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The Story of Christmas and the Christ Child

Young — Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:02:00 GMT

When Rome was a great Empire ruled by Caesar Augustus and Israel was governed by King Herod, in the village of Nazareth lived Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a carpenter and Mary was a young virgin who would become his wife. Mary told Joseph of a dream in which she was visited by an angel who told her she had been chosen to bear the Son of God and his name was to be Jesus.
One day the emperor sent notice that all persons were to register for a new tax. They were instructed to return to the towns of their birth. Joseph and Mary left Nazareth for Bethlehem. Mary who was with child, and close to the birth, rode on a donkey while Joseph walked beside her. They traveled for many days and only rested at night.

When they reached Bethlehem it was night. They looked for a place to rest but there were no empty rooms when they reached the inn. As they were being turned away Joseph mentioned his wife was with child and close to birth. The inn keeper took pity on them and told them of some caves in the nearby hills that shepherds would stay with their cows and sheep.

So Joseph and Mary went up into the hills and found the caves. In one cave was a stable room. Joseph cleaned it and made beds of fresh hay. He found a feeding trough which he cleaned and filled with hay to use as a crib. The next night Mary gave birth to a son and they named him Jesus, as the angel had said.

When the child was born a great star appeared over Bethlehem that could be seen for miles around. In the fields nearby shepherds were tending their flocks. An angel appeared to them surrounded by bright light. The shepherds were frightened and tried to run.

"Fear Not," said the angel, "For I bring you tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day in Bethlehem - a Saviour who is Christ the Lord."

"And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

Suddenly the sky was filled with angels, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men."

After the angels departed the shepherds set out for Bethlehem. When they reached the cave they found the stable and inside was the child wrapped in swaddling clothes.

As the star shined over Bethlehem, in the east three kings would see it. They knew it was a sign and they set off to follow the star. There was Caspar - the young King of Tarsus, Melchior - a long bearded old man and leader of Arabia, and Balthazar - the king from Ethiopia. They traveled on camels for many days over the mountains, and through the deserts, and plains. Always following the bright star.

When they finally arrived in Bethlehem they found the child in the manger. The 3 kings bowed to their knees and offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They would stay the night in the cave and the next day returned to their lands to spread the news.

To Live is to Function ----Oliver Wendell Holmes

Young — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:16:00 GMT

CIn this symposium,my part is only sit in silence.To express one's feelings as the end draws near is too intimate a task.That I would mention only one thought that comes to me as a listener-in:the riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal, there is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill ,there is time to hear the kind voice of friends,and to say to oneself,the work is done. But just as one says that,the answer comes:"The race is over,but the work never is done while the power to work remains.The canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only coming to rest,it cannot be while you still live.But to live is to function ,that is all there is living."
And so I end with a line from a Latin poet who uttered the message more than fifteen hundred years ago:"Death,death plucks my ear and says:live--i am coming."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell,(1841-1935)American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1902–32).this short passage is a lecture made in a symposium.i am so love this sentence To Live is to Function that i typed this lecture letter by letter.and it is humors that when i search Oliver Wendell Holmes in google Found the Oliver Wendell Holmes on the first few pages is not the jurist but a poet Oliver Wendell Holmes(1809-1894) ,and i love this port for a line composed by him:The Great Thing In This World Is Not So Much Where We Are,But In What Direction We Are Moving

Drinking Alone under the Moon | poem

Young — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 23:51:00 GMT

A pot of wine amidst the flowers,
Alone I drink sans company.
The moon I invite as drinking friend,
And with my shadow we are three.
The moon, I see, she dose not drink,
My shadow only follows me:
I'll keep them company a while
For spring's the time for gayety.

I sing :the moon she swings her head;
I dance :my shadow swells and sways.
We sport together while awake,
While drunk,we all go our own ways.
An eternal,speechless trio then,
Till in the clouds we meet again!

It is a poem composed by a Chinese poet,Li Po.I am not sure if this poem is translated by Lin Yutang.But many words cannot be looked up in my dictionary,maybe they are old words or usages.

