摸着石头过河：Crossing a river by Feeling stones. -sarskiller(痛打落水狗) @蒙特利尔华人论坛:蒙特利尔枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum of Montreal

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英语每日一句(18)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-18 {945} (#2188955@0)
good! -hs108(hs); 2005-3-19 (#2189202@0)
英语每日一句(19)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-20 {699} (#2190687@0)
哈哈，来了个阶段总结，正好把以前漏过的看了一遍。 -needforspeed(别拿豆包不当干粮); 2005-3-20 (#2191092@0)
英语每日一句(20)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-20 {5942} (#2192607@0)
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英语每日一句(25)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-26 {570} (#2202939@0)
英语每日一句(26)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-26 {565} (#2203938@0)
Happiness is beneficial for the body , but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Marcel Proust, French writer 愉快有益于人的身体，但只有悲伤才能培养心灵力量。法国作家普鲁斯 M　

A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。

March 26, 2005
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There is in the body a current of energy, affection and intelligence,
which guides, maintains and energizes the body and mind.
Discover that current and stay with it.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

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英语每日一句(27)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-27 {1891} (#2206069@0)

建议你把那个“图零奖”和这个“英语每日依据”收入你自己的专辑，好让大家查找（因为到现在还没有进“精华”，恐怕今后难找），有时间我会认真拜读。谢谢！ -noproblem(大可以); 2005-3-27 (#2206080@0)

谢谢你的建议,但rolia只能放原创进专辑,所以大家也就只能慢慢在这看了.我发这个也是逼自己每天看点英文,希望大家也有点收获,一起进步. -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-28 (#2207605@0)

有毅力! ding, -steven8888(stone); 2005-3-28 (#2207662@0)

英语每日一句(28)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-28 {665} (#2207633@0)
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. By Camus 要幸福快乐的话,我们就不要太在意别人的意见. 法国散文家,小说家加缪

A good conscience is a soft pillow.
不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

March 29, 2005
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Home is oneness, home is my original nature.
It is right here, simply in what is.
There is nowhere else I have to go, and nothing else I have to become.

Tony Parsons

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托尼·帕森斯曾经是英国著名的音乐周报《新音乐快车》的记者，《GQ》和《ELLE》等时尚杂志也刊登过他那些屡获好评的文章。
英语每日一句(29)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-29 {1137} (#2209827@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。

The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with heart. 世界上最美好最漂亮的东西是看不见的，也摸不着的。它们必须用心去感应。

March 30-31, 2005
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If you dont relate to nature then you dont relate with man.
Fields, forests, rivers, trees, all wonders and beauty of earth, this
is Nature.
If we dont relate at all with this then we will never relate to each
other.

Krishnamurti

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Krishnamurti

克里希那穆提（J.Krishnamurti 1895-1986）是印度的著名哲学家，在西方有着广泛而深远的影响。
　　克里希那穆提以为，只有通过每个个体内心心灵的变化，社会才会有一个根本的变革，世界才会走向真正的和平；这种心灵的变化并不是一个逐渐的过程，而是在于片刻间所发生的觉悟；它的前提乃是智慧的获得；而这种智慧的获得则根本依赖于对自我的怀疑、批判与认识。
　　他主张真理纯属个人了悟，一定要用自己的光来照亮自己。他一生的教诲皆在帮助人类从恐惧和无明中彻底解脱，体悟慈悲与至乐的境界。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
英语每日一句(30)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-30 {448} (#2212106@0)
Don't cry because it came to an end. Smile because it happened.不要因为它的结束而哭，应当为它的发生而笑。

A good husband makes a good wife.
夫善则妻贤。

Solve the problems that life sets before you, and you will find that solving them contributes to your inner growth.

Peace pilgrim

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皮尔葛林姆(Peace Pilgrim)著名的漫游者，他在20年间步行穿越非洲超过25000英里，借以传达维护和平的讯息。
英语每日一句(31)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-3-31 {478} (#2214476@0)
Make new friends and keep the old, for one is silver and the other is gold. --Anonymous 结交新朋友,保留老朋友.前者是银,后者是金.　

A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。

April 01, 2005
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Everything exists according to its own nature
- our individual perceptions of worth, correctness, beauty, size and
value exist inside our heads, not outside them.

unknown

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英语每日一句(32)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-2 {623} (#2216525@0)
In nature there are no rewards or punishments; there are consequences. Horacl Annexley Vachell, British writer　自然界中没有奖赏和惩罚，只有因果报应。英国作家瓦谢尔 H A

A good wife health is a man's best wealth.
妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。

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April 02, 2005
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Every person is an instrument of the universal law.
Never once think yourself not so.
By practice you will assuredly have direct experience of it.

Dogen

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英语每日一句(33)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-3 {338} (#2218290@0)
Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth.人是一个初生的孩子，他的力量，就是生长的力量。　　　　　　　　

A great talker is a great liar.
说大话者多谎言。

If you know that you don't know, that is a great beginning. Then it is possible for you to know.

Socrates

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英语每日一句(34)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-4 {469} (#2219687@0)
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。

A fool always finds a bigger fool to admire him. Boileau Nicolas, French poet and critic 傻瓜总会发现有比他更傻的人在赞美他。法国诗人、批评家尼古拉斯　

April 04, 2005
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one day we come
one day we go
there is nobody above
and nobody below
celebrate yourself

anandi

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英语每日一句(35)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-5 {320} (#2221417@0)
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. by Confucius 真正的认知是知道自己的无知. --孔子　

Right now, from this moment on, I am free, I am unbounded
by limitations.
I'm leaving
safety
For the sake
of Love

Steinar Almelid
英语每日一句(36)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-5 {733} (#2223321@0)
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. ~Benjamin Franklin

April 06, 2005
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The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same
as the whistle of the wind when it blows
or the sound of the water when it is flowing.

Antonio Machado

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英语每日一句(37)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-7 {1430} (#2225539@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A leopard cannot change its spots.
积习难改。

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you've got something to say. By F.S. Fitzgerald 不是因为想说话而写作,而是因为有话要说而写作.　

April 07, 2005
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Be all you can be.
Everyone has his own strength and unique qualities.
Why care about other people's respect or disdain?
If one lives according to other's values, one is guaranteed to die in
one's own dissatisfaction.

Heart Sutra

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般若心经 Heart Sutra

THE HEART OF PRAJNA PARAMITA SUTRA

般若心经
[唐]玄奘法师译

　　观自在菩萨，行深般若波罗蜜多时，照见五蕴皆空，度一切苦厄。
舍利子,色不异空,空不异色；色即是空,空即是色。受、想、行、识，亦复如是。舍利子，是诸法空相：不生、不灭；不垢、不净；不增、不减。是故空中无色。无受、想、行、识；无眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意；无色、香、声、味、触、法。无眼界，乃至无意识界；无无明，亦无无明尽；乃至无老死，亦无老死尽。无苦、集、灭、道。无智亦无得，以无所得故。菩提萨捶，依般若波罗蜜多故。心无挂碍，无挂碍故。无有恐怖，远离颠倒梦想、究竟涅磐。三世诸佛，依般若波罗蜜多故。得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提。　　
　　故知般若波罗蜜多，是大神咒，是大明咒，是无上咒，是无等等咒。能除一切苦，真实不虚。故说般若波罗蜜多咒，即说咒曰：“揭谛！揭谛！波罗揭谛！波罗僧揭谛！菩提萨婆诃！”更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

羞怯如兔: as timid as rabbit: 胆小如鼠？ -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225646@0)

FULL cup, steady hand: 实者沉稳，稳者充实 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225649@0)

化剑为犁：Turn swords into ploughs:化干戈为玉帛 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225651@0)

刀枪入库Bury the hatchet:飞鸟尽，良弓藏 -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-8 (#2228093@0)

一石双鸟：Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225653@0)
The pot calls the kettle black:五十步笑百步 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225655@0)
All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席 The best of friends must part [No feast lasts forever.] -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-14 (#2225656@0)
Anger is only one letter short of danger.忍字头上一把刀 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225855@0)
Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼 -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2225862@0)

你不要一天给我贴完了，慢慢来呀。。。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-7 (#2226139@0)

:D i'm always too rush, blood type B. -sarskiller(天道酬勤); 2005-4-7 (#2226163@0)

我有500句，准备贴500天。。。顺便测试一下rolia这个软件哈哈。。。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-7 (#2226209@0)

英语每日一句(38)(ZT) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-8 {745} (#2227972@0)
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。

Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯一的真正乐趣。( 美国发明家爱迪生. T. )

April 08, 2005
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Why do you look at me? Look at your own self.
Why do you listen to me? Listen to your own self.
Why do you believe in what I say? Do not believe in me or any other
teacher, rather trust in your own inner voice.
This is your guide, this is your teacher. Your teacher is within not
without.
Know yourself, not me!

Peace Pilgrim

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You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time,but you cannot fool all the people all the time.骗人一夕一事易，欺众一生一世难 -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-8 {393} (#2228085@0)
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!

