Time: how could I describe you

discussion

1. what is time? 2. how could you spend your time? 3. describe one of the following: Most memorable time Most terrible time Most depressed time Happiest time

The concept of time is self-evident. An hour consists of a certain number of minutes, a day of hours and a year of days. But we rarely think about the fundamental nature of time.

Time is passing non-stop, and we follow it with clocks and calendars. Yet we cannot study it with a microscope or experiment with it. And it still keeps passing. We just cannot say what exactly happens when time passes.

Time is represented through change, such as the circular motion of the moon around the earth. The passing of time is indeed closely connected to the concept of space.

According to the general theory of relativity, space, or the universe, emerged in the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago. Before that, all matter was packed into an extremely tiny dot. That dot also contained the matter that later came to be the sun, the earth and the moon – the heavenly bodies that tell us about the passing of time.

Time is grain for peasants.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is wealth for workers.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is life for doctors.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is victory for strategists.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is knowledge for entrepreneurs.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is speed for scientists.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is money for enterprisers.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Time is everything for all of us.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Therefore, seize this day!

　　　　　　　　　　　 Begin now!

　　　　　　　　　　　 Each day is a new life.

　　　　　　　　　　　 Seize it. Live it.

　　　　　　　　　　　 For today already walks tomorrow.

对你来说，时间是什么  

                                       对农民来说，时间就是粮食。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对工人来说，时间就是财富。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对医生来说，时间就是生命。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对军事家来说，时间就是胜利。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对教育家来说，时间就是知识。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对科学家来说，时间就是速度。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对企业家来说，时间就是金钱。 

　　　　　　　　　　　对我们大家来说，时间就是一切。 

　　　　　　　　　　　因此，把握今天！ 

　　　　　　　　　　　现在就开始！ 

　　　　　　　　　　　每天都是一次新生。 

　　　　　　　　　　　把握住它，好好生活。 

　　　　　　　　　　　因为今天未逝时，明天已开始。 

In order to investigate the nature of time it may help to break it down into four main questions.

1) How does time flow? 2) Does time flow in only one direction? 3) Is there a constant 'Universal' time? 4) Is time a 'real' dimension?

The Big Bang theory describes how the universe was created from the Big Bang singularity, where all matter and space is contained in a single point of infinite density. At the moment of creation of the universe - the Big Bang - all matter, space and time came into existence, before that time did not exist. Our universe could not exist without time, and time could not exist without the universe, they are different components of the one entity.

Phrases: how to translate the following Chinese expression into English

17 ．日积月累 accumulate through long years

　　 18. 日暮途穷 at the end of one’s rope 　　 19. 日日夜夜 day and night 　　 20. 日新月异 fast-changing 　　 21. 日以继夜 night and day; day in and da

y out 　　 22. 分秒必争 Every minute counts. 　　 23. 千钧一发 at a critical moment 　　 24. 千秋万代 throughout the ages

25. 千载难逢 once in a blue moon 　　 26. 穷年累月 year after year; from year to

year 　　 27. 日落西山 like the sun setting beyond t

he western hills; on the wane 　　 28. 闰年 leap year 　　 29. 霎时间 in an instant; in a twinkle 　　 30. 上旬 the first ten days of a month 　　 31. 深更半夜 late at night 　　 32. 时过境迁 Time has changed.

　 33. 瞬息万变 change at every moment 　　 34. 遗臭万年 be cursed for ever by posteri

ty; remain infamous in history 　　 35. 无时无刻 all the time; constantly 　　 36. 猴年马月 donkey’s years 　　 37. 与日俱增 be on the increase day by da

y 　　 38. 蒸蒸日上 grow more and more prosper

ous

　　 39. 有朝一日 someday; when the day comes

　　 40. 指日可待 can be expected soon 　　 41. 一日千里 at tremendous speed; by lea

ps and bounds 　　 42. 一年到头 all the year round; throughou

t the year 　　 43. 有生之年 the rest of one’s life; one’s re

maining years 　　 44. 新纪元 new era; new epoch 　　 45. 延年益寿 prolong one’s life

Appreciation

3 ． Time heals all wounds. 时间能够治疗一切创伤

　　 4 ． He that gains time gains all things. 赢得时间的人就赢得一切

　　 5 ． Art is long, and time is fleeting. 艺术长存，光阴易逝

　　 6 ． Money lost, little lost; time lost, everything lost. 丢钱事小，失时事大

　　 7 ． Time tries friends as fire tries gold. 时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金。

