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看一部大片胜过在美生活十天
近日，一个名为《英语达人告诉你，如何用美剧真正提升你的英语水平》的帖子被网友热捧和广泛转载，大家在热烈讨论看美剧和大片对学习英语到底有没有用，以及选择哪部作品更有助于学习。
昨日，记者就此采访了几位从事英语教学多年的老师，他们承认在教学中也会给不同年龄层的学生推荐英文视听作品，以锻炼学生的听力和口语能力。在他们看来，这种方式也非常适合学生哥们在暑假使用。
影视剧
《辛普森一家》、《狮子王》、《玩具总动员》、《飞屋环游记》
《老友记》、《欲望都市》、《白宫风云》 、《我最好朋友的婚礼》、《假结婚》
适合人群
中学生
成人学生
经典美剧
推荐作品：《老友记》
理由：“相当于美国口语百科全书”
说到学习英语的美剧，几位英语老师推荐的都是经典美剧，其中《老友记》备受推崇，被老师们认为是最适合给英语初级水平的成人学生使用。对于推荐《老友记》的理由，广东外语外贸大学的庄老师表示：“很经典，对于英语初级水平的朋友来说是突破发音和对话交流最好的美剧。整部剧都是人物间谈话，而且都很简短，没有长句，词汇非常简单。”佛山科学技术学院刘老师则认为，该剧“相当于美国口语的百科全书”，“剧中把那些最常用的英语口语都集齐了，多看几遍一定有收获”。
不过，由于《老友记》中有不少成人间的话题，老师们认为并不适合中学生们拿来学英语。对于中学生们的学习，老师们的推荐也很一致——《辛普森一家》。该剧是美国电视史上播放时间最长的动画片，描述了辛普森家的生活：父亲Homer是Springfield核能工厂的安全检查员，心地善良，母亲 Marge曾经是一个很有深度的家庭主妇，Bart是家里的长子，不时惹麻烦，妹妹Lisa是个聪明的学生。这一家庭面临着所有普通家庭都会遇到的生活难题，但内容老少咸宜，适合中学生们边看边学习。
对于英语水平已脱离初级的学生，庄老师的推荐是《实习医生格蕾》、《绝望主妇》，刘老师推荐的则是《欲望都市》和《丑女贝蒂》。其中，《绝望主妇》讲述的是美国中产阶级的故事，所以用词和语言非常标准，相对于《老友记》有更多的长句和表达，非常适合中级水平的学生们学习。而《丑女贝蒂》也是内容相对深一点，有很多职场用语，适合中级和中级以上的学生学习。
对于英语水平已达到高级的学生，华南师范大学陈老师推荐了《白宫风云》，理由是“这是关于美国白宫的政治题材美剧，整部剧以对话为主，而且语速非常快，充斥着辩论和演讲，词汇也非常高级，听起来很有难度。如果能把这部剧都学习透，英语方面估计就没什么难关了。”
不推荐作品：《24》、《英雄》、《越狱》
理由：专业术语太多
当然，不是所有的美剧都适合学英语。比如《24》这样的动作片，《英雄》这样的科幻片，《豪斯医生》这种专业性很强的片子，难道是要用来学习 “呯”、“轰”、“啊”之类的开枪爆炸声英语和深奥的专业术语吗？此外，《越狱》也被认为是“不推荐作品”，一来黑道用语太多，二来还是太难了。
此外，庄老师提醒大家：“还有一个重要原则，上世纪90年代以前拍摄的美剧实在不适合，因为真的太过时了。故事背景发生在近代和古代的作品也不适合，道理就和外国人用《射雕英雄传》学中文一样。
学习TIPS
有人不无夸张地说：看一部美国影视剧胜过在美国生活十天。我们可以通过看英语影视剧来创造一种“习得听说”的英语语言环境。但老师提醒大家注意几大TIPS：
1.看中文字幕是没有用的
很多人喜欢开着中文字幕看美剧，其实这是在拖后腿。中文是母语，字幕对我们眼球有无比强大的吸引力。一般人永远会不自觉通过中文字幕理解英语，而不是通过“听懂-理解-记忆-重复”这样的过程学到英语。
2.《老友记》要看到笑不出来
大片或美剧，看一遍根本不能叫学英语，充其量只能叫娱乐，如果是抱着学习的目的，必须反复看反复听，理解句子词语的意思才行。比如看《老友记》看到笑不出来了，那差不多可以仔细听仔细学了。
3.要边看边记笔记