昨天成历史
明天很神秘
今天称现金(今）
所以是份礼
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海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚

Embracing every stream, the Ocean becomes the widest span of water on earth;

Lacking the interest occupancy desire, the Rock rised up the precipice for the longest time

喔,原来还是你,差点没认出来,欢迎,欢迎. -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-9 (#2230288@0)
海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚 Like ocean open to every stream, a person is made great by embracing all criticism; like rock standing tall and steady, a person can be tough and firm for being free of desires. -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-9 (#2230336@0)

英语每日一句(39)(ZT) A light heart lives long.静以修身。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-9 {601} (#2230294@0)
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
历史使人明智；诗词使人灵秀；数学使人周密；自然哲学使人深刻；伦理使人庄重；逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家培根. F.)

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April 09, 2005
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The things we are afraid of seem to be like high mountains to climb.
When we have gone through them they were in fact very small hills.
Tricky mind.

Unknown

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the going gets tough, the tough gets going. 沧海横流方显英雄本色? 狭路相逢勇者胜? []此地无银三百两 The more is concealed, the more is revealed. -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-9 (#2230389@0)

英语每日一句(40)(ZT)A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-10 {507} (#2231647@0)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家卢梭. J. J.)

April 09, 2005
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.

Epictetus

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Epictetus是著名的罗马时期斯多亚派三大哲学家之一，大约生活在公元50－120年。

海内存知己，天涯若比邻:If you have a friend afar who knows your heart, distance can't keep you two apart. -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-10 {1150} (#2231835@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A very successful lawyer parked his brand-new Lexus in front of his office, ready to show it off to his colleagues.

As he got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore off the door on the driver's side of the Lexus. The counselor immediately grabbed his cell phone, dialed 911, and within minutes a policeman pulled up. Before the officer had a chance to ask any questions, the lawyer started screaming hysterically. His Lexus, which he had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter what the body shop did to it.

When the lawyer finally wound down from his ranting and raving, the officer

shook his head in disgust and disbelief. "I can't believe how materialistic

you lawyers are," he said. "You're so focused on your possessions that you don't notice anything else."

"How can you say such a thing?" asked the lawyer.

The cop replied, "Don't you know that your left arm is missing from the elbow down? It must have been torn off when the truck hit you."

The lawyer looked down towards his missing limb and began screaming, "My God! Where's my Rolex?"更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

英语每日一句(41)(ZT)A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-10 {480} (#2233247@0)
Kind words are the music of the world.善言是世间的音乐。

April 11, 2005
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The challenge for the 21 century is the Silent Revolution of the Heart.
It is not a revolution within an organization or a land in the
traditional sense with violence, madness and blood shed.
It is a revolution in human consciousness.

Giten

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妻管严He's a hen-pecked husband -|- 戴绿帽 Diana cuckolded Charles who is therefore a cuckold --- -sarskiller(贩卖廉价帽子); 2005-4-11 {458} (#2233413@0)
"A henpecked husband is a domestic animal trained to wash up and dry up, but never to act up."

The man who is afraid to think for himself usually chooses the wrong woman to think for him.

"Marriage brings out the animal in some men, usually the chicken."

A henpecked husband is the only species of worm that's afraid to turn.

"The man who won't admit he's henpecked, probably smokes a big cigar while washing the dishes."

英语每日一句(42)(ZT)A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-11 {519} (#2234952@0)
Fools learn nothing from wise men , but wise men learn much from fools. Lavater, Swiss writer　傻瓜向聪明人学之甚少，而聪明人却向傻瓜学之甚多。瑞士作家拉瓦特.J.K.

April 12, 2005
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The only decision you need to make is to open yourself and allow
yourself to feel from your very core what is useful for your growth.
You will not make a mistake.

Beth Johnson

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The chip is the same wood as the block. 有其父必有其子Like father, like son. -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-12 {4194} (#2235509@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛树欲静而风不息 2004/2/13
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以前的人说"养儿防老"，可是谁又能保证养个孝顺的儿呢？

读了伊丽莎白泰勒的关于钱和年龄的名言就总是告诫结要趁年轻多赚点钱，要不老了谷种都没得吃。
"You can be young without money, but you can't be old without money. --Elizabeth Taylor"

"养不教父之过"，孩子一出世父亲就对孩子背负着教养的责任. 父亲教出来的孩子自然有几分像父亲

Like father, like son. －有其父必有其子。

Like mother, like daughter. －有其母必有其女。

take after somebody: to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character：相貌或是性格象家庭里年长的成员

Shally really takes after her mother.－Shally 真象她妈妈。

我的美国朋友看了我和妈妈的相片说，"You take after your mother a lot."

同学见到我妈妈兴奋地说，"你和你妈妈象"饼印"一样。"

我只有干笑，真没意思，我已经知道我老了以后的样子了！

"饼印"是广东话，意思是两人象是一个模子做出来的一样。

英文的说法是be the spitting image of somebody：to look exactly like someone else －长得和某人一摸一样

She's the spitting image of her mother.－她长得和她妈妈一摸一样。

the spitting image从 "spit and image"演化出来的，意思是吐口口水照照自己的样子。

中国人说，"撒尿照照自己的样子。" 比较损！

另外一个说子女像父母的短语：be a chip off the old block:(informal)to be very similar to your mother or father in appearance or character

从老木快上掉下来的碎片－The chip is the same wood as the block. 也就是说孩子和父亲或母亲都是相同料子。

有一句关于孩子和父亲的谚语：The child is the father of the man.－三岁定八十。

father还可以做动词来用。father:(verb)become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant

有一次看西片听到一个句子：I want to father your child. -我想做你孩子的父亲。

真够直接，喷饭！

关于父母的说法有一下几种：

birth father/natural/biological father －生父
birth mother/natural/biological mother -生母

foster father/mother －养父/养母

foster daughter/foster son-养女/养子

adoptive father/mother：养父/养母

adoptive father和foster father的区别在于adoptive father是通过法律合法收养了孩子，foster father只是养着孩子，没有什么法律上的关系。

adopted son/adopted daughter－养子/养女

stepfather/stepmother－继父/继母

stepdaughter/stepson－继女/继子

但是father有时候不是"父亲"的意思：

『Father －神父； founding father－奠基之父； Father Christmas -Santa Claus－圣诞老人』

"生母不及养娘大"，十月怀胎自然是辛苦，但是将孩子抚养成人则是更加费力的事情。

bring sb up: to look after and influence a child until he or she is grown up
－synonym（同义词）： raise
He was brought up by his grandparents. －他是由祖父母抚养成人的。

He was born and raised in Guangzhou.－他在广州出生长大。

孩子长大结婚后自然有father-in-law（配偶的父亲）和mother-in-law（配偶的母亲）。

"不孝有三，无后为大。" 老人家多数都喜欢抱孙子，可是等孩子生了孩子后，孩子就忙着围着自己的孩子转了，无暇顾及老人家了。

广东俗语："老豆养仔，仔养仔"。爱总是向下延伸的。

美国人庆祝母亲节和父亲节，中国人比较含蓄，觉得不好意思庆祝。但是买些礼物，或是吃个大餐，老人家都很高兴的。

Mother's Day-the 2nd Sunday of May：母亲节是每年5月的第二个星期天

In 1907 Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia selected the pink carnation as the symbol for Mother's Day.

-1907年费城的Anna Jarvis把粉红色的康乃馨选为母亲节的象征。

Father's Day -the 3rd Sunday of June －父亲节是每年6月的第三个星期天

有些老人和儿子媳妇住在一起，有精力的可以搞搞婆媳斗争。没有精力的可以抱抱孙子，养养鸟。

也有些老人儿女不在身边，自己独居。也有的搬进了nursing home/old people's home －老人院

最凄惨的莫过于露宿街头！

人老了就喜欢唠叨（Old people like to nag),因为他们已经没有未来，只有缅怀过去－the good old days。（往日的美好时光）

应该给每个老人发一份Bertrand Russell的How To Grow Old

要老年不寂寞要做到几点：
1.Avoid absorption in the past.
2.Do not cling to youth and let your children live their own lives.
3.Develop strong impersonal interests.
4.Do not fear death and embrace your last days.

但是作为年轻人应该多尽子女的责任（filial duty)。

同学给我发了个flash movie，觉得做得顶好，激发了写作的灵感。

http://www.pconline.com.cn/pcedu/carton/mtv/10306/flash/030611ziqin.swf

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晕,强,好,绝好,有内涵. -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-13 (#2237543@0)

你帖的这些东西，忘了多少了？ -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-13 (#2237731@0)

大概全忘了吧。。。大至还是记的点，准确复述就可能不行了。语言的东西忘是正常的，靠积累，每天看小说和长文太累，还是不习惯，就从简单开始吧。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-13 (#2238272@0)

别全忘了阿，总能记点什么。你贴的这些很合我的胃口，很多是think Chinese ideas or Buddhism in Engilsh, 既学了英文，也推销了文化。 -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-13 (#2238279@0)

一定不全忘，你贴的也好，律师的好，这个第二小提琴手变成了二奶翻得也好。我是从www.deeshan.com转来的，deesan点心也，可见此网主对东方文化的热爱，他们又叫meditation. -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-13 (#2238463@0)

英语每日一句(43)(ZT)All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-13 {575} (#2237593@0)
The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart. By H. Black 生活的视野主要是随着心胸的开阔而变得宽广的。

April 13, 2005
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To realize your true nature, you must wait for the right moment and the
right conditions.
When the time comes, you are awakened as if from a dream.
You understand that what you have found is your own and doesn抰 come
from anywhere outside.

