The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum in Rome and Jordan's Petra all made the list.

(来源：英语博客 http://space.englishcn.com)

The Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in Mexico and India's Taj Mahal were also picked, but England's Stonehenge and the Eiffel Tower in Paris missed out. (来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

Organisers say about 100m people cast votes over the internet and by phone.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

The New7Wonders campaign is the brainchild of a Swiss man, Bernard Weber, who has had a varied career as a film-maker and museum curator. (来源：英语e问e答 http://ask.englishcn.com)

Recognising achievements (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

American actress Hilary Swank said at the presentation ceremony: "Never before in history have so many people participated in a global decision." (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

Organisers say the contest was a chance to recognise the achievements of societies outside Europe and the Middle East.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

There are fears the ruins at Chichen Itza could have too many tourists

(来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum in Rome and Jordan's Petra all made the list.

(来源：英语博客 http://space.englishcn.com)

The Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in Mexico and India's Taj Mahal were also picked, but England's Stonehenge and the Eiffel Tower in Paris missed out. (来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

Organisers say about 100m people cast votes over the internet and by phone.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

The New7Wonders campaign is the brainchild of a Swiss man, Bernard Weber, who has had a varied career as a film-maker and museum curator. (来源：英语e问e答 http://ask.englishcn.com)

Recognising achievements (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

American actress Hilary Swank said at the presentation ceremony: "Never before in history have so many people participated in a global decision." (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

Organisers say the contest was a chance to recognise the achievements of societies outside Europe and the Middle East.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

There are fears the ruins at Chichen Itza could have too many tourists

(来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

The original list of seven won

The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum in Rome and Jordan's Petra all made the list.

(来源：英语博客 http://space.englishcn.com)

The Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in Mexico and India's Taj Mahal were also picked, but England's Stonehenge and the Eiffel Tower in Paris missed out. (来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

Organisers say about 100m people cast votes over the internet and by phone.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

The New7Wonders campaign is the brainchild of a Swiss man, Bernard Weber, who has had a varied career as a film-maker and museum curator. (来源：英语e问e答 http://ask.englishcn.com)

Recognising achievements (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

American actress Hilary Swank said at the presentation ceremony: "Never before in history have so many people participated in a global decision." (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

Organisers say the contest was a chance to recognise the achievements of societies outside Europe and the Middle East.

(来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

There are fears the ruins at Chichen Itza could have too many tourists

(来源：EnglishCN英语博客基地)

The original list of seven wonders was established more than 2,000 years ago by Greek scholars.

It included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the ancient lighthouse outside Alexandria, the great pyramid at Giza - the only survivor - and three other long-vanished edifices.

(来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

The campaign has been some six years in the making. (来源：英语分类信息 http://fl.englishcn.com)

But the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) - which has long had its own World Heritage List - has criticised the organisation's approach.

(来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志 EnglishCN.com)

Unesco argues that the list is very limited. Its own World Heritage List numbers sites including 660 cultural and 166 natural. ders was established more than 2,000 years ago by Greek scholars.

It included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the ancient lighthouse outside Alexandria, the great pyramid at Giza - the only survivor - and three other long-vanished edifices.

(来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

The campaign has been some six years in the making. (来源：英语分类信息 http://fl.englishcn.com)

But the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) - which has long had its own World Heritage List - has criticised the organisation's approach.

(来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志 EnglishCN.com)

Unesco argues that the list is very limited. Its own World Heritage List numbers sites including 660 cultural and 166 natural.

The original list of seven wonders was established more than 2,000 years ago by Greek scholars.

It included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the ancient lighthouse outside Alexandria, the great pyramid at Giza - the only survivor - and three other long-vanished edifices.

(来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

The campaign has been some six years in the making. (来源：英语分类信息 http://fl.englishcn.com)

But the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) - which has long had its own World Heritage List - has criticised the organisation's approach.

(来源：英语麦当劳－英语杂志 EnglishCN.com)

Unesco argues that the list is very limited. Its own World Heritage List numbers sites including 660 cultural and 166 natural.