在学习时首先注意发音。其次，了解文化，用词和句式使用是否准确直接体现对异国文化了解的程度。还要准备好笔和纸，做好随时停顿和记录的准备。不过，记录的时候最好不要分析思考和尝试记忆，待整个章节观看完毕之后，再统一回顾和整理。
4.不妨试试角色扮演
在学习到一定程度后应进行一下角色扮演。比如，喜欢《老友记》中的哪个人物，就要刻意进行模仿，体会剧中角色的语音、语调、重音、节奏。这样既训练了听力，口语水平也会有大幅提升。
看一部美国影视
胜过在美生活十天
热辣大片
推荐作品：爱情片、动画片
理由：剧情轻松，语速相对缓慢
提到近年来好莱坞大片中比较适合学习英语的部分，刘老师首先推荐了几部经典动画片，包括《狮子王》、《玩具总动员》系列等，陈老师则推荐了《飞屋环游记》。在两位老师看来，这些动画片的英语非常地道，语速相对缓慢，而且语气夸张，比较能吸引中学生们的兴趣，对于他们听、说能力的学习很有好处。
对于英语初级水平的成人学生，老师们普遍认为，爱情片、生活片比较适合用于学习，《他不是那么喜欢你》、《风月俏佳人》、《我最好朋友的婚礼》、《假结婚》等，都在老师们的心水之列。为什么要推荐爱情片？陈老师说：“那些悬疑片之类的剧情发展太快的电影不太适合学习，大家看的时候都被剧情吸引住了，怎么能静下心来留意台词？爱情片就不同，故事很轻松舒缓，多数以人物的对话来推进剧情，这时对于口语的学习帮助会大一些。”
不推荐作品：《黑客帝国》、《星球大战》
理由：太复杂太深奥
除了悬疑片不被老师们推荐之外，《黑客帝国》、《星球大战》这类以科幻为主的影片也被认为是“只适合娱乐不适合学习”的作品。刘老师的说法很有代表性：“不少学生反映，这类科幻影片翻译成中文都看得不太懂，如果只听英文不带字幕的话，更是云里雾里的感觉。”而庄老师也认为，这些带有“外星术语” 的对话，学生们即使能学习下来，对于日常会话也没多大用处，还是带着纯娱乐的态度观赏好了。
此外，庄老师提醒大家，通过看电影学英语，也要看准片子。“例如，如果里面的角色是社会下层的，那么很多俚语，使用的场合也不多。”
英文情歌
推荐作品：《Yesterday once more》
理由：有助于培养兴趣和语感
不少网友认为，除了美剧和好莱坞大片外，英文歌曲也有助于英语学习，“都是英文的嘛，多听总会有好处”。对于网友的意见，庄老师直言：“英文歌作用不是很大，跟美剧和影片相比作用实在是不明显。”刘老师的意见也很相似：“电视剧、电影对英语能力提高的作用最直接，英文歌的直接作用不多，只在于培养兴趣和语感。”
对于学习英语过程中应该多听哪些方面的英文歌，老师们认为还是简单、抒情的歌曲比较适合，披头士的作品、乡村民谣、卡伦卡朋特的《Yesterday once more》、艾尔顿·约翰的《Sorry seems to be the hardest word》等歌曲都是他们认为值得多听的作品。不过，老师们也承认，他们近年来对英文流行歌曲这方面关注不多，所以选择的都是些经典老歌。对于英文歌的选择，刘老师的态度是：“新歌旧歌无所谓，关键是你要能听进去，觉得能学到，就OK了。”庄老师则建议：“听英文歌曲后，如果试着听写下来，对听力很有好处。”
不推荐作品：Hip-Hop
理由：太快了，难听清
虽然老师们谦称对于近年来英文流行歌曲知道的不多，但有一类歌曲是他们一致认为不使用用于英文学习的——Hip-Hop。饶舌歌曲，Rap，这些美国黑人文化中的重要组成部分对于中国学生的英文学习来说实在是“水土不服”。老师们认为，歌手们的说唱实在太快，学生们很难听清，而且文化上的差异也太大。(徐晖 莫斯其格)
来源：大洋网-广州日报
A group of kindergartners were trying to become accustomed to the first grade. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on no baby talk.
