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wo zhi you zhong wen三毛 本名陈平，一九四三年三月二十六日生，浙江省定海县人，中国文化大学哲学系。肄业曾留学欧洲，婚后定居西属撒哈拉沙漠迦纳利岛，并以当地的生活为背景，写出一连串脍炙人口的作品。一九八一年回台后，曾在文化大学任教，一九八四年辞去教职，而以写作、演讲为重心。一九九一年一月四日去世，享年四十八岁。 她的足迹遍及世界各地，她的作品也在全球的华人社会广为流传，在大陆也有广大的读者，生平著作和译作十分丰富。共有二十四种。 三毛英文名叫ECHO，三毛本是笔名，从三毛的《闹学记》序中只提及“三毛”二字中暗藏一个易经的卦。但又是什么玄机，就不得而知了。但三毛本人又曾说过：起初起此名，是因为这个名字很不起眼，另有一个原因就是说自己写的东西很一般，只值三毛钱。 三毛于1943年3月26日（农历2月21日）生于四川重庆。幼年时期的三毛就表现对书本的爱好，5岁半时就在看《红楼梦》。初中时期几乎看遍了市面上的世界名著。初二那年休学，由父母亲悉心教导，在诗词古文、英文方面，打下次坚实的基础。并先后跟随顾福生、邵幼轩两位画家习画。 1964年，得到文化大学创办人张其均先生的特许，到该校哲学系当旁听生，课业成绩优异。 1967年再次休学，只身远赴西班牙。在三年之间，前后就读西班牙马德里大学、德国哥德书院，在美国伊诺大学法学图书馆工作。对她的人生经验和语文进修上有很大助益。 1970年回国，受张其均先生之邀聘在文大德文系、哲学系任教。后因未婚夫猝逝，她在哀痛之余，再次离开，又到西班牙。与苦恋她6年的荷西重逢。 1973年，于西属撒哈拉沙漠的当地法院，与荷西公证结婚。在沙漠时期的生活，激发她潜藏的写作华，并受当时《联合报》主编的鼓励，作品源源不断，并且开始结集出书。 第一部作品《撒哈拉的故事》在1976年5月出版。 1979年9月30日夫婿荷西因潜水意外事件丧生，回到台湾。 1981年，三毛决定结束流浪异国14年的生活，在国内定居。同年1月，《联合报》特别赞助她往中南美洲旅行半年，回来后写成《万水千山走遍》，并作环岛演讲。之后，三毛任教文化大学文艺组，教小说创作，散文习作两门课程，深受学生喜爱。 1984年，因健康关系，辞卸教职，而以写作、演讲为生活重心。 1989后4月首次回大陆家乡，发现自己的作品在大陆也拥有许多的读者。并专诚拜访以漫画《三毛流浪记》驰名的张乐平先生，了确夙愿。 1990年从事剧本写作，完成第一部中文剧本，也是她最后一部作品《滚滚红尘》。 1991年1月4日清晨去世，享年48岁。 三毛神秘死亡：多年未破的谋杀案 1991年1月4日清晨7时，当台湾某医院的清洁女工轻轻推开一间单人病房的门时，一副可怕的情景出现在她眼前—— 在坐厕旁的点滴架的吊钩上，悬挂着三毛的身体，身着白底红花睡衣…… 一个精灵，一个用自己亲身经历幻化出的语言影响着台湾和大陆不止一代人的传奇女作家——三毛离开了人世。 台湾警方的结论是：“因病厌世”。 关于三毛的死，人们议论纷纷：有人说，三毛长期为疾病所折磨，再也不堪忍受疾病的痛苦；有人说，三毛一生为情所困，这一次也是死在一个“情”字上；有人说，三毛受《红楼梦》的影响太深，她认为生就是死，死就是生；有人说，三毛的死与《滚滚红尘》有关；有人说三毛之死是去赴荷西之约；有人说，三毛死于江郎才尽，写不出好作品；有人说三毛之死与政治压力有关；…… 但这些看似成理的说法，却都经不住仔细的推敲。 如绝症无望说，其实三毛于1月2日经过手术诊断，确认不是癌症，而是一般的妇科疾病。医生说，这种病通常都能治好，问题不是很大，排除了压在三毛心头的一块大石头。三毛身体确实不好，而且有多种疾病，但绝非外界盛传：她染上了绝症。 有人把三毛的死因归结于她所写的电影剧本《滚滚红尘》没获得最佳剧本奖。其实，三毛对她会不会得奖“看得很淡”。自己的作品被别人曲解和别有用心的人的攻击，除了不平和愤怒之外，还有些“伤心难禁”，但她根本就没有把这件事放在心上，说三毛死于《滚滚红尘》，乃无稽之谈！ 在三毛的感情世界中，从来都主张智慧、勇敢和道德。她和荷西从恋爱到结婚到婚后，没有缠绵的色彩，没有柔和的小夜曲，有的只是真切和坦率。纵观三毛的感情生活，是曲折坎坷、跌宕起伏，而不是寻寻觅觅、凄凄惨惨，更不用说为“情”所困了！ 古继堂先生在他的《评说三毛》中，关于三毛的死则更直接地说：其一，如果三毛真的决心要死，为什么还要到医院治病呢？其二，三毛死的环境缺乏自缢气氛。一般有准备去死的人，要先设计和创造死的环境，比如紧闭的门窗，除去自己不喜欢的东西，偷偷留下遗嘱等，三毛是个十分精细的女人，这些她都应该想到。其三，三毛死的方式不足以毙命。输液架只有1.6米，与死者一样高，还要架上长筒丝袜栓了脖子和铁钩拉直后的多余长度，三毛的尸体怎么可能“半悬在马桶上方”？其四，三毛曾信誓旦旦地宣布：“有责任的人是没有死亡的权利的。” 三毛没有自杀的计划，她已经安排好新一年的工作，她给贾平凹写了至情至诚的信，她在一篇文章中一再地说：“生命是美丽的……” 三毛自杀的证据很不充分熆墒侨世界的人都知道三毛自杀了，因为警方的结论和媒体铺天盖地的报道。其实熅方“因病厌世”的结论，也只是在三毛死后七八个小时之后，赶到现场根据表面现象推断出来的。幼年期的三毛即显现对书本的爱好，5岁半时就在看《红楼梦》。初中时几乎看遍了市面上的世界名著。初二那年休学，由父母亲自悉心教导，在诗词古文、英文方面，打下深厚的基础。并先后跟随顾福生、邵幼轩两位画家习画。在沙漠时期的生活，激发她潜藏的写作才华，并受当时担任《联合报》主编平鑫涛先生的鼓励，作品源源不断，并且开始结集出书。第一部作品《撒哈拉的故事》在1976年5月出版。1981年，三毛决定结束流浪异国14年的生活，在国内定居。同年11月，《联合报》特别赞助她往中南美洲旅行半年，回来后写成《万水千山走遍》，并作环岛演讲。 之后，三毛任教文化大学文艺组，教小说创作、散文习作两门课程，深受学生喜爱。1990年从事剧本写作，完成她第一部中文剧本，也是她最后一部作品《滚滚红尘》。1991年1月4日清晨去世，享年48岁。
