Think it Over (好好想想)

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

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；

We spend more,but enjoy less;

我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少；

We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;

我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了；

We have more compromises,but less time;

我们妥协更多，时间更少；

We have more knowledge,but less judgment;

我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了；

We have more medicines,but less health;

我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意；

We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;

我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了；

We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;

我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了；

We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

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；

We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;

我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心；

We have highter income,but less morals;

我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了；

These are times with more liberty,but less joy;

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；

We have much more food,but less nutrition;

我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了；

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;

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；

These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;

现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭；

That's why I propose,that as of today;

这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始；

You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.

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；

Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;

寻找更我的知识，多读一些书，坐在你家的前廊里，以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景，不要带上任何功利的想法；

Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;

花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起，吃你爱吃的食物，去你想去的地方；

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;

生活是一串串的快乐时光；我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存；

Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.

举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水，你想用的时候就享用吧！

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";

从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”；

Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!

曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信，就在今天吧！

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;

告诉家人和朋友，我们是多么地爱他们；

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;

不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情；

Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;

每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别；

And you don't know if it will be your last.

你无从知道这是否最后刻。

伊拉克运动员：奥运重在参与

并非所有人的奥运梦想都是在赛场上摘金夺银。有这样一群运动员，他们的奥运之路充满了艰辛：他们没法正常训练，他们没有比赛服，他们甚至连自己的生命安全都得不到保障。北京奥运会上，田径女运动员达娜•侯赛因，男子皮划艇选手诺扎德和侯赛因代表伊拉克参赛。他们没能获得奥运奖牌，但他们却最好地诠释了是“重在参与”的奥运精神。

Not all Olympic dreams are about winning gold medals. For some competitors, like the three who represented Iraq at the Beijing Games, simply taking part is reward enough.

"It is the dream of every Iraqi athlete and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the Games," Tiras Anwaya, chef de mission of the Iraqi team, told China Daily yesterday.

"We have done our best," he said.

"Being part of the Beijing Olympic family was the most important thing for us."

Iraq was represented by rowers Haidar Nozad and Hamzah Hussein Jebur in the men's double sculls, and by Dana Hussein in the women's 100 m and 200 m.

While no one was expecting any of them to win a medal, Nozad and Jebur managed a creditable 14th place, while Hussein was eliminated in the first round of both sprints.

Iraq has in fact won only one Olympic medal - a bronze in the lightweight division of the men's weightlifting at the Rome Games of 1960 - since making its debut in London in 1948.

The Iraqi trio was given the go-ahead to compete in Beijing only at the last minute, when the International Olympic Committee lifted the bans it had imposed on the country in May due to its government's "serious interference" in the country's Olympic affairs.

Anwaya said he was delighted when he was told the good news.

"When we heard, we were so happy we rushed out and booked our flights," he said.

For Hussein, competing in Beijing was the fulfillment of a sporting ambition.

"I am so proud to have represented Iraq in the Olympics," she said.

"This was my dream. If I had been told I couldn't compete, I would have been devastated," the 21-year-old said.

What made Hussein's participation even more impressive was that she arrived at the Olympic Village without any running shoes.

Thankfully, Song Wei, who works at the village heard about her plight and supplied her with a pair of spikes.

"When I heard that the athletes from Iraq and Cambodia had no proper running shoes, I felt so sad," Song said.

Now the Iraqi athletes are out of the Games, Anwaya said they will visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall before heading home.

"We hope Iraq is peaceful when we return," he said.

"And we also hope we will be able to take part in the next Olympics in 2012 in London."

菲尔普斯：同一个世界同一个亲吻

NONSENCE：一直觉得美国人做这种传媒娱乐的东西，绝对是不遗余力且创意十足。把新闻采访间搬到地球反面国度的体育场外，一群疯狂粉丝作为背景观众形成天然的玻璃墙，真是令人叫绝。而且感觉他们真的做得很用心

NBC电视台的新闻节目《今日秀》在鸟巢外露天采访菲尔普斯

Olympic superstar, Michael Phelps, who ①rocked the swimming world (and the 2008 Beijing Summer Games) by winning eight gold medals, was on the Today show where he was greeted by enthusiastic fans. One girl even carried a sign that said “My Olympic Dream. Kiss Michael Phelps. One world, one kiss.” ②Hilarious!
　　勇夺八金，震撼世界泳坛，震撼2008北京夏季奥运会。奥运巨星迈克·菲尔普斯上《今日秀》节目之时受到了广大热情粉丝的欢迎。甚至有个女孩儿还打出标语：“我的奥运之梦，亲吻菲尔普斯。同一个世界，同一个亲吻。”搞笑！

又见菲尔普斯

The latest headlines from BBC World News.

The Russian commander of frontline forces in Georgia has told the BBC that a gradual pull-out of Russian forces from Georgia is underway. Major General Vyacheslav Borisov said he had given the order for Russian soldiers to be replaced by peacekeepers.

The US presidential candidates who've been talking about religion and personal values are tried to win over Christian voters. Barack Obama defended same-sex civil unions but said marriage should be between a man and a woman. John McCain repeated his opposition to abortion.

