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The debate on gay marriage is making me uncomfortable. Columnists tell me breezily that I should welcome it because of equality. Catholic and Anglican Bishops say I should shun it because it undermines one of the fundamental building blocks of societ
And of course that's just where the problems lie. Though people on both sides appeal to what is natural, nature unhelpfully supports both sides liking both consistency and variety in gender and sexuality. So most people are male or female, but there
As things are, I see two dangers and they are linked. The first is that if the Church is quick to assert and slow to listen, it can give the impression to its own members that moral insight is never to be had outside Christianity and that can be hear
More recent and disturbing history will be reviewed this week by a court in Oslo. While Anders Behring Breivik will present his own warped view of reality, victims and bereaved families will confront again the terror of what actually happened. To res
Two US companies announced earlier this week that they have shelved the testing of a particular drug. 本周早些时候,两家美国公司宣布他们已放弃对一种药的测试。 It had been the best hope for a treatment for Alzheimer's. 人们
Tomorrow, the verdict is expected in the highly controversial trial of three members of the punk band Pussy Riot, 明天,将判决极具争议的朋克乐队暴动猫的三名成员, who have been jailed for staging what they described as a polit
It's not easy to knuckle down to the responsibilities of a working week and a wounded world after the excitements of the Olympic experience which has taken us all by surprise. 在令人惊叹的奥运会之后,人们一时间很难从激动的状态中
These well-informed young people had a very modest interest in the print media. Unlike me, they didn't feel their day was incomplete without reading a newspaper.Total newspaper circulation has been declining by roughly a million copies each year. And
[00:03.80]Nail in the Fence篱笆里的钉子 [00:06.75]There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. [00:11.12] His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that [00:14.60] every time he lost his temper, [00:16.90] he must hammer a nail into the ba
[00:03.64]Treasure Starfish 珍贵的海星 [00:07.17]Once upon a time there was a wise man [00:10.12] who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. [00:13.48]He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. [00:18.00]One day he was walki
[00:02.87]The Buzzard, the Bat and the Bumblebee美洲鹫、蝙蝠与大黄蜂 [00:07.35]If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, [00:13.81]in spite of his ability to fly, [00:16.10] will be an absolute prisoner. [00
[00:02.10]The Cookie Thief偷曲奇饼的人 [00:05.00]A woman was waiting at an airport one night, [00:08.20] with several long hours before her flight. [00:11.42] She hunted for a book in the airport shops, [00:14.72] bought a bag of cookies and found a
Catch of a Lifetime一生的收获 He was 11 and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his familys cabin. On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening. Then he tied on a small silver lure and p
[00:02.07]The Cobbler and the banker皮匠和银行家 [00:04.97]A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night; [00:09.30]it was wonderful to see, wonderful to hear him; [00:13.37]he was more contented in shoes than anyone else. [00:17.58]Hi
[00:02.02]Pearls of thought思想的珍珠 [00:04.54]The stories and the words we read everyday are not just scraps of paper, [00:10.79] but pearls of thought. [00:13.29] If we link up these unique pearls, [00:15.81] we will finally get a precious necklac
[00:02.63]What Will Matter?什么最重要 [00:05.87]Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. [00:10.10] There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. [00:15.59]All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will p
[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
[00:02.43]Playing a Violin with Three Strings断弦的小提琴 [00:06.70]On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert. [00:14.00] If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, [00:16.93]you know that getting on stage is n
阿努帕姆密斯拉以其超凡的智慧和幽默的谈吐,介绍了几个世纪以前印度金色沙漠里人们为了获得自然之水建造出的令人吃惊的技艺。这些建筑至今仍被延用,并且往往优越于现代大型的储水
A proverb is much matter decocted into few words. —Fuller 谚语就是许多事实熬成的少许几个字。 ——富勒(英国) Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. —Cervant