Armadaleby Wilkie CollinsTOJOHN FORSTER.In acknowledgment of the services which he has rendered to thecause of literature by his "Life of Goldsmith;" and inaffectionate remembrance of a friendship which is associated withsome of the happiest years of my life.READERS in generalon whose friendly reception experience hasgiven me some reason to relywill, I venture to hope, appreciatewhatever merit there may be in this story without any prefatorypleading for it on my part. They will, I think, see th
The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nationby Carrie A. NationENCOURAGEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS."My word shall not return unto me void."Isa. iv., II."When saddened by the little fruit thy labors seem to yield,And when no springing blade appears in all thy barren field;When those whom thou dost seek to win, seem hard, and cold, and deadThen, weary worker, stay thine heart on what the Lord hath said;And let it give new life to hopes which seem well-nigh destroyed...
我一向的自我感觉,还是一个文学青年,某日无意看报,忽然发现自己已被称为“上一代作家”,心中大为不悦。原以为我这一代尚未开始,在他人眼里,如何就已成为“历史”了呢?后来慢慢体会,才觉此言并无不公。从世纪之交开始,社会发展的速度突然加快,受众关注的热点和焦点日新月异,变化无常。四十岁以上仍做长篇写作的,已是强弩之末;五十岁以上仍拒不退席的,更是自寻无趣,皆因思想僵化,大脑迟缓,对信息的占有和意识的更新,已无法快速完成,生理上的新陈代谢和外部世界的变迁速度,已不相适应。过去一个作家的人生经验,可以端坐十年潮头,而在全球化和信息化时代,能领三五天风骚,已经非常不易。近来年长篇创作低龄化的现象,以及辉煌一时的作家转眼沉寂的现实,想必并不偶然。所以,我也开始料理后事,回顾往昔,整理旧作。我最大的心愿,就是能将我的那些粗糙文字,通俗故事,以精致的装帧,经典的外观,集合成套...
To-morrowby Joseph ConradWhat was known of Captain Hagberd in the littleseaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.He did not belong to the place. He had come tosettle there under circumstances not at all myste-rioushe used to be very communicative aboutthem at the timebut extremely morbid and un-reasonable. He was possessed of some little moneyevidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and...
太过平静的天气里,适合做些不平静的事情,好让压抑与潜藏的,专属于年轻人的苦闷释放出来。所以我脱了上衣,只穿着短裤,将电吉他的扬声器调到最大,效果器踩在最强悍的破音,然后用力刷出陌生的和弦,任由激烈的弦音在六坪大的范围里回荡碰撞,自己在小房间里面又叫又跳。那是三月初乍暖还凉的事情。一开始,我被平静的冷空气包围得有点畏缩,不久之后,我全身发烫、汗流满身,直到窗外开始陷入黑暗,直到我的耳朵已经逐渐麻木,直到我的手指头感觉到痛,直到我的双腿已经发软,直到有人打开我的房门,对我说:“徐隽哲,你再让我听到一个声音我就把你分尸,拍卖你的吉他。”然后,一个装着御饭团和乌龙茶的塑料袋朝我飞来。猫咪这几天心情不大好,因为他的技术士执照没考到。当他辛辛苦苦架好线路,装妥所有的开关与插座之后,在接通电源的一瞬间,整个线路爆出一声闷响,还有灿烂缤纷的火花,让在场所有人都吓了一大跳。环工系...
《一元钱的爱情》--正文 第一章 初遇故事就从我初中二年级开始说吧,对,就是初二。因某种我现在都不明白的原因,我转学来到了一个陌生的地方。当我们星期一例行公事般的集合于操场升国旗的时候,我知道,新的环境正在等待我的融入。星期二,我以及其郁闷的心情又走进这陌生的学校。班主任(后来我才知道那叫老板儿)把我“放”在教室后面的坐位上,便匆匆的走了。他的走并没有把我的郁闷也一起带走。如坐针毡般的上完一节课后,终于能下课好好的休息下了,我没有选择坐在座位上发呆,而选择了在这个陌生的校园里走走。阳光照入大地,她的光辉如同“母亲”一般,无私的普照着校园的花草树木,也许因此,那些树木才茂盛到了碍人走路的状态。我站在树下,张开双臂享受着从树叶中穿过的缕缕阳光。...
Guy Manneringby Sir Walter ScottINTRODUCTION TO GUY MANNERING.The Novel or Romance of WAVERLEY made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed cannot be better illustrated than by reciting the simple narrative on which Guy Mannering was originally founded; but to which, in the progress of the work, the
各地市政公用事业改革的浪潮正汹涌而来,困扰改革多年的路径选择也在变得清晰。 资金短缺导致市政公用事业的发展举步维艰,市场化程度低是其中的核心问题。公用事业的“公共性”特征决定了其市场化路径的特殊性,却也难以成为阻止市场化进程的借口。投资主体多元化乃公用事业改革的大势所趋,公用产品的市场化改革则是公用事业融资难题破解的前提。 2002年底,建设部颁发《关于加快市政公用行业市场化进程的意见》,明确“鼓励社会资金、外国资本采取独资、合资、合作等多种形式,参与市政公用设施的建设,形成多元化的投资结构”。 政策的大门已经洞开,但民营资本与公用事业联姻,还取决于价格的“红线”。目前,市政公共产品价格正在进行大幅调整,公共产品的价格向上冲动与其不可改变的公用属性相纠葛,提出了公用事业民营化过程中的监管课题。 2003年9月22日下午,瓢泼大雨。著名经济学家盛洪、国家发...