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旅游驴友行者无疆 May 12 What is a journey?What is a journey? A journey is not a trip. 旅行不是一次出行 It’s not a vacation. 也不只是一个假期 It’s a process. A discovery. 旅行是一个过程，一次发现 It’s a process of self-discovery. 是一个自我发现的过程 A journey brings us face to face with ourselves. 真正的旅行 让我们直面自我 A journey shows us not only the world, 旅行不仅让我们看到世界 but how we fit in it. 更让我们看到自己在其中的位置 Does the person create the journey究竟，是我们创造了旅行？ or does the journey create the person? 还是旅行造就了我们？ The journey is life itself. 生命本身就是一场旅行。 Where will life take you? 生命将引领你去向何方 August 20 不能说的秘密follow the notes upon the journey.. The road back hidden in the fast Lane melody .. the first sight is you destiny? with the rapid movement began incredible journey ... July 29 婴儿与上帝的精彩对话
A beautiful mindA beautiful mind I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason. July 20 人生 旅途July 19 健全的人生 (The wholeness of life)健全的人生 (The wholeness of life)
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away. The lesson of the story, I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn, to hope, to nourish his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted or never had. There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive,she can lose someone and still feel like a complete person. Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you"ve gotten right, you"re disqualified if you make one mistake. Life is more like a baseball season,where even the best team loses one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is to win more games than we lose. When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only aspire to. That, I believe, is what God asks of us -- not “ Be perfect” , not “ Don"t even make a mistake”, but “ Be whole.” If we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another"s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.
从前，一只圆圈缺了一块楔子。它想保持完整，便四处寻找那块楔子。由于不完整，所以它只能慢慢地滚动。一路上，它对花儿露出羡慕之色。它与蠕虫谈天侃地。它还欣赏到了阳光之美。圆圈找到了许多不同的楔子，但没有一件与它相配。所以，它将它们统统弃置路旁，继续寻觅。终于有一天，它找到了一个完美的配件。圆圈是那样地高兴，现在它可以说是完美无缺了。它装好配件，并开始滚动起来。现在它已成了一个完美的圆圈，所以滚动得非常快，以至于难以观赏花儿，也无暇与蠕虫倾诉心声。当圆圈意识到因快奔急骋使它失去了原有的世界时，它不禁停了下来，将找到的配件弃置路旁，又开始慢慢地滚动。 我觉得这个故事告诉我们，从某种奇妙的意义上讲，当我们失去了一些东西时反而更加完整。一个拥有一切的人其实在某些方面是个穷人。他永远也体会不到什幺是渴望、期待及如何用美好梦想滋养自己的灵魂。他也永远不会有这样一种体验：一个爱他的人送给他某种他梦寐以求的或者从未拥有过的东西意味着什幺。 人生的完整性在于知道如何面对缺陷，如何勇敢地摒弃不现实的幻想而又不以此为缺憾。人生的完整性还在于学会勇敢面对人生悲剧而继续生存，能够在失去亲人后依然表现出完整的个人风范。
如果我们能够勇敢地去爱，坚强地去宽容，大度地去为别人的快乐而高兴，明智地理解身边充满爱，那幺我们就能取得别的生物所不能取得的成就。 英文经典 Money is not everything. There"s Mastercard & Visa. 钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡. One should love animals. They are so tasty. 每个人都应该热爱动物,因为它们很好吃. Love the neighbor. But don"t get caught. 要用心去爱你的邻居,不过不要让她的老公知道. Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. 每个成功男人的背后都有一个女人，每个不成功男人的背后都有两个女人。 Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. 再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚,幸福不是永久的嘛. The wise never marry, and when they marry they become otherwise. 聪明人都是未婚的,结婚的人很难再聪明起来. Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives. 成功是一个相关名词,他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚（联系）. Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. 不要等明天交不上差再找借口, 今天就要找好. Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop. 爱情就象照片,需要大量的暗房时间来培养. Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children. 后排座位上的小孩会生出意外, 后排座位上的意外会生出小孩. "Your future depends on your dreams." So go to sleep. "现在的梦想决定着你的将来",所以还是再睡一会吧. There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning. 应该有更好的方式开始新一天,而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来. "Hard work never kills anybody." But why take the risk? " 努力工作不会导致死亡!"不过我不会用自己去证明. "Work fascinates me." I can look at it for hours! " 工作好有意思耶!"尤其是看着别人工作. God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends. 神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地。 When two‘s company, three"s the result! 两个人的状态是不稳定的,三个人才是! A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view. 服饰就象铁丝网,它阻止你冒然行动，但并不妨碍你尽情地观看. The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn. 学的越多,知道的越多, 知道的越多；忘记的越多, 忘记的越多；知道的越少, 为什么学来着?! when I am getting oldDear son... 孩子….. The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me … 哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐着性子试着了解我…… If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dress… have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you. 如果我吃的脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服…… 有耐性一点…… 你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗? If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me 如果,当我一再重复述说 同样的事情…不要打断我,听我说…. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep… When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me… 你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍的读着同样的故事,直到你静静睡着…….. 当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我…… Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath… When yousee my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your 你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡….. 当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我 I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dress well… to confront life… 我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿… 如何面对你的生命…… When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me… 如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云,给我一点时间回想… 如果我还是无能为力, 请不要紧张….. 对我而言重要的不是对话,而是能跟你在一起,和你的倾听….. If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. 当我不想吃东西时,不要勉强我. 我清楚知道该什么时候进食 When my tired legs do not allow me walk... 当我的腿不听使唤…. … give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps. 扶我一把…. 如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步…. And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more… that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand… 当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了….请不要生气…. 总有一天你会了解… Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. 试着了解我已是风烛残年,来日可数. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.. 有一天你会发现, 即使我有许多过错,我总是尽我所能要给你最好的… 当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤,生气或无奈 You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living. Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you. 你要紧挨着我,如同我当初帮着你展开人生一样的 了解我,帮我…. 扶我一把,用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生… 我将用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你 I love you son… 我爱你孩子 Your father 你的父亲 现在是你最美的十年吗？这个月初，我偶遇了一位多年不见的老校友，凯莉。说真的，在学校的时候我大部分时间都在设法躲避她。坦率地说，(全都是因为)她太漂亮了。
而现在的凯莉老了20岁，34岁的她——嗯，只有一个词可以用来形容——黯淡无华。她那栗色的鬈发已经不在了，取而代之的是一头灰褐色的妈妈式短发(“更方便带孩子”)。 毋庸置疑，尽管我仍然称不上漂亮，但至少现在看起来比18岁时强多了。事实上，我可以坦诚地说，现在，三十四五岁的我感觉比所谓风华正茂年轻时代的任何时候都更有自信。倒不是我喜欢皱纹及眼角新生的细纹；而是皮肤上长有皱纹的我已变得更加安然自得。基本上，作为一个三十多岁的人，我比在十来岁和二十多岁时更加漂亮——就如我的许多朋友一样。 人们总是喜欢向女孩子们灌输种种荒诞的说法，其中一个是说我们年轻的时候最美丽。数百年来，童话故事中的公主总是艰难地熬过她们的默许年龄，一直被囚禁直到30岁。那样的童话故事被反复不断地以无数种形式讲述着。但是，无论如何，最终我们还是要接受这个事实，童话故事中的王子并不存在，美丽清纯的公主也不存在。不同的人会在不同的时期焕发光彩。我们都会有一个十年，在此期间我们处于最佳状态。这个十年并非总是在你预料之内的时期来到。我们中有些人在18岁时是公主；而有些人却在50岁时成为公主。 我们要面对这一点：我们都知道有些人在还没有过完20多岁之前，甚至有些人在十几岁之前，她们最美好的时光就已经消逝。以小甜甜布兰妮?斯皮尔斯为例。17岁时，她是年轻美貌的化身。18、19岁时，她是歌坛小天后，风头强过任何一位流行女歌手。但如今，在24岁的黄金年龄，她却看起来花容凋零，仿佛她更多地是在院子里推着一辆双人婴儿车而不是在贝弗莉山啜饮低脂拿铁。我预测杰西卡?辛普森也会如此，二十多岁的她现在正处于白金般的魅力巅峰期，但是也面临着到四十岁时青春不再的险境。 与此相反，15年前有谁会想到那位名叫莎拉?杰西卡?帕克的26岁女人日后会成为时尚偶像呢？在那时，她只不过是个头发浓密的跑龙套的女演员。直到三十多岁时，她的脸蛋和身体才慢慢变美了。像她这样的例子还有。想想伊丽莎白?赫利——二十多岁是只不过是个手臂丰满的甜美女孩；三十多岁四十出头时却成了设计师眼中艳光四射的衣服架子。这些女人的故事鲜活地证明了人到三十并非一切都会随之终结。 那么，是什么左右着你的美丽时期呢？优美的骨架当然大有裨益，但是，一个人美丽的衍变轨道并不总是由上帝和你的遗传基因所决定。有些女人越来越漂亮，不一定总是以“丑小鸭变白天鹅”的那种经典方式，而是因为年龄和自信改善了她们的外貌。 无论一个女人处于何种年龄，拥有自信心与否都能成就或毁掉她的美貌。对于化妆大师耶玛?基德来说，正是这一品质将年长一些的女人们区分开来。“女人在四十岁上下时是最美丽的。她们自信，这又会在其他方面引起共鸣……现在，很多女人在四十多岁时最好看。” 这些女人或为人妻母，或从商经营。她们形成了一支强大的消费大军——四十多岁的女人引领了高达10亿英镑的全国时装消费增长——而且她们也乐于花钱充分利用自己已拥有的东西。同时，许多人对她们的外表远远比不上20年前那么在意——而这一点只会增加她们的魅力。实质上，这些女人已经学会了一条重要的美丽经验：学会接受，优雅地顺从岁月的流逝而不失去自我的精华。 摄影大师斯诺登勋爵曾拍摄过一些世上最美丽的女性，他认为无意间流露的美最为动人。“莱斯莉?卡伦就是一个很明显的例子，古稀之年的她依然美得惊人，而且一直都是这样，但完全不是那种典型的美。”他说道。 美丽十年不是一门精密科学。如果你真的很幸运，你会不止拥有一个美丽十年。有些女人在二十多岁时如花似玉，三四十岁时由于持家教子和工作生涯的双重压力而韶华褪尽，五十多岁时又会重燃内心激情之火。而有些女人——此时我想起了麦当娜——她们以非凡的风格、决心献身于艺术事业，以至于赢得了20、30、40三个十年的美丽性感。朱莉?克里斯蒂的美丽则一直持续了半个世纪。 而对于我们其他人来说，我们所能得到的通常也就只是一个美丽十年而已。对那些还未得的人来说这是个好消息；对那些害怕自己美丽十年已经到来或已经消逝的人来说或许不那么有利。但所有的一切并没有失去。你的美丽时光可能会以一种最令人意想不到的方式重现。童话故事中的美容师可能仍在你身旁守候，随时准备塑造你的美丽容颜。 Earlier this month, I bumped into1) an old school friend, Kelly, who I hadn’t seen for years. In truth, I spent a large portion of my school days trying to avoid her. Frankly, she was just too damn pretty. Yet here was Kelly 20 years on, at 34, and she was — well, there’s only one word for it — plain. The chestnut2) curls were gone, replaced by a mousy mum-bob3) (“easier with the kids”). Undoubtedly, while still no beauty, I at least look better these days than I did at 18. In fact, I can honestly say I feel more confident now, in my mid-thirties, than I ever did while allegedly in the glorious bloom of youth. It’s not that I like the wrinkles and the incipient4) crepe5) under the eyes; I’ve just grown more comfortable in the skin behind them. Basically, I look better as a thirtysomething than I did as a teen or a twentysomething — as do a lot of my friends. It’s one of those myths peddled to6) girls, that we will be at our most beautiful when we’ve young. For hundreds of years, the fairy-tale princess has