Former Inhabitants and Winter VisitorsI weathered some merry snow-storms, and spent some cheerfulwinter evenings by my fireside, while the snow whirled wildlywithout, and even the hooting of the owl was hushed. For many weeksI met no one in my walks but those who came occasionally to cut woodand sled it to the village. The elements, however, abetted me inmaking a path through the deepest snow in the woods, for when I hadonce gone through the wind blew the oak leaves into my tracks, where...
到底是什么原因,让小女孩在很小的时候就踩上了妈妈的“高跷”?先践踏家里的拼花地板,随后又穿上更高的鞋跟,不断蹂躏自己的双脚,同时加害自己的钱包? 足科医生的警告愈严重、母亲的担心愈深、需要付钱的另一半抱怨愈多,那些鞋店老板笑得愈是心花怒放。不过,真正觉得幸福快乐的,却还是鞋痴们自己。对女人而言,鞋子永远少一双,鞋跟永远不能算太高,凉鞋也永远不会太性感。再大的水泡、再多的瘀伤,也浇不灭她们对鞋子的热情。实在忍受不住的,大不了光着脚走,鞋子拎在手上就是了。有些漂亮的鞋子买回去,本来就不是为了要穿,而仅仅为了拥有。当然,如果还能引起朋友或是敌人的妒忌,那就再棒不过了! 鞋子本来就是一个话题,让人们可以对它们的主人评头论足,用最尖酸刻薄的话、以最恶毒讽刺的方式。...
摄影师需要做出的各种决定之一是,他应当站在哪里和把照相机对准哪个方向。虽然技术发展意味着曝光和对焦经常自动决定,但是归根结底始终是摄影师就如何在取景器中准确取景做出决定。 尽管画家可以通过从景物中去掉他或她不想让其他人看到的一部分成分来改变现实,但是照相机将不加选择地记录它面前的一切。因此,构图对简化我们周围繁杂的世界是十分必要的。 虽然在画面中有些被摄体实际上可能经过摆布,但是对景物中的被摄体完全控制,尤其是假如被摄体是无法预见的,那始终是不可能的。但是,通过选择使用什么样的镜头和何时按动快门,摄影师可以就照片最终如何显现施加强有力的影响。 善于选择的眼力 与其说是仅仅寻找拍摄什么照片,倒不如说构图通常是寻找强调景物的某些部分的方法,同时设法掩饰或掩盖其它部分。它是将事物排列整齐——颇像遣词造句,讲述一段个人的故事,或者对你看到的事件提供第一手的描述。 ...
My Mark Twainby William Dean HowellsI.It was in the little office of James T. Fields, over the bookstore ofTicknor & Fields, at 124 Tremont Street, Boston, that I first met myfriend of now forty-four years, Samuel L. Clemens. Mr. Fields was thenthe editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and I was his proud and gladassistant, with a pretty free hand as to manuscripts, and an unmanacledcommand of the book-notices at the end of the magazine. I wrote nearlyall of them myself, and in 1869 I had written r
异域掦威 作者:黑暗左手简介:盛夏,中午的太阳拼命的向大地投射着他的热情,可惜没人领情,至少在这所八十八学院内大家都不约而同的和周公定了个小约会。 哈哈哈哈!忽然,一阵狂笑打破了中午的沉寂,然后无数双愤怒的眼睛将那几乎可以杀死人的目光投向了教室后排的一为仁兄身上。也是啊,从好梦中被杀猪般的笑声吵醒,没上去狂扁他已经很客气了。但明显那些愤怒的群众并没有想去动手的打算。 “噫?你们做什么……”当那位仁兄一边擦着口水一边从梦里醒来的时候,忽然感一股凉意涌上心头,出于本能(动物的直觉吧 ^_^)一个转身就想往外跑,啊!怎么动不了?不好,是束缚术。然后无数的火球,风刃,冰针翻滚着,纠缠着向某个中心地带宣泄着他们的创造者的不满。而在这个中心的外围,一层淡淡的蓝晕表明了有人在周围用上了结界……...
De CiveLibertyby Thomas Hobbes1651Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society. Or, A Dissertation Concerning Man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the Member of a Society, first Secular, and then Sacred. Containing The Elements of Civill Politie in the Agreement which it hath both with Naturall and Divine Lawes. In which is demonstrated, Both what the Origine of Justice is, and wherein the Essence of Christian Religion doth consist. Together with The Nature, Limits and Q
(十五)品读《书剑恩仇录》-孔庆东 主讲人简介: 内容简介: 全文: (金庸原名查良镛,1924年出生于浙江海宁的名们望族。祖上有“一门七进士,叔侄五翰林”的荣耀。可是金庸的家乡跟乾隆皇帝又有什么联系?《书剑恩仇录》的诞生究竟隐藏着怎样的故事背景呢?) 下面我门来分析这个传说。在我们中国清朝以来,一直有这样一个说法,说乾隆皇帝本来是汉族人,乾隆皇帝被认为是清朝成就最高的一个皇帝。康乾盛世,阎崇年老师给大家讲过满清十二个皇帝,传说说这个乾隆本来是海宁的汉族人陈家之后。陈家生了这么一个孩子,被皇后采用调包计给调走了。我们在其他文学作品中,在京戏里面也常见这样的故事,皇后或者某个贵妃玩儿一个调包计,把人家孩子说成是自己的孩子。这样自己地位就稳固了。这反映了我们中国封建社会宫廷斗争的复杂性,可是这个乾隆被调包的传说,它和其他的传说有不同的地方,这个传说很值...
The PondsSometimes, having had a surfeit of human society and gossip, andworn out all my village friends, I rambled still farther westwardthan I habitually dwell, into yet more unfrequented parts of thetown, "to fresh woods and pastures new," or, while the sun wassetting, made my supper of huckleberries and blueberries on FairHaven Hill, and laid up a store for several days. The fruits do notyield their true flavor to the purchaser of them, nor to him who...