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  • What will matter?

    2009-3-02

    When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still not immune; perhaps one did not become immune to such felony.

    He left and I tried to get on with my life. I filled the kettle and put it on to boil, I took out my old red mug and filled it with coffee watching as each coffee granule slipped in to the bone china. That was what my life had been like, endless omissions of coffee granules, somehow never managing to make that cup of coffee.

    Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning I pretended not to hear it. That's what Mike's leaving had been like, sudden and with an awful finality. I would rather just wallow in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Imagine getting all philosophical and sentimental about a mug of coffee. I must be getting old.

    And yet it was a young woman who stared back at me from the mirror. A young woman full of promise and hope, a young woman with bright eyes and full lips just waiting to take on the world. I never loved Mike anyway. Besides there are more important things. More important than love, I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closure on the whole Mike experience.

    He doesn't haunt my dreams as I feared that night. Instead I am flying far across fields and woods, looking down on those below me. Suddenly I fall to the ground and it is only when I wake up that I realize I was shot by a hunter, brought down by the burden of not the bullet but the soul of the man who shot it. I realize later, with some degree of understanding, that Mike was the hunter holding me down and I am the bird that longs to fly. The next night my dream is similar to the previous nights, but without the hunter. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some relief that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a friend, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken vase again and realize that I have glued myself back together, what Mike has is merely a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has only, a little piece of me.

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  • A little piece of me

    2009-3-02

    When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still not immune; perhaps one did not become immune to such felony.

    He left and I tried to get on with my life. I filled the kettle and put it on to boil, I took out my old red mug and filled it with coffee watching as each coffee granule slipped in to the bone china. That was what my life had been like, endless omissions of coffee granules, somehow never managing to make that cup of coffee.

    Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning I pretended not to hear it. That's what Mike's leaving had been like, sudden and with an awful finality. I would rather just wallow in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Imagine getting all philosophical and sentimental about a mug of coffee. I must be getting old.

    And yet it was a young woman who stared back at me from the mirror. A young woman full of promise and hope, a young woman with bright eyes and full lips just waiting to take on the world. I never loved Mike anyway. Besides there are more important things. More important than love, I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closure on the whole Mike experience.

    He doesn't haunt my dreams as I feared that night. Instead I am flying far across fields and woods, looking down on those below me. Suddenly I fall to the ground and it is only when I wake up that I realize I was shot by a hunter, brought down by the burden of not the bullet but the soul of the man who shot it. I realize later, with some degree of understanding, that Mike was the hunter holding me down and I am the bird that longs to fly. The next night my dream is similar to the previous nights, but without the hunter. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some relief that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a friend, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken vase again and realize that I have glued myself back together, what Mike has is merely a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has only, a little piece of me.

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  • Love and Time

    2009-3-02

    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 that she did not even hear when Love called her.

    Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"

    "It was Time," Knowledge answered.

    "Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

    Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

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  • beanpole family

    2009-3-02

    “四世同堂”式的大家庭曾经在中国很普遍，七大姑八大姨齐聚一个屋檐下也不足为奇。但是，随着社会的发展，我们的家庭模式也有了新的变革。核心家庭（nuclear family）、丁克家庭（DINK family）都是时下常见的家庭模式。其实，大家庭并没有消失，只是换了种模式，他们成了beanpole family。

    Beanpole family，一般译作“豆竿家庭”，指的是A family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation（几代同堂，但是每一代人数都很少的家庭）。近年来，在很多国家都出现了这样的家庭，新生代的人数普遍减少，多为独生子女，而老一代人的寿命又在延长，所以整个家庭的模式就像插在地上帮助豆秧向上攀爬的豆竿（beanpole）一样，又细又长。这种家庭最初在英国被称为verticalized family（垂直化家庭）。

    The rising divorce rate partly explains the growth of the 'beanpole' family. With almost one in two marriages ending in divorce, many adults have at least two families, each with a single child.

    不断上升的离婚率是“豆竿家庭”产生的一部分原因。在大约每两段婚姻中有一段以离婚告终的情况下，很多成年人都至少有两个家庭，每个家里还都有一个孩子。

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  • Doesn't Really Matter

    2007-10-03

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  • So Young　　The Corrs

    2007-10-03



    So Young    　　The Corrs

    Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

    Bright and breezy, yeah
    We are living it up
    Just fine and dandy, yeah

    We have been comming ahead
    already so much day

    just laughing and kissing, yeah
    we are chasing the moon
    Just running wild and free
    We are following through
    Every dream and every need

    And it really doesn't matter
    that we don't eat
    No it really doesn't matter,
    really doesn't matter at all

    Coz we are so young now,
    we are so young, so young then

    we are so young, so young now
    And when tommorow comes,
    we'll can do it all again
    All again!
    yeah,yeah,yeah
    so young now
    and we are so young now,
    We are so young(yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
    yeah we are so young now
    we'll just do it all again
    Fade out

    年轻真好　　可儿家族

    我们不必把这看得太重
    明亮而柔和 
    一起狂欢吧
    生活是多么美好
    我们已一起走那么多日子 
    在欢笑与相吻中我们度过整夜
    我们自由狂野的追逐月光
    我们追随着每一个梦想 每一次渴望

    忘食何妨 废寝又何妨
    没关系，没关系，真的没关系
    因为我们是如此年轻
    年轻真好 明日来临 我们可以重来 重头再来

    现在是如此年轻 我们现在太年轻
    年轻真好 只要重新再来 一切烦恼渐消

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  • Keep Your Direction 坚持你的方向

    2007-8-04

    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. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.

    Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.

    You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time. 

     

    如果失败了你会怎么做？很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。

    在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。

    方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。

    你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一直坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。

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  • 超级实用的口语要素228句

    2007-8-04

    62． I'm working on[着手；从事] it.（我正在努力。）

    63． You bet!（当然！）

    64． Drop me a line[短信].（写封信给我）

    65． Are you pulling my leg[同某人开玩笑；取笑]?（你在开我玩笑吗？）
    66． Sooner or later.（迟早会的。）

    67． I'll keep my ears open.（我会留意的。）

    68． It isn't much.（那是微不足道的。）

    69． Neck and neck.（不分上下。）

    70． I'm feeling under the weather.（我觉得不舒服/精神不好/情绪低落。）

    71． Don't get me wrong[误解].（不要误会我。）

    72． I'm under a lot of pressure.（我压力很大。）

    73． You're the boss.（听你的。）

    74． It doesn't make any sense!（毫无意义！）

    75． If I were in your shoes[处在某人的位置].（如果我是你的话。）

    76． What's this regarding?（这是关于哪方面的？）

    77． Over my dead body!（休想！）

    78． Can you give me a hand[帮手；援助]?（你能帮个忙吗？）

    79． We have thirty minutes to kill[消磨；打发（时间）].（我们有三十分钟空闲时间。）

    80． Whatever you say.（随便你。）

    81． It'll come to me.（我会想起来的。）

    82． You name[具体地（说出来）] it!（你说出来。）

    83． Time will tell.（时间会证明的。）

    84． I will play it by ear[见机行事；临时现做].（我会见机行事的；到时候再说。）

    85． You should take advantage of[利用] it.（你应该好好利用这个机会。）

    86． Let's talk over coffee.（我们边喝边谈。）

    87． Take it easy.（轻松一点；别紧张；放松放松；再见。）

    [这是美国人最喜欢说的话，也可作离别用语。]

    88． I'm easy to please[使…高兴；讨…喜欢].（我很容易取悦/相处。）

    89． Let's give him a big hand.（让我们热烈鼓掌。）

    90． As far as I'm concerned.（就我而言。）

    91． I'm all mixed up.（我全搞混了。）

    92． Let's get together one of these days.（找一天聚聚。）

    93． He's behind the times.（他落伍了/跟不上时代了。）

    94． I'm pressed for time.（我时间紧迫。）

    95． I'm up to my ears[忙得不可开交；深陷于某事物中] in work.（我忙死了。）

    96． You can't do this to me.（你不能这么对我。）
    97． Just to be on the safe side. （为了安全起见。）

