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14句超实用的办公室英文
2008-07-11 21:17:31
1．You're in the pink! ：要想说人气色好，“You look fine!”当然不错，可如果你说“You're in the pink!”就妙得多了，实际上，在英语口语中，巧妙使用一些表示颜色的词能使得句子非常形象生动。
2．He is bouncy：“他精力充沛”美国人通常说：“He is bouncy.”，而不说“He is energetic”，牢记一些日常对话中的句式是你生活中一把必备的钥匙。如：久仰，“I get mind of you”比“I heard a lot about you.”轻松得多。
3．Did you get lost：有人开会迟到了，你若对他说“You are late.”，听起来像是废话。若说“Did you get lost?”，则更能让他感到歉疚，可千万别说成“Get lost!”，那可是让人滚蛋的意思。
4．Do you have the time?：别人征求你的意见，问能否开窗户等，你要是说“You can do that.”就有点土了，用一句“Do you have the time?”就好多了。实际上，问他人的姓名，地址都可以这么用：“May I have your name?”要比“What’s your name?”礼貌得多，不过警察例外。
5．I would rather not say：别人问你不愿公开的问题，切勿用“It’s my secret, don’t ask such a personal question.”回答，一来显得你没有个性，二来也让对方觉得你气短。你可以说“I would rather not say.”(还是别说了吧)。
6．It’s on the tip of my tongue：有时候，你想说什么，可是想不起来，你可以说“Well…”、“Let me see.”、“Just a moment.”或“It’s on the tip of my tongue.”等。相比之下，最后一个句型是最地道的。
7. While I remember…：交谈时，你可能会转换话题，不要只说“By the way”，实际上，“To change the subject”、“Before I forget”、“While I remember”、“Mind you”都是既地道又受欢迎的表达。
8. I got it：遇到你不懂的问题时可别不懂装懂，“I know”可能是被中国人用得最多，而最不被美国人接受的一句话。当一个美国教师向你解释某个问题时，你如果连说两遍“I know”，我敢保证，他不会再跟你说什么了。用“I got it.”就顺耳得多，要是不懂就说“I’m not clear about it.”。不过如果你会说“It’s past my understanding.”或“It’s beyond me.”，你的教师一定会惊讶不已的。
9. The meeting was scheduled for two hours, but it is not over yet.会议原定两个小时，不过现在还没有结束。
10. Would you care to see it/sit down for a while?
你要不要看/坐一会呢？
11. I’m supposed to go on a diet/get a raise.我应该节食/涨工资。
12. I’m afraid that it’s not going to work out.我恐怕这事不会成的。
13. Do you mind if I take tomorrow off? 你介意我明天请假吗？
14. It really depends on who is in charge. 那纯粹要看谁负责了。 -
Steps Toward Love
2008-07-11 20:24:39
Is your life ruled by love or by fear? Love and fear are opposite emotional attitudes that shape our life in very different ways. The psychoanalyst John McMurray describes the difference like this:
"The fear-determined have no sun in themselves and go about putting out the sun in other people. The love-determined have life in them, abundant life. They are the people who are really alive, of whom it can be said that they possess eternal life as a well within them perpetually."
Life is a lot more beautiful and vivid if it is determined by love and not by fear. I’m sure you can imagine that someone determined completely by love would be a kind of saint. In contrast, most of us ordinary human beings are determined by both forces, love and fear. However, in my experience, even a tiny shift towards love—and away from fear—can bring a lot more Happiness.
Here are 7 tips that you can move towards love and away from fear.
1. Cultivate gratitude
Gratitude makes us feel happier. If you remember to be grateful for the blessings of your life, you start to feel more connected to yourself and others. When you let go of niggles and embrace gratitude instead, love springs up.
2. Reality-test your fear
Sometimes fear can be like a cloud that keeps out the sunlight. Then everything feels huge and oppressive. A simple way to deal with fear is to test its reality. Write down three things that you are afraid of. Then look at each point and ask yourself, “Is this fear really grounded in reality?” I know that when I do this, I often find that my fears are unfounded. It’s like living in a shadow-land, peering into the future and expecting bad things to happen.
