He means she is wizard in this not meaning she entices men with tricks.  She is so great a woman she needs not to employ the original means of woman to accomplish this.

so he must be a very rich man now, considering the skyrocketing oil price.

and also a learned woman may command respect from men, especially the woman is more academically ahead of him.

so do I, I used pork and chives as the stuffing, and I made the dough myself, instead of buying ready take-aways from the store. I prepared the stuffing personally, in a word everything I made by myself.

I was just fed up with the extremely hot dishes she made with her daughter over the weekend, that's why I initiated to work out some alternatives.

And the main ingredient of the hot dish was actually taken back from the restaurant where we had a hot chicken in pepper sauce, she took home the leftover sauce to use as the main body of her new hot dish at home, for me it looks like trash in a hot red soup. and the flavor is terrible for me, although she and daughter praised as delicious. I really don't know, why people have so great a gap in culinary preferences?  Then after the supper we ended up accusing each other's dish as trash.

I feel nothing special, because for me English is just one more linguistic element in my daily life, yeah, it has become a part of my life. So the problem that English is being learned as a foreign language has never arisen in my case.

Covenant of salt (喻) 不可背弃的盟约 from bible—old testament

All the heave of offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you. By a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto you and to your seed with you.

Comments: is there any covenant of salt today? Treaties can be torn up; contracts can be thrown away without fulfilling the obligations; love can be betrayed, friendship can be spoiled. What a world.L

 

Salt of the Earth (喻) 社会的中坚  from bible—the new testament

You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

You are the light of the world, a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

Comments: who can tell me the criterion today for “salt of the earth”? it is a conundrum for most of us.

Bear one’s cross (喻) 忍受苦难   from bible—the new testament

But he turned ,and said to Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: You are an offence unto me: for you savoure not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Comments: believe in it, bear everything from it, suffer for it, die for it. Then you are a saint.

We are badly in need of such a spirit. Because many of us don’t know what and how to believe. It is a tragedy.

 

Beautitudes  真福八端 （喻）受惠   from bible—the new testament

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see the God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.

Comments: I don’t know if those people mentioned above would be blessed. But I do hope those blessings will come upon the kind people.

Music starts, with a sad atmosphere encompassing me. Unconsciously my eyes are brimmed with tears, love is a miracle in the song, a beautiful myth. Actually it seldom happens, once it comes, whether you are ready or not, you have no choice but put all your heart in it. Once it disappears, whether you are willing or not, you have no alternative but let it go, lap up the wound by yourself.

 

The familiar face appears in my dreams. The vague image lingers in my brain. You are my tender guardian, even the heaven and earth are drowned out by tears, wouldn’t I abandon the original persistence. Every ticktack of time I spend with you, every inch of solitude I experience alone, that becomes meaningful all because of the ever promise I made, all because of the touching sensation between us.

 

Love is nothing, love is something, and love is everything. Love is the compassion in the eyes. Love has inspired many talks as well as many great poets in which, love is considered as a modern version of a classic story that looks like confetti to us.

 

Love is a beautiful myth, when I am lost in the rain, in your eyes I know, I will find the light to light my way, you are always there, pushing me to the top. Any time I log on the forum for reading your message, an emotion roars in my heart, I feel the love, clearly and vividly, even I am bogged down in embarrassment, even you have no time to take care of my raining heart.

 

The only myth in the abundant universe is only love. It will surely wake up in a chilly morning. We will never regret for dating with true love ebb and flow. No matter how much sufferings tangled in the darkness, our hands are forever held tight together. Never depart from each other.  

 

Waiting for the blooming of flowers with the spring coming and leaving, the merciless years age the countenance but my heart will never lie rusty. Missing you becomes everlasting, despite the reserve of the British, the romance of the French, the bluntness of the Americans, the reticence of the Chinese. Only love is an eternal myth.

 

The lines of the song are sounding softly into my ears: how deep is your love? I really mean to learn..

 

CalmSky, Nov,1st,2005

Have been reading a novel <the secret blossoms>(隐秘盛开）written by a middle-aged woman writer Jiang Yun. It is a touching story. A woman who entered a college on 1977--the first class in college after the cultural revolution uses her whole life to love a man, secretly, desperately, and with indomitable will. the man never thought of or realize that until the last moment of the story--after the woman died of a cancer, one of her friend who was saved by the woman in a trip abroad and became the woman's confidant gave the hero a tight embrace on a elegant party held for his success and whispered to his ear" this embrace is for her". she told him the name and before he came back to consciousness she disappeared.

