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1、 HYPERLINK http:/www.hjengl/new/p807011/ 时间胶囊：我想告诉年轻时的自己Looking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time an

2、d hang out with my younger self for a day, heres what I would tell her.回首年轻的时候，有时我会惊讶于生活的变迁。一切都不是我最初计划的样子，唯一不变的是我自己、我的价值观和我的兴趣。如果我能回到过去和年轻时的自己漫步一整天，下面就是我要对自己说的。1. Everything happens for a reason.一切事情都有原因。Without mistakes and failure, you would never have learned. Without pain, you would never have g

3、rown. Once you understand this，you will know that everything comes in to serve a purpose. So dont stress or think that life is unfair, because everything happens for a reason. And only time will tell what it will teach us.要是没有错误和失败，你就不会学到东西；要是没有痛苦，你就不会长大。一旦你明白了这些，你就知道了一切事情都是为了某种目的而发生。所以不要紧张或者认为生活不公平

4、，因为一切事情都有原因，只有时间能诉说教会了我们什么。2. Focus on one thing at a time. You can have it all but not all at once.一次只关注一件事。你将会拥有一切，但不能一次就全部实现。It is not surprising that many of us are doing too many things at once. We need to make ends meet. But if you are working three jobs at a time, it is not likely that you wi

5、ll succeed at any of them. You have to keep your eyes on the big picture. You have to ask yourself what exactly do you want to achieve for the next 10 years? Focus on one thing at a time. Achieve your goals one by one.我们中有很多人会同时做超多事情，这并不奇怪，我们需要养家糊口。但如果你同时做3份工作，每份工作你都不可能做好。你要着眼于大局，问问自己未来10年究竟想要达到什么目标

6、。一次只做一件事，让目标一个接一个实现。3. You can plan ahead, but your plan will definitely change when the time comes.你可以提前计划，但计划没有变化快。You can plan ahead because sometimes planning ahead can give you a clearer direction of where you want to go. However, plans will almost always change, so be prepared!你可以提前做好计划，因为有时提前

7、做计划能让你更加明确自己前进的方向。然而计划总是会变，所以你要有心理准备！4. Trust your instincts.相信自己的直觉。Dont worry too much about a decision you have to make. Just do what feels right. You know what you want. You might consult other people. But deep down, you know what you want. Do what makes you happy. Because at the end of the day,

8、 even if you follow logic, you will want to quit and follow your heart.做决定时不要过于担心，就做你认为对的事，你知道自己想要什么。你可能要咨询他人，但内心深处你知道自己想要什么。做让你开心的事，因为到最后，即使你的决定符合逻辑也会想放弃，然后追随你的心。5. Its okay to be unsure about your purpose in life.生活目标不明确也没关系。You might be graduating or have hit a turning point with your career. You

9、 might feel a bit lost and unsure of where to go. Its okay. Go out there and try as many different things as you can. Dont ever feel like youre wasting your time. Enjoy the journey. Dont rush. Every little path will lead you somewhere. And looking back, you will be able to connect the dots. It will

10、all make sense.你可能正面临毕业或事业遇到转折点，你可能会感觉有点迷失、找不到方向，没关系，走出去尽可能多尝试不同的事情。不要觉着自己是在浪费时间。享受过程，不要着急，每条路都会把你带向远方。回首时你就能把点点滴滴联系在一起，发现一切都有意义。6. Dont try too hard with people.与人交往不能强求。Dont worry if you feel like its hard to make new friends. Just be yourself and be as open as you can. It might take a while until

11、 you find new best friends and a mate for life, but when you do, you will know it. Its not hard work. So, just do your thing and be yourself.如果你感觉很难交到新朋友也不必担心，只要做好你自己、尽可能真诚就可以。可能需要一段时间你才能找到新的最好的朋友和终生伴侣，但当你找到了你就知道，这一点也不难。所以你要做好自己的事、做好你自己。7. Take of leap of faith in yourself.提高自信。Youve got nothing to

12、lose but everything to gain. If you fail, youll become smarter; If you succeed, youll gain even more self-confidence and the emotional and financial rewards. See life as a progressive journey. And youll most certainly achieve anything you set your mind to.你没什么可失去的，但你可以赢得一切。如果你失败了，你会变得更精明；如果你成功了，你会获得

