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那位樂團指揮出現在舞台時,得到全場起立喝彩。

grocery ['rusri] n. 食品雜貨店

Most of these ingredients can be found at your local grocery.

這些原料大部分都能在當地的雜貨店裏買到。

當你還是個孩子的時候,你很容易相信自己能夠改變世界。

作為一個成年人,我才慢慢意識到生活越來越複雜。

挑戰是巨大的,可是假如我們承擔起個人責任並且選擇可持續的生活方式,我們就能麵對挑戰,成為積極改變潮流的一部分。

It includes a list of ways to live more sustainable—simple but fundamental things like reducing household garbage, consuming less, not relying on cars so much, eating locally grown food, carrying a reusable cup and, most important, getting out into nature.

rely on:依靠;依賴

I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think.

figure out:算出;想出;解決

出奇製勝的魅力

Catch up with Your Good

弗洛倫斯·斯高伏爾·西恩 / Florence Scovel Shinn

Catch up with your good! This is a new way of saying, "Before they call, I will answer."

But how to catch up with your good? For you must have ears that hear, and eyes that see, or it will escape you.

Some people never catch up with their good in life; they will say, "My life has always been one of hardship, no good luck ever comes to me." They are the people who have been asleep to their opportunities; or through laziness, haven' t caught up with their good.

A woman told a group of friends that she had not eaten for three days. They dashed about asking people to give her work; but she refused it. She explained that she never got up until twelve o' clock, she liked to lie in bed and read magazines.

She just wanted people to support her while she read"Vogue" and "Harper' s Bazaar." We must be careful not to slip into lazy states of mind.