What kind of love it is! few of us can do like that, few of the people can understand that. but I believe there are such miracles. thrilling, fascinating and incredible. such stories work like a baptism to the souls covered by material dust.

The following is a short poem recited by one of the classmates on a gathering three years after graduation:

   He walked out from under the gray leaves

   He was  gray just like the dark olive garden

   He buried his dust-covered forhead

   Into the hot  dirt-speckled hands

   I can never find you again

   You are not in my heart, not there

   Neither in other's heart, nor among the rocks

   I can never find you again

   I am completely alone

 

Answer a fool according to one’s folly

以其人之道还治其人之身  （bible—old testament）

 

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他，恐怕你与他一样。

要按照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他，免得他自以为有智慧。

 

Comments: haha. This is quite good. No matter in which way you answer a fool, you are abiding by the words of the Lord. So you will be blessed by God. What are you waiting for then? Go quickly to find fools.J

 

Apple of the eye

（喻）掌上明珠，心肝宝贝（bible—old testament）

 

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

耶和华遇见他在旷野荒凉野兽吼叫之地，就环绕他，看顾他，保护他如同保护眼中的瞳仁。

 

Comments: many English idioms and phrases came from the holly book. Just like this one. Now we use this phrase on those who are really dear to us. “I will keep you as the apple of my eye”. How sweet it is.

 

作者：CalmSky --  发布时间：2005-10-24 16:47:38 --  [原创]Life is like a game of chess. dear yeti, I am sorry pls delete this post. thank you. I will never visit this forum again.

--  作者：山定子 --  发布时间：2005-10-24 21:43:49 --   Thanks my chess enthusiast. I will visit your place and learn from you.

--  作者：Yeti --  发布时间：2005-10-25 10:59:29 --   I cannot get the display fit on my screen. Any ideas on how to adjust it? To Calm Sea,    What a wonderful surprise to see you again. I used to hang around WangWang-English for a while, but stop going after having a bit of disagreement with some of the adminstrators over mentioning about Rainlane. In fact, I was warned not to mention any other forum in whatever shape or form since that constitutes an advertizement, or they would block my IP number. My counter-argument was that Wang-Wang is being mentioned all over the place, so there should be reciprocity.  Moreover, we are not talking about Burger King advertising inside a McDonalds: a conflict of interest. A learning-English-forum mentioning another is like one university talking about what is going on in another place. But some people do not see it that way.  I am used to the way things are done in where I live.  Any non-profit organization is free to mention about their existence and their program anywhere.   But not everyone at WangWang are like that. yuan_yuan is very nice, and micropiggy is a gentleman and a patient teacher.

--  作者：山定子 --  发布时间：2005-10-26 0:26:21 --   I cannot get the display fit on my screen, either.  I adjust it by removing formatting and converting to text only.

--  作者：CalmSky --  发布时间：2005-10-26 13:19:39 --   hehe, dear yeti, I am CalmSky, CalmSea is another guy belongs to another world. thank you for your response. I just came back to wwenglish.com about one month. I will never forget that old time that you helped me review my articles. the article shows well in my computer with 1024*768, I bet yours is 600*800, that was not my fault.555 dear standing bro, I miss u to death although you show a cold shoulder to me all the time. haha.

--  作者：bluebird --  发布时间：2005-10-26 17:57:28 --   Hi Calmsky, are you the one from calm-sea.com/bbs?  They have a master-hand calmsky and calmsea, who write beautiful English poems. :)

--  作者：nyleda --  发布时间：2005-10-27 4:38:55 --   great! Calmsky, your attitude is commendable.

--  作者：rovi297 --  发布时间：2005-10-27 9:21:04 --   calmsky, wwenglish doesn\'t allow yeti to mention rainlane in its website, well, by the same token, don\'t you think what you put in doesn’t serve the bloody same purpose?

--  作者：rovi297 --  发布时间：2005-10-27 9:40:07 --   I wonder why some guys like you love to play the dirty game of double standard!

--  作者：CalmSky --  发布时间：2005-10-27 11:46:07 --   faint, so angry?  ok, ok, pls yeti goes to delete this article. I quit. sorry for disturbing. by the way, wwenglish is not mine, just a place for me to improve my english. I do not care the forum, what I really pay attention to is the friends there. I issued this article here because I missed shan ding zi and yeti, no other purpose. do not be so sensitive, esp. online.

