You'll never regret it

Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. "We're taking a survey,"she says, half-joking. "Do you think I should have a baby?"

"It will change your life," I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. "I know,"she says, "

no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous holidays..."

But that's not what I mean at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing will heal, but becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will be vulnerable forever.

I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without thinking: "What if that had been MY child?" That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse than watching your child die. I look at her carefully manicured nails and stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to the primitive level of a bear protecting her cub.

I feel I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will be professionally derailed by motherhood. She might arrange for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting, and she will think her baby's sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of discipline to keep from running home, just to make sure her child is all right.

I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather than the women's at a restaurant will become a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester may be lurking in the lavatory. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess herself constantly as a mother.

Looking at my attractive friend, I want to assure her that eventually she will shed the added weight of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years—not to accomplish her own dreams—but to watch her children accomplish theirs.

I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration of seeing your child learn to hit a ball. I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is touching the soft fur of a dog for the first time. I want her to taste the joy that is so real it hurts.

My friend's look makes me realize that tears have formed in my eyes. "You'll never regret it," I say finally. Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way into this holiest of callings.

Sleeping is linked to an early death

People who sleep fewer than six hours a night are more likely to die early, researchers have found in a study they claim provides 'unequivocal evidence' of a link between sleep deprivation and premature death.

They discovered that people who slept for less than six hours each night were 12 per cent more likely to die prematurely before the age of 65 - than those who slept the recommended six to eight hours a night.

The team from the University of Warwick and Federico II University Medical School in Naples analysed 16 studies involving a total of 1.3 million people before reaching their conclusions.

They pointed out that previous studies had shown that sleep deprivation was associated with heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity diabetes, and high cholesterol.

However, the researchers also found that sleeping too much was linked to an early death.

Those who slept for more than nine hours a night were 30 per cent more likely to die early, the research published in the journal Sleep found.

That directly contradicts research published in the same journal last week which suggested that people who slept for ten hours or longer a night were more likely to live to 100.

This was thought to be because people who lived into extreme old age were healthier and therefore slept better.

However, the authors of the latest research contradicted this and suggested that long sleep was a sign of underlying illnesses such as depression and low levels of physical activity. Some cancer is also associated with sleeping for longer.

Professor Francesco Cappuccio, leader of the Sleep, Health and Society Programme at the University Warwick Consultant Physician at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, said: "Whilst short sleep may represent a cause of ill-health, long sleep is believed to represent more an indicator of ill-health.

"Modern society has seen a gradual reduction in the average amount of sleep people take, and this pattern is more common among full-time workers, suggesting that it may be due to societal pressures for longer working hours and more shift-work. On the other hand, the deterioration of our health status is often accompanied by an extension of our sleeping time.

"Consistently sleeping six to eight hours per night may be optimal for health. The duration of sleep should be regarded as an additional behavioural risk factor, or risk marker, influenced by the environment and possibly amenable to change through both education and counselling as well as through measures of public health aimed at favourable modifications of the physical and working environments."

Mars talk to Venus

It’s no secret that men and women communicate differently – but is there really no way to translate Mars talk to Venus speak? Dr. B. Janet Hibbs, a psychologist and couples therapist, says there’s hope as long as you’re willing to adjust your “filter” – a.k.a. the part of your brain that processes what he says, spins it around and reacts to it.

Ready for a practice run? Here are six common communication problems in relationships。

WHAT HE SAYS: “I’m sorry you feel that way。”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “You’re being a psycho。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “I just really want this argument to be over。” Women like to hash things out, talking issues through from start to finish. Guys, on the other hand, have much more of a flight instinct when it comes to confrontation – especially if he doesn’t fully understand why you’re so upset。

WHAT HE SAYS: “If you feel undervalued, ask for a raise。”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “Ugh, your problems are so simple – just fix it。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “Work’s bothering you? Let me help!” The truth is, men tend to see themselves as problem solvers in romantic relationships, and so what comes across as condescending1 can actually be your guy’s way of trying to help。

WHAT HE SAYS: “Uh huh. Right. Yeah。”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “I couldn’t be less interested in what you’re saying。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “I want to hear your story, but it’s been 10 minutes and still no punch line2.” Men don’t process information in the lengthy way that women do, so telling him a story in the drawn-out way you would to one of your girlfriends isn’t going to work. In short, cut to the chase and you’ll get more of a reaction。

WHAT HE SAYS: “I didn’t tell you about the layoffs?”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “My job’s in jeopardy and I didn’t even bother to tell you。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “I didn’t want to worry you。” Most men don’t like to advertise their fears or what they might perceive as weaknesses – especially to the person they feel they need to protect (that’s you)。

