To each parent he responded with one line: "Are you going to help me now?" 面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回答只有一句话："你们愿意帮我吗？" And 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 chie
A letter to my son 一封给我儿子的信 Dear Seth, 亲爱的塞斯， You're only three years old, and at this point in your life you can't read, much less understand what I'm going to try to tell you in this letter. 你现在仅仅3岁
That's 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。 "What's wrong?" I asked. “怎么了？”我问道。 He jabbed a fing
When he confessed losing some of our savings in the stock market, I gave him a hug and said, "It's okay. It's only money." 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 wee
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
"You must have wondered ", she said, "why I was so upset at the thought of young George's going to England without you. 她说："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 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
“No，no,he' d say, "I was just waiting for you." “不，不累，”他总说，“我只是在等你。” Then we'd 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 ye
It wasn't until later that evening thhat I noticed a "mailbox" taped onto the doors to each of our bedrooms , there was one for Steve. There was one for Tom. She hadn't forgotten Sam or baby Paul. 直到深
The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother's absence, but found none. My chin quivered with a mixture of heartbreak and rage. For the f
There is a standing order that I have on file down here, and he has paid, well in advance, you'll get them every year. There also is another thing that I think you should know. He wrote a special litt
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 h
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't know that
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 an
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
Paving A Brilliant Way 铺就辉煌之路 Tonight is a particular honor for me, let's 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 r
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. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailin
When you find friends like this, hold on to them, treasure them, spend time with them, be kind to them, love them。 当你寻找到像这样的朋友，就一定要坚守这份友谊，珍惜他们，花些时间和他们在一起，友善的对待他们并爱他们。 There will be times when you are
“Just try it! ONE WEEK!” He was unmoved. “就试一下！一个星期也可以啊！”而他依然无动于衷。 “You're smart enough! You'll see a change!” Nothing fazed him. “你非常聪明！你会有很大的变化！”任何话语都无法打动他。 “Give yourself a chance! Don't give up on
When I arrived at her modest white house on the outskirts of town， she carefully inspected my dress and asked me to try it on. She put a handful of pins into the shoulders and sides of my gown and tol
