More changes—changing the world 更多的改变—改变世界 After thinking about some changes I'd like to make with myself, I started thinking about the changes I'd like to make with my family, and even my nei
Freedom Choice and Responsibility 自由 选择 责任 I love choices. 我爱选择。 I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all the books, 我喜欢在书店里徜徉，不是因为我能买下所有的书, but because I could buy one book, and
Pictures... Photos 照片…摄影 They say that a picture paints a thousand words. 他们说一幅照片描绘的是千言万语。 I have to say I agree. I love photographs. 我必须说我同意。我爱摄影。 I used to be crazy about taking pictures. 我曾经对摄影感到疯狂
Crying Tears 哭泣 流泪 I don't cry much. 我不是经常哭。 Of course, when I was really young, 当然,在我真的很年轻的时候, crying was not a big deal. 哭不是一个大问题。 But it is when one gets older that crying becomes one big deal.
The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds de
I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940’s it was a wholesome, quaint little community. It was my home and I loved it there;
More changes—changing the world 更多的改变—改变世界 After thinking about some changes I'd like to make with myself, I started thinking about the changes I'd like to make with my family, and even my nei
A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a
Old friends. They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there fo
To write or not to write 拿起笔还是放下 Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. 写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。 And I can tell you, it’s quite a challenge. 我可以告诉你,这是一个相当大的挑战。 But, the more I do it, the easier I get to just
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the store, the school and the church. Then, I met, or rather—got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline. 差不多有一年，我都泡在家、店铺、学校和教堂里。然后我遇到了，或者
Love is a verb 爱是一个动词 Do you ever think about words how they are used? 你曾经想过词语会如何使用吗? They are some words that can be used in many different ways. 有一些词语,可以用于许多不同的方面。 Depending upon how you use the wor
Long Walk to Freedom 漫漫自由路 Then I slowly saw that not only was I not free, but my brothers and sisters were not free. I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of every
Trying New Things… Risk and Reward 尝试新事物…风险和回报并存 When we try new things, 当我们尝试新事物的时候, there is always the risk that we will not be happy with our choice, 总会有我们将不会满意我们的选择的风险相伴, we might try a food we h
Green 绿色 Another day, another color. 另一天,另一种颜色。 What comes to mind when you think of green? 当你想到绿色，脑中会浮现什么？ I think of different things like a cool green forest where I can walk with a friend, a green
Thank you 谢谢你 Magic words,There are so many of them. 这是一句有魔力的词语，而且有很多这样的词语。 Let's talk about another magic word in English. 让我们来谈谈在英语的世界里另一个具有魔力的词。 If someone does something for you,it's consi
I believe we are not alone. 我相信我们并不孤单。 Even if I am on the other side of the world from the farmhouse I live in, I still dream of the ancient vines out the window, and the shed out back that my grandf
She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the w
It was worth the extra thirty-five dollars just to see this kind of excitement. 看到男孩满足的样子，为他支付额外的35美元还是值得的。 John ordered his own flowers and had the clerk to be sure that delivery would include a note
On March 16, 2002, when daffodils were swaying in the slowly warming wind of a North Carolina spring, I found myself in a snug hospital room with my wife and just-born daughter, only hours old, and I