WHAT HE SAYS: “It’s not a big deal。”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “How trivial。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “Let’s not dwell on it。” Men come from the school of suck-it-up, while women tend to need more reassurance if something is bothering them。

WHAT HE SAYS: “I need some space。”

WHAT YOU HEAR: “I don’t want to be with you。”

WHAT HE MEANS: “I care about you, but I also want some more independence。” In many romantic relationships, men use this blanket phrase instead of being more specific, as in: “I love the connection we have, but I miss spending time with my friends as well。” Use your judgment: If he’s still being affectionate and just feels a bit smothered3, give him some breathing room. However, if you’re only hanging out once a week to begin with, it might just be that he wants to end things – in which case, walk away。

Obsessing over a sweet treat is such a drain on the brain

Next time you're craving a bar of chocolate, give in. Your waistline might not thank you for it - but your brain will.

Research has revealed that obsessing over a sweet treat is such a drain on the brain that it makes it difficult to concentrate on other tasks.

Fighting an all- consuming desire for chocolate HobNobs or strawberry ice cream can have consequences ranging from simple memory lapses to car crashes, say scientists.

The research centres on cravings for specific foods and brands.

Someone experiencing a craving isn't just hungry, they want to eat a particular brand of biscuits or flavour of ice cream - and nothing else will do.

The Australian research team set out to see whether the intensity of these desires affects our ability to concentrate on other things.

They found that volunteers whose favourite chocolate bar was unwrapped and within their reach while they sat a series of tests had slower reactions and poorer memories than those who did the same tests in a chocolate-free zone.

The researchers, from Melbourne's Flinders University believe that when we crave a food we draw a mental picture of it.

Writing in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, the researchers, from Melbourne's Flinders University, said: 'Although cognitive effects of individual food cravings are likely to be small, in practice even small reductions in cognitive resources have the potential to compromise optimal performance in everyday situations, thereby reducing work efficiency or increasing the likelihood of accidents.'

But the researchers also believe that when we crave a food we draw a mental picture of it - and that filling the brain with competing images, such as visualising a rainbow, can ease cravings.

Protecting Wildlife

Some of Britain's most endangered wildlife - from red squirrels to native crayfish - are vanishing from the countryside at an alarming rate, a report warns.

　

A census of the most at-risk species found that dozens of plants and creatures are in serious decline, despite Government-backed attempts to protect them.

　

Conservationists yesterday accused politicians of failing to tackle the crisis and called on the coalition Government to carry out the parties' election pledges on protecting wildlife.

　

The report, from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, revealed that 88 species are in decline, including skylarks, pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies and red squirrels.

The assessment - which looked at the fortunes of hundreds of threatened species and habitats listed on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan - found that 19 types of landscape were also suffering, including mudflats, maritime cliffs and saltmarshes.

　

And it revealed that eight species have become extinct since the publication of the original plan in 1994, including the wryneck bird, two lichens, three moths and two beetles.

　

However, the report also found some success in boosting wildlife, with eight habitats and 40 species said to be improving.

Matt Shardlow, chief executive of Buglife, the Invertebrate Conservation Trust, said: 'British wildlife is in crisis. Species that have lived here for thousands of years are declining and disappearing. 'The UK and country authorities must now redouble their efforts if they are to have any hope of meetingthe new EU target of "halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020".'

　

Dr Mark Avery, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: 'The report shows that when targeted conservation programmes are funded, species such as stone-curlew, corncrake and bittern can often quickly recover. 'But we've made less progress with restoring and expanding vital wildlife habitats.'

　

Many of the species have suffered from the loss of their habitats, intensive farming and pollution.

　

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: 'Many pressures on biodiversity remain high and some species such as farmland birds and sea birds have declined. We will continue to address this.'

Naked workers !!!

According to a British media, on May 17, passengers on the London Underground were shocked to see two handsome men and two blondes enter the subway station without clothes. The foursome, who covered their modesty with handbags and briefcases, were stripped to the buff. They looked as if they were busily going to work and nothing was out of the ordinary.

It turned out that they were promoting a new Virgin TV series, The Naked Office, that shows how naked workers at struggling companies turning their businesses around. This absurd advertisement has caused great debates among British Internet users.

Something about Fish

As they swim gently around their tank or bowl, fish tend to enjoy a stress-free existence. But they face one great potential peril, scientists have found.

