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三个和尚

很久以前,小山上的庙里住着一个小和尚。每天早上,小和尚都要到山脚下的小河边去挑水,庙里的水缸总是满满的。  Long time ago, there lived a little monk in a temple on the top of a hill. Every morning, the little monk would go fetch water from the river at the foot of the hill. The water tank in the temple was always full. 很久以前:long time ago 以前:before, ago 曾经:once upon a time 挑:to […]

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Words: People

Kinds of People egoist: me first, “what’s in it for me?”  egotist: the height of conceit.  egocentric altruist: let me help you.  introvert: leave me alone, “what do other people think of me?” extrovert: let’s do it together ascetic (monk, hermit): self-denial, lonely contemplation  alter ego alter (other): alternate, alternative, alteration altercation, morbid ambi-: ambivert, […]

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