We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I d know better. I‘d really like for them to know about h...

Skid row是个俚语，意思是“贫民窟”、“酒徒和失业者的聚集地”。这个说法最早出现在20世纪30年代，由 skid road变化而来。所以，skid row的故事还得从skid road说起。 19世纪的伐木工人实在...

We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren‘t old enough and we‘ll be more co...

The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us.   'Why are you in college at such a young age?' I asked later. She jokingly replied, 'I‘m here to me...

古诗云：“为伊消得人憔悴”；“帘卷西风，人比黄花瘦”，聊聊数笔，道出世代女子为情守候的执着和为爱等待的愁苦。今天的这个词pine，描绘的就是诗中所说的这种“憔悴”的状态。 奇怪的是，p...

  A hike was the perfect order of the day. The boys were excited about the idea. It would be a good workout and it would be good to be together.   We planned to leave i...

  In a small village, there lived a potter. He had a donkey. Everyday his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter wo...

请看英国'Royal Opera House'（皇家歌剧院）的一则海报: 'What kind of love is this? Religious and pure? Rashful? … Morning brings an end to Romeo and Juliet‘s tryst on the balcony a...

  The only problem unconsciously assumed by all Chinese philosophers to be of any importance is: How shall we enjoy life, and who can best enjoy life? No perfectionism, no str...

     A devoted husband is keeping his wife‘s fading memory alive by reading from the diary he has kept for more than 70 years of their marriage. Jack Potter, ...