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　　隨著全球化與多元文化的發展，英語正躋身為一種國際語言被廣泛使用。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎閱讀!

　　篇一

　　Fitness***關於身體素質***

　　Fitness in to days sports is higher than its ever been，we are seeing World records smashed daily from swimming to athletics.The professional athlete today is faster fitter stronger than at any time in the past.As a professional in the England and Australia all those years ago our training was 4 mornings a week which included sprints long distance runs，weights training that was the extent of our work out“o”plus ball skills for 2 hours some players would go back in the after noon for extra but most went of to play golf.We did not have to days experts and to days machinery to help us to be faster and stronger.

　　Footballers to day have every benefit available to then to make them the players they are.They have trainers for sprints，trainers for skill trainers for weight Chefs to make sure they eat and drink and have individual diets.Machines to monitor everything imaginable which in the end will give a team the EDGE.

　　The facilities that are available to clubs are now more equipped then ever before

　　Indoor field for when it rains or snows and for winter training.Boots have been designed by computers for individual feet.，balls that are lighter and move faster in the air then ever before，so the players have everything imaginable to give them the maximum chances to be the best at what they do.

　　Players do have to put the rest of the jigsaw together that will make them the best.The sacrifice that the players put into to days game is quit remarkable.some can sustain it for many years but many fall at the wayside due to the very difficult commitments players have to give and go through year in year out.When i played we would play 42 games a season today‘s player will play as mush as 100 games in a season and that has to take its toll on the body.Many player who can go on into there thirties and still play at the highest level are very rare in to days game.

　　Technology has come a very long way since the days when i played. Players get over injuries so much faster due to key hole surgery which can also prolong there playing days.

　　The first round is over and the teams that have impressed me so far are Argentina，Spain，Brazil，Ivory Coast，Holland.I‘m sorry to say that the English side have been the most disappointing side i have seen.I still feel it will be an Argentina and Brazil Final.But keep your eyes on the swiss and on the team from Germany home ground advantage has allways been hard to beat.So could we see a German and Brazil final that will be all sorted out over the next 3 weeks.

　　John Deegan

　　篇二

　　Four Seasons of a Tree***一棵樹的四季***

　　Don‘t judge a life by one difficult season.

　　There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest，in turn，to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

　　The first son went in the winter，the second in the spring，the third in summer，and the youngest son in the fall.

　　When they had all gone and come back，he called them together to describe what they had seen.

　　The first son said that the tree was ugly，bent，and twisted. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

　　The third son disagreed，he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful，it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

　　The last son disagreed with all of them;he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit，full of life and fulfillment.

　　The man then explained to his sons that they were all right，because they had each seen but one season in the tree‘s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree，or a person，by only one season，and that the essence of who they are - and the pleasure，joy，and love that come from that life - can only be measured at the end，when all the seasons are up.

　　If you give up when it‘s winter，you will miss the promise of your spring，the beauty of your summer，fulfillment of your fall. Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

　　篇三

　　The Essence of Charm ***魅力的本質***

　　Laurie Lee，born in Gloucestershire，England，in 1914，says of his early years：“At the age of nineteen，I left home and walked to London，taking little else with me but my violin and the determination to never again have an employer. If writing should fail me，I was resolved to survive by playing my violin.”Lee was not obliged to earn his living as a traveling minstrel，since his books have been well received over the years. These include Cider with Rosie***1959***，a memoir of his boyhood in England，and I Can‘t Stay Long***1975***，a collection of prose pieces. The New Yorker said of Lee’s writing：“It has a tone and intensity that are entirely his own，and is inimitably pleasing.”

　　Charm is the ultimate weapon，the supreme seduction，against which there are few defenses. If you‘ve got it，you need neither money，looks，nor pedigree. It’s a gift，given only to give away，and the more used，the more there is. It is also a climate of behavior set for perpetual summer and thermostatically controlled by taste and tact.

　　True charm is an aura，an invisible musk in the air;if you see it working，the spell is broken. Charm is dynamic，and cannot be turned on and off at will. As to its ingredients，there is no fixed formula. A whole range of mysteries goes into the caldron，but the magic it offers must be absolute-one cannot be“almost”or“partly”charmed.

　　In a woman，charm is probably more exacting than in a man，requiring a wider array of subtleties. It is a light in the face，an air of exclusive welcome，an almost impossibly sustained note of satisfaction in one‘s company，and regret without fuss at parting. A woman with charm finds no man dull;indeed，in her presence he becomes not just a different person but the person he most wants to be. Such a woman gives life to his deep-held fantasies by adding the necessary conviction to his long suspicion that he is king.

　　Of those women who have most successfully charmed me I remember chiefly their voices and eyes. Their voices were intimate and enveloping. The listening eyes，supreme charm in a woman，betrayed no concern with any other world than this，warmly wrapping one round with total attention and turning one‘s lightest words to gold. Theirs was a charm that must have continued to exist，like the flower in the desert，even when there was nobody there to see it.

　　A woman‘s charm spreads round her that particular glow of well-being for which any man will want to seek her out and，by making full use of her nature，celebrates the fact of his maleness and so gives him an extra shot of life. Her charm lies also in that air of timeless maternalism，that calm and pacifying presence，which can dispel a man’s moments of frustration and anger and restore his failures of will.

　　Charm in a man，I suppose，is his ability to capture the complicity of a woman by a single-minded acknowledgment of her uniqueness. Here again it is a question of being totally absorbed，of really forgetting that anyone else exists，for nothing more fatally betrays than the suggestion of a wandering eye. Silent devotion is fine，but seldom sufficient;it is what a man says that counts，the bold declarations，the flights of fancy，the uncovering of secret virtues. A man is charmed through his eyes，a woman by what she hears，so no man need to be too anxious about his age：As wizened Voltaire once said：“Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.”

　　But charm isn‘t exclusively sexual;it comes in a variety of cooler flavors. Most children have it——till they are told they have it——and so do old people with nothing to lose;animals，too，of course. With children and smaller animals，it is often in the shape of the head and in the chaste unaccusing stare;with young girls and ponies，a certain stumbling awkwardness，a leggy inability to control their bodies. But all these are passive and appeal by capturing one’s protective instincts.

　　You know who has charm. But can you acquire it?Properly，you can‘t，because it’s an originality of touch you have to be born with. Or it‘s something that grows naturally out of another quality，like the simple desire to make people happy. Certainly，charm is not a question of learning palpable tricks，like wrinkling your nose，or having a laugh in your voice. On the other hand，there is an antenna，a built-in awareness of others，which most people have，and which care can nourish.

　　But in a study of charm，what else does one look for?Apart from the ability to listen——rarest of all human virtues——apart from warmth，sensitivity，and the power to please，there is a generosity which makes no demands. Charm spends itself willingly on young and old alike，on the poor，the ugly，the dim，the boring，on the last fat man in the corner. It reveals itself also in a sense of ease，in casual but perfect manners，and often in a physical grace which springs less from an accident of youth than from a confident serenity of mind. Any person with this is more than just a popular fellow;he is also a social healer.

　　Charm，in the end，is a most potent act of behavior，the laying down of a carpet by one person for another to give his existence a moment of honor. It is close to love in that it moves without force，bearing gifts like the growth of daylight. It snares completely，but is never punitive. It disarms by being itself disarmed，strikes without wounds，wins wars without casualties——though not，of course，without victims.

　　In the armory of man，charm is the enchanted dart，light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing——like a sense of humor，if you think you‘ve got it，you probably haven’t.

　　Laurie Lee