My heart leaps up …

      I'm back, more than one year after i wrote the last piece.

 

      BECause i really begin to miss something , especially the state when i learn to express myself in the foreign language. It's interesting and full of challenges,which makes me eager to do something and really do something in the spare times.

 

     Recently, I find myself getting into trouble again.  Nothing gives me more pleasure than finding a way from dream to  reality. Maybe the books can.

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    You may not be able to control the times, but you can compose your responses.

    You can turn your pain into profanity--,or into poetry. The choice is up to you. 

    The positive solution to a problem may require the courage to initiate it.

    When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problems of life,

    In fact you control the problems's effect on you.

    Your reaction to the problem is the last word.That's the bottom line!

    It can make you tender or tough.

    It can make you better or bitter.

    It all depends on you.

  Raise your head and gaze at the stars

  something romantic is going on in the sky. 
  the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

  Valentine's day in china

  he and she will meet  on a bridge of magpie

  across the milky way

 

  Grannies will remind children

  no magpies would be seen on that evening

  because all of them have left to form a bridge

  in the heavens with their wings.

 

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

 

   The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. the story has been recorded as far back as the jin dynasty (256-420 ad). poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of chinese opera tell the story.

   Chinese people believe that the star vega（织女星）, east of the milky way, is zhi nu and, at the constellation of aquila（天鹰座）, on the western side of the milky way, niu lang waits for his wife.

 

   Zhi nu was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the queen of heaven. with her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky, while niu lang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife. niu lang lamented over his lonely and poor life with an old cow, his only friend and companion. the magical cow kindly told him of a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion.

  Under the direction of the cow, niu lang went to the riverside on an evening, where the seven fairies slipped out of their heavenly palace to bathe. he took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank. when the fairies left the water, the youngest couldn't find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her. then niu lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy, zhi nu, to stay with him. everal years passed on earth, which were only a few days in heaven. niu lang and zhi nu lived happily together and had two children before the queen of heaven discovered zhi nu's absence.

  She was so annoyed she had zhi nu brought back to heaven. seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, niu lang was terrified. he caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. the magical cow had told him before dying of old age: "keep the cowhide（牛皮） for emergency use."
putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two children. with the help of the cowhide, niu lang was able to follow zhi nu into heaven. he was about to reach his wife when the queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two. the line became the silver river in heaven, or the milky way.

  Zhi nu went back to the heavenly workshop, going on weaving the clouds. but she was so sad, and missed her husband across the silver river so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad. finally, the queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the silver river.

    今晚， 单位的英语俱乐部又开张了。准点跑到12楼，吓了一大跳，居然有这么多人，连酷爱英语的卢伯都只坐在了最后一排。于是，从GREETINGS到TONGUE  TWISTER，台上的VIVIAN依旧神采奕奕，轻松地调动着大家的情绪。因为课程和去年的有些是重复，卢伯中途逃课了。所以，他错过了中场休息的惊喜，VIVIAN放了几首TORI AMOS的歌。她应该是TORI的歌迷。还给我们讲了一些歌手的故事，且恰倒好处地按了STOP键，留一些悬念，让我们在想重温那声音的时候，自己去了解。

Tori Amos - Silent all these years

 

excuse me but can i be you for a while
my dog won't bite you if you sit real still
i got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin at me again
yeah i can hear that been saved again by the garbage truck
i got something to say you know but nothing come
yes i know what you think of me you never shut up
yeah i can hear that but what if i'm mermaid
in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey
but i don't care
cause somtimes i said sometimes
i hear my voice and it's been here
silent all these years
so you found a girl who thinks really deep thought
what's so amazing about really deep thought
boy you best pray that i bleed real soon
how's that thought for ya
my scream got lost in a paper cup
you think ther;s heaven where some
screams have gone i got 25 bucks and cracker do you think it's enough
to get us there cause
what if i'm a mermaid
in these jeans fo his with her name still on it hey but
i don't care cause sometimes
i said sometimes
i hear my voice and it's been here
silent all these years
go by will i still be waiting for somebody else to understand
years go by will i'm stripped of my beauty and the orange cloud raining in my head
years go by will i choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left
one more casualty you know we're too easy easy easy
well i love the way we communicate
your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
let's hear what you think of me now
but baby don't look up
the sky is falling
your mother shows up in a rasty dress
it's your turn now to stand where i sand
everybody lookinnnn' at you
here take a hold of my hand
yeah i can hear them
but what if i'm a mermaid
in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey
but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes
i hear my voice i hear my voice
and it's been here
silent all these years
i've been hear
silent all these years
silent all these years
silent all these years

