1. Head
The head is thought to be the most important part of the human body. So a leader is often compared to a head (首脑). Thus we have Head of State or the head of a delegation. The head is where the brain is located. It is naturally associated with ideas and intelligence. Very often, we need other people's ideas and opinions when we want to do something well. This is because two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮).
2. Eye
The eyes are extremely precious to us. That is why we say" Mind your eye (当心)! when we reminding someone to be careful. Not only human beings and animals have eyes, many things also have" eyes"- theeyes of a ship, the eye of a needle, the eye of a typhoon, and so on.
3. Ear
The ear is the organ of hearing. A piece of light music is easy on the ear. (悦
耳动听). We are usually all ears (专心聆听) for bit news. When they think somebody is overhearing, English people use either of the two proverbs: Walls have ears (隔墙有耳) and Pitchers have ears (壶罐有耳). They also think that little pitchers have big ears(小孩子耳朵尖). Nice boys and girls respect other people. They will not secretly listen to others' private conversations.
4. Nose
The English phrase "face to face (面对面)" and its Chinese counterpart(对应) are exactly the same. But English people, to express the same idea, can say nose to nose instead. There is no such substitute in Chinese. The word nose appears in many idioms. Here are two which are quite similar to their Chinese equivalents: lead somebody by the nose (牵着某人的鼻子走) and turn up one's nose at somebody or something (对某人或某物嗤之一鼻). English people can say as plain as the nose in one's face (一清二楚) to mean "very obvious". May be to them, the nose is the most conspicuous part of the fa
ce.
5. Lip
We have two lips: the upper lip and the lower lip. If one's two lips are closed, one cannot speak.So it goes without saying that "don't open your lips (不要开口)" means " don't speak". His lips are sealed. Are his lips really stuck together by wax or glue? No, his lips are sealed when asked about something that he must keep secret. Sometimes a top secret is betrayed because it has escaped someone's lips (脱口而出). Then the incident may become a piece of news that is on everybody's lips (众口相传).
6. Tongue
We all know we cannot speak without the tongue. So the tongue is closely related to speech. To hold one's tongue (保持沉默) means "to keep silent". A personwho has too much tongue (太多嘴) is disliked by all, for he is too talkative.Mother tongue is not the tongue of a mother: it is a person's native language. "Don't you have a moth below your nose (你鼻子底下不是有张嘴吗)?" The Chinese say so to blame a person who did not say what he should have said. But this not the right way to express the idea in English. English people would say, "Youhave a tongue in your head, haven't you?"
7. Face
Face has to do with the idea of respect and dignity both in Chinese and English. You lose your face (丢面子) if you fail again and again, but a decisive victory will save your face (挽回面子) after all your failures. When you feel unhappy, you pull a long face (拉长脸). The idea is conveyed in Chinese in the same way. But "about face (向后转)" does not refer to the face. It is a military order to turn round and face in the opposite direction. It is the exact equivalent of " about turn".
8. Shoulder
The shoulders can bear heavy things. Your father has a great responsibility for the family on his shoulder. When faced with difficulty, the family should stand shoulder to shoulder (肩并肩) to overcome it. You should not turn a cold shoulder (不理睬) to your family members. Nor should you give your friends the cold shoulder (冷落朋友). Both expressions mean treating others coldly.
9. Back
A good host is hospitable to his guests. But, if guest is tiresome, the host is glad to see his back (他离开). If your friend has done something really well, you may give him a pat on the back (轻轻拍背部) to show your appreciation. If you turn your back on somebody (不理睬他人), you mean you do not like making friends with that person.
10. Heart
The heart is an extremely important organ inside the chest. It usually stands for something important or the centre of something, for example, the heart of the matter (问题的核心) or the heart of mystery. Many other expressions make use of the word heart. A lover can be called a sweet heart (情人). The Purple Heart (紫心徽章) is a medal given as an honor to American soldiers wounded in battle. If your friend is in trouble, you may encourage him by saying "Don't lose heart (不要灰心)."