--  作者：CalmSky --  发布时间：2005-10-27 12:09:34 --   still have something else to say, to see this  post I issed nine days ago in wwenglish.com.   http://bbs.wwenglish.org/dispbbs.asp?boardID=71&ID=174249&page=3 not an ad for wwenglish, I do not know what you guys are talking about. but I am hurt.

--  作者：nyleda --  发布时间：2005-10-27 12:50:05 --   Calmsky, see you private message.

--  作者：fairygodma --  发布时间：2005-10-27 12:56:29 --   Dear CalmSky, it is only fair for Rovi to voice strongly the unfair treatment which Yeti received from some tough administrators in wwenglish.  It is only natural for him to fume after reading your creative work and seeing your \'large mention\'  of wwenglish.  However, there is no need to delete your conspicuous invitation for residents of rainlane to visit wwenglish.  Under normal circumstances, we are actually a bunch of real friendly people willing to share and exchange ideas with others for the love of learning English. Thanks for visiting the Rainlane\' English Corner!   Give us the pleasure of reading more of your work.

--  作者：Yeti --  发布时间：2005-10-27 13:10:39 --   以下是引用CalmSky在2005-10-27 12:09:34的发言： still have something else to say, to see this  post I issed nine days ago in wwenglish.com.   http://bbs.wwenglish.org/dispbbs.asp?boardID=71&ID=174249&page=3 not an ad for wwenglish, I do not know what you guys are talking about. but I am hurt. I must take responsibility of having caused this uproar. I know calm-sky from way back and I am sure she has always been a strong supporter of Rainlane, as well as a friend of some of the members here.  I was not complaining about her, but about un-named administrators at WangWang--unnamed because I have no idea who they were. The warning came from "administrators."   I also like to thank rovi and the others for standing up to my defence. Let\'s all sit down, shake hands, and let things pass. I routinely leave my signature file with Rainlane\'s address on it. I consider it as my "calling card." Usually, I have no problem with it except for one or two forums where they consider that as "illegal." In the case of wangwang, I was told that I must remove all reference that can be deemed as an "advertizement." That was before Calm-sky\'s time. So Calm-sky has nothing to do with it.  My beef is with this unnamed administrator at WangWang, so let\'s leave Calm Sky out of it.

--  作者：bluebird --  发布时间：2005-10-27 14:33:53 --   :)

--  作者：fairygodma --  发布时间：2005-10-27 22:40:45 --   The Fairy is sad this morning...CalmSky\' post has vanished into thin air! How I wish that I have the magic... powerful enough to make the post reappears!  I am going to try very hard!  ABRACADABRA CALMSKY SHAZAM!!!

--  作者：Yeti --  发布时间：2005-10-28 0:10:18 --   以下是引用CalmSky在2005-10-26 13:19:39的发言： hehe, dear yeti, I am CalmSky, CalmSea is another guy belongs to another world. I am sorry, I keep mixing you up with CalmSea because CalmSky sometimes appears as male and sometimes as female at different places. I have always assume that of the two, one is male and one is female, but have always fail to keep track of who is who.

All is vanity. 凡事都是虚空；（喻）四大皆空

（from Bible—the old testament）

 

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher ,vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

What profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?

One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides for ever.

The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastes to his place where he arose.

The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirles about continually, and the wind returnes again according to his circuits.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, see this is new? It has been already of old time, which was before us.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

 

Comments: all is vanity? Then what is this material world? Many people say this when they feel tired of the dust of which some really sees through time and space but others just are losers of the competition.

There are really some inner connections among the major religion teachings. This proves the fact: all human beings have some common ideas in certain aspect. So there is possibility for us from different places with different backgrounds to communicate with each other.

 

Abraham’s bosom

(from bible-the new testament)

there was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously everyday.

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores.

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he cried and said, father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou  in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

 Comments: save fortune for next day. Do good to the needed.

我是天空里的一片云，
偶尔投影在你的波心——
　　你不必讶异，
　　更无须欢喜——
在转瞬间消灭了踪影。

你我相逢在黑夜的海上，
你有你的，我有我的，方向；
　　你记得也好，
　　最好你忘掉，
在这交会时互放的光亮

I am a piece of cloud up in the sky
Occasionally set my figure into ur eye
You needn’t wonder
You needn’t joy
In one moment away I fly

We were met at sea in a dark night
You had your course and I had mine
Maybe you still remember
Better you have forgot
The dazzling shine sparkled when we met

Autumn breeze caresses my face

Blue high sky  draws my gaze

Who are living up in the welkin?