Lin Yutang

Young — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:51:00 GMT

We do not konw a nation until we know its pleasures of life,
just as we do not know a man until we know he spends his leisure.
It is when a man ceases to do the things he has to do ,
and does the things he likes to do ,
that his character is revealed.
It is when the repressions of society and business are gone and when the goads of money and fame and ambition are lifted,
and man's spirit wanders where it listeth,
that we see the inner man ,his real self.
Life is harsh and politics is dirty and commerce is sordid,
so that it would often be unfair to judge a man by his public life .
For this reason ,
I find so many of our political soundrels are such lovable human beings ,
and so many of our fafutile bombastic college presidents extremely good fellows at home .
In the same way ,I think the Chinese at play are much more lovable than the Chinese in business.
Whereas the Chinese in politics are ridiculous and in society are childish,
at leisure they are at their best .
They have so much leisure and so much leisurely joviality.

These sentences are cited from My Country and My People, the auther of which is Lin Yutang , a famous writter of china. Lin (1895.10.3——1976.3.26)borned in Fujian province. He used to study Literature and Language in Harvard University and Universit t Leipzig , he was a genius at literature, not like me , haha . I searched his works on the web , and found he writted many books in English , including this My Country and My People .

I heard that Lin was animadverted on his attitude in wen ge (how to chuanslate?) .Of course , morality is a most important criterion to judge a person , but simplely judge from his accomplishment in literature , he was success . He winned my applouse at least . And from the list of his English works we can find most of his work's mathos is about China. And most of his viewpoint is very incisive , convincing and still educational to us in morden world . Too many chinese people , especially many politics cannot know themselves distinctly , and donot know what they are doing , I think Lin could be a good teacher for them , and they have no right to criticize Lin.

I am sorry for my poverty of English ,and Lin is a great writter.

Yesterday I saw some fragments of a poem

Young — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:53:00 GMT

Yesterday I saw these fragments of a poem on a blackboard of the classroom in which I was studying:

No summer's high ,no warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender
No autumn breeze , no falling leaves August night
No even time for birds to fly to southern skies

After I read it , I wanted to record it immediately , because I was really touched by the sence in the poem.

