The Letter for My daughter写给女儿的信Dear Malia and Sasha,亲爱的马莉亚和莎夏：I know that you&#39ve both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn&#39t have let you have.我知道这两年你们俩随我一路竞选

visit with a tramp一个流浪汉的来访I was swinging on the front gate, trying to decide whether to walk down the street to play with Verna, my best friend in fifth grade, when I saw a tramp come up the road.我在院门口晃悠，想着要不要去街对面找维娜玩，她是我五年级最好的朋友。这时，我看见从街上走来一个流浪汉。“Hello, little girl,” he said. “Is your mama at home？

Kobe Bryant&#39s growing road小乔丹科比·布莱恩的成长之路Kobe Bryant first started turning heads on the basketball court when he was in middle school.科比·布莱恩第一次关注篮球是他在上中学的时侯。His talents dominated the game so much that high schools from all over the Philadelphia area watched him grow up.他在篮球方面很有天赋，费城的各所中学都密切关注他的成长。

Extra Good Luck好运符:一张两美元钞票I keep a two dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mother when I was six years old. I am not superstitious but the bill goes with me wherever I go.有一张两美元的钞票一直保存在我的钱夹里，那是我6岁时妈妈给的。My mother gave it to me so that luck would follow me everywhere. She looked at me

Roses for Rose来自天堂的玫瑰 - Judy SinhaRed roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, &quotBe my Valentine&quot, like all the years before.红玫瑰是她的最爱，她的名字叫罗斯，也是“玫瑰”的意思。

a glass of milk一杯牛奶的温暖One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。饥寒交迫的他摸遍全身，却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。However, he lost hi

A walk in the woods-Jastin林中漫步-詹斯汀I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowh

I want us to push the boundaries of discovery so that you&#39ll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer.我要大家向发现的极限挑战，让你在有生之年能够看见改善我们生活、使这个行星更干净、更安全的新科技和发明。And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of ra

It was the only love letter I ever received, but it turned all my bitterness and grief into a peacefulness which was the nearest I could get, then, to happiness.这可是我有生以来收到的唯一的情书！它将我的忧伤一扫而光，使我的心情变得平静--当时对我来说几乎类似幸福的平静。I knew Richard still loved me, and somehow, as long as I had his letter, I felt that

The Blessed Dress幸运的礼服I got an engagement ring for Christmas. My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony.圣诞节的时候我戴上了订婚戒指。我和男友交往已快一年，我们都感到是携手步入神圣的婚姻殿堂的时候了。The month of January was spent planning our perfect Alabama

My life was saved by a smile一个微笑挽救了一条生命I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous.一想到自己明天就没命了，不禁陷入极端的惶恐。I fumbled in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips.我翻遍了口袋

The difference a teacher can make- anonymous老师的魅力- 匿名Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S. education system. Remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, Steve was failing. He had been failing since first grade, as he was pa

A church built with 57 cents - Anonymous57美分建成的教堂 匿名A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it &quotwas too crowded.&quotI can&#39t go to Sunday school,&quot she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by.一个小女孩被拦在一座小教堂外面，“因为里面“太拥挤了，他们不让我进星期日学校（在美国，星期日学校是

To each parent he responded with one line: &quotAre you going to help me now?&quot面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回答只有一句话：&quot你们愿意帮我吗？&quotAnd then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.然后继续进行挖掘工作，在废墟中寻找他的儿子。The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off the school s ruins saying, &quot消防队长出现了，他也试图把这位父亲劝

That&#39s what friends do朋友就该这么做Jack tossed the papers on my desk—his eyebrows knit into a straight line as he glared at me.杰克把文件扔到我桌上，皱着眉头，气愤地瞪着我。&quotWhat&#39s wrong?&quot I asked.“怎么了？”我问道。He jabbed a finger at the proposal. &quotNext time you want to change anything, ask me first,&quot he said,

A letter to my son一封给我儿子的信Dear Seth,亲爱的塞斯，You&#39re only three years old, and at this point in your life you can&#39t read, much less understand what I&#39m going to try to tell you in this letter.你现在仅仅3岁，此刻你还不识字，更不用说让你去理解我接下来想在这封信里对你所说的话了。But I&#39ve been thinking a lot about the life that you have

When he confessed losing some of our savings in the stock market, I gave him a hug and said, &quotIt&#39s okay. It&#39s only money.&quot而当他坦白承认用我们的一点积蓄炒股亏了钱时，我紧紧抱住他安慰说：“没关系，钱财乃身外之物。”There is sensitivity. Last week he walked through the door with that look that tells me it&#39s been a tough day. Afte

