The difference a teacher can make- anonymous 老师的魅力- 匿名 Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S. education system. Remarkably, he could read, yet,
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
All Flowers Are Beautiful 所有的花儿都美丽 I grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age, not so long ago, when children could go home for lunch and f
A Little Care Goes a Long Way 撒播爱心 He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work, in this small, mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit
Once the beer was made, I faced my biggest hurdle yet: getting it into beer drinkers' hands. Distributors all said the same thing: "Your beer is too expensive; no one has ever heard of you." So I figu
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
Good God, What A Night That Was by Petronius Good God, what a night that was, The bed was so soft, and how we clung, Burning together, lying this way and that, Our uncontrollable passions Flowing thro
Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. 亲爱的上帝：如今我不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世。 I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers
I Am a Dreamer 我是一个梦想家 I am a dreamer. 我是一个梦想家。 I wish I had endless power. 我希望我有无穷无尽的力量。 When you want to take a picture , I can be your camera. 当你需要拍照的时候，我就是你的相机。 When it is bad weather ,I can be yo
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
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
"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
Take, Oh, Take Those Lips Away by John Fletcher Take, oh, take those lips away That so sweetly were forsworn And those eyes, like break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring aga
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