    98． I hope I didn't offend you.（希望没有冒犯你。）

    99． It won't take much time.（不会花很长时间的。）

    100． It's been a long time.（好久不见了。）

    101． It’s nothing.（小事情；不足挂齿。）

    102． It’s a long story.（说来话长。）

    103． It's about time.（时间差不多了。）

    104． It's incredible.（难以置信！）

    105． It's hard to say.（难说。）

    106． I can't imagine why.（我想不通为什么。）

    107． That can't be.（不可能。）

    108． That's really something.（真了不起。）

    109． Are you sure?（你确信吗？）

    110． Are you crazy?（你疯了吗？）

    111． Excuse me for a moment.（失陪一会儿。）

    112． I mean it. I'm serious. I'm no kidding!（我是认真的。）

    113． I'll consider this matter.（我会考虑这件事的。）

    114． I'll do something about it.（我会想办法的。）

    115． What are you talking about?（你在说些什么？）

    116． I'm afraid I can't.（恐怕我不行。）

    117． I'm dying[很想] to see you.（我真想见你。）

    118． I'm flattered.（过奖了。）

    119． I'm not in the mood.（我没心情。）

    120． I'm so scared.（我怕极了。）

    121． I can't make[赶上] it.（我去不了/我赶不上。）

    122． You can never tell.（不知道/谁也没把握。）

    123． I won't buy[相信；接受] you story.（我不信你那一套。）

    124． It hurts like hell!（疼死啦！）

    125． It can't be helped.（无能为力。）

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  • my love

    2007-7-22

    An empty street An empty house
    A hole inside heart
    I'm all alone and the rooms
    Are getting smaller
    I wonder how I wonder why
    I wonder where they are
    The days we had
    The songs we sang together
    And oh! my love
    I'm holding on forever
    Reaching for a love
    That seems so far
    So I say a litter prayer
    No my dream will take me there
    Where the skies are blue to see you
    once again my love
    Overseas from coast to coast
    Find a place I love the most
    Where the fields are green
    To see you once again
    My love
    I Try to read I go to work
    I'm laughing with my friends
    But I can't stop to keep myself
    From thinking
    I wonder how I wonder why
    I wonder where they are
    The days we had
    The songs we sang togetther
    And oh! my love
    I'mholding on forever
    Reaching for a love
    That seems so far
    So I say a litter prayer
    No my dream will take me there
    Where the skies are blue to see you
    once again my love
    Overseas from coast to coast
    Find a place I love the most
    Where the fields are green
    To see you once again
    To hold you in my arms
    To promise my love
    To tell you from my heart
    You are all I'm thinking of

    Reaching for a love
    That seems so far
    So I say a litter prayer
    No my dream will take me there
    Where the skies are blue to see you
    once again my love
    Overseas from coast to coast
    Find a place I love the most
    Where the fields are green
    To see you once again
    My love
    And hope my dream will take me there
    Where the skies are blue to see you
    once again my love
    Overseas from coast to coast
    Find a place I love the most
    Where the fields are green
    To see you once again
    My love

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  • 女人的眼泪(摘）

    2007-6-24

           有句话说：女人是水做的。是的，眼泪似乎是女人的专利。无论是伤心的泪，委屈的泪还是激动的泪，女人的眼泪是不受责备的。也许你不明白为什么女人天生爱流泪，那么请听上帝的解释……

    A little boy asked his mother "why are you crying?"

    "Because I'm a woman," she told him.

    "I don't understand," he said.

    His mum just hugged him and said, "and you never will."

    Later the little boy asked his father, "why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

    "All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

    The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

    Finally he put in a call to god; and when god got on the phone, he asked, "god, why do women cry so easily?"

    God said: "when I made the woman she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give comfort."

    "I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children."

    "I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. "

    "I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly."

    "I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart."

    "I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly."

    "And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

    "You see: the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair."

    "The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love resides."
    F2J-O | kpW50170


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