Forgotten and Forgiven忘记并宽容As I sat perched in the second-floor window of our brick schoolhouse that afternoon, my heart began to sink further with each passing car.那天下午，我坐在学校砖楼二楼的窗沿上，看着一辆辆经过的汽车，心不断地往下沉。This was a day I&#39d looked forward to for weeks: Miss Pace&#39s fourth-grade, end-of-the-year p

&quotYou must have wondered &quot, she said, &quotwhy I was so upset at the thought of young George&#39s going to England without you.她说：&quot我听你说乔治要回国，又不带你走，心里非常不安。我这份心事你是不明白的。I am an old woman, and perhaps I have the silly fancies of the old, but I should like to tell you my own love story, and th

The Love letter 迟到的情书I was always a little in awe of Great-aunt Stephina Roos. Indeed, as children we were all frankly terrified of her.我对斯蒂菲娜老姑总是怀着敬畏之情。说实在话，我们几个孩子对她都怕得要死。The fact that she did not live with the family, preferring her tiny cottage and solitude to the comfortable but rather noisy hou

“No，no,he&#39 d say, &quotI was just waiting for you.&quot“不，不累，”他总说，“我只是在等你。”Then we&#39d lock up the house and go to bed.然后，我们便各自关上房门，上床睡觉了。My father waited up for me all through my high school and college years while I danced my way out of his life.在我上高中和大学的几年里，每次我出去跳舞，父亲都会一直等我回家。Shortly after my

The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother&#39s absence, but found none. My chin quivered with a mixture of heartbreak and rage. For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down.当我回到家，屋子里空无一人。我到冰箱上找有没有她留下的便条，她也许会解释没去的原因，可那儿什么也没

It wasn&#39t until later that evening thhat I noticed a &quotmailbox&quot taped onto the doors to each of our bedrooms , there was one for Steve. There was one for Tom. She hadn&#39t forgotten Sam or baby Paul.直到深夜我才发现，每个人的卧室门上都贴着一个“邮”。史蒂夫一个，汤姆一个。她也没把山姆和小保罗忘了。For the next few weeks, we received mail

There is a standing order that I have on file down here, and he has paid, well in advance, you&#39ll get them every year. There also is another thing that I think you should know. He wrote a special little card. . . he did this years ago.“这里有一份委托书，我已存档。他预付了花款，委托我们每年给您送花。还有一件事，我想您有必要知道，还有一张特别的小卡片....

the price of a miracle奇迹的价格Tess was a precocious eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew.听爸爸妈妈谈起小弟安德鲁的事情时，苔丝已是一个早熟的8岁小女孩。All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money.她只知道弟弟病得很厉害，父母却无钱给他医治。They were moving to an apart

美文回忆：The furthest distance in the world世界上最遥远的距离The furthest distance in the world世界上最遥远的距离Is not between life and death不是生与死But when I stand in front of you而是 我就站在你面前Yet you don&#39t know that I love you你却不知道我爱你The furthest distance in the world世界上最遥远的距离Is not when I stand in front of you不是 我就站在你面前

Sometimes we get so busy and caught up in daily life that we forget to be grateful.有时，我们过于繁忙，忙于芜杂的生活琐事，连感激都忘记了。We expect everyone to do their share without being asked. The only time anyone hears anything is when a chore has not been completed.我们期望每个人都能够自觉地尽职尽责，在这个时间每个人所能听到的就是做完活。This attitude, over

Tante Sanna would bring in dishes of sweet, sweet, sticky candy, or a great bowl of grapes or peaches, and Great-aunt Stephina would converse gravely about happenings on the farm ,and, more rarely, of the outer world.桑娜阿姨每次都要端出几碟粘乎乎的南非糖果和一钵葡萄或桃子给我们吃。斯蒂菲娜老姑总是一本正经他说些农场里的事，偶尔也谈些外边世界发生的事。When we had fin

Paving A Brilliant Way铺就辉煌之路Tonight is a particular honor for me, let&#39s face it my presence on stage is pretty unlikely.今晚对我而言颇不寻常，我们得承认，我能站在这里本身就已意义非凡。My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, and went to school in a tin-roof shack. H

The tree was again lonely and sad.树再次陷入孤单和悲伤之中。One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. &quotCome and play with me!&quot the tree said. &quotI am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?&quot &quotUse my trunk to build your boat. You