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1、Not pretend to be silent but have no strength to complain. 不是假装沉默，只
是无力诉说.
2、Is there a way never, never, ever change. 有没有那样一种永远，永远永远不
改变。
3、My young frivolous, is you give pain. 我的年少轻狂，是你给予的伤。
4、My world only you then you have my shadow. 我的世界只有你，那么你的世
界有我的影子吗。
5、Eternity is not a distance but a decision. 永远不是一种距离,而是一种决定。
6、There is grave There is grave. 心里有座坟葬着未亡人。
7、Love has you only then to be perfect. 爱要有你才完美。
8、I pretended to be indifferent to it. 我假装无所谓才看不到心被拧碎。
9、I will always be, even if love pale. 我会一直在,纵使爱变苍白。
10、I have a stubborn will be siring. 我有多倔强就有多坚强。
11、even now there is still hope left. 甚至到现在我还仍存希望。
12、My world is not open to anyone any more. 我的世界不再允许任何人的出现。
13、Time is the fault of fatalistic testimony people. 时光的宿命就是见证人们的过错。
14、You find your sunshine, I was left alone sad. 你找到了你的阳光，我却仍在
独自忧伤。
15、Fading is true while flowering is past. 凋谢是真实的盛开只是一种过去。
16、Ever of lover, now the passers-by . 曾经的恋人，如今的路人。
17、One word then,one smile,is enough. 彼时，一个字，一个微笑，已经足够。
18、To you unexpected persistence. 对你出乎意料的执着。
19、I am not greed but I envy。我没有贪婪但我羡慕海枯石烂。
20、If through time, through love 倘若看透时光看透爱
21、Time cures all things 时间是医治一切创伤的良药
22、Time always save the best for last. 时间总是把最好的人留到最后
23、You and I separatend is inevilable 你我的走散是必然的
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电影台词及句子翻译 1.Dear Leonard, to look life in the face… always to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is. At last, to know it, to love it for what it is and then to put it away.--
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Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity 在困境中寻找成功的希望 1．There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and learn from my past mistakes. Because I know: gems cannot shine without polish, and I cannot perfect myself without hardship. 2．Now I know that there are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about my soul as when it has to suffer cruel adversity. Then everything depends on whether I raise my head or lower it in seeking help. Whenever I am struck down, in the future, by any terrible defeat, I will always inquire of myself, after the first pain has passed how I can turn that adversity into good. What a great opportunity that moment might present… to take the bitter root I am holding and transform it into a fragrant garden of flowers. 3．Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity. 1．逆境是一所最好的学校每一次打击、每一次损失。都蕴含着成功的萌芽。都教会我在下一次有更出色的表现。我再也不会逃避现实，也不会拒绝从以往的错误中获取经验，我不再因此促成自己的失败。因为我我知道，宝玉不经磨砺就不能发光，没有磨练，我也不完善自我。 2．现在我知道，灵魂倍受煎熬的时刻，也正是生命中最多选择与机会的时刻。任何事情的成败取决于我在寻求帮助时是抬起头还是低下头。无论何时，当我被可怕的失败击倒，在最初的阵痛过去之后，我都要想方设法将苦难变成好事。伟大的机遇就在这一刻闪现——这苦涩的根本必将迎来满园芬芳！ 3．我将一直在困境中寻找成功希望。 Hold Fast to Dreams 紧紧抓住梦想 1．We all have dreams. We all want to believe deep down in our souls that we have a special gift, that we can make a difference, that we can touch others in a special way, and that we can make the world a better place. 2．At one time in our lives, we all had a vision for the quality of life that we desire and deserve. Yet, for many of us, those dreams have become so shrouded in the frustrations and routines of daily life that we no longer even make an effort to accomplish them. For far too many, the dream has dissipated and with it, so has the will to shape our destinies. Many have lost that sense of certainty that creates the winner’s edge.
