Susy, A Story of the Plainsby Bret HarteCHAPTER I.Where the San Leandro turnpike stretches its dusty, hot, andinterminable length along the valley, at a point where the heat anddust have become intolerable, the monotonous expanse of wild oats oneither side illimitable, and the distant horizon apparently remoterthan ever, it suddenly slips between a stunted thicket or hedge of"scrub oaks," which until that moment had been undistinguishable...
如果把一支蜡烛放进全黑的屋子,黑暗瞬间消失,屋里有了光明。但是,增加十支、百支或千支蜡烛,房间无非是变得越来越亮。但决定性的变化是第一支蜡烛,是它冲破了黑暗。下面的内容也许将成为燃亮你人生的第一支蜡烛。一、人的改变就在一瞬间人要改变自己,是一个渐进的、缓慢的过程,还是一种突变呢?很多人的答案是:人的改变是渐进的、缓慢的。如果你也抱有这种观念,我相信你的改变是很困难的。但哲学不是告诉我们事物的变化是由量变到质变吗?比如一个人要戒烟,如果你总认为戒烟是一个渐进的缓慢的过程,要逐渐的戒,我相信你永远也戒不了烟;你只有某天感觉再抽下去会得癌症,肺会完全烂掉,你才会痛下决断,马上采取戒烟措施,你也才有可能戒掉烟。...
The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoPREFACE.A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:~ANArKH~.These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a h
1. First SightThis was the time of day when I wished I were able to sleep.High school.Or was purgatory the right word? If there was any way to atone for my sins, thisought to count toward the tally in some measure. The tedium was not something I grewused to; every day seemed more impossibly monotonous than the last.I suppose this was my form of sleep—if sleep was defined as the inert statebetween active periods.I stared at the cracks running through the plaster in the far corner of the cafet
古代美女的服饰 或许是因为性别的缘故,我对生活中形形色色的女性尤为敏感,竟默默地为她们而喜、而忧、而乐、而叹。比如,一个肤色糙黑、粗布蓝衫的农妇从身边走过,她那干燥枯黄的发髻中隐隐露出一截桃红色的绒线绳,遮遮掩掩地跳出一丝亮色;比如一群穿着露脐短装,脚蹬十几公分厚底鞋,头发染成金色、红色、褚色的女孩,咧开抹了紫黑唇膏的嘴,夸张地、豪迈地喧闹;比如在旅途中,偶见一位浓妆艳抹、举止粗俗的少女与一位端庄娴静、灵慧含蓄的姑娘坐在一起;或者发现儿时的好友原本秀丽甜美的脸庞已被生活剥蚀得疲惫、冷漠、干枯……甚至女人们胡搅蛮缠的争吵,善良温柔的微笑,贬辱丈夫的尖刻,忍气吞声的哭泣,无怨无悔的痴情,追名逐利的轻浮,以“女”自居的慵懒,越出“女”字的沉重…… 9年前,我曾认真地探查和追溯中国女性数千年屈辱与风流的历史足迹,那是因为在医院里遇见一个长相俏丽的女孩,因为多次“人流”...
CHARLOTTE TEMPLECHARLOTTE TEMPLEBY SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON1- Page 2-CHARLOTTE TEMPLEPREFACE.FOR the perusal of the young and thoughtless of the fair sex, this Taleof Truth is designed; and I could wish my fair readers to consider it as notmerely the effusion of Fancy, but as a reality. The circumstances on which...
浙江海宁县(今海宁市),山清水秀,经济发达。硖石镇(今海宁市市府所在地),风景秀丽,人杰地灵。左右有东山和西山对峙,西山又名硖石山,传说是唐朝诗人白居易游览到此而取的地名。硖石镇是一个开窗见河、出门过桥的水乡闹市。就在这个典型的江南古镇的保宁坊,有一个四进院子的楼房,住着一家姓徐的富商。徐家家业可以远溯到明代正德年间。家业传到徐星匏手中又有了发展。徐星匏名明枢,略通文墨,工于书法,主要以营商为业。他的儿子徐申如,名光傅,继承并恢廓祖业。除在本镇经营旧式的徐裕丰酱园、裕通钱庄、人和绸布号等外,还创办了蚕丝厂、布厂、硖石电灯厂,之外还开办了双山习艺所。他在浙江和上海的金融实业界,也参与了一些事业,拥有相当的地位。他任硖石商会会长,并在“十里洋场”的上海开办了票庄银号。徐申如思想开放,头脑灵活,又附庸风雅,喜交名流。...
马哈巴利普兰预言(1)亚洲5国遭遇40年来最大灾难 超过3000人死亡美联社的最新消息称,印尼12月26日发生近40年来最强地震。强震引发的海啸席卷亚洲5个国家,造成至少3000人死亡,其中斯里兰卡1500人,印度1000人,印尼400人,泰国120人,马来西亚15人。另有数百名失踪,死亡人数可能还将上升。《中国日报》网站2004年12月26日海啸后印度海底现古城南亚大海啸带来灾难,也带来一些意外的发现──一座水下的古城遗址。印度沿海水底古城马哈巴利普兰所在地是海啸灾区之一,海啸过后,该城镇附近露出三个石结构,上面都刻有精细的动物画像。这是因为海啸过后,覆盖在结构上的沙层被冲走。印度考古研究所高级考古学家萨蒂亚穆蒂说,这些结构,可能属于这个建于七世纪的港口城市。...
Dr. Faustusby Christopher MarloweTHE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUSBY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEFROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.Written by Ch. Mar. London, Printed for John Wright, and areto be sold at his shop without Newgate, at the signe of theBible, 1616, 4to.The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus....
在巴黎的蒙巴那斯,有许多磨坊、酒店、咖啡馆、夜总会。沿街零星的露天咖啡座和酒吧,是蒙巴那斯的街景标志。蒙巴那斯是学者、艺术家、大学生的聚集之地。1908年1月9日凌晨4点,西蒙娜·德·波伏娃就出生于此,蒙巴那斯大街103号——一幢街边六层公寓楼,二层的一套普通公寓内。这幢楼算得上是蒙巴那斯的黄金地段,楼下就是蒙巴那斯著名的圆顶咖啡馆,在公寓对面是多姆咖啡馆。 新婚一年就得女的弗朗索瓦茨和丈夫乔治非常喜欢他们的大女儿西蒙娜。女儿出生后,他们专门请了一位保姆照顾西蒙娜。弗朗索瓦茨生下西蒙娜的时候只有21岁,父亲乔治已过而立之年。 被宠坏的小女孩 我保证我长大以后不会忘记我五岁时就已经是一个有心事的人了。 ——西蒙娜 这是一个正统的资产阶级家庭。西蒙娜的爷爷曾任塞纳省省长助理,收入丰厚,拥有自己的庄园。乔治是家里的小儿子,天资聪颖,很受家人的喜爱。他从小多才多艺...