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14、xed bag of confusing signals, its hard to know when tothrow in the toweland move on, or hang in there and see if their hot and cold behavior begins to HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/simmer simmer. To assist inshedding some light onyour current situation, take a peek at theses 12 signs youre crushing

15、on the wrong person.暗恋是很辛苦的，有时候，你心仪的人给你的回应是一系列模棱两可的信号，你很难知道到底应该放弃、还是更进一步、还是维持现状来观察他们的忽冷忽热是不是要开始变成爱的火花。以下这12种迹象表明你爱错人了，为了帮你弄清楚自己的现况，一起看一下吧。 HYPERLINK http:/www.hjengl/new/p807621/ 单身的美好，进入围城的人怎么能懂Being single doesnt have to be a bad thing - in fact, for some people, its even better than being paired

16、up, with researchers finding that single life can impart a whole lot of benefits that marriage doesnt.单身并不是一件坏事事实上，对一些人来说，比结婚更好，研究者发现单身生活能带来太多婚姻无法给予的好处。Psychologist Bella DePaulo, pointed to evidence that single people can have richer, more meaningful lives than their married counterparts.心理学家蓓拉迪波洛指

17、出相关证据，表明单身的人比结婚后拥有更丰富更有意义的生活。The preoccupation with the perils of loneliness can obscure the profound benefits of solitude, said DePaulo, from the University of California, Santa Barbara.“长时间思考孤独的危害会模糊掉独处带来的深切益处，”来自加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的迪波洛说道。It is time for a more accurate portrayal of single people and single

18、 life - one that recognises the real strengths and resilience of people who are single, and what makes their lives so meaningful.“是时候给单身的人和单身生活一个更精准的描述了一个认识到单身人真正的力量和适应力，以及是什么让他们的生活如此有意义的描述。”One study cited by DePaulo showed that people who are single are often closer to their parents, siblings, fri

19、ends, neighbours, and co-workers. Another study showed they had a heightened sense of self-determination, and demonstrated continued growth and development as an adult.迪波洛引用的一份研究表明单身的人往往和他们的父母、兄弟姐妹、朋友、邻居和同事更亲近。另一项研究表明他们有更高的自主能力，而且能够展现出作为成年人的持续性成长和自我提高。There is no one blueprint for the good life, she

20、 said. What matters is not what everyone else is doing or what other people think we should be doing, but whether we can find the places, the spaces and the people that fit who we really are and allow us to live our best lives.“好的生活不只有一幅蓝图，”她说。“要紧的不是其他人在做什么或者其他人认为我们应该做什么，而是我们是否可以找到真正适合我们的地方、空间和人，能够让

21、我们过最好的生活。”People who marry get access to more than 1,000 federal benefits and protections, many of them financial, DePaulo said of single people living in the US. Considering all of the financial and cultural advantages people get just because they are married, it becomes even more striking that sin

22、gle people are doing as well as they are.“已婚人士可以获得超过1000项联邦福利和保护，许多都是和财政相关的，”迪波洛谈及生活在美国的单身人说道。“考虑到所有仅仅因为结婚就能获得财政和文化特权，单身的人依然故我就变得越来越受关注。”Most didnt even look at single people in their own right, using them to instead investigate marriage. “Only a very small number of the studies were motivated by a

23、desire to learn anything about single people. Typically, single people were the comparison group in studies designed to elucidate something about marriage,” she said. 大多数文章甚至不把单身群体独立看待，而是用他们来调查婚姻。“只有非常少数的研究是被想了解单身群体的渴望所驱动。很有代表性的是，单身群体在阐释婚姻相关事实的研究中是对比群体，”她说。Further research is needed to help cut thro

24、ugh the stereotypes, and theres no denying that DePaulo is biased when it comes to the advantages of single life “Always have been, always will be,” she told Ian Johnston atThe Independent. But the limited evidence so far shows that being single in no way means you cant lead a fulfilling life.要打破固有的

