My name is Harriet, and I have hope that all the bad things I've been through can be turned into something good. 我叫哈利特。我希望我所经历过的苦难能转化成正能量。 That's why I want to make this video and tell you my story. 所...
George Soros wants to be the Bono of the financial world. 乔治索罗斯想成为金融界的博诺（U２乐队主唱）。 The speculator whose assault on sterling ejected Britain from the European exchange rate mechanism that September of 10 year...
The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platform eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian School's track and field squad. 火车站挤得水泄不通。拉斐德学院的学生们一齐拥...
Balzac once said artistic creation was an exhausting strug-gle． 巴尔扎克说过，艺术创造是一场累人的斗争。 He believed that only by tenacious work and fearing notafraid of difficulties could you show your talent． 他认为，只有...
Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish-born composer and renowned pianist, was the creator of 55 mazurkas, 13 polonaises, 24 preludes, 27 etudes, 19 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. 肖邦是近代浪漫派的抒情音乐家，他在音乐史中，是一...
If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice, says a wise author. 假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。一位明智的作家曾说过：世上没...
For someone who is such an extraordinarily successful investor, Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy. 作为一个如此卓越的成功投资家，沃伦巴菲特却又是一个非常平凡、普通的人。 Born and bred in Omaha, Nebra...
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. 我以前常常从厨房的窗户看到她穿梭于操场上的一群男孩子中间，她显得那么矮小。 The sc...
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most exciting, highest paid,andbest-loved celebrities in American . She is also the countrystoptelevision a talk show host. 欧普拉温芙芮是美国最令人激动的、薪水最高的和最受人喜爱的知名人士之一...
As a childand as an adult as wellBill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. 童年时期即使成了了大人比尔也不修边幅。据说为了改此习惯，玛丽为他制定了一...
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 我们都读过这样一些动人的故事，故事里主人公将不久于人世。 Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twen...
There were already signs that he had a good deal of talent. 迈克尔的天赋早已有所显露。 Harvest Smith, a classmate and close friend who in those days played basketball with him practically every day, 他的一位同班同学和亲密伙伴维...
J.K.Rowling,author of Harry Potter Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's life has the luster of a fairy tale. J.K.罗琳的生活展现出童话般的光芒，如同她所创造的魔法小巫师哈利波特。 Divorced, living...
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. 一位年迈的木匠准备退休了。他告诉他的...
It scares us more than anything except death being alone. 享受独处除了了死亡，我们最害怕的就是孤独。 Our fear of aloneness is so ingrained that given the choice of being by ourselves or being with others we opt for safety in numb...
