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When I was ten years old, I lived with my family in a small ranch house in rural South Jersey. I often accompanied my mother to the A&P to buy groceries. We did not have a car, so we walked, and I would help her carry the bags. 我10岁的时候，和家人一起住在南泽西郊区一个低矮的小平房里。我经常陪妈妈到A&P超市去买日用品。我们没有车，所以都是走着去的，而我都会帮她拎袋子。 My mother had to shop very car...

My four-year-old son, Shane, had been asking for a puppy for over a month, but his daddy kept saying, "No dogs!" 一个多月以来，我四岁的儿子沙恩一直要求养一只小狗，但他爸爸总是说：“不许养狗！” One day I was peeling potatoes for dinner, and Shane was sitting on the floor at my feet asking for the thousands time, "Why won't Daddy let me have a puppy?" "Because they'll bring us trouble. Don't cry. May...

On Children 论孩子 作者：Kahlil Gibran   Your children are not your children. 你的儿女，其实不是你的儿女   They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. 他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子   They come through you but not from you. 他们借助你来到这世界，却非因你而来   And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. 他们在你身旁，却并不属于你   You may give them your love bu...

     -我为什么要善良 Why should I be a good man? 我为什么要善良？ What a silly question. 真是个傻问题。 I choose to be a good man  because it is what makes us human. 我选择做一个善良的人， 因为这就是人性。 It is our bottom line. 它是我们的底线。 I choose to be a good man  because I know there are times  that I need help from others.  So I choose to give my help to others. 我选择做一个善良的人， 因...

秋 Autumn There is no month in the whole year, in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August!  一年四季之中，大自然的外貌最美不过的一个月就是八月。 Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. 春天有许多美的地方，五月是新鲜和娇艳的月份，但是这种时节的媚人之...

『背影』节选 我说道，“爸爸，你走吧。” I said,"Dad, you may leave now." 他望车外看了看说：“我买几个橘子去。你就在此地，不要走动。” But he looked out of the window and said,"I’m going to buy some oranges for you. Wait for me here. Don't go about.” 我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。 I caught the vision of several peddlers waiting for customers outside the fence beyond a platform. 走到那边月...

有天我睡醒看到我的身边没有你 I wake up in the morning you absent without leave 在我的右边是你曾经喜欢的玩具 Your favorite toy to my right side's  the only thing I see 可当我站起身来在房间里寻找你 But when I'm looking for you  everywhere on my feet 留下的只有带着你味道的一封信 All I can find is a letter with your  scent but distantly 就在昨天还一起看我们的照片 Just a day before we be together  view...

1.  It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 有钱的单身汉总要娶位太太，这是一条举世公认的真理。 2.  One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will. 跟一个人相处了两个星期，不可能就此了解他究竟是怎样一个人。不过，要是我们不去尝试尝试，别人可少不了要尝试的。 3.  Bu...

I’d like to live with you In a small town, where there are eternal twilights And eternal bells. 我想和你一起生活 在某个小镇， 共享无尽的黄昏 和绵绵不绝的钟声。 And in a small village inn— The faint chime of ancient clocks— like droplets of time. 在这个小镇的旅店里—— 古老时钟敲出的 微弱响声 像时间轻轻滴落。 And sometimes, in the evenings,  from some garret—A flute, And the flautist himself in the w...

You may not believe I often imagined how divine and adorable you can be But when I've seen you eventually you were even more divine and adorable than I fancied 你也许不会相信 我常常想象你是多么美好 多么可爱 但实际见了你面的时候 你比我想象的要美好的多 可爱的多 You cannot say I'm lying for if it's not true I will be content with merely missing you rather than die to see you so 你不能说我这是说谎 因...

You Have Only One Life 你只有一次生命 May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too. 愿你有足够的幸福让你甜蜜，足够的考验让你坚强，足够的悲伤让你保持人性，足够的希望让你快乐。永远设身处地为...

I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go. I love my life. I am happy. I owe that to my loved ones. But the control is out of my hands. 我才27岁，还不想离开这个世界。我热爱我的生活，并且生活得无比开心。是我最亲近的人们给了我这一切。然而现在，我却不得不离他们而去。 I have dropped lots of my thoughts below as I have had a lot of time to ponder life these last few months. Of course it’s the middle of the night...