11. Stomach
The stomach is naturally related to one's appetite. If you dislike heavy food,you have no stomach for it (反胃). The word is also related to one's interests or likings. If you find something boring or vulgar, you have no stomach for it, either. Bad food turns your stomach. Similarly, your stomach turns at a bad joke. Stomach can also be a verb. Look at this example: "How could you stomach (忍受) such rude words?" Apparently, stomach here can be replaced by "tolerate".
12. Arm
Every person has two arms: the right arm and the left arm. The right arm is usually stronger, so we call a good helper the right arm (得力助手). We all know an arm is not very long. But when you keep someone at arm's length(保持距离), the distance is long enough. For that means you don not like that person and you try your best to avoid him or her. We should indeed keep the bad friends at arm's length.
13. Hand
Quite a number of phrases formed form the word hand are very similar to their Chinese counterparts. Here are some obvious examples: a fresh hand (新手), short of hands (人手短缺), hand in hand (手拉手) and wash one's hands of something (洗手不干了). But do not always take this for granted. Study these examples and you will understand. He lives from hand to mouth (He has just enough money to live on). We gave them a big hand (We gave them lots of applause).
14. Finger
How many fingers does each of your hands have? Now let's name them in English from the smallest: the little finger, the ring finger, the middle finger, the index finger and thumb. Each finger has its own part to play. If your fingers are all thumbs (笨拙), that is too bad. That means you are very clumsy.
15. Thumb
Chinese people turn up their thumbs to express appreciation. English people do so to express not only appreciation but also approval. Chinese people never turn their thumbs down to mean anything. But English people do. They do so to show depreciation disapproval. Thus in English you can say, "We turn thumbs up (赞成) to Jack's suggestion but they turn thumbs down (不赞成) to it." Similarly, you can warmly praise someone by saying "Thumbs up (真棒)!" and show your dissatisfaction by saying "Thumbs down (差劲)!"
16. Nail
If you see two of your classmates fighting tooth and nail (又抓又咬), you must stop them at once. Otherwise, at least one of them would be hurt. Nail also means a thin pointed piece of metal for hammering into something. But it is related to the body in this sentence: "Peter is as hard as nails (结实的象铁打的)." We all hope that we are as strong and healthy as he is. Then if I say you have hit the nail on the head (中肯,一针见血), I don not mean that you have done something cruel. I mean that you have said exactly the right thing.
17. Leg
The word leg appears in many colloquial expressions. At a party, when you feel like dancing, you can say to a good friend of yours, "Let's shake a leg." Obviously, it means " Let's dance." When you want your fiend to hurry, you can also " shake a leg". In American English it means "hurry". The arms and legs are very important to us. Therefore when asked why you are not going to buy something expensive, you may answer, "It costs an arm and a leg!" You mean that it is really expensive. If you pull one's leg, it means you
make fun of someone.
18. Toe
To convey the idea "from head to foot", English people san say from top to toe. But Chinese people don't. Some people turn their toes out (八字脚) when they walk. Some turn their toes in. When faced with danger, we must be alert and ready for action, that is to say,
we must be on our toes (保持警惕).
19. Skin
Human beings have skin. So have animals and plants. The skin can be think or thin. A think-skinned person, or a person who has a thin skin, is easily upset or offended while a thick-skinned person, or a person who has a think skin, is quite the contrary. Both expressions are sometimes derogatory (贬义). That is to say, sometimes the former refers to a person who is too sensitive; the latter a person who has little sense of shame.
20. Hair
Most people will only think of the hair on our head when the word hair is mentioned. In fact, some animals and plants also have hair. A horrible scene may make a person's hair stand on end (毛骨悚然). But a courageous person will not turn a hair (不畏惧) even though he is in face of danger. Sometimes, a friend of yours may be so angry that he may act foolishly. Then you had better give him this advice: "Keep your hair on (别发脾气)".
