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(2009-07-25 22:32:16)
Youth
Youthisnotatimeoflife;itisastateofmind;itisnotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsandsuppleknees;itisamatterofthewill,aqualityoftheimagination,avigoroftheemotions;itisthefreshnessofthedeepspringsoflife.Youthmeansatempera-mentalpredominanceofcourageovertimidity,oftheappetiteforadventureovertheloveofease.Thisoftenexistsinamanof60morethanaboyof20. Nobodygrowsoldmerelybyanumberofyears. Wegrowo...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-23 22:16:34)
TwoViewsofTime
Imaginethatyouspentyourwholelifeatasinglehouse.Eachdayatthesamehouryouenteredanartificially-litroom,undressedandtookupthesamepositioninfrontofamotionpicturecamera.Itphotographedoneframeofyouperday,everydayofyourlife.Onyourseventy-secondbirthday,thereeloffilmwasshown.Yousawyourselfgrowingandagingoverseventy-twoyearsinlessthanhalfanhour(27.4minitesatsixteenframespersecond).Im...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-23 22:06:55)
美语听力与发音技巧第17期（自然的连续）WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonsoundlinking.
Whencertainsoundsarelinkedtogether,theresultingsoundismerelythecombinationofthetwooriginalsounds.Forexample,“oneapple”ispronounced“one-napple”,and“fourapples”ispronounced“four-rapples”.However,whenothersoundsarelinked,there’sablendingofthesounds.Thesoundsarelinked...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-22 21:47:41)
美语听力与发音技巧第16期（附加问句的语调）
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisontheintonationoftagquestions.
Tagquestionsareusedintwoverydifferentways,andthedifferencedependsonwhetheryouusearisingorfallingpitchattheendofthetagquestion.Onewaytagquestionsareusedistogetyourlistenertoagreewithyouaboutsomethingyouthinkisafact,ormustbetrue.
Ifyouthinkal...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-22 21:39:06)
ThePleasantFamily
Wheninanhourtheycrowdedintoacabtogohome，Istrolledidlytomyclub.Iwasperhapsalittlelonely，anditwaswithatouchofenvythatIthoughtofthepleasantfamilylifeofwhichIhadhadaglimpse.Theyseemeddevotedtooneanother.Theyhadlittleprivatejokesoftheirownwhich，unintelligibletotheoutsider，amusedthemenormously.PerhapsCharlesStricklandwasdulljudgedbyastandardthatdemandedaboveallthingsverbal...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-21 21:42:37)
美语听力与发音技巧第15期（助动词的强调）
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonwhentostressauxiliaryverbs.
Althoughauxiliaryverbsarenotusuallystressed,whenwewanttostronglyemphasizeaverb,westresstheauxiliaryverb.Andifthere’snoauxiliaryverb,weaddone.Thesesentencesarecalledemphaticsentences.Forexample,comparethesentences“He’sdonehishomework”and“...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-21 21:37:29)
BuildMeaSon
GeneralDouglasA.MacArthur
Buildmeason,Lord,whowillbestrongenoughtoknowwhenheisweak,andbraveenoughtofacehimselfwhenheisafraid;onewhowillbeproudandunbendinginhonestdefeat,andhumbleandgentleinvictory.啊，上帝，请请我造就这样一个儿子，他将坚强足以认识自己的弱点，勇敢得足以面对恐惧，在遇到正当的挫折时能够昂首而不卑躬屈膝，在胜利时能谦逊而不趾高气扬。Buildmeasonwhosewishbonewill...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-20 22:07:45)
LoveYourLife
HenryDavidThoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗
Howevermeanyourlifeis,meetitandliveit;donotshunitandcallithardnames.Itisnotsobadasyouare.Itlookspoorestwhenyouarerichest.Thefault-finderwillfindfaultsinparadise.Loveyourlife,poorasitis.Youmayperhapshavesomepleasant,thrilling,glorioushourss,eveninapoor-house.Thesettingsunisreflectedfromthewindowsofthealms-houseasbrightlyasfromtherichma...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-19 20:28:48)
TheMeaningOfLife
Lifeisneverjustbeing.Itisbecomingarelentless,flowingon.Ourparentsliveonthroughus,andwewillliveonthroughourchildren.Theinstitutionswebuildendure,andwewillendurethroughthem.Thebeautywefashioncannotbedimmedbydeath.Ourfleshmayperish,ourhandswillwither,butthatwhichtheycreatinbeautyandgoodnessandtruthlivesonforalltimetocome.Don'tspendandwasteyourlivesaccumulatingobjectsthatwill...[阅读全文]
(2009-07-19 20:26:42)
GettysburgAddress
AbrahamLincolnFourscoreandsevenyearsago,ourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinentanewnation,conceivedinlibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.Now,weareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatnationoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure.Wearemetonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placef...[阅读全文]