 First of all let us consider the earth (that is to say, the world) as a planet revolving round the sun. The earth is one of mine planets which move in orbit round the sun. These nine planets, together with the sun, make up what is called our solar system. How this wonderful system started and what kept it working with such wonderful accuracy is largely a mystery but astronomers tell us that it is only one of millions of similar systems is space, and one of the smallest.
     The stars which we see glittering in the sky on a dark and cloudless night are almost certainly the suns of other solar systems more or less like our own, but they are so far away in space that it is unlikely that we shall ever get to know very much about them. About our own solar system, however, we are learning more every day.
     Before the American and Russian astronauts made their thrilling journeys into outer space it was difficult for us to realise what our earth looked like from hundreds of thousands of miles away, but the photographs which the astronauts were able to take show us the earth in space looking not very different from what the moon looks like when we look at it from the earth. The earth is, however, very different from the moon, which the American astronauts have found to be without life or vegetation, whereas our earth is very much alive in every respect. The moon, by the way , is called a satellite because it goes round our earth as well as round the sun. In other words, it goes round the sun with our earth.
     The surface of our earth is covered by masses of land and larger areas of water. Let us consider the water areas first. The total water area is about three times as large as the land area. The very large separate areas of water are called "oceans" and the lesser areas are called "seas."
     In most of the oceans and seas some of the water is found to be flowing in a particular direction - that is to say, from one part towards another part of the ocean or sea concerned. The water which is flowing in this manner is said to be moving as a "current." There are many thousands of currents in the waters of the oceans and seas, but only certain of the stronger and better marked currents are specially named and or great importance. These currents are important because they affect the climate of the land areas close to where they flow and also because they carry large quantities of microscopic animal and vegetable life which forms a large part of the food for fishes.
     The nature and characteristics of the surface of the land areas of the earth vary a great deal from area to area and from place to place. The surface of some areas consists largely of high mountains and deep valleys whilst, in other areas, most of the surface consists of plains. If one made a journey over the Continents one would find every kind of surface including mountain ranges, plains, plateaux, deserts, tropical forestlands and empty areas covered permanently by ice and snow.
     When thinking and learning about the world we should not forget that our world is the home of a very great many different people - peoples with different colored skins, living very different lives and having very different ideas about a great many important things such as religion, government, education and social behavīor.
     The circumstances under which different people live make a great difference between the way in which they live and the way in which we live, and it ought to be our business to try to understand those different circumstances so that we can better understand people of other lands. Above all, we should avoid deciding what we think about people different from ourselves without first having learned a great deal about them and the kind of lives they have to live. It is true to say that the more we learn about other people, the better we understand their ideas and, as a rule, the better we like those people themselves.

1. Compliment three people every day.
　　每天问候3个人。 

2. Watch a sunrise.
　　看日出。

3. Be the first to say "Hello."
　　首先向别人打招呼。

4. Live beneath your means.
　　靠自己的力量生活
 
5. Treat everyone as you want to be treated.
　　像自己希望得到善待一样善待他人。

6. Never give up on anybody; miracles happen.
　　不对任何人绝望；奇迹随时会发生。

7. Remember someone's name.
　　铭记每个人的名字。

8. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
　　不要祈求得到什么东西，但可以祈求智慧和勇气。

9. Be tough-minded, but tender hearted.
　　意志要坚强，但心地要善良。

10. Be kinder than you have to be.
　　要比自己本质更仁慈。

11. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
　　不要忘记一个人最伟大的情感需要是受人赞赏。
 
12. Keep your promises.
　　履行自己的诺言。

13. Show cheerfulness even when you don't feel it.
　　即使没有感觉到也要表现出自己的愉快心情。

14. Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years.
　　切记一夜成名通常需要付出15年的不懈努力。

15. Leave everything better than you found it.
　　让一切要比你发现它们的时候更美好。

16. Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.
　　切记胜利者在做失败者不想做的事情。

17. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day.
　　当你早上到达上班地点时，让自己首先说的事情能够使每个人在这一天中感到愉快。

18. Don't rain on other people's parades.
　　不要因别人的辉煌而伤感。

19. Don't waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
　　抓住机会告诉别人你爱他们。

20. Keep some things to yourself and don't promote havoc by hurting people you love.
　　要自己保留一些事情，不要通过伤害所爱的人来引发更严重的伤害。

 

duplicate from one friend's blog...let's share it.

tell me , and i will forget;

show me ,and i may remember;

involve me ,and i will understand.