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英语励志美文美段摘抄 【篇一：英语励志美文美段摘抄】 英语励志美文篇一 eagle in a storm 风雨中的雄鹰 did you know that an eagle know when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? 你知道吗?鹰在暴风雨爆发之前就可以预知它的来临。 the eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. when the storm hits. it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. while the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring about it. 鹰会飞到一个很高的地方，等待着风暴的来临。当暴风雨来临的时候，它会张开双翅，这样暴风就可以把它拖起，将它置于暴雨之上。当暴风雨肆虐的时候，鹰已经翱翔于狂风暴雨之上。 the eagle does not escape the storm. it simply uses the storm to lift it higher. it rises on the winds that bring the storm. 鹰没有逃避暴风雨，它只是利用暴风雨让它飞得更高，它翱翔于带 来暴风雨的飓风之上。 when the storms of life come upon us and all of us will experience them we can rise above them by setting our belief that we can make it. the storms do not have to overcome. we can allow our inner power to lift us above them. 当生活中的暴风雨降临的时候这是我们每个人都要经历的我们可以 坚定我们必胜的信念，这样我们就可以凌驾于风暴之上。暴风雨并 不一定会摧毁我们，我们内心的力量可以让我们超越暴风雨。
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Friends or 'Enemies?' When I was younger, my Dad used to tell me: "Boys don't want to be your friend." He then left the rest to my imagination. At the time, I didn't agree. I thought: I can crack a good joke, I know how to shoot a hoop, and I'm a cheerful person (but not in an annoying way). What kind of boy wouldn't want to be around that kind of girl? Turns out, my Dad was right. Not to be all "Samantha Brick" about it, but in my experience, single, heterosexual men aren't actively looking for an exclusively platonic relationship with a woman they find sexually attractive. This of course is not a revolutionary concept. In fact, it seems pretty natural to me. Now, I will be the first to say that it is really and truly the most wonderful thing in the world if the attraction is mutual. But the Powers That Be seem to like to play these complicated little mating games with humans where the guy we want to re-enact scenes from 9? Weeks with sees our attractiveness level as akin to that of a discarded dishcloth, and the most physical we could see ourselves being with the guy who actually likes us is a game of ping pong over an especially long table. All of which means that someone usually ends up getting rejected. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I have struggled with the scenario where I am not interested in a man romantically, but I want to keep him as a friend because he is funny and I enjoy his company, or he has shown himself to be that rare specimen known as "a nice, genuine person, " or he simply doesn't mention his therapist in every other sentence. Rather than string him along and give him hope, I feel compelled to somehow communicate to him sooner rather than later that we'll just be staying friends, nothing more. Otherwise, I think I am being unfair to him. Why should he waste his romantic stamina on me when there are loads of other single women out there who might fall instantly in love with him? The thing is, it can sometimes be tricky to reject a man and keep him as a friend. If the operation is not executed carefully, you may end up creating a "menemy." It requires a certain amount of skill to be able to turn down a man's sexual advances or romantic gestures and then get him to agree to meet you for blueberry pancakes the following weekend and chat about the latest Woody Allen film. Some men aren't satisfied with just that. I'm not clear why. What's so bad about friendship? Everyone needs buddies. But I've seen men react poorly or simply fall off the face of the earth. I get it -- their feelings are hurt. None of us likes getting rejected. But in my experience, some men find it especially soul-crushing. I am only bringing all of this up because I recently had to go through this scenario again. I had spent some time cultivating a friendship with a man who, in my defense, I thought was gay. So I didn't see the harm in him buying me the occasional falafel, or accepting an invitation to see a film with him. Isn't that what friends are for? But a mutual friend shed light on his sexual orientation (straight) and suggested that his intentions -- and attentions -- weren't platonic. He had never "made the moves" but now it was all crystal clear -- that explains the way he had looked at me that time the tahini sauce dribbled down my chin! Since he had clearly been too timid to express his feelings, I thought I would be clever this time and subtly mention the dates I had been going on, focusing on the one guy I was kind of keen on, so that he would know that I was "unavailable" for heavy petting and those sorts of activities, but that I was available for things like roller skating, falafel-eating and shooting the breeze. Doesn't that sound nice? That way, he would known not to try to lean in for a kiss, and I wouldn't have to pull the Stevie Wonder dance and dodge him went he went for it. It was like pre-rejection, yet I was sparing his feelings because he didn't even have to put himself out there! I really thought I was being brilliant. It backfired, of course. Said man ended up sending me an email rant accusing me of being insensitive by talking about other men when he had "feelings for me." As if I am psychic, by the way, just because I am a woman! How was I supposed to know that? I think in his mind we were dating. In my mind, he was my new gay BFF. In the end, I got mad at him for getting mad at me, and now the friendship has ended. And I have created yet another "menemy." Look, I have also tried the direct thing: "I really like you, but only as a friend, " but you can only do that when the guy has made his intentions clear, and in my experience, they either cope okay (though rarely do I feel much enthusiasm for friendship after that), or they really don't cope well. I also tried the thing where you make them think they are rejecting you, but it gets quite confusing and only works if the guy isn't very sharp, and why would I -- or you -- be hanging out with someone not that sharp in the first place? As we all remember, Billy Crystal's character says men and women can't be friends in When Harry Met Sally because the sex stuff gets in the way. I do have single, male, heterosexual friends with whom I have an easy, non-romantic rapport, but I honestly don't know if they would walk away if I was sprawled naked on a bed calling out to them. I may not be everybody's cup of tea, but sometimes, I wonder if they wonder. And they may wonder if I wonder. If so, I hope they'll keep it to