Focus—trying to concentrate 专注——试图集中注意力 A famous athlete once said: 一个著名的运动员曾经说过: It is not necessarily the amount of time you spent of practice that accounts, 你为锻炼所花费的时间多少并不重要, it's what you put
Time Off—Vacation 空闲时光—度假 I haven’t had a vacation in a while. 我有段时间没有度假了。 I think I’ll take off soon. 我想自己不久就会启程。 I’m not sure where I’ll go or what I’ll do. 我不知道我要去哪里或我会做什么。 But I can learn a touris
Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. 我住的公寓大楼里的每个人都认得这
Staying in touch with old friends 与老朋友们保持联系 I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages. 我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。 He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know to contact me. 他说自己过去一直很忙,也真
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?&quo
The priest who made up the finger alphabet also founded the first school for the deaf in Paris in 1760. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people went to Paris and learnt Abbe de l'Epee&
The newspaper I previously worked for employs a very friendly receptionist. All receptionists are supposed to be friendly, but Connie Abbott has such a positive tone, she could brighten your day by sa
Lessons learning from daily life 从日常生活中学到的教训 When I was a child, I always like reading fairy tales about heros who were good, 当我还是个孩子时,我总是喜欢阅读那些非常好的英雄在其中的神话故事, who had to go through many difficult sit
Identity Crisis 身份危机 With industrialization and modernization, more and more people are confronted with the problem of identity. 随着工业化和现代化的发展，越来越多的人要面对身份问题。 The most interesting example is that of a s
Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. 生活中困难在所难免。 What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is still shini
Red 红色 When learning English, a good memory will help you, but a good imagination may help you even more. 在学英语的过程中,一个好的记忆将有助你的学习,但一个好的想象力可以帮助你更多。 For example, in English we don't have many words f
The sun is just rising in the morning of another day. What can I wish that this day may bring me? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just thos
Noticing your age--getting older 注意你的年龄——年纪越来越大 When do you feel like you are getting older? 你什么时候感觉自己正在慢慢变老? Is it when the songs you liked when you were young are now considered all this but good ea
Writing: Just a letter 写作:只是一封信而已 In the modern age, you can communicate in so many ways: text messaging, e-mailing, faxing, calling, but there is something about snail mail that is special. 在当今时代,你可以
The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. But the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glam
Relax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. “No he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to
One Girl Changed My Life 一位女孩改变了我的生活 My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supre
Being there,Done that 早已经历过 Have you ever heard the expression "being there done that"? 你听说过“早已经历过”这个表达吗? You say it to a friend when you want to let that person know that you've already
The same leaves over and over again! They fall from giving shade above To make one texture of faded brown And fit the earth like a leather glove. 同样的叶子，一回又一回！ 从投下树阴的高处飘落， 堆积成枯褐的纹理， 仿佛给大地戴上了皮手套。 Before
My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from hom