When can I finish my mission?

Tiredness invades my vein

 

Fate arranged us to meet neithter of us has imagined the first sight made us feel so good it was rather out of our mind hearts felt so heavy  after a smile we saw each other away there was a feeling vague but deep that was the tremble we shared when our lips were together but although miss u every minute by no means could I draw out ur face with a sad smile there was a feeling sincere but hazy if asked why I loved u I couldn't give an answer but loving u made my heart and soul thrill I needn't beg to be with u every sunset and every dawn all that I hope is this piece of sentiment u will cherish when u finally get experienced maybe u will say you have ever loved me written by salt.

Who rings my heart riddle

I am weak beneath the tough exterior feel longly in the clamorous crowd. tears run down scruffy face unnoticeably craving for your hand is my tired soul. You extend a warm hand affectionately slightly ringing my heart riddle. two hearts make harmonious echo overcoming time and space obstacle. If there is only one in the world i care that is definitely you the last thing i can afford to lose and the most precious gem i have, your love I will not stop loving you until the last breath is exhaled the moment when star has to return to the sky, old love ends and new one starts anew.

CalmStar, Oct. 2005

Who blurs my eyes line?

I am strong beneath the soft appearance feel agitated in the quiescent maisonntte smile leaks out corners of mouth slinkingly waiting for your coming is my theme eternally You come to offer me a warm harbor eventually blurring my eyes line gradually two soul together create a tacit atmosphere undergoing the tribulation of time and space if there is only one I love that is absolutely thee the last thing I would like to depend on the only mental pillar I own, your attention I will never cease loving your mind until the last tear dries up in the wind the moment sky hugs star tight in the embrace new love repeats and old love restarts aside

CalmSky, Oct. 2005

Who rings my heart riddle

I am weak beneath the tough exterior feel longly in the clamorous crowd. tears run down scruffy face unnoticeably craving for your hand is my tired soul. You extend a warm hand affectionately slightly ringing my heart riddle. two hearts make harmonious echo overcoming time and space obstacle. If there is only one in the world i care that is definitely you the last thing i can afford to lose and the most precious gem i have, your love I will not stop loving you until the last breath is exhaled the moment when star has to return to the sky, old love ends and new one starts anew.

CalmStar, Oct. 2005

FAREWELL

slightly hold ur hands no more words r needed this heart is always beating for you tell me u r not lonely any more but u r leaving for a place far away I can't follow u, I can't stop u what I can do is only standing there seeing u off until nothing left before u r seeking for a brand new start u r going where liberty will be gained by heart but I want to let u know here r always friends who care u wish u happy landing to ur destination hope u enjoy ur staying in that location pray there will finally come a day u come back and say "I will never leave u alone I will never go away"

CalmSalt, Oct. 2005

FAREWELL

quietly you held my hands silence spoke louder in your eyes my heart was trembling to tell how much I feared the coming farewell yeah, I am leaving for a new place far away maybe another time I will go astray you do not follow me or stop me only looking into my mind with no voice I am going to find a new harbor that's the extrication from bitter tear clearly do I feel your concern and care that's what I cherish most for sure listening to your heartstrings feeling your tender blessings I know after drifting here and there still you will keep a warm pharos for me "I will never leave u alone I will never go away"

CalmSky, Oct. 2005

《Red River Valley 红河谷》

【歌词】 Red River Valley From this valley They say you are leaving. We shall miss your bright eyes And sweet smile, For you take with you All of the sunshine That has brightened our pathway a while. Then come it by my side if you  love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. Just remember the Red River Valley And the cowboy that loved you so true.   For a long time, my darling , I've waited For the sweet words you never would say. Now alas, all my fond hopes have vanished, For they say that you are going away.   Then come sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu. Just remember the Red River Valley And the cowboy that loved you so true.

