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
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 话说两个好朋友正在穿越一个沙漠。途中他们忽然争吵了起来，其中
If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior high. My junior high years were painful. Like every junior high kid, I was dealing with awakening sexuality, and struggling with who I was a
A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn 乡村客栈一个阴雨的星期天 A wet Sunday in a country inn ! Whoever has had the luck to experience (1)one can alone (2) judge ofmy situation. The rain pattered against the casements; th
Think Positive Thoughts Every Day 积极看待每一天 If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view. 如果
我们无法选择出生，无法选择父母，无法选择出生的历史时期与国家……但是在这些无法选择之中，我们的确可以选择自己的生活方式…… It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: with out demand
Levels of Communication 3 交际面面观 Evaluative communication: Offering opinions, ideas and judgments to others. 评价交流：告诉别人自己的观点，主意和评价。 This is risky business because the odds are that others will give thei
Discovery in a Thunderstorm 雷雨中的醒悟 Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange
Clouds had settled in on the frigid day.Their love was frozen, held in place.His loving stares and her fair loveCould not conquer their stubborness.No matter how hard she tried she was ridiculed.All t
A Harder, Better Goodbye 更难却更好的永别 Mother complained of a pain in her ribs. 我母亲曾抱怨她的肋骨疼。 She was a yoga lover, an ocean swimmer, a woman who at 72 looked ten years younger. 她是瑜伽爱好者，海洋游泳运动员，她72岁，但是看上去要年
Garfield is owned by a young man named Jon Arbuckle who also owned a happy, 加菲猫的主人是一个名叫乔恩的少年，他还有个快乐， slobbering little dog named Odie, whom Garfield is always taunting. 常流口水的小狗，名叫欧弟，加菲尔德总是嘲弄欧弟。 Davis&
Sometimes in life,You find a special friend;Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;Someone who makes you believe that there really
There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. 生命中，有那么多我未曾经历过，有那么多我未曾见识过。 I have not thought and have not done or felt enough—the early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks o
Chopsticks. Right now, millions of people are digging into their food with two sticks that have stood the test of time as a utensil for humans, even when countless thousands of other tools, gadgets an
Just A Little Smile 只因一个微笑 Mike was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball ba
Not Just a Mom 母亲的含义 A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to cla
The Outside Chance 千载难逢的机会 It's a funny thing about money. If you haven't got it, you think it's the most important thing in the world. That's how I used to think. I don't any more
Use swabs to wet her mouth, the nurse told me. Hold her hand. 护士告诉我用棉签蘸水湿润她的嘴唇，举起她的手。 Her senses are dimming, but hearing will linger. Tell her you love her. 她的意识逐渐消退，但是还能够听见你的声音。快告诉她你爱她。 She died on
Freedom parrot 呼喊自由的鹦鹉 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot
Lighten Up 放松心情 These days, it seems that almost all of us have something to worry about. 这些日子，似乎我们每个人都有担心的事情。 People are frustrated and uptight about almost everything—being five minutes late, 人们对很多事