"You need to use 'big people' words," she'd always remind them.
She asked Chris what he had done over the weekend. "I went to visit my Nana."
"No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER. Use big people words!"
She then asked Mitchell what he had done. "I took a ride on a choo-choo."
She said, "No, you took a ride on a TRAIN. Use big people words."
She then asked Bobby what he had done. "I read a book," he replied.
"That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?"
Bobby thought about it, then puffed out his little chest with great pride and said, "Winnie the Shit."
news, 7 九月 2010 |
大学女生实用的穿衣建议
What kinds of clothes do college girls need for school? When thinking about what to buy and what to bring, here's one word to keep mind: practical! You can be a campus fashion icon if that makes you happy, but most students prefer to spend their time and money on other things. College life is stressful, and you're going to want to be comfortable more often than you'll want to be stylish.
大学女生应该穿什么样的衣服呢？当你想自己应该买什么和戴什么的时候，有一个词是要时刻牢记的：实用！当然如果成为大学时尚达人让你觉得很幸福，你也可以朝这个方向努力。不过大多数的学生还是喜欢把自己的时间和金钱花费在其他的事情上。大学生活充满了压力，在舒适与时尚之间，大家总会偏向前者。
The norms on how students dress differ from campus to campus. Some college campuses are more "Abercrombie" than others. In most cases, though, there's not going to be nearly as much pressure to fit in with the latest fashions as there was in high school.
学生的穿衣标准因学校的不同而有所变化，比如有的学校就比其他学校更注重"Abercrombie"这种美国年轻人的流行品牌。不过，在大多数时候，你不必像在高中时候拼命地去追求潮流。
So what kinds of clothes should you bring to college? Here are a few practical fashion tips.
那么，大学生到底应该穿什么样的衣服呢？下面是一些很实用的时尚小建议：
Bring comfortable clothes.
穿舒适的衣服
You may be the type who doesn't mind a little discomfort in the name of fashion, and that's fine. But there will be days when cozy clothes are a must, like during finals or the day after a nasty breakup, so make sure you have them on hand. Think T-shirts, sweats, and cozy jeans. Also, bring comfortable things to sleep in that won't embarrass you in front of your roommate, or in front of the surprise guests that pop by at 3:00 a.m.
也许你可以忍受为了时尚而牺牲一下自己的舒适度，这无可厚非。但总有一天，比如在期末考试期间或者在和男朋友分手后，你会发现自己迫切需要舒适的衣服，所以务必在衣橱里备几件舒适的服装。你可以考虑T恤、毛衣和修身牛仔裤等。同时，不要忘记备几件舒服的睡衣，它不仅使你在与室友一起的时候避免尴尬，还能让你坦然对待那些凌晨3：00中跑过来找你的朋友。
Wear comfortable walking shoes.
穿轻便的鞋子
Unless you enjoy being miserable, this is mandatory. Ladies, please don't walk around campus in high-heeled pumps. This isn't Sex and the City--it's a college campus, and you're going to be walking constantly. Save the cute heels for the weekend.
如果你不想遭罪的话，这可是一件必需品。女孩子们，请千万不要穿着高根鞋在大学校园里走来走去。这里不是“欲望都市”(也不是gossip girl啦)——这里是大学校园，你是要在这里不停走动的。把高跟鞋留到周末穿吧。
Bring low maintenance clothes.
穿容易保养的衣服
Time is at a premium in college. If it needs hand washing, don't bring it. Heck, if it needs ironing, don't bring it.
在大学生活中，时间就是一切。那些需要手洗和熨烫的衣物，通通不要穿。
Bring weather appropriate clothes.
穿适合时节的衣服
Keep in mind that you'll be walking around campus all the time, so if your school is in a cold climate, bring a heavy coat, scarf, gloves, and waterproof boots. Wear whatever you need to keep warm even if it messes up your outfit. If whomever it is you're trying to impress likes you less with hat hair, this isn't someone worthy of your attention.