　　昨天，老友聚餐席间，说起高中曾经参加过一个叫作“孤山不孤”外国语文学社的，谈起那个特立独行的社长老头，大家都笑得各怀心思。我记得，那个时候，老头隔三岔五就会给我们送几份英文资料，其中最多的就是培根的散文和莎士比亚的十四行诗。因为功课紧，很少认真去看，说实话，也看不大懂。有一次，文学社活动，要背一首交差，我记得当时背得很辛苦，因为根本没有理解。只是模仿那一连串的音节，颇似古时候的孩子背《百家姓》、《三字经》。不过，这样的背诵，在多年以后，突然有了一点点回味。尽管还是囫囵吞枣。

 

            Sonnet 29  William Shakespeare

             十四行诗29  威廉·莎士比亚

　

   　　When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,

          当我受尽命运的捉弄和世人的白眼

 

　　　I all alone beweep my outcast state,

       　暗暗哀悼自己的身世飘零

 

　　　And trouble deaf heav'n with my bootless cries,

         徒用我干嚎干扰聋聩的苍天

 

　　　And look upon myself and curse my fate,

         顾盼着身影，诅咒自己的命运

 

        Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,

         愿我有另一个一样富于希望

 

　　　Featru'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,

         面貌相似，又和他一样广交朋友

 

　　　Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,

         希求这人的渊博，那人的修养

        

         With what I most enjoy contented least;

         最赏心的乐事觉得最不对头

 

         Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,

         可是，当我正要这样看轻自己

 

         Haply I think on thee; and then my state,

         忽然想起了你，于是我的精神

 

         Like to the lark at break of day arising

         便像云雀破晓从阴霾的大地

 

         From sullen earth,sings hymns at heaven's gate
         振翅高飞，吟唱着圣歌在天门

 

　　　For thy sweet love remeb'red such wealth brings

         一想起你的爱使我那么富有

 

        That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
         和帝王换位我也不屑于屈就!

        

        

 

Thu Jan 26, 2006 By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters)

　　　　　　　　　　　　

2006年1月26日，周四，杰里米·卢佛儿 伦敦－路透社

 

    Li Yuchun, a music student who won China's equivalent of "American Idol", is still baffled by 

the change her superstar status has brought.

  　李宇春，这个赢得中国版“美国偶像”节目冠军的音乐学院学生，至今还颇不适应她成为超级明星后接踵而来的转变。 

 

   The 21-yearold tomboy from Sichuan was catapulted from obscurity last August after winning 

"Super Girls," the hugely popular televised pop talent contest.

 

  超级女声是一个极其流行的电视才艺比赛，这个21岁来自四川有着男孩般调皮性格的姑娘在赢得去年秋天的比赛冠军后，从原来的默默无名一下子飞速窜红。 

   An audience estimated at up to 400 million people tuned in to the three hour final, and 3.5 

million voted for Li by text.

  估计共有四亿电视观众收看了长达三小时的总决赛，350万人为李投了票。（显然英国人没弄清楚投票规则） 

   "There is a very big change from the life of a student to this," said the tall, thin Li, who is in 

London briefly to open celebrations for Chinese New Year.

　  “这对我的学生生活来说是一个巨大的转变”高高瘦瘦的李说。她此次来伦敦主要是来参加中国年庆祝活动的开幕式。 

   "I still keep in touch with my friends, but my schedule is so busy that I don't get much time

 to myself at all," she told Reuters.

　“我仍然和我的朋友们保持联系，但我的日程安排太满了，以致我现在根本没什么个人时间。”她对路透社记者说。 

   It was not as though Li, who described her main music college subject as "pop singing", 

intentionally used the contest as a career springboard.

