日期：2013-05-27 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 and forthrightness. But it doesn't make any difference what they call it; it's still what makes a man a good citizen. This i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-27 Real men don't cry. We just get something in our eye. A short walk from my house in Hampshire, on a hill overlooking the heathland, is a plaque marking the spot where Richard Pryce Jones deliberately crashed his Halifax bomber during the war. He cou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-20 He and she were sitting face to face. At this moment, the landlord came in and asked, Are you sure you do not rent the house any more? He kept silent and she only shook her head. They were going to divorce, so it was obvious that they would not cont... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 Everyone has a family. We live in it and feel very warm. There are three persons in my family, my mother, father and I. We live together very happily and there are many interesting stories about my family. My father is a hard-working man. He works a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 It was the end of my exhausting first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone awry（失败，出错） , my apron（围裙） was stained, my feet ached. The loaded trays I carried felt heavier and heavier. Weary and discouraged, I di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-02 A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time. The bride was gorgeous（华丽的） in her... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-09 My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns（逗留... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-09 A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out（投射） from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car pas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-04-08 LAST autumn my parents were studying in Canada, and brought me over with them. It was soon my birthday. Then came Halloween. Once I asked Mum why there was Halloween. She told me a lot about ghosts. I couldn't remember it all. I just remember that m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 Alice's mother died when she was five years old. Although her nine brother and sisters were loving and caring, they were no replacement for a mother's love. The year was 1925, and life was hard. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that her f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 When I was having a chit-chat with my colleague, she asked me all of a sudden, How did your husband propose to you at that time? Was it romantic? I was numbed by her words for a while, and then burst into laughter, My husband is a bit rigid（死板的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned（使震惊） . I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a small, framed drawing on the wall-was a freshly baked peach pie. I h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-06 Katrina Katrinka was like any other ordinary mother with two kids, a station wagon（旅行车） , and a 60 foot tall crane in her back yard. The crane just showed up one morning. A construction company was building an apartment building down the street... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-02-27 The two-week vacation at the end of summer school ended yesterday. Kevin had gone nowhere during his vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel alone. He used to take vacations with Gary, his youngest brother, but they had a big argument at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-17 The bustle of the hospital was a welcome distraction as I opened my new patient's chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a dr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-15 The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find wrinkled, little old lady beaming up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-15 In the severe winter, another snowstorm attacked the whole world. Soaring above the boundless snowfield, a male eagle was for only one aim: the food. This strong eagle hunted for the food with his keen（敏锐的） eyes, but what jumped into his view w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-15 The hostess moved to a new house. Not until she finish putting things in order, was the power suddently cut. It was very dark in the room. Somebody knocked at the door as soon as the hostess touched the candle and match. Opening the door, she found... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-08 I was nine when my father first sent me flowers. I had been taking tapdancing（踢踏舞） lessons for six months, and the school was giving its yearly recital（朗诵） . As an excited member of the beginners' chorus line, I was aware of my lowly status... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-08 I believe listening is powerful medicine. Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking. It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorwa... 阅读全文>>