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语文学教学不应局限于英美文学,应研究和评介各英语国家的优秀作家和作品。下面是我带来的英语长篇美文阅读，欢迎阅读!
Just two for breakfast 两个人的早餐
When my husband and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Lenny, the piano player, asked, "How did you do it?"
I knew there was no simple answer, but as the weekend approached, I wondered if one reason might be our ritual of breakfast in bed every Saturday and Sunday.
It all started with the breakfast tray my mother gave us as a wedding gift. It had a glass top and slatted wooden side pockets for the morning paper the kind you used to see in the movies. Mother loved her movies, and although she rarely had breakfast in bed, she held high hopes for her daughter. My adoring bridegroom took the message to heart.
Feeling guilty, I suggested we take turns. Despite grumblings -- "hate crumbs in my bed" ---Sunday morning found my spouse eagerly awaiting his tray. Soon these weekend breakfasts became such a part of our lives that I never even thought about them. I only knew we treasured this separate, blissful time read, relax, forget the things we should remember.
Sifting through the years, I recalled how our weekends changed, but that we still preserved the ritual. We started our family (as new parents, we slept after breakfast more than we read), but we always found our way back to where we started, just two for breakfast, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
When we had more time, my tray became more festive. First it was fruit slices placed in geometric pattern; then came flowers from our garden .This arranger of mine had developed a flair for decorating, using everything from amaryllis to the buds of a maple tree. My husband said my cooking inspired him. Mother would have approved. Perhaps it was the Saturday when the big strawberry wore a daisy hat that I began to think, how can I top this? One dark winter night I woke with a vision of a snowman on a tray. That Sunday I scooped a handful of snow and in no time had my man made. With a flourish I put a miniature pinecone on his head.
