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موضوع: ?Did you know یکشنبه سی ام اردیبهشت 1386

Bees buzz; they go bzzz.

Birds chirp; they go tweet tweet.

Cats mew; they go meow.

Chicks go peep peep.

Cows low; they go moo.

Crows caw.

Cuckoos go cuckoo.

Dogs bark; they go bow wow or arf or woof.

Donkeys bray; they go hee-haw.

Doves coo.

Ducks quack; they go quack quack.

Frogs croak; they go ribbit.

Geese honk.

Hens cackle and cluck.

Horses neigh or whinney.

Hyenas laugh.

Lions roar.

Mice squeak.

Owls hoot; they go hoo.

Pigs grunt; they go oink oink.

Roosters crow; they go cock-a-doodle-doo.

Sheep and goats bleat; they go baaah.

Turkeys go gobble gobble.

Wolves howl.

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داستان کوتاه انگلیسی 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه Short Story شنبه بیست و نهم اردیبهشت 1386

Adrift
by: Adam Khan, , Self-Help Stuff That Works

In 1982 Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later (the longest anyone has survived a shipwreck on a life raft alone), he was alive -- much skinnier than he was when he started, but alive.

 

His account of how he survived is fascinating. His ingenuity -- how he managed to catch fish, how he fixed his solar still (evaporates sea water to make fresh) -- is very interesting.

 

But the thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no point in continuing the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his life raft was punctured and after more than a week struggling with his weak body to fix it, it was still leaking air and wearing him out to keep pumping it up. He was starved. He was desperately dehydrated. He was thoroughly exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sane option.

 

When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in similarly desperate circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the guts to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.

"I tell myself I can handle it," wrote Callahan in his narrative. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, building up fortitude...."

 

I wrote that down after I read it. It struck me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far off or when my problems seemed too overwhelming. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

 

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad compared to something better. But others have been through much worse. I've read enough history to know you and I are lucky to be where we are, when we are, no matter how bad it seems to us compared to our fantasies. It's a sane thought and worth thinking.

 

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100داستان کوتاه انگلیسی همراه با فایل صوتی 

موضوع: معرفی سایت ها سه شنبه بیست و پنجم اردیبهشت 1386

داستان های کوتاه انگلیسی برای دانش آموزان متوسط به پایین همراه با فایل صوتی متن

Short Stories for Low Intermediate ESL Learners

 

منبع : سوالات و گرامر زبان انگليسي

 

 

100 داستان کوتاه انگلیسی همراه با فایل صوتی، درک مطلب ، املا و...

100 free short stories for ESL learners, with listening, grammar, comprehension, and dictation exercises.

 

تلفظ صوتی اسامی خاص

A Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Nouns

 

 

تلفظ انگلیسی کشورها

 

تلفظ انگلیسی پایتخت ها

 

تلفظ انگلیسی میوه ها و سبزی ها

 

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شعر انگلیسی 

موضوع: شعر Poems سه شنبه بیست و پنجم اردیبهشت 1386

Life Still Has A Meaning

If there is a future there is time for mending-
Time to see your troubles coming to an ending.


Life is never hopeless however great your sorrow-
If you're looking forward to a new tomorrow.


If there is time for wishing then there is time for hoping-
When through doubt and darkness you are blindly groping.


Though the heart be heavy and hurt you may be feeling-
If there is time for praying there is time for healing.

So if through your window there is a new day breaking-
Thank God for the promise, though mind and soul be aching,


If with harvest over there is grain enough for gleaning-
There is a new tomorrow and life still has meaning.

          ~ Author unknown~

 

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شعر انگلیسی 

موضوع: شعر Poems یکشنبه بیست و سوم اردیبهشت 1386

The Power of One

by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown


One tree can start a forest
One song can spark a moment
One flower can wake the dream

One bird can herald spring
One smile begins a friendship
One handclasp lifts a soul
One star can guide a ship at sea
One word can frame the goal
One vote can change a nation
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness
One laugh will conquer gloom
One step must start each journey
One word must start a prayer
One hope will raise our spirits
One touch can show you care
One voice can speak with wisdom
One heart can know what is true
One Life can make a difference

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herald: to be a sign of something that is going to come or happen soon.