请你记住你会经常在校园里走动，所以如果学校很冷的话，一定要穿厚实的外套、围巾、手套和防水靴。尽量穿保暖的衣物，即便这会使你的形象打点折扣。如果你心仪的那个人喜欢你穿的少一点，那么这个人绝对不值得你去付出。
Bring weekend clothes.
备些周末穿的衣服
Go ahead and bring the cute stuff. You'll probably want to save it for the weekends, though. No need to get all dolled up for your 8:00 a.m. class.
尽情地买些可爱的装备吧。这些很可能在周末用得到。不过，如果一大早要去上课的话，还是不要穿这种卡哇伊的衣服吧。
Don't come to class half naked.
不要穿暴露的衣服去上课
This may be appreciated by some of the male students (and professors too, sadly)， but this is not the way to be taken seriously in the classroom. Save the sexy stuff for the weekends, and come to class looking a little more professional. Even outside the classroom, it can be sexier to leave a little to the imagination and show off just one feature at a time. If you wear a navel-baring shirt, wear baggy pants. If you wear a micro-mini skirt, pair it with a big sweater.
一些男同学可能会喜欢这样(很遗憾的是有些教授也喜欢)，但这绝不表示你需要穿这种衣服去上课。性感的衣服还是留在周末穿吧，上课还是穿得比较正式点好。即使在课堂之外，穿得稍微检点一点，留给别人想象的空间，可能要比近乎半裸更性感。如果你穿件露脐装，就搭件宽松的裤子；而穿小迷你裙的时候就可以用松垮的毛衣来搭配.
Bring clothes you can layer.
备些易于穿脱的衣服
You're going to be coming in from the cold into overheated classrooms, and in from the heat into classrooms fit for a polar bear.
你需要从寒冷的校园步入温暖的教室，也需要从温暖的环境切换到寒冷的户外。
Discover the joy of thrift shops.
享受发现实惠店面的快乐
Unless you're very lucky, you're probably not going to have the funds to maintain a chic wardrobe, so indulge your love of shopping by buying clothes at thrift stores. Most college campuses have funky used clothes stores nearby for inexpensive shopping sprees, and for selling your old clothes for a few bucks. For great bargains, also check out clearance racks and on-line sites like eBay.
除非你特别幸运，否则你很难有钱去把自己的衣橱弄得很炫。所以加油找些实惠的店面去买东西吧！大多数的大学校区都会有一些专门为廉价购物而打造的稀奇古怪的二手服装店，你还可以把自己的旧衣服拿出来换点钞票。如果你想省更多的钱，不要忘记关注清仓活动和易趣网店哦。
选自新浪英语
A six year old goes to the hospital with his grandma to visit his grandpa.
When they get to the hospital, he runs ahead of his grandma and bursts into his grampa's room.
"Grampa, Grampa," he says excitedly, "as soon as grandma comes into the room, make a noise like a frog!"
"What?" said his grandpa.
"Make a noise like a frog because grandma said that as soon as you croaked, we're going to Disneyland!!!"
特蕾莎修女的人生箴言录
【百度百科小知识】：蕾莎修女，（Mother Teresa of Calcutta），1910年8月27日—1997年9月5日，又称做德兰修女、特里莎修女、泰瑞莎修女），是世界著名的天主教慈善工作者，主要替印度加尔各答的穷人服务。因其一生奉献给解除贫困，而于1979年得到诺贝尔和平奖。并被教皇约翰·保罗二世在2003年10月列入了天主教宣福名单 Beatification。目前德蕾莎修女的名称也变为真福德雷莎修女(Blessed Teresa）。
1、人们不讲道理、思想谬误、自我中心，不管怎样，还是爱他们；
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Love them anyway。
2、如果你做善事，人们说你自私自利、别有用心，不管怎样，还是要做善事；
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway。
3、如果你成功以后，身边尽是假的朋友和真的敌人，不管怎样，还是要成功；
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway。
4、你所做的善事明天就会被遗忘，不管怎样，还是要做善事；
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow; Do good anyway。
5、诚实与坦率使你容易受到欺骗和伤害，不管怎样，还是要诚实与坦率；
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway。
6、人都会同情弱者，却只追随赢家，不管怎样，还是要为一些弱者奋斗；
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway。
7、你耗费数年所建设的可能毁于一旦，不管怎样，还是要建设；
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; Build anyway。
8、如果你找到了平静和幸福，人们可能会嫉妒你，不管怎样，还是要快乐；
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway。
9、人们确实需要帮助，然而如果你帮助他们，却可能遭到攻击，不管怎样，还是要帮助；
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway。
10、将你所拥有最好的东西献给世界，可能永远都不够，不管怎样，还是要将最好的东西付出！
Give the world the best you have, And it may never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway。
11、你看，说到底，它是你和上帝之间的事，而决不是你和他人之间的事。
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It is never between you and them anyway。
转自：环球时报
This Indian boy goes to his mother one day with a puzzled look on his face.