scraped past the age of consent7) and been binned by 30. That fairy tale is retold endlessly and in countless forms. But, as we eventually accept, sort of, the fairy-tale prince doesn’t exist, and nor does the peachy8), virginal princess. People blossom at different times. We all have a decade when we are the best version of ourselves. It’s just not always the decade you assume it’s going to be. Some of us are princesses at 18; others, at 50. Let’s face it: we all know people whose best days have gone long before they’ve exited their twenties, or even, in some cases, their teens. Take sweet Britney Spears. At 17, she was the epitome9) of youthful good looks. At 18 and 19, she did vamp10) better than any other female pop star. Now, at the grand age of 24, she looks washed up, as though she would be more at home pushing a double buggy11) in the courtyard than supping skinny lattes in Beverly Hills. I predict the same for Jessica Simpson12), who, in her mid-twenties, is at the height of her platinum13) powers, but is in danger of looking past it by the time she hits her fourth decade. By contrast, who would have thought 15 years ago that a 26-year-old called Sarah Jessica Parker14) would become a style icon15)? Back then, she was just another jobbing16) actress with big hair. It was only in her thirties that she grew into her face and body. And she’s in good company17). Think of Elizabeth Hurley18) — plump19) arm candy in her twenties; glossy designer-clothes horse20) in her thirties and early forties. These women are walking, breathing testaments to the notion that it’s not all over when you hit your thirties. So, what decides your time? Good bone structure helps, of course, but the trajectory21) of one’s beauty is not always down to what God and your genes have given you. Some women grow into their looks, not necessarily in the classic ugly-duckling-into-beautiful-swan way, but because their appearance is enhanced by age and confidence. Confidence can be the quality on which looks blossom or founder, whatever a woman’s age. For the make-up artist Jemma Kidd, it is the quality that sets older women apart. “Women in their late thirties and early forties are at their most beautiful. They’ve confident, and that resonates22). ...These days, lots of women in their forties look the best they ever have.” These women are wives, mothers, businesswomen. They are a powerful consumer force — women in their forties are at the forefront of a ￡1 billion nationwide fashion boom — and they are happy to spend money on making the most of what they have. At the same time, many are far more insouciant23) about their appearance than they were 20 years ago — and it only adds to their appeal. Essentially, such women have learnt an important beauty lesson: that of acceptance, surrendering gracefully to the years without losing the essence of who they are. The photographer Lord Snowdon, who has taken portraits of some of the world’s most beautiful women, thinks unexpected beauty can be the most invigorating24). “An obvious example is Leslie Caron25), who is still amazingly beautiful in her seventies, and always has been, but not at all in a classic way,” he says. Beauty decades aren’t an exact science. If you’ve really lucky, you get to have more than one. Some women blossom in their twenties, fade in their thirties and forties under the combined stresses of motherhood and careers, only to relight that inner fire in their fifties. Others — Madonna comes to mind here — have such extraordinary style, or determination and commitment to the aesthetic cause, that they pull off a tri-decade of twenties, thirties and forties sexiness. Julie Christie’s beauty decade has lasted half a century. For the rest of us, one decade is usually all we get. That is good news for those who haven’t had theirs yet; less good for those who fear it has been and gone. But all is not lost. Your time may come again in the most unexpected way. That fairy-tale hairdresser may yet be waiting in the wings26), ready to launch your beauty comeback. 我所追求的生活－威廉.萨姆塞特.毛姆/William Somerset Maugham That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea is so calm, so silent, so infifferent, that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness. Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that i felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss. I recognized its social value. I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. In my heart was desire to live more dangerously. I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous, shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen.