“美国之音”常用新闻词汇和术语

Young — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:07:00 GMT

ABM = anti-ballistic missile 反弹道导弹

abortive coup attempt 未遂政变

absent trial / absent voting 缺席审判/缺席投票

absolute majority 绝对多数

abstain from voting 弃权

abuse of power for personal gain 以权谋私

academia 学术界

academic career 学历，学业

academician 院士

Academy Award 奥斯卡金像奖

academy sciences 科学院

accredited journalist 特派记者

acquit / be acquitted 宣告无罪 / 无罪释放

acting president 代总统

active capital 流动资本

active substance 放射性物质

active trade balance 顺差

activist 活跃分子

administration party 执政党

admit the best examinee 择优录取

adverse trade balance 逆差

advisory body 顾问团

after-sale service 售后服务

air crash 飞机失事

album 专辑

allied powers 同盟国

all-out ban 全面禁止

all-round title 全能冠军

alumnus (复数: alumni) 校友

amendment 修正案，附加条款

amicable relations 友好关系

amnesty 特赦

anarchy 无政府状态

animal year 本命年

anti-corruption 反腐败 anti-robbery bell 防盗铃

apartheid 种族隔离

appropriate authorities 有关当局

arch-foe 主要的劲敌

armed intervention 武装干涉

arm-twisting 施加压力

arson 放火，纵火

assembly hall 会议厅

assembly line 生产流水线

assembly man 议员，装配工

assistant secretary （美）助理部长

assistant secretary of state （美）助理国务卿

attaché 专员，（外交使团的）随员

audience rating 收视率

audiophile 音乐发烧友

authoritative information 官方消息

authoritative source 权威人士

autonomous region / prefecture 自治区 / 州

axis power 轴心国

bachelor mother 未婚母亲

background briefing 吹风会，背景情况介绍会

bacteria 细菌

bail 保释，保释金

ballot 选票，投票

bank book 银行存折

bank failure 银行倒闭

bar code 条形码

bargain price 廉价

be responsible for one"s own profit and loss 自负盈亏

be honest in performing one"s official duties 廉洁奉公

beeper BP机

behind-the-scene maneuvering 幕后操纵

benefit concert 义演音乐会

best supporting actress award 最佳女配角

bid up price 哄抬物价

big gun 有势力的人，名人

big lie 大骗局

bistro 夜总会

black box 测谎器

black market price 黑市价

blanket ballot 全面选举

blast 爆炸

blind alley 死胡同

blockade 封锁

bloodless coup 不流血政变

Blue Berets 蓝盔部队

bluff diplomacy 恫吓外交

bombard 轰炸，炮击

boom （经济）繁荣，兴旺

borrower 债方

botanical garden 植物园

bottle up 抑制

bottom out 走出低谷

box office returns 票房收入

box office smash 卖座率高的演出

boycott 联合抵制

brain drain 人才流失

brain gain 人才引进

brain trust 智囊团

brawn drain 劳工外流

bread-and-butter letter 感谢信

bribery 行贿

bubble economy 泡沫经济

bureaucracy 官僚主义

bureaucrat 官倒

cabinet lineup 内阁阵容

cabinet re-shuffle 内阁改组

cable car 缆车

cable-stay bridge 斜拉桥

cadre 干部

cafeteria 自助餐厅

calamity 灾难

campaign against porns 扫黄运动

candidate for exam 考生

cargo handling capacity 货物吞吐量

carnival 狂欢节

casualty 遇难者，伤亡人员

catch phrase 口头禅，口号

ceasefire 停火

ceiling price 最高限价

celebrity 知名人士

cellular phone 移动电话，大哥大

censure vote 不信任投票

census 人口普查

ceremonial usherette 迎宾小姐

chamber concert 室内音乐会

charity 慈善组织

chartered plane 包机

china hand 中国通

China"s actual conditions 中国国情

Chinese descendant in America 美籍华裔

cholesterol 胆固醇

civil servant 公务员

civilian 平民

classroom boycott 罢课

climbout 经济复苏

closing address 闭幕辞

cloverleaf intersection 立交桥

comfortably-off level 小康水平

commuter 乘车上班族

complains box 意见箱

computernik 电脑迷

condo(minium) 商品房

condolence 慰问，吊唁

conducted tour 团体旅游

confiscate 没收，充公

conscience forum 道德法庭

conscript 征兵，入伍

conservative party 保守党

construction of a clean government 廉政建设

convenience food 方便食品

corruption reporting center 举报中心

countdown 倒计时

county magistrate 县长

cramming system 填鸭式教学法

crash program 应急计划

criminal law 刑法

crude oil 原油

cultural undertakings 文化事业

curfew 宵禁

curriculum vitae 履历表

curtain call 谢幕

daily necessities 日用品

daily turnover 日成交量

dan （围棋的）段

deadlock 僵局

death toll 死亡人数，死亡率

defendant 被告

deli(catessen) 熟食

dictatorship 独裁

disaster-hit area 灾区

disc jockey DJ

dissolve 解散

division chief 处长，科长

doctorial tutor 博士生导师

door money 入场费

dove 主和派，鸽派

duet 二重唱

Duma （俄）杜马，俄罗斯议会

dux 学习标兵，学习尖子

economic sanction 经济制裁

economic take-off 经济腾飞

El Nino 厄尔尼诺现象

electric power 电力

eliminate 淘汰

embargo 禁运

en route to 在……途中

enlisted man 现役军人

epidemic 流行病

exclusive interview 独家采访

expo(sition) 博览会

face-to-face talk 会晤

fairplay trophy 风格奖

family planning 计划生育

flea market 跳蚤市场

flying squad 飞虎队

frame-up 诬陷，假案

front page 头条

front row seat 首席记者

full house 满座

gear…to the international conventions

把…与国际接轨

grass widow / widower 留守女士 / 留守男士

guest of honor 贵宾

guest team / home team 客队 / 主队

hawk 主战派，鹰派

heroin 海洛因

highlights and sidelights 要闻与花絮

his-and-hers watches 情侣表

hit parade 流行歌曲排行榜

hit product 拳头产品

hit-and-runner 肇事后逃走者

Hong Kong compatriot 香港同胞

honor guard 仪仗队

hostage 人质

housing reform 住房改革