"Say, mom, why is my bigger brother named "Mighty Storm"?
"Because he was conceived during a mighty storm."
"Why is my sister named "Cornflower"?
"Well, your father and I were in a cornfield, when we made her."
"And why is my other sister called "Moonchild"?
"We were watching the moon landing while she was conceived."
"Tell me, Torn Rubber, why are you so curious?"
【谚语】闻言知人
通常来说谚语是人民群众口头流传的习用的固定语句，用简单通俗的话来反映深刻的道理，它们表达了人们丰富的社会生活经验，闪耀着人民智慧的光芒。因此，我非常想知道，某些谚语是不是也带给你一点生活的感触？你能将所想与我们一起分享么？
1、Don't claim to know what you don't know.
不要不懂装懂。
2、Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
3、A bargain is a bargain.
一诺千金。
4、Where bees are ,there is honey.
哪里有蜜蜂，哪里就有蜂蜜。
5、 A little learning is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人。
6、A bird is known by its note and a man by his talk.
闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
7、Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.
生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。
8、Every tide hath its ebb.
兴盛之日必有衰退之时。
9、A fool always rushes to the fore.
傻瓜总爱强出头。
10、 A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: “That’s the ugliest baby that I’ve ever seen. Ugh!”
The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming.
She says to a man next to her: “The driver just insulted me!”
The man says: “You go right up there and tell him off – go ahead, I’ll hold your monkey for you.”
【美文欣赏】华盛顿总统就职演说
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1789
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years--a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies. In this conflict of emotions all I dare aver is that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare hope is that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow- citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence.
By the article establishing the executive department it is made the duty of the President "to recommend to your consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." The circumstances under which I now meet you will acquit me from entering into that subject further than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are assembled, and which, in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It will be more consistent with those circumstances, and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me, to substitute, in place of a recommendation of particular measures, the tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt them. In these honorable qualifications I behold the surest pledges that as on one side no local prejudices or attachments, no separate views nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests, so, on another, that the foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world. I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of the occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude which has given birth to them. Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your discernment and pursuit of the public good; for I assure myself that whilst you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government, or which ought to await the future lessons of experience, a reverence for the characteristic rights of freemen and a regard for the public harmony will sufficiently influence your deliberations on the question how far the former can be impregnably fortified or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted.
To the foregoing observations I have one to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representatives. It concerns myself, and will therefore be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. From this resolution I have in no instance departed; and being still under the impressions which produced it, I must decline as inapplicable to myself any share in the personal emoluments which may be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the executive department, and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the station in which I am placed may during my continuance in it be limited to such actual expenditures as the public good may be thought to require.
Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.