【参考译文】 红河谷 人们说你 要离开这河谷。 我们将怀念你的明眸 和甜蜜微笑。 因为你带走 所有的阳光， 它曾照亮我们的路。   来坐在我身旁如果你爱我。 不要离开得这样匆忙。 你可要记住这红河谷， 还有那真爱你的牛仔。 亲爱的，我已经等待了很久 等待你不愿说的蜜语， 可现在我一切希望均成泡影， 因为人们说你要离开。    来坐在我身旁如果你爱我。 不要离开得这样匆忙。 你可要记住这红河谷，还有那真爱你的牛仔。

【注释】1．From this valley they say you are leaving. =They say you are leaving from this valley. =People say you are leaving this valley. 这两行歌词中的they即people. 2．For you take with you all of the sunshine that has brightened our path way a while. =Because you take, when you leave, all of the sunshine that has made our pathway bright for a period of time , take with sb. ＆ sth: 随身带走 例如：When he left,  he took with him almost everything in his office.他离开时随身带走了办公室几乎所有的东西。 brighten:使明亮、照亮。这个词的构成是形容词+en, 类似词还有darken, weaken, shorten等。 3．Then come sit by my side if yoo love me. =Then Come and sit beside me if you love me. come sit是美国英语用法，相当于come and sit，初学英语者不宜模仿这种用法。 4．Do not hasten to bid me adieu. =Do not hurry to say farewell（goodbye） to me. hasten:急忙；赶快；催促；促进 例如：He hastened to the hospital  to  see her.他急急忙忙赶到医院去看她。 bid sb. adieu: bid adieu to sb.向某人道别 make one's  adieu(s):告别；辞行 5．Just remember the Red River Valley and the cowboythat loved you so true. =Be sure to remember the Red River Valley and the cowboy who loved you so truly. 6．For a long time，my darling, I've waited for the sweetwords you never would say. =My dear, I've  Waited for along time for the wseet words you never would say. 7．Now alas， all my fond hopes have vanished, for theysay that you are going away. fond hope: 美梦；想入非非的希望 fond: 慈爱的；深情的；溺爱的；（指愿望或抱负）不大可能实现的，想入非非的 例如：a  fond  look 深情的目光； fond  parents溺爱孩子的父母； fond hopes of international marriage对于国际婚姻的美梦 fofld of doing sth: 喜欢做某事 例如：She is very fond of dancing. 她非常喜欢跳舞。 vansish: 消失 例如：The thief vanished into the forest. 那贼消失在森林里。 His hopes of going abroad have vanished. 他出国的希望已破灭。

【赏析】《红河谷》是流行百年之久的传统牧歌。美国人认为，歌中所唱的红河是得克萨斯州的红河并且确有与歌曲同名的电影。好莱坞扮演牧童的名星吉恩·奥特金和伊·罗杰师分别于1936和1941年都用过这首歌。衣阿华州的开拓者詹姆斯·克里根曾于1896年发表过按同一曲谱填写的歌词，歌中曾提到纽约州的莫哈克河谷。据此，有人认为《红河谷》出自克里根之手， 实际上，美国有两条名叫红河的河流。一条源自北方明尼苏达州西部的冰川湖自南向北，流到加加拿大马尼托巴肖，继续向北注入加拿大的温尼伯湖，全长498公里。另一条源自南部是密西西比河最南边的一条主要支流，水中含红褐色泥沙，水色发红。这条河从得克萨斯州西北部流向东南方向，中下游流经墨西歌湾低地，汇入密西西比河。这首歌在加拿大南部也十分流行，因此，加拿大人认为它是一首加拿大民歌。 《红河谷》是一首在时间上流传已久，在地域上流行甚广的抒情歌曲。在姑娘即将离开红河谷时，牛仔表达了他对她无限眷恋的情感。姑娘的明眸和甜蜜的微笑都曾是牛仔生活中一道绚丽灿烂的阳光。也许因为她光彩照人，羞涩的牛仔没有勇气向她表白自己的心愿，只是爱在心底，等待心爱的人对他吐露心声。然而长久的等待与沉默却最终换得姑娘要离开红河谷的消息。此时纵有干言万语，纵然爱已深入骨髓，却也不得不将那感情轻易埋葬。有什么苦比得上明知自己所爱的人就在这个世界上却无法拥有她，甚至没有机会去表达呢？无奈，牛仔只能一次次地唱：你可要记住这红河谷，还有那真爱你的牛仔。”歌声深沉，感情真挚，充分表达了对心上人深深的眷恋之情。 [MP=610,55,true]http://ftp.116.com.cn/pub/ertong/ertonggequ/yingwengequ/DSNB12.mp3[/MP]

《Casablanca 卡萨布兰卡》

【歌词】 Casablanca I fell in love with you watching Casablanca, Back row at the drive-in show in the flickering light. Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar, Making love on a long hot summer's night. I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca. Holding hands beneath the paddle fans in Rick's candle-lit cafe. Hiding in the shadows from the spots A rocky moon-light in your arms, Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet. Oh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca, But a kiss is not a kiss without your sign. Please come back to me in Casablanca, I love you more and more each day as time goes by. I guess there are many broken hearts in Casablanca. You know I've never really been there. So I don't know. I guess our love story will never be seen. On the big wide silver screen. But it hurt just as bad When I had to watch it grow. Oh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca, But a kiss is not a kiss without your sign. Please come back to me in Casablanca, I love you more and more each day as time goes by. Oh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca, But a kiss is not a kiss without your sign. Please come back to me in Casablanca, I love you more and more each day as time goes by. I love you more and more each day as time goes by.

