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JustsawacommentfromafellowChineseinaforumsayingthereisalackofnaturalpraiseinourculture.Ithinkit’ssotrue.
ThewayNorthAmericansrelatetoeachothergenerallyfocusesonfindingothers’meritstogivepraise,boostingpeople’sself-confidenceandencouragingthemforself-motivation.Incontrast,traditionally,Chinesetendtopointoutpeople’sshortcomings(includingtheirown...[
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[OriginalfromYuanyuan88’sBlog]Beingaliveisablessingitself,soitshouldbetreasured.Everyhumanhasonlyalifespanofafewdozensofyears,soyoudonotwanttohaveregrets.Fromthesunriseintheeasttothesunsetatthewest,itisaday’stime,whetheryouaresadorhappy.Withoutfallingintoathinkingdeadend,yourbodyisincomfort,andyourmindisalsoincomfort.--Cherishyourlife活著一天就是福氣,就該珍惜,人生短短幾十年,不要給自己留下更多...[
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AbouthalfwaybetweenWestEggandNewYorkthemotorroadhastilyjoinstherailroadandrunsbesideitforaquarterofamile,soastoshrinkawayfromacertaindesolateareaofland.
在西單和紐約之間,機動車道和鐵道會合並與其平行延伸了大約四分之一英裏,繞開了一片荒涼貧瘠的土地。
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討論一下:原文是不是在NewYork之後少了個comma?[
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Idecidedtocalltohim.MissBakerhadmentionedhimatdinner,andthatwoulddoforanintroduction.ButIdidn’tcalltohim,forhegaveasuddenintimationthathewascontenttobealone—hestretchedouthisarmstowardthedarkwaterinacuriousway,and,farasIwasfromhim,Icouldhaveswornhewastrembling.InvoluntarilyIglancedseaward—anddistinguishednothingexceptasinglegreenlight,minuteandfaraway,thatmighthavebeentheendofado...[
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我今天早上7點半開始跑步。今天天晴,有風。我跑的路線基本和昨天的一樣,基本是兜一大圈回家。從小區出發,我沿著附近樹林裏那條大約半公裏長的powerline(不知道中文如何說),朝山坳那邊跑去。路旁草叢小蟲呢喃,仍沒見秋入橫林。聽說秋天要在9月中才開始呢。不過很多詩人應該開始吟詩了吧,反正我不是詩人,不明白這個。原以為會很涼,所以出門前我把那件花裏[
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來自科羅拉多州丹佛的德裏克?阿馬托是全球30名患有“後天性學者症候群”的人之一,這種症候群的表現是在腦部受到創傷後,展示出非凡的才能
德裏克?阿馬托ofDenver,Coloradoisoneofthe30patientsintheworldwithSavant-Syndrome,thesymptomisshowingextraodinarytalentafterheadtrauma.[
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FAITHLAPIDUS:ThisisSCIENCEINTHENEWS,inVOASpecialEnglish.I’mFaithLapidus.
BOBDOUGHTY:AndI'mBobDoughty.Thisweek,wetellabouthealthproblemslinkedtoextremeheat.Wetellwhatexpertssuggesttopreventandtreattheseproblems.
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FAITHLAPIDUS:Extremelyhotweatheriscommoninmanypartsoftheworld.Althoughhotweatherjustmakesmostpeoplefeelhot,itcancauseseriousm...[
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ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.
MorethanonehundredthousandinternationalstudentswillspendthissummerworkingandtravelingintheUnitedStates.TheyareparticipatingintheSummerWorkTravelprogramthroughtheStateDepartment.TheyreceiveJ-1exchangevisitorvisas.
Theideaisforstudentstoworkforuptothreemonthsandearnenoughmoneytothenspendamonthtravelingbefor...[
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麵對日益強勢的中國,美國開始向印度敞開懷抱。(me)FacingtheeverrisingChina,U.S.isopeninguptoIndia.(ori.)FacedwithanincreasinglyassertiveChina,theUnitedStatesisembracingIndia.和美國一樣,印度是一個民主國家,一個開放的、多元化的社會。華盛頓的軍事決策者不像對中美衝突那樣擔心和印度的戰爭。服務業發達的印度經濟也不像中國的製造業巨人一樣對美國構成挑戰。(me)LikeU.S.,Indiaisademocraticcountry,andano[
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