Handclasp: handshake, grasping and holding of hands by two or more people (customarily done when greeting or parting)

Sunbeam: ray of sunlight

wipes out: destroy

conquer :defeat, overcome

 

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داستان کوتاه انگلیسی 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه Short Story شنبه بیست و دوم اردیبهشت 1386

خانواده خوشبختم

 

هیچ وقت خودم را بی نظیر ندیدم، اما همه می گن آدم فوق العاده ای هستم. از نظر خودم، من فقط یه آدم معمولی با اهداف واقع گرایانه و رویاهای بزرگ بودم. دانشجوی 19 ساله در دانشگاه تگزاس که می خواست به آرزوی بزرگش که جراح ارتوپد شدن بود برسه.

در شب 17 فوریه سال 1981 همراه دوستم شارون در کتابخانه برای امتحان شیمی الی مطالعه می کردیم. سه سال بود که با هم دوست بودیم. چون خیلی دیر کرده بود از من خواست که به خوابگاه ببرمش. بدون اینکه بدونم سوار ماشین شدن از این به بعد برای من متفاوت خواهد شد، سوار ماشینم شدیم. وقتی داخل ماشین نشستم متوجه شدم عقربه بنزین خالی بودن باک رو نشان می ده به همین خاطر برای خریدن 2 دلار بنزین به پمپ بنزین رفتم. وقتی در را می بستم به شارون گفتم:"دو دقیقه ای بر می گردم." اما همین دو دقیقه زندگیم را برای همیشه تغییر داد.

وارد شدن به فروشگاه مثل رسیدن به دو راهه مرگ و زندگی بود. قبل از ورود سالم، ورزشکار و دانشجوی دوره مقدماتی پزشکی بودم و بعد از خروج جزو آمار قربانیان جنایت های خشن. اولش فکر می کردم وارد فروشگاهی خالی می شم اما ناگهان متوجه شدم که هیچ وقت خالی نبوده. سه سارق مسلح در حال سرقت کردن بودند که ورود من غافلگیرشان کرد. یکی از دزدها با هفت تیر 38. میلیمتری به سرم زد. دستور داد به طرف کولر برم  و روی زمین دراز بکشم و ناگهان یک گلوله به پشت سرم شلیک کرد. حتما فکر می کرد مردم چون دیگه شلیک نکرد. دزد ها سرقتشان را انجام دادند و فروشگاه را با آرامش کامل ترک کردند.

در همین حین شارون تعجب می کنه که چرا برنگشتم. بعد از دیدن خروج سه مرد از فروشگاه نگران می شه چون من آخرین فردی بودم که وارد فروشگاه شده بودم. به سرعت برای پیدا کردن من وارد فروشگاه شد—اما بجز یک صندوق تقریبا خالی با یک چک و چند سکه چیزی ندید. در حالی که صدا می کرد" مایک " "مایک" به هر راهرویی سر می زد.

 خدمتکار درحالی که فریاد می زد از پشت فروشگاه بیرون آمد و گفت: خانم روی زمین دراز بکشید. از من سرقت کردند و به سمتم شلیک شده.

شارون خودش را بر روی زمین انداخت و فریاد زد: دوستم که مو های قهوای داره رو ندیدی؟...خدمتکار جواب نداد و به سمت کولر برگشت و من رو در حالی  پیدا کرد که محتویات معده راه تنفسم را بسته بود. بسرعت دهانم را تمیز کرد و با پلیس و اورژانس تماس گرفت.

شارون شوکه شده بود. متوجه شده بود که آسیب دیده ام اما نمی تونست شدت جراحتم رو تصور کند. وقتی پلیس رسید بسرعت با دایره جنایی تماس گرفتند چون فکر نمی کردند من نجات پیدا کنم و امداد گر هم گفت تا حالا ندیده کسی با این شدت جراحت زنده مانده باشه. در ساعت 1:30 صبح پدر و مادرم که در هوستن زندگی می کردند، با تماسی از طرف بیمارستان برکنریج از موضوع مطلع شدند و از آنها خواسته شد خودشان را هر چه سریعتر به اُستین برسانند چون می ترسیدند که تا صبح دوام نیاورم.

هر طوری بود شب را پشت سر گذاشتم و زنده ماندم ، صبح خیلی زود جراح عصب تصمیم گرفت عملم کند. جراح به شارون و پدر و مادرم گفت که احتمال زنده ماندن من 40 به 60 هست. اگرچه خبر بدی نبود اما جراح با گفتن اینکه اگر ازعمل زنده بیرون بیام چه نوع زندگی خواهم داشت پدر و مادرم را شوکه کرد. گفت احتمال داره که برای همیشه نتونم راه برم، صحبت کنم و حتی دستور های ساده را هم درک کنم.