我听， 我忘记；

我看， 我记得；

我做， 我学到；

我教， 我掌握。

Why hearty women outlive men

The age-old riddle of why many women live longer than men has been solved. It's their pumping power, British researchers have found. On average, women live five years longer than men and women over the age of 60 are now the fastest-growing section of the British population. The average male heart becomes weaker with age, and by the age of 70 its power to pump blood around the body could have decreased by up to a quarter of its youthful strength. David Goldspink, Professor of Cell and Molecular Sports Science at Liverpool John Moores University, said yesterday that women's longevity is linked to the strength of their hearts. Unlike men, they pump just as strongly at 70 as they do at 20. "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 per cent between 18 and 70 years of age," Professor Goldspink said. "In stark contrast, over the same period there was no age-related decline in the power of the female heart, meaning that the heart of a healthy 70-year-old woman could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old's." The dramatic difference between the sexes might explain why women live longer. The good news is that men of any age can improve the health of their heart simply by taking more regular exercise. The results are based on the findings of a two-year study of a cross-section of the British population, which examined the effects of ageing on the cardiovascular system. Professor Goldspink and a team of scientists at the university's Research Unit for Human Development and Ageing examined more than 250 men and women between 18 and 80. None of the volunteers had a weekly exercise routine and all were considered to have low fitness levels, but were otherwise healthy. Each volunteer underwent five hours of tests to measure their blood pressure and the performance of their heart while at rest and while they exercised on a treadmill. The researchers found that the large arteries in the body became stiffer and less elastic with age, causing increased blood pressure. Blood flow to the muscles and skin of the limbs was also found progressively to decrease. These changes were found to occur earlier in men, but women caught up soon after the menopause.

If you favor those milk chocolate bon-bons over the dark variety, you might be better off switching. Eating dark chocolate -- but not milk chocolate -- raises levels of antioxidant in the blood, which could help protect against heart disease.

Researchers found that the rise in antioxidant levels is much lower when milk chocolate is eaten or when dark chocolate is eaten along with milk. Although the exact reason is unclear, it may be that milk interferes with the absorption of antioxidants from chocolate.

The findings, reported in scientific journal Nature, come from a study of 12 healthy volunteers who, on different days, ate 100 grams of dark chocolate alone, 100 grams of dark chocolate with milk, or 200 grams of milk chocolate.

Blood analysis one-hour after dark chocolate was eaten showed a significant rise in antioxidant levels, including levels of epicatechin, a well-known dietary flavonoid, report Dr. Mauro Serafini, from the National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Rome, and associates.

In contrast, not much change in antioxidant levels was seen after eating of milk chocolate or dark chocolate with milk. Moreover, epicatechin absorption into the bloodstream was much lower than when dark chocolate was eaten alone.

The researchers say their findings highlight the possibility that other items in the diet could reduce the antioxidant activity of flavonoids in the body.

"There is therefore a need to take into account dietary habits when designing studies to assess the association between flavonoid-rich foods, antioxidant activity and degenerative disease," they add.

My Pledge/ Oath（誓言）

What’s your story?

You can’t speak! You can’t understand!

You feel bad! You feel hopeless!

That’s crazy! Cheer up!

It’s not the end of the world.

Speaking English is a piece of cake.

Don’t look back.

Enjoy losing face. Just forget about your face.

The more mistakes your make, The more progress you make.

Don’t give up. Just try your best.

Relax! Don’t panic（惊慌）! Take it easy!

Be patient and enjoy yourself.

Learning English should be fun.

Speaking good English is no big deal.

It’s worth your time and effort.

It’s an easy job. Do something about it.

You have no choice.

No more excuses! Get moving.

Let’s get started! Let’s talk in English.

You’d better do it now.

I have every confidence in you.

I want to be proud of you.

It’s my pleasure to help you anytime.

You can count on me! Don’t worry about it.

I’m serious. I’ll try my best.

We will make it together.

We wish you the best of luck!

 

What the f u c k is going on？
（到底他妈的怎么回事？）

通常此话出于黑人之口，且口气最宜为疑惑，不解，愤怒等等。若是白人则多数时候会说-What the hell is going on? 意义相同而适用于更多场合。说此话之人身份通常为上级，且相处较久。不过如果你出差回家时看见老婆身边躺着个赤条条的陌生人，那它可就派上大用场了！

You son of bitch！（你个狗娘养的！）

令人意外的是，最爱说这句话的往往是女性。越高贵，越端庄的女性越容易在压力达到一定值时便会脱口而出。万万不要和有文化的MM顶嘴，否则被骂了还以为受表扬了呢！

All rise！（全体起立！）

国产英语老师最误人子弟的就是口语太差，爱说想当然口语。从小学到高中英语课代表一直喊的是-Stand up！当然没什么不可以，但为什么不说标准的话呢？就象我们朗读中文时说普通话一样！

It’s bullshit！（胡说八道！屁话！）

这句话一旦学会，包你用的乐不思蜀。用途太广泛啦！最绝是和老妈抬杠时搬出来，用你的眼睛直视她，以忏悔的口气说出。

Damn it！（可恶！）

此句往往从某个孤胆英雄的嘴中冒出，发音要轻，然口气要重！此英雄往往正面临生死抉择，例如是先剪蓝线还是先剪红线等，说时要有壮士一去不复返的气势！此句适合用在被MM拒绝时，向MM的背影说出！万万不可忘记要配合以右手中指的朝天一刺！