Buddhist Sutra

DAILY and WEEKLY Wisdom from different sources since Dec, 1997
www.deeshan.com
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佛经在英文中一般表达为Sutra

play second fiddle. 二奶？ -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-13 {3118} (#2237733@0)
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Second Fiddle
By Kay Starr

I was playing second fiddle
I was caught in a losing romance
You were also second fiddle
You, too, played the game with no chance
We were losers, we were weepers
They called us birds of a feather
Now we're finders, now we're keepers
Two aching hearts got together
We were playing second fiddle
Then we met and gave love a new start
No more playing second fiddle
Now that we're first in each other's heart

fiddle=violin-小提琴

play second fiddle: to take a less important and subordinate role to someone or something in a way often considered demeaning: 意思是扮演第二小提琴手的角色，处于次要位置。
This means that both "I" and "you" were somebody else's 第二位情人, i.e., "We were (both) playing second fiddle", and that was why "We were losers, we were weepers". Then the two met (found each other), and "Two aching hearts got together" to start a new love, and became "first in each other's heart".

“I” played second fiddle in my life, so did “You” in your life. We share the same story. “Finders keepers, losers weepers” is just a play of cliché, and doesn’t necessarily carry the dubious ethical merit in this song. It means we’ve found each other, our true love and we’ll keep each other for our own.

英文中有"fiddle while Rome burns"这个短语: to do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency; －意思是发生紧急情况时却在做一些无关痛痒的事情。（fiddle在这里是动词－拉小提琴）

传说罗马着火时暴君Nero却在拉小提琴，毫不关心自己的国民和帝国。据说火是他自己放了，当然不紧张了。
birds of a feather (flock together):(informal) used to say that two or more people have similar attitudes, beliefs etc -物以类聚，人以群分

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fiddle while Rome burns

To do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency; legend has it that while a fire destroyed the city of Rome, the emperor Nero played his violin, thus revealing his total lack of concern for his people and his empire. 1
http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/fiddlewhiler.html

Nero

(NEER-oh) An ancient Roman emperor, famed for his cruelty. He had his mother and wife killed and kicked his mistress to death while she was pregnant. Nero also persecuted Christians, blaming them for a great fire in Rome. According to tradition, he put the Apostles Peter and Paul to death. 1
‡ A famous legend holds that Nero caused the great fire of Rome himself and played a violin while watching it. To say that someone is “fiddling while Rome burns” is to say that the person is indifferent to catastrophe.

http://www.bartleby.com/59/9/nero.html

我是在The New Oxford Dictionary of English看到fiddle while Rome burns，但是它没有说明fiddle是什么意思。后来在Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English发现了这个短语的origin：This phrase refers to the Roman emperor Nero, who fiddled(=played the violin) during the burning of Rome in AD 64.
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NOT REALLY, 二奶/二爷被包起来才算,自愿的没戏. -findinghouse(不写错别字。17); 2005-4-14 (#2240637@0)

英语每日一句(44)(ZT)All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-14 {1342} (#2240066@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The value of life lies not length of days, but in the use of we make of them. 生命的价值不在于能活多少天，而在于我们如何利用这些日子。

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April 14, 2005
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I often compare the mind in meditation to a jar of muddy water:
the more we leave the water without interfering or stirring it,
the more the particles of dirt will sink to the bottom,
letting the natural clarity of the water shine through.

Sogyal Rinpoche

DAILY and WEEKLY Wisdom from different sources since Dec, 1997
www.deeshan.com
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索甲仁波切 (Sogyal Rinpoche)

　

　　索甲仁波切生于西藏，由二十世纪最受敬重的精神导师蒋扬钦哲仁波切养育长大，为他日后的弘法事业奠下扎实的根基。蒋扬钦哲仁波切圆寂后，他又继续跟随敦珠仁波切和顶果钦哲仁波切修法。

　　他于1971年前往英国的剑桥大学研读比较宗教学，并于1974年开始于西方弘法。仁波切把将佛法弘传到西方，视为毕生的志业，因此写出《生死无惧》，提供修炼的基础，使人们能够了解佛法，并实际与日常生活相结合。他具有天赋的沟通能力，且深谙西方人的心灵。他讲法清晰，亲切幽默，并能跨越宗教、文化和心理学的藩篱，直接揭示了佛法的精髓。

　　索甲仁波切的传法足迹遍及美国、欧洲、澳洲和亚洲等地区，并创立修行中心，提倡奥妙的生死修行法门。西藏许多得道上师都认为，他是当今最重要的精神导师，在东西方的佛教史上，都扮演着极重要的角色。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

thanks for your contribution. -ddlldd2000(快乐多伦多); 2005-4-14 (#2240157@0)
谈谈妓女 the world's oldest profession -zt- -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-14 {7484} (#2240179@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛潇潇语言实验室－渔网丝袜

今天回到公司看见公司的前台接待(receptionist)穿着一对渔网丝袜(fishnet stockings),一条超短裙(mini-skirt),和一双长靴子(boots)我告诉她外国的妓女（prostitute/hooker)常穿渔网丝袜，她说这是中国。既然这样，她喜欢穿什么就什么吧。She can wear whatever she likes.

后来我的夏威夷同事见到我就对我招手，"Come here, let me teach you one word. Do you know fishnet stockings"?

Xiaoxiao: "Yeah, are you talking about the receptionist?"

Hawaiian girl: "Yeah, we call fishnet stockings "hooker's stockings."

Xiaoxiao: "I told her so, but she said "This is China"."

Hawaiian girl: "It's the same everywhere - in London, the US, and Australia, also in Guangzhou. The "massage girls" outside the Garden Hotel wear fishnet stockings too. Last night I saw five or six of them wearing fishnet stockings of different colors； It's their "official uniform". If she thinks "This is China", it's ignorance.(无知）。It's not fashion."

我的外国同事告诉我在广州的五星级宾馆(five-star hotel)花园酒店外面常有一些妓女出没，一见到鬼佬就用变音的英语说 "massage"(按摩）。

听说以前的一个加拿大同事晚上经过花园酒店外面给一个hooker相中，那个hooker一开口就说，" You f**k me." 我的同事摇摇头，然后那个hooker说，"那I f**k you." 追在我同事后面，吓得我的同事拼命跑。 *LOL*

现在妓女的英文水平真是不可小觑。*LOL*

正经女孩若不想给别人误会，最好不要穿fishnet stockings。

我们还谈到Pretty Woman里面的妓女Vivian的衣着，想紧身衣服，超短裙(mini-skirt)靴子（boots）都是妓女比较喜欢的穿的东西。

从Pretty Woman的剧本里找到一段描写Vivian的话:"She is wearing tiny shorts(非常小的短裤）, a tight（紧身的） tube top, thigh (大腿） high boots. She stares at herself, not really liking what she sees."

tube top: (American English informal) a piece of women's clothing that goes around your chest and back to cover your breasts but does not cover your shoulders or stomach - 只覆盖胸部，露肩露肚子的女上衣。

本着认真研究的学术精神，我又向我的Los Angeles的朋友请教了fishnet stockings的问题。

Xiaoxiao: "My co-worker(同事) said fishnet stockings are hooker's stockings. Is it true?"

L.A.: "fishnet stockings...they have different styles. Well, hookers do wear them I guess, but hookers also wear lingerie（女内衣） and other things. So it's not just for hookers

Xiaoxiao: "What's the typical hooker image?

LA: "well...I guess it varies and sometimes, you might mistake some of the women walking around Los Angeles for hookers, the way they dress. but generally, lots of makeup（化妆很浓）...slutty（淫荡的） clothes that are very tight（紧身的） and very revealing（暴露的）,lots of really gaudy（鲜艳俗气的） colors, and generally...not very attractive women.

Xiaoxiao: "But some hookers are good-looking."

LA: "Well, no...hookers usually aren't good-looking. Call girls, escorts...they are often very good-looking. usually they're also strippers.（脱衣女郎）"

Xiaoxiao: how come hookers aren't good-looking while call girls can be very good-looking?

LA: Hookers are "street walkers" - call girls (应召女郎） and escorts usually go through an agency. Hookers make very little money, escorts and call girls charge hundreds per hour.
Basically the idea is, a hooker is just a "quickie" and a call girl is for the "fantasy".

Xiaoxiao: what does "fantasy" mean here?

LA: well, like pretending stuff. You know, the "naughty nurse" or "little princess" or whatever...or just a beautiful woman. The hookers are just there to do your business and go.

Xiaoxiao: so more services aside from sex ? oh, does "little princess" have a derogatory meaning?

LA: No, I'm just saying they're characters(角色） you can get her to play, etc... whatever you have in mind.

Xiaoxiao: Can you tell me more words about prostitution?

LA: there are actually a ton of slang terms used in that profession too. Whores, hookers, tricks, Johns, pimps（姑爷仔）, etc...