 خانوداه ام امیدوار بودند و دعا می کردند تا از دکتر خبر های دلگرم کننده ای بشنوند. به جای دلگرمی، جملات بدبینانه اش خانواده ام را به این باور رساند که من هیچ وقت نمی توانم دوباره عضو موثری در جامعه باشم. اما من یکبار دیگر هم بر مشکلات غلبه کردم و از عمل سه ساعت و نیمی نجات پیدا کردم.

پدر و مادرم به خاطر اینکه هنوز زنده بودم نفس راحتی کشیدند و دکتر هم پیش بینی کرد که چند روزی طول می کشه تا خطر کاملا برطرف بشه. هر روزی که می گذشت بهتر و بهتر می شدم و بعد از دو هفته حالم طوری شد که از ICU به بخش و به اتاقی مخصوص منتقل شدم.

مشخص بود که هنوز نمی تونستم صحبت کنم، سمت راست بدنم به طور کامل فلج شده بود و همه فکر می کردند که هیچ چیزی را درک نمی کنم. اما حداقل زنده بودم. بعد از یک هفته ماندن در اتاق مخصوص دکتر ها حس کردند شرایطم طوری هست که بتونم با آمبولانس هوایی به بیمارستان توانبخشی دلارو در هوستن منتقل بشوم.  

 توهم هم به مشکلات جسمی ام اضافه شد و پیش بینی زمان بهبودیم رو سخت کرد. اگر چه با گذشت زمان ذهنم فعال شد و تقریبا بعد از گذشت شش هفته پای راستم و هفت هفته دست راستم به اهستگی شروع به حرکت کردند و در هفته هشتم هم اولین کلمه را به زبان آوردم.

در ابتدا آهسته و به سختی صحبت می کردم اما این فقط یک شروع بود. هر روز منتظر روز جدید بودم تا ببینم چقدر پیشرفت می کنم. اما به محض اینکه فکر کردم شرایط زندگیم داره به سمت بهتر شدن پیش می ره به وسیله عصب شناس بیمارستان معاینه شدم و آزمایشی دادم. به من گفت: طبق نتیجه آزمایش معتقده که نباید به فکر برگشتن به دانشکده باشم و بهتره اهداف واقع بینانه تری را دنبال کنم.

بعد از شنیدن نظرش عصبانی شدم و به خودم گفتم: اون کسی نیست که بخواد بگه من چی کار می تونم یا نمی تونم بکنم. حتی من رو نمی شناسه. من خیلی مصمم و سرسختم.....فکر می کنم همان روز ها بود که تصمیم گرفتم هر طوری شده به دانشکده برگردم.

مدت زمان زیادی طول کشید و سختی های زیادی رو تحمل کردم اما حدودا یک سال و نیم بعد از مرگ تقریبی ام در پاییز سال 1983 موفق شدم به دانشگاه تگزاس برگردم. سال های بعد در استین برای من خیلی سخت بود. اما واقعا به این باور رسیدم که اگر بخوام زیبایی را در زندگیم ببینم باید شرایط های سخت را هم تجربه کنم. اگر چه شرایط خیلی سختی را تجربه کردم، اما من باور داشتم که می تونم در این راه نهایت تلاشم را هم بکنم و هر روزم را به بهترین شکل زندگی کنم.

هر روزی که می گذشت سرم بیشتر شلوغ می شد، در کنار شرکت کردن در کلاس های دانشگاه برای درمان سه تا پنج بار در هفته به بیمارستان برکنریج می رفتم. اگر هم کافی نبود یک هفته درمیان با هواپیما به هوستن می رفتم تا زیر نظر تام ویلیامز باشم. مربی و مدیری که با خیلی از دانشگاه ها و تیم های حرفه ای کار کرده بود و تا حالا به خیلی از ورزشکارهای آسیب دیده مثل ارل کمپل و اریک دیکرسون کمک کرده. از تام یاد گرفتم که: هیچ چیزی غیرممکن نیست و هرگز و هرگز تسلیم نشم.