　　

Apparently, if they catch sight of their reflection gawping back at them, they try to fight it. They are then terrified when their lookalike fights back in exactly the same way.

　

Scientists say the discovery shows how similar their brains are to ours.

Biologist Dr Julie, who led the study, said: 'I think this indicates there is more going on cognitively than people have long assumed in fish.'

All showed high levels of testosterone and other aggression-inducing hormones in their blood.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, another beautiful, but has passed; tomorrow brilliant, but not the arrival. A three is better than yesterday, today, three tomorrow, a better today. A good many today is better than yesterday and tomorrow, not good.

To yesterday, today and tomorrow on the scale together, today the most weight; you, me, him today, and after the previous one today, but have light weight. Although today the word simple, but enough to write you a lifetime. To life every day as today's people, I believe that every day he will become golden days. Today in the hope of a better, although they must be achieved tomorrow, hope that the seedlings can be contained under it today. Otherwise, they would like to better tomorrow harvest can only be disappointed.

Although the ordinary today, may be it is a block BRIC, elevate your tomorrow; today, although the ordinary, may be it is a stream. Poly filled with you tomorrow; today, though inconspicuous, it is onecan fire, red you tomorrow ......

Short philosophical essay today in the hope of a better, although they must be achieved tomorrow, hope that the seedlings can be contained under it today. Otherwise, they would like to better tomorrow harvest can only be disappointed.

Pic and Words

Destiny takes a hand ~ Sleepless in Seattle

1.Work hard! Work will save you. Work is the only thing that will see you through this.

2.You make millions of decisions that mean nothing and then one day your order takes out and it changes your life.

3.Destiny takes a hand.

4.You know, you can tell a lot from a person’s voice.

5.People who truly loved once are far more likely to love again.

6.You know it’s easier to get killed by a terrorist than get married over the age of 40.

7.You are the most attractive man I ever laid ears.

8.Why would you want to be with someone who doesn’t love you?

9.When you’re attracted to someone it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate, is just two neuroses knowing they’re a perfect match.

10.Everybody panics before they get married.

11.Your destiny can be your doom.

12.The reason I know this and you don’t is because I’m younger and pure. So I’m more in touch with cosmic forces.

13.I don’t want to be someone that you’re settling for. I don’t want to be someone that anyone settles for.

14.What if something had happened to you? What if I couldn’t get to you? What would I have done without you? You’re my family. You’re all I’ve got.

Titanic: Encounter

1.Outwardly, I was everything a well-brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming.

2.There is nothing I couldn’t give you, there is nothing I would deny you, if you would not deny me. Open you’re heart to me.　

3.What the purpose of university is to find a suitable husband.

4.Remember, they love money, so just pretend like you own a goldmine and you’re in the club.　

5.All life is a game of luck.　

6.I love waking up in the morning and not knowing what’s going to happen, or who I’m going to meet, where I’m going to wind up.　

7.I figure life is a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you’re going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you. 　

8.To make each day count.

9.We’re women. Our choices are never easy.

10.You jump, I jump.

11.Will you give us a chance to live?

12.God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death. Neither shall there be sorrow or dying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former world has passed away.

13.You’re going to get out of here. You’re going to go on and you’re going to make lots of babies and you’re going to watch them grow and you’re going to die an old, an old lady, warm in your bed. Not here. Not this night. Not like this.

Gone with The Wind: Strong will

1.Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for. Because it’s the only thing that lasts.

2.Whatever comes, I’ll love you, just as I do now. Until I die.

3.I think it’s hard winning a war with words.

4. Sir, you’re no gentleman. And you miss are no lady.

5.I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

6.In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you.

7.I love you more than I’ve ever loved any woman. And I’ve waited longer for you than I’ve waited for any woman.

8.If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, as God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!

9.Now I find myself in a world which for me is worse than death. A world in which there is no place for me.

10.You’re throwing away happiness with both hands. And reaching out for something that will never make you happy.

11.Home. I’ll go home. And I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

The Lion King : Upgrowth

1.Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance.

2.I laugh in the face of danger.

3.I’m only brave when I have to be. Being brave doesn’t mean you go looking for trouble.

4.When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.

5.It’s like you are back from the dead.

6.You can’t change the past.

7.Yes, the past can hurt. But I think you can either run from it or learn from it.

8.This is my kingdom. If I don’t fight for it, who will?

9.Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a lie.

10.I’ll make it up to you, I promise.

Shawshank Redemption：Freedom

1.It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.

2.Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

3.some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright...

4.I find I’m so excited. I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

5.Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. A strong man can save himself. A great man can save another.