这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁———以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。 July 18 Difference between man and woman1. FUTURE A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. 未来：女人直到找到丈夫前都在担心未来；男人找到妻子后开始担心未来。 2. NAMES If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out for lunch, they will call each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara. If Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Scrappy. 名字：要是劳蕊，琳达，伊丽莎白和芭芭拉出去吃饭，她们互相称呼劳蕊，琳达，伊丽莎白和芭芭拉 ；要是马克，克瑞斯、埃瑞克和汤姆出去吃饭，他们会互相亲密地称作胖子、恶狼、癞头和废材。 3. EATING OUT When the bill arrives, Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom will each throw in a $20, even though it"s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. When the women get their bill, out come the pocket calculators. 在外面吃饭：埋单的时候，马克，克瑞斯、埃瑞克和汤姆每人都甩出20块钱，虽然其实一共只吃了32块5。没人有更小的票子了，也没人愿意承认他们其实想要回该找的零钱。女人埋单时，每人掏出个计算器。 4. MONEY A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn"t need, but it"s on sale. 钱：用得着的东西，要是值1块钱却卖2块，男人也会买；用不着的东西，要是值2块钱却只卖1块，女人也会买。 5. BATHROOMS A man has five items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel. The average number of items in the typical woman"s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify most of these items. 浴室：男人浴室里五件宝：牙刷，刮胡膏，剃须刀，一块肥皂，一块毛巾。一般来说，女人浴室里平均有337样东西，其中的大多数，男人不知道那是干啥用的。 6. ARGUMENTS A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that... is the beginning of a new argument. 争论：任何争论都是由女人来说最后一句话。男人在此之后说的任何话……都是新的争吵的开端。 7. CATS Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren"t looking, men kick cats. 猫：女人喜欢猫。男人说他们也喜欢，但当女人看不到时，男人踢猫。 8. MARRIAGE A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn"t. A man marries a woman expecting that she won"t change! And she does. 婚姻：女人嫁给一个男人，希望他能改变，可他不；男人娶了一个女人，希望她永远不变，可她变了。 9. DRESSING UP A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals. 穿戴整齐：为了买东西，浇花，倒垃圾，接电话，读书，取信，女人都会穿戴整齐；男人穿戴整齐时，他是要去参加婚礼或者葬礼。 10. NATURAL Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night. 自然：男人起床后和上床前看起来都差不多；女人过一晚上容颜会变糟。 July 10 These things shall never dieThese Things Shall Never Die 这些美好不会消逝
Love
(爱就是要有许多浪漫的活动)
love is not criticizing his friends.
love is sometimes playing a little hard to get.
July 07 因逝去而想到的今晚给父亲打电话，告知近况，还是忍不住透漏了消息：我要自己泡杨梅酒带给他。
父亲肯定非常高兴，虽然电话一旁的他一直在说：太麻烦了，算了吧。
我知道他那写满沧桑透着疲惫的脸上肯定是带着笑容的，犹如每年春节品尝我带回的白酒时的欣慰与满足。
接下来的消息却使我欢快的心猛地下沉，痛得厉害：好朋友伟的父亲今天下葬了。
我不知道这种逝去，对伟的父亲来讲，是种解脱还是仍怀眷恋。但是我的心很痛。
伟是我从小一起长大的朋友，她家住在村子的东头，我家在后面第4排的胡同里。
她的父亲一直想要个男孩，结果担惊受怕敌东躲西藏，却一连生了4个女孩。
伟和我一样是长女，第4个女儿出生以后，他们认命了。
孩童时候的我，是喜欢疯玩的，总是耐不住在家的寂寞而经常跑去伟家，
常常两个人趴在床沿上写作业，盖着同一床被子睡觉，留下噌饭也是常有的事情。
幸好，家人对我们一向是宽容的，理解的。
直至现在，即使在我们求学、工作甚至感情的重要关口，家人总会说：你们自己决定吧。认准了就尽管去做。
伟的家庭也一直很和睦、幸福，不过比我们家更多了几分喧闹。
因为孩子太多，担心被查出罚款，最小的女儿一出生就送给亲戚养了。
但是剩下的3个女儿，还有诸如我此类厚脸皮不客气的“损友”仍旧把小小的家搞得天翻地覆。
伟的父母从来没有喝斥过我们，反而根据每天“来客”的数量，在锅里多添点水，多放几把面条，或者多煮几块红薯或者玉米。
在我眼里，伟的父亲一直是个英雄似的男人。
他比我的父亲高大、威猛，力气惊人，能够驯服倔强的马匹，也能轻松扛起百多斤的粮食。
沉重的农活、生存的压力并没有把他压倒，他始终精力充沛、早起晚归地忙碌着。
但同时他又是个有趣的人，经常跳进村边的小河，摸些螃蟹或者网点鱼虾给我们吃；
麦子熟了的时候，村里到处都是肥嘟嘟的麻雀，他就抓来放在地洞里烤熟分给我们。
一些漂亮点的小鱼、小鸟甚至偶尔抓到的野兔、刺猬就会成为我们的宠物或者朋友，带给我们无穷的惊喜与欢乐。
1998年我考上大学，离开了家乡。其时伟已经职高毕业，在县城工作了。
大一寒假我兴冲冲地回到老家，和家人唠叨几句就跑去伟的家中了，却感觉到了气氛的变化。
伟的父亲卧在床上，虽然说很高兴我回来了，说我终于成为大学生了，但是我能察觉到他眼中的失落与迷茫。
后来伟偷偷告诉我，父亲不小心从房顶滑落，一条腿摔伤了，住院的时候又无意检查出患了肺癌，已经逐渐扩散。
那个时候他刚手术不久，只能天天静卧休息。即使身体恢复后，也无法再做重的体力劳动了。
心情黯然。
终于理解他的失落与迷茫。
正值中年啊，当好40岁，却要承受如此突然的打击。。。
那个寒假并不开心，也第一次不想在伟的家里久留。
当然，寒假结束后回到学校，年轻的心很快被各种社团活动再次充满，
只有每次打电话回家时候，会想到他，也断断续续从家人口中了解他的情况：
再也不抽烟了，也不喝酒了；身体却开始发胖，直至愈发臃肿；
不再下地做农活了，全靠伟的母亲、伟和二妹劳作，还有乡亲帮忙；
夏天坐在树荫下看别人打牌，冬天则靠在大门口看来往的车辆行人。。。。
记得伟说他最爱吃瓜子，大三的寒假我带回了很大一包恰恰，这也是唯一一次礼物吧。
大学毕业后我跑到更远的地方读书了，又工作了，
回家也变成每年春节一周的探访了，有几年甚至没有再去伟的家里，尽管只有几步之遥。
还是断断续续地听到消息：
伟结婚了，和老公在县城开了个理发店，后来生了个儿子；去年二妹也出嫁了，就嫁到附近的村庄。
18岁的三妹也辍学了，已经有媒人或者好事之徒在张罗相亲了。
他还是同样的生活，只是很快地苍老了，并且还在苍老着。。。
去年春节仅有一周假期，在家住了3个晚上，白天仍不断接待好久不见的旧友。
是因为忙得没有时间也许也是城市生活久了，没有心思在农村停留的原因吧？
我没有去伟的家里。
初二那天按照风俗，出嫁的女儿要回娘家，
伟抱着孩子来看我了。
那是一个胖乎乎、傻呵呵的小子，健壮而硬实。
有那么一瞬间，脑中闪过他的影子，他留在我儿时记忆中的影子，
伟也不愿多谈他的事情，只是叹息事事无常，造化弄人。
回到繁华的都市，在城市的夹隙中工作、生活，