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The names of animals
2007-11-30 21:16:49
horse 马
mare 母马
colt, foal 马驹,小马
pony 矮马
thoroughbred 纯种马
mustang 野马
mule 骡
ass, donkey 驴
ox 牛
buffalo 水牛
bull 公牛
cow 母牛
calf 小牛, 牛犊
bullock, steer 小阉牛
heifer 小母牛
pig, swine 猪
boar 种猪
hog 阉猪, 肥猪
gilt 小母猪
piglet 猪崽
sheep 羊
ewe 母羊
goat 山羊
lamb 羊羔,羔羊
zebra 斑马
antilope 羚羊
gazelle 小羚羊
deer 鹿
reindeer 驯鹿
giraffe 长颈鹿
camel 骆驼
dromedary 单峰驼
llama 大羊驼
guanaco 原驼
alpaca 羊驼
vicuna 小羊驼
elephant 象
rhinoceros 犀牛
hippopotamus 河马
cat 猫
tabby, she-cat, grimalkin 雌猫
tomcat 雄猫, 公猫
kitten, kitty, pussy 小猫
lion 狮
lynx 猞猁
panther, puma 美洲豹
leopard 豹
tiger 虎
wildcat 野猫
bison 美洲野牛
yak 牦牛
dog 狗
badger 獾
weasel 鼬,黄鼠狼
otter 水獭
fox 狐
hyena, hyaena 鬣狗
wolf 狼
squirrel 松鼠
dormouse 睡鼠
beaver 河狸
marmot 土拨鼠
ferret 雪貂
bear 熊
rabbit 兔子
hare 野兔
rat 鼠
chinchilla 南美栗鼠
gopher 囊地鼠
Guinea pig 豚鼠
marmot 土拨鼠
mole 鼹鼠
mouse 家鼠
vole 田鼠
monkey 猴子
chimpanzee 黑猩猩
gorilla 大猩猩
orangutan 猩猩
gibbon 长臂猿
sloth 獭猴
anteater 食蚁兽
duckbill, platypus 鸭嘴兽
kangaroo 袋鼠
koala 考拉, 树袋熊
hedgehog 刺猬
porcupine 箭猪, 豪猪
bat 蝙蝠
armadillo 犰狳
whale 鲸
dolphin 河豚
porpoise 大西洋鼠海豚
seal 海豹
walrus 海象eagle 鹰
bald eagle 白头鹰
condor 秃鹰
hawk, falcon 隼
heron 苍鹰
golden eagle 鹫
kite 鹞
vulture 秃鹫
cock 公鸡
hen 母鸡
chicken 鸡, 雏鸡
guinea, fowl 珍珠鸡
turkey 火鸡
peacock 孔雀
duck 鸭
mallard 野鸭, 凫
teal 小野鸭
gannet 塘鹅
goose 鹅
pelican 鹈鹕
cormorant 鸬鹚
swan 天鹅
cob 雄天鹅
cygnet 小天鹅
gander, wild goose 雁
dove 鸽
pigeon 野鸽
turtle dove 斑鸠
pheasant 雉, 野鸡
grouse 松鸡
partridge 石鸡, 鹧鸪
ptarmigan 雷鸟
quail 鹌鹑
ostrich 鸵鸟
stork 鹳
woodcock 山鹬
snipe 鹬
gull, seagull 海鸥
albatross 信天翁
kingfisher 翠鸟
bird of paradise 极乐鸟, 天堂鸟
woodpecker 啄木鸟
parrot 鹦鹉
cockatoo 大葵花鹦鹉
macaw 金刚鹦鹉
parakeet 长尾鹦鹉
cuckoo 杜鹃,布谷鸟
crow 乌鸦
blackbird 乌鸫
magpie 喜鹊
swallow 燕子
sparrow 麻雀
nightingale 夜莺
canary 金丝雀
starling 八哥
thrush 画眉
goldfinch 金翅雀
chaffinch 苍头燕雀
robin 知更鸟
plover 千鸟
lark 百鸟,云雀
swift 褐雨燕
whitethroat 白喉雀
hummingbird 蜂雀
penguin 企鹅
owl 枭,猫头鹰
scops owl 角枭,耳鸟snake 蛇
adder, viper 蝰蛇
boa 王蛇
cobra 眼镜蛇
copperhead 美洲腹蛇
coral snake 银环蛇
grass snake 草蛇
moccasin 嗜鱼蛇
python 蟒蛇
rattlesnake 响尾蛇
lizard 蜥蜴
tuatara 古蜥蜴
chameleon 变色龙,避役
iguana 鬣蜥
wall lizard 壁虎
salamander, triton, newt 蝾螈
giant salamander 娃娃鱼, 鲵
crocodile 鳄鱼, 非洲鳄
alligator 短吻鳄, 美洲鳄
caiman, cayman 凯门鳄
gavial 印度鳄
turtle 龟
tortoise 玳瑁
sea turtle 海龟
frog 青蛙
bullfrog 牛蛙
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Poetry Appreciation
2007-11-30 21:12:22
Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --- by Xu Zhimo
再别康桥 徐志摩
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.The floatingheart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects heep silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away轻轻的我走了,
正如我轻轻的来;
我轻轻的招手,
作别西天的云彩。那河畔的金柳
是夕阳中的新娘
波光里的艳影,
在我的心头荡漾。软泥上的青荇,
油油的在水底招摇;
在康河的柔波里,
我甘心做一条水草那榆荫下的一潭,
不是清泉,是天上虹
揉碎在浮藻间,
沉淀着彩虹似的梦。寻梦? 撑一支长篙,
向青草更青处漫溯,
满载一船星辉,
在星辉斑斓里放歌但我不能放歌,
悄悄是别离的笙箫;
夏虫也为我沉默,
沉默是今晚的康桥!悄悄的我走了,
正如我悄悄的来;
我挥一挥衣袖,
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fight with the exam
2007-11-30 19:32:45