Xiaoxiao: John?

LA: "John" is the customer...the guy. "turning tricks" is used to say "serving customers"

Xiaoxiao: But why is the customer called John?

LA: No idea. You know, I'm not exactly an expert in the area of prostitution I just know what I've seen on TV...hehe

访问最后，我的朋友郑重其事地告诉我他不是这方面的专家，他都是从电视上看来的。*LOL*

下面解析一下相关的词汇。

john：有两个很不好的意思：1.toilet －厕所 2.the customer of a prostitute －嫖客

叫John的男生快的改名喔! hoho. ^___^

escort(American English a prostitute), especially one who goes to social events or on trips with the person who pays them. -陪同客人参加社交出游的妓女

妓女的说法还有很多，比如：sex worker/working girl/women of the night/ladies of the night.

Prostitution is also called "the world's oldest profession." -卖淫这行当是世界上最古老的职业。

想想我们中国几乎每部古装片都有"青楼女子"就知道此话不假了。

"stripper: someone whose job is to take off their clothes in a sexually exciting way in order to entertain people " - 脱衣舞女

"striptease: a performance in which someone takes off their clothes in a sexually exciting way－脱衣舞

strip joint: （informal） a strip club －表演脱衣舞的地方

quickie:(noun)a sexual act that you do quickly - used humorously - 很快完成的性交

whore: 1.taboo an offensive word for a woman who has many sexual partners. Do not use this word.－荡妇（这是朗文字典的定义。作为字典明文规定"不要使用这个单词"，我觉得奇怪。）
2 a female prostitute －妓女
whore也可以用作动词，有两个意思1。卖淫 2。嫖娼

courtesan: a woman who had sex with rich or important men for money in the past -courtesan就是所谓的给有钱男人包起来的高级妓女，象茶花女也属于courtesan

call girl: a prostitute who arranges by telephone to meet men －应召女郎

pimp：a man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn －控制妓女团伙的头目，香港电视把这种男人称为"姑爷仔"。

以前看过一篇文章，说的是一个外国人到了上海看见很多穿这长靴和超短裙的女孩，以为是进入了巨大的红灯区－red-light district: the area of a town or city where there are many prostitutes。

上海这样的大都市当然不会是巨大的红灯区，不过听说上海的某些女孩子很势利，贪钱。这种女孩多数嫁了日本男人或是很有钱的中国老男人。

上海女生不要拿转头砸我啊，我是说"某些女孩"而已。而且这是我听一个上海男生说得。不要怪我啊。

想这种"淘金女郎"英文中叫做 "gold digger"：an attractive woman who uses her looks to get money from rich men－以美色从有钱人获取钱财的女人

不过gold digger没有妓女的意思。

象那种用钱买来年轻貌美的女孩的老头英文中叫做"Sugar Daddy": an older man who gives a young person presents and money in return for their company and often for sex

dirty old man -老淫虫

gigolo: a man who is paid by a rich woman, especially an older woman, to have sex with her -男妓

有一次，我的加拿大同事跑来问我广东话"金鱼佬"是什么意思，有小朋友欺负他给他起了这个花名。

"Well, a goldfish guy, a guy who's sexually interested in children; it's something like a child molester."

child molester: a person who tries to have sex with children

paedophile: a person, especially a man, who's sexually interested in children - 有恋童癖的人

最近美国歌星Michael Jackson就被怀疑是 child molester/paedophile.

他自己当然是打死都部承认了。

这是一个来自新闻的句子："In his first interview since being arrested for child molestation, the pop superstar has told America's CBS network that he is not a paedophile."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

好帖!建议交枫下佳猿兄弟们传阅. -findinghouse(不写错别字。17); 2005-4-14 (#2240625@0)

你的fantasy应该多加一条吧！哈哈 -needforspeed(别拿豆包不当干粮); 2005-4-16 (#2244156@0)

强帖，不鼓励外传，哈哈。我记的John有“小弟”的意思，所以叫JOHN就很清楚了。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-14 (#2240677@0)
一天不学习，赶不上刘少奇。顶。 -needforspeed(别拿豆包不当干粮); 2005-4-16 (#2244103@0)

英语每日一句(45)(ZT)All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-14 {280} (#2241659@0)
Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼

To find happiness in your life it does not matter what you do.
What matters is to have the courage to be yourself:
- without it you will always remain unhappy
- with it you will find infinite happiness.

Nashti

咱俩贴的开始重合了？英文看来不够我们学的 : ) no wine matches that divine intoxication, no language is adequate for the text of the soulmates' heart 酒逢知己千杯少 -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-15 (#2242038@0)
评论一下你这个帖子 -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-15 {385} (#2242044@0)
To find happiness in your life it does not matter what you do.
What matters is to have the courage to be yourself:
- without it you will always remain unhappy
- with it you will find infinite happiness.

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'Have the courage to be yourself' do award me a lot of happiness, but not enough, if you want more happiness, take challenge and overcome it, that is so happy.

英语每日一句(46)(ZT)All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-16 {5757} (#2243881@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart. 一个真正的朋友会握着你的手，触动你的心。

April 16, 2005
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Always rely on just a happy frame of mind.
Don't think about anything that concerns others.
Abandon all hope of results.

Atisha

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阿底峡祖师（982-1054)

　　阿底峡祖师生于印度东部现今称为“孟加拉国”（Bengali）的一个国度，其父为善胜王（梵名Kalyanashri），其母为吉祥光后（梵名 Prabhavati Shrimati）。祖师的俗家名是月藏（梵名Chandragarbha）。阿底峡祖师生为太子。在其出生前后，有许多神奇稀有的吉祥征兆。在祖师年甫岁半时，已显强烈的悲心。后来，祖师舍弃继承王位的太子名位，出家而依菩提贤祖师（梵名Bodhibhadra）、大智鹃祖师（梵名Vidyakokila）、小智鹃祖师（梵名Avadhutipa）、戒护祖师（梵名Shilarakshita）等许多大法师学习显密教法，后来更为求最高之菩提心法而不顾凶险，远渡重洋去到印度尼西亚（现今称为“苏门答腊”（Sumatra））的地方，依金洲大师学法。祖师一生中，曾先后依止一百五十七位大师参学，尽得广行、深观一切教法。在戒、定、慧三学上，祖师亦是人天模范，证得了共与不共诸种成就。在印度，祖师曾三次辩倒向佛法挑战的外道论师，令他们皈依三宝，维护了正法之地位。后来，祖师再次不顾凶险，远赴西藏，把一度衰落了之正法在藏地重新弘扬了起来，是为藏传佛教之中兴期。