It’s none of your business！（关你屁事！）

此句已接近经典！当你在网上浏览不健康网站遭到网吧老板的劝阻时，它往往能建下奇功！

Come on！

此句因拥有太多含义，所以注释欠奉。但它确实非常necessary，所有的鬼佬一天不说个十七八遍就会浑身发痒，它的经典之处你就好好体会吧！

Ditto！（俺也是！）

本不是常用语，不过看过“幽灵”一片的人都染上了男主角的坏习惯。从来不说I love you！总是“俺也是，俺也是！”的把MM们气得口吐白沫！实际上你也可以说“Me too!”或“Me also!”，不过总是不够文艺腔，差了那么一点点味道和情调。

How can I forget such a beautiful girl/sexy boy？

此句在重逢某个你早已心仪的MM或GG是不妨拿来用用。当对方还沉浸在陶醉中时，你可以利用这段时间好好想想对方的名字！

I had no choice！（俺也是被逼无奈啊！）

最常用此话的要数那些被男主角逼到悬崖边上的家伙们！俺真的不是有意出卖你老人家的，饶俺一命吧！

I love you not because of who you are,but because of who I am when I am with you. 
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。 

No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is ,won't make you cry. 
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. 
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。 

 

Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 
纵然伤心，也不要悉眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 

To the world you may be one person,but to one person you may be the world. 
对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某人，你是他的整个世界。 

Don't waste your time on a man/woman,who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。 

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to,doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。 

Don't try to hard,the best things come when you least expect them to. 
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the person,we will know how to be grateful. 
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。 

Don't cry because it is over,smile because it happened. 
不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。

IN This ARTICLE: Wisdom today means something different for the young, modem Western generation.

[1] Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisation well. In the age of the TV sitcom , witty New York repartee and the instant one-liner, Western wisdom in the modern sense can mean something more like the dialogue from an American sitcom. Here's sampling of the some of the wittier one-lines circulating through Western society circles these days:

[2] I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

[3] 1 love deadlines. I especially like the wooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

[4] Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

[5] Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

[6] Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they aren't there the first time, chances are you won't be needing them again.

[7] On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

[8] You are slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter.

古人的智慧对文明总是大有裨益。在电视情景喜剧、纽约式的机智问答和即兴的单句俏皮话大行其道的时代，现代意义上的西方智慧更像是一出美国情景喜剧里对白之类的东西。以下是近来在西方社会流传的一些具有代表性的单句睿语：

我每天只能取悦一个人。今天轮不到你。明天看上去也不太妙。

我喜欢最后期限。我尤其喜欢它们飞驰而过时发出的嗖嗖声。

告诉我你需要什么，然后我会告诉你没有它怎么过。

接受这一事实－－有时你是在雕像上随意排泄的鸽子，有时你是那倒霉的雕像。

需要某个人就像需要一顶降落伞。如果他们第一时间不在场，你就可能再也没有需要他们的机会了。

在生活的键盘上，始终要把一个手指按在“退出”键上。

你比一群在花生酱中乱窜的海龟还要慢。

[9] Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

[10] Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

[11] Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[12] Don't be irreplaceable--if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

[13] Eat one live frog the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

[14] Everything can be filed under miscellaneous.

[15] You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

[16] When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question "how would adventure star Indiana Jones handle this?"

[17] I don't have an attitude problem. you have a perception problem.

