英语之旅 寻幽探胜

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

写完亲情篇，写完闺蜜情感篇，接下来，只能剩我的梦想篇了。这几天翻译量少，我天天泡网。但事先声明，本人上网几大原则，一不上Erotic Website, 二不上 Game Zone 三不过分沉溺Cyber Chatting。 本人是安分守己，遵纪守法的好网民，上网只有几个固定去处，一是New York Times， 二是China Daily， 三是 Sina Blog。 :em213:虽然这在旁人看来确实无聊至极，但是我这人比较冥古不化，比较不善于接受新事物和新观念拉，思想比较老旧，固步自封，反正有时候比我奶奶还老封建啦。所以比较拘泥于一贯的生活方式并懒于改变。:em220:网络信息铺天盖地，应接不暇，我倒宁愿乖乖地待在电视前看部缓慢的纪有暗香盈袖录片，或是台灯下看部长篇小说。很多人反应，这些习惯实在是已经老年化拉。实在没办法，我也经常纳闷，我竟然时常设想自己成为老婆婆的样子，年老时应该过怎样的生活。倒是很少规划自己正值黄金年龄段的洒脱生活，去泡吧，去K歌，去蹦迪。。。跟阿群他们一伙人闹通宵那也是稀罕事儿啊。所以老妈对我异常放心，网恋不可能，游戏瘾不可能，跟男生乱来更不可能，我已经是正常人的非常态拉。奇怪我的朋友们怎么能忍受我这种极其无聊的个性。我自己想想也闷得发慌阿。确实委屈大家拉。

英语，我仍不想放弃。如果用英语来形容我的情人算贴切吧。:em21:那种感觉就是它是神秘的，无垠的，却时常给你意料不到的惊喜和浪漫的意外。这是我在英语文字中寻到的感觉。对于那些weird, exotic, and sentimental words will evoke some Subtle feelings which strike my heartstrings and delight me a lot. 其实对于英语，这并非说对外国语的盲目推崇，一门语言历经朝代最后存活至今，普及世界，自有其本身Unparalleled glamour and glory. 我读英语，至今有10余载，也只是独到冰山一角，我现在讲究的只是aesthetic pleasure , 可是更高深的学者及爱好者会Penetrate into English and have the insightful perspective on culture. 惟有文化是耐人寻味的。这是一条幽径，静下心的人可寻幽探胜，窥见不可思议的美景。浮躁的人可能就只是OUT of convenience and dominance and gift 善于演讲，善于表达。英语是他们的制胜法宝。而我只想品味英语，欣赏英语。虽然这似乎也有点矫情，毕竟走出社会我依然要靠它吃饭。而今，我只能赧颜，自己功夫还不到家，就从事××行业。不管如此，现在的我处于身不由己的状态，只能说还能有空余读英语看英语已是一种奢侈的幸福了。勉励自己好好利用时间，Sharpen AND Witten English。

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
--------------Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002