The day after tomorrow, i will take another headache exam which i did not prepare it well. the reason for i take the examination is not that i like it, however, just for it must be done.
Very puzzled, why i cannot find a good way to write english composition, for i have learnt several years. What's more, having read many original english classics, i have not master the main gist to express idea in a natural way. The main difficulty for me is to use the new , the powerful, and the beautiful words. i always stay in the old place with the practising the leraned words. When i met the new words in a whole composition, i can recognize them very easily, even can guess the meaning of them. but when they should be used in some circumstance, i didnot remember them at the first second.
Maybe, the phenomenon is due to my less practising. I should not just copy and consult other's work to finish my homework, and it is the biggest mistake. Though i cannot think over an outstaning idea, the tring is also a must.
the exam is drawing near, and the fight is shaking hand to me. come on, fight with it like a hero, a false hero. And maybe i can pass it, who knows?
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Tears and smile
2007-11-27 21:51:10
Now, tears are falling on my face, for what? i have no answer. Maybe i am moved by the writing , the passionate expression which is alos the reflection of what i am thinking. each one has a secret corner in his heart which stores his happiness and sadness, his longing and lingering, and in which he is given the right to cry , to shed his tears, to vent his fellings. The corner is a shelter from exposure.
At the same time, smile is concealed in my heart, for my aunt , my two sisters all sent message to me in the one day. They are both not good at sent message, however , their greetings warm my heart in the cold day, in the distant place. In the afternoon, i had a dream , a sweet and beautiful dream in which i met my missing friends and talked happily together. As a matter fact, i am really, actually miss them, especially somebody. Maybe, the dream is the reflection of what i am thinking about. But it is a little bitter, as i only see them in dream, a untruly dream.Why people can nptdo what they like to do, why people cannot own what they like.
These days, i read Yu Qiuyu's prose, from which i get to know only experience can produce a perfect writing, only observation and thinking can polish a writing. No experience, no past, that is no writing.
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Contuine the flower
2007-11-26 12:25:05
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Flower and its pictures
2007-11-25 22:51:03
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Thanksgiving Day
2007-11-21 21:49:34
Tomorrow is Thanksging day, and it is a western festival. Although many of us are pay little attention to it, we should have a notion of giving thanks to someone who helped us in our life. So i excerpt an atricle about it to share with us.
