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日期:2013-07-10 edward wellman bade good-bye to his family in the old country headed for a better life in america. papa handed him the family's savings hidden in a leather satchel. times are desperate here, he said, hugging his son goodbye. you are our hope. edward...

日期:2013-06-27 it was only a few weeks after my surgery, and i went to dr. belt's office for a checkup. it was just after my first chemotherapy(化学疗法) treatment. my scar was still very tender. my arm was numb underneath. this whole set of unique and weird sen...

日期:2013-06-27 i recently heard a story from stephen glenn about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. he was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more cre...

日期:2013-06-27 my day began on a decidedly sour(发酵的,刺耳的) note when i saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea(杜鹃花) bush. by the time i got outside, he'd broken it. can i take this to school today? he asked. with a wave of my hand, i sen...

日期:2013-06-24 it was christmas 1961. i was teaching in a small town in ohio where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly anticipated the great day of gifts giving. a tree covered with tinsel and gaudy(俗丽的) paper chains graced one corner. in another rested a m...

日期:2013-06-20 the board meeting had come to an end. bob started to stand up and jostled(推挤,争夺) the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. how embarrassing. i am getting so clumsy in my old age. everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling st... 阅读全文>>

日期:2013-06-07 seventy-three-year-old george mcneilon selected his food in value mart more carefully than nasa chose its candidates for the space shuttle. skim milk was $2.99, on sale from $3.49; white bread, 89 cents with a 10-cent discount; table salt, 99 cents,...

日期:2013-06-07 a few years ago, my younger sister and i were the first ones down the tunnel to board our flight for norfolk, virginia. just as we were about to board the plane, a mechanic emerged from inside the aircraft and blocked the door with his arms. he turn...

日期:2013-06-07 you went to the butcher's for meat, the pharmacy for aspirin, and the grocery store for food. but when i spent the summer with my grandmother in warwick, n.y., she sent me down to the general store with a list. how could i hope to find anything on t...

日期:2013-06-07 it's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our christmas tree. no name, no identification, no inscription(题词,铭文) . it has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. it all began because my husband...

日期:2013-06-07 some years ago on a hot summer day in south florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. in a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went....

日期:2013-06-07 wrinkles of confusion rippled across holly's forehead as she unwrapped the gift from her best friend, susan. i...i thought you could use it for something. susan's stammered(口吃,结巴) explanation did nothing to help us understand why a twelve-by-... 阅读全文>>

日期:2013-06-07 in a world where so many lives are being torn apart by divorces and heartaches, comes a story of a father and a daughter, and a promise that was kept. my father was not a sentimental man. i don't remember him ever ooohhing or ahhing over something i...

日期:2013-06-07 sunrise on the eastern coast is a special event. i stood at dolphin's nose, a spur jutting out into the bay of bengal, to behold the breaking of the sun's upper limb over the horizon of the sea. as the eastern sky started unfolding like the crimson...

日期:2013-06-07 john was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. thirteen months ago, in a florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin. the soft handwritin...

日期:2013-05-29 it was christmas 1961. i was teaching in a small town in ohio where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly anticipated the great day of gifts giving. a tree covered with tinsel(金属箔) and gaudy(俗丽的) paper chains graced one corner. in another...

日期:2013-05-28 in my dual profession as an educator and health care provider, i have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes aids. the relationships that i have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. they have taught me s...

日期:2013-05-28 i told my friend graham that i often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. he replied, you mean fortunately. he explained that i should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill pr...

日期:2013-05-28 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 a wrinkled, little old lady beaming u...

日期:2013-05-27 the world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. we meet them every day. a few days ago, my car was not running well. i pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. he knew what was wrong b...

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