日期：2011-01-06 One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting（突进，猛冲） and dancing. As the strong winds gusted agains... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-01-06 When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right. It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every mornin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-01-06 A short walk from my house in Hampshire, on a hill overlooking the heathland（石南灌丛） , is a plaque marking the spot where Richard Pryce Jones deliberately crashed his Halifax bomber during the war. He could have parachuted（跳伞） to safety, but... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-27 The day my fianc fell to his death, it started to snow, just like any November day, just like the bottom hadn't fallen out of my world when he freefell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every da... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-27 Walking alone on a remote beach in southwest Florida, I was startled to hear splashes and a deep sigh coming from the water just offshore. As I squinted（斜视） in the direction of the sounds, the rounded gray back of a sea creature rose amid a red... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-27 The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-27 One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming（宣告，声明） that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a flaw in it. Sud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-17 Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench（沟渠，战壕） with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant（中尉，副官） if he might go out into... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-17 There was a man. He had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things to go and look at a pear tree that was far away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring the third in summer, the youngest son in fall. When they h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-17 We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-17 I have a friend who is falling in love. She honestly claims the sky is bluer. Mozart moves her to tears. She has lost 15 pounds and looks like a cover girl. I'm young again! she shouts exuberantly（生气勃勃地） . As my friend raves on about her new... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-02 A young man sees a sunset and, unable to understand or to express the emotion that it rouses in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to world that lies beyond. It is difficult for any of us in moments of intense aesthetic（美的） experience to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-02 I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts there is. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity（正直，诚实） and forthrightness. But it doesn't make any difference what they call it; it's still what makes a man a good c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-22 I find it wholesome（健全的，有益健康的） to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome（疲倦的，厌倦的） and dissipating（消散） . I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so compa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-22 That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid（平静的，温和的） rivulet（小溪，小河） , meandering（漫步） smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-22 My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat simultaneously（同时地） . It was hanging on a rack（齿条，行李架） at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, crammed in with shoddy（假冒的，劣质的） trench coats and an assortment（分类，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-22 When my husband and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Lenny, the piano player, asked, How did you do it? I knew there was no simple answer, but as the weekend approached, I wondered if one reason might be our ritu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-22 The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled（推挤，撞） the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age. Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 Night after night, she came to tuck（卷起，挤进） me in, even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. I don't remember when it first started annoy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 There are some people who are completely happy with themselves, their lives, and their prospects for the future. While they can be considered to be more fortunate than most, most who do not fall into that category are not as bad off（境况不好的，穷... 阅读全文>>