25、刻板印象需要进行进一步的研究，而且要承认迪波洛在谈及单身生活的好处时是有倾向性的。“一直都是，永远会是，”她告诉独立报的伊恩约翰斯顿。但是目前有限的证据表示单身绝不意味着你无法有一个满足的生活。Its 2016 do whatever makes you happy.现在是2016年做任何让你快乐的事 HYPERLINK http:/www.hjengl/new/p809736/ 学霸的10条特征：看看你中了几条？The perfect student.ASKS QUESTIONS.好学生会积极提问Most teachers want students to ask questions whe

26、n they do not understand a concept that is being taught. Good students arent afraid to ask questions because they know that if they do not get a particular concept, it could hurt them later. Asking questions is often beneficial to the class as a whole because chances are if you have that question, t

27、here are other students who have that same question.大多数老师都希望学生在不理解教授的概念时能够提问。好学生敢于提问，因为他们知道，如果自己不理解某个概念会不利于今后的学习。提问有时对班级同学也有好处，很有可能你不理解的问题正好也是其他同学不明白的。The perfect student is a.HARD WORKER.好学生会努力学习The perfect student isnt necessarily the smartest student. There are plenty of students who are blessed

28、with natural intelligence, but lack the self discipline to hone that intelligence. Teachers love students who choose to work hard no matter what their level of intelligence is. Being a hard worker in school simply means completing assignments on time, putting your maximum effort into every assignmen

29、t, asking for extra help when you need it, putting in the time to study for tests and quizzes, as well as recognizing weaknesses and looking for ways to improve upon those weaknesses.好学生并非总是最聪明的学生。有很多学生生来智商高，但是缺乏训练智商的自律精神。老师喜爱努力学习的学生，无论他们的智商水平处在什么等级。在学校里努力学习意味着按时完成作业、全力应对任务、寻求帮助、准备考试，同时还要认识自己的弱点，并试着

30、克服弱点。The perfect student is.INVOLVED.好学生会参与活动Being involved in extra-curricular activities can help a student gain confidence which can improve academic success. Most good students get involved in some activity whether it is athletics, Student Council, etc. These activities provide so many learning

31、opportunities that a traditional classroom simply cant. These activities also provide opportunities to take on leadership roles and they often teach people to work together as a team to accomplish a common goal.全情投入于各种课外活动有助于获得自信，从而取得学业上的成功，大多数好学生会参加体育活动、学生会等等。这些活动提供了很多在传统课堂上学习不到的知识。这些活动还提供了成为领导者的机会

32、，同时，教学生与他人合作达到共同的目标。The perfect student is a.LEADER.好学生是领导者Teachers love good students who are natural leaders within their classroom. Whole classes have their own unique personalities and often times those classes with good leaders are good classes. Leadership skills are often innate. It is also a

33、skill that develops over time amongst your peers. Being trustworthy is a key component of being a leader. If your classmates dont trust you, then you will never be leader. If you are a leader amongst your peers, you have the ultimate responsibility to lead by example and the ultimate power to motiva

34、te others to be successful.老师喜欢班级中天生的领导者。每个班级都有自己的特点，通常情况下，有优秀领导者的班级表现得更好。领导才能通常是天生的，但也可以在同龄人中锻炼发展出来。值得信任是成为领导者的关键因素。如果班上的同学不信任你，你永远也不能领导他们。如果你是同龄人中的领导者，你有责任以身作则，也有权利激励他人成功。The perfect student is.MOTIVATED.好学生会积极向上Motivation comes from many places. The best students are the ones that are motivated t

35、o be successful. Motivation means different things to different people. Good teachers will figure out how to motivate most students in someway, but those students who are self-motivated are far easier to teach than those who arent.动力来源于各处。好学生通常会受到激励，变得成功。动力因人而异。好老师会想方法激励学生，但是那些懂得自我激励的学生比他人来说更易教。The

36、perfect student is a.PROBLEM SOLVER.好学生会解决问题No skill is lacking more in this generation of students than that of the ability to be a problem solver. At the simple click of a mouse, students today can access more information than ever before, thus rendering problem solving skills virtually obsolete.