西藏拉萨度母寺－阿底峡祖师说法及住持地

　　由祖师在西藏所创立之噶登派，曾培养出极多的大修行者，包括仲顿巴（Dromtonpa）、切喀华（Chekawa）、博朵华（Potowa）等大师。这些大师，一一成为了后世行者之典范。这些噶登派的祖师辈，长期住在山中的简陋茅房内清修，所拥有的除三衣一钵外，就只有经书、法本了，别无太多身外之物。这就是噶登派的宗风。
　　噶登派的历代祖师，都十分依靠这几晚所将教授的四位本尊——释迦牟尼、观音、度母及不动明王。这里所说之“依靠”，非指祖师们天天持许多这四位本尊的咒语，而是指他们一心依止此四位本尊，并认为有这四位本尊便足够了，并不多修许多许多的其它本尊法门。
　　释迦牟尼（梵名Sakyamuni）是我们世界中佛法的开示者。所有佛法，皆源出于他在二千多年前的开示。所以，我们要常念他的大恩德。
　　观音大士（梵名Avalokiteshvara，藏名Chenrezig）是三世十方一切佛陀之悲心总汇化现，其化相无数，例如四臂观音、千手千眼观音、十一面八臂观音、狮吼观音、启目观音、救八难观音等，此外还有绿度母、白度母等二十一度母及白财尊等，其忿怒相有各种马头明王化相等，其忿怒护法化相又有各种化相之玛哈嘎拉护法等（注：有关观音之各化相之修持，见于法师著作《本尊海会Ⅴ》；有关财尊法门，见于法师著作《本尊海会Ⅰ》；有关各度母法门，除本册外，亦见于法师著作《本尊海会Ⅲ》；有关马头明王及玛哈嘎拉护法之修持，见于法师著作《本尊海会Ⅱ》）。噶登派的祖师，多依止四臂相之观音大士。这里所说的“依止”，并非说祖师们希求生于普陀净土或想向观音求福等，而是由于观音乃诸佛之悲心，修他的法门是为了易于顺利生出悲心及菩提心等。噶登派之祖师，十分重视菩提心之修持，所以他们尤其倚重观音大士。
　　度母（梵名Tara，藏名Drolma）的名字，是“救度者”之意。顾名思义，他是救度危难中众生的本尊。前面刚说过观音是三世诸佛之悲心总持，而观音出于对众生之悲心，有无量的化相，度母正是其中一个。在佛经中，有两则互不矛盾的度母典故，其一讲述度母作为观音之化相的原始缘由，另一则讲述度母之本生修持过程。在无量劫前，观音已不断在救度众生。在不懈地度生许多遍后，有一次他从普陀净土中观察，发现受苦的众生之数目未见减少。出于悲心，观音流下了眼泪，其悲泪流着、流着，形成了一个泪海，从这悲泪海洋中长出了一朵莲花，莲花打开后，度母便已坐在莲花内，并向观音发誓：“大士不必灰心！救度之苦的大任，就由我来协助您吧！”故此，凡有观音的地方，必有度母；凡有度母之地，必有观音同在。在《廿一度母赞》中，第一偈说：“观世音之泪海洋中，莲华化生三界怙主”，正是指刚才衲说之度母的化生因缘。另一则典故，是有关度母之本生的。在无量劫前，度母仍是凡夫，当时她名叫“般若月”。在当时，有过去佛住世，般若月出于敬信心，经常以上好供品供养佛陀与僧众。有一次，僧众赞说：“你供养功德甚大，以后必生为男身！”般若月听了却说：“诸佛以男相化现居多，我当以女身发心、以女身修行、以女身成佛，再以女相度众生！”经许多劫修持后，般若月最终以女身成就了佛境，并继续以种种女性身相救度众生。
　　观音乃三世十方诸佛之悲心所化，度母是观音之悲泪所化，但如果从了义来说，度母更又是诸佛之利益众生的事业之总汇化相。其身相绿色，是事业部不空成就佛之身色。
　　在阿底峡祖师住世时，一生不断依止度母，更得到他的加持。阿底峡在修菩提心时、在决定前往西藏时及在遇上他的上首弟子仲顿巴时，都是有度母在他背后为他巧作安排的。历代噶登派祖师，都喜欢住在山中清修。在当年，是没有电话等通讯设备的，也没法登广告招收徒众。可是，度母却会为他们摄受具缘的弟子前来求法，令正法得以弘扬流传。譬如说，有某一具缘之出家人住在西藏东部，但他在一听到某住在西藏中部的噶登派大师之名讳时，便突然心生敬信，毅然地马上回家收拾行装上路拜师，这即是度母之加持所致。噶登派的修行人，都住在山上一心修持，从不为食物供给而担忧，而度母却会为他们安排日常供给品，永不令他们贫乏捱饿。
　　总之，只要一心依止度母，他便会行诸佛之事业，令我们无苦、无病，求子得子，求寿得寿，亦令慈心及悲心自然生起；在行者临死时，度母会引领行者往生普陀及极乐净土，令其不堕三恶道苦中。所以，修持度母法门，便可得到世间及出世间之所有利益。
　　不动明王是一位忿怒护法，但他并不同于其它护法，而同时是一位本尊。在大威德坛城中，有几位眷属，不动明王正是其中一尊。不动明王是黄色、白色、蓝色等多种化相。他们虽现为忿怒形相，但这并非世俗之嗔恨心，而是源自悲心的忿怒化相。噶登派所主修的，是蓝色不动明王。修持此本尊，可得到一切共与不共的悉地成就。共通的悉地是指世间神通等；不共之悉地成就是指成就佛境。
　　历代噶登派的大师，都是依止这四本尊的。行者修持上述这四位本尊，便十分足够了，别无需要再求别的本尊法门。
　　观音及度母等，在四部密续中皆有此相，但噶登派的四本尊传承，全都是事密部的。这几晚将依据而教授的仪轨，是出自印度的仪轨，而且极为短略易修，特别适合在座的居士众。这四个仪轨，是共通普遍的仪轨，不必一定要受过随许灌顶或口传才能修。大家学过修持方法后，便可修诵这四仪轨，只要改良自化本尊之观想为面前或顶上现出本尊即可。在以后，如果大家真的发心终生认真地依止这四本尊，则最宜进而依止明师接受口传及随许灌顶等，这样会令修持最有加持力量。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

问世间情为何物？ -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-16 {2527} (#2243998@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛1) Love causes tension, Sex alleviates it.
2) The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
3) Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
4) Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
5) Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
6) Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
7) Love is the beauty of the soul.
8) Real love stories never have endings.
9) For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
10) The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
11) The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
12) If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
13) To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.
14) If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language, which is already a form of break up and infidelity.
15) Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
16) Love is the river of life in the world.
17) Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
18) Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
19) Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. [The Song Of Solomon 2:5]
20) We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love... [1 John 3:14]
21) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22) Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
23) Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.
24) When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.
25) Love without attachment is light.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

我的comments:老了点。。。哥林多前书(有英文版吗？) -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-16 {176} (#2244169@0)
爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。

英语每日一句(47)(ZT)All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-17 {595} (#2245166@0)
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人雪莱. P. B)

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The surest sign of spiritual progress is a total lack of concern about
progress.
There is an utter absence of anxiety about anything like liberation and
a sort of hollowness in one's being, a kind of looseness and
involuntary surrender to whatever might happen.

Balsekar

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kiss-your-sister“不痛不痒”，“装模作样”[To kiss your sister cannot be a real passionate kiss, but a ritual or courtecy kiss.] -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-17 {880} (#2246377@0)
作者：古月 - 1999/11/26 12:04:06 ***

I don't think it's in the dictionary already but in the culture. If you have a sister, you often kiss your sister good night. It's considered a daily routine for Americans, nothing exciting yet quite comforting. As you said, it's mostly used in sports reporting. When no side wins in a match, it's a kiss-your-sister tie, meaning: nothing exciting, an eventless match for both sides. You don't feel thrilled or upset. For some, it's kind of homely comfort, for others, it may be a waste of time, depending on the different levels of expectation. In Chinese, it could be "安慰性," "保个本," "保全面子," "给个台阶," "平安过关," etc.

Gu Yue
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某期Fortune有一篇文章提到苏联的时候，说如今Soviet Union已经成了Soviet Disunion。这个Soviet Disunion怎么翻译才比较生动?
1 苏裂
2 苏解
3 苏恋
4 苏散
5 苏不联
6 苏乱

much better than me....I like it. 另外我喜欢叫苏散. -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-18 (#2246629@0)

英语每日一句(48)(ZT)All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-18 {2293} (#2246636@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整个世界是个舞台，男男女女，演员而已。

April 18, 2005
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Meditation doesn't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes
closed.
Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you
go about your business - walking, talking, shopping, whatever - can be
a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result.

Thubten Yeshe

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Lama Thubten Yeshe - Biographies

Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935. At the age of six, he entered the great Sera Monastic University, Lhasa, where he studied until 1959, when the Chinese invasion of Tibet forced him into exile in India. Lama Yeshe continued to study and meditate in India until 1967, when, with his chief disciple, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, he went to Nepal. Two years later he established Kopan Monastery, near Kathmandu, in order to teach Buddhism to Westerners. In 1974, the Lamas began making annual teaching tours to the West, and as a result of these travels a worldwide network of Buddhist teaching and meditation centers—the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition—began to develop. In 1984, after an intense decade of imparting a wide variety of incredible teachings and establishing one FPMT activity after another, at the age of forty-nine, Lama Yeshe passed away. He was reborn as Ösel Hita Torres in Spain in 1985, recognized as the incarnation of Lama Yeshe by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1986, and, as the monk Lama Tenzin Osel Rinpoche, began studying for his geshe degree in 1992 at the reconstituted Sera Monastery in South India. Lama’s remarkable story is told in Vicki Mackenzie’s book, Reincarnation: The Boy Lama (Wisdom Publications, 1996).

Some of Lama Yeshe’s teachings have also been published by Wisdom. Books include Wisdom Energy; Introduction to Tantra; The Tantric Path of Purification; and (recently) The Bliss of Inner Fire. Transcripts in print are Light of Dharma; Life, Death and After Death; and Transference of Consciousness at the Time of Death. Available through FPMT centers or at www.wisdompubs.org.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

男人不坏, 女人不爱 1 Faint heart never won fair lady -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-18 {192} (#2247150@0)
2 Playboy, girl's toy 3 Ladies prefer gentlemen; but only part of the time 4 Ladies love the gentleman not so gentlemanly 5 Supple thighs favor rough guys 6 A guy not naughty, no gal's fancy

确时好，自己贴的全忘了，你贴的全记住了。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-18 (#2247564@0)

你贴的是如来神掌，学好了威力无穷，但暂时不易领会；我贴的是小擒拿手、螳螂腿之类的雕虫小技，防身用的，威力一般，易于上手； -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-18 (#2247758@0)

好久没这么舒服了......................... -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-18 (#2248455@0)

英语每日一句(49)(ZT)All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-18 {3353} (#2248477@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. By Camus 要幸福快乐的话，我们就不要太在意别人的意见。
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April 19, 2005
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise men;
seek what they sought.

