全球第一畅销书《谁动了我的奶酪》虚构了四个角色：嗅嗅、匆匆、哼哼和唧唧。嗅嗅能够及时嗅出变化；匆匆行动迅速；哼哼害怕变化，拒绝变化；唧唧能够及时调整自己去适应变化。聪明的读者，你更像谁？
　　ONCE, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze1 looking for cheese to nourish2 them and make them happy.
　　Two were mice, named "Sniff 3" and "Scurry4" and two were littlepeople-beings5 w

Do I Need To Like Myself?
Yes! People who don't like themselves are a pain in the neck!
　　Usually, people with a poor self-image use one of two irritating strategies. They either:
　　a) criticize you a lot or
　　b) they criticize themselves a lot.
　　STRATEGY A: They criticize you a lot. They figure t

Give us 15 Minutes A Day
Your boss has a bigger vocabulary than you have.
That's one good reason why he's your boss.
This discovery has been made in the word laboratories of the world. Not by theoretical English professors, but by practical, hard-headed scholars who have been searching for the secrets of success.

"BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS"
Winston Churchill (May 13, 1940 ) On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration.
It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties.
I have alre

　　I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn't as if the area was attractive. I was mor

　　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 1)gazillion…
　　You are the only one like you in a sea of

Peer Support
　　(Part 1)
　　Anna really wanted to do something significant for her school before she went to college. But she couldn't think of anything meaningful that would influence the lives of her schoolmates.
　　One day, Anna saw a girl sitting by the school pond crying. Anna went up to her and said, "Are you okay? Is

　　這首感人至深的极奇异恩典amazing grace其实是首圣诗，西方歌手演唱此曲的版本很多。在这段音频中海浪和海豚的配乐表达出了原曲圣洁祥和的慑人气氛。
　　grace原意为“优雅、优美”，此处解释成“上帝對人类的慈悲、恩宠”。
　　amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me
　　奇异恩典 何等甘甜 我罪以得赦免
　　i once was lost, but now i'm found ，was blind, but now I see
　　前我失丧 今被寻回 瞎眼今得看见
　　'twas grace th

　　My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared matriarch of our New York family back in the 1950s.
　　When I was five years old, she invited some friends and relatives to her Bronx apartment for a party. Among the guests was a neighborhood big shot who was doing well in business. His wife was proud of their social status and let ev

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　　“月儿呀，你在等候什么呢？”
　　“向我将让位给他的太阳致敬。”
　　Moon, for what do you wait?
　　To salute the sun for whom I must make way.
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　　绿树长到了我的窗前，仿佛是喑哑的大地发出的渴望的声音。
　　The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.
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　　我的心把她的波浪在世界的海岸上冲激着，以热泪在上边写着她的题记：“我爱你。”

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 common man an

　　There was a naughty boy, 有一个顽皮的孩子，
　　And a naughty boy was he, 顽皮的孩子就是他，
　　He ran away to Scotland 他离家到苏格兰去
The people for to see-- 去看那边的人们
　　Then he found 然后他发现
　　That the ground 那边的地面
　　Was as hard, 一样的坚硬，
　　That a yard 那边的尺码
　　Was as long, 一样的长，
　　That a song 那里的

The word “discovery” literally means, uncovering something that's hidden from view. But what really happens is a change in the viewer. The familiar offers comfort few can resist, and fewer still want to disturb. But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us, the unknown has many layers. Every truth has g

"A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out."
“别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。”
Sometimes in life,
有时候在生活中，
You find a special friend;
你会找到一个特别的朋友；
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
他只是你生活中的一部分内容，却能改变你整个的生活。
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
他会把你逗得开怀大笑；

If I were a Boy Again
If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. "There are only two creatures," syas a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and t