不要插手凶龙恶兽的事，因为你是松脆的，而被涂上番茄酱后味道好极了。

每个人在别人眼中都是怪物。

千万别和白痴争论。他们会把你拉低到和他们同等的水平，再用经验击败你。

切勿成为不可替代的人－－如果没人能取代你，你便无法得到提升。

如果早晨第一件事就是吃一只活青蛙，那么余下的一天便不会有更糟的事发生了。

每件东西都可归入杂项。

老板偶然来到你的办公桌时，你总是在做一些无关紧要的事。

碰到难题时，把它简化成这样一个问题——“惊险片明星印第安那·琼斯会怎样处理？”－－你就能比较容易地解决它了。

不是我的态度有问题，而是你的感觉有问题。

 I’ll give you some advice about life.
　　给你生活的忠告
　　Eat more roughage;
　　多吃些粗粮；
　　Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains;
　　给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；
　　Remember what life tells you;
　　熟记生活告诉你的一切；
　　Don’t take to heart every thing you hear.
　　Don’t spend all that you have.
　　Don’t sleep as long as you want;
　　不要轻信你听到的每件事，不要花光你的所有，不要想睡多久就睡多久；
　　Whenever you say” I love you”, please say it honestly;
　　无论何时说“我爱你”，请真心实意；
　　Whevever you say” I’m sorry”, please look into the other person’s eyes;
　　无论何时说“对不起”，请看对方的眼睛；
　　Fall in love at first sight;  
　　相信一见钟情；
　　Don’t neglect dreams;
　　请不要忽视梦想；
　　Love deeply and ardently, even if there is pain, but this is the way to make your life complete;
　　深情热烈地爱，也许会受伤，但这是使人生完整的唯一方法；
　　Find a way to settle, not to dispute;
　　用一种明确的方法解决争议，不要冒犯；
　　Never judge people by their appearance;
　　永远不要以貌取人；
　　Speak slowly, but think quickly;
　　慢慢地说，但要迅速地想；
　　When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, simle and say, “Why do you want to know?”
　　 当别人问你不想回答的问题时，笑着说：“你为什么想知道？”
　　Remember that the man who can shoulder the most risk will gain the deepest love and the supreme accomplishment;
　　记住：那些敢于承担最大风险的人才能得到最深的爱和最大的成就；
　　Call you mother on the phone. If you can’t, you may think of her in your heart;
　　给妈妈打电话，如果不行，至少在心里想着她；
　　When someone sneezes say, “God bless you”;
　　当别人打喷嚏时，说一声“上帝保佑”；
　　If you fail, don’t forget to learn your lesson;
　　如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训；
　　 Remember the three “ respects” .Respect yourself, respect others, stand on dignity and pay attention to your behavīor;
　　记住三个“尊”： 尊重你自己； 尊重别人； 保持尊严， 对自己的行为负责；
　　Don’t let a little dispute break up a great friendship;
　　不要让小小的争端损毁了一场伟大的友谊；
　　Whenever you find your wrongdoing, be quick with reparation!
　　无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补；动作要快！
　　Whenever you make a phone call smil when you pick up the phone, because someone feel it!
　　无论什么时候打电话，摘起话筒的时候请微笑，因为对方能感觉到！
　　Marry a person who likes talking; because when you get old, you’ll find that chatting to be a great advantage;
　　找一个你爱聊的人结婚；因为年纪大了后，你会发觉喜欢聊天是一个人最大的优点；
　　Find time for yourself.
　　找点时间，单独呆会儿；
　　Life will change what you are but not who you are;
　　欣然接受改变，但不要摒弃你的个人理念；
　　Remember that silence is golden;
　　记住：沉默是金；
　　Read more books and watch less television;
　　多看点书，少看点电视；
　　Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again;
　　过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回想起过去，你就能再一次享受人生。
　　Trust God, but don’t forget to lock the door;
　　相信上帝，但是别忘了锁门；
　　The harmonizing atmosphere of a family is valuable;
　　家庭的融洽氛围是难能可贵的；
　　Try your best to let family harmony flow smoothly;
　　尽你的能力让家平顺和谐；
　　When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don’t quibble over the appetizers;
　　当你和你的亲近的少吵嘴时候，试着就事论事，不要扯出那些陈芝麻、烂谷子的事；
　　You cannot hold onto yesterday;
　　不要摆脱不了昨天；
　　Figure out the meaning of someone’s words;
　　多注意言下之意；
　　
　　Share your knowledge to continue a timeless tradition;
　　和别人分享你的知识，那才是永恒之道；
　　Treat our earth in a friendly way,don’t fool around with mother nature;
　　善待我们的地球，不要愚弄自然母亲；
　　Do the thing you should do;
　　做自己该做的事；
　　Don’t trust a lover who kisses you without closing their eyes;
　　不要相信接吻时从不闭眼的伴侣；
　　Go to a place you’ve never been to every year.
　　每年至少去一个你从没去过的地方。
　　
　　If you earn much money,the best way to spend it is on charitable deeds while you are alive;
　　如果你赚了很多钱，在活着的时候多行善事，这是你能得到的最好回报；
　　Remember,not all the best harvest is luck;
　　记住有时候，不是最好的收获也是一种好运；
　　Understand rules completely and change them reasonably;
　　深刻理解所有的规则，合理地更新他们；
　　Remember,the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them;
　　记住，最好的爱存在于对别人的爱胜于对别人的索求这上；
　　Comment on the success you have attained by looking in the past at the target you wanted to achieve most;
　　回头看看你发誓取得的目标，然后评价你到底有多成功；
　　In love and cooking,you must give 100% effort……but expect little appreciation;
　　无论是烹饪不是爱情，都用百分之百的负责态度对待，但是不要乞求太多的回报。

That must be the story of innumerable couples,and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vasty sea;but the sea is so calm,so silent,so infifferent,that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness.Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature,strong in me even in those days,that i felt in such an existence,the share of the great majority,something amiss.I recognized its social value.I saw its ordered happiness,but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous,shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen.

