英语角 第10期

Happiness is a journey

We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. we will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together. when we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we retire. The truth is, there’s no better time than right now. If not now, when? our life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said. “for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin―real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have.

And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.So, work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, And dance like no one’s watching. 

English tongue twister

A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail.

A bloke’s back bike brake block broke.

A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

A bitter biting bittern bit a better brother bittern, and the bitter better bittern bit the bitter bittern back. And the bitter bittern, bitten, by the better bitten bittern, said: “I’m a bitter biter bit, alack!”

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, “Let us fly!” Said the fly, “Let us flee!” So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

A tutor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to their tutor, “Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?”

All I want is a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot, you can believe it or not, but I just want a cup of coffee in a proper coffee pot. Tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots are of no use to me. If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I’ll have a cup of tea!

How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop could drop dew?

A snow-white swan swam swiftly to catch a slowly-swimming snake in a lake.

A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thought the stump stunk, and the stump thought the skunk stunk.

Sandy sniffed sweet smelling sunflower seeds while sitting beside a swift stream.

A pleasant peasant keeps a pleasant pheasant and both the peasant and the pheasant are having a pleasant time together.