6.Prison life consists of routine, and then mort routine.

7.These walls are kind of funny like that. First you hate them, then you get u sed to them. Enough time passed, get so you depend on them. That`s institution alized.

8.There`s not a day goes by I don`t feel regret. Not because I`m in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then. Then a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can`t. That kid`s long gone and this old man is all that`s left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It`s just a bull.......... word. So you go on and stamp your form, sorry, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don`t give a ...........

9.I guess it comes down to a simple choice:get busy living or get busy dying.

Spoken English learning

1 Great minds think alike.

2 Get going!

3 We've got to hit the road.

4 I can't place his face.

5 Once bitten , twice shy

6 look at the big picture

7 I'm exhausted.

8 I've got my second wind.

9 My stomach is growling.

10 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

11 ~~~~is now in season.

12 Let's grab a bite to eat

13 This food is out of the world

14 What a bummer!

15 First things first

16 it's just my cup of tea

16 Does ~~~~~~~suit your taste

17 Take it easy. easy dose it.

18 Do as i said.

19 Let's roll up our sleeves.

20 Put it in my hands.

21 It's a short-cut.

22 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

23 One boy is a boy; two boys half boy;three boys no boy.

24 Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

25 Did you get the picture?

26 Be back in 30 minutes!

27 One more hour to go.

28 Time is running out.

29 To the best of my knowlege~

30 As far as i know.

31 Don't let me down.

32 You'll get it soon.

33 Pick up the pace.

34 You are really something.

35 You are something else.

36 How did you manage to do that？

37 I can't believe my eyes.

38 It was really neat!

39 I'm dying for a coke.

40 wine in, truth out.

41 I can't carry a tune.

42 If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

43 My hands are sweaty.

44 I've got a butterfly in my stomach.

45 No way

46 it's a piece of cakeit's a snap.

47 Go for it.

48 ~~~~is driving me up a wall.

49 Anything you say.

50 I'm already locked into something else.

Kung Fu Panda

1.There are no accidents.

2.One meets its destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

3.Your mind is like this water, my friend, when it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.

4.Quit don't quit. Noodles don't noodles.

5.There is a saying，Yesterday is history，Tomorrow is a mystery，But today is a gift！That is why it's called the present (the gift).

6.Yes, look at this tree Chivu, I can not make it bloom and suit me, nor make it bear food before it's time.

7.But there are things we can control, I can control when the fruit will fall... And I can control what time to seed. That is not illusion, Master．

8.Yes, but no matter what you do, That seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an Apple or an orange, but you will get a peach．

9.But peache can not defeate Tai Long．

10.Maybe it can if you are willing to guide it, to

nurture it, to believe in it.

11. I'm sorry things didn't work out. It's just what it's meant to be. Paul, forget everything else, your destiny still awaits. We are Noodle folk, Broth runs deep through our veins．

12. You cannot leave, real warrior never quits.

13.Why didn't you quit? You know I was trying to get rid of you, but you stayed．

14.Yes, I stayed. I stayed, because every time you threw up bricks on my head or said I smelled, it hurts. But it could never hurt more than I did everyday in my life just being me. I stayed, because I thought, If anyone could change me, could make me not me, it was you, the greatest Kong Fu teacher in the whole of China!

15. Enough talk！Let's fight！

16. The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup is...nothing.

17. To make something special, you just have to believe it' s special.

About Love

1.I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

　　　　

2、No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry.

3、 The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them.

4、Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

　　　　

5、To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

　　　　　　 　　

6、Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you.

　　　

7、Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.

　　　　　　

8、Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

　　　　

9、Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

　　　　

10、Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

Classical Movie

1，Frankly，my dear，I don’t give a damn.

2，I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.

3， You don’t understand！Icoulda had class.I coulda been a contender.I could’ve been somebody，instead of a bum， which is what I am.

4，Toto，I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.

5，Here’s looking at you，kid.

6，Go ahead，make my day.

7，All right，Mr.DeMille，I’m ready for my close－up.

8，May the Force be with you.

9，Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.

11、"Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?"

12，I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

13，Love means never having to say you’re sorry.

14、"I could dance with you'til the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you came home."

16、Gif me a visky, ginger ale on the side, and don'be stingy, baby.

17、life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you're gonna get.

18，Made it，Ma！Top of the world！

20，I’m as mad as hell，and I’m not going to take this anymore！

21，Louis，I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

22.It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.

23，There’s no place like home.

24，I am big！It’s the pictures that got small.

25，Show me the money！

28，Play it，Sam. Play’As Time Goes By’.