hypermedia 多媒体

ideology 意识形态

idle money 闲散资金

in another related development 另据报道

incumbent mayor 现任市长

info-highway 信息高速公路

in-service training 在职训练

inspector-general 总监

interim government 过渡政府

invitation meet 邀请赛

judo 柔道

karate 空手道

kiosk 小卖部

knock-out system 淘汰制

knowledge economy 知识经济

ksei 棋圣

laid-off 下岗

leading actor 男主角

lease 租约，租期

man of mark 名人，要人

manuscript 原稿，脚本

marriage lines 结婚证书

master key 万能钥匙

medium 媒体，媒介

mercy killing 安乐死

moped 助力车

Moslem 穆斯林

multimedia 多媒体

music cafe 音乐茶座

national anthem 国歌

negative vote 反对票

nest egg 私房钱

news agency 通讯社

news briefing 新闻发布会

news conference 记者招待会

news flash 短讯，快讯

nominee 候选人

notions 小商品

null and void 无效的

off-hour hobby 业余爱好

off-the-job training 脱产培训

on standby 待命

on-the-job training 在职培训

on-the-spot broadcasting 现场直播

opinion poll 民意测验

overpass （人行）天桥

overseas student 留学生

overture 序曲

overwhelming majority 压倒性多数

palm phone 大哥大

parliament 国会

passerby 过路人

pay-to-the-driver bus 无人售票车

peaceful co-existence 和平共处

peace-keeping force 维和部队

peak viewing time 黄金时间

pedestrian 行人

pension insurance 养老保险

Pentagon 五角大楼

perk 外快

PM = prime minister 首相，总理

politburo 政治局

poor box 济贫箱

pope 教皇

pose for a group photo 集体合影留念

poverty-stricken area 贫困地区

power failure 断电，停电

premiere 首映，初次公演

press briefing 新闻发布会

press corps 记者团

press spokesman 新闻发言人

prize-awarding ceremony 颁奖仪式

professional escort “三陪”服务

profiteer 投机倒把者

protocol 草案，协议

puberty 青春期

public servant 公务员

questionnaire 调查表

quick-frozen food 速冻食品

quiz game 智力竞赛

racial discrimination 种族歧视

rapport 默契

reciprocal visits 互访

recital 独唱会，独奏会

red-carpet welcome 隆重欢迎

red-hot news 最新消息

red-letter day 大喜之日

redundant 下岗人员

re-employment 再就业

rep = representative 代表

rip off 宰客

senate 参议院

tenure of office 任职期

the other man / woman 第三者

top news 头条新闻

tornado 龙卷风

tour de force 代表作

township enterprises 乡镇企业

township head 乡长

traffic tie-up 交通瘫痪

truce 停火，休战

trustee 董事

two-day dayoffs 双休日

tycoon 巨富

umpire 裁判

V.D. = venereal disease 性病

vaccine 疫苗

vehicle-free promenade 步行街

vote down 否决

well-off level 小康水平

well-to-do level 小康水平

Who's Who 名人录

working couple 双职工

wreckage 残骸

Word of Troy

Young — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:17:00 GMT

Yesterday I saw a movie Troy ,it lasts two hours,and generally i think it 's not bad as somebody described on BBS,and there are three people i respected . i recorded some word of them.

Priam----the old king of Troy.(great father and great love)

“I have endured what no one on earth has endured before .I kissed the hands of the man who killed my son.”

“I know your father ,he died before his time ,but he was lucky not to live long enough to see his son fall.”

“you have taken everything from me ,Can't change what happened .It is the will of gods.But give me the Small mercy .I loved my boy from the moment he opened his eyes till the moment you closed him.

Let me wash his body

Let me say the prayers

Let me place two coins on his eyes for the boatman”

Hector and Achilles are enemies always but I thinks they are both heroes and no one is wrong .Hector killed Achilles cousin Patroclus in mistake ,and he was compunction, he told his wife :“I killed a boy today and he was too young , he was much too young .”He was a hero because in face of the challenge of Achilles ,he was not afraid,though his adversary hadn't defeated by anyone .As a result ,Hector was killed by Achilles ,but I say Achilles is also a hero because he say “we'll meet again soon ,my brother”,yes i think ,to him ,a sentence is enough ,because he is Achilles .He is never hesitate ,and he was killed by Hector's little brother ,maybe this is the fate of heroes .

I respect Hector most ,because he is wisdom ,brave ,full of love ,love his father ,his wife ,his brother ,even his enemy .He is perfect ,he is the god maybe . Before he fought a duel with Achilles ,he said with his father :“Father ,forgive me for any offenses.I've served you as best as I could .”

And I collect the word the two guys' word to stir up their soldiers to fight.

Achilles :“Myrmidons,my brother of sword . I'd rather fight behind you than any army.Let no man forget how menacing we are .we are lions .Do you know what's there ,waiting ,beyond that beach?Immortality!Take it !It's yours!”

Hector :“ALL my life ,I've lived by a code. And the code is simple :Honor the god s,love your woman ,and defend you country .Troy is mother to us all.fight for her!”