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of[1] starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest.Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed[2]. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes.There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing[3] to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on[4] the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued[5] blessings.
现在我想给你们详细谈谈美国的感恩节。感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日,而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。
1620年,一些朝圣者(或称为清教徒)乘坐"五月花"号船去美国寻求宗教自由。他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后,终于在酷寒的十一月里,在现在的马萨诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。
在第一个冬天,半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病,活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来,他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来,庄稼获得了意外的丰收,所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后,美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天,直到如今。
感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄,还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁,其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和番瓜馅饼,这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食品。
人人都赞成感恩节大餐必需以烤火鸡为主菜。火鸡在烘烤时要以面包作填料以吸收从中流出来的美味汁液,但烹饪技艺常因家庭和地区的不同而各异,应用什幺填料也就很难求得一致。
今天的感恩节是一个不折不扣的国定假日。在这一天,具有各种信仰和各种背景的美国人,共同为他们一年来所受到的上苍的恩典表示感谢,虔诚地祈求上帝继续赐福。
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Sunny but headache
2007-11-20 21:16:09
It seemed that i had got a cold since i felt a headache. The weather was turing to warm and more people were crowded in the street.What did my friend write in her QQ Zone touched my heart, sighing for her and for me. There are always many hardships hindering our going on in different cross-road, then the only way to do is to meet it , to challenge it and to conquer it. At this moment , her heart must be filled with grievance and agony and only time can cure and relieve her hurt. i hope her can go through the trouble time.
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lessons on life
2007-11-19 17:05:40
There was a man who had four sons. 有一个人,他有四个儿子.
He wanted his sons to learn not to judge 他希望他的儿子能够学会不要太快对事情下结论.
things too quickly.
So he sent them each on quest, in turn, to go and 所以,他依次给四个孩子一个问题,要他
look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. 们分别去远方看一棵梨树.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the 大儿子在冬天前往,二儿子在春天,三儿子
spring,the third in summer,and the youngest in the fall.在夏天,小儿子则在冬天前往.
When thery had all gond and come back,he called them 当他们都去过回家以后,他把他们一起叫
together to descrie what they had seen.到跟前,让他们形容自己看到的情景.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent and 大儿子说那棵树很丑,枯槁,扭曲.
twist.
The second son said,"no, it was covered with green 二儿子说,不是那样,这棵树被青青的嫩芽
buds and full of promise". 所覆盖,充满了希望.
The third son disagreed; he said it was laided with 三儿子不同意,他说树上
blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful 花朵绽放,充满香气,看起来十分美丽,
, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.这美景是他从来不曾见到过的.
The last son disagreed with all of them;he said it 最小的儿子不同意他们三人的说法,他说树
was ripe and drooping with fruit,full of life and 上结满了果子,累累下垂,充满了生气与满足.
fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, 这个人就对四个儿子说:你们
because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's是正确的,因为每个人都只看
life.到了这棵树一个季节的风景.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by 他告诉儿子们不可用一个季节
one season, and that the essence of who they are and the 的风景来评断一棵树,或是一个人,
pleasure,joy,and love that come from that life can only 关于是一个人的内在实质是怎么样的
be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.还有一介人生命的欢愉,喜乐,爱,只有在经 历过所有的季节之后,才能衡量。
If you give up in when it is winter, you will miss the 如果你在冬天时就放弃,们就会错过你
promise of your sping, the beauty of your summer, and生命春天的期盼,夏天的美丽,秋天的收
the fulfillment of your fall/ 成.
