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　　In my 45 years I have had to deal with sickness, injuries, accidents, and pain. I have had to deal with years of poverty and financial struggles. I have had to deal with my sons\\\' mental handicaps, the death of loved ones, and being separated from those I love. I have had to deal with anger, betrayal, confusion, depression and at times even despair.

　　Like so many before me I have asked the question: Why do bad things happen to good people? It is a question that has been asked throughout the ages. Books have even been written about it.

　　When I remember all that I have faced and gone through in this life, I realize that God has used all of it to eventually make me better. With pain came empathy. With grief came healing. With frustration came patience.

　　With struggles came strength. With sorrow came joy. With anger came love. And with despair came trust in God. Every test, challenge, and tragedy eventually led me to greater goodness, greater love, and greater Oneness with our Heavenly Father.

　　None of us likes the negative experiences in life. None of us enjoys pain. None of us wants to go through sorrow. May each day here then help you to grow better and more loving.

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　　加尔各答的特蕾莎修女有句经常被引用的话：“我知道上帝不会给我无法完成的事情，我只希望他不要那么信任我。”在过去的几十年中我也有同样的感受，生活虽然蒙福，但却不易。

　　在45年的岁月中我经历了疾病、伤害、事故、痛苦。除了连年的贫困和经济上的窘迫，我还要只顾上智力有障碍的儿子，与所爱之人天人永隔、被迫分离。还要面对悲愤、背叛、困惑、压抑甚至还有时不时的绝望。

　　像许多前人一样，我也不禁要问：“为什么好人要遭受这么多的劫难?”这个问题被追问已久，书上也没有答案。

　　当我回忆起此生所经历的那些事情，我顿悟到原来上帝这么做是为了最终让我们成为更好的人。痛苦带来同理之心，悲哀带来救助之心，挫折带来静候之心。

　　化悲愤为力量，苦尽甘来，因恨生爱。绝望中相信上帝的`救赎。每一关、每一个挑战，每一个悲剧在上帝的指引下让我更仁慈、博爱，成为更好的人。

　　没有人喜欢负面经历，也没有人喜欢痛苦，跟没有人喜欢历经悲伤。愿每天你都能成为更好的自己，更懂得爱。

　　Some of the most popular styles that are already showing up on college campuses around are coming back from another era of time gone by. One of the biggest fashion trends has been the geometric(几何形状的)and optical(光学的`)patterns of the seventies. Allowing you to stand out in a crowd - wearing the bright and bold geometric shaped patterns on your clothes will bring out the individual inside of you. You must be sure not to go overboard using patterns and polka dots(圆点花纹)in your wardrobe. For example,if you have gotten a hot new pair of jeans that show off your mood for the day - be sure to wear a solid shirt sweatshirt or the like so as not to actually \\"blind\\" anyone.?

　　Anything inspired by the types of clothing from the 1950\\"s combined with your basic casual wear for today is making a big splash over campuses everywhere. Skirts just above the knee are replacing the mini skirts of only a few years ago.

　　Now you don\\"t have to shop in second hand clothing stores to find the best of tester year fashion many trendy fashion shops are carrying the new clothing - imitating the original vintage styles. Of course being a college student on a budget you still may want to find one of those second hand stores to obtain your best bargains and still be in fashion.

　　If you are looking to keep a simple and fun look - the basic black and white casual wear never goes out of style. The style that is created by this simple fashion look is clean and chic? add a touch from the late 1980\\"s with big hoop(环、圈)earrings or wearing your hair back in a pony tail(马尾辫)will put you in the spotlight of the easiest of fashion. Both sexes can benefit from the wearing of black and white - this fashion is a hit over several generations who want a professional and together look.

　　T-shirts of all types and sizes - and sweatshirts with any type of logo are always a big hit through out colleges for comfort and casual wear. Generally every campus bookstore will carry t-shirts and sweatshirts bearing the logo of your college to convey the pride you feel about belonging to the school.

　　Keep in mind as you are heading off to school that anything goes in college - if you are comfortable in what you are wearing many times nobody is really going to care if you are coming to class in shorts in the middle of winter.

　　In the first test,each subject sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test，smokers，deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.

　　The next test was more complex,requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine ，active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.

