William Shakespeare wrote of the seven ages of man, starting with the puking infant and the whining school boy, through the lover, the soldier, the authority of the middle aged justice, then the slippered pantaloon, ending with the dependency of old

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 社会—In the Community

So, as we continued walking through the city, I played a game, trying to separate what I thought was inspired by a true faith in God, and what was not. It quickly became difficult: for every almshouse there was a wealthy patron who'd paid for it; the

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Last week, I was in Bruges. We were standing in front of yet another unbelievably stunning painting by the Flemish artist Hans Memling, in a 12th century hospital built specifically for the poor, when my daughter said: Oh no. Another picture of Jesus

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Monsters, unfortunately, sometimes refuse to stay dead. Diseases once eradicated can creep back and strike at the most vulnerable in countries least equipped to deal with them. And slavery itself blights many lives today. It's prohibited, of course,

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I'm hesitant here to quote anyone from the Bible because recently when I mentioned a saying of Jesus someone objected that he had never run anything in his life. The same's true of St Paul. But writing to the well-off in the city of Corinth about hel

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What is a Caucus-race? asked Alice during her adventure in Wonderland. The Dodo explained. 什么是会议式赛跑?爱丽丝在梦游仙境中问到。渡渡鸟解释道。 First you mark out a racecourse, though the shape of it doesn't really mat

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Perhaps it's only when we fully accept that we will die that we can fully accept how alive we are right now.Death brings perspective, then. It brings us back to life and it asks of me, how, now, will I live? A friend works at a hospice, and recently

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Last Friday a distinguished Anglican clergyman, the Rev Paul Oestreicher, told us that in his opinion Jesus Christ was probably gay because of his affection for his beloved apostle St John. Next day, however, the former Tory MP and Times columnist Ma

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A few years ago my middle son who was around seven years old at the time, had cycled away from home without telling anyone. 几年前,七岁左右的儿子一声不吭地骑车离开了家。 It was a mild summer evening and there were many childre

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Whatever happened to the silly season? 今年的新闻饥荒期是怎么回事? You know, that time of the year when the wisdom of the 1st century poet Horace is adopted by news editors, 新闻饥荒期,众所周知,就是每年记者们对公元

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The original Olympic Games were far from being a meaningless tribute to ancient pagan Gods, Zeus and his many relations. 原奥运会从一个毫无意义的赞扬古代异教的神,宙斯和他的许多关系。 The ancient Greeks can still help u

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Being here in Edinburgh on the opening day of the International Book Festival feels like the perfect place to celebrate words and stories, 在国际图书节开幕的这天,在爱丁堡歌颂语言和小说是再适合不过的了, especially as

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As a boy I'd have been in dead trouble if I'd ever used the name of Jesus as a swear word at home. Blasphemy just wasn't tolerated, even though my parents were non-believers. The boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable language are shifting al

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It was the late 70s and we thought him almost a god, my school friends Helen and Anne and I. An actor-director undergraduate, impossibly tall, dark and drop dead gorgeous, he co-hosted a party every summer for which all the guests had to dress in whi

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[00:02.58]Big Rocks 人生的大石头 [00:04.50] One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students , [00:10.85]and to drive home a point, [00:13.12]used an illustration those students will never forget. [00:16.53] As he stood in fr

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 智慧背囊超越自我

[00:03.22]Puppies for Sale 待售的小狗 [00:05.20]A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. [00:09.79] He painted a sign advertising the pups [00:12.64]and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. [00:16.57]As he was driving the last

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[00:02.17]Look around You看看你周围 [00:04.95]A very special teacher in a high school had a husband [00:09.80]who died suddenly of a heart attack. [00:12.54]About a week after his death, [00:14.83] she shared some of her thoughts with a classroom of

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[00:01.82]The Echo人生的回音 [00:03.24]A son and his father were walking on the mountains. [00:07.29] Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams, AAAhhhh!!! [00:12.53] To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, [00:16.91]somewhere in the

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[00:02.61]Unlovely不被爱的人 [00:04.56]A story is told about a soldier [00:08.28] who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. [00:12.10] He called his parents from San Francisco. [00:15.16] Mom and Dad, Im coming home, [00:17.64] but

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[00:01.04]The Miller and His Son磨坊主和儿子 [00:03.88]A miller and his son were one day taking their donkey to the market for sale. [00:10.90]On the road they met a man riding a horse who said to them, [00:14.82]How stupid you are; you have a donkey

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