2008-03-08 所属栏目:英语故事

Ron was a fifteen-year-old teenager, a tenth-grade student at Granger High School. It was game day, and he was the only sophomore suiting up with the varsity team. Excitedly, he invited his mother

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Every April, my school's eighth-grade class travels to Washington, D.C., for their class trip. It's a long ride from New Jersey, but it's always exciting to get to visit places so important in our

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five cars ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he as a giant. We sat side by side, watc

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

I was married three times before I was seven years old.My older brother Gary performed the ceremonies in our basement. Gary was good at entertaining the family and neighborhood kids with his creati

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

It is cold, so bitter cold, on this dark, winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp. I stand shivering in my thin rags, still in disbelief that t

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

It was fall 1945, and I returned to Vienna with the first American occupation troops. I had been there three months earlier as an interpreter of German for a special mission assigned to negotiate t

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Recently, my two-year-old son and I were strolling down a sidewalk together. Both in our own little worlds, we hadn't spoken until I felt a tugging at my hand. Looking up at me, he exclaimed, "

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

The baggy yellow shirt had long sleeves, four extra large pockets trimmed in black thread and snaps up the front. Not terribly attractive, but utilitarian without a doubt. I found it in December 19

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

I had been an avid baseball card collector as a youth, often collecting and selling drink bottles to pay for my packs. I remember sitting on the floor and arranging the cards for hours, putting the

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

The American flag, fireworks, friends, picnics, chicken, hot dogs, baked beans, parades, bands and celebrations are all part of the Fourth of July. That early summer holiday, we pause to honor a ti

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Louisville, Kentucky is a place where basketball is an important part of life, and taking my son to an NBA exhibition game is very special. Little did I realize how special the evening was going to

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

As my bride of many years greeted me one evening, her voice blasted through the door, "Guess what?"I always take a deep breath on this very leading question. "What?" I asked. &q

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.My daily routine included going to

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for four generations to become one. The table was always spread with food from

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Even at the age of 75, Thelma was very vivacious and full of life. When her husband passed away, her children suggested that she move to a "senior living community." A gregarious and life

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Dear George,Pegasus's Wings I've always loved horses, and for some time I'd been looking for a volunteer opportunity in my new community. The idea that I might be able to pursue both interests at o

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Dear George,When your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.You were so excited, you had packed and unpacked the washable markers an

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

It was an unusually quiet day in the emergency room December twenty?fifth. Quiet, that is, except for the s who were standing around the nurses' station grumbling about having to work Christmas Day

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

In prison, holidays are the worst. Birthdays, anniversaries, Thanksgiving, Christmas, even Valentine's Day can be a "bummer." It's difficult and painful to be away from those we love-to b

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

Dear God,This is Charles. I turned twelve the other day. If you noticed, I'm typing this letter. Sometimes it's hard for me to write, you know. It's this thing called dysgraphia. I also have Attent

2008-03-07 所属栏目:英语故事

I had a ticket. I had my passport. And he had cold feet. I might have known fairy tales don't come true. Seven months out of my marriage, I had met the "great love of my life." We dated a

2008-03-06 所属栏目:英语故事

Seventeen summers ago, Muriel and I began our journey into the twilight. It's midnight now, at least for her, and sometimes I wonder when dawn will break. Even the dreaded Alzheimer's disease isn't

2008-03-06 所属栏目:英语故事

It was my very first teaching job, and I was anxious to make an excellent first impression. I had been hired to lead a vibrant group of four-year-olds. As the parents escorted children into the roo

2008-03-06 所属栏目:英语故事

One day about eight years ago in the departure lounge of a flight from New York's LaGuardia airport to O'Hare in Chicago, I spotted a young boy in tears and obvious emotional distress. His mother a

2008-03-06 所属栏目:英语故事

It was March 29, 1944, and the twentieth mission for our B-17 crew. We were assigned to the 401st Squadron of the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force and flying out of a former Royal Air Force base