As a young boy, I sometimes travelled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.

In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.

On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. “Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route, ”he used to say, “and a story at every one.”One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.

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感谢生命里曾出现的那些人

Thanks to those who hated me,

谢谢那些曾经恨我的人，

you made me stronger.

是你们让我变得更坚强。

Thanks to those who loved me,

谢谢那些曾经爱我的人， 是你们让我的心变得更欢喜。

Thanks to those who cared,

谢谢那些曾经在意我的人，

you made me feel important.

是你们让我觉得自己很重要。

Thanks to those who entered into my life,

谢谢那些曾经走入我的人生的人，

you made who I am today.

是你们造就了今天的我。

Thanks to those who left,

谢谢那些选择离开的人，

you showed me that nothing lasts forever.

是你们让我知道世上没有永远。

Thanks to those who stayed,

谢谢那些选择留下的人，

you showed me true friendship.

是你们让我找到真正的友谊，

Thanks to those who listened,

谢谢那些愿意倾听的人，

you made me like I was worth it.

是你们让我觉得自己很值得。

人类之所以纠结，在于沉重的肉身和高傲的灵魂之间不可调和的矛盾。人若是卑微，总是世俗的纷扰让我们难以自拔；人若是高尚，只是因为心中的理想。我们是魔鬼的孩子，却长着天使的翅膀。

A man suffers from inescapable pain, a torturing split between the sunken flesh

and the arrogant soul. So sunken the flesh is that a man indulges himself into lust, sloth, greedand hatred, so arrogant the soul is that he never abandons his rights of morality, religion, passion and freedom. A man is never a demon, nor is he an angel。

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Smiles make a bus feel like home

I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.

One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him.

One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.

The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice:"a very good morning to you all!” some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “good morning” in reply.

The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.

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有一轮新的冉冉的升起的太阳，总会有一种新的感觉。

However,there are some that have influenced me to such an extent that I'll benefit from them for the rest of my life. 然而,总有一些经历影响着我，并使我受益无穷，

Here is one that will never be forgotten.其中有一件事情让我终生难忘，

It was my first day as a college student.他发生在我成为大学生的第一天，

Everything around me was so fresh that I was in a state of excitment.

我周围每一件事情都是那么新鲜，令我新鲜不已，

My heart was full of youthful energy.我的生命充满了朝气。

When I was on the way to the registration centre,

a young man came up to me and offered to help me，I felt scared.

在我注册中心的路上，一个年轻的小伙子朝我走来,并表示愿意帮助我,我感到害怕。

I thought I had not met him before and I wondered why on earth he was trying to help me.

我想,我以前从不认识他，他究竟为什么帮助我?

He must have some bad idea in his mind I thought as I was inexperienced then,

在他的头脑中一定存在某种不良的念头，由于我当时没有经验，

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To give or not

When a rather dirty , poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins , do you hurry on , not knowing what to do , or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money ? What should our attitude to beggars be ? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories . It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from . It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars .

Certainly , most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves .But has the world changed ?Maybe what was morally right in the old days ,when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help ,is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars .Let us look at their arguments.

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美文摘抄

1. 婚姻的四种模式;莫逆之交，患难之交，一见钟情，萍水相逢。

两朵浮萍，没有背景，没有根，被不知何处来的气流推着，无目的的漫游，怎的就撞到了一起？俗话说：相逢是缘，相守是份。

萍与萍之间，还有一个最大的优势，那就是平等。水平水平，天下没有比谁更平的东西了。生活在水里的植物，该是最懂得这道理。纵是不懂，水以天然的流动，也教会你懂。平等是以婚姻的柱石，它不是一种有形的资产，却是长治久安的地平线。在平等的伞下缔结的爱情，少的是不着边际的浪漫，多的是同在一片蓝天下的理解。它们依傍于水，浮沉于水。雨打飘萍的时候，需同舟共济，水涨船高的时候，需荣辱不惊，需要磨合，需要考验，一个平淡的开始，未必不预示着一段肝胆相照的历史，象征着一个美满妥帖的结局。

——毕淑敏《婚姻的四棱柱》

2. 不要等到需要了，才积累人脉。不要得等

到有时间了，才去读书。不要等到身无分文，才想到储蓄。不要等到痛苦了，才放下。不要等到那个人走了，才珍惜。不要等到同龄人都成功了，才知道玩物丧志。不要等到变老了，才懂得遗忘。不要等到拥有很多时，才懂得分享。

——摘自QQ空间 以下3-7摘自《18小时超速记忆法》

3. 来得快的成功，通常走的也快，要获得一辈子的幸福，就须付出一辈子的劳动。不要以为只有肉体的磨练才叫劳动，从根本意义上讲，心灵的磨练才更为重要！

4. “改变”这二个字往往会带来痛苦，但却是必须的，只要我们夜以继日地留心警戒最大的敌人——自己，便能完成了不起的大事。

5. 当一个人养成习惯去订立目标，并未达到目标而努力时，他就成功一半了，因为透露与勤奋都是有惯性的。

6. 你的过去或现在的情况并不重要，你将获得什么成就才最重要。除非你对未来有

理想，否则做不出什么大事来！

7. 如果你时时想到“现在”，就会完成许多事情；如果常想“将来有一天”或“将来什么时候”，那就一事无成。 英语名言警句

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高考英语作文经典美文欣赏：Western Customs

现在大城市都流行过西方的节日，如圣诞节、愚人节等，请对这一现象发表你的看法。

Nowadays, there appears a phenomenon that the western customs are spreading into the east countries step by step, thus making many inhabitants who live in big cities enjoy themselves on these western festivals such as Christmas Day, April Fool's Day, etc. Such phenomenon shows us that the world people are getting close gradually and the world is becoming smaller and smaller as well. Therefore, in my opinion, it's a normal phenomenon s well as a necessary trend.

First of all, it shows that we Chinese have become much opener rather than clinging to some very old customs, which are opposite our living. Looking back on the history, we can find the answer to why our China was very poor and weak in the 1800's. Yes, the answer is that we closed ourselves not to let other countries know about us, and this led us to a very hard road on which we suffered many wars that many European countries launched. So I think it is more than necessary to accept other customs instead of closing ourselves. Of course, festivals are just the beginning.

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