37、Those students who do possess true problem solving abilities are rare gems that teachers love.这一代的学生最缺乏的技能就是解决问题的能力。现在的学生只要轻点鼠标，就可以获得大量的信息。因此，他们自己解决问题的能力已经大大下降。能够真正自行解决问题的学生可谓凤毛麟角，而这些学生则深得老师喜爱。The perfect student.SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES.好学生会抓住机遇It is true that every student must attend school for some

38、period of time, but that doesnt mean that every student seizes that opportunity and maximizes their learning potential. Many parents dont see value in education, thus their children dont see value in education. The best students take advantage of the opportunities their afforded and value the educat

39、ion that they have an opportunity to receive.确实，每个学生都必须接受义务教育，但是并不是每一个学生都可以抓住机会，把教育的潜能发挥到最大化。许多家长也重视教育，因此他们的儿女也如此。好学生会抓住他们得到的教育机会，并珍视这个机会。The perfect student is a.SOLID CITIZEN.好学生是一位好公民Teachers will tell you that classes full of students who follow the rules and procedures have a better chance at m

40、aximizing their learning potential. Students who are well behaved in class are easy for teachers to deal with even if they struggle academically. Nobody wants to work with a student who constantly causes problems, but teachers will try to move mountains for students who are polite, respectful, and f

41、ollow the rules.老师们说，如果一个班级的学生都遵守校规，这个班级最有可能最大化出教育潜力。在班级里表现良好的学生即使遇到了学业瓶颈，老师在解决他们的问题时也更轻松。没有人想要同不断制造麻烦的学生相处，老师们更愿意为懂礼貌、敬师长、遵校规的学生解决问题。The perfect student has a.SUPPORT SYSTEM.好学生受他人支持Unfortunately this quality is one that individual students often have very little control of. You cannot control who

42、your parents or guardians are. It is something that you can overcome, but it does make it a lot easier if you have a healthy support system in place. They push you to success, offer advice. They are there for you in times of adversity and they cheer for you in times that you are successful. Having a

43、 great support system doesnt make or break you as a student, but it definitely gives you an advantage.不幸的是，这一点是学生本人无法掌控的。你无法决定父母或者监护人是谁。虽然你可以克服这一点，但是如果受到他人支持，学习的过程就更简单一点了。他们会帮助你成功，给你提出建议。你难过的时候，他们会在你身边；你成功的时候，他们会为你鼓掌。学习的成败不是由有力的支持决定的，但有力的支持绝对会给你带来优势。The perfect student is.TRUSTWORTHY.好学生受人信赖Being tr

44、ustworthy is a quality that will endear you not only to your teachers, but also to your classmates. No one wants to surround themselves with people that they ultimately cannot trust. Teachers love students and classes that they trust, because they can give them liberties that often provide learning

45、opportunities they would not be afforded otherwise. 受人信赖不仅仅让老师喜爱你，也让同学喜欢你，没有人愿意处在自己不信任的人身边。老师喜欢可以信任的学生和班级，因为这种情况下老师可以给学生们自由，而这样的自由所提供的学习机会是不受信赖的学生所体验不到的 HYPERLINK http:/www.hjengl/new/p804161/ Quora精选：一眼识人，如何看清人的本性What is the single most HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/revealing revealingthing about a

46、ny person?有没有什么单一的指标最能揭露任何一个人的本性？获得2.7k好评的答案Vijay GedigeriIf you want to know whats a man really like, take a good look at how he treats his HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/inferior inferiors, not his equals.- Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.“如果你想了解一个人的为人，就要留意他是如何对待他的下级的，而不能光看他如何对待与他

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48、tand HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/adversity adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.-Abraham Lincoln“几乎所有人都能忍受逆境，但是如果你想知道一个人的真实面目，就请给他权力。”亚伯拉罕林肯获得5.1k好评的答案Brett WilliamsHow they treat receptionists, waiters, call-center employees and anyone in a service profession. It sp

49、eaks volumes about their character and their ability to deal with problems in a rational way.看他们如何对待前台、服务员、客服人员以及任何服务业者，这能充分说明他们的性格以及他们是否能理性地解决问题。获得1.4k好评的答案Sripriya ReddyTheir phones lockscreen wallpaper他们的手机锁屏图片。When you get to see someones lockscreen, youre seeing something this person wants to b