Talks aimed at resolving Zimbabwe’s crisis are continuing in Johannesburg. Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said they're going very well.

At the Olympics in Beijing, the American swimmer Michael Phelps has made history by becoming the first competitor to win 8 gold medals at a single games.

Well those are the latest headlines from BBC World News.

Phelps writes Games gold history

Michael Phelps at the end of the 200m butterfly

race yesterday, breathing heavily,

rubbing his eyes and hanging

on to the lane rope. His goggles filled with water at the start.

菲尔普斯：一手夺金一手破记录

Michael Phelps swam into Olympic history yesterday, becoming the athlete to win the most gold medals ever.

迈克尔•菲尔普斯昨天“游”进了奥运史册，成了奥运史上获得金牌最多的运动员。
And he did it swimming blind.

而且，他还是闭着眼睛“游”进去的。

A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Larysa Latynina with gold No 9, the American claimed the record all to himself when he won the 200m butterfly at the Water Cube.

一天前他才刚刚斩获第九枚奥运金牌，与名将马克•斯皮茨、卡尔•刘易斯、帕沃•鲁米、拉里莎•拉特尼娜齐名，而当他在水立方拿下200米蝶泳金牌之后，就只剩下他一个人独领风骚了。

A problem with his goggles, however, meant that he swam most of the race without knowing what was going on around him.

不过，由于他的泳镜出了点问题，他的大部分赛程是在不了解周围状况的情况下完成的。

Said Phelps of his leaky goggles: "I dove in and they filled right up with water. It got worse and worse as the race went on."

菲尔普斯在谈到他漏水的泳镜时说：“我刚跳入水中，泳镜就进满了水。而且比赛越往后，进的水越多。”

Phelps said he kept track of where he was between the walls by counting strokes.

他说他全靠数自己划水的次数来判断自己所处的位置。

"There was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't rip them off. (He was wearing two caps and the straps of the goggles were tucked in between them.) I just had to go on swimming.”

我完全拿它没办法。我不可能把它扯下来（他戴了两顶泳帽, 镜带夹在两顶泳帽中间。）我只能继续游下去。”

"At the 150 meter wall to the finish, I couldn't see the wall. I was hoping I was winning and hoping I would touch the wall first."

“最后50米的时候，我连泳池壁都看不到了。我只希望我能赢，希望自己能第一个到达终点。”

Not only did he touch it first, he did it in world record time, his fourth gold and fourth world record at Beijing.

结果，他不仅第一个到达终点，而且还打破了世界纪录，这是他在北京拿的第四块金牌，同时也是他创造的第四项世界纪录。

He was timed 1 min 52.03 sec, lowering his old mark of 1:52.09 from the 2007 World Championships. Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took the silver. Takeshi Matsuda of Japan got the bronze.

他用时1分52秒03，刷新了他在2007年世界锦标赛上创造的1分52秒09的成绩。匈牙利选手拉斯洛•切赫和日本选手松田丈志分别获得该项目的银牌和铜牌。

There was a trace of disappointment when he said: "I wanted a world record, I wanted 1:51 or better, but in the circumstances not too bad I guess." Anyway, he had no such worries in his second race of the day, the 4x200m men's freestyle relay.

菲尔普斯不无遗憾地说道：“原本我希望以1分51秒或更好的成绩打破世界记录，但在那种情况下能游出这样的成绩我觉得也还不错了。”不过，在之后的第二场比赛、男子4x200米接力中，上述遗憾已经不复存在了。

Phelps set a blistering pace of 1:43.31 that got the Americans rolling toward a world record time of 6:58.56.

菲尔普斯以惊人的速度在第一棒就游出了1分43秒31的成绩，带领美国队以6分58秒56的成绩冲破了世界记录。

Russia took the silver, more than five seconds behind the Americans, who mainly had to make sure they didn't jump in the water too soon. Australia won the bronze.

认为自己入水速度不够快的俄罗斯队落后美国队五秒多，最终获得银牌；澳大利亚队获得铜牌。

Phelps has three more races left: The 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay.

接下来，菲尔普斯还将参加200米个人混合泳、100米蝶泳以及4x100米混合泳接力的比赛。

"There is still something left in the tank," Phelps said. "I've got three races left, so there had better be something left in the tank."

他说：“泳池里还有很多项目等着我呢，我还要参加三项比赛，希望我还能再创造点什么。”

Young, Happiness , Secret of success

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success: First, you have to laugh and find humor every day; Second, you have got to have a dream. When you lose your dream, you will die; Third, there is a huge difference between growing old and growing up; Growing old is mandatory, and growing up is optional; Fourth, have no regrets. The only people who fear death are those with regrets; 要想保持年轻，过得幸福并取得成功只有四条秘诀： 一，每天都要笑，每天都要找到幽默； 二，一定要有梦想，失去了梦想，人就如同死了一般； 三，变老和成熟是有巨大区别的。衰老是无法抗拒的，而成熟是可 以选择的； 四，不要后悔，只有充满遗憾的人才惧怕死亡。