【注释】 1．Fell in love with you.  我爱上了你。 Fall in love with sb.  两人彼此相爱。 例如： They fell in love with each other during the journey.  他们在旅途中彼此相爱了。 2．Back row at the drive-in show:  we were sitting at the back row in a drive-in show.  我们偎依在汽车影院的后排座位上。 3．In the flickering light：在闪烁的灯光下，这里指放映电影时，晚隐时现的灯光。 4．Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar ＝While watching Casablanca, we were so happy and gay that the popcorn and cokes tasted as good as champagne and caviar.  看电影时，我们喝着可乐，吃着爆米花，就像喝上了香槟和吃鱼子酱一样让人开心。 Beneath the stars:  in the open air在闪烁的星空下，这里指露天的汽车影院。 5．holding hands：手牵着手 6．In Rick's candle-lit cafe：在烛光闪闪的吕克饭店里 7．in the shadows：在阴影里 8．A kiss is not a kiss without your sign:  a kiss is meaningless to me if it's not your kiss.  只有你的亲吻才对我有意义。 9．Please come back to me：这里用了祈使句，表达了主人公对爱人情真意切的呼唤，“快回到我的身边来吧！” 10．I love you more and more each day as time goes by.  随着时光的流逝，我对你的爱与日俱增。 more and more =increasingly越来越 例如： I'm becoming more and more interested in classical music.  我对古典音乐越来越感兴趣。

【赏析】     这首歌曲由作者之一 Bertie Higgins在 1986年录唱，内容涉及一部老电影《卡萨布兰卡》以及其中的一首插曲“As Times Goes By”（年复一年），歌词还引用了《年复一年》中的句子。     这首歌在80年代后期风行一时。歌中唱出了两个青年因看电影《卡萨布兰卡》而产生恋情，又因分离而伤感的内容。     在那夏日漫长的夜晚，他们双双在汽车影院里吃着赛过鱼子酱的爆米花，喝着胜过美味香槟的可口可乐，手牵着手，在月光下看电影《卡萨布兰卡》，一次次动情的亲吻，伴他们度过了美好的时光。但时过境迁，这一切已成追忆，表达了作者对昔日美好浪漫爱情的渴望。

【参照译文】 卡萨布兰卡 我爱上你时是看《卡萨布兰卡》。 当时在汽车影院我们坐在后边。 可口可乐和爆米花赛过香槟和鱼子酱。 我们相爱在夏日里漫长的夜晚。 我想你你爱上我时也是看《卡萨布兰卡》， 恍惚身临其境牵着手，如在吕克饭店。 我们避开晃动的光线，但月光洒满你胸前， 在我那辆老式雪佛莱车里， 不知是光影还是梦幻？ 难忘一次次亲吻，在卡萨布兰卡， 但那一切成追忆，时过境迁。 快回我身边，来卡萨布兰卡， 我爱你，此心永不变，年复一年。 我猜想卡萨布兰卡有众多破碎的心。 你知道我从未真正到过卡萨布兰卡。 所以不知道伤心者有多少。 我猜想我们的爱情故事 永远上不了巨大宽银幕， 但当我看它升华时， 也一样令人难受和痛心。 难忘一次次亲吻，在卡萨布兰卡， 但那一切成追忆，时过境迁。 快回我身边，来卡萨布兰卡， 我爱你，此心永不变，年复一年。 难忘一次次亲吻，在卡萨布兰卡， 但那一切成追忆，时过境迁。 快回我身边，来卡萨布兰卡， 我爱你，此心永不变，年复一年。 我爱你，此心永不变，年复一年。

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I love Rainbow   Why do I love it? Rainbow is rare, Rainbow is beautiful, Rainbow is a symbol of rainy days' end Rainbow is a sign of sunny day's coming Rainbow is made of seven colors it reflexs our colorful life with laughter and tears I love Rainbow.