Don't let the pain of one season destory the 不要让一个季节的痛苦毁掉其它季节的喜乐.
joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season, persevere 不要因为一个痛苦的季节就对人生下
through the difficult patches and better times are 结论,,持守忍耐度过这段艰难,美好
sure to come some time or later.的日子将在不久后来到。
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raining, raining, still raining
2007-11-17 22:47:12
All the day, i stayed in the bed on the pretext of the raining. Blankness in mind, together with the cold weather, added my laziness. Forcing myself to ignore the headache homework, i plunge into concering Yu Qiuyu who attracts me in the few days, after i read a book about him. very regret, i read his works before, paying little attention to its profound meaning. When i reread his works, the situation is totally different. His talent and knowlege is beyong my imagination. With the factor of genius, passing through the hardship and hardworking, he reached a tremendous achivement in literary. The book about him is wrote by his student who is a postgraduate of him. She presents a more vivid teacher for the reader and recalls his teacher's affection and help to her, which made me think about my teacher. I don't know how to express the complex feeling when i am facing the other student praise his or her teacher. and it differ a lot.
raining, still raining, outside, but i hope my heart is not raining.
whether tomorrow is raining, who cares? i care.
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Words to Live by 生活的忠告
2007-11-14 23:44:04
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;
当你和你的亲近的人吵嘴时候,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;
无论是烹饪还是爱情,都用百分之百的负责态度对待,但是不要乞求太多的回报。 -
Happy birthday
2007-11-13 23:30:00
Thirty minutes later, a little sweety "child "will greet his birthday. so, a sweet cake is sent to him. Happy birthday to you!

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waiting
2007-11-12 17:39:58
Two days has passed, I was occupied with nothing. Today, the weather changed its face so abruptly that i can find no way to welcome the severe cold. Many complicated homework have been left to be done, however, i have no mood to start with it. Vacantness and blindness are filled with my mind, so the useful and important tasks cannot take seats in it , just waiting for my caring. laziness in pysical can lead to idleness, while laziness in spirit can kill and numb one's soul. I doubt the horrible thing is drawing near me. how can i fight with it? How can i do with it? Just waiting for a call? No use! many times did i try to forget the shadow and the thouthts, but i failed, just waiting , waiting for the unrealistic fairy tale.Waiting costs my energy and time, so i should and must let the sense conquer the sensibility.
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Believe in future
2007-11-09 23:36:04
Yesterday, Mr Yu also read a poem to encourage our students. The title is believe in future which sounds melodious and powerful, and now i find out the poem from internet to enjoy and share with my friends.
相信未来
作者:食指
当蜘蛛网无情地查封了我的炉台
当灰烬的余烟叹息着贫困的悲哀
我依然固执地铺平失望的灰烬
用美丽的雪花写下:相信未来
当我的紫葡萄化为深秋的露水
当我的鲜花依偎在别人的情怀
我依然固执地用凝霜的枯藤
在凄凉的大地上写下:相信未来
我要用手指那涌向天边的排浪
我要用手掌那托住太阳的大海
摇曳着曙光那枝温暖漂亮的笔杆
用孩子的笔体写下:相信未来
我之所以坚定地相信未来
是我相信未来人们的眼睛
她有拨开历史风尘的睫毛
她有看透岁月篇章的瞳孔
不管人们对于我们腐烂的皮肉
那些迷途的惆怅、失败的苦痛
是寄予感动的热泪、深切的同情
还是给以轻蔑的微笑、辛辣的嘲讽
我坚信人们对于我们的脊骨
那无数次的探索、迷途、失败和成功
一定会给予热情、客观、公正的评定
是的,我焦急地等待着他们的评定
朋友,坚定地相信未来吧
相信不屈不挠的努力
相信战胜死亡的年轻
相信未来、热爱生命i wish this poem can bring us hope and power, and can inspire us to pursure a brilliant and bright future. -
lecture
2007-11-08 23:52:17
Tonight, our scholl had a pleasure for inviting the President of NEW ORIENTAL,MR YU, and two teachers who are our schoolfellows but worked in it now,gave us a wonderful lecture. Before the lecture started, the school hall had been filled with students and no empty seats, so my roommate and i had only to stand all the night. Whereas, the lecture deserves our standing. He is really eloquen and humorous. Personally speaking, i admire his spirits more than his knowledge.He talked mainly four points in his lecture, that are, knowledge, friendship, love and life. As for knowldege, it is the indispensable and necessary nutrition for each person. Only the knowldege can guarantee the fullness one's spirit and soul, it is the base for your development in your life,and it can enrich your life. Yu said that friendship is the most important thing in one's life and he imparted his intimate colleagues are his friends in university. He also told us that not to judge a person from his shortcomings but from his virtues, and everyone should try to learn the merits from others. Of course, one had better choose friends who are better than you in certain aspects. i cannot agree it any more. someone once said, just to see the friends aroud you , one can understand what kinds of person you are. As far as the love is considered, no one can deny that love is a enjoyable and wonderful thing. He encourage student to go after his or her ideal life parterner bravely. Persistence plus sincerity equals success. As for life, he told us to cherish life and enjoy it.Belive life is wonderful. What he said tonight leave a deep impression on me. And later, i will continue to share my feeling towards his lecture.
