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
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
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
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
Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. We put our metal lunch boxes on the shelf above the coat hooks, which were mostly empty. All of the other sixth graders were a
The first snow 初雪 The first snow came.How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead!
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice-- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “
When Love Beckons You 当爱召唤你 When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound y
Asking questions 问问题 Knowing how to ask questions is so important. 知道如何问问题至关重要。 I usually start an English class by writing questions on the blackboard, with words like who,what,when,where,why,how and
You went to the butcher’s for meat, the pharmacy for aspirin, and the grocery store for food. But when I spent the summer with my Grandmother in Warwick, N.Y., she sent me down to the general st