29，You can’t handle the truth！

30，I want to be alone.

31，After all，tomorrow is another day！

33，I’ll have what she’s having.

37，I’ll be back.

38，Today，I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

40，Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.

43，We’ll always have Paris.

46，Oh，Jerry，don’t let’s ask for the moon.We have the stars.

48，Well，nobody’s perfect.

51，You’ve got to ask yourself one question：〃Do I feel lucky？〃Well，do ya，punk？ ）

52，You had me at〃hello.〃

54，There’s no crying in baseball！

56，A boy’s best friend is his mother.

57，Greed，for lack of a better word，is good.

58，Keep your friends close，but your enemies closer.

59，As God is my witness，I’ll never be hungry again.

63，Mrs.Robinson，you’re trying to seduceme.Aren’t you？

67，Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world，she walks into mine.

71，Wait a minute，wait a minute.You ain’t heard nothin’yet！

75，I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

83，Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.

94，I feel the need－the need for speed！

95，Carpe diem. Seize the day，boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

100，I’m king of the world！

In fact, most couples are unhappy in their relationship

It's perhaps inevitable that some of the romance will go out of a relationship as time passes.

And for some couples that spontaneity is replaced by a steady and deepening affection.

But not for as many as we would like to think. In fact, most couples are unhappy in their relationship, say researchers.　　

More than six out of ten adults in a relationship admit there is a lot they could do to improve their love life - and four out of ten admit they have considered leaving their partner. One in ten no longer even trusts their partner.

A study of 3,000 couples also showed a lack of sex, spontaneity, affection and romance makes it hard to maintain a loving relationship.

In fact, most couples only rate their sex life as being six out of ten - and 25 per cent claim activity in the bedroom is more perfunctory than perfect.

More than half of those polled said their partner was no longer the 'affectionate and giving' person they were when they first started dating.

And for 33 percent acts of spontaneity - such as booking romantic trips away, cooking a favorite meal or bursting in with a bouquet of flowers - are all but dead-and-gone.

'The sad fact of the matter is that when people first start dating, they go to great lengths to appeal to each other by being sexy, romantic and giving,' said David Brown of website UKDating.com.

'But once that honeymoon period is over, it is all too easy to start taking each other for granted. Once couples fall in love and settle down, they fall out of the habit of making an effort.'

The survey also revealed 13 per cent of couples no longer want the same things for the future and 19 per cent don't give each other enough time or attention. For 16 per cent a lack of time to talk is a bone of contention, whereas 7 per cent simply don't fancy each other any more.

Half of those questioned believed they were stuck in a rut with their sex life and had no idea how to re-create the passion they once enjoyed.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Some people, were born to sit by a river.

Some get struck by lightning.

Some have an ear for music.

Some are artists.

Some swim.

Some know buttons.

Some know Shakespeare.

Some are mothers.

And some people，dance.

Life like a box of chocolates

1.His back is as crooked as a politician.

2.Life was like a box of chocolate ,you never know what you’re gonna get.

3.There is an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes.Where they’re going. Where they’ve been.

4.You are no different than anybody else is.

5.Stupid is as stupid does.

6.We were like peas and carrots.

7.There must be someing can be done.

8.Miracles happen every day.

10.Sure as hell was.

11.Ain’t I going to be me?

12.Nobody gives a horse’s .

13.Get your maggoty ass on the bus.

14.That is the outstanding answer I’ve ever heard.

15.Just like that ,she was gone.

16.I do not know much about it ,but I think some of America’s best young men served in this war.

17.A little of stinging rain,and big old fat rain.

18.There ain’t something you can find just around the corner.

19.The secret to this game is ,no matter what happens ,never ,ever take your eye off the ball.

20.Nothing just happens,it’s all part of a plan.

21.army’s value=loyalty,duty, respect,selfless,service honor,ivtegrity,pessonal courage .

21.There is one small step for a man,a giant leap for mankind.

22.A promise is a promise.(made a promise and keep a promise).

23.I am a man of my word.

24.Where the hell is this God of yours?

25.There is only so much of fortune a man really neads and the rest is just for showing off.

26. You got to go when you got to go.

27.Shit happens!

28.You have got to put the past behinde you before you can move on.

29.It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou.There was a million sparkles on the river..

30.If there is anything you need I will not be far away.

31.It’s my time. It’s just my time. Oh, now, don’t you be afraid sweetheart. Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do. I didn’t know it. But I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.

one IELTS composition

What do you consider to be the most important room in a house? Why is this room more important to you than any other room? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Different people are sure to have different views on which is the most important room in their houses. The bedroom, the sitting room, the kitchen may be their first choice, but I am unusual, for I hold that the most important room in my apartment is the bathroom.

