乔布斯斯坦福大学演讲
2005年6月14日,苹果CEO史蒂夫•乔布斯(Steve Jobs)在他的母校斯坦福大学的毕业典礼发表了著名的演讲,关于这段演讲,你会看到N多人的推荐(比如同样喜欢在大学演讲的李开复先生)。此前曾经发过中文字幕版的乔布斯斯坦福大学演讲视频,今天补上中英文对照版的乔布斯演讲稿,里面有很多经典语句,值得反复阅读。
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生而为赢
Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a sign ...
湖南卫视明年暂停“电视选秀”
“不知道下次我们再见是什么时候,但是无论如何都淹没不了这颗爱唱歌的心灵……”2011“快女”总决赛的舞台上,主持人何炅说这句话的时候有些伤感,有些无奈。因为比赛严重超时,湖南卫视受到广电总局暂停举办选秀活动一年的处罚。
请看《中国日报》的报道:
"We received notification from the administration ...
工作即享受:十大最幸福的工作
"A meaningful life must, in some sense then, feel worthwhile. The person living the life must be engaged by it. A life of commitment to causes that are generally defined as worthy — like feeding and clothing the poor or ministering to the ill — but that do not move the person participating in them ...
Steve Jobs passed away
We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today。
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve。
His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his ...
Welcome喜阳阳主播和灰太郎主播
最有中国特色的电视节目? 非《新闻联播》莫属。鉴于它的特殊性,它到底特殊在哪?表现之一就是《新闻联播》的主播们二十年如一日,我们对他们的面孔熟到比自己的亲戚还熟。表现之二就是,当节目迎来2位“70后”主播的时候,全国人民都跑去看热闹了,还热情洋溢地给两位“小清新”主播想好了昵称——欧阳夏丹,anchorwoman, ...
2011年国庆节英文祝福语大盘点
走遍祖国最想母亲,走遍世界最想祖国。不同的民族,同一个祖国。 母亲的生日,同喜同喜。祝福你在这个和平幸福的年代里节日快乐!The most mothers would like to go around the world to the motherland. Different nationalities, with a motherland. Mother's birthday, with happiness and Hi. Bless you in this era o ...
“天宫一号”英语知多少?
Tiangong 1 is a Chinese space laboratory, intended as a test-bed to develop the rendezvous and docking capabilities needed to support a larger, inhabited space station complex. The launch of Tiangong 1, aboard a Long March 2F rocket, is planned for late September 2011.
天宫一号是中国空间实验站,作 ...
《新闻联播》“改版” makeover
每晚7点准时响起的《新闻联播》开播声,是很多家庭再熟悉不过的音乐。但是明年一月,这段播了23年的片头曲就要和大家说再见了。日前举行的央视2012年节目资源推介会透露,央视《新闻联播》将进行改版。
请看《中国日报》的报道:
Xinwen Lianbo, which runs every night at 7 pm on CCTV 1 and all provincial satellite ...
月饼税mooncake tax
《中国日报》相关报道:
"Mooncake tax" became a buzz phrase on the Internet after the Beijing newspaper the Mirror Evening News reported on the ramifications of the tax changes on Friday.
自从上周五北京《法制晚报》报道这项税收政策新变化后,“月饼税”立即成了网上热议的一个词。
所谓的mooncake tax(月饼 ...
What Is Enlightenment?
Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without ...
美国酒商开发"9·11"纪念葡萄酒引争议
A US wine-maker has caused outrage by producing a range of 9/11 Memorial wines to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
Lieb Family Cellars, based in Long Island, New York, is selling Chardonnay and Merlot wines and promising to give a slice of the money paid for them to 9/11 charities.
H ...
《哈利·波特》中的十五条哲理
(1)Everyone has a gift, even the person you think is a total bum. Look at what Harry’s aunt and uncle ended up discovering about him!
每个人都有天赋,甚至是那些你认为非常吊儿郎当的人。看看哈利的姨夫姨妈,他们最终发现了他的了不起之处。
(2) Revenge tends to only make you look bad. Harry may at t ...