I was not yet 30 years old and was working as a firefighter(消防队员) in the South Bronx's Engine Co. 82, probably the world's most active firehouse at the time. It was warm and sunny, the kind of leisurely Sunday that brought extra activity to the neighborhood and to its firefighters. We must have had 15 or 20 calls that day, the worst being a garbage fire in the rear of an abandoned building, which required a hard pull of 600 feet of cotton-jacketed hose.

Between alarms I would rush to the company office to read Captain Gray's copy of the Sunday New York Times. It was late in the afternoon when I finally got to the Book Review section(纽约时报的书评版). As I read it, my blood began to boil. An article blatantly stated what I took to be a calumny -- that William Butler Yeats(叶芝，威廉·巴特勒1865-1939爱尔兰作家，被认为是20世纪最伟大的诗人之一), the Nobel Prize-winning light of the Irish Literary Renaissance, had transcended his Irishness and was forever to be known as a universal poet.

There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish heritage, and ever since I first picked up a book of his poems from a barracks shelf when I was in the military, Yeats had been my favorite Irish writer, followed by Sean O'Casey and James Joyce.

My ancestors were Irish farmers, fishermen and blue-collar workers, but as far as I can tell, they all had a feeling for literature. It was passed on to my own mother, a telephone operator(话务员), who hardly ever sat down without a book in her hands. And at that moment my own fingernails might have been soiled with the soot of the day's fires, but I felt as prepared as any Trinity don to stand up in the court of public opinion and protest. Not only that Yeats had lived his life and written his poetry through the very essence of his Irish sensibility, but that it was offensive to think Irishness -- no matter if it was psychological, social or literary -- was something to be transcended.

My stomach was churning, and I determined not to let an idle minute pass. "Hey, Captain Gray. Could I use your typewriter?" I asked.

The typewriter was so old that I had to use just one finger to type, my strongest one, even though I could type with all ten. I grabbed the first piece of clean paper I could find -- one that had the logo of the Fire Department of the City of New York across the top -- and, hoping there would be a break in the alarms for 20 minutes or so, wrote out a four-paragraph letter of indignation to the editor of the Sunday Book Review(「纽约时报」书评).

Throughout his poetry, I postulated, Yeats yearned for a messiah to lead Ireland out from under the bondage of English rule, and his view of the world and the people in it was fundamentally Irish.

Just as I addressed the envelope, the final alarm of my tour came in, and as I slid down the long brass pole, I felt unexpectedly calm, as if a great rock had been purged from the bottom of my stomach.

I don't know why I felt it my obligation to safeguard the reputation of the world's greatest poet, at least next to Homer and Shakespeare, or to inscribe an apologia for Irish writing. I just knew that I had to write that letter, in the same way a priest has to pray, or a musician has to play an instrument.

Until that point in my life I had not written much of value -- a few poems and short stories, the beginning of a coming-of-age novel. I knew that my writing was anything but refined. Like a beginning artist who loves to draw, I understood that the more one draws, or writes, or does anything, the better the end result will be, and so I wrote often to better control my writing skills, to master them. I sent some material to various magazines and reviews but found no one willing to publish me.

It was a special and unexpected delight, then, when I learned something I'd written would finally see print. Ironically it wasn't one of my poems or short stories -- it was my letter to the Times. I suppose the editor decided to publish it because he was first attracted by the official nature of my stationery (was his staff taking smoke breaks out on the fire escape?), and then by the incongruity of a ghetto firefighter's using words like messianism, for in the lines below my letter it was announced that I was a New York City firefighter. I'd like to think, though, that the editor silently agreed with my thesis.

I remember receiving through the fire department's address about 20 sympathetic and congratulatory letters from professors around the country. These letters made me feel like I was not only a published writer but an opinion maker. It was as if I was suddenly thrust into being someone whose views mattered.

I also received a letter from True magazine and one from The New Yorker, asking for an interview. It was the latter that proved momentous, for when an article titled "Fireman Smith" appeared in that magazine, I received a telephone call from the editor of a large publishing firm who asked if I might be interested in writing a book about my life.

I had little confidence in my ability to write a whole book, though I did intuit that my work as a firefighter was a worthy subject. And so I wrote Report From Engine Co. 82 in six months, and it went on to sell two million copies and to be translated into 12 languages. In the years that followed, I wrote three more best-sellers, and last year published a memoir, A Song for Mary: An Irish-American Memory.

Being a writer had been far from my expectations; being a best-selling author was almost unfathomable. How had it happened? I often found myself thinking about it, marveling at it, and my thoughts always came back to that letter to the New York Times.