First of all, no matter what the name of washroom itself may suggest to us, one thing that we can not deny is: none of us can do without it. As long as we are at home, we will always have to visit it now and then, from sunrise to sunset. Moreover, most of the making up, dressing up, shower or bath taking, occasional hand or face washing as well as self-appreciating in the mirror is done in the washroom. Therefore, the washroom is indeed important to us.

Second, the washroom is a window displaying the taste of the host or hostess. Whenever there are home visitors, the washroom is sure to be a must. How it is decorated, what the arrangement is like, whether it is cozy and convenient will always leave some kind of impression on the guests and accordingly, involve the host’s face need because they all reflect the host’s taste for everything.

Of course, this is not to say that other rooms in the house are not important. We all need to sleep, enjoy some leisure moments and have meals, so the bedroom, the sitting room and the kitchen are also very important. However, when speaking of the more private rooms that we’d like to open to others, the washroom will, I’m afraid, rank the first. Hence, in this sense, the condition of the washroom seems to be more critical.

All in all, with the importance of all aspects of the washroom tak

en into account, it becomes, at least to me, the most important room at my home.

People have various ways of relieving stress. What are some of the ways that you find most effective in relieving stress? Give reasons and examples to support your response.

The way or ways in which people relieve their stress are very much different: some cry, some laugh, some overdrink themselves and some dance wildly, so on and so forth, to name just a few. However, the two most effective ways that work on me are sleeping in and taking long walks.

Now let’s look at the many advantages of sleeping in. Sleeping in may help ease our nervousness and give our exhausted nerves a break. While under pressure, we tend to be impatient and easily lose our temper which could only aggravate our feeling of pressure. Sleeping in once there is a chance can help adjust our nerves and this is conducive to getting over nervousness and tiredness. Furthermore, sleeping in can let us forget all about the stress for the time being. Once falling asleep, we would be free from thinking about the stress any longer and everything recedes to temporary tranquility, so when we wake up, the stress is not that strong anymore. Of course, we are unable to sleep in wherever we are and whenever we want to, rather, we need to find time, that is, when work allows us to do so.

Next, let’s take a look at some of the positive points of taking long walks. As we know, taking a walk itself is the best form of exercise that can help us keep fit, thus improving our capability to alleviate or eradicate pressure which in turn makes for our long-term health. Meanwhile, taking long walks provides us with opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding sceneries and to think over the problems in our mind. Therefore, we are actually doing exercises, feasting our eyes on the sceneries and thinking about things at the same time: all three in one, which means that stress or pressure becomes only a small part of the whole process.

In general, my own experience across the years has proved that the above mentioned two ways are the most effective in terms of relieving and even eradicating stress, so I highly recommend them to you and hope they would produce the same effect on you.

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The wise never marry, And when they marry they become otherwise.

Money is not everything. There’s Mastercard & Visa.

One should love animals. They are so tasty.

Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.

Love the neighbor. But don’t get caught.

Behind every successful man,there is a woman.And behind every unsuccessful man,there are two.

Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.

Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.

Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today.

Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.

Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.

“Your future depends on your dreams.” So go to sleep.

There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.

“Hard work never killed anybody.“ But why take the risk?

“Work fascinates me.“ I can look at it for hours!

God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.

When two’s company, three’s the result!

A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.

The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget.

The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.

some words

01.Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself.

02.Among thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met. Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late.

03.Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable.

04.Apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. While feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted.

05.“You couldn’t see my tears cause I am in the water.” Fish said to water.　“But I could feel your tears cause you are in me.”Answered water.

06.It‘s true that we have been leading a difficult life, for we need not only to be under various external pressures, but also to be in the face of internal perplexities.You would be affected by the warmth of life if someone gives you an understanding look during your bitter struggle.Even a mere glance would make you moved and inpired.

07.I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal.

08.Penitence is something that enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than loss itself and making a good words !

09.Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it would turn sunny after rain as well. If rain remains after rain and sorrow remains after sorrow, please take those farewells easy, and turn to smilingly look for yourself who is never to appear.

10.There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, so you may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered. There is gain and loss in your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten. Nevertheless, doesn‘t the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain forever?

Bible words

1、What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. "John 1-4,5"

2、Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few wh o find it. "Matthew 7-13,14"

3、Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious pr boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or re sentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. I t bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never end s.

4、Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and. The power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

5、The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.

6、For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand up on the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my fles h I shall see God.

