一次精神充实的散步A SPIRIT-FILLED WALK多年来,我养成了一个习惯:如果天气好的话,一周散步几次,或每天都散步。我发现散步的习惯对身体、精神和情绪都极有好处。在我家附近散步,我喜欢去的地方是一个墓地。那里有一片经过铺砌的区域,围绕着葱翠的草地。在这个安静的环境中散步非常惬意。一天,我已经走了五英里。天气越来越热,我的样子一定惹人注目。我越走越快,短裤和T恤衫被汗水湿透了,头发粘在满是汗水的脸上。当我绕过一个拐角时,我看见一辆金黄色的小型货车。这辆车我曾经多次见过,车上是一名中年妇女,膝盖上总是趴着一只小狗。由于每次她都戴着黑色墨镜,所以,假如我在社区其他地方碰上她,我绝对认不出。不过,我在墓地认出她来了,因为总是一样的小型货车,一样的小狗,她的动作也是一样的。她总是摇下车窗,把小狗放在膝盖上,让小狗的脖子伸出窗外——她和它凝视着墓地,仿佛有什么东西是永久不变的,而她...
中国进入后改革开放时代2004年01月06日 13:30凤凰卫视——世纪大讲堂主持人:“问渠哪得清如许,为有源头活水来。”这里是“大红鹰·世纪大讲堂”,我是王鲁湘,大家好!上个世纪八十年代以前,一直往前追溯上百年,中国最大的问题是什么问题?吃饭问题。所有的中国的领导人,皇帝也好、总统也好、国家主席也好,需要考虑的就是让中国人填饱肚子的问题。那么改革开放以后,一直到八十年代,中国进入了一个普惠时代,那么我们记忆犹新的是,可能你们记忆不新,但是你们的父母一定,你们的哥哥姐姐一定记得很清楚,就是票证时代,在八十时代以后,慢慢地淡出了我们的生活。我们买东西,我们买粮食,可以不要票证了。可是现在,中国人,中国的领导人,中国的每一个家庭,最关注的问题,又是什么问题呢?我想大家都很清楚,因为这和你们都有关系,就业问题。那么中国进入小康社会以后,突然面临的就业问题,养老保险问题,社会福利...
THE INVISIBLE PRINCEOnce upon a time there lived a Fairy who had power over theearth, the sea, fire, and the air; and this Fairy had four sons.The eldest, who was quick and lively, with a vivid imagination,she made Lord of Fire, which was in her opinion the noblest ofall the elements. To the second son, whose wisdom and prudencemade amends for his being rather dull, she gave the government ofthe earth. The third was wild and savage, and of monstrous...
Tacitus on Germanyby TacitusTranslated by Thomas GordonINTRODUCTORY NOTEThe dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it isprobable that he was born about 54 A. D. and died after 117. He was acontemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, who addressed to himsome of his most famous epistles. Tacitus was apparently of theequestrian class, was an advocate by training, and had a reputation asan orator, though none of his speeches has survived. He held a number...
Cabin Feverby B. M. BowerCONTENTSCHAPTERI THE FEVER MANIFESTS ITSELFII TWO MAKE A QUARRELIII TEN DOLLARS AND A JOB FOR BUDIV HEAD SOUTH AND KEEP GOINGV BUD CANNOT PERFORM MIRACLESVI BUD TAKES TO THE HILLSVII INTO THE DESERTVIII MANY BARREN MONTHS AND MILESIX THE BITE OF MEMORYX EMOTIONS ARE TRICKY THINGSXI THE FIRST STAGESXII MARIE TAKES A DESPERATE CHANCEXIII CABIN FEVER IN ITS WORST FORMXIV CASH GETS A SHOCK...
Confessions of an English Opium-Eaterby Thomas De QuinceyBEING AN EXTRACT FROM THE LIFE OF A SCHOLAR. From the "London Magazine" for September 1821.TO THE READERI here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life: according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but in a considerable degree useful and instructive. In THAT hope it is that I have drawn it up; and THAT must be my apology for breaking through that
抽象的抒情这是一篇沈老未写完的遗作,初稿是在被查抄数年后退还的材料中发现的,发表时除校正了个别错字和标点外,余保持初稿原貌。根据沈老来往书信,本文可能在1961年7月至8月初写于青岛,也可能是8月回京后所作。照我思索,能理解“我”。照我思索,可认识“人”。生命在发展中,变化是常态,矛盾是常态,毁灭是常态。生命本身不能凝固,凝固即近于死亡或真正死亡。惟转化为文字,为形象,为音符,为节奏,可望将生命某一种形式,某一种状态,凝固下来,形成生命另外一种存在和延续,通过长长的时间,通过遥遥的空间,让另外一时另一地生存的人,彼此生命流注,无有阻隔。文学艺术的可贵在此。文学艺术的形成,本身也可说即充满了一种生命延长扩大的愿望。至少人类数千年来,这种挣扎方式已经成为一种习惯,得到认可。凡是人类对于生命青春的颂歌,向上的理想,追求生活完美的努力,以及一切文化出于劳动的认识、种种意识形态,...
She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver GoldsmithSHE STOOPS TO CONQUER;OR,THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT.A COMEDY.To SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.Dear Sir,By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety....