「我们终将逝去诗歌让我们坦然接受死亡。」在这个引人入胜、妙趣横生的演讲中,文学评论家斯蒂芬伯特以他最爱的诗,带我们踏上心波荡漾旅程,字句珠玑,深入浅出。

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:艺术与幻觉

She wanted to have two babiesone boy and one girl. She wanted to have the boy first and the girl a year later. That way they could grow up together. He said that was okay with him. She said, What do you mean, 'okay'? It shouldn't be 'okay' with you.

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英文小故事

They got on the crowded subway train. They sat down on the plastic seat. They sat next to a man. He was an old man. He was talking. He was talking to himself. He looked at them. He raised his voice. You're not smart, he said. Did you hear me? Did you

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Ben was watching Ultimate Fighting on TV. In Ultimate Fighting, two fighters fight inside a cage. The 8-sided cage is about 30 feet across. The cage is almost six feet high. The fighters are barefoot and shirtless. They wear fingerless gloves. They p

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He shook the squeeze bottle of mustard. The lift-top opened up. Did any mustard come out? He looked on the floor. He didn't see any mustard. He looked on the countertop. He didn't see any mustard. He squeezed mustard onto his two hot dogs. The next d

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

She loved her fianc. Her fianc loved her. They both loved each other. About a month before Christmas Day, he asked, What do you want for Christmas? She said, All I want is you. She asked, What do you want for Christmas? He said, All I want is you. He

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The refrigerator temperature is too cold, she said. The vegetables are freezing. Can you turn the temperature up? He said, Sure. It's simple. Let me show you how. Then you can do it yourself. She said, Don't show me how. Just do it. You're so lazy. Y

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

He was tall and thin. His beard was white. He was wearing a baseball cap and a windbreaker. Both were dark blue. Both looked worn. He was standing on the sidewalk. He was in front of a busy museum in New York City. He was standing next to the taxi st

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Bob sat down on the bus next to an old man. The old man said, Hi. I can talk without moving my lips or opening my mouth. Would you like to see me do that? Bob said sure. The man started talking. He talked very clearly. He talked about the weather. He

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Crossing the Bar By Alfred Tennyson Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full f

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The Pride of Youth 青春的骄傲 华尔德·司各特 Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. “tell me ,thou bonny bird, when shall I marry

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

THE FIRST SNOW The first snow came. How beautiful it was, falling so silently all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of (1)the living, on the graves of the dead!

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(191) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

People will argue forever about who the world's greatest golfer is. But nobody can argue about who sank the most important putt ever made in the history of golf. It was Germany's Martin Kaymer. He sank a 5-foot putt on the last hole of the 2012 Ryder

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept (1815) 在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣 by Lord Byron (1788-1824) 1 We sat down and wept by the waters Of Babel, and thought of the day When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters, Made Salem's h

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Bob pushed the power button on his laptop computer. Nothing happened. What?, he wondered. He pushed it again. Nothing happened. He pushed the button again and again. Finally, after maybe 50 pushes, the button worked. The little blue light came on. A

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Jay's niece Sonya, 30, sent him a wedding invitation. She had finally found Mr. Right. Jay called his dad. Jay said, Congratulations! You might be a great grandpa again next year. His dad didn't seem too happy. Jay asked, Is something wrong? Dad said

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Ned and Jan worked for the Bronx Zoo. They were monkey experts. Elmer was one of twelve monkeys. He didn't socialize much. Ned and Jan tried occasionally to get Elmer to mate, but he firmly resisted those efforts. Maybe he wants prettier females, jok

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Grandma heard sobbing. She knocked on Nellie's bedroom door. Can I come in, honey? Grandma asked. Nellie said yes. Grandma saw Nellie's wet eyes. She saw tears on her cheeks. She gave Nellie some tissues. Nellie dried her eyes and blew her noseHonk!

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

The man was walking his dog on the south side of 29th Street. The dog stopped. The man stopped. The dog squatted. It did its business. The man gathered the poop into a plastic bag. He and the dog started walking. Naomi said, Excuse me! You're suppose

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

The two spirits were talking. I'm bored. Who shall we be today? asked Booboo. Nono said, Why don't you be Jack, and I'll be Jill? Booboo agreed. They entered the minds of Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill were at a bar, drinking a beer. They always drank

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