Basho

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Basho 松尾芭蕉 (1644～1694)

日本江户时代俳谐诗人。
本名松尾宗房，别号桃青、泊船堂、钧月庵、风罗坊等。生于伊贺上野（今三重县上野市）。他的父亲是伊贺上野诸侯家臣之长藤堂新七郎的臣属。他自幼为良精之子藤原良忠（俳号蝉吟）的侍童，立志于俳谐的创作。良忠师事学者和俳谐诗人北村季吟，芭蕉也就学于季吟。23岁时,由于良忠逝世,他离开主人之家。在以后的 6年间，以京都为中心，学习贞门俳谐（松永贞德派），过着放荡不羁的生活。1672年赴江户，所作俳谐起句集《贝炊》出版。这部起句集除芭蕉的起句外，还收载其同乡多人的作品，由他撰写评语。此书在风格上受到谈林派（西山宗因自由奔放的革新派）的影响。当时，芭蕉年仅29岁，已成为一代俳谐宗匠。
　　1680年，弟子杉山杉风将自己看守贮鱼池的窝棚加以改建，提供芭蕉居住，命名为芭蕉庵。从此，芭蕉即以专业俳谐师身分立足于世。以后出版的俳谐选集《俳谐次韵》(1681)和《虚栗》(1683)等，逐渐脱离谈林派风格，增加了闲寂恬淡的韵味，如“乌鸦立枯枝，秋暮正迟迟”（作于1680年前后，收入《旷野》），就是这一类作品中具有代表性的佳句。
　　1684年,芭蕉结束东海道上方一带的游历后,完成俳谐纪行集《风雨纪行》(1685)，他的俳谐选集《冬日》也于1684年出版。从此逐步树立一般称为“蕉风”的独特风格。1687年秋季起程，游历常陆的鹿岛、东海道上方一带，并经木曾路观赏更科的明月，1688年返回江户。这次游历的成果,就是后来陆续出版的俳谐纪行集《鹿岛纪行》(1687)、《笈中小札》(1709)和《更科纪行》(1704)。翌年三月，他又开始历时 7个月的陆奥各地的漫游，并有著名的俳谐纪行集《奥州小路》(1689)问世。随后，再以故里伊贺为中心遍访伊势、奈良、近江一带。1690年住进石山深处的幻住庵。当年秋季，著有俳谐文集《幻住庵记》。
　　几年的徒步游历，使芭蕉的诗风增加了深沉悲凉的情调。1691年完成他提倡的“色润情潜”、“怜世”和“幽深”风格的代表作俳谐集《猿蓑》。此书的卷首佳句“初飞冬雨，猿犹似想小蓑衣”，一般认为是代表这种风格的杰作。同时，在“联句文学”（俳谐联句）方面，也提倡配合密切和以情韵为主的应对方法。1691年末，芭蕉回到江户暂住一时。这期间，他的创作从《奥州小路》的“恬淡圆熟”走向《木炭草袋》（1694）的“明快流畅”的境地。他的本意是“心深悟而归俗”，把“色润情潜”和“怜世”的美融于世俗中，在艺术上追求更高的飞跃。当代评论家和古典文学家山本健吉认为,1694年芭蕉临终前咏出最后一首俳句“旅途罹病,荒原驰骋梦魂萦”，便是他这种主张的实践。1688年4月，芭蕉在参拜奈良唐招提寺中的鉴真和尚雕像时吟咏的名句：“嫩叶滴翠，何当以拭尊师泪！”深刻地表现了他对鉴真大师的敬仰，历来受到日本人民喜爱并广为传诵。
　　芭蕉最后一次出游，是1694年5月四国之行。9月在大阪参加其弟子园女举行的俳宴（诗会）。一说10月即病逝于大阪。
　　1736至1741年间出版的芭蕉俳谐总集《芭蕉七部集》，比较全面地反映了芭蕉俳谐风格的变化和发展。芭蕉在贞门、谈林两派成就的基础上把俳谐发展为具有高度艺术性和鲜明个性的庶民诗。他的作品被日本近代文学家推崇为俳谐的典范。近代杰出作家芥川龙之介盛赞芭蕉是《万叶集》以后的“最大诗人”。至今，他依然被日本人民奉为“俳圣”。

参考书目井本农一：《芭蕉》，东京，1962。
　　　　云英末雄：《芭蕉》，东京，1977。
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He who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-19 {2610} (#2249613@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛色不异空，空不异色；色即是空，空即是色
Form is not separate from Emptiness, Emptiness is not separate from Form;
Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form

All reality makes no difference from a phantom, neither do all phantoms make difference from the real

.空.. Emptiness, impercetibles

色. Form: Our perception of the impercetible. Due to our limited senses,
"form" is only a "distorted" image of reality constructed by our mind from a
limited set of sensory inputs.

相 :Symbolification is the "representations" we made from the "forms" we have in our minds.

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Example: Question: What is the universe really like ?

.空. The actual state of the universe. This is impercetible to us
due to our limited sense of perception.

色 Our perception of the universe as based upon our observation through our
eyes (optical spectrum) and our instruments ( other parts of the electromagnetic
spectrum)

相 Words and expressions of colour, shape, size etc..that we employ to describe
our "perception" of the universe..

An Aside:
In the early days of Quantum Theory, many physicist, including notables like
Oppenheimer, were drawn by the curious parallel between the way the Copenhagen
school of of Quantum Theory interpreted reality and that of Buddhism's. In the Copenhagen
school of interpretation, the state of a system is unknown (imperceptible.空. ) until
a measurement is made. The process of measurement yields a result which is
but one of many possible state the system co-existed in before the measurement was made.
The [(process of measurement)= ( perception 色 )] yields only a "modified"
picture of nature; a picture that is biased by our senses (instruments included).

佛教认为“空”乃天地万物的本体。“色”乃万物本体（空）的瞬息生灭的假象。“空”相当于道教中的“道”，基督教中的非人格化上帝或哲学中的终极实在(Ultimate Reality)，乃“虚无之系，造化之根”，道可道，非常道，却又是万物生成的母本。God created the world, but God is never separate from His creation and is in everyone and everything.

只有在经过修炼达到涅磐(Nirvana)或亲证上帝状态后，人才能体验到色空无异，物我两忘，天人合一的佛的境界或上帝意识。在此之前，于我等深陷红尘，只能从二元角度认识和体验世界的俗人，空即是色等命题至多是在理性上的理解或直觉上的认同，是不为一般哲学意义上的辩证所解释的。因此看起来paradoxical也不足为奇。

另外，用phantom和reality (non-existence)对译“色”“空”在意思上没错。现在，英译佛典多用Form和Emptiness。仅供参考。
用form代色，能够说明问题。好象参照了某家西方哲学。可资参照的哲学肯定不止一家。只要能说明问题，百家争鸣也无妨吧？更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

多谢好文 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-20 (#2250532@0)

U r very welcome. -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-20 (#2250670@0)

英语每日一句(50)(ZT) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-20 {485} (#2250523@0)
Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist )
醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 (英国剧作家肖伯纳. G .)

April 20, 2005
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What is to laugh,
but a sparkling of the pleasure of the soul,
meaning a clarity appearing outside according to what happens inside?

Dante

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Dante 但丁?

临时抱佛脚 To seek help at the 11th hour -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-20 {857} (#2250669@0)
The term "11th hour" started as a military jargon, in Military operations, the Zeroth hour is the scheduled time for the start of a military operation, especially a combat operation of substantial scope, like D-day.
The 11th hour refers to 1 hr before the Zeroth hour. When you are at the 11 th hour, you are at a critical point before the start (or cancellation) of the operation .Pass that and you are at a point of no return, so to speak.

At the eleventh hour: at the last possible time; just before it's too late. (It's originally from Bible, Matt. 20:1-16.)

In addition, the following keywords can also be used depending on the context: crisis-driven; ad hoc; improvised or improvising; fire-fighting.

Some organizations are crisis-driven.

Their decision-making processes are ad hoc, improvised, and they often resort to fire-fighting.

英语每日一句(51)(ZT)A man becomes learned by asking questions. 不耻下问才能有学问。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-21 {1323} (#2252404@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛There are too many people, and too few human beings. ~Robert Zend

April 21, 2005
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Let go of what may come.
Let go of what is happening now.
Don't try to figure anything out.
Don't try to make anything happen.
Relax, right now, and rest.

Tilopa

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帝洛巴
(988 - 1069) 帝洛巴出生在印度东孟加拉邦的婆罗门家族中。当他还是牧童时，偶遇龙树菩萨，从其处获得大乘佛教的基本启示，并被龙树菩萨封赐为当地巴联塔小国的统治者。帝洛巴过了几年奢侈的宫廷生活后，决定离开王宫，剃度出家修行。帝洛巴在孟加拉邦的索玛布里密乘寺院受具足戒，然后开始接受传统训练。

后来帝洛巴在定观接受空行母的指示，直接学习密法，空行母也授予帝洛巴完整的上乐金刚密续修法。除此之外，帝洛巴也从许多伟大的密行大师如查里雅娃译师及拉娃巴尊者处得到无数的教法和传承。因此帝洛巴精通“中有”、“迁识”及“拙火”等瑜伽密行，还有其他秘密的口诀。虽然帝洛巴有很多上师，但是金刚总持才是他真正的主要上师，因为金刚总持直接授予他无穷的密法，其中包括“大手印”禅修等。

往后的十二年里，帝洛巴专心而坚定地修法，并且将一位瑜伽女纳为修行伴侣，然而此举使他被传统僧团逐出师门。虽然帝洛巴被公认是位伟大的大师，但是人们仍无法接受他有一位女性伴侣。从此，帝洛巴便隐居起来。在他众多门徒中，那洛巴成为延续其传承的嫡传弟子。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

见微知著: A straw shows which way the wind blows. -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-21 {1218} (#2253084@0)
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A straw shows which way the wind blows.
From the tiny acorn one sees the mighty oak.
Recognize the whole through observation of the part.
From a tiny drop of water, one sees the mighty ocean.
“穷则思变”:
"Unsatisfied needs motivate" or "poverty motivates change"
Poverty begets the hope for change.
饥不择食
a hungry person can not be picky and choosy for his food
too hungry to choose
"Beggars cannot be choosers," or "Necessity knows no law."
Hungry and choosy don't meet.
没有金钢钻，别揽磁器活
Without critical resources, don't make a commitment.
Don't take on a job without the right tools
without a stone, don't start building a castle.
without a nickle, don't buy a castle.
a deaf man shouldn't go to a concert.
no money, no buy.
Don't take on a job without the right tools.