 

It is beyond doubt that nothing is as likely to generate the kind of feelings and perplexities as love. It is sometimes a great source of bliss that easily makes the penniless poor live among the happiest in the world; and sometimes full of uncontrollable forces and mysteries that turn your life into a mess. The importance of love is undeniable. The understandings of it vary with person, so do the approaches to it. Whatever love appears to you, it is rather questionable to regard love permanently as the one you had during your honeymoon.

As I see it, the form of love is not static but changes with time. The imagery of first love seems for ever imprinted on the memory of us; so is the first experience of kisses (and s_e_x, if any). Our impression on them stands so vivid that we often unconsciously go back on the time and situations then and tirelessly cry for their coming back again. Love sure is beautiful; and there is no doubt about it that love at its initial phase appears the most beautiful. But if we just stop here and take it for granted that love is all about first kisses and its physical act, and only a young couple kissing each other passionately and breathlessly can be called love, I’m afraid we may be wrong.

Though I’m not a veteran in love, I know that love is more than kisses and the kind of feeling you have meeting your dream lover. As we grow, so does love itself. Changes take place in our lives every minute. Why should we stubbornly restrict love to an unchanged form or state? Is there no love between a couple who have been married for years, since the deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection between them are dying down?

I’ve been witnessing cases where couples celebrate their golden or diamond wedding like newly-wed and people change their spouses like they change their clothes.

I’m not sure what the root of so many failures in marriage is and how to tackle the ever serious problem of extra-marital affairs. But I’m aware that one thing is certain: we do need to learn how to love (each other) all the time, whoever we are, whatever we do.

How much does love resemble flowers! Most of us are frantically fancying the moment of first love and the immeasurable passion involved in it, just like most of us highly admire and appreciate the time when flowers breaks out into delicate blossoms of dazzling colors. Yet, no matte how flamboyant the flowers have been, there is the time for its withering. The feeling and passion we’ve harbored during the initial stage of love will and should sooner or later be supplanted by or evolved into a more mature form, as flowers go through their blossom season and set out to bear the fruits.

“We do not lack love but the heart to find it”, thus claimed some famous one whose name I forgot. So many times, we’re right in the embrace of love, but blindfolded by the illusion that love has already died or departed us and we have to find it on someone else.

Love is there. We just need time to learn about and enrich it.

September 3, 2005

Waylan Chen

    Last night as I was doing my routine evening exercise in the garden near home, I met a young pair on the stone bench which is along the path of which people used to walk along. it was late , the young boy and the girl embraced passionately. with a random glimpse I could feel the love between them. the scene drew me back to many years ago.

    The sky was blue and water was clean at that time, we were both young enough to make various kinds of dreams. only an idea of seeing her made me thrilling and we shared some wonderful time which carved deeply in my brain. I lived in poverty in material but the spirit was always high. thinking tomorrow would be better than the day before, I tasted sweetness from bitterness.

    Years have passed without delay, I have my own decent life today, but I lost my way. really.

When Poverty retreats from life step by step   with years passing through day after day   Aspiration and dreams r fading away   one of ur lamb is getting lost, shepherd   My Lord, would u give mercy to show me the way?   Running in a sunny rain along the railway   from school to the shabby home without delay   I was the youngest in the family   one mile was not so far away   with joy I knew   there would be a brighter day   Heart broken as  her fading away   air frozen   I could't breath   and I was leaving for another city   a sound reached me in the roaring train   "where there is life, there is hope   life will be going on,my baby"   it must be from u, My Lord?   Time lighted the road and eased the pain   marching ahead with dreams and aspiration   there were many I could enjoy   there were many I should cherish   there was always a hand before me   I knew   it was urs, My Lord   Mother and father r getting old   Red and Green r scattering over the world   Justice and Fairness is getting so hard to be found   Desperation becomes an ofter visitor   where can I find the way out   My Lord?

MY BEST FRIENDS

I am a rose,u are my thorns,
clutching to me,protecting me.
I am the sun,u r my rays.
helping me to shine and to be all that I can.
I am a lake,u r my water.
fulling me with ideas,dreams,and hopes for the future.
I am a tree,u r my leaves,
sharing who and what I am
and becoming an important part of my life
I am a heart,u r my beat
beating rhythmically to my happiness,
my fear,my sadness,my excitement.
I am me and u r with me
to share all that I am,
to share life,love and happiness
Alaways......

