Prose appreciation: The Scars Of Love
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2012-07-13 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house.
The harder you get, the stronger you are. Ten classics give you the courage to persist
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2012-07-12 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
1. You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have.
Prose appreciation: I cry for Timbuktu
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2012-07-12 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
When I was a child in the late 1960s and early 1970s I lived in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, and Accra and travelled across Africa, from east to west
Classic Poem: If I Can Be Your Summer
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2012-07-12 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
Summer for Thee, Grant I May Be If I Can Be Your Summer—Emily Dickinson (translated by fang)—Emily Dickinson
My grandmother’s love letter. Memories are all in it
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2012-07-09 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
There are no stars tonight But those of memory.Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain. There are no stars tonight but there are little memories.
双语散文 郁达夫:《故都的秋》(3)
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2012-07-09 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
Some literary critics say that Chinese literati, especially poets, are mostly disposed to be decadent, which accounts for predominance of Chinese works singing the praises of autumn. Well, the same i
美文欣赏之我的心在高原上
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2012-07-08 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
My heart's in the Highland my heart is not here,My heart's in the Highland a-chasing the deer;Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,My heart's in the Highland wherever
散文欣赏:迷失在"彩虹国度"的人
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2012-07-07 Reading,Chinese English,language sense,learning,bilingual
My parents come from South Africa, and we often used to go back on family visits. One Christmas about 30 years ago we left Johannesburg on a bus trip to a safari park. All the other people in the bus