3. Take action
Fear is often born out of inaction. For example, if you get a sense that your health is impaired, but you don't check it out with a doctor, you may start to imagine that you are heading for a major health crisis. (I could fill a whole notebook with illnesses I once thought I had - but never actually got!) Once you've been to a doctor and reviewed the problems, the steps towards renewed health may seem much more manageable.
Taking action is the best antidote to fear. Once you start to address the issues one by one, fears shrink and may even disappear.
4. Cultivate friendships
Good friends are important because they teach us to love. It's often much easier to love a good friend than it is to love and forgive our partner. Friends are lasting companions in life. It’s good to talk with them when we feel afraid. They can give us a fresh perspective on what is troubling us.
5. Be generous
In the quote above, John McMurray points out that fear-determined people have no sun in themselves and "go about putting out the sun in other people." Fear makes us narrow-minded and we tend to put down others. Here is how I deal with that: when I notice I'm getting negative, I put a small pebble into one of my pockets. Each time I catch myself using a put-down, I quietly shift the pebble into the other pocket and say to myself kindly, "Well, maybe I can say that differently next time."
6. Practise kindness
Kindness is 'love-in-action'. It’s good to make a habit of it. The trick is to notice what people need. Here is an example: yesterday I was talking to a stall-holder at a farmers' market who fashions wooden spoons. He saw that I was carrying a bag of luscious, fresh corncobs. He said, "Oh, they look nice!" Then he sighed, "Oh well, by the time I've finished selling at my stand they’ll have all gone." I offered to get some for him. It was a small action but it made us both feel good. Try and spot one occasion each day when you can be of help.
7. Open your awareness
Fear tends to make us focus inwards. A way out of is to do the opposite and open your awareness to include everything around you. For example, if you notice anxious thoughts, open you mind and listen to sounds around you. Maybe you can hear birdsong, or traffic noise, or children playing. This has an instant calming effect and fear wanes.
If you follow these 7 tips, you'll move towards more love and less fear in your life. Soon you will notice an upsurge of Happiness and contentment, instead of fear and anxiety.
What is your experience of living with love or with fear? Maybe you could share your special way of inviting love into your life and saying "good-bye" to fear? -
爱需要宽容
2008-07-11 20:05:41
In order to experience everlasting love in life, you ought to first figure out what is missing in your life and then fill in the gaps. People fall in and out of love because they expect their lovers to be everything to them and do everything for them. They then become dissatisfied when the partner fails to meet all their requirements. If you have a dream of achieving everlasting love you better create your very own life crowned by hobbies, interests and beneficial passions. This makes you a full lover when you enjoy a complete, interesting life on your own. Create a world of your own. On your to-do-list add forgiveness. It is always healthy to forgive while you can, disappointments and sadness is a part of life.
Some people find it hard to forgive their partners especially if they happened to catch them cheating on them. Seek professional help from a marriage and relationship counselor. This is an important move towards search for everlasting love. Most buried resentments are the cause to failed marriages and broken relationships. At one time they resurface and blow the present things out of proportion. To find a smooth sail in your love life you have to learn to forgive and move on with a clean slate. Accept changes when they arrive instead of fighting the reality. In life change is inevitable. At one time you will be loved, dumped, married, you will have children, become sick and die. You should acknowledge the happenings in life and move through them strongly. No matter how settled you might be it is good to know that things can change in an instant.
Always accept the unexpected. Always find Happiness in what you have and be grateful to own what you have. It is a great secret to everlasting love. Despite the greatest fear and uncertainties of the unknown, when the inevitable things happen you will look back on the good old times and wish that you had been more grateful when things were more colorful. To enjoy your love life you should give thanks every moment and learn to appreciate the small problems we experience because unknown to us they can get worse and some time they probably will. To experience how it feels to have everlasting love, create time for each other as lovers. Many people who are unhappy keep on postponing time to be together. People get caught up in the many and demanding daily activities and forget to get time to live for today.