I light the fuse 是我 点燃了我们之间的导火索 And I watch it burn 看着纠纷燃起 And somewhere deep inside, I know there's a lesson to be learned 在内心深处 我知道这是一个关于爱与痛的教训   It's not the crime but the way that we pay for 这不是罪恶 但我们却要为此受尽折磨 Feelings are mutual 两情才能相悦 And you go upstairs 你漠然上楼 不再言语   And I hang my head 我呆在原地 思绪飘空 Somebody said I le...

You will meet her by chance 你，会遇见她的 Will meet someone you expect 会遇见你期待的她 “她穿着粉色的裙子去后山了，去后山采摘花儿去了 She went to the backhill to gather flowers in pink skirt 如果你去的话 If you'd like to go there 你会遇见她的” You will encounter with her “我……” Ho ho I…… “不去也没关系啦 It doesn't matter even if you would not 男孩子对花花草草当然没兴趣了” Boys are definitely not...

Will you always come home with me and tell me about your day? 你每次回家来 都会跟我聊聊你的一天发生什么了吗 Tell me about the guy in work who talk too much. 和我说说你那个话多的同事 The stain you got on your shirt at lunch. 说说午饭时不小心在衣服上留下污渍 Will you tell me about a funny thought you had and wake me up but you've already forgotten. 和我说说你刚睡醒时突然想到 但后来已记不清的有趣想法...

A man died. 一个男人死了。 When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand. 当他意识到后， 他看见了上帝提着手提箱走近他。 Dialog between God and Dead Man: 以下是上帝和已逝男人之间的对话： God:  Alright son, it’s time to go. 上帝：好吧 孩子，该走了。 Man:  So soon? I had a lot of plans... 男人：这么快？我还有很多计划呢… God:  I am sorry but, it’s time to go. 上帝：抱歉，但...

Dear Catherine:    I'm sorry I haven't talked to you in so long. I feel I've been lost, no bearings, no compass. I kept crashing into things, a little crazy, I guess. I've never been lost before. You were my true north. I could always steer for home when you were my home.  Forgive me for being so angry when you left. I still think some mistake's been made and I'm waiting for God to take it back. B...

And Now You’re Mine 现在，你是我的 And now you’re mine Rest with your dream in my dream Love and pain and work should all sleep, now The night turns on its invisible wheels and you are pure beside me as a  sleeping amber 现在，你是我的 在我的梦中入梦吧 爱情，伤痛和劳作也一同入梦 黑夜转动它无形的车轮 你在我身边，如酣睡的琥珀般圣洁 No one else, Love, will sleep in my dreams You will go, we will go t...

I heard a song yesterday 昨天我听到一首歌 And it reminded me of you 它让我想起了你 I've heard it play a hundred times before 虽然曾经听过一百遍 But I thought of you and smiled 但我想起你，笑了 I wish that you were here, or I was there 多么希望我们不是天各一方 I guess I miss you 我想，我是想你的 Like I knew I would 仿如我一早就知道 I saw a little boy today 今天我看见一个小男孩 And he reminded me of...

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire, If you did, what would there be to look forward to? 感谢你没有渴求到的一切东西， 如果得到了你就不会再有期待。 Be thankful when you don't know something, For it gives you the opportunity to learn. 感谢你对一些事情的迷惑不解， 因为你可以有学习的机会。 Be thankful for the difficult times, During those times you grow. 感谢那些困难的日子，...

Don’t you ever question why 你从未问过我 I’m by your side  为何我会陪伴在你左右 I’m here when you cry  你哭泣时我在你身旁 'Cause he told you lies so slyly  因为他那么狡猾 对你说尽谎言 I run my fingers through your hair  我的手指穿过你的秀发 And show I care  对你表明我多么在乎你 But I’m not the one  而我却不是那个 That your heart belongs to nightly  你每晚牵挂的唯一 But if I stay would you kiss me...

Almost everybody thinks they are really the masters  of their own lives. 几乎每个人都以为 自己真的拥有自己的人生 I used to think that way, too.  我以前也这么想   But, that was the past.  但是，那是以前了   Through the uphills  and downhills of my life,  I've come to realise that I didn't really ever own my own life.  And neither did most of the others.  在生活的坎坷中，我慢慢看清了 原来曾经的我 并...

With the years gone by, I have found that more and more people that I met have different views from mine. 随着一年一年过去 我发现 我和越来越多的人观点不同 Sometimes I couldn't even  use the word 'different' to describe this,  because our views were almost conflicting.  有时候 甚至已经不能用“不同”来形容 而是“针锋相对” In the past, I used to tend to argue with people like this.  I always wanted to p...