تام کلمات و احساسات  دوست پدر و مادرم که جراح سرشناس مغز و اعصاب بیمارستان هوستن بود را تکرار می کرد که همراهشان در نیمه شب هولناک زمستانی به استین امد. در طول این ماه ها نظرات متعددی از طرف دکترها و متخصین مختلف دریافت می کردم. اما این دکتر گل بود که به پدر و مادرم گفت فعلا با شرایط کنار بیایید و نگران آینده نباشید.مهم نیست که چه شرایط بدی داره مهم اینه که هیچ کسی به طور قطع نمی دونه مغز در این وضعیت ها چه طور عکس العمل نشان می ده.

اخیرا در طول درمانم، پدرم این جمله مورد علاقه اش را پشت سر هم برای من تکرار می کرد . فکر می کنم باید تام و دکتر گل اون رو نوشته باشند. و من هم از وقتی آسیب دیده ام هر روز تکرارش کرده ام.

"مایل به مایل رفتن خیلی مشکله، یارد به یارد رفتن سخته؛ اما کم کم رفتن آسونه".

وقتی در اون بعد از ظهر تابستانی در سال 1986 از پله ها بالا می رفتم تا مدرکم را از دست رئیس دانشگاه تگزاس بگیرم به این کلمه ها و دکتر گل و خانواده ام و شارون که عمیقا باورم داشت فکر می کردم. وقتی شنیدم رئیس دانشگاه اعلام کرد با بالاترین نمره فارغ التحصیل شدم و به عنوان یکی از اعضای انجمن دانشجویان ممتاز انتخاب شدم و همچنین از بین 1600 نفر فارغ التحصیل دانشکده علوم انسانی به عنوان یکی از دوازده رئیس ممتاز فارغ التحصیلان انتخاب شدم دلم پر شد از شور و هیجان و غرور.

وقتی حضار ایستاده تشویقم کردند احساسات و هیجاناتی را تجربه کردم که فکر می کردم در زندگیم دوباره تکرار نخواهد شد حتی زمانیکه با مدرک فوق لیسانس مددکاری اجتماعی فارغ التحصیل شدم و حتی وقتی بصورت تمام وقت در مرکز مشاوره تگزاس استخدام شدم این حس را تجربه نکردم. اما اشتباه می کردم!

در 24 می سال 1987 متوجه شدم هیچ چیزی نمی تونه جای شادی ازدواج من و شارون را بگیره. دوست دوران دبیرستان که همیشه همراه و شریک غم ها و شادی های من بود. برای من شارون یک معجزه است. با ارزش ترین در دنیای مشکلات و درد ها و رنج هام...این شارون بود که به خاطر اینکه همیشه  کنار من باشه برای مدتی ترک تحصیل کرد و هیچ وقت ترکم نکرد و تنهام نگذاشت.

در آن روزهای تیره و تار عشق و ایمانش بود که نجاتم داد. در حالی که دختران هم سن و سالش در پارتی ها شرکت می کردند و از زندگیشان لذت می بردند، شارون زندگی اش رو وقف نجات من کرد که این برای من تعریف حقیقی عشقه.

بعد از مراسم زیبای ازدواجمان شغلم را در مرکز مشاوره ادامه دادم و تا زمانی که شارون  در بیمارستان به عنوان متخصص گفتار درمانی مشغول به کار شد به دنبال کار های فوق لیسانسم بودم. واقعا شاد بویم، اما زمانی که متوجه شدیم شارون باردار شده شاد تر هم شدیم.

در نیمه شب 11 جولای 1990 شارون با یک خبر ازخواب بیدارم کرد: "باید بریم به بیمارستان...موقع وضع حمل منه". من نمی تونستم کمکش کنم اما فکر کردم چقدر عجیبه که تقریبا زندگیم در اون فروشگاه به هم ربخت و تغییر کرد و حالا در تاریخ 11-7 داشتیم می رفتیم تا زندگی جدیدی رو وارد این دنیا بکنیم. به خاطر ورود دختر سالم و زرنگمان به این دنیا، اشک شوق در چمشانم حلقه بست. با عجله انگشتهای دست و پاهاش رو شمردیم و چشم های درشتش را تماشا کردیم که به دنیای اطرافش نگاه می کرد. وقتی بعد از تولد در بغل مادرش خوابیده بود تصویر واقعا زیبایی را برای همیشه در ذهنم حک کرد که هیچ وقت فراموشش نمی کنم. همان لحظه از خدا به خاطر دادن بزرگترین موهبت به ما یعنی شاون الیس سگل سپاسگزاری کردم.