　　 8 ． Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。 　　 9 ． Never put off till tomorrow what may be done

today. 今日事，今日毕。 　　 10 ． There is time for everything. 凡事皆有时。 　　 11 ． Do not squander time---that’s the stuff life is

made of. 不要浪费时间，因生命由它而成。 　　 12 ． Nothing can be done without time just as no

one can live without air. 　　没有时间，我们做不成任何事；正如没有空气，我们根

本不能生存。

　 13 ． A hero is nothing but a product of his time. 时事造英雄。

　　 14 ． One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天等于两个明天。

　　 15 ． Time is like the water sucked in sponge: if you squeeze, you can always get some. 时间象水，只要去挤总是有的。

16. Weep no more , no sigh , nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that‘s gone. 　　别哭泣，别叹息，别呻吟；悲伤唤不回流逝的时光。

A passage about time Just one hour ago, I was lying in my bed readin

g a book. Just one day ago, I was at the beach at a coast

al city with my lover. Just one week ago, I was returning home from

Genting Highlands with my family. Just one month ago, I was in Adelaide, checkin

g out USA. Just one year ago, I was beginning my Foundat

ion in Communications course.

Time flies. Time flies so fast that you don't even realize

it's gone, until in a sudden moment of introspection, you stop, look around, and think, 'Where has the time gone?' And that's the truth. Time waits for no man. You may mope around for days, weeks, months, years, over a breakup, and expect everyone to pity you, but eventually, people have to move on. Things have to change, otherwise if the world around you changes, and you don't change, you'll be swept away. Even rocks in the sea get worn smooth by the crashing waves, and eventually become the sand on the seabed.

"The past is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today...today is a gift."

The most important thing is to be able to listen to your heart. To be able to change, externally, mature, grow, go with the flow, but at the core, you still know who you are. Rejoice in that you have today, stop regretting the past and worry not about the future, for it has yet to be shaped.

After all, time flies.

Traveling in Time You cannot change the laws of physics ... but could physics actua

lly enable us to travel through time? 　 It might sound crazy, but according to Einstein's theories, there's no logical reason why time travel isn't possible. 　　 Time travel is clearly a trickier proposition than space travel, though. And prior to Einstein, it would have been deemed utterly impossible ！ That's because the old idea about time was that it was like a cosmic metronome keeping a regular and constant beat throughout the universe. And it was thought to move in one direction only .　　 However, what physicists now know is that time is rather more flexible than the old “ Clockwork Universe” ideas they had it. And it was Albert Einstein who set the cat among the pigeons.

Einstein's theories about time and space were revolutionary. Later, two experiments have been conducted which proves that not only is time “ warp-able” , but Einstein was arguably the greatest thinker the world has ever seen.

If it were possible, however, it would present some pretty knotty paradoxes... For example, what if someone or something traveled back in time and changed the ensuing future? And have you heard the one about the time traveller who dots back and forward in time and by means of various medical technologies is able to be his own father AND mother?! And besides, if time travel is possible, where are all the people from the future--surely they'd want to come and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?

Youth

Youth is just like the little drops of water we find on the petals in the morning,clear and pure.it’s precious beacuse it will soon evaporate and disappear in the air.small as it is,it magnifies stripe of the petal;clear as it is,it shines with the sunshine, instantaneous as it is,it reflects the whole of the blue sky.I saw it roll down the petal and fell into tiny pieces.

I heard it permeate into the soil and irritate the root of the flower.tomorrow morning,there will be dew again on the petals,but did you ever know, that is not the one we found yesterday,just like the youth that slinked away and never return.how could I forget all these little drops of water,just like the days of youth that would keep in my mind for the rest of my life,perchance,when I think of it,I would know that I has evre been a juvenile as clear as the little drop of water.

youth

By samuel Erman 塞缪 ·俄尔曼 

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind,it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, and it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. 　　 Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidy, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This of ten exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows merely by the number of years, we grow old by deserting our ideas.

青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深觉的意志、恢宏的想象、炽热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 　　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。 

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust . 　　Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders ,the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope , cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, so long as you are young. 　 

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂。忧烦、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。 　　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。 

　When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old ,even at 20,but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.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。 　　一旦天线倒塌，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；然则只要竖起天线，捕捉乐观的信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。