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【总第27期】
 ::每日一词:: 
 
adjust (v.) 调整
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A: Do you like living here?
你喜欢住在这里吗?
B: Yes, but I am still adjusting to the new time zone.
喜欢,不过我还在适应这新的时区。
 
 ::每日一句:: 


Do you have some change?

你有零钱吗?

 
 ::每日一笑:: 

Correct

  Teacher: Jimmy, what are the three words which pupils use most often at school?
  Jimmy: I don’t know...
  Teacher: Correct.


中文:
很对

  教师:吉米,学生在学校里经常用的三个字是什么?
   吉米:不知道……
   老师:很对。


NOTE
make use of利用,使用
of use有用
out of use不再使用了
use up用完,用光

 
 ::每日一图:: 

Touched by sunlight, barren winter treetops in Ely, Minnesota, are illuminated.

伊里冬天的日光照耀下的光秃秃的树顶。

 
 ::每日一文:: 

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Raising Grateful Kids[教导孩子学会感激]

Dear Annie: I wonder if it's possible for kids to truly understand and appreciate all they have. My teenagers are good kids. They don't get into trouble, and they do well in school, but it never occurs to them to be thankful. I buy them designer clothes(名牌服饰) and video games, but they react as if they are entitled(应得的) to everything.

The kids help around the house only when ordered to do so. They do community service projects through school and church, but they consider these projects to be chores(杂务) instead of opportunities to help others. Am I expecting too much? Can you teach children gratitude for all the wonderful things they have? 一 Frustrated Mom in South Bend, Ind.

Dear Mom: Teenagers often are self-involved(顾自己), although it doesn't necessarily mean they aren't appreciative. Also, too many parents indulge(纵容,溺爱) their children with material(物质的的) goodies, teaching kids to think the world owes them something.

It wouldn't hurt to sit down and talk to them, honestly and lovingly, about their attitude. Remind them how lucky they are to have parents who can afford such luxuries(奢侈品) and that privilege(恩典)brings with it an obligation(责任) to help others. Let them know they must say "thank you," and mean it, when they receive a gift. It will take repetition(反复)and effort from you, but it can be done.

 
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Colors Of The Wind(《风中奇缘》插曲)

在迪士尼几十年以来的卡通长片经典中,《风中奇缘》可以说是非常特别的一部,因为这是在所有以“人”为主角的迪士尼卡通里面,头一次让“有色人种”当主角,而且也不是以“皆大欢喜”作为故事的结局。 一贯的迪斯尼传统,影片中的音乐成分是很重的,也很精致,迪斯尼公司再度请得艾伦.曼肯(Alan Menken)出马,他为《小美人鱼》,《美女与野兽》,《阿拉丁》创造了浪漫音乐的奇迹,也为自己赢得六座奥斯卡奖,六座格林美奖及十一座金球奖。这次为《风中奇缘》配乐,更丝毫不减大师功力。填词由两获格林美的奖斯蒂芬.舒瓦兹(Stephen Schwartz)操刀。主唱则请来范妮莎.威廉姆斯(Vanessa Williams),使片中那种深沉的感伤、却又自由新生的浪漫气氛展露无遗。风之彩(Colors Of The Wind)也因此获得了第六十八届奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲。

歌词:

Think you own whatever land you land on
Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

Think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You learn things you never knew
You never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry
to the blue corn moon?
or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices
of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pinet rails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers
And the heron and the other are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends

or let the eagle tell you where he's been

How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
Or whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still all you'll own is earth
Until you can paint with all the colors of the wind

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