LettertoaYoungFriend
BenjaminFranklin
MydearfriendIknowofnoMedicinefittodiminishtheviolentnaturalinclinationyoumention;andifIdid,IthinkIshouldnotcommunicateittoyou.MarriageistheproperRemedy.ItisthemostnaturalStateofman,andthereforethestateinwhichyouwillfindsolidHappiness.YourReasonagainstenteringintoitatpresentappearstobenotwellfounded.TheCircumstantialAdvantagesyouhaveinviewbyPostpon...[
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Frankness
Youmuststudytobefrankwiththeworld:franknessisthechildofhonestyandcourage.Sayjustwhatyoumeantodo,oneveryoccasion.Ifafriendasksafavor,youshouldgrantit,ifitisreasonable;ifnot,tellhimplainlywhyyoucannot.Youwouldwronghimandwrongyourselfbyequivocationofanykind.Neverdoawrongthingtomakeafriendorkeepone.Themanwhorequiresyoutodosoisdearlypurchasedatasacrifice.Dealkindlybutfirmlywitha...[
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美语听力与发音技巧第14期(“t”的发音)
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonthepronunciationoftheletter“t”.
Ofcoursetheletter“t”isusuallypounced“t”.Butyoumayhavenoticedthatinfluentspeech,nativespeakerssometimespronouncedthe“t”as“d”.Thathappenswhenthe“t”comesbetweentwovoicedsounds.
DoyouknowwhatsoundsinEnglisharevoiced?Well,there’...[
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Ihaveasmuchsoulasyou
"ItellyouImustgo!"Iretorted,rousedtosomethinglikepassion."DoyouthinkIcanstaytobecomenothingtoyou?DoyouthinkIamanautomaton?--amachinewithoutfeelings?andcanbeartohavemymorselofbreadsnatchedfrommylips,andmydropoflivingwaterdashedfrommycup?Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoulessandheartless?Youthinkwrong!--Ihaveasmuchsoulasyou,--andfullasmuchhear...[
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Thoughtsinagraveyard
WhenIlookuponthetombsofthegreat,everyemotionofenvydiesinme;whenIreadtheepitaphsofthebeautiful,eveninordinatedesiregoesout;whenImeetwiththegriefofparentsuponatombstone,myheartmeltswithcompassion;whenIseethetomboftheparentsofthemselves,Iconsiderthevanityofgrievingforthosewhodeposedthem,whenIconsiderrivalwitsplacedsidebyside,ortheholymenthatdividedtheworldwiththeircontes...[
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美语听力与发音技巧第13期(是YES还是NO)
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonanswering“Yes/No”questionscorrectly.
InEnglish,“Yes”isalwaysfollowedbyaffirmativestatements.“No”isalwaysfollowedbynegativestatements.
Thismeansyoucan’tsay,“Yes,Ihaven’teatendinneryet.”Or“No,Ididmyhomework.”Chineseallowsthis,butEnglishdoesnot.There’redifferentkinds...[
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美语听力与发音技巧第12期(定语从句前的停顿)
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisontheintonationofquestions.
Rememberthatintonationistherisingandfallingofthepitchofyourvoice.So“she’shere.”isastatement,but“she’shere?”isaquestion.Butitisn’ttruethatallquestionshavearisingintonation.Today,let’sjustlookattheintonationofthreetypesofquestions:“Yes/No”question...[
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美语听力与发音技巧第11期(定语从句前的停顿)
WelcometoDailyTipsonLearningEnglish.Today’stipisonwhentousepausesbeforeadjectiveclauses.
Let’stakeanexample.Inthesentence“MysisterwholivesinSanFranciscoisadoctor”,theadjectiveclauseis“wholivesinSanFrancisco”.Itdescribesmy“sister”.There’snopausebeforetheadjectiveclause.So,itmeansthatIhavemorethanonesister,andtheonewholives...[
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DeanMartin
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia
DeanMartin(June7,1917–December25,1996)wasanAmericansinger,filmactorandcomedian.Hewasoneofthebestknownmusicalartistsofthe1950sand1960s.Martin'shitsinglesincluded"MemoriesAreMadeOfThis","That'sAmore","EverybodyLovesSomebody","MamboItaliano","Sway","Volare"and"Ain'tThatAKic...[
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