50、e reminded of everyday. Something that they would like to look at even before unlocking their phone. It is like a window to their soul.当你看到某人的锁屏图片时，你看到的是这个人希望每天都能记起的东西，是ta希望在给手机解锁之前就能看到的东西，这就仿佛是他们灵魂的窗户。Their wallpaper may be of their pet, selfie, parents, children, partner, current car/dream car, fa

51、vorite actor/singer/sportsperson, favorite bible verse, a beautiful scenery or even the default wallpaper.他们的壁纸可能是他们的宠物、自拍、父母、孩子、配偶、现有的车/想要的车、最喜欢的演员/歌手/运动员、最喜欢的圣经章节、一张漂亮的风景照甚至是系统默认壁纸。As a die hard cricket fan, my lockscreen has a picture of ABde Villiers (South African cricketer) at a press conferen

52、ce.作为板球运动的死忠粉，我的锁屏是亚伯拉罕本杰明德维里尔斯在记者招待会上的一张照片（他是个南美板球运动员）。获得9.7k好评的答案Jill UchiyamaI had a teacher who said it best.我有个老师曾说过这么一句话，说得非常好。You dont know who someone is until you see them under pressure.只有让一个人处于压力之下，你才能真正认清他。It is when we are under pressure that our true colors come out, when the egos assi

53、s put to the fire and we become the gateway between our survival self and doing what is HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/humane humaneand expressing HYPERLINK http:/dict.hjengl/w/integrity integrity.当我们处在压力之下时、当自我意识被弃之不顾时、当我们处于生存和高尚正直之间的两难境地时，我们就会显露出自己的真实面貌。If you think about it, it is really easy to b

54、e a nice person when there is no pressure in your life. It is easy to give money to those in need when you have it in your wallet. It is easy to smile when youre already laughing. It is easy to dance when you are in love with someone. You dont mind donating money or doing extra favors when you have

55、the time. Even arguing is ok when you are feeling fine otherwise.仔细想想吧，当你的生活中没有压力的时候，做一个好人是一件很容易的事；当你的钱包里有钱的时候，把钱给那些需要它的人是一件很容易的事；当你乐得可以笑出声的时候，你很容易就能微笑待人；当你坠入爱河的时候，你会很容易为之起舞；当你有时间的时候，你并不介意捐些钱或多帮点忙；只要你感觉良好，你会觉得连吵架都是可以接受的。But, put some pressure on the same person and you may be face to face with a dem

56、on.但是，当你把同一个人置于压力之下时，你面对的可能就是个魔鬼。It happens to all of us. And its humbling to see where we really are in relation to life.对我们所有人来说，都是如此，当你看清自己在生活中究竟是怎样一个人的时候，你会觉得自己很渺小 HYPERLINK http:/www.hjengl/new/p808330/ 学起来：美国学生的写作套路As youve probably noticed, essay writing assignments can pop up in any class.An

57、y time you have to write anessay, you should begin with a frame based on the parts below.可能你有注意过，任何一门课都可能出现写作任务。每次写作你都可以采用下面提供的框架。Introduction导言The introduction is the first paragraph in your essay, and it should accomplish a few specific goals.导言是文章的首段，应达到一下几个目的。1. Capture the readers interest.吸引读者

58、兴趣Its a good idea to start your essay with a really interesting statement, in order to pique the readers interest.要吸引读者的兴趣，开头采用一段有趣的陈述是个好方法。Avoid starting out with a boring line like this:但要避免无聊的行文，比如：In this essay I will explain why Rosa Parks was an important figure.“在这篇文章里，我要阐明为何罗莎帕克斯是个伟人。”Instea

59、d, try something with a bit of a surprise factor, like this statement:相反，可以试着引用让人惊讶的事情，比如：A Michigan museum recently paid $492,000 for an old, dilapidated bus from Montgomery, Alabama.“最近，密歇根的一家博物馆话费4.92万美元从亚拉巴马州蒙哥马利市购进了一辆老旧的公交车。”The second sentence sounds much more interesting, doesnt it? It would

60、encourage most people to keep on reading.相比之下第二句话更吸引人，是吧？这会吸引大多数读者往下读。2. Introduce the topic.介绍话题The next few sentences should explain your first statement, and prepare the reader for your thesis statement.接下来的几句话应该开始陈述，让读者接受你的论点。The old yellow bus was reported to be the very one that sparked the ci