The starfish thrower 扔海星的人 Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. 从前有一位哲人常到海边去写作。 He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. 他有个习惯，...
The daffodils 水仙之歌 I wandered lonely as a cloud 我独游于天际，如一朵流云 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 凌空于谷峰，飘然然悠闲。 When all at once I saw a crowd, 忽地，我看见了一群， A host, of gold...
You are my life 你就是我的生命 There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school. 有一个印度男孩，被他的父母送到了寄宿学校。 Before being sent away this boy was the brightest student in his class. 在...
If I had the chance 如果有机会 It seems we are all so busy these days. 如今我们大家似乎都太忙了。 There are so many details, so many calls to make and so many things to look after that we barely have time for sincere and genuine int...
Who packed your parachute? 谁为你编的降落伞？ Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. 毕业于美国海军军官学校的查尔斯?普拉姆，在越战期间是一名喷气式战机飞行员。 After 75 combat missions, his plane...
The two roads 两条路 It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a window. 除夕之夜，一位老人伫立窗前。 He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of...
When you thought I wasn't looking 你以为我没有看在眼里 When you thought I wasn't looking, 你以为我没有看在眼里, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, 你以为你把我画的第一幅画挂在冰箱上时，我没有...
Free hugs 免费拥抱 Do you want a hug? the young man asked Ginny. 你想要一个拥抱吗？年轻人问金妮。 He held a sign in his handFree Hugs. I looked around. 在他的手中有个标牌，免费拥抱。我看了看周围。 There were...
The best time of my life 一生中最美好的时光 It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. 那天是6月15日，再过两天我就要30岁了。 I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years...
See with the heart 用心去看 And now here is my secret, said the fox, It is very simple: its only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. 这就是我的秘密，小狐狸说道，它很简单：只有用心...
Steps to happiness 一步步走向幸福 Everybody Knows: 每个人都知道： You can't be all things to all people. 你无法为每个人办到每件事。 You can't do all things at once. 你无法立刻完成所有的事。 You can't do all thin...
You sure are lucky 你一定很幸运 It was a hot, muggy August afternoon, and I had every reason to feel sorry for myself. 那是一个潮湿闷热的下午，我完全有理由为自己掬一把同情之泪。 A comedy of hassles began with the no...
Stand tall like the sunflower 如向日葵般高高站立 I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness. 有时候我觉得很有意思，甚至连最平凡的事情都能够对我们的认识产...
What will matter 要紧的事 Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. 不管有没有准备好，总有一天一切将走到终点。 There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. 不再有日出，不再有分钟，不再有小...
Change altitude 改变高度 Rebecca had decided that her best chance of getting hired by a company doing geological survey work in the Alaskan wilderness was to earn a private license to fly twin-engine planes. 丽贝卡觉得，要想进入在阿拉斯...