　根据李的描述，她的专业是“通俗演唱”，但她从未打算利用这次参赛作为自己职业生涯跳板。 
  

　"I only entered it to keep a friend of mine company," she said, speaking through an

 interpreter. 

　“我只是陪一个朋友去比赛”她通过一个翻译说。 

   Never having left China, and barely her home province, before winning the contest, Li now 

finds her image plastered across advertising billboards and magazines everywhere.
　

　赢得比赛以前，她从未离开过中国，也几乎没离开过她的家乡，而现在，她的形象遍布巨型广告招牌和杂志。 

   Accusations by her critics that she has a mediocre voice with a talent to match cut no ice

 with her legion of fans who mob her every appearance.

  有批评说她的声音普通，才艺平庸，但这丝毫不能影响她在任何所到之处都受到她粉丝军团的包围
　

  Asked if she welcomed the apparent encroachment of American pop culture into China she

 replied that it was not something she had ever thought about.

  当记者问她是否赞同美国流行文化对中国的侵入，她说她从来没有想到过这个问题。

 

　"I have never considered questions like this. It was a contest. I love singing and I entered 

it," she said with a shrug. 。

 

  “我从来不考虑这样的问题。这只是一场比赛而已。我喜欢唱歌所以我参加了”她耸耸肩说。 

 

   And what of her plans for the future?
 

   那她对未来的计划呢？
　

   "I have no long term plans. But I have already released a single and this year I will release

 my first album," Li said. "My record company hired producers to write songs for me this time,

 but in future I hope to write my own songs."
  

  “我没有什么长期的计划。但我已经发行了一首单曲，而且今年我会发行自己的第一张专辑。”李说。“我的唱片公司这次是雇制作人为我写歌的，但我希望将来自己能够写自己的歌。”

　If her millions of fans cannot wait for her album to appear they will soon have a token to 

tide them over when the China National Philatelic Corporation this week issues a postage stamp 

bearing her image -- a first for a mainland Chinese pop star.

  如果她数以百万的粉丝等不及她的首张专辑面世，很快他们也能得到一份象征性的礼物聊以安慰－－－中国集邮公司本星期发行了一套带有她形象的纪念邮票－－中国大陆明星有史以来的第一次。

 

　"I am very happy and delighted," Li said. "It will make me feel very close to my fans." 

  “我非常开心”李说。“这让我觉得和‘玉米’们异常亲近。”

As you are Chris Lee 

We'd like make a promise and live up to it

 

In another second, of many blinks
Shall we still tend you softly
As a mama cares for her baby
No need to disguise

In another hour, of sixty minutes
Shall we still hold you tenderly
As a kid attends her doll
With a warm embrace

In another week, of seven days
Shall we still dote on you deeply
As children adore their candies
So sweet are the kisses

In another season, of three months
Shall we still faithfully protect you 
As soldiers escort their princess
Within one pace

In another decade, of ten years
Shall we still truly back you 
As friends support their companies
With every beat of their hearts

In another millennium, of ten centuries
Shall we still highly cherish you 
As the little prince treasures his rose
No one can replace

In another life, in another face
Shall we still find you
As if we know the trace
And never lose the faith

In another eternity, in another place 
Shall we still be loving you 
As before, as usual, as always
For the same promise

In another time, in another space
Shall we still be there in any case
As you are Chris Lee as ever
We will forever be your maize ……

 

I should have known all along

There was something wrong

I just never read between the lines

Then I woke up one day

found you on your way

Leaving nothing but my heart hehind

What can I do to make it up to you

Promises don't come easy

But tell me if there is a way

to bring you back home to stay

Well I'd promises anything to you

I've been walking around

with my head hanging down

Wondering what I'm gonna do

Cause when you walked out that door

I knew I needed you more

Than to take a chance on losing you

What can I do to make it up to you

Promises don't come easy

You know I've made up my mind

to make it work this time

That's the promise that I give to you

You never thought I loved you

I thought you never thought I cared

I was just too proud to say it out loud

Now I know to let my feelings go

so tell me

What can I do to make it up to you

Promises don't come easy

You know I've made up my mind

to make it work this time

That's the promise that I give to you

What can I do to make it up to you