7、Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is n ear. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.

8、Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in al l these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

9、And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.

10、Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he wil l reign forever and ever.

Something you should know

01. One is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listening to strange music. Then one day, you will find that the things you try hard to forget are already gone.

02. Happiness is not about being immortal nor having food or rights in one's hand. It’s about having each tiny wish come true, or having something to eat when you are hungry or having someone's love when you need love.

03. Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow. When the lamp is off, you will find the shadow everywhere. Friend is who can give you strength at last.

04. I love you not for who you are, but for who I am before you.

05. Love makes man grow up or sink down.

06. If you can hold something up and put it down, it is called weight-lifting; if you can hold something up but can never put it down, it’s called burden-bearing. Pitifully, most of people are bearing heavy burdens when they are in love. 　

07. We all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour to like someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.

08. One may fall in love with many people during the lifetime. When you finally get your own happiness, you will understand the previous sadness is kind of treasure, which makes you better to hold and cherish the people you love. 　　

09. When you are young, you may want several love experiences. But as time goes on, you will realize that if you really love someone, the whole life will not be enough. You need time to know, to forgive and to love. All this needs a very big mind.

10. When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no more important in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forward by time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forward when another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up. And we become different. 　

11.If you leave me, please don't comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain.

12. Don’t forget the things you once you owned. Treasure the things you can’t get. Don't give up the things that belong to you and keep those lost things in memory. 　

13. I love and am used to keeping a distance with those changed things. Only in this way can I know what will not be abandoned by time. For example, when you love someone, changes are all around. Then I step backward and watching it silently, then I see the true feelings.

14. Men love from overlooking while women love from looking up. If love is a mountain, then if men go up, more women they will see while women will see fewer men.

15. Good love makes you see the whole world from one person while bad love makes you abandon the whole world for one person.

16. We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. And then begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to love or how long it will be. Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will come out, but this kind of waiting is the love itself.　

17. Is there anyone who hasn't suffered for the secret love? We always think that love is very heavy, heavy and could be the heaviest thing in the world. But one day, when you look back, you suddenly realize that it’s always light, light. We all thought love was very deep, but in fact it's very thin. The deepest and heaviest love must grow up with the time. 　

18. In this world, only those men who really feel happy can give women happiness

19. If a woman is not sexy, she needs emotion; if she is not emotional, she needs reason; if she is not reasonable, she has to know herself clearly. Only she has is misfortune.

20. An unacceptable love needs no sorrow but time- sometime for forgetting. A badly-hurt heart needs no sympathy but understanding.　

21. I know someone in the world is waiting for me, although I've no idea of who he is. But I feel happy every day for this.

22. In your life, there will at least one time that you forget yourself for some one, asking for no result, no company, no ownership nor love. Just ask for meeting you in my most beautiful years.

23．I don't think that when people grow up, they will become more broad-minded and can accept everything. Conversely, I think it's a selecting process, knowing what's the most important and what's the least. And then be a simple man.　　

24. When you feel hurt and your tears are gonna to drop. Please look up and have a look at the sky once belongs to us. If the sky is still vast, clouds are still clear, you shall not cry because my leave doesn't takeaway the world that belongs to you.

10 tips to lose weight

It's easy to look great in your little black dress again with our easy exercise tips. So even if you're sitting down all day or rushing around after the kids we've got some great suggestions to help you flatten your belly.

1. Dance it off

All types of vigorous dancing is great for burning fat and calories--around 400 an hour--and dancing is a good workout for your waist too. Salsa, ballroom and belly dancing are particularly good.

2. Swap your chair for a fitness ball

You might feel silly but sitting on a fitness ball instead of a chair when you watch telly will help tone up your belly. You have to use your muscles, especially your stomach muscles to balance and stay on the ball.

3. Sit-ups

Yes, we know you've heard it before but sit-ups or crunches can help fight the flab. You won't see a change immediately and you may need to build up to doing 10-15 sit-ups a day. Always hold your hands by your ears rather than behind your head so you don't strain your neck or back.

4. The reverse curl

If you find sit-ups difficult try the reverse curl instead, it's just as effective but easier on the back. Start by lying on the floor, with your hands by your sides. Lift your bum off the floor using just your stomach muscles and keep your arms and shoulders on the floor. Hold for a few seconds then lower yourself back to the floor. Repeat 15-20 times.

5. Yoga

It's not just for celebs like Madonna, Yoga can be done by anyone at any level. It's great for toning all over but especially good at toning the belly because of the breathing exercises that are involved, and because it helps your posture--and good posture leads to a flatter tum!