【中文译文】：
美国人民的实验
乔治-华盛顿
第一次就职演讲
纽约 星期四,1789年4月30日
参议院和众议院的同胞们：
在人生沉浮中，没有一件事能比本月14日收到根据你们的命令送达的通知更使我焦虑不安，一方面，国家召唤我出任此职，对于她的召唤，我永远只能肃然敬从；而隐退是我以挚爱心憎、满腔希望和坚定的决心选择的暮年归宿，由于爱好和习惯，且时光流逝，健康渐衰，时感体力不济，愈觉隐退之必要和可贵。另一方面，国家召唤我担负的责任如此重大和艰巨，足以使国内最有才智和经验的人度德量力，而我天资愚饨，又无民政管理的实践，理应倍觉自己能力之不足，因而必然感到难以肩此重任。怀着这种矛盾心情，我唯一敢断言的是，通过正确估计可能产生影响的各种情况来克尽厥职，乃是我忠贞不渝的努力目标。我唯一敢祈望的是，如果我在执行这项任务时因陶醉于往事，或因由衷感激公民们对我的高度信赖，因而受到过多影响，以致在处理从未经历过的大事时，忽视了自己的无能和消极，我的错误将会由于使我误人歧途的各种动机而减轻，而大家在评判错误的后果时；也会适当包涵产生这些动机的偏见。
既然这就是我在遵奉公众召唤就任现职时的感想，那么，在此宣誓就职之际，如不热忱地祈求全能的上帝就极其失当，因为上帝统治着宇宙，主宰着各国政府，它的神助能弥补人类的任何不足，愿上帝赐福，侃佑一个为美国人民的自由和幸福而组成的政府，保佑它为这些基本目的而作出奉献，保佑政府的各项行政措施在我负责之下都能成功地发挥作用。我相信，在向公众利益和私人利益的伟大缔造者献上这份崇敬时，这些活也同样表达了各位和广大公民的心意。没有人能比美国人更坚定不移地承认和崇拜掌管人间事务的上帝。他们在迈向独立国家的进程中，似乎每走一步都有某种天佑的迹象；他们在刚刚完成的联邦政府体制的重大改革中，如果不是因虔诚的感恩而得到某种回报，如果不是谦卑地期待着过去有所预示的赐福的到来，那么，通过众多截然不同的集团的平静思考和自愿赞同来完成改革，这种方式是不能与大多数政府的组建方式同日而语的。在目前转折关头，我产生这些想法确实是深有所感而不能自已，我相信大家会和我怀有同感，即除了仰仗上帝的力量，一个新生的自由政府别无他法能一开始就事事顺利。根据设立行政部门的条款，总统有责任“将他认为必要而妥善的措施提请国会审议”。但在目前与各位见面的这个场合，恕我不进一步讨论这个问题，而只提一下伟大的宪法，它使各位今天聚集一堂，它规定了各位的权限，指出了各位应该注意的目标。在这样的场合，更恰当、也更能反映我内心激情的做法是不提出具体措施，而是称颂将要规划和采纳这些措施的当选者的才能、正直和爱国心。我从这些高贵品格中看到了最可靠的保证：其一，任何地方偏见或地方感情，任何意见分歧或党派敌视，都不能使我们偏离全局观点和公平观点，即必须维护这个由不同地区和利益所组成的大联合；因此，其二，我国的政策将会以纯洁而坚定的个人道德原则为基础，而自由政府将会以那赢得民心和全世界尊敬的一切特点而显示其优越性。我对国家的一片热爱之心激励着我满怀喜悦地展望这幅远景，因为根据自然界的构成和发展趋势，在美德与幸福之间，责任与利益之间，恪守诚实宽厚的政策与获得社会繁荣幸福的硕果之间，有着密不可分的统一；因为我们应该同样相信，上帝亲自规定了水恒的秩序和权利法则，它决不可能对无视这些法则的国家慈祥地加以赞许；因为人们理所当然地、满怀深情地、也许是最后一次把维护神圣的自由之火和共和制政府的命运，系于美国人所遵命进行的实验上。
我已将有感于这一聚会场合的想法奉告各位，现在我就要向大家告辞；但在此以前，我要再一次以谦卑的心情祈求仁慈的上帝给予帮助。因为承蒙上帝的恩赐，美国人有了深思熟虑的机会，以及为确保联邦的安全和促进幸福，用前所未有的一致意见来决定政府体制的意向；因而，同样明显的是，上帝将保佑我们扩大眼界，心平气和地进行协商，并采取明智的措施，而这些都是本届政府取得成功所必不可少的依靠。
On Christmas Eve Santa Claus met an honest politician and a kind lawyer while riding up in an elevator of a very exclusive hotel. Just before the doors opened the three of them noticed a 1000NT bill lying on the floor. Which one of them do you think picked it up?
Answer: Santa of course! Why? Because everybody knows that the other two don’t exist!