　　In the third test of short-term memory?non-smokers made the fewest errors，but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.

　　The fourth test required people to read a passage then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers，and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories,but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.

　　As our tests became more complex, sums up Spicily，-non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins. He predicts? smokers might perform adequately at many jobs until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose but if something went wrong,smoking might damage his mental capacity.

　　I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and unpleasant uncatalogued of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs―victory in spite of all terrors―victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Let that be realized.

　　No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages, that mankind shall move forward toward his goal. I take up my task in light heart and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.

　　A good measure of how fast you should eat is to count 10 seconds between each mouthful and it’s a bad dining etiquette if you gobble down your food and you spend the rest of the time watching your date eat. Don’t slurp your soup, smack your lips, or chew with your mouth open. Nothing is more unsightly than watching someone talk and chew their food at the same time. Your napkin should be placed on your lap at all times.

　　Don’t tuck it into your belt or use it as a bib. If you have to get up, place it neatly on your seat. When eating, your fork straight in your mouth. Don’t place your fork in the side of your mouth as it increases the chances of food sliding away, which could be very embarrassing. If you get food stuck in your mouth don’t pick it out with your fingers or fork at the table. Excuse yourself and go to the restroom and get it out with a toothpick. When dinning, keep your eyes on your date at all times and try to smile between mouthfuls. Occasionally,you should make an effort to show some interest and ask questions like,“How do you like the beef?” If she needs anything, you are the one who is supposed to flag down the waiter by a gentle wave of the hand until someone notices you.

　　And the passers by mocked them and called shame, and others cried out to stone them. And still they stayed there laboring, that the tree might grow a little, and they died and were forgotten. And the tree grew fair and strong. The storms of ignorance passed over it, and harmed it not. The fierce fires of superstition soared around it; but men leaped into the flames and beat them back, perishing, and the tree grew. With the sweat of their brow men have nourished its green leaves.

　　Their tears have moistened the earth about it. With their blood they have watered its roots. The seasons have come and passed, and the tree has grown and flourished. And its branches have spread far and high, and ever fresh shoots are bursting forth, and ever new leaves unfolding to the light. But they are all part of the one tree―the tree that was planted on the first birthday of the human race. The stem that bears them springs from the gnarled old trunk that was green and soft when white-haired Time was a little child; the sap that feeds them is drawn up through the roots.

　　For two years this went on daily, with the bearer carrying only one and a half full of water to his master’s house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its achievements(成就). But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and sad that it was able to finish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of bitter failures, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the river.

　　“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”

　　“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”

　　“I have been able, for these past two years, to carry only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to go out all the way back to your master’s house. Because of my weakness, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.

　　The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and he said with pity, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”

　　Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trip, it still felt bad because it had gone out half its load, and so again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.

　　The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your weakness, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the river, you’ve watered them.

　　For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace (使增光彩) his house.”

　　Each of us has our own unique weakness. We’re all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, God will use our weakness to make his table beautiful.

　　In this world, nothing goes to waste. So as we find ways to serve the world, and as someone asks us to finish a task, don’t be afraid of your weakness. Be thankful for it, and make use of it, and you, too, can be the cause of beauty in the world.

　　That\\\'s why my newest goal, both as a professional and a person, is to be a quitter.

　　Being a quitter isn\\\'t being someone who gives up, who doesn\\\'t see important things through to the end. I aspire to be the opposite of those things, and think we all should. The quitter I want to be is someone who gets out when there\\\'s no value to be added, or when that value comes at the expense of something more important.

　　I want to quit doing things that I\\\'m asked to do, for no other reason than I\\\'m asked to do it. I want to be able to quit something in mid-stream, because I realize there’s nothing good coming from it.

　　A friend of mine once told me that \\"I knew I was an adult when I could stop reading a book, even after getting 500 pages into it.\\" Odd though it sounds, we all tend to do this. We get involved in something, realize we don\\\'t want to be a part of it, but keep trucking through. We say \\"well, I\\\'ve already invested so much time in this, I might as well stick it out.\\"

　　I propose the opposite: quit as often as possible, regardless of project status or time invested. If you\\\'re reading a book, and don\\\'t like it, stop reading. Cut your losses, realize that the smartest thing to do is stop before your losses grow even more, and quit. If you\\\'re working on a project at work that isn\\\'t going anywhere, but you\\\'ve already invested tons of time on it, quit. Take the time gained by quitting the pointless project, and put it toward something of value. Instead of reading an entire book you hate, read 1/2 a bad one and 1/2 a good one. Isn\\\'t that a better use of your time?