As I delivered the tray, complete with a nicely frozen snowman, I waited for a reaction. There was none but as I headed down the stairs I heard a whoop of laughter and then, "You've won! Yes, sir, you've won the prize!"
Put time where love is 舍得为爱付出时间
During my 25 years as a marital therapist, I have seen hundreds of people disappointed over unfulfilling relationships. I have seen passion turn to poison. I have grieved with patients for the love they lost or never found.
"We seemed to love so much, but now it's gone," one woman lamented to me. "Why do I feel so lonely every night even when he is right there beside me? Why can't marriage be more than this?"
It can. I was once invited to the 60th-anniversary celebration of a remarkable couple. I asked the husband, Peter, if he ever felt lonely and wondered where the love between him and Lita had gone. Peter laughed and said, "If you wonder where your love went, you forgot that you are the one who makes it. Love is not out there; it's in here between Lita and me."
I know we can love deeply, tenderly and lastingly. I have seen such love, and I have felt such love myself. Here are the law I have discovered for such lasting and loving relationships---put time where love is.
A fulfilling marriage begins when two people make time together their No.1 priority. If we hope to find love, we must first find time for loving.
Unfortunately, current psychology rests on the model of the independent ego. To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness. We must go beyond what psychologist Abraham Maslow called "self-actualization" to "us-actualization". We have to learn to put time where love is.
Many couples have experienced a tragic moment that taught them to value their time together. One husband related how he sat trapped in his car after a crash. His wife was outside, crying and banging on the window. "I thought I was going to die before we had enough time together." He told me. "Right then I promised to make the time to love my wife. Our time is our own now, and those hours are sacred."
I am nature's greatest miracle. 我是自然界最伟大的奇迹
I am nature's greatest miracle.
Although I am of the animal kingdom, animal rewards alone will not satisfy me. Within me burns a flame, which has been passed from generations uncounted and its heat is a constant irritation to my spirit to become better than I am, and I will. I will fan this flame of dissatisfaction and proclaim my uniqueness to the world.
None can duplicate my brush strokes, none can make my chisel marks, none can duplicate my handwriting, none can produce my child, and, in truth, none has the ability to sell exactly as I. Henceforth, I will capitalize on this difference for it is an asset to be promoted to the fullest.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
Vain attempts to imitate others no longer will I make. Instead will I place my uniqueness on display in the market place. I will proclaim it, yea, I will sell it. I will begin now to accent my differences; hide my similarities. So too will I apply this principle to the goods I sell. Salesman and goods, different from all others, and proud of the difference.
I am a unique creature of nature.
I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, I am valuable. I am the end product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, I am better equipped in both mind and body than all the emperors and wise men who preceded me.
But my skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry amount of my muscles do I flex. A hundredfold or more can I increase my accomplishments of yesterday and this I will do, beginning today.
Nevermore will I be satisfied with yesterday's accomplishments nor will I indulge, anymore, in self-praise for deeds which in reality are too small to even acknowledge. I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why should the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can I not extend that miracle to my deeds of today?
I am nature's greatest miracle.
I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
I will increase my knowledge of mankind, myself, and the goods I sell, thus my sales will multiply. I will practice, and improve, and polish the words I utter to sell my goods, for this is the foundation on which I will build my career and never will I forget that many have attained great wealth and success with only one sales talk, delivered with excellence. Also will I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
I will concentrate my energy on the challenge of the moment and my actions will help me forget all else. The problems of my home will be left in my home. I will think naught of my family when I am in the market place for this will cloud my thoughts. So too will the problems of the market place be left in the market place and I will think naught of my profession when I am in my home for this will dampen my love.
There is no room in the market place for my family, nor is there room in my home for the market. Each I will divorce from the other and thus will I remain wedded to both. Separate must they remain or my career will die. This is a paradox of the ages.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think and now I know a great secret of life for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements, and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise. I will no longer be fooled by the garments they wear for mine eyes are open. I will look beyond the cloth and I will not be deceived.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
No beast, no plant, no wind, no rain, no rock, no lake had the same beginning as I, for I was conceived in love and brought forth with a purpose. In the past I have not considered this fact but it will henceforth shape and guide my life.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
And nature knows not defeat. Eventually, she emerges victorious and so will I, and with each victory the next struggle becomes less difficult.
I will win, and I will become a great salesman, for I am unique.
I am nature's greatest miracle.
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