For me, the clearest explanation is that I had found the subject I was searching for, one I felt so strongly about that the writing was a natural consequence of the passion I felt. I was to feel this same kind of passion when I began writing about firefighters and, later, when writing about my mother. These are subjects that, to me, represent the great values of human life -- decency, honesty and fairness -- subjects that burn within me as I write.

Over the years, all five of my children have come to me periodically with one dilemma or another. Should I study English or art? Should I go out for soccer or basketball? Should I take a job with this company or that one?

My answer is always the same, yet they still ask, for reassurance is a good and helpful thing. Think about what you're feeling deep down in the pit of your stomach, I tell them, and measure the heat of the fire there, for that is the passion that will flow through your heart. Your education and your experience will guide you toward making a right decision, but your passion will enable you to make a difference in whatever you do.

That's what I learned the day I stood up for Ireland's greatest poet.

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."

1. Visit places Americans enjoy: parties, churches, Western restaurants, parks, sports clubs.

到一些美国人喜欢去的地方：宴会、教会、西餐厅、公园和健身房。

2. Be willing to take the first step. Don't wait for them to approach you. Americans in Beijin may not know you speak English. They may be embarrassed if they can't speak your language.

乐意跨出第一步，不要等他们来接近你。在北京的美国人不知道你会不会讲英语。如果他们不会讲你的语言，他们可能觉得不好意思。

3. Use small talk to open the conversation. Ask them where they're from, why they came to Beijing, etc. Remember: Be careful to avoid personal questions about age, salary, marital status and appearance.

以闲聊来展开话题，问他们来自哪里，为什么到北京等等。切记：小心避免非常私人的问题，例如年龄、薪水、婚姻状况和长相。

4. Show an interest in their culture, their country or their job. (Americans like to talk about themselves!)

对他们的文化、国家或者工作表示兴趣。（美国人喜欢谈论自己）。

5. Invite them to join you for dinner or just for coffee or tea. Try to set a specific time. Americans sometimes make general invitations like "Let's get together sometime. " Often this is just a way to be friendly. It is not always a real invitation.

邀请他们和你一起吃饭或喝茶。要讲定时间，否则，美国人有时会用一些一般性的邀请，像「找个时间聚聚吧！」，但这只是表示友善的方法而非真正的邀请。

6. Don't expect too much at first. Maybe they're just being friendly. But maybe they do want to be your good friends. It will take time to tell.

不要一开始就对你们的友谊期待太多，也许他们只是表示友善，但也可能他们真的要做你的好朋友，这需要时间证明。

7.People like Yaser shouldn't give up trying to make American friends. Americans do value strong, life-long friendships, even with non-Americans. When making friends, it helps to have a good dose of cultural understanding.

像亚瑟一样的人不应放弃交朋友，美国人还是看重强烈，一生之久的友谊，即使是和非美国人士。交朋友时，对于文化有某种程度的了解将会有所帮助。

Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an inter-national student from Jordan. He was excited to get to know an American. He wanted to learn more about American culture. Yaser hoped that he and Steve would become good friends.
At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to eat lunch with him. But after the semester was over, Steve seemed more distant. The two former classmates didn't see each other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didn't seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steve's change of attitude. "Steve said we were friends," Yaser complained. "And I thought friends were friends forever."
Yaser is a little confused. He is an outsider to American culture. He doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word friend in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances and close companions "friends." Americans have school friends, work friends, sports friends and neighborhood friends. These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade. Now Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates. Their friendship has changed.
In some cultures friendship means a strong life-long bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out of five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just as quickly.

People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. They exchange information about their families, hobbies and work. They may smile warmly and say, "Have a nice day" or "See you later." Schoolmates may say, "Let's get together sometime." But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship.
After an experience like Yaser's, outsiders may consider Americans to be fickle. Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends the American way.

A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times .A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight. (Arthur Schopenhauer. Geman philosopher)
一定的忧愁、痛苦或烦恼，对每个人都是时时必需的。一艘船如果没有压舱物，便不会稳定，不能朝着目的地一直前进。(德国哲学家 叔本华 A)

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. (Michel Eyquem Montaigne, French essayist)
害怕痛苦的人已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。(法国散文家 蒙田 M E)

As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers. (Plato , Ancient Greek Philosopher)
正像空容器发出的声音最大，智力最低者最善于唠叨不休。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)

Better one suffer, than a nation grieve. (John Drydon, British poet)
宁可一人受苦，不使民族悲伤。(英国诗人 德莱顿 J)

Between grief and nothing I will take grief. (William Faulkner, American writer)
在悲痛与虚无之间，我愿意选择悲痛。(美国作家 福克纳 W)

