2008-02-12 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

To this day I remember my mum's letters. It all started in December 1941. Every night she sat at the big table in the kitchen and wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been drafted that summer. We had

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

A Funny Memory 童真记趣

Oh God! I think I was about seven and half when my sisters and I pulled this stupid stunt. I remember watching television with them and the show on happened to be our favorite

2008-01-30 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.This family made a big impression

2008-01-26 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

You never picked me last

"Dr. Carr! Is it you? Is it really you?" I turned from where I had been browsing in the bookstore to see a six-foot-six, muscular, good-looking, smiling, sandy-hair

2008-01-14 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

50 things that really matter
In my opinion, these things matter…1. Listening enough to care and caring enough to listen.2. Being a dreamer but not living in a dream world.3. Saying "It doesn't

2008-01-07 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

The Baby Eagle 小鹰的故事

Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scu

2007-12-29 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

A Plate of Peas 一盘豌豆

My grandfather died when I was a small boy, and my grandmother started staying with us for about six months every year. She lived in a room that doubled as my father's offic

2007-12-25 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. My own "truest" Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year o

2007-12-20 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Seven secrets to a great life

A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop

2007-12-15 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer, a cancer that can’t be cured. He was 18 years old and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He

2007-12-06 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was

2007-11-30 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Today is a giftTwo men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was nex

2007-11-24 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

感恩节祝福短信Warm wishes at Thanksgiving. 　　今天是感恩节，衷心祝福你！From all of us to all of you at Thanksgiving. 　　请接受我们诚挚的祝福：祝你们感恩节快乐！I wish you could be here on Thanksgiv

2007-11-21 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm la

2007-11-19 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

The Single's Day is just around the corner. In China, Valentine’s Day is overrated and has a reputation for being exclusively for couples. But what about the single gal or guy? In that day single pe

2007-11-18 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

如果有来生，我会请少说多听；如果有来生，我会请朋友家里吃饭；如果有来生，我会听祖父唠叨他的青年时代……，如果有来生，你会怎样？If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more

2007-11-16 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

今天就在你的眼前，等着你去塑造。你就是每一天的雕刻师，每一个今天都在你手中……You have a choice I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibi

2007-11-03 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

美并不是一种需求，而是一种狂喜。她不是干渴的嘴唇，也不是伸出的空手，而是一颗滚烫的心，一个愉悦的灵魂。她不是你们想看到的样子，也不是你们想听到的乐曲，而是你们虽闭上眼睛也能看到的样子，虽掩住耳朵也能听

2007-10-20 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Every day is a lucky dayI teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his w

2007-10-17 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Free to soar上天让我经历逆境，体验束缚的滋味，并定下规则约束我们，让我们从中成长起来，获得人生的力量……One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Mult

2007-10-14 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Run Through the Rain世间万物皆有自己的季节，做任何事情也有一个恰当的时机。如果有机会，你也可以在雨中狂奔一回……She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this bea

2007-09-18 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

为人父母If it was going to easy, it never would have started with something called labor!Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same result

2007-09-10 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

The difference a teacher can make史蒂夫已经12岁了，他的父母都是酒鬼，他几乎都要辍学了。然而，他阅读能力不错，但他总是考试不及格。从一年级开始，一直这样。史蒂夫长得很健壮，看上去比12岁的孩子要大。但他一

2007-09-07 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

I’ve learned…有时，一个人想要的只是一只可握的手和一颗能交谈的心……I’ve learned…That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.I’ve learned…That when you’re in love, i

2007-09-03 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

The trees outside my window生命中没有什么恒久不变的风景，只要你的心永远朝着太阳，每一个清晨都会向你展现一番美景，等着你去欣赏——这个世界总会带给你新的希望。From the window of my room, I could see a t