It happens to me and you. There will always be more laundry, more house chores and more errands to be carried out. It is a routine where we retire to bed when we are very exhausted late at night only to awake and follow the same routine again the next day. To live life to the fullest stop at some point and take time for yourself and for each other too. Today might be the only gift you have in life so live like there is no tomorrow. The precious moments we reckon in life are achieved by creating time for them against the much pressure of work. Create such short and fleeting moments everyday to enjoy everlasting love. -
英语情话20句
2008-07-11 17:08:27
1、想你，是一种美丽的忧伤的甜蜜的惆怅，心里面，却是一种用任何语言也无法表达的温馨。It is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that can’t be expressed with any choice of words.
2、你知道思念一个人的滋味吗，就像喝了一大杯冰水，然后用很长很长的时间流成热泪。
Do you understand the feeling of missing someone? It is just like that you will spend a long hard time to turn the ice-cold water you have drunk into tears.
3、我知道你最喜欢这首歌，我也知道你的心思，我想你。
I know you like this song most and I know what you are thinking about ,too, I miss you .
4、常常想起曾和你在一起的那些日子。开心、快乐、幸福、失落、伤心、痛苦的所有日子。很想你，很想你……
Those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time, because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful. I miss you ,and miss you so much……
5、你知道么，有个人时时想念着你，惦记你，你含笑的眼睛，象星光闪闪，缀在我的心幕上，夜夜亮晶晶。
Do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ? Your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hanging on the curtain of my heart.
6、心要让你听见，爱要让你看见，不怕承认对你有多眷恋；想你的时候，盼你能收到我的真情留言！
Listening to my heart beating. Seeing how much I love you ,I dare to admit how much I love you .When thinking of you, I hope you can receive the passionate words I left for you!
7、千万个思念，在空气中凝固。扬起风吹向你，带着我的祝福，寂寞我不在乎，你快乐我就满足，想你是我的幸福！
Thousand of time I have thought of you .My heart is going high into the air and flying with my blessing towards you I don’t care loneliness. I am satisfied when you are happy and I am happy when I think of you!
8、不是因为寂寞才想你，是因为想你才寂寞。孤独的感觉之所以如此之重，只是因为太想你。
I miss you not because of my loneliness but I do feel lonely when I miss you. Only when I miss you deeply I feel so lonely.
9、长长的思念，就像风筝断了线，飘啊飘啊，飘到你的身边。
I miss you so deeply that my love just like a kite has broken its line and won’t stop flying until it reaches you at last.
10、好想，好想你！如果清风有情，请带去我对你的思念，这一生都为你牵挂；如果白云有意，请带去我对你的爱恋，生生世世都愿和你共缠绵！
Oh, How much I miss you! If the passionate refreshing breeze knows my heart, it can tell you that I miss you and care you for my life’s time. If graceful white cloud knows my heart, it can tell you I love you and would be together with you forever.
11、一份不渝的友谊，执着千万个祝福，给我想念的朋友，温馨的问候。
For our ever-lasting friendship, send sincere blessings and warm greetings to my friends whom I miss so much.
12、在这快乐分享的时刻，思念好友的时刻，美梦成真的时刻，祝你—新年快乐，佳节如意！
Wish you a happy new year and a good fortune in the coming year when we will share our happiness, think of our good friends, and our dreams come true!
13、但愿会在梦中再见到我心爱的女孩！
Wish to meet my angle again lovely girl in my dream!
14、难道你怕一个深爱着你的痴情儿？
Do you fear a love fool who is loving you so deeply?
15、我要幸福的昏倒了！
I am too happy to stand faint!
16、月亮代表我的心！
The moonlight stands for my heart!
17、过得好么？希望世界因你而美丽！
How are you getting on ? I hope that the word will become more beautiful because of you!
18、你在时你是一切，你不在时一切是你！
You are everything when you are with me, and everything is you when you are not.
19、我不知道我是否真的爱，但是我知道我不能没有你，如果地球将要毁灭，那么我要告诉你“你是我唯一想见的人”。
I don’t know whether I really love you, but I know I cannot lose you. If the earth is going to be destroyed I want to tell you that you are the only one I want to see.
20、遇上一个人要一分钟的时间，喜欢一个人只需一小时的时间，爱上一个人要一天的时间，可要我忘记你却要用上一生的时间。
I can meet a person in a minute, like a person in an hour and love a person in a day, but it will take me a whole life to forget you.