 

by: Michael Jordan Segal

ترجمه: سعید ضروری

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داستان کوتاه انگلیسی 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه (بدون ترجمه) شنبه بیست و دوم اردیبهشت 1386

Attitude Is Everything
  by: Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R., A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' "I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry.

"She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breathe and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them. 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

 

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داستان کوتاه انگلیسی 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه Short Story چهارشنبه دوازدهم اردیبهشت 1386

My Miraculous Family
  by: Michael Jordan Segal, Teaching What I Most Need to Know

 

I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly telling me, "I am a miracle." To me, I was just an ordinary "guy" with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old student at the University of Texas and well on my way toward fulfilling my "big dream" of one day becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

 

On the night of February 17, 1981 I was studying for an Organic Chemistry test at the library with Sharon, my girlfriend of three years. Sharon had asked me to drive her back to her dormitory as it was getting quite late. We got into my car, not realizing that just getting into a car would never quite be the same for me again. I quickly noticed that my gas gauge was registered on empty so I pulled into a nearby convenience store to buy $2.00 worth of gas. "I'll be back in two minutes," I yelled at Sharon as I closed the door. But instead, those two minutes changed my life forever.

 

Entering the convenience store was like entering the twilight zone. On the outside I was a healthy, athletic, pre-med student, but on the inside I was just another statistic of a violent crime. I thought I was entering an empty store, but suddenly I realized it was not empty at all. Three robbers were in the process of committing a robbery and my entrance into the store caught them by surprise. One of the criminals immediately shoved a .38 caliber handgun to my head, ordered me to the cooler, pushed me down on the floor, and pumped a bullet into the back of my head - execution style. He obviously thought I was dead because he did not shoot me again. The trio of thieves finished robbing the store and left calmly.

 

Meanwhile, Sharon wondered why I had not returned. After seeing the three men leave the store she really began to worry as I was the last person she saw entering the store. She quickly went inside to look for me, but saw no one -- only an almost empty cash register containing one check and several pennies. Quickly she ran down each aisle shouting, "Mike, Mike!"

 

Just then the attendant appeared from the back of the store shouting, "Lady, get down on the floor. I've just been robbed and shot at!"

 

Sharon quickly dropped to the floor screaming, "Have you seen my boyfriend ... auburn hair?" The man did not reply but went back to the cooler where he found me choking on my vomit. The attendant quickly cleaned my mouth and then called for the police and an ambulance.

 

Sharon was in shock. She was beginning to understand that I was hurt, but she could not begin to comprehend or imagine the severity of my injury.

 

When the police arrived they immediately called the homicide division as they did not think I would survive and the paramedic reported that she had never seen a person so severely wounded survive. At 1:30 a.m. my parents who lived in Houston, were awakened by a telephone call from Brackenridge Hospital advising them to come to Austin as soon as possible for they feared I would not make it through the night.

 

But I did make it through the night and early in the morning the neurosurgeon decided to operate. However, he quickly informed my family and Sharon that my chances of surviving the surgery were only 40/60. If this were not bad enough, the neurosurgeon further shocked my family by telling them what life would be like for me if I beat the odds and survived. He said I probably would never walk, talk, or be able to understand even simple commands.

 

My family was hoping and praying to hear even the slightest bit of encouragement from that doctor. Instead, his pessimistic words gave my family no reason to believe that I would ever again be a productive member of society. But once again I beat the odds and survived the three and a half hours of surgery.

 

Even though my family breathed a huge sigh of relief that I was still alive the doctor cautioned that it would still be several days before I would be out of danger. However, with each passing day I became stronger and stronger and two weeks later I was well enough to be moved from the ICU to a private room.

 

Granted, I still could not talk, my entire right side was paralyzed and many people thought I could not understand, but at least I was stable. After one week in a private room the doctors felt I had improved enough to be transferred by jet ambulance to Del Oro Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston.

 

My hallucinations, coupled with my physical problems, made my prognosis still very bleak. However, as time passed my mind began to clear and approximately six weeks later my right leg began to move ever so slightly. Within seven weeks my right arm slowly began to move and at eight weeks I uttered my first few words.

