TED演讲:在垃圾之城创造50栋建筑的彩绘(7)

I think I never drink as much tea as I did in Egypt. 我感觉我从来没喝过这么多的茶 And to be honest with you, we could have finished earlier, 老实说，我们其实可以提前竣工 but I think it took us three weeks because of all th

TED演讲:在垃圾之城创造50栋建筑的彩绘(4)

At the beginning of the project, I numbered all those buildings on my sketch, 项目初期，我在我的设计稿上给所有的这些建筑编了号 and there was no real interaction with the community. 但这些并没有真正的与社区产生互动

TED演讲：中美洲南部的园丁游击队员(5)

Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do. 这使我目前计划中的一个。这是我想要做的。 I want to plant a whole block of gardens where people can share in the food in the same block. 我想要种一整个街区的菜园，在

TED演讲：中美洲南部的园丁游击队员(4)

There's another time when I put a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. 还有一次当我在洛杉矶市中心的一个流浪汉之家安置了一个花园。 These are the guys, they helped me unload the truck. 这些小伙子帮助

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第30期:拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

12 Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生 The United States had won its independence from Britain just twenty-two years before Ralph Waldo Emerson was born. 当美国从英国手里赢得独立的22年后，爱默生出生了。 But it had y

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第31期:约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒

13 John Stuart Mill 约翰斯图尔特穆勒 John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May, 1806 in London. 约翰斯图尔特穆勒于1806年5月20日出生于伦敦。 His father was the influential radical thinker James Mill. 他的父亲是当时非常有影

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第32期:亨利·梭罗

14 Henry Thoreau 亨利梭罗 He was born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts, to John Thoreau (a pencil maker) and Cynthia Dunbar. 梭罗出生时取名大卫亨利梭罗，他出生在马萨诸塞州的康科德镇，父亲是约翰梭罗（

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第33期:卡尔·马克思

15 Karl Marx 卡尔马克思 As a student in Bonn and Berlin, Marx was greatly influenced by the philosophy of Hegel. 在波恩和柏林求学时，马克思极大地受到黑格尔哲学的影响。 While Marx was impressed with the Hegelian profess

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第34期:尼采

16 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 弗里德里希威廉尼采 Nietzsche's early childhood is itself a story of writing, reading, illness and isolation. 尼采有一个被写作、阅读、疾病与孤独充斥的童年。 He was sent to the local school

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第35期:西格蒙德·弗洛伊德

17 Sigmund Freud 西格蒙德弗洛伊德 Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Moravia, which is now the Czech Republic. 西格蒙德弗洛伊德于1856年出生于现在的捷克共和国的摩拉维亚。 His family moved to Vienna when Sigmund was fo

英语短文名人故事 哲学思想家 第36期:戴尔·卡耐基

18 Dale Carnegie 戴尔卡耐基 The name of Dale Carnegie is synonymous with success and influence. 戴尔卡耐基的名字几乎和成功、影响是同义词， Perhaps the most well-known author in the field of communication and public speaking,

X星球系列故事 第22期:switch off

switch off关掉不听 A little monster was learning to play the violin,' I'm good, aren't I?' he asked his big brother. 'You should be on the radio,' said his brother. 'You think I'm that good?' 'No, I think you're terrible, but if you were on the r

X星球系列故事 第21期:Whisper

Whisper 耳语 Little Johnny and his mother were on a train. Johnny leant over and started to whisper in his mother's ear. Johnny, how many times have I told you, said his mother, it's rude to whisper. If you have something to say, say it out loud. O

X星球系列故事 第20期:A Teacher

A Teacher 一名老师 A teacher was given a ticket for driving through a red light. When she appeared in traffic court, she asked the judge for immediate attention to her case as she was due to be back in class. The judge looked at her sternly and s

X星球系列故事 第19期:The sports meeting in the forest

The Sports Meeting in the Forest 森林运动会 There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting. Monkey, Fox, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear i

X星球系列故事 第18期:Catching a thief

Catching a Thief 追贼 Witty Hare can run very fast. One day，when he gets home. He sees a rat. The rat is jumping down his window. Oh. A thief! Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat, You cant run faster then me. Soon Witty Hare catches up with th

X星球系列故事 第16期:Are Flies Yummy?

Are Flies Yummy?苍蝇好吃吗？ Tony and his father are eating dinner. Suddenly Tony asks his father, Dad, are flies yummy? Dad frowns and says, No, I think its yucky. Why do you ask me this question? Its a silly question. But Tony says, There was

X星球系列故事 第17期:The movie ticket

The movie ticket 电影票 Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. Once he goes to a cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket a

X星球系列故事 第27期:The Fisherman and the little fish

The Fisherman and the little fish 渔夫和小鱼 There once was a fisherman who lived in a little house by the ocean. He fished every day to feed his family. One day, he caught nothing except one small fish. This isn't much, thought the fisherman, b

TED演讲:有关激情的故事(3)

Passion lives here. Isn't it always true? Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. 激情永驻此地。这真的永远是事实吗？心能够驱使我们并决定我们的命运。 That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passio