dragon boat festival, often known as tuen ng festival or duan wu festival,is a traditional chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month ofthe chinese calendar. it is also known as the double fifth.[citation needed] ithas since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of east asia as well,most notably korea.

the exact origins of duan wu are unclear, but one traditional view holdsthat the festival memorializes the chinese poet qu yuan of the warring statesperiod. he committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he wasdisgusted by the corruption of the chu government. the local people, knowing himto be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes toprevent them from eating qu's body. they also sat on dragon boats, and tried toscare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and thefierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.

in the early years of the chinese republic, duan wu was also celebrated as"poets' day", due to qu yuan's status as china's first poet of personalrenown.

today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fishes)and race dragon boats in memory of qu's dramatic death.

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so if you picture the typical classroom nowadays: when i was going to school, we sat in rows. we sat in rows of desks like this, and we did most of our work pretty autonomously. but nowadays, your typical classroom has pods of desks -- four or five or six or seven kids all facing each other. and kids are working in countless group assignments. even in subjects like math and creative writing, which you think would depend on solo flights of thought, kids are now expected to act as committee members. and for the kids who prefer to go off by themselves or just to work alone, those kids are seen as outliers often or, worse, as problem cases. and the vast majority of teachers reports believing that the ideal student is an extrovert as opposed to an introvert, even though introverts actually get better grades and are more knowledgeable, according to research. (laughter)

okay, same thing is true in our workplaces. now, most of us work in open plan offices, without walls, where we are subject to the constant noise and gaze of our coworkers. and when it comes to leadership, introverts are routinely passed over for leadership positions, even though introverts tend to be very careful, much less likely to take outsize risks -- which is something we might all favor nowadays. and interesting research by adam grant at the wharton school has found that introverted leaders often deliver better outcomes than extroverts do, because when they are managing proactive employees, they're much more likely to let those employees run with their ideas, whereas an extrovert can, quite unwittingly, get so excited about things that they're putting their own stamp on things, and other people's ideas might not as easily then bubble up to the surface.

now in fact, some of our transformative leaders in history have been introverts. i'll give you some examples. eleanor roosevelt, rosa parks, gandhi -- all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. and they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to. and this turns out to have a special power all its own, because people could feel that these leaders were at the helm, not because they enjoyed directing others and not out of the pleasure of being looked at; they were there because they had no choice, because they were driven to do what they thought was right.

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one of the most interesting questions about gullivers travels is whether the houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of swift's satire。 in other words， in book iv， is swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? if we look closely at the way that the houyhnhnms act， we can see that in fact swift does not take them seriously: he uses them to show the dangers of pride。

first we have to see that swift does not even take gullver seriously。 for instance， his name sounds much like gullible， which suggests that he will believe anything。 also， when he first sees the yahoos and they throw excrement on him， he responds by doing the same in return until they run away。 he says， "i must needs discover some more rational being，" even though as a human he is already the most rational being there is。 this is why swift refers to erasmus darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the beagle-to show how gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain。 but if lemule gulliver is satirized， so are the houyhnhnms， whose voices sound like the call of castrati。 they walk on two legs instead of four， and seem to be much like people。 as gulliver says， "it was with the utmost astonishment that i witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a vienese waltz。 to my mind， they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court， even more d

extrous than the lord edmund burke" 。 as this quote demonstrates， gulliver is terribly impressed， but his admiration for the houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful。 for instance， the leader of the houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of charles dickens， and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the kings and queens of england up to george ii。 swift subtly shows that this houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when， in the middle of the intellectual petition， he forgets the name of queen elizabeths husband。

swifts satire of the houyhnhnms es out in other ways as well。 one of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that guenivre has brought with him to the island。 first she acts flirtatiously， parading around the bewildered horse。 but when this does not have the desired effect， she gets another idea: "as i watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree， the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than mr。 pope being fitted by a clothier。 she dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice。 my horse sniffed the creature and turned away。" it might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship， and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover。 but it makes more sense if we see that swift is being satiric here: it is the female houyhnhnm who makes the move， which would not have happened in eighteenth-century england。 the houyhnhm is b

eing prideful， and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress gullivers horse。 gulliver imagines the horse saying， sblood， the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held mr。 pope on her back makes me queezy 。

a final indication that the houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the houynhms visits lilliput， where he visits the french royal society。 he goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water (itself a prideful act that refers to the marriage at gallilee)。 the scientist has been working hard at the experiment for many years without success， when the houyhnmn arrives and immediately knows that to do: "the creature no sooner stepped through the doorway than he struck upon a plan。 slurping up all the wine in sight， he quickly made water in a bucket that sat near the door" 。

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青春 youthyouth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not amatter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, aquality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of thedeep springs oflife.青春不是年华，而是心境;青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。youth means atemperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite foradventure over the love of ease. this often exists in a man of 60 more than aboy of 20. nobody grows old merely by a number of years. we grow old bydeserting ourideals.青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。yearsmay wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. worry, fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back todust.岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。whether 60 or 16, thereis in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite forwhat’s next and the joy of the game of living. in the center of your heart andmy heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages ofbeauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as youareyoung.无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。whenyour aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and theice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerialsare up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at80.一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣;然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

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peoplesquo; hopes and ideals.

different people have different ideas about success; cause peoplesquo;s hopes and ideas vary from one another. but i am sure every success is dear to everybody, cause it is not easy to come by, cause in the process of our striving for success, we got both our body and soul tempted, meanwhile we are enlightened by the most valuable qualities of human beings: love, patient, courage and sense of responsibility. these are the best treasures. so now i am very proud that i have this opportunity to stand here speaking to all of you. it is my success, cause i raise up to challenge my hope.

what is success? everyone has his own interpretation as i do. but i am sure

every success leads to an ever-brighter future. so ladies and gentlemen, believe in our hopes, believe in ourselves, we, every one of us, can make a

successful life! wish you all good success!