 

My speech was extremely difficult and slow in the beginning, but at least it was a beginning. I was starting to look forward to each new day to see how far I would progress. But just as I thought my life was finally looking brighter I was tested by the hospital europsychologist. She explained to me that judging from my test results she believed that I should not focus on returning to college but that it would be better to set more "realistic goals."

 

Upon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, "Who is she to tell me what I can or cannot do. She does not even know me. I am a very determined and stubborn person!" I believe it was at that very moment that I decided I would somehow, someday return to college.

 

It took me a long time and a lot of hard work but I finally returned to the University of Texas in the fall of 1983 - a year and a half after almost dying. The next few years in Austin were very difficult for me, but I truly believe that in order to see beauty in life you have to experience some unpleasantness. Maybe I have experienced too much unpleasantness, but I believe in living each day to the fullest, and doing the very best I can.

 

And each new day was very busy and very full, for besides attending classes at the University I underwent therapy three to five days each week at Brackenridge Hospital. If this were not enough I flew to Houston every other weekend to work with Tom Williams, a trainer and executive who had worked for many colleges and professional teams and also had helped many injured athletes, such as Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson. Through Tom I learned: "Nothing is impossible and never, never give up or quit."

 

He echoed the same words and sentiments of a prominent neurosurgeon from Houston, Dr. Alexander Gol, who was a close personal friend of my parents and who drove to Austin with my family in the middle of the night that traumatic February morning. Over the many months I received many opinions from different therapists and doctors but it was Dr. Gol who told my family to take one day at a time, for no matter how bad the situation looked, no one knew for certain what the brain could do.

 

Early, during my therapy, my father kept repeating to me one of his favorite sayings. It could have been written by both Tom and Dr. Gol and I have repeated it almost every day since being hurt:

 

"Mile by mile it's a trial; yard by yard it's hard; but inch by inch it's a cinch."

 

I thought of those words, and I thought of Dr. Gol, Tom, my family and Sharon who believed so strongly in me as I climbed the steps to receive my diploma from the Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986. Excitement and pride filled my heart as I heard the dean announce that I had graduated with "highest honors" (grade point average of 3.885), been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and been chosen as one of 12 Dean's Distinguished Graduates out of 1600 in the College of Liberal Arts.

 

The overwhelming emotions and feelings that I experienced at that very moment, when most of the audience gave me a standing ovation, I felt would never again be matched in my life -- not even when I graduated with a masters degree in social work and not even when I became employed full time at the Texas Pain and Stress Center. But I was wrong!

 

On May 24, 1987, I realized that nothing could ever match the joy I felt as Sharon and I were married. Sharon, my high school sweetheart of nine years, had always stood by me, through good and bad times. To me, Sharon is my miracle, my diamond in a world filled with problems, hurt, and pain. It was Sharon who dropped out of school when I was hurt so that she could constantly be at my side. She never wavered or gave up on me.

 

It was her faith and love that pulled me through so many dark days. While other nineteen year old girls were going to parties and enjoying life, Sharon devoted her life to my recovery. That, to me, is the true definition of love.

 

After our beautiful wedding I continued working part time at the Pain Center and completed my work for a masters degree while Sharon worked as a speech pathologist at a local hospital. We were extremely happy, but even happier when we learned Sharon was pregnant.

 

On July 11, 1990 at 12:15 a.m. Sharon woke me with the news: "We need to go to the hospital .... my water just broke." I couldn't help but think how ironic it was that my life almost ended in a convenience store and now on the date "7-11" we were about to bring a new life into this world. This time it was my turn to help Sharon as she had helped me over those past years. Sharon was having contractions about every two minutes, and each time she needed to have her lower back massaged.

 

Since she was in labor for 15 hours that meant 450 massages!! It was well worth every bit of pain in my fingers because at 3:10 p.m. Sharon and I experienced the birth of our beautiful daughter, Shawn Elyse Segal!

 

Tears of joy and happiness came to my eyes as our healthy, alert, wonderful daughter entered this world. We anxiously counted her 10 fingers and her 10 toes and watched her wide eyes take in the world about her. It was truly a beautiful picture that was etched in my mind forever as she lie in her mother's waiting arms, just minutes after her birth. At that moment I thanked God for blessing us with the greatest miracle of all -- Shawn Elyse Segal.

 

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اصطلاحات خیابانی و ... 

