这是一位历史上最享盛名的神秘女子：她广播的艳名，她与恺撒、安东尼的两段恋情，她的丰功伟业与远大的政治报负，还有她结束于蛇吻的传奇一生。究竟埃及艳后的真面目如何？她不朽于世的奥秘在哪里？
　　Three centuries later, shortly before the birth of Christ, Egypt was still ruled by a living goddess, Cleopatra, a Greek descended from one of Alexander's generals. She looked back to the Golden Age of Alexander's world empire and

Detour to Romance
　　Located in the checkroom in Union Station as I am, I see everybody that comes up the stairs.
　　Harry came in a little over three years ago and waited at the head of the stairs for the passengers from the 9∶05 train.
　　I remember seeing Harry that first evening. He wasn't much more than a thin

The New Generation in Japan
IN THIS ARTICLE: Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work ... (and) prefer easy jobs without heavy responsibility.
本文简介：日本学生似乎正对工作失去耐心……（而且）更喜欢无需负重大责任的轻松工作。
[1]Japan's post-World War II value system of diligence, cooperation, and hard work

Paradox of Our Times
[1]We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
[2] We spend too recklessly, laugh too

美丽的微笑与爱心(Beautiful Smile and Love)
作者介绍: 特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟大，真情才能动人。我们作文时，要善于从自己所熟知的平凡中发掘伟大，以真情来打动读者。
　　The poor are very wonderful peop

　　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. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a  million, or a billion, or a gazillion...
　　You are the only one like yo

Book on Divine Comedy does Dante differently
What's a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey whose first language was Yiddish doing writing a book about history's greatest Catholic poet, Dante?
Perhaps trying to convince the world that his epic poem, the Divine Comedy, is not just for Ivy League intellectuals but for the co

　　Words To Live By

All you remember
　　All you remember about your child being an infant is the incredible awe you felt about the precious miracle you created. You remember having plenty of time to bestow all your wisdom and knowledge. You thought your child would take all of your advice and make fewer mistakes, and be much smarter than you were.

　　We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I d know better.
　　I'd really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and home-made ice cream and leftover meatloaf. I really would.
　　My cherished grandson, I hope you learn humility by surviving failure and t

　　Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God,"They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"
God replied,"Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."
　　But the chi

He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him on the niceties of behaviour; without a word of objection, he would carry in wood for the stove. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John -- a veteran procrastinator – said, "You're right. I guess I will."
他会很慷慨地把自己的磁带借给弟弟，并告诫他如何有良好的行为举止；

My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat simultaneously. It was hanging on a rack at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, crammed in with shoddy trench coats and an assortment of sad, woolen overcoats -- a rose among thorns.
在马萨诸塞州北安普顿市的一家出售二手服装的店里，我和我14岁的儿子约翰同时盯上了那件大衣。它就挂在衣架上，夹在劣质的军用风雨衣和各式各样寒酸的羊毛大衣当中，然而它却像荆棘丛中的一朵玫瑰。

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great.

"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.
“其实很容易