6. Check your posture

To keep your tummy flat you need to keep your back strong too as the band of muscle around your waist also helps support your spine. So stand up straight and keep your back and stomach muscles taut.

7. Crunch and twist

Once you've been doing sit-ups for a while you'll notice that they've become a lot easier, don't give up and don't just do more, do them differently instead. Keep your hands by your ears and raise yourself up slowly then twist your body--from the waist, not your back or shoulders--and try to touch your knees with your opposite elbow, i.e. your right elbow comes up and across to touch your left knee. Untwist and go back to your starting position. Repeat on each side 10-15 times.

8. Touch your toes

If you're bored of sit-ups, try this exercise instead. Lie on the floor with arms straight up, pointing at the ceiling. Slowly curl yourself up and forward so that your hands are pointing towards your toes--and if you can, touch your toes. Then return to your starting position but do it slowly to stretch the muscles. Repeat 15-20 times.

9. Hold your stomach in

This is easy exercise if you're feeling lazy. Just holding your stomach in when you're walking or waiting for the bus can help tone your belly.

10. Could it just be bloating?

If it is, then there are loads of things you can do to get a slimmer waist, almost overnight. Swap fizzy drinks for still drinks, chew slowly and take pre and pro biotic supplements, which will increase your good gut bacteria and lessen the bloating.

Next 50 lines

01. All is not gold that glitters./All that glitters is not gold.

02.The strong pass of the enemy is like a wall of iron,yet with firm strides we are conquring its summit.

03.My journey is long and winding, I will keep on exploring my way far and wide.

04.You get what you pay off.

05.Seeing is believing.

06.Where there's smoke without fire.

07.Where there's oppression there's resistance.

08. All the Evils to be considered with the Good, that is in them, and with that worse attends them.

09.Make your whole year's plan in the spring and the whole day's plan in the morning.

10.Details is the key to success.

11.A man loves his sweetheart the most,his wife the best,but his mother the longest.

12.A big tree falls not at the first stroke.

13.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.

14.Ask not what your country can do for you;Ask what you can do for your country.

15.Repent,for the kingdom of heaven is near.

16.Rejoicing in hope, patienting in trabulation.

17.Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.

18.Something attempted,something done.

19.Hope for the best,prepare for the worst.

20.Great hope makes great man.

21.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

22.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

23.Knowledge is a measure, but practise is the key to it.

24.Lost time is never found again.

25.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.

26.Behind bad luck comes good luck.

27.All for one, one for all.

28.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.

29.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.

30.He laughs best who laughs last.

31.Follow your own course, and let people talk.

32.Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

33.Think twice before acting.

34.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.

35.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

36.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

37.A stitch in time saves nine.

38.Diamond cuts diamond.

39.The early bird catches the worm.

40.Whatever you go, go with all your heart.

41.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

42.Where there is life, there is hope.

43.All thing are difficult before they are easy.

44.Life is not all roses.

45.Heaven never seals off all the exits.

46.Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?

47.Reading is always profitable.

48.A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend,as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover.

49.Actions speak louder that words.

50.Mastery of work comes from diligent application, and success deponds on forethought.

50 lines

1.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.

2.The longest journey begins with the first step.

3.Every little helps.

4.Pride hurts,modesty benefits.

5.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.

6.Rome was not bult in a day.

7.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

8.God helps those who help themselves.

9.More haste,less speed.

10.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

11.Well begun is half done.

12.Good wine needs no bush.

13.Industry is the parent of success.

14.Great minds think alike.

15.Practice makes perfect.

16.Still waters run deep.

17.Little stone fell great oaks.

18.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.

19.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

20.Take time while time is,for time will away.

21.Two heads are better than one.

22.Provide for a rainy day.

23.True blue will never strain.

24.You have to believe in yourself.That's the secret of success.

25.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

26.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.

27.There is plenty of fish in the sea.

28.Cats hind their paws.

29.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)

30.All shall be well,Jack shall have jill.

31.The world is but a little place,after all.

32.It is better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

33.A good medicine tastes bitter.

34.Knowledge is power.

35.Money is not everything.

36.Time and tide wait no man.

37.A young idler,an old beggar.

38.Strike while the iron is hot.

39.Every man has his price.

40.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.

41.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

42.Noting venture,noting gain.

43.It never rains but it pours.

44.Losers are always in the wrong.

45.Man proposes,God deposes.

46.Many hands make light work.

47.No cross, no crown.

48.No pain, no gain.

49.Not to advance is to go back.

50.No way is impossible to courage.