林上方，而心在树下， step by step. The music hurry...

You stand at the window. There is a glass cloud in the shape of a heart. There are the wind’s sighs that are like caves in your speech. You are the ghost in the tree outside. The street is quiet. The weather, like tomorrow, like your life, is partially here, partially up in the air. There is nothing you can do. The good life gives no warning. It weathers the climates of despair and appears, on foo...

Dear me 亲爱的我 What's up 你还好吗 This is a letter from your much older, cooler, better-dressed self 这是一封未来的你写给自己的信，我长大了，很酷，穿得也很靓 I remember being you, and I remember it being really, really difficult 我还记得当年的你，过得非常痛苦 You're worried about a lot of things right now 你为各种琐事忧心忡忡 The coarse black hair 比如粗糙的黑发 Your grades 比如成绩 Falling in l...

Because early morning is the most pleasant time of the day in this long, hot summer, I have developed a habit of getting up or going to bed at daybreak, which is around four thirty, for sure. 今夏漫长的炎热里，凌晨那段时间大概最舒服。就养成习惯，天一亮，铁定是早上四点半左右，就该我起床，或者入睡了。   That is the pattern of my life. 这是我的生活规律。   But last night, I went to bed earl...

1.  When a human likes another human they hold hands. 当一个人喜欢另一个人的时候，他们就会手牵手。 Humans will often walk, sit or talk while holding hands. They hold hands with their mate, family, friends, and offspring. 人们经常会在走路、坐着或者是交谈的时候牵手。他们会与他们的同伴、家人、朋友和孩子们牵手。 2.  Humans love to eat sweet and soft concoction made of sugar and cream. When i...

Life is crazy And totally unpredictable It's going to push you over Kick you while you're down And hit you when you try to get back up 生活时而失控 全然防不胜防 它会将你打倒 继以拳脚相加 当你倔强爬起 它又上来补刀 Not everything can beat you Things are going to change you But you get to choose which ones you let change you 凡事未必打倒你 凡事皆能改变你 何事终将塑造你 终究取决于自己 Listen to your h...