IheardofSpencerTracythroughaninterviewofKatharineHepburnthatIwatchedonYoutube.AndIstartedtoknowaboutandbecameinterestedinKatherineHepburnafterseeing"OntheGoldenPond".IusedtobequitepuzzledaboutwhyHepburnwouldhavesettledwithamarriedmanwhohadnointensionofgettingadivorce,sinceshewassoperfect--atruebeauty,anoutstandingathleteandprestigiousactresswithabrain.
However,myconfussionwasclearedw...[
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PerfectistheenemyofgoodisanaphorismorproverbwhichiscommonlyattributedtoVoltairewhosemoralpoem,LaBégueule,starts
“
Danssesécrits,unsàgeItalien
Ditquelemieuxestl'ennemidubien.
(Inhiswritings,awiseItalian
saysthatthebestistheenemyofthegood)
”
Themoralisthatperfectionismiscontrarytoasatisfactorycompetenc...[
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IrealizedabouttwoyearsagothatIneededtospendmoretimeonimprovingmyverbalandwrittenEnglishinsteadofputtingallmysparetimesolelyoncorrectingthepronunciationproblems,andIhavebeentryingtodosointhepasttwoyears,onlyinvain.
WheneverIreadsomething,Iendupreadingitaloud;WhenIcheckthemeaningofaneworuncertainword,InoticethatIamspendingsomuchtime,sometimeshours,inverifyingitscorrectpronunciationa...[
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雖然零零星星從眾多古今中外語音學家的觀點學說裏知道了不少有關英語語音語調、輕重長短的知識,但一直困惑,不知道一個句子擺在眼前的時候,是否也能夠象做數學題一樣,總有與之相應的公式可套,或者說有沒有這樣的公式可循。MichaelA.K.Halliday和WilliamGREAVES合著的這本IntonationintheGrammarofEnglish,我拿到手快兩年了,幾次試著讀,卻總也讀不進去,因為對我,這本書裏的生[
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If
byRudyardKipling
Ifyoucankeepyourheadwhenallaboutyou
Arelosingtheirsandblamingitonyou,
Ifyoucantrustyourselfwhenallmendoubtyou,
Butmakeallowancefortheirdoubtingtoo;
Ifyoucanwaitandnotbetiredbywaiting,
Orbeingliedabout,don'tdealinlies,
Orbeinghated,don&...[
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APoisonTree
byWilliamBlake(1757–1827)
Iwasangrywithmyfriend:
Itoldmywrath,mywrathdidend.
Iwasangrywithmyfoe:
Itolditnot,mywrathdidgrow.
AndIwatereditinfears,
Nightandmorningwithmytears;
AndIsunneditwithsmiles,
Andwithsoftdeceitfulwiles.
Anditgrewboth...[
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byJimBrickman&MarkMasri
Thankyouforwatchingoverme
Allofthesleeplessnightsyoulayawake
Thankyouforknowingwhentoholdmeclose
whentoletmego
Thankyouforeverysteppingstone
Andforthepaththatalwaysleadsmehome
Ithankyouforthetimeyoutook
toseetheheartinsideofme
Yougavemetherootstostartthislife
andthenyougaveme...[
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