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Think it over
2007-11-07 22:16:27
Think it over……
好好想想……Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;We spend more,but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;We have more compromises,but less time;
我们妥协更多,时间更少;We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;We have more medicines,but less health;
我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;We have highter income,but less morals;
我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;We have much more food,but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;That's why I propose,that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
寻找更我的知识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景,不要带上任何功利的想法;Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起,吃你爱吃的食物,去你想去的地方;Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快乐时光;我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存;Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水,你想用的时候就享用吧!Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天吧!Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告诉家人和朋友,我们是多么地爱他们;Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情;Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别;And you don't know if it will be your last.
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exam
2007-11-06 22:57:32
Tomorrow, i will have a exam. Inefficient preparation, however, i must take the unavoidable activity. The class is boring to us, as it is full of theory. i had to recite some key points for fear not allowing to look the reference. God! i hate the days to cope with the unvaluable examinations. May i can walk out the school life as early as possible. But at the very moment, my only wish is to pass the tomorrow's exam smoothly . Pray to God! God bless me!
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Body words
2007-11-05 22:37:19
Human Body and English Idioms

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calm down
2007-11-04 23:06:03
Calm down! I should order myself to be tranquil and self-possession when indulging in restless and impulsive. i am a simple and passionate person in nature, and is easily moved by some melting scene. i will shed bitter tears for a seemingly trivial things ,which puzzled others. on the other said, i was inclined hurt by some harmless but sensitive words, which abandoned myself to a dark despair. In fact, life was not such a blank and desperate thing as i had imagined, so why not i embrace the sunshine and warmth with an open heart. when come across some complicated things, i should see it with mind, and feel it with heart. someone once said that impertinence is a monster. yes, having lost many valuable thing for my naive and unwise action , i donnot want to have the wonderful things slip away me, especially friends. At this moment, i guess that the moon must be shining brightly in the sky, and i should ponder over my personal things in tranquil. come on, revive my courage; plus calm down, i see a new vigorous tomorrow is drawing near me.
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The More Loving One
2007-11-03 23:31:24
The More Loving One 让我们成为更有爱心的人
W.H.Auden/W.H.奥登
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well 仰望群星的时分,我一清二楚,
That, for all they care, I can go to hell, 尽管它们关怀备至,我亦有可能赴地府,
But on earth indifference is the least 可是尘世间我们丝毫不必畏惧
We have to dread from man or beast. 人类或禽兽的那份冷漠。
How should we like it were stars to burn 倘若群星燃烧着关怀我们的激情,
With a passion for us we could not return? 我们却无法回报,我们作何感想?
If equal affection cannot be, 倘若无法产生同样的感情,
Let the more loving one be me. 让我成为更有爱心的人。
Admirer as I think I am 尽管我自视为群星的崇拜者,
Of stars that do not give a *, 它们满不在乎,
I cannot, now I see them ,say 现在我看群星,我却难以启齿,
I missed one terribly all day. 说我成天思念一颗星星。
Were all stars to disappear or die 倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡,
I should learn to look at an empty sky 我应该学会仰望空荡的天空,
And feel its total dark sublime, 同时感受天空一片漆黑的崇高,
Though this might take me a little time. 虽然这样可能要花费一点时间。




