I'll be back!I BELIEVE!

 

Days come days go, in an instance I realized that one friend I met last year had been in my life for quite a long time.

 

She is a gal. She has a very impressive name: Once_shy. In fact, she was introduced to me by twice_shy occasionally, and I guessed she named herself after twice_shy all the while.

 

Actually even until now, I do not know any detail information about her, except her warm heart, diligence and talent, I even never heard her beautiful voice, although we have been so intimate in mind. Although we have written to each other thousand posts in different forums..

 

Last year, after saying farewell to something I cared and treasured, after giving up something I had ever put all the painstaking effort, I got to continue the old forum with many difficulties. At the darkest period in my life, she came to me quietly. She told me she liked my articles and she promised to support the forum with all her hearts. At that time, I only knew she was the best friend of my best friend, twice_shy. I could never expect that how much she would influence me afterwards.

 

In the old forum, what she brought to me was a shock. I never met such a diligent writer like her. With different nicknames, she made the forum as warm as a family, as fragrant as a garden, as prosperous as Tang dynasty.

 

At the beginning, I didn’t realize that she was an expert in computer science, I simply found all of her posts are very beautiful in style and quite passionate in content. The sense of love as well as the feeling of affection was penetrated with every inch of her works. I was amazed and deeply touched by her sincerity and endeavor.

 

when I am blithesome

you are always silent beside

let me tend to ignore your existence

 

when I am in trouble

you are always to console me

with no delay, condition and scruple

 

you are my shy twice

Honey twice_shy my eternal love

no doubt a pearl shining all of my life

 

CalmSky Sep. 22, 2005

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Once I ever told you   My favourite season was fall   You loved spring   Mild warm breeze blew   Fragrant roses blossomed   Under the shinning silver plate   Moving stories were conceived   Yes, you loved spring   And I said I enjoyed autumn   Aurumn was the season of harvest   Heavy grains mirrored the ripe thought   The blue sky was so high   The cotton-like cloud was so white   Along the tender river bank   Came the lovely figures side by side   Don't know from which day on   Began feeling chilly in the fall wind   The yellow leaves swirled down   It was so sad   And who could bear   eyeing the bloody sunset   Now it is autumn again   But to whom can I say   Fall is my favourite season

through the super-link I travelled to another bbs--ww english . there I read some posts and were quite impressed by the chief moderator's comment on how to learn english well. that is true there is no easy way to achive success on english learning as well as doing anything else. " maybe u can't get success after making effort, but u r sure to lose if u don't try".  the most important thing we should do is to "persist".

constant dropping wears the stone. so I am determined to join in the team of "constant dropping" . will u?

here are some other useful proverbs which I think are worth remembering:

1. two heads are better than one.

2.actions speak louder than words.

3.pain past is pleasure.

TO FRIENDS WHO VISIT THIS BLOG

occasionally I met calmsky

who was smart and bright

sometimes moody

sometimes sly

yet she was never shy  :)

 

she brought me here a new sky

an elegant hut clean with shine

gave me the key

tought me how to drive

never imagined I might be a spy:)

 

happy to be with u guys

hope u enjoy staying here day and night

u can go through

better to write

eager to read ur reply

 

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water from the west mother of the flood unwavering nurture of her wet dream no longer seem that far staying dry is a sin and being wet becomes a virtue watch out, her magic is striking on air rainy cloud rainy cloud deafening thunder deafening thunder blinding ligtening blinding ligtening .. no umbrella? big deal let's just GO WET by fast-lane 2005-09-17 02:18 water from the west mother of the flood unwavering nurture of her wet dream no longer seem that far staying dry is a sin and being wet becomes a virtue watch out, her magic is striking on air rainy cloud rainy cloud deafening thunder deafening thunder blinding ligtening blinding ligtening .. no umbrella? big deal let's just GO WET by fast-lane 2005-09-17 02:18

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Oh, it was for parting  Fate arranged us to meet neithter of us has imagined the first sight made us feel so good it was rather out of our mind hearts felt so heavy  after a smile we saw each other away there was a feeling vague but deep that was the tremble we shared when our lips were together but although miss u every minute by no means could I draw out ur face with a sad smile there was a feeling sincere but hazy if asked why I loved u I couldn't give an answer but loving u made my heart and soul thrill I needn't beg to be with u every sunset and every dawn all that I hope is this piece of sentiment u will cherish when u finally get experienced maybe u will say you have ever loved me (translated from the magizine)