小城市的优越感:出生地效应 今年7月,14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录,成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军,同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史密斯敦。而该事件又一次为出生地效应做出了诠...详细
一个母亲在二战时写给世界的信 Dear World, 亲爱的世界: My son starts school today. It's going to be strange and new to him for a while. And I wish you would sort of treat him gently. 我的儿子今天开始上学。在一段时间内,他都会感到既陌生又新...详细
We have all had one time or another where we have had a crush on a friend or even a best friend. If you are caught up in the crush and are enjoying the flirting and your friend doesnt seem to mind, then that is fine. If it is the feel of t...详细
Single girls have always grumbled that good-looking men are difficult to find.But science may have just proved them right because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study. 单身...详细
小时候事故的关系,妹妹只能记得三个人父母和我。在她16岁生日那天,我对她说:如果你有了喜欢的人,就把我忘了,将那个人记在心里吧。 我才不会呢,妹妹笑了。 第二年的某一天,妹妹和她的男友一起找到我,她带着哭腔对我说:哥哥,我是谁啊? 村里有个孤儿...详细
岁月是一把无情的刻刀,改变了我们的模样,然而记忆中的那片湖水却依然清澈如初,不曾改变。我们不能活在回忆里,却不能忘记回忆,因为它是属于我们每个人的财富。就让回忆变成一本书,偶尔翻阅,还能感受到那份酸涩和纯真。 Hour in the Sun John H.Bradley...详细
☆诗歌欣赏☆卑微不失可爱 路边的野草,卑微吗? 但是它,能精确地分离颅骨。 洞穴的蚂蚁,卑微吗? 但是它,却能负载自己体重几十倍的东西。 水滴,卑微吗? 但是它,是干旱沙漠的一线生机。 原来,万物都不曾卑微。 只是心术不正的人歪曲了事实。 那聪明的...详细
生活感悟:胡萝卜、鸡蛋和咖啡豆 A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her ,She did not know how she was going to make it and want to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling .It seemed a...详细
两匹狼,你会喂哪匹? One evening an old man told his grandson about the battle that goes on inside people. 一天晚上,一个老人给他的孙子讲到了人内心深处的一场打斗。 He said, My son, the battle is between the two wolves that live inside us a...详细
Solitude I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are f...详细
Hour in the Sun/阳光下的时光 John H.Bradley/约翰布莱德利 I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days.----- Henry David Thoreau. 我虽然不富甲天下,却拥有无数个艳阳天和夏日。----亨利大卫梭罗 When Thoreau wrote that line, he w...详细
The Girl Who Lives Forever 永恒的女孩 Night had fallen over the North African desert, and our battalions tanks were huddled in a protective circle. A group of my fellow soldiers stood around a radio. As I approached, one of them put his fi...详细
The Remembrance of Lilacs 母爱如花芬芳 The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day -- and 800 miles separated her from her parents in...详细
如果美丽可以再现 I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. 生病的时候我就卧床休息,不会假装自己一天不工作,地球就会停止转动。 I would have burne...详细
On Motes and Beams 微尘与栋梁 It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in...详细
Cambodia mourns fatal stampede 柬首相为踩踏事件落泪 柬埔寨踩踏事件死难者悼念活动周四25日早上在金边正式开始,柬埔寨首相洪森在敬香过程中潸然落泪。。。 Cambodia's Prime Minister wept during a national mourning ceremony for the hundreds killed...详细
妈妈,别哭,我去了天堂, 随着地动山摇的一声巨响, 我看见你跌坐在嘈杂的操场, 撕心裂肺的呼喊还在我的耳旁。 Mother, please don't cry, I went to paradise With the tremendous sound of the shaking of the ground I saw you sink down on the chaoti...详细
How do I love thee Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 作者ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING[伊丽莎白巴雷特勃朗宁]于公元1806年出生在达翰姆(英格兰北部一郡)。1838年,她出版了《撒拉弗和其它诗篇》[撒拉佛 六翼天使(九级天使中地位最高者),又称:炽...详细