370 BCPARMENIDESby Platotranslated by Benjamin JowettPARMENIDESPERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: CEPHALUS; ADEIMANTUS; GLAUCON; ANTIPHON;PYTHODORUS; SOCRATES; ZENO; PARMENIDES; ARISTOTELES. Cephalusrehearses a dialogue which is supposed to have been narrated in hispresence by Antiphon, the half-brother of Adeimantus and Glaucon, to...
The Writings of Abraham Lincolnby Abraham LincolnVOLUME SIXWRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN1862-1863RECOMMENDATION OF NAVAL OFFICERSMESSAGE TO CONGRESS.WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 1862.TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:The third section of the "Act further to promote the efficiency ofthe Navy," approved 21st of December, 1861, provides:"That the President of the United States by and with the advice and...
《且听下回分解——单田芳传》 题记序序七十年,不散的风云姜昆单田芳先生的传记问世了,可喜可贺!前不久,单老曾特意嘱咐说:“我新闻界有位好朋友――张继合,他在《河北日报》做文学编辑。小伙子有见识,笔杆壮,专门为我写了一部个人传记,他希望姜昆先生这样的文艺权威能慷慨作序,以壮声威。”感谢单老如此抬爱。其实,作为艺术前辈,他才是真正意义的权威。在当今中国的曲艺界,单老是极具代表性的曲艺大家。他从艺超过五十年,除去“文革”那段特殊的日子,老先生一直是人气极旺,一路走红。尤其是上世纪末,单老“复出江湖”,“云遮月”特点的嗓音通过电波传入了大江南北、千家万户。有评论说,当时,单田芳那有特色的嗓音,已成为时尚性的文化符号。...
The Golden Fleeceby Julian HawthorneA RomanceCHAPTER I.The professor crossed one long, lean leg over the other, and punched down the ashes in his pipe-bowl with the square tip of his middle finger. The thermometer on the shady veranda marked eighty-seven degrees of heat, and nature wooed the soul to languor and revery; but nothing could abate the energy of this bony sage."They talk about their Atlantises,their submerged continents!" he exclaimed, with a sniff through his wide, hairy nostrils.
教育子女中所犯的错误比别的错误更不可原谅。这和用药配错了剂量一样,第一次弄错后,消除其副作用须付出百倍的艰辛。难就难在适度。1995年,当我最小的孩子考上大学时,就有知情的好友劝我写一本“怎样培养孩子”的书。因为他们不仅为我家三个孩子都顺利考入大学自豪,而且为我家老小曾以351分的低分被照顾进高中,三年后又以531分考取吉林大学物理系而吃惊。确实,那一年我儿子的两个考分曾被写进我市范亭中学校门前的招生广告中,用以吸引新生。可是,我一直没有动笔的欲望。说实话,我和我先生对子女期望很高。我们曾希望他们进中国科技大学的少年班,希望他们考北大、清华。然而,我们的希望一个个相继落空。在孩子们时高时低的考试成绩面前,我们亦喜亦忧、患得患失,有时对他们过分严格,有时又难免放任。我想:写教育经验实在轮不到我。...
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETSby ELLEN G.WHITE17PREFACETHE PUBLISHERS SEND OUT THIS WORK FROM A CONVICTION THAT IT THROWS LIGHTUPON A SUBJECT OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AND UNIVERSAL INTEREST, AND ONE ONWHICH LIGHT IS TO BE GREATLY DESIRED; THAT IT PRESENTS TRUTHS TOO LITTLEKNOWN OR TOO WIDELY IGNORED. THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR,BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, BETWEEN THE POWER OF GOD AND THE ATTEMPTED...
The Man of the Forestby Zane GreyCHAPTER IAt sunset hour the forest was still, lonely, sweet with tangof fir and spruce, blazing in gold and red and green; andthe man who glided on under the great trees seemed to blendwith the colors and, disappearing, to have become a part ofthe wild woodland.Old Baldy, highest of the White Mountains, stood up roundand bare, rimmed bright gold in the last glow of the settingsun. Then, as the fire dropped behind the domed peak, a...
不要找借口:就算一天只能写一页,一年也能出一本365页的书。要是真的写不出来,请写下250字的借口。这样一来,每天还是有在写东西。更重要的是,要不就受不了编借口,开始写作,要不就是看开了,不要再浪费时间,幻想自己能成为作家.不要把自己想得太聪明绝顶:不要瞧不起你的读者,东西不被接受是因为你的读者水准不够?!吹牛大王!!请脚踏实地,因为你的读者都是地球人.不要想炫耀自己的知识才能:好的作家可以用简单的描写表达出复杂的思想。 好的故事开始于恐惧威胁。 恐惧不一定是来自肉体或立即的危险。回想一下你自己的人生,什嘛时候你觉得快要自己快被吓死了?也许是第一天上学,也许家中有人过世,或有人离婚?也许是你要在大庭广众下发表演说?!或许是你的第一次约会?或者是你要搬家?...