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some years ago i took on an assignment in a southern county to work withpeople on public welfare. what i wanted to do was to show that everybody has thecapacity to be self-sufficient and all we have to do is to activate them. iasked the county to pick a group of people who were on public welfare, peoplefrom different racial groups and different family constellations. i would thensee them as a group for three hours every friday. i also asked for a littlepetty cash to work with as i needed it.

几年前我在南部某郡接受了一项工作任务，与靠领取政府福利救济金的人共事。我想做的就是向每一个人证明他们都有自给自足的能力，而我们所要做的就是激励他们。首先，我让郡长给我挑选了一组靠领取政府福利救济金生活的人，他们均来自不同的种族部落、家庭群体。每周五，我与他们以小组的形式见面谈话三个小时。由于工作需要，我还申请了一小笔备用金。

i asked what their dreams were. everyone looked at me as if i were a kindof wacky. “dreams? we don’t have any dreams.”

我问他们的梦想是什么。大家却都以一种古怪的表情看着我。“梦想户我们没有梦想。”

i said, “well, when you were a kid, what happened? wasn’t there somethingyou wanted to do?”

我说:“好的!那么当你还是个孩子的时候发生过什么?那时难道就没有什么你想要做的事情吗?

one woman said to me, “i don’t know what you can do with dreams. the ratsare eating my kids. ”

一位妇女说:“我不知道你可以用梦想解决什么问题。我只知道我的孩子正在一口一口被老鼠吃掉。”

“oh,” i said, “that’s terrible! no. of course you’re very much involvedwith the rats and your kids. how can that be helped?”

“噢，”我说，“真是太恐怖了。不，当然，你的确被这些老鼠和孩子所累。怎样做才能阻止这种事情的发生呢?”

“well, i could use a new screen door, because there are holes in my screendoor.”

“唉，我家纱门上都是洞，我需要一个新纱门。”

i asked, “is there anybody around you who knows how to fix a screendoor?”

“在座的各位，有谁会装纱门?”我问。

“maybe i can have a try,” a man said.

“或许我可以试试。”一位男士说道。

the next week when the group was seated, i said to the woman, “well, isyour screen door fixed?”

下周五，大家又坐到了一起时，我问那位女士，一新纱门装好了吗?”

“oh, yes,” she said.

“噢，是的。”她答道。

“then we can start dreaming, can’t we?”she sort of smiled at me.

“那么，我们可以开始梦想了，对不对?”她看着我，笑得很开心。

that helped the group to begin to dream. the seemingly small successesallow the group to see that dreams were not insane. the small steps began to getpeople to see and feel that something really could happen.

这件事使整个组的人都开始寻找梦想了。表面上的小成功就让组员们认识到梦想并不荒.唐。不断的进步令人们逐渐意识和感觉到改变真的可能发生。

everyone found something. the man who put in the screen door became a handyman, and another woman who took in the children became a licensed foster careperson. in twelve weeks, i had all these people off public welfare. i’ve notonly done that once. i’ve done it many times.

每个人者倒浅到一些值得重视的东西。那位装纱门的男士后来成为一名勤杂工。另外一位带小孩的妇女成为一名手寺证护卫廷人员。帮助所有的小组成员摆脱福利救济总共用了12周时间。这不是一次性完成的，而是分好几次。逐步努力实现的。

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maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

when the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we dont see the one which has been opened for us.

the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation youve ever had.

its true that we dont know what weve got until we lose it, but its also true that we dont know what weve been missing until it arrives.

giving someone all your love is never an assurance that theyll love you back! dont expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesnt, be content it grew in yours. it takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

dont go for looks; they can deceive. dont go for wealth; even that fades away. go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. find the one that makes your heart smile.

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my college life may be described as painful together with happiness. it is painful, i often read some books besides special field, treat professional book interest is not large, so when having caused examination, it is very vexed. happiness is because being the college student of new times i am than the happiness of person of the same age, i have the opportunity , university reading is to come from family , society is with teacher classmates support and help. i love college life , love library and the building of school , love my teachers to treat the spirit of knowledge. treat a scientific attitude before going to have no.

here though, i feel that study is very hard matter, but at the same time i have also studied a lot of behave , work , do research beautiful quality. my special thanks life has given me beautiful university time, this will is my life the most important most beautiful stage. after decade, it is that i will tell my my child university time so beautiful.my my college life of college life may use pain and happiness apperance. it is painful, i often read some books besides special field, treat professional book interest is not large, so when having caused examination, it is very vexed.

happiness is because being the college student of new times i am than the happiness of person of the same age, i have the opportunity , university reading is to come from family , society is with teacher classmates support and help. i love college life , love library and the building of school , love my teachers to treat the spirit of knowledge.

treat a scientific attitude before going to have no. here though, i feel that study is very hard matter, but at the same time i have also studied a lot of behave , work , do research beautiful quality. my special thanks life has given me beautiful university time, this will is my life the most important most beautiful stage. after decade, it is that i will tell my my child university time so beautiful.

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