موضوع: دانلود کتاب free E-Books چهارشنبه دوازدهم اردیبهشت 1386

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

  

  

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شعر انگلیسی! 

موضوع: شعر Poems چهارشنبه دوازدهم اردیبهشت 1386

A beautiful poem written by a Father to save his Daughter !!!

DAD - BABY RACHEL - MOM

 

A sad Dad's poem...

 

This is a beautiful poem. There is an appeal from a Zimbabwean
couple at the bottom of message, not asking for anything more
than that you hand the poem on.

 

TO MY CHILD Just for this morning, I am going to
smile when I see your face and laugh
when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning, I will let you
choose what you want to wear,
and smile and say how perfect it is.
Just for this morning, I am going to step
over the laundry and pick you up and take you to
the park to play.

Just for this morning, I will leave the
dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put
that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug
the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with
you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, I will not yell
once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and
whine for the ice cream truck, and I will buy you one
if he comes by.
Just for this afternoon, I won't worry
about what you are going to be when you grow up, or
second guess every decision I have made where you are
concern ed.
Just for this afternoon, I will let you
help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you
trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us
to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can
have both toys.
Just for this evening, I will hold you in
my arms and tell you a story about how you were
born and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you
splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you
stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle
beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my
finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply be
grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers and
fathers who are searching for their missing children, the
mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's
graves instead of their bedrooms. The mothers
and fathers who are in hospital rooms
watching their children suffer senselessly and screaming
inside that little body
And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold
you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then,
that I will thank God for you, and ask him for
nothing, except one more day......... ....

 

Hi! I am a 29-year-old father. My wife and I have had a wonderful life together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughter's name is Rachel and she is 10 months old. Not long ago did the doctors detect brain cancer in her little body.

 

There is only one way to save her and that is an operation. Sadly we don't have the money for the operation. AOL and Zdnet (in Zimbabwe ) have agreed to help us.

 

The only way they can help is this: If you send this email to other people< BR>AOL will track this email and count how many people get it. Every person that opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people will give us 32c. (in Zimbabwe dollars) Please help us.

 

Source:english4all

 

**True friends are those who care without hesitations, who remember without limitations, who give without expectations and love even without communication. Friendship doesnt need everyday conversation doesnt always need togetherness, as long as the relationship is kept in the heart,true friends never go apart....... ...** Sadat Moshtaghian

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Happy my birthday 

موضوع: مطالب شخصی و مقالات من سه شنبه یازدهم اردیبهشت 1386

 

Happy my birthday!

 

 

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Some Inspiring Thoughts 

موضوع: چهارشنبه پنجم اردیبهشت 1386

Some Inspiring Thoughts

 

 

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.


You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
ruin:
to spoil or destroy something completely



God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.


All people smile in the same language.


Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.
deserve: merit, be worthy of

 


The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity.


 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it.



It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.


Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need.


If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.


Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks within.
within: in • inside • within • internal


The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.


Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.


Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
idle : if an engine idles, it runs slowly while the vehicle, machine etc is not moving.


Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.
Harsh: impolite

To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.

 

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شعر انگلیسی! 

موضوع: شعر Poems چهارشنبه پنجم اردیبهشت 1386

Rules for Being Human
  

You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it,
but it's yours to keep
for the entire period.

You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time,
informal school called life.

There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial, error
and experimentation.
The "failed" experiments are as much
a part of the process as the experiments
that ultimately "work".

Lessons are repeated until they are learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms
until you have learned it.
When you have learned it,
you can go on to the next lesson.

Learning lessons does not end.
There is no part of life that doesn't
contain it's lessons.
If you're alive,
there are still lessons to be learned.

"There" is no better than "here".
When your "there" has become "here",
you will simply obtain another "there"
that will again look better than "here".

Other people are merely mirrors of you.
You can not love or hate something
about another person unless it reflects to you
something you love or hate about yourself.

What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need.
What you do with them is up to you.
The choice is yours.

 

 

By: Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott, Source Unknown

Source: http://www.inspirationpeak.com

 

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داستان کوتاه انگلیسی "عشق بدون مرز" 

موضوع: داستان کوتاه Short Story دوشنبه سوم اردیبهشت 1386

Unconditional Love

 

motivating story


A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in
Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a landmine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."