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. (Thomas Fuller, American inventor)
使人高兴的或者沮丧的，与其说是事实，还不如说是攀比。(美国发明家 富勒 T)

For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later. (John Milton, Britsh poet)
好事不出门，坏事传千里。(英国诗人 弥尔顿 J)

Grief is itself a medicine. (William Cowper, British poet)
悲痛本身也是一种药。(英国诗人 考伯 W)

Happiness is beneficial for the body , but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. (Marcel Proust, French writer)
愉快有益于人的身体，但只有悲伤才能培养心灵力量。(法国作家 普鲁斯 M)

1． It's up to you.（由你决定。）
2． I envy [羡慕]you.（我羡慕你。）
3． How can I get in touch with you?
4． Where can I wash my hands? （请问洗手间在哪里？）
5． What's the weather like today?（今天天气如何？）
6． Where are you headed [朝…方向行进]? （你要到哪里去？）
7． I wasn't born yesterday.（我又不是三岁小孩。）
8． What do you do for relaxation[消遣、娱乐]?（你做什么消遣？）
9． It’s a small world.（世界真小！）
10． It’s my treat[请客、款待] this time.（这次我请客！）
11． The sooner the better. （越快越好。）
12． When is the most convenient [方便的；便利的] time for you?
13． Take your time.（慢慢来/别着急。）
14． I'm mad about bruce lee.（我迷死李小龙了。）
　　I'm crazy[着迷的；狂热爱好的] about rock music. （我对摇滚乐很着迷。）
15． How do I address you?（我怎么称呼你？）
16． What was your name again? （请再说一次名字好吗？）
17． Would you care for[喜欢] a cop of coffee?（要被咖啡吗？） (来源：英语电影下载 http://bt.englishcn.com)
18． She turns me off.（她使我厌烦。）
19． So far so good.（目前为止，一切都好。）
20． It drives[逼迫；迫使] me crazy.（它把握逼疯了。）
21． She never showed up[出席；露面].（她一直没有出现。）
22． That's not like him.（那不象是他的风格。）
23． I couldn't get through.（电话打不通。）
24． I got sick and tired of hotels.（我讨厌旅馆。）
25． Be my guest.（请便、别客气）
26． Can you keep an eye on my bag?（帮我看一下包好吗？）
27． Let's keep in touch.（让我们保持联系。）
28． Let's call it a day[决定或同意暂时或永久停止（进行某事）].
29． I couldn't help[避免；阻止] it.（我没办法。）
30． Something's come up[发生/出现].（有点事/出事了）
31． Let's get to the point[要点/核心问题].（让我们来谈要点。）
32． Keep that in mind.（记住那件事。）
33． That was a close call.（太危险了/千钧一发）
34． I'll be looking forward to it.（我将期待这一天。）
35． Chances are slim[渺茫的；微小的].（机会很小。）
36． Far from it.（一点也不。）

37． I’m behind in my work.（我工作进度落后了。）
38． It's a pain in the neck[麻烦的事（人）].（那真是件麻烦事）
39． We're in the same boat.（我们处境相同。）
40． My mouth is watering.（我在流口水了。）
41． What do you recommend?（你推荐什么？）
42． I ache all over.（我浑身酸痛。）
43． I have a runny nose.（我流鼻涕。）
44． It's out of the question.（这是不可能的。）
45． Do you have any openings?（你们有空缺吗？）
46． It doesn't make any difference.（没什么差别/无所谓。）
47． I'm fed up[极其厌烦] with him.（我受够他了。）
48． You can count on[指望；依赖] us.（你可以信赖我们。）
49． It doesn't work.（坏了；不动了。）
50.   It's better than nothing.（总比什么都没有好。）
51． Think nothing of it.（别放在心上。）
52． I'm not myself today.（我今天心神不宁。）
53． I have a sweet tooth.（我喜欢吃甜食。）
54． I can't express[表示；表达；表明] myself very well in english.
　　（我不能很好地用英语表达自己。） (来源：英语博客 http://space.englishcn.com)
55． For the time being.（暂时；暂且；目前）
56． This milk has gone bad.（这牛奶变质了。）
57． Don't beat around the bush. （别拐弯抹角了。）
58． It's up in the air[悬而未决].（尚未确定。）
59． Math is beyond[对某人而言难以想象/理解/估计] me.（我对数学无能为力。）
60． It slipped my mind.（我忘了。）
61． You can't please[使人感到满意和愉快] everyone.（你不可能讨好每一个人。）
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。） (来源：英语问答中心 http://ask.englishcn.com)
74． It doesn't make any sense!（毫无意义！）
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