我几乎快要忘记所有家人外的人与事了，
直到今天父亲的一句话把远去的一切重新召回。。
叔叔，您在另外一个世界过得好吗？
没有疾病的折磨，您是否已经恢复以往的能干与洒脱？
您可还会记得那个仰起小脸，用崇拜的目光看您抓鱼的小女孩？
您可还会记得那个流着口水，直勾勾盯着您烤麻雀的小女孩？
叔叔，
请不要挂念您的妻子，女儿还有我们。
在另外一个没有疾病、没有痛苦的世界里，
像以前一样快乐、豁达地生活吧。
我的英雄。
July 06 A forever friendA Forever Friend永远的朋友 "A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out." Sometimes in life, You find a special friend; Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can"t stop; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is Forever Friendship. when you"re down, and the world seems dark and empty, Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, Your forever friend follows, If you lose you way, Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. July 03 八荣八耻Eight Do's and Eight Don'ts （从这里就可以看出来翻译瑕疵:DO'S ADN DON'TS 是非常随便的俚语,意为:该做的和不该做的.没有翻译出"荣"和"耻"的力度.） Love, do not harm the motherland. Serve, don't disserve the people. Uphold science; don't be ignorant and unenlightened. Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work. Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others. Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values. Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless. Know plain living and hard struggle; do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures. 以下是新华网的翻译（这个还是比较不错的,有力度,有深度而且简单易懂.）： Eight Honors，Eight Disgraces Love the country; do it no harm. Serve the people; do no disservice. Follow science; discard ignorance. Be diligent; not indolent. Be united, help each other; make no gains at other's expense. Be honest and trustworthy; do not spend ethics for profits. Live plainly, struggle hard; do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures. 以下是欧美同学会网站的翻译（翻译的很好，但是比较长，很难理解，有点像＜论语＞的翻译，过于追英汉的求统一，却起到了相反的效果．）： Take the eight glorious merits against eight shameful behaviors 1‘Love our motherland 'as glory; ‘jeopardise her’as shame. 2‘Serve for the people ’as glory; ‘err from them’as shame. 3‘Advocate science’as glory; ‘The ignorant ’as shame. 4 ‘The laborious ’as glory; ‘love ease and hate work’as shame. 5‘Unite and help each other’as glory; ‘harm others to benefit oneself’as shame. 6‘Be honest to keep faith’as glory; ‘forget justice to seek for benefit’ as shame. 7‘Abide by the law and discipline’as glory; ‘disobey the law and discipline’as shame. 8‘Fight against everything hard and bitter’as glory; ‘the extravagant and dissipated’as shame. [Tr. Manfield Zhu & Alice Jenny] [注释](1)因在国际互联网上尚未查到英译“八荣八耻”全文，只好自不量力地自译，以便于同英语笔友交流。一百个译者恐怕会有一百多种译法，这里的译文只能算是其中的一种，无意与别人的比高低，但希望能把横挑鼻子、竖挑眼的笔友钩出来评头品足一番，从而使译文能进一大步，更多一些地向原文的神貌靠拢。 (2)本译文不想把“八荣八耻”直译为“8 honors and 8 shames”主要是考虑以英语为母语的外国读者会不解其内在含义，所以将其解释性地译为“Take the eight glorious merits against eight shameful behaviors ”[以八条光荣的优点或美德来对抗八条可耻的举止] (3)本译文没有过多迁就某些成文的语法规则，较看重译文在社会交际中的实际效果。比如“以热爱祖国为荣”若按英文的要求应该译为“We should take loving our motherland as a glorious merit” 因为英语一般不能轻易地省略句子的主语而动词的原形(love)也不能直接充当句子成分[或用其现在分词、过去分词、动名词或用其不定式]；但是〈‘Love our motherland 'as glory〉这种并不规范的句子，“老外”是完全可以接受的。当然，重要的是你得有过种交流的实践。张道真的语法书告诉学生，开始见到某人时要说“I am glad to meet you.”告别时还想说“见到你很高兴”应该说“I am glad to have met you.”实际上，没有几个美国人愿自找麻烦，把这种礼貌用语说得这么复杂，而只是说“Nice to meet you .”就了事了。 (4)是因为近来有学英语的大学生、博士生等学子们常问及“八荣八耻”怎么译，才不得说几句题外的话。全国大学英语教育从来就不把汉译外或中译英等当回事，把所谓“翻译法”教学说得一无是处、几乎被批得体无完肤。全国大学英语教学大纲上只讲“听、说、读、写”，故意把“译”压缩到“写”中去。多年来，绝大多数学生把中文翻译成英文的能力是很差的，至今仍没有引起有关方面的高度重视。学了10年乃至16年、18年英语的学生至今不懂怎么处理翻译中的词性如何转换等问题。重视中文翻译成外文的教育，实际上正是让中国文化走向世界的战略问题。全国许多家英语学习期刊也总是强调引进所谓地道的外文却很少把心思放在中文如何能地道的转化为外文的研究上。笔者早就呼吁过，中国人既要知道外国的马克思们怎么说的，也要让外国人知道中国的“诸葛亮”们都是怎么说的，你不会翻译怎么了得？！(朱曼华)(来源/欧美同学会网站） 附录: “八荣八耻”是指：“坚持以热爱祖国为荣、以危害祖国为耻，以服务人民为荣、以背离人民为耻，以崇尚科学为荣、以愚昧无知为耻，以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻，以团结互助为荣、以损人利己为耻，以诚实守信为荣、以见利忘义为耻，以遵纪守法为荣、以违法乱纪为耻，以艰苦奋斗为荣、以骄奢淫逸为耻。” 