• Buccaneers

    15-10-21 Once when Mary was young, her school had a halloween party for them. Mary decided to go as a pirate. After she had donned her costume, she went into the family room to show her family. They were impressed. Mom said, You look terrific, Mary, you have...

  • Gift Package 大礼包

    15-10-12 12.7 million primary and secondary school teachers in China are going to receive a Gift Package issued by the State Council ahead of this year's Teachers' Day, which falls on Sept 10. 在今年9月10日教师节即将来临之际,1270万中小学教师收到了国务院发出...

  • praise junkies 求赞党

    15-09-25 Praise junkies refer to those who constantly seeks/craves praise and attention and highlights everything good they have achieved in order to get praised. 求赞党是指那些不断寻求或渴望获得褒奖和人们关注的人。为受表扬,他们会强调自己做的所有好事。 Case...

  • brain fart 大脑短路

    15-09-25 It happens to you all the time. You're mid-sentence during a meeting with your boss, working on The New York Times' crossword puzzle, typing up an essay for grad school, or even talking to your mom on the phone -- and the next word you're looking fo...

  • 必须亲身经历才能体会的道理 中

    15-09-23 Make Your Health a Priority, Not an Option Once you get into your late 20s and early 30s your body is going to start losing metabolism and energy. You're going to start hurting and going to bed earlier. Start eating better and exercising. Don't thin...

  • A Good Teacher, A Good Luck

    15-09-21 I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the art since the medium is the human mind and spirit. I shall speak only of my first teac...

  • Goals

    15-09-21 There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or po...

  • The Day I Finally Cried

    15-09-21 I didn't cry when I learned I was the parent of a mentally handicapped child. I just sat still and didn't say anything while my husband and I were informed that two-year-old Kristi was - as we suspected - retarded. Go ahead and cry, the doctor advis...

  • 几位最受教育界欢迎的虚构教师角色

    15-09-14 According to a Times Education Supplement survey of 1,200 educators, two characters from the Harry Potter series grabbed prominent places in education's 50 favourite fictional teachers. 《泰晤士报教育增刊》调查了1200名教育工作者后发现,50个最受教育...

  • 美国某小学取消厕所男女区别

    15-09-14 One elementary school had decided to do away with boys' and girls' bathrooms. There will now just be bathrooms. 美国一所小学决定取消男女厕所,全部改为无性别厕所。 Miraloma Elementary in San Francisco, California is busy doing away with its gender as...