日期：2011-10-14 English peoples name does not like Chinese people. English many people shared the same name. As men, such as: James, Dan, Mark, Peter, William, David As ladies, such as: Hannah, Amy, Lizz, Donnar, Leah, Lucy In our garden centre there were two WILLI... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-16 Rats! I groaned. Is he coming along? I stared disgustedly at my new stepbrother, Benny, sitting in the back seat of Dad's car. Benny is eight, short and thin with beady eyes（警惕） and big ears. Now that Mom and Dad are divorced, I only see Dad eve... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-26 One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-10 When I was told last year that my 2-year-old son had an illness that threatened his life, I tried to strike a bargain（达成协议） with fate――I would do anything, I would trade my old life away, if only he would get better. We learned that our son... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-08 This is a chance of a life time, I declared to my friend Stacy as I locked the door of my office and left the restaurant I managed. It's every twenty-seven-year-old woman's dream to live in New York City, and in a few months I'll know if I get the t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-01 Growing up at a distance geographical and emotional from her chilly father meant Katherine Burdett always doubted his feelings for her. Until his final few days By Katherine Burdett I grew up bereft of（失去） hugs. Neither of my parents was the cud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-25 I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, Ramanda, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done while Ramanda appeared to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too q... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-19 A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated（烦躁的） , to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. Daddy, may I ask you a question? Yeah, sure, what is it? replied the man. Daddy, how much money do you make an hour? That's... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-15 One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the curb（抑制，路边） , across the street from where she worked, and waited for her. As I looked outside the car window to my ri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-29 One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet, that reads: I am blind, please help. A creative publicist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observe that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-24 The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero, but still chose to sleep in the porch as usual. In the evening, the most familiar sight to me would be stars in the sky. Though they were a mere sprinkle（少量） of twinkling dots, yet I had beco... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-09 My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the countryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-08 A hike was the perfect order of the day. The boys were excited about the idea. It would be a good workout（锻炼，练习） and it would be good to be together. We planned to leave immediately after lunch. I noticed Daniel, who will be ten in November,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-02-11 In the 1980s, one young lady issued a public pronouncement dismissing（解散） all men under the height of 1.70 meters as handicapped. It was met with an avalanche（雪崩） of responses from virtually all unmarried women in the nation. After making pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-01-21 It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: Don't give money to panh andlers（乞丐） . So I shoo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-01-06 I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse（杂树林，灌木丛） which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national, protesting about a projected by-pass to her village, and, l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-02 He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised but due to being polite, she promise... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-09-20 My father was an exceptional man. He may not have been a perfect man. But he was a good man. And he loved us. All I wanted to do today was to give him a dignifiedsending. Is that really so much to ask? So... Maybe... Maybe he had some things he like... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-07 Anytime I see banana pudding on a menu, I'm filled with an euphoric（精神愉快的） sense of well being and taken back to a special moment in my life when I learned an important lesson about jealousy and love. It all began when my stepchildren came fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-07-07 After 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, I decided now that my kids were grown, I needed a part-time job to keep me busy. I decided to drive a school bus. Charlie began riding my bus in September of my fourth year driving. Eight years old, wit... 阅读全文>>