一不做，二不休：
As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.
As well be condemned for an affair as for a kiss
Stick to a thing once begun.
Shot for a sheep, (as) shot for a lamb.
苯鸟先飞
The early bird that catches the worm"

后来者居上
The latecomer fares better.
The race is not always to the swift.
"the last shall be the first" or "a come-from-behind victory"更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

英语每日一句(51)(ZT)A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-21 {3382} (#2253856@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow .
(Emerson, American thinker )
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家家默生)

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What's the difference between a life of comfort and security and a life
of risk and total insecurity?
One is just being like everyone else.
The other is a great thrill, and furthers something unknown and
unlimited that's ever-present.
And that's what living the spiritual life is.

Andrew Cohen

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Andrew Cohen has been a teacher of enlightenment since 1986. He is the author of twelve books on the spiritual life, and founder of the award-winning magazine What is Enlightenment?

Born in New York City in 1955, Cohen discovered his passion for truth at the age of sixteen, when a spontaneous revelation of "cosmic consciousness" opened his eyes to the spiritual dimension of life. Some years later, as a result of that experience, he gave up aspirations to become a musician and dedicated himself wholeheartedly to its rediscovery. After several years of intensive spiritual pursuit in the U.S., including the study of martial arts, Kriya yoga, and Buddhist meditation, Cohen followed in the footsteps of a generation of Western seekers to India. It was in India that he met his last teacher, H.W.L. Poonja, in 1986, and experienced a life-changing awakening. Shortly afterwards, Cohen began to teach.

In his eighteen-year odyssey as a teacher, Cohen has forged an independent path in pursuit of truth. His own teaching has been lauded as one of the most original and complete contemporary expressions of awakened understanding. And perhaps most notably, he has captured the imagination of the modern spiritual world by igniting a dynamic international dialogue in the pages of his groundbreaking magazine What Is Enlightenment? Ceaselessly questioning his own experience and observing the examples of others, Cohen has emerged as a defining voice in the quest to understand what it means to seek—and attain—enlightenment in the twenty-first century. He continually travels the world giving talks and extended retreats and meeting with spiritual leaders and visionaries from every tradition.

In addition to his work as a writer and public speaker, Cohen is spiritual mentor to hundreds of students around the world who have come together to form the International Fellowship for the Realization of Impersonal Enlightenment. Inspired by Cohen's teachings, this network of communities is united in a commitment to living the spiritual life not for personal gain but for the purpose of discovering a different possibility for humanity. Centers dedicated to this vision can be found in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including an international retreat center in the Berkshire mountains in western Massachusetts where Cohen now has his home.

Cohen's latest book, Living Enlightenment (Spring 2002), has received accolades from many respected voices in the spiritual, academic, and philosophical worlds. His other works include the acclaimed Embracing Heaven & Earth (2000), Freedom Has No History, An Unconditional Relationship to Life, and Enlightenment Is a Secret.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

你的这段话怎么翻译？ -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-22 {821} (#2254270@0)
What's the difference between a life of comfort and security and a life
of risk and total insecurity?
One is just being like everyone else.
The other is a great thrill, and furthers something unknown and
unlimited that's ever-present.
And that's what living the spiritual life is.

平安舒坦的生活和险象丛生的生活有什么区别呢?
一个是像其他人一样安然从容
另一个是恐惧的发抖，总是感到更多未知和无穷新情况发生
这就是信仰化生存
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Gossip-mongers, troublemakers 来说是非者，便是是非人
调情
flirt
show amorous looks
送秋波
make eyes at sb
give out a come-hither look
make goo-goo eyes at

Beware of men who tattle, for they are snakes that rattle 多舍的男人，图谋不轨

Finding faults with others with a magnifier while zooming up my own virtue with a microscope.

不好翻. -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-23 {167} (#2256069@0)
舒适安定的生活和探险漂泊的生活的区别在哪里?

前者就象我们大多数人一样.
后者充满了更多的对我们所不可认知的无穷无尽的事务的恐惧.

然而,这也就是我们所想要的精神生活.

英语每日一句(52)(ZT)A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-23 {205} (#2256076@0)
Nobody sees with his eyes alone; we see with our souls.
--Henry Miller
没有人只用眼睛看，我们用心灵去看。

Life doesn't require that we be the best - only that we try our best.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Reading makes a profound man; practice, a competent man 读万卷书行万里路 -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-23 {254} (#2256262@0)
In addition to burying himeself in volumes of books,a consummate scholar frees himself by traveling great distances and meeting various people
古人修身三要：读万卷书行万里路　交四方友。
A true scholar balances his studio learning and outdoor practices

英语每日一句(53)(ZT)A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-23 {403} (#2257370@0)
A man has his hour, and a dog has his day. 人有称心时，狗有得意日

April 24, 2005
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Ordinary men hate solitude.
But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he
is one with the whole universe.

Lao Tzu

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Lao Tzu老子
英语每日一句(54)(ZT)A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-25 {1282} (#2259420@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched, they must be felt with heart. 世界上最美好最漂亮的东西是看不见的，也摸不着的。它们必须用心去感应。

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April 25, 2005
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To learn to meditate is the biggest gift you can give to yourself in
this life.
Indeed, only meditation will allow you to discover your true nature and
find balance and roots to live well.
Meditation is the way that leads towards awakening.

Sogyal Rinpoche

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索甲仁波切出生于中国西藏，1971年至英国剑桥大学考研比较宗教学，1974年开始弘扬佛法，在欧美各国生活、教学二十多年，使他通达西方的心灵。由于他思路清晰，从容自在，幽默风趣，深受听讲者的欢迎，成为许多国家的佛学中心与佛教团体的负责人或指导者。他为繁复的现代世界发展出一套解说西藏佛法要义的方法。将西藏智慧与当今议题相结合，超越种族、宗教、文化与心理的障碍，直指本心。《西藏生死书》的问世，更使他获得各国至高的尊敬与喝彩。

索甲仁波切所言确实开启人心，……他恳切踏实的论调，加上诸佛菩萨的箴言开示，除却人们对死亡的“大恐惧”，甚至使人们视死为相伴一生的老友。---洛杉矶时报更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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生命诚可贵,爱情价更高 Liberty, love! These two I need. For my love I will sacrifice life, for liberty I will sacrifice my love -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-25 {210} (#2259646@0)
In Hungarian:

Szabadság, szerelem!
E ketto kell nekem.
Szerelmemért föláldozom
Az életet,
Szabadságért föláldozom
Szerelmemet.
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英语每日一句(55)(ZT)A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 -pipibug(golf); 2005-4-26 {701} (#2261356@0)
Darkness closes two eyes, but darkness opens a thousand others within us. Those unseen eyes are sometime troublesome. Yes, night brings strange fears and longings.
--Louis Danz
黑暗使我们闭上双眼，然而却又打开了我们内心的无数双眼睛，这些看不见的眼睛有时令人烦恼；的确，夜晚带来希奇古怪的恐惧和渴望。
--路易斯·但泽

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April 26, 2005
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I am not talking about forcing anything, or repressing,
but about bringing the quality of awareness to every moment.

Tyohar

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君子之交淡如水 A hedge between keeps friendship green // The friendship between wise men is crystal clear like pure water -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-26 (#2261654@0)

? Something wrong here.1 Time order messed up. 2 I posted something under one post #2259420, but it show up under another one #2256076 -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-26 (#2261466@0)

摸着石头过河：Crossing a river by Feeling stones. -sarskiller(痛打落水狗); 2005-4-27 {10534} (#2263961@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛纽约时报驻京记者Seth Faison在前天（十一月十四日）的纽约时报上撰文谈论中国成语，文章标题是Not-so-Ancient Chinese Proverb: Glib Truisms Gloss over Reality.

此人学了十多年的中文，自以为是中国通，但还是感到中国成语最头痛。现摘录文中一些中国成语译例：

鹿死谁手：Never know at whose hand a deer will die.

摸着石头过河：Feeling stones while crossing a river.

鳞次栉比：Packed in as tight as teeth of a comb.

一人得道，鸡犬升天：When one man finds the way, his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Meaning: When a man is promoted to a position of authority, all his friends and relatives benefit.

