Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
We spend more,but enjoy less;
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
We have more compromises,but less time;
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
We have more medicines,but less health;
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
We have highter income,but less morals;
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
That's why I propose,that as of today;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
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今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;
我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
我们妥协更多,时间更少;
我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;
我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;
我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;
我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;
现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;
不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;
G语法:
II. 情态动词 must, may, might, could, can 表示推测:
以 must 为例。must + do(be)是推测现在存在的一般状态进行;must + be doing 推
测可能正在进行的事情;must +have done 是推测可能已经发生过的事情。
1. must“肯定,一定”语气强,只用于肯定句中。
He must be a man from America. / He must be talking with his friend. / He must have
already arrived there.
2. may 和 might“也许”,后者语气弱,更没有把握。可用于肯定句和否定句。
He may not be at home. / They might have finished their task.
3. can 和 could“可能”,could 表示可疑的可能性,不及 can’t 语气强,用于肯定、
否定、疑问句中。
The weather in that city could be cold now.We could have walked there; it was so near.(推测某事本来可能发生,但实际上没
有发生)
Can he be in the office now? No, he can’t be there, for I saw him in the library just no
w.(语气很强,常用于疑问句和否定句中) 作者: kobe 时间: 2013-5-29 16:21