英语阅读之猜词技巧
一、猜词技巧与英语四级备考
猜词技巧是一种学习策略,即学习方法。猜词技巧是外语词汇学习的一种主要的学习策略。在教学中如何引导学生掌握猜词技巧对于提高他们的外语专业素质和学习效果举足轻重。国外研究表明,扩充外语或母语词汇量的一种行之有效的方法为猜词技巧。对此,有来自两方面的研究为我们提供了客观依据 ...
领悟11种生活真谛(中英)
1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return . But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
只有付出的爱是痛苦的,但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。
2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means ...
China to pay 500,000 yuan in compensation for each train crash victim
China's Ministry of Railways will pay 500,000 yuan (about 77,500 U.S. dollars) in compensation for each victim of the high-speed train crash, according to an official in charge of the compensation deal.
The compensation deal was made public late Tuesday after the first family agreed to accept the a ...
电脑基本英语词汇
CPU(Center Processor Unit)中央处理单元
mainboard主板
RAM(random access
memory)随机存储器(内存)
ROM(Read Only Memory)只读存储器
Floppy Disk软盘
Hard Disk硬盘
CD-ROM光盘驱动器(光驱)
install安装
monitor监视器
keyboard键盘
mouse鼠标
chip芯片
CD-R光盘刻录机
HUB集线器
Modem= ...
我学英文的方法 /张五常
十八年前我写了一篇题为《学英文的方法》的文章,被某英文老师见到,指我所言不依常规,不应捞过界,我不便发表。后来一些学子听到有该文的存在,多次要求发表,但文稿失去了,没有再写。
今天国内的学子再三要求,我想,不要管英文老师吧。为免被骂,题目加上一个「我」字。不是说无师自通,而是说我学英文的方法是 ...
促销电话 courtesy call
骚扰电话,估计有手机的人都接到过吧?不是赠送保险,就是推销红酒。反正都挺惹人厌的。可是你知道吗?这种烦人的促销电话在英语里竟然叫courtesy call!简直是反讽到了极致啊。
Courtesy call is a sugarcoated term used by telemarketers which really means sales call. This is one of the most deceitful and misle ...
show one's true colors 给点颜色看看?
Larry和李华一起去Larry的老板家,参加公司同事派对。他们会用到两个常用语:out of place和show one's true colors.
Larry: Lihua, are you feeling OK? You're so quiet tonight.
LH: 哦,我没事儿。不过,和这么多办公室白领在一起,有点不自在。
Larry: Ah, I see. You're always surrounded by young students whe ...
Google snaps up Motorola Mobility
Google has outlined its largest and boldest acquisition yet with the agreement to pay $12.5bn in cash for Motorola Mobility, the US smartphone company, in a deal that escalates the search company's rivalry with Apple and gives it control over more wireless patents.
The deal will see Google pay $40 ...
Love Note
I could say that a winter breeze had sent snow flurries dancing against our windowpane as we cuddled in front of a glowing fire, sipping spiced cider, alternately nuzzling each other and cooing about the depth of our love.
I could say that - but it would be a lie.
The early November storms had mel ...
十种“纠结”的表达方法
1. I think you lack in the power of decision. Once you make your decision, don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full steam ahead!
你太优柔寡断了。一旦做了决定,就不要瞻前顾后,畏首畏尾,放手去干吧!
2. A President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will ...
武侠小说经典人物的怪诞英译名
编者按:“信、达、雅”是翻译中的三个标准,难度和挑战层层递进。给独具中国文化色彩的武侠人物安一个恰如其分的英文名,更是需要极深厚的文字功底和文学修养。下面的武侠小说人名翻译,从韦小宝到令狐冲,哪个形似,哪个神似,哪个形神兼备呢?让我们看以下的翻译是如何让想象力飞驰,将无厘头贯彻到底。
(一) ...
Somewhere a Room of One's Own
My room at home was too small for me. I barely had room for all the little knickknacks I'd collected over the years. There were so many things I had to pack away in boxes and store in closets all over the house. Oftentimes I didn't quite remember exactly where everything was.
There were all the ...