An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer (contractor) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to reti

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When I read a book from my mothers shelves, its not unusual to come across a gap in the text. A paragraph, or maybe just a sentence, has been sliced out, leaving a window in its place, with words from the next page peeping through. The chopped up pag

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To write or not to write 拿起笔还是放下 Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. 写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。 And I can tell you, its quite a challenge. 我可以告诉你,这是一个相当大的挑战。 But, the more I d

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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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Stuck in the past 纠结过去 I think it's natual to reflect at the end of the day, 我认为在一天结束的时候是一种自然的反映, or the end of the week,month or year. 或者一周,每月或每年结束的时候。 But the danger of a

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Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small caf in Hanover Square. From the moment I saw you smile, as y

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All the Difference in The World 整个世界因你而改变 Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. Theres a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the

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As the sun rose, a dew drop became aware of its surroundings. There it sat on a leaf, catching the sunlight and throwing it back out. Proud of its simple beauty, it was very content. Around it were other dew drops, some on the same leaf and some on o

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大学双语美文:男人间无声的友谊

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伯兰特罗素(1872年5月18日-1970年2月2日)是二十世纪最有影响力的哲学家、数学家和逻辑学家之一,同时也是活跃的政治活动家,并致力于哲学的大众化、普及化。无数人将罗素视为这个时代

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For nearly a year, I 1)sopped around the house, the store, the school and the church. Then, I met, or rathergot to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline. 差不多有一年,我都泡在家、店铺、学校和教堂里。然后我遇到了,

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In a world where so many lives are being torn apart by divorces and heartache comes a story of a father and a daughter, and a promise that was kept. 现今,离婚和关系破裂粉碎了无数人的人生,然而在这样的一个时世,有着这么

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双语美文:牵手时光

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What has life taught you? Think about all the things you would love to tell yourself if you could travel back in time to give your younger self some advice about life. 生活教会了你什么呢?如果可以回到过去,想想你会告诉过去的

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I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the 1)outskirts of Boston, 2)Massachusetts. In the 1940s it was a 3)wholesome, 4)quaint little community. It was my home and I loved it there; back then I thought I would never leave. My best

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双语美文:爱的伤疤

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1)If 1)eternal return is the heaviest of burdens, then our lives can stand out against it in all their splendid lightness. But, is heaviness truly 2)deplorable and lightness splendid? The heaviest of burdens crushes us. We sink beneath it. It pins

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双语美文:那些话 动人心弦

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Im not sure how he got to my clinic. He didnt look old enough to drive, although his childs body had begun to 1)broaden and he moved with the heavy grace of young 2)manhood. His face was direct and open. 我不知道他是怎样来到我的诊所的。

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Just like a band or gang of superheroes needs members who have different talents and powers, a circle of friends should have exactly the same thing. It's important to have diversity and to be able to look for support from a variety of sources. They a

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