美文与经典

Love is like a four-season garden 爱情就像一座四季花园 A relationship is like a garden, if it isto strive it must be watered regularly, special care must be given; take intoaccount the seasons as well as any unpredictable weather. New seeds must besown and weeds must be pulled. Similarly, to keep the magic of love alive, wemust understand its seasons and nurture1 love’s special needs. 爱情关系就像...

Tonight I can write the saddest lines 今夜我可以写出最哀伤的诗篇 Write, for example, “the night is shattered and blue stars shiver in the distance." 写，譬如说，“夜缀满繁星，那些星，灿蓝，在远处颤抖。” The night wind revolves in the sky and sings 晚风在天空中回旋歌唱。 Tonight I can write the saddest lines 今夜我可以写出最哀伤的诗篇。 And I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too 我爱她，而...

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. 你以什么谋生我不感兴趣。我想知道的是你因什么而痛苦，想知道你是否敢于去梦想满足心灵的渴望。 It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. 你的年龄我不感...

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. That time we used to be happy. Well, I thought we were. But the truth was that you had been longing to leave me, not daring to tell me. On that precious night, watching the lake, vaguely cons...

I went back twelve times, but soon after my twelfth visit there was another terrible storm. The next morning, when I looked out to sea, there was no ship. When I saw that, I was very unhappy. ‘Why am I alive, and why are all my friends dead?’ I asked myself. ‘What will happen to me now, alone on this island without friends? How can I ever escape from it?’ Then I told myself that I was lucky – luck...

The most interesting place I saw there was the university, which was full of very clever men, with very clever ideas. They were all working hard to find better, faster, cheaper, easier ways of doing and making things. They had ideas for building houses from the roof downwards, turning rocks into soft material, making rivers run uphill, and saving sunshine in bottles. I cannot remember half of the...

The evening arrived; the soup was served, and the bowls were empty again in a few seconds. Oliver went up to the master, with his bowl in his hand. He felt very frightened, but also desperate with hunger. ‘Please, sir, I want some more.’ The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned very pale. He looked at the little boy in front of him with amazement. Nobody else spoke. ‘What?’ he asked at las...

‘It’s silly, isn’t it, Ellen,’ he muttered, ‘that I have worked all my life to destroy these two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons. I’ve got their money and their land. Now I can take my final revenge on the last Earnshaw and the last Linton, I no longer want to! There’s a strange change coming in my life. I’m in its shadow. I’m so little interested in daily events that I even forget to eat...

New York is 3 hours ahead of California, but it does not make California slow. Someone graduated at the age of 22, but waited 5 years before securing a good job! Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50. While another became a CEO at 50, and lived to 90 years. Someone is still single, while someone else got married. Obama retires at 55, but Trump starts at 70. Absolutely everyone in this world w...

A big red car drives on a long, long road. In the car is a farmer, Bill. He is hot and tired. He wants to go home and have a bath. Bill listens to the radio in his car and he sings. Bill likes singing. Sometimes people like Bill’s singing – but not very often. He rubs his eyes. The sun is very hot and the road is long. Bill does not want to go to sleep so he sings some more. A kangaroo hears him a...

When the men begin to play again, Rip has a drink. He feels thirsty, so he drinks more and more. Soon Rip is tired. His eyes close, and he goes to sleep. When Rip opens his eyes, it’s a sunny morning. ‘Oh, no!’ he cries.‘My wife doesn’t like me to sleep away from home!’ Rip remembers his night on the mountain. He stands up, but finds he can’t move very easily. And where is Wolf? In the village, so...

Roll The Dice Charles Bukowski If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. Go all the way. It could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail, it could mean derision, mockery, isolation. Isolation is the g...