"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

 

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

 

 

عشق بدون مرز

 

داستان در مورد سربازیست که بعد از جنگیدن در ویتنام به خانه  بر گشت. قبل از مراجعه به خانه از سان فرانسیسکو با پدر و مادرش تماس گرفت.

" بابا و مامان" دارم میام خونه، اما یه خواهشی دارم. دوستی دارم که می خوام بیارمش به خونه.

پدر و مادر در جوابش گفتند: "حتما" ، خیلی دوست داریم ببینیمش.

پسر ادامه داد:"چیزی هست که شما باید بدونید. دوستم در جنگ شدیدا آسیب دیده. روی مین افتاده و یک پا و یک دستش رو از دست داده. جایی رو هم نداره که بره و می خوام بیاد و با ما زندگی کنه."

"متاسفم که اینو می شنوم. می تونیم کمکش کنیم جایی برای زندگی کردن پیدا کنه.

"نه، می خوام که با ما زندگی کنه."

پدر گفت: "پسرم، تو نمی دونی چی داری می گی. فردی با این نوع معلولیت درد سر بزرگی برای ما می شه. ما داریم زندگی خودمون رو می کنیم و نمی تونیم اجازه بدیم چنین چیزی زندگیمون رو به هم بزنه. به نظر من تو بایستی بیای خونه و اون رو فراموش کنی. خودش یه راهی پیدا می کنه."

در آن لحظه، پسر گوشی را گذاشت. پدر و مادرش خبری از او نداشتند تا اینکه چند روز بعد پلیس سان فرانسیسکو با آنها تماس گرفت. پسرشان به خاطر سقوط از ساختمانی مرده بود. به نظر پلیس علت مرگ خودکشی بوده. پدر و مادر اندوهگین، با هواپیما به سان فرانسیسکو رفتند و برای شناسایی جسد پسرشان  به سردخانه شهر برده شدند. شناسایی اش کردند. اما شوکه شدند به این خاطر که از موضوعی مطلع شدند که چیزی در موردش نمی دانستند. پسرشان فقط یک دست و یک پا داشت.

پدر و مادری که در این داستان بودند شبیه بعضی از ما هستند. برای ما دوست داشتن افراد زیبا و خوش مشرب آسان است. اما کسانی که باعث زحمت و دردسر ما می شوند را کنار می گذاریم. ترجیح می دهیم از افرادی که سالم، زیبا و خوش تیپ نیستند دوری کنیم. خوشبختانه، کسی هست که با ما اینطور رفتار نمی کند. بدون توجه به اینکه چه ناتوانی هایی داریم.

 

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ترجمه: سعید ضروری

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جوک به زبان انگلیسی 

موضوع: جوک Jokes یکشنبه دوم اردیبهشت 1386

Funny jokes about:

 

WHY AM I MARRIED?

 

 

A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:
"Husband Wanted".
Next day she received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing:
"You can have mine."

You have two choices in life:
You can stay single and be miserable,
or get married and wish you were dead.


At a cocktail party, one woman said to another,
"Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?"
"Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."

Cocktail party: a party, usually in the early evening, at which alcoholic drinks are served and for which people usually dress formally

 
A little boy asked his father,
"Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?"
Father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying."


A young son asked,
"Is it true Dad, that in some parts of
Africa

a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?"
Dad replied, "That happens in every country, son."


Then there was a woman who said,
"I never knew what real happiness was until I got married,
and by then, it was too late."


Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
triumph :an important victory or success after a difficult struggle


If you want your spouse to listen and
pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.
spouse: a husband or wife

 
First guy says, "My wife's an angel!"
Second guy remarks, "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

" A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, To understand a man , to Love and to forgive
him , and for patience, For his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for Strength
I'll just beat him to death "
beat: hit

 

 

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Collective nouns of people 

موضوع: ?Did you know شنبه یکم اردیبهشت 1386

Collective nouns of people

A
A faculty of academics
A troupe of acrobats
A cast/company of actors/players
A bench of aldermen
A conflagration of arsonists
A troupe of artistes
A team of athletes

B
A tabernacle of bakers
A babble of barbers
A promise of barmen
A thought of barons
A squad of beaters
A bevy/galaxy of beauties
A bench/psalter of bishops
A blush of boys
A troop of boy scouts
A feast of brewers
A pack of brownies
A shuffle of bureaucrats
A goring of butchers
A sneer of butlers


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