Dec 6,2009 本周進度
英文 General MacArthur's Prayer For his son
by Douglas MacArthur
Build me a son , O Lord
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak,
and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in victory
Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
a son who will know Thee-
and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail. Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other man; one who will reach into the future,yet never forget the past And after all these things are his,add, I pray enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously.
Give him humility,so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness,
the open mind of true wisdom,and the meekness of true strenght.
Then,I his father, will dare to whisper "I have not lived in vain."
英文繪本 東西小科學 Animal message Beaks Bikes City buildings
中文 論語第19篇 莊子逍遙 北冥有魚,其名為鯤。鯤之大,不知其幾千里也。化而為鳥,其名為鵬。鵬之背,不知其幾千里也。怒而飛,其翼若垂天之雲。是鳥也,海運則將徙於南冥。南冥者,天池也。 《齊諧》者,志怪者也。諧之言曰:「鵬之徙於南冥也,水擊三千里,摶扶搖而上者九萬里,去以六月息者也。」野馬也,塵埃也,生物之以息相吹也。天之蒼蒼,其正色邪?其遠而無所至極邪?其視下也,亦若是則已矣。 且夫水之積也不厚,則其負大舟也無力。覆杯水於坳堂之上,則芥為之舟;置杯焉則膠,水淺而舟大也。風之積也不厚,則其負大翼也無力。故九萬里而風斯在下矣,而後乃之培風,背負青天而莫之夭閼者,而後乃今將圖南。 蜩與學鳩笑之曰:「我決起而飛,搶榆枋(而止),時則不至而控於地而已矣,奚以之九萬里而南為?」適莽蒼者,三餐而反,腹猶果然;適百里者,宿舂糧;適千里者,三月聚糧。之二蟲又何知! 小知不及大知,小年不及大年。奚以知其然也?朝菌不知晦朔,蟪蛄不知春秋,此小年也。楚之南有冥靈者,以五百歲為春,五百歲為秋;上古有大椿者,以八千歲為春,以八千歲為秋(:此大年也)。而彭祖乃今以久特聞,眾人匹之,不亦悲乎!
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