他是她一生的骄傲 有一个人,才十八岁,在念护校。 那年,因为车祸,父母不幸逝去,她不得不辍学并努力赚钱供养她念高中的弟弟。学费实在太贵了。她弟弟不想读,跑去建筑工地当小工挑石灰桶。她找到弟弟,打了他,拉着弟弟到父母坟头跪了一天。她问弟弟是否还记得父母的遗愿?弟弟抹着泪说记得。弟弟回了学校读书。她在社会上苦着,因为没有文凭,又乏工作经验,收入极为菲薄,仅够应付姐弟俩最起码的生活开销。她就瞒着弟弟去做了小姐,但每次去学校看望弟弟时总不忘洗尽脂粉,让自己清清爽爽。 弟弟考上了大学,每年光学费就要一万多,钱真经不住花,它们是妖怪,会吸人的血。她不得不更为拼命,赚来的钱除留下一部分生活必需外,全寄给弟弟。她不想弟弟在学校被人瞧不起。...
The Ball at Sceauxby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Clara BellTo Henri de Balzac, his brother Honore.The Comte de Fontaine, head of one of the oldest families in Poitou,had served the Bourbon cause with intelligence and bravery during thewar in La Vendee against the Republic. After having escaped all thedangers which threatened the royalist leaders during this stormyperiod of modern history, he was wont to say in jest, "I am one of the...
FLAMININUS230?-174 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenWHAT Titus Quintius [Flamininus], whom we select as a parallel toPhilopoemen, was in personal appearance, those who are curious may seeby the brazen statue of him, which stands in Rome near that of thegreat Apollo, brought from Carthage, opposite to the Circus Maximus,with a Greek inscription upon it. The temper of his mind is said to...
·庸医杀人,良医杀? 在一百六十年前,有一个小孩子在教堂里听讲道,牧师看着这小孩子,发现他很有慧根,特别走过来对他说:「你愿不愿意皈依上帝,然后到远方去传教?」这小孩受这个感召,从此决定了一生的方向,他就是非洲的探险家李文斯顿。在一百一十年前,也是一个少年人,碰到一位中年人跟他讲一段话,也影响了他一生;后来他联合这位中年人一起发动了影响中国近代历史的一个改革——戊戌政变,这小孩就是梁启超。我讲这两个例子告诉大家,请注意,今晚的演讲可能会影响你的一生。 台湾是一个奇怪的地方。被日本人统治了五十年,由于日本的压制,使我们这个岛的人发生一个现象,就是政治欲望被打压,所以要反弹。在一九四五年以后,台湾由国民党统治,带来很多职位,台湾人高兴了,可以满足政治欲望;就是今天看到的一个明显现象,台湾这地区「政治挂帅」,只要有政治气氛就可以炒得很热,为了政治可以花多少...
1859ON LIBERTYby John Stuart MillDEDICATIONThe grand, leading principle, towards which every argumentunfolded in these pages directly converges, is the absolute andessential importance of human development in its richest diversity.WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT: Sphere and Duties of Government.TO the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer,...
SHERLOCK HOMESTHE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDERby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleTHE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER"From the point of view of the criminal" said Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"London has become a singularly uninteresting city since the deathof the late lamented Professor Moriarty.""I can hardly think that you would find many decent citizens toagree with you," I answered."Well, well, I must not be selfish," said he, with a smile, as be...
上山.上山.爱作者:李敖第一章1920年1月24日,在巴黎。一位穷困的三十六岁画家,发了高烧, 昏倒在画室里。被发现后,立刻送到慈善医院,晚上八点五十分,他死了。第二天,二十五日,小他二十二岁的模特儿妻子珍妮.海布特(Jeanne Hebuterne)赶来看他,凝视、凝视、凝视了许久许久,静静的向后退着,向他告别。十几个小时后,这位女士从五楼跳了下来,殉情而死。还怀了九个月的身孕。直到三年以后,模特儿妻子的家人才同意,让他们同穴而葬,墓碑上写着:"他们终于长眠一起。"画家死时,每幅画价仅售一百五十法郎;十年以后,涨到五十万法郎;七十年后, 已经涨到和他朋友毕加索(Picasso)一样的数字。...
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprenticesby Charles DickensCHAPTER IIn the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhaustedby the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought withit, ran away from their employer. They were bound to a highlymeritorious lady (named Literature), of fair credit and repute,though, it must be acknowledged, not quite so highly esteemed in...
二十五年前,我的孙子于连还是个孩子,那时他经常与我和妻子一起度假。我们之间形成了一个像洗漱和吃饭一样不能更改的规矩:每天晚上,于连上床的时候,从他的卧室里都会传来呼喊:“爷爷,故事!故事!”那喊声中经常透出几分急不可耐。这时我就会坐在他的床头,讲一段古希腊传说给他听。当时,为了深入理解希腊神话,我正在对之进行分析、解构、比较、阐释等研究工作,所以不必太费力气就可以在我的百宝囊里找到材料。但是我给他讲故事用的方法与现在不同,那是开门见山、顺其自然,就像讲仙女故事一样,只需在讲述中注意让故事自始至终都能扣人心弦即可:很久很久以前……于连听得津津有味,我也讲得兴趣盎然。能够亲口给他讲一讲自己钟爱的希腊世界,这使我感到欣慰,因为我觉得,在今天,这一古老世界在我们身上的继续存在比任何时候都显得更为必要。我也欣喜于这一遗产能口头地,用讲述那些被柏拉图称为“奶水故事”的方式,...
开房吧,小辉煌 作者:宅包 不CJ滴开始 “我要开房。” “请先登记。” …… “你们姐弟住一间吗?” “……是。” …… “1314房。” “我不要这间,有没有1414房” …… “那1399房?” “不要,1313房呢?” …… “很抱歉,除了这几间外,只剩一间1010房。” “……就这间吧。” 这对拿了钥匙走人的情侣,都不过二十的年纪。女的看起来像只不好惹的小辣椒,披头散发的,眼角似有泪痕,她长相并不出众,是那种过眼即忘型的。唯有她的眼睛极是有神,熠然生辉。可能全身上下,就数眼睛最是美丽。这种美丽使她身上的其他部分,黯然失色。男的长得极为清秀,纤长的身材和白皙得几乎能看到青色血管的皮肤,怎么看怎么像富家公子。他表情淡漠,唯有嘴角边带着讽刺的那弧笑弯让他的面部的表情带上了些许愤世嫉俗的模样。这间三流宾馆天天迎来送去多少暧昧男女,可从没见过这么...
ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCEI heartily accept the motto, "That government is best whichgoverns least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidlyand systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, whichalso I believe, "That government is best which governs not atall"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind ofgovernment which they will have. Government is at best but anexpedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are...