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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:"安分"的大象 Why the Elephants Don't Run
A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a fa2012-02-07 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精彩英文欣赏:美丽在我心 Trying to Be "Ugly"
Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love.[qh]我住的公寓大2012-02-02 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:真朋友,天涯若比邻
I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940’s it was a wholesome, quaint little community. It was my home and I loved it there2012-02-08 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:生活的一课 A Lesson in Living
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the store, the school and the church. Then, I met, or rather—got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline.[qh] 差不多有一年，我都泡在家、店铺2012-02-09 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:你令爱了不起
Relax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. No he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to talk.2012-02-16 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:雄鹰之翼 On Eagle's Wings
In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing in on me. I didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. On days like this I love to find2012-02-21 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:杰西的手套 Jessie's Glove
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our seminars is the retention of quality employees—a2012-02-17 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:重聚 Reunited
Old friends. They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there f2012-02-27 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:没有人会知道
Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were2012-03-06 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:尽在不言中 What Goes Unsaid
When I read a book from my mother’s shelves, it’s 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,2012-03-09 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:人在旅途 Life Is Like a Train Ride
Life is like a train ride. We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will transl2012-03-07 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:你是一个成功者么?
录音原文The newspaper I previously worked for employs a very friendly receptionist. All receptionists are supposed to be friendly, but Connie Abbott has such a positive tone, she could brighten your2012-02-22 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:夕阳无限好 Leaving Work to Gaze at Sunsets
I believe in leaving work at five o’clock.In a nation that operates on a staunch Protestant work ethic, this belief could be considered radical. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t2012-02-28 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:跬步•千里 A Small Victory
One of the most inspiring quotes I ever heard regarding perseverance was by Brian Tracy. He said: The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail many2012-03-01 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:童话-剪不断的情结
When the people of Hamelin, Germany had a problem with rats, they called the Pied Piper. With his bewitching pipe and enchanting music, he lured the rats away from the city and into a watery grave. B2012-03-12 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:一个伊朗女子的生死日记
The First Post Written on June 19th, 2009[qh]第一篇日记写于2009年6月19日[qh]I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is g2012-03-14 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:蜜蜂老师
You went to the butcher’s for meat, the pharmacy for aspirin, and the grocery store for food. But when I spent the summer with my Grandmother in Warwick, N.Y., she sent me down to the general s2012-03-15 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:你才是我的幸福
She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the2012-03-16 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:幸运帽 Lucky Hat
Dear Arizona,[qh]亲爱的亚利桑那:[qh]My brother is so lucky. Good stuff is always happening to him. Do you believe in luck? And if so, how can I get more of it?[qh]我的兄弟运气特别好,常有好事发生在他身2012-03-19 编辑：beck
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[精美英文欣赏] 精美英文欣赏:倾听先人的声音
I believe we are not alone.[qh]我相信我们并不孤单。[qh]Even if I am on the other side of the world from the farmhouse I live in, I still dream of the ancient vines out the window, and the shed out ba2012-03-21 编辑：beck