　　If you\\\'re stuck doing something, and don\\\'t really want to do it anymore, step back for a second. Ask if you really have to do this, and what value is being produced from your doing it. Don\\\'t think about the time you\\\'ve put into it, or how much it\\\'s taken over your life. If you don\\\'t want to do it, and don\\\'t have to do it, don\\\'t do it.

　　By quitting these things, you\\\'ll free up time to do things that actually do create value, for yourself and for others. You\\\'ll have time to read all the great books out there, or at least a couple more. You’ll be able to begin to put your time and effort into the things you\\\'d actually like to do.

　　Let\\\'s try it together: what are the things you\\\'re doing, that you\\\'re only doing because you\\\'ve been doing them for so long? Quit. Don\\\'t let time spent dictate time you will spend. Let\\\'s learn how to say \\"no\\" at the beginning, or in the middle, and free up more of our time to do the things we’d like to be doing, and the things actually worth doing.

　　Saying no is hard, and admitting a mistaken yes is even harder. But if we do both, we\\\'ll start to make sure that we\\\'re spending our time creating value, rather than aggravating our losses. Let\\\'s be quitters together.

　　What do you think? What in your life can you quit?

　　It is the road you take that decides your destiny but not your destiny that decides the road you take.

　　The question is: Are you satisfied with who you are? Are you doing what you are capable of doing? Do you get excited about what you are going to do when you get up in the morning? It is high time you asked these questions that reflect the truth about your life. More often than not we have the ability to achieve much greater things, but we get caught in the average things in life and waste our potential. Each one of us has immense ability. But most of us fail to use it. Why?

　　1. There is no exact purpose for your life.

　　2. You underestimate yourself.

　　3. You are too busy to think about any-thing.

　　4. You are in a comfortable zone.

　　5. You fear failure.

　　Ask yourself, what difference am I making in the lives of others? Would you be happy and satisfied with what you have achieved? Are you following your passion? You must find what you love and what gives you fulfillment.

　　Don’t be afraid to make a new beginning. Go deep and explore the possibilities. As you go deeper and deeper, you begin to add meaning to your life.

　　翻译：踏上新的征程

　　你所走的路决定你的命运,而不是你的命运决定你应该走什么样的路。

　　问题来了,你满足于你的现状吗?你正在做自己力所能及的事吗?每天起床后,你会对自己要去做的事感到兴奋吗?英语短文是时候问问这些能反映自己真实情况的问题了。我们总是有机会获得更大的成功的,但是却又常常被日常琐事所累,从而白白浪费了自己的潜力。每个人的能力都很强,但是我们却常常无法正确利用它。为什么呢?

　　1. 生活没有明确的目标

　　2. 低估自己

　　3. 忙到没时间思考

　　4. 安于现状。

　　5. 害怕失败。

　　自问一下,我给别人的生活带来了什么改变吗?你对自己的成就感到快乐和满意吗?你正充满激情吗?你必须找到你所爱的和能给你带来满足感的事物。

　　不要害怕重新起跑。更深入地去发现可能性。当你对生活理解加深的时候,你就给生活增添了意义。

　　A recent survey indicates that the monthly expenditure of a college student has been on the sharp rise. Many college students have no concept of thrift in their mind at all.

　　The following factors contribute to this excess spending. First of all, as the only child of their families, many students are the apples in their families\\\' eyes and naturally get more care and pocket money. Some are even spoiled and take spending money from their parents for granted. In addition, with the improvement of living standards, parents can also afford higher expenditure of their children. Moreover, some students like to pursue fashion and trends, which can be quite costly. Finally, campus love is another possible factor causing too much spending.

　　From my point of view, college students should learn to be thrifty. We should limit our expenditure on daily necessities but not buy whatever we want regardless of their prices. The habit of thrift can help us form fight values and is favorable to our future development.\\r\\n \\r\\n