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有人觉得英语学习很难，学着学着就会产生自暴自弃的念头，其实不论你学习什么，只要技巧加上勤奋，还有什么困难是我们克服不了的呢？
1.Do you know the way to learn English well?
你知道学好英语的秘诀是什么吗？
2.Lazy man can never learn English well.
懒人永远学不好英语。
3.English is my weakness.
英语是我的弱项。
4.You may also listen to some taped program.
你也可以听些录音带。
5.If you don't catch up in English this term, you won't graduate.
如果你再不好好补习英语的话你这学期就别想再毕业了。
6.But for your encouragement, I almost give up learning English.
要不是你的鼓励，我差点就放弃学习英语了。
7.To learn English well is not a diffcult thing.
学好英语其实并不是一件难事。
I give up.我不学了。
Sally：I give up！I simply can't learn English well！
Jasmine：Why do you say that?I think you're making a lot of progress.
Sally：No, I'm not. I try and try and still can't speak it very well.
Jasmine：Learning any language takes a lot of effort. But don't give up.Why don't we practice those dialogues together?
Sally：Good idea. That just might help.
萨莉：我不学了！我根本就学不好英语。
茉莉：为什么说这种话？我看你进步很快。
萨莉：没那回事。我没什么进步，我一再努力仍然讲不好。
茉莉：学任何语言都要付出艰辛的努力。别泄气。我们何不一起练练那些对话？
萨莉：好主意。这样做也许会有帮助。
Note注释
effort n.努力，尝试；努力的成果，成就
dialogue n.对话
Always Changing
Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to alter the recipe.A terrific neighbor moves away.Someone in the family graduates.A child fnds new love and loyalties through marriage.The family's principle bread-winner is laid off.
Our ability to cope with change and disruption determines, to a great degree, our peace, happiness and contentment in life.
But how do we do that?Philosophers have considered the question for centuries, and their responses have been varied. According to the author of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, comfort can be found in remembering that“to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”Kahlil Gibran urged his listeners to“let today embrace the past with remembrance, and the future with longing.”
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人生处处是转角
生活用它自己的方式不断向我们抛出曲线球。当我们刚开始和某人融洽相处，或是适应一个地方或一种境况时，某事就发生了，改变了一切。很好的邻居要搬家了；家里的某个成员毕业了；孩子找到新欢，在婚姻殿堂里寻获忠诚；家里养家糊口的主力军被解雇了。
我们应付变化以及混乱情况的能力很大程度上决定了我们生活的安宁、幸福和满意度。
但我们该怎么做？哲人们已经思考这个问题好几个世纪了，他们的回答各不相同。根据《圣经·旧约全书·传道书》的作者，人们可以通过记住“大千世界，万事万物皆有时”来获得安慰。而卡里·纪伯伦也曾敦促他的听众去“让今日用记忆拥抱昨日，用渴望拥抱未来”。