Are you a good tipper? You're out to dinner. The food was delicious and the service was fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip - why? The answer may not be as simple as you think. 当你在外面吃饭的时候,食物可口,服务周到,于是你

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One World I have lived most of my life in the 20th century. You will live most of your lives in the 21st century. What does the future hold for your century? 45 years ago, an American political leader, Wendell Willkie, traveled around the world and t

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Forest Gump Gump, gifted with a low IQ which lets him be adorably childlike even as he grows up, leads a very charmed life: a mother who loves him immensely and who sleeps with the school principal in order to make sure her child has the best educati

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Not long ago those turned off by the greed and grim solemnity of prosports could turn to extreme sports like snowboarding and speed climbing. But now, many of the extremists, propped up by huge sponsorship contracts, are just as dollar-driven and tak

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[00:00.47]Mirror, MirrorWhat do I See [00:03.18]A loving person lives in a loving world. [00:07.88]A hostile person lives in a hostile world. [00:11.49]Everyone you meet is your mirror. [00:14.77]Mirrors have a very particular function. [00:17.40]

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[00:02.06]Growing Roots [00:03.37]When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. [00:09.17] He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. [00:12.12] He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. [00:14.97] I remember him as someone [

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[00:01.07]When Love Beckons You [00:03.05]When love beckons to you, follow him, [00:07.40]though his ways are hard and steep. [00:10.36] And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, [00:13.64]though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. [

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[00:01.11]The Happy Door [00:03.40]Happiness is like a pebble [00:06.91] dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. [00:11.72]As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. [00:15.87]There is no exact definition of the wo

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[00:03.53]The Victory of Jeans [00:06.35]A twenty year old immigrant, Levi Strauss, [00:10.80]came to the United States in 1850 to seek his fortune [00:14.36]in the gold fields. But strangely enough, [00:17.65]this man made his fortune on heavy canva

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[00:01.72]Benjamin Franklin [00:07.17]Franklin's life is full of charming stories [00:11.27]which all young men should know [00:13.04]how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, [00:16.22]the guest of kings in Europe; [00:18.15]how he worked his pas

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[00:03.32]On Learning English [00:06.83]A correspondent from the Czech Republic [00:10.15]asks a powerful question:How would you encourage [00:13.35]English language learners at secondary [00:15.44]and postsecondary schools; [00:17.38]what do they ha

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[00:01.17]A Truth of Life [00:04.46]One of my patients, a successful businessman, [00:08.28] tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed [00:11.78] unless things went a certain way. Happiness was having the cookie. [00:16.48] If you had

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[00:01.94]Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates [00:06.37]I am glad to be here today, Hell, [00:10.80]I am glad to be anywhere today. [00:12.62]President Cohon asked me to come [00:15.25]and give the charge to the graduates. I assure you, [00:18.32]it's no

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[00:01.62]Magic Mumat Harvard University [00:09.50]President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation [00:12.77]and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, [00:15.73] proud parents, and, above all, graduates. [00:19.77]The first thing I woul

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[00:01.63]A Beautiful Memory [00:03.44]Er...the loveliest house that I've ever lived in was one [00:09.06]that I lived in with my grandparents when I was a child. [00:11.90]And the name of the house was Crosslands. [00:15.01]And I have some very happ

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[00:02.71]Chemist Leo Baekeland [00:05.67]In the opening scene of The Graduate, [00:08.95]Benjamin (played by a young Dustin Hoffman) [00:12.23]is awkwardly working an affluent Southern California crowd [00:15.73]at a graduation party arranged for hi

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[00:02.05]Relish the Moment [00:03.80]Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. [00:09.60]We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. [00:13.53] We are traveling by train. Out the windows, [00:17.04] we drink in the passing

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[00:00.29]Advise Proposed by Albert Einstein [00:05.70]Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life [00:10.41]are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, [00:13.78]and that I must exert myself in order to give [00:16.39]in the sa

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我是自然界最伟大的奇迹。 I am nature's greatest miracle. 自从上帝创造了天地万物以来,没有一个人和我一样,我的头脑、心灵、眼睛、耳朵、双手、头发、嘴唇都是与众不同的。言谈举止和我完全一样的人以前没有,现在没有,以后也不会有.虽然四海之内皆兄弟,然而人

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True Traveling The future history books might record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a birds-eye view of the world or even less i

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