The Brewer's Son 酿酒也疯狂 When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to dissuade me from becoming a brewer. He'd spent his life brewing beer for local breweries, barely making a living, as had his father and grandfather before him.

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He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work, in this small, mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit looking. Ever since the Levis factory closed, he'd been unemployed, and with winter

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A Mouse Trap 鼠夹 A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might this contain? He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. 一只老鼠透过墙上的裂缝看到农夫和他的妻

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10.The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish 许愿的小女孩 As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she collided with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction. 在艾米绕过她的教室对面的走廊

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Courage 勇气 A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train his boy. 一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了,却没有一点勇气。于是,父

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I was on vacation in Hawaii with my family. We were at the beach all day and at some point I took off my ring I got as a gift from my mom for graduation (beautiful, gold, inscribed, full of sentimental value) and placed it in the cup holder of a fold

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Keep Your Goals in Sight 锁定目标 When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both

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The Importance of Being Honest 诚信无价 In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing that ever happened. 在繁华的纽约,曾经发生了这样一件震撼人心的事情。 On a friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate

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Every morning my daughter and I go for a twenty-minute walk to my workplace. For me, in those twenty minutes, Im in transit. For my toddler, its nothing less than a parade of flowers, fire trucks, pebbles, and friendly folk. 每天清晨,我的女儿

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1. You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have。 1. 不到没有退路之时,你永远不会知道自己有多强大。 2. You cannot change what you refuse to confront。 2. 你不去面对又怎么能去

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It has been somtimes since Jack has seen the old man.College,girls ,career,and life itself got in the way.In fact,Jack moved clear crossed the country and persuit his dreams .There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about th

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双语美文欣赏 I grew up very poor anaaad with a single mom in the throws of addiction. Often there was no money for food, and I was hungry a lot. 我从小家境贫寒,只有一个吸毒成瘾的妈妈。我们经常没钱买吃的,我总是饥

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Ballad of the Bottom Dollar 最后一美元 Cameron , Mounger and I have been friends since we were teenagers. Both of us liked rock'n'roll, and several years after we left high schooll, Cam became a disc jockey. Recently he told me the story about t

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I wrote your name in the sky, 我把你的名字写在蓝天, but the wind blew it away. 可风却把它吹散; I wrote your name in the sand, 我把你的名字写在沙滩, but the waves washed it away. 可浪却把它冲散. I wrote your name in m

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一个男孩问他的妈妈: 你为甚么要哭呢?妈妈说:因为我是女人啊。男孩说:我不懂。他妈妈抱起他说:你永远不会懂的。 A little boy asked his mother why are you crying? 一个男孩问他的妈妈: 你为甚

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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why. Look down, Elsa, Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in t

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Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny, the maxim goes. 人的品德基本上是由习惯组成的。 俗语说:

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Remind Me [Brad] We didn't care if people stared We'd make out in a crowd somewhere Somebody'd tell us to get a room It's hard to believe that was me and you Now we keep saying that we're ok But I don't want to settle for good not great I miss the wa

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我是怎样的爱你? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet

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1. Take accountability for your mistakes. If you find yourself blaming others, look for your part and take ownership. 1. 自己犯的错要承担责任。在责怪别人之前先找找自己的过错,承担责任。 2. Sometimes life puts you throu

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