When my children were teenagers, I bought a fridge magnet(磁铁)with what was said to be a First Nations or Native American prayer. I 1it on the door of our fridge in full view. I found the words to be thought provoking (发人深省)and hoped 2 would teach my children to have more patience and be more forgiving of others.
3 my children are adults now. I have kept the magnet on our fridge door for the past twenty-five years. During that time, I've often found that the message has helped me 4situations from a different view.
For example, a number of 5ago, I was on my way to a farewell party with several workmates. A popular department manager was retiring. As we were leaving the6, We met our other workmate, Wendy, who had previously planned to attend the event with us. I asked Wendy if she wanted us to wait for her, and she replied in a quite rude manner, 7our invitation. One of my other 8was quite annoyed.
I don't know why you even bothered to invite her," she said.
Reflecting on how tired Wendy appeared as she rushed away from us, I commented that perhaps we9 just give Wendy a break and forgive her for declining at the last minute. She was 10having a bad day, and it wasn't worth holding a grudge(怨恨) against her if we weren't aware of what caused her11behavior.
A week later, I 12that when we met Wendy, she was returning to the office from a medical appointment where she was told she had cancer. She died a year later. Wendy wasn't being 13 to us. She had just received a very horrified diagnosis(诊断). On reflection, I'm amazed she was able to reply at all.
14 it's a family member who let me down, a friend who betrayed a confidence, or a difficult workmate, the words 15my fridge guides me. It's not always easy to forgive. I've been able to shed a lot of resentment over the years by focusing on my mantra(咒语).
Tom and Jerry
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, although he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons for cinemas. Together they thought of the idea of a cat trying to catch a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always get the cat into trouble.
The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success, so their boss told Hanna and Barbera to make more. Over the next seventeen years, they made a huge number of Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.
In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards. The famous cat and mouse are still popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on the television around the world now.
A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very tired after work so he asked his wife to pick up their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally forgot about it.
Later the boy lost his way in the street. When the son was found missing, the mother hurried to look for him, but she didn't find him. The mother felt very sad and didn't know how to face her husband.
When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was missing, he looked at his wife and said just four words. What do you think the four words were? The husband just said," I love you, darling."
The son was missing. If she had picked him up earlier, this would not have happened. There was no point in blaming(责备) anyone. His wife had also lost her only child. What his wife needed at that moment was comfort and understanding from her husband. That was what the husband gave his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally found their lost son. The family's relationship became stronger over that time.
Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships. Get rid of all your unwillingness to forgive(原谅), selfishness and fears and you will find the world is much more wonderful.
Happy birthday, the Palace Museum! As once an area of emperors and royal yard, the Palace Museum celebrated its 600th birthday on Aug. 14th, 2020. Though it was closed to the public for a while during the outbreak (疫情期间), it still received billions of wishes from all directions.
① Built in 1420, the palace recorded lives of important people through various treasures and documents. The museum can provide a large amount of valuable material for today's historical research, as well as inspiration (灵感) for literature and entertainment.
② Over the last ten years, the museum has produced more than 10,000 cultural products about the imperial palace, ranging from fans, notebooks to apps and decorations.
③ The most popular products are the royal cats. The items are inspired by the real cats who call the Palace Museum home. More than 200 cats are living in the palace where they are being well cared for. These furry guys often roam around without purpose and pose lovely to the delight of visitors, who often can interact with them.
④ "The primary reason why the Palace Museum has become so popular among people is that it keeps the right balance between preserving history, sharing knowledge, and providing interesting displays," said Shan Jixiang, former director and curator of the museum.
Everyone has two personalities (性格)—— one is showed to the world and the other is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control(控制) yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. And the important position that best shows your secret personality is when you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You usually believe people and you are easily influenced(影响) by new ideas. You don't like to make people unhappy, so you never show your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident(自信的).
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you're always easy to be sad. You never want to change your ideas, and you are pleased with your life. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often don't want to be hurt, so you are very defensive(有戒心的). You're shy and you don't like meeting people. You like to be alone.
If you sleep on your side, you usually have a well-balanced (平衡的) personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don't often get unhappy. You always say out what you think, even if it sometimes makes people angry.
Everybody knows that healthy eating habits are important. You may want to know whether your eating habits are healthy or not. Read and check your habits now. Here are five good eating habits for you.
Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. You may need even more water when you are exercising.
Breakfast is the most important meal of a day. You will have more energy after eating breakfast.
If you don't have time to go out, take a sandwich with you for a quick lunch. Don't eat lunch which has too much fat. If you don't have lunch, that will be bad for your health.
We should eat fruits and vegetables every day. Add a banana to your breakfast, have a salad with lunch, and eat some vegetable at dinner.
Try to have dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. Your body needs time to digest (消化) most of food before you rest for 8 hours.
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—She has lost her watch. It's a birthday gift from her dad.
—Certainly. At 8 o'clock.
The mountain was high and it was cold. Everything (cover) by snow and ice and it was dangerous. I shook in my tent as the storm tried (knock) me back to the bottom. ""You will never make it to the top, "everyone said, "no woman has climbed this mountain and only a few people have done it by themselves. "I was so confident I would be the first woman to climb up to the top of Whitmore. I had prepared for several (month).
The wind had gotten much (quiet) when I woke up the next morning. I climbed out of my tent and looked out at the mountain. Everything was white and still. "I will make it to the top today, "I thought to (I).
I started up the slope. My feet crunched the snow with every step I took. It was a beautiful day. I was climbing quickly. Soon I was going to reach the top. All of sudden, I slipped (滑倒). I moved down the mountain. I was going slowly at but then I started to slide very fast. I started to turn around and around quickly. After what felt forever, I came to a stop. I had slid all the way to the bottom. I was alive. I couldn't believe it.
Three days later, I made it to the top. It was a beautiful day and I had a perfect view of everything around me.
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