The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown;...
When you hear the word cricket, what do you think of first? 当你听到cricket这个单词时，你首先会想到什么？ A small, chirping insect? 一种小小的，喳喳叫的虫子？ Or a summer sport between players in white trousers and woo...
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. 乡年前， 当我第一次找工作时,不少明智之士强烈向我建议：巴巴拉...
William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 Of all the famous English writers,probably the best known is William Shakespeare. 在所有举世闻名的英文作家中，最著名的的也许要数莎士比亚了。 He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on A...
What is the definition ofhappiness?Is it material wealth filled with fancy cars,a dream house,exteravagant furs and jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a roof over your head? 幸福是什么？幸福是拥有豪华的汽车、梦想的居室、名贵...
Soap Operas 肥皂剧 Watching TV is a very popular pastime in the UK but what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? 在英国，看电视是一种非常流行的消遣方式，但英国人喜欢看哪种类型的节目呢？ Well, the...
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one's other commitments: 几年前，在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩?戴森讲...
We chase after it,when it is waiting all about us 我们苦苦追寻的，其实就在我们身边。 Are you happy?I asked my brother, Lan, one day. 一天，我问哥哥伊恩：你感到幸福吗? Yes. No. It depends what you mean, hesaid. 他回答...
罗宾德拉纳特泰戈尔（Ranbindranath Tagore )，印度著名诗人、作家、艺术家和社会活动家。1913年获诺贝尔文学奖。泰戈尔是具有巨大世界影响的作家。他共写了50多部诗集，被称为诗圣。 《园丁集...
UK Music Festivals 英国音乐节 Summer in the UK is traditionally the time when people go on holiday. 按照英国人的传统，夏天是人们外出度假的日子， It is also the time for quiet picnics and spending lazy days doing nothing. 也是...
Consider YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. 诫想一下你！一个空前绝后的你，不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。 You are u...
If 假如 Rudyard kipling 拉迪亚德吉卜林 If you can keep your head when all about you 假如你能保持冷静，即使众人 Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; 都失去理智并且归咎于你， If you can trust yourself when all men...
Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国 Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather. 英国以阴雨天气闻名于世。 Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks,roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from...
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. 无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。 All the things yo...
背景知识 托马斯哈代（Thomas Hardy)，英国诗人、小说家。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，早期和中期的创作以小说为主，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统；晚年以其出色的诗歌开拓了英国20世...