参考资料：http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/9225454.html June 29 A testTEXT： Hey it is quite accurate!!! Try and see! Take a piece of paper and write down the answers.. The analysis is in the end.... Situation: You are in a deep deep forest... as you walk on you saw an old hut standing there (1) What is the status of the door? (Opened/closed) (2) You enter the hut and see a table... What is the shape of the table? (Round/Oval/Square/Rectangle/Triangle) (3) On top of the table there is a vase... in the vase there is water. How much water is it filled up with? (Full/Half/Empty) (4) And what is the vase made of? [(Glass/porcelain/clay)(metal/plastic/wood)] (5) You walk out of the hut... as you carry on your walk in the forest... you see a waterfall from far... there is water running down...What is the speed of the water? (Choose a number ranging from 0 to 10) (6) Some time after the waterfall... you step on something hard on the ground... as you look down... you see glistening gold in colour. You bend down and pick it up... it is a keychain chained with keys... How many key /keys you see hanging on the keychain? (Choose a number ranging from 1 to 10) (7) You walk on and on... trying to find your way out...suddenly you see a castle. What is the condition of the castle? (Old/new) ( You enter the castle and saw a pool of murky water with shining jewels floating on it...Will you pick up the jewel? (YES/NO) (9) Next to the murky pool... there’s another pool... with clear water and money floating on it... Will you pick the money? (YES/NO) (10) Walking to the end of the castle there is an exit...you proceed to walk out of the castle. Outside the exit, there is big garden, you see a box on the ground. What is the size of the box? (small/medium/big) (11) What is the material of the box? (cardboard/paper/wooden/metal) (12) There is a bridge in the garden some distance away from the box, What is the bridge made of? (metal/wooden/rattan) (13) Across the bridge, there is a horse. What is the colour of the horse? (white/grey/brown/black) (14) What is the horse doing? (still and quiet/nibbling grass/running about) (15) OH NO!!! There is a tornado coming... some distance from the horse. You have 3 options: (i) run and hide in the box? (ii) run and hide under the bridge? (iii) run to the horse, ride on and gallop away? Here are the interpretations: (1) The door: opened door - you are a person who is willing to share closed door - you are a person who is keeping things to yourself (2) The table: Round/oval - any friends that came along, you will accept and trust them completely Square/rectangle - you are a bit more choosy on friends and only hang out with those whom you think are on the same frequency Triangle - you are really very very picky about friends and there are not many friends in your life. (3) Water in vase: Empty - your life is not fulfilled Half filled - what you want in your life is half fullfilled Full - your life is completely fulfilled and good for you! (4) Material of vase: glass/clay/porcelain - you are weak in your life and tends to be fragile (5) Flow of waterfall: 0 - no sex drive at all 1 to 4 - low sex drive 5 - average sex drive 6 to 9 - high sex drive 10 - gone case!!! super high sex drive!!! Can’t live without sex... (6) Keys: 1 - you have one good friend in your life 2 to 5 - you have a few good friends in your life 6 to 10 - you have a lot good friends (7) Castle: Old - shows that your last relationship is not a good one and is not memorable to you. New - your last relationship is good and it’s still fresh in your heart. ( The jewel from the murky pool water: YES - when your partner is around you, you will flirt around with others. NO - when your partner is around, you will stick around with him/her most of the time. (9) The money from the clear water pool: YES - when your partner is not around you, you will still flirt around with others. NO - even when your partner is not around, you will still think of her and and will be loyal to him/her, not flirting around with others. (10) The size of the box: small - low ego medium - average ego big - high ego (11) Material of the box (outlook of the box): cardboard/paper/wooden(non-shining) – humble personality metal - proud and stuck up personality (12) The material of the bridge: metal bridge - have very strong bond with your friends wooden bridge - average bond with your friends rattan bridge - you are not in good terms with your friends (13) Colour of the horse: white - your partner is pure and good in your heart. grey/brown - your partner is only average in your heart. black - your partner doesn’t seem to be good in your heart and appears to be bad sign. (14) Horse action: still and quiet/nibbling grass - your partner is a very homely and humble person. running about - your partner is a wild type person. （15）This the last but most important part of the test. From how I ended the story... a tornado approaches... What are you going do? There are only 3 options: (i) run and hide in the box? (ii) run and hide under the bridge? (iii) run to the horse, ride on and gallop away? What will you choose? Now, the above is signified by these things: tornado - problems in your life box - you bridge - your friends horse - your partner (i) So if you choose the box, you keep your problems to yourself whenever you are met with problems. (ii) or if you choose the bridge, you will go to your friends whenever you are met problems. (iii) or lastly if you choose the horse, you seek your partner whenever your partner whenever you are met with problems. 赫本的美丽秘诀For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. 要有吸引人的双唇，请说好意的言语。 For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, revived, reclaimed and Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you"ll find them at the end of The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years. You and sheIf you kiss her, you are not a gentleman 吻她吧，不够君子 If you don"t, you are not a man 不吻吧，不象汉子 If you praise her, she thinks you are lying 夸她吧，说你欺骗 If you don"t, you are good for nothing 不夸吧，说你笨蛋 If you agree to all her likes, she is abusing 顺她吧，说你气管炎 If you don"t, you are not understanding 不顺吧，不善解人 If you make romance, you are an "experienced man" 太浪漫，疑你老练 If you don"t you are half a man 太规矩，魅力不足 If you visit her too often, she thinks it is boring 常看她，招她厌烦 If you don"t, she accuses you of double crossing 少去点，怨你猎艳 If you are well dressed, she says you are a playboy 穿得好，说你花心 If you don"t, you are a dull boy 邋遢些，缺个心眼 If you are jealous, she says it"s bad 吃醋吧，你太狭隘 If you don"t , she thinks you do not love her 大度点，说你不爱 If you attempt a romance, she says you didn"t respect her 求欢吧，不够尊重 If you don"t, she thinks you do not like her 安分吧，不够爱宠 If you are a minute late, she complains it"s hard to wait 你晚了，她等得烦 If she is late, she says that"s a girl"s way 她晚了，女孩特权 June 28 黄昏的时候，你有没有想起我只是想问问你，
黄昏的时候， 你有没有想我。 日头斜了， 暮色合拢来的时候， 你有没有想我。  黄昏的时候， 我斜斜地倚了廊柱， 坐在礼堂前的那个台阶上。 忽然有一只鸟扑啦啦的在眼前低低的飞过， 我抬了眼看它， 望见天空里那个红红的日头。 那个日头里， 那些红红的光晕， 是不是你的眼睛在深深深深的看我?  我抬手将那些红晕的光遮住， 我伸开了手指把你的眼光拉拢来， 扯成一块极艳的花布。  我要它摊了在我的膝上， 叫我在它细微绵延的皱褶里流下眼泪印下笑颜。 我要它披了在我肩上， 叫我和它纠纠缠缠环环绕绕的相爱一生。  一生 亲爱的， 你告诉我， 一生是多么长的一条河。  我会不会披了那块花布笑盈盈的溯游而上， 一路欢颜一路徜徉。 而你会不会在岸上踏歌, 向我伸手， 将我相望。  你在岸边牵了我的手的刹那， 会不会将我们的一生溶进了彼此相握的掌纹里。 然后流水可以戛然止下， 而所有关于一生的字眼开始雀跃， 在我们艳丽的掌纹间穿梭游动。  一生，一生， 河畔的草庐是不是就能容了我们的一生。 蒹葭的苍茫中， 坎坎伐檀的是你， 陌上采微的是我。 静夜的天籁间， 结绳记事的是你， 当户而织的是我。 TimeYou must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh; The fundamental things apply, As time goes by. --- Herman Hupfeld 你一定要记住这点，一个亲吻仍然是一个亲吻，一个叹息就是一个叹息。时光流转，这是万物不变的基本法则。---赫尔曼 The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time. --- Shakespeare 时间的不可听见的无声脚步。---莎士比亚 No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed. --- Byron 光阴如流水，一去不复返。---拜伦 All my possessions for a moment of time. --- Queen Elizabeth I"s last words 我的一切都是为了那辉煌的一刻。---伊丽莎白一世的临终遗言 A day is a miniature of eternity. ---Emerson 一天是永恒的缩影。---爱默生 Write it on your heart that every day is the best of the year. ---Emerson 把这铭记在你心里：每天都是一年中最好的日子。 ---爱默生 Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that"s the stuff life is made up of. ---Benjamin Franklin, American president 你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。---美国总统富兰克林. B. No time like the present. 现在正是时候/只争朝夕。 Time gives good advice. 时间给予金玉良言。 Time works wonders. 时间能创造奇迹。 Time discovered truth. 时间发现真理。 Time is the father of truth. 时间是真理之父。 Time and tide wait for no man. 时光如逝水，岁月不待人。 As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 一寸光阴一寸金。 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 Time dresses the greatest wounds. 时间能愈合最大的创伤。 To save time is to lengthen life. 节省时间就是延长生命。 If you want your dreams to come true, don"t sleep. 要想梦成真，少睡多用心。 Make hay while the sun shines. 趁着大晴天，赶紧晒饲草。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日毕／勿将今事待明日。 No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed. 光阴如流水，一去不复返。 Seize the day, for fleeting youth never returns. 光阴勿虚度，青春不再来。 Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。 What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. 我今天做的事情很重要， 因为我为它付了一天的代价。 Every flow has its ebb. 潮有涨落日，人有盛衰时。 Youth and white paper take any impression. 青年犹如白纸，可以打上任何印记。 黛玉葬花
As blossoms fade and fly across the sky, A girl in her chamber mourns the passing of spring,
花谢花飞飞满天，红消香断有谁怜? 闺中女儿惜春暮，愁绪满怀无释处。 June 26 The blue dayThe Blue Day
Everybody has blue days. These are miserable days when you feel lousy, grumpy, lonely, and utterly exhausted. Days when you feel small and insignificant, when everything seems just out of reach. You can"t rise to the occasion. Just getting started seems impossible. On blue days you can become paranoid that everyone is out to get you. This is not always such a bad thing. You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce a nail-biting frenzy that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating frenzy in a blink of an eye! On blue days you feel like you"re floating in an ocean of sadness. You"re about to burst into tears at any moment and you don"t even know why. Ultimately, you feel like you"re wandering through life without purpose. You"re not sure how much longer you can hang on, and you feel like shouting, "Will someone please shout me!" It doesn"t take much to bring on a blue day. You might just wake up not feeling or looking your best, find some new wrinkles, put on a little weight, or get a huge pimple on your nose. You could forget your date"s name or have an embarrassing photograph published. You might get dumped, divorced, or fired, make a fool of yourself in public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname, or just have a plain old bad-hair day. Maybe work is a pain in the butt. You"re under major pressure to fill someone else"s shoes, your boss is picking on you, and everyone in the office is driving you crazy. You might have a splitting headache, or a slipped dish, bad breath, a toothache, chronic gas, dry lips, or a nasty ingrown toenail. Whatever the reason, you"re convinced that someone up there doesn"t like you. Oh what to do, what to dooo? Well, if you"re like most people, you"ll hide behind a flimsy belief that everything will sort itself out. Then you"ll spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder, waiting for everything to go wrong all over again. All the while becoming crusty and cynical or a pathetic, sniveling victim. Until you get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earth to swallow you up or, even worse, become addicted to Billy Joel songs. This is crazy, because you"re only young once and you"re never old twice. June 06 Quatos about Dad"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again." -- Enid Bagnold (来源:芦溪英语教学网 | http://www.171english.cn/ShowPost.asp?ThreadID=2211 | www.171english.cn) Collection of Father Day's PoemsA Little Girl Needs Daddy Like being the great mountain Like giving her the love The things you taught me By Julie Atwood
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