八仙过海，各显神通：Eight immortals cross the sea; each shows a saintly passage.
Meaning: Different individuals can achieve the same goal in different ways.

天高皇帝远：The sky is high; the emperor is far away.
Meaning: Far from a central authority, one enjoys relative freedom.

说曹操，曹操到：When you mention Cao Cao, he soon arrives.
Meaning: I was just talking about you!

瓜田李下：Never pull on your shoes in a melon patch; never adjust your cap under a plum tree.
Meaning: Don\\\'t act suspicious if you want to avoid being suspected.

姜太公钓鱼－愿者上钩：Lord Jiang casts a line, a fish wants to be caught.
Meaning: Someone who is trapped willingly.

看来贵坛的古月讲得有道理，这类直译的中国成语，老外还很津津乐道呢：“Chinese wisdom!”

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那钓鱼的姜太公是不是汉英的渔夫？Lord Jiang casts a line, a fish wants to be caught. Meaning: Someone who is
作者：trapped willingly - 1999/11/16 20:09:52 ***
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是“孤舟蓑笠渔翁，独钓一片雪白”的渔夫先生:-)
作者：Mrs Geoff - 1999/11/16 21:38:14 ***

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So you\\\'re the first to be caught, or willingly trapped:-)
作者：-:0 - 1999/11/16 21:45:59 ***
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Both!
作者：Mrs Geoff - 1999/11/17 01:01:44 ***
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请问，那位高手能把文中的“Glib Truisms Gloss over Reality”译成中文？
作者：一时没词了 - 1999/11/16 22:44:22 ***
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“妙语连珠粉饰太平”，如何？
作者：砖头 - 1999/11/16 23:15:16 ***
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“舌灿莲花(油嘴滑舌)，把死的说成活的。”
作者：有这么点意思 - 1999/11/17 07:47:54 ***

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You mean \\\"A glib tongue can resurrect the dead\\\"? Good!
作者：砖头 - 1999/11/17 13:02:20 ***

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“鳞次栉比”的意思在英文里一般用bristling表示
作者：砖头 - 1999/11/16 22:50:17 ***

鳞次栉比的高楼大厦：bristling high-rises

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proverbs for \\\"摸着石头过河\\\"
作者：yuki - 1999/11/16 23:22:03 ***

Look before you leap.
Forewarned, forarmed.
When in doubt, do nowt.
Good watch prevents misfortune.
Hear twice before you speak once.
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Do they all carry the meaning of \\\"blazing a trail\\\"?
作者：not-sure - 1999/11/16 23:52:45 ***

\\\"Feeling stones while crossing a river,\\\" imho, essentialy means to do something for the first time without any prior experience or expertise. So \\\"blazing a trail\\\" would be its closest synonym. All the proverbs you\\\'ve offered, on the other hand, seem to empathize cautiousness which might be only a byproduct of the original Chinese saying.

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play by ear:
作者：Leroi - 1999/11/17 02:56:32 ***

perform step by step according to results(OED);
act in a situation as seems best while it is developing, rather than in accordance with some plan(Webster\\\'s).

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So it has been entered in those dictionaries already? Interesting!
作者：not-sure - 1999/11/17 09:06:05 ***

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Crossing a river by feeling the stones
作者：野草 - 1999/11/17 10:30:52 ***

“摸着石头过河”，非常形象，不论中国人外国人，只要曾光脚丫
tang(足+尚)水过河的，一般都不难体会其中的感觉：吃不准哪深哪浅，只有靠脚探摸，有确实牢靠的石头好下脚时才踩下去，接着再往前挪步。国内讲改革开放，常说它表示“路得往前走，但因为没走过，只好一步一步探索。”怎么译？我以为最好保留特色直译。
“Feeling stones whilecrossing ariver”，是该洋“中国通” 的译文，尽管体现了其汉语理解不太够火候，却足以表明“摸着石头过河”不用脚注直译也可使人明白无误。可惜译文不够好，恐怕会令人误解为：“过河的时候感(摸)到有石头”。如改为 “Crossing a river by feeling the stones” 意思大概就准确了。

Leroi君提出的 play it by ear，意思有点象，说的是边干边改进，根据实际效果随时调整。但远不及过河形象，再说它源于音乐家作曲的improvisation，普罗大众恐怕不易体会，邓大人也不会用这种阳春白雪的语言号召全国人民跟他走改革路。

至于trail-blazing，只强调了“开拓先锋”性，不准确。其它过于强调“三思后行”的一类英语成语俗话，还没见一个可同“摸着石头过河”比美的。我还是喜欢光脚丫过河，摸到了石头心踏实。

一家之言，欢迎批评。

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Exactly! That\\\'s what was on my lips as well.
作者：砖头 - 1999/11/17 10:52:31 ***

\\\"Crossing a river while feeling the stones\\\" has a much clearer focus than \\\"Feeling the stones while crossing a river.\\\"

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Crossing/Fording/Wading the river
作者：Leroi - 1999/11/17 15:11:25 ***

\\\"Crossing ...\\\"不甚妥，因为这不仅指“光着脚丫”[足+堂]过去，坐船过去或做汽车火车从大桥上风驰而过也都行，又哪儿能“摸着石头”过去？用 fording ... 可表明过的是浅水，但坐在汽/卡车里或骑在牛/马/驼背上照样可以 ford. Wading ...如何？

另者，play be ear 原义指不看或不会看乐谱而弹/吹奏乐器，与阳春白雪无关。西洋古典音乐中有“即兴曲”(impromptu)，本来也许是作曲家灵感汹涌随意发挥的即席创作，事后再记录下来发表的。Improvisation 或 extemporisation 都指没事先计划安排的活动，如演奏，演戏，演讲等。在一般口语或不太正式的书面语里，play by ear 是可以用来翻译“摸着石头过河”的。

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说说曹操比 DEVIL
作者：野草 - 1999/11/17 14:10:11 ***

没拜读过原文，但相信该文作者对汉语成语俗话之丰富多采肯定是既叹服又头疼。所举例子，本人猜想，与其说是作者试图准确翻译，不如说是作介绍性的释译，可以说明洋人一旦稍知汉语原文的奥妙时的津津乐道，却尚不足以其作佳译而一概推崇模仿。说曹操那一条就是典型例子。

我就不信作者以后(哪怕在中国的正经场合)说英文也要用When you mention Cao Cao， he soon arrives。其实英语里有现成的 Talk of the devil (and he is bound to appear)，和它一模一样，干嘛偏要说“曹操”呢？保持文化特色？效果恐怕适得其反。洋人有谁知道曹操？就连咱这些所谓的炎黄子孙，又有几个真能准确道出“曹操到”的典故？对中国绝大多数说“说曹操，曹操到”的人来说，“曹操”无非是个虚的历史人物，谁都不知其模样，其实就和 devil 对洋人差不多。真的要说 CaoCao，可别忘了它那发音，洋人听到的、联想到的，可就不是曹操或鬼了，而很可能是chow-chow，是狗儿狗食什么的，更糟了。所以，遇到该用“说曹操，曹操到”的时候，说Talk of the devil 最好。
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对，“碰到直译影响理解的，宜用意译”，此乃又一例。
作者：古月 - 1999/11/17 17:02:07 ***

其实口译时，Faison给的解释“I was just talking about you!”已经够好了。还免得当事人忌讳“Devil”。
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精辟!泛化民族色彩过浓时代地域特征过强的形象的又一范例谢谢!
作者：xd - 1999/11/17 20:12:08 ***

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Idiom translation
作者：Fanghuzhai - 1999/11/18 22:02:12 ***

Sorry no Chinese input method today.

In idiom translation, there is a tendency to find English equivalent idioms, equivalent in referential meaning rather than in the image. The reason is that the target text must be idiomatically English, therefore, literal translation of Chinese idioms are often considered non-idiomatic.

But of course there is another view that says literal translation can introduce Chinese culture to the world.

Both are justified to some extent. Of course in practice, it depends on if the translation makes sense and causes no misunderstanding.

I prefer literal translation more to the replacement method as long as the translation conveys a vivid image and the referential meaning is not distorted. Many of the examples here are OK to me.

Indeed om discussing translation, we can hardly reach an agreement concerning idiom translation. But one thing that I would like to mention here is that recently I thumbed some books on translation studies and have come across a new idea that says we should not think translation as a way to \\\"faithfully\\\" render the souce text. This idea actually echos my idea in the 80 when I was a postgraduate school student in China and was considering translation as my thesis topic. I had the idea that translation is not a theory about \\\"faithfulness\\\" but one about \\\"unfaithfullness\\\". It is about how meaning, image, discourse etc get transformed in circulation across language boundaries. I dropped the plan and wrote on syntax instead, because I felt it was difficult to explain clearly the problems of translation.

(not spell checked, too busy)
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I know you\\\'d agree with me in view of your past performance. Thanks!
作者：古月 - 1999/11/18 23:30:43 ***
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I have often heard people use the term \\\"Halo Effect\\\", I wonder if that is a good translation for \\\"一人得道，鸡犬升天：\\\"
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摸着石头过河：Crossing a river by Feeling stones.

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