DianaandDouglasareparents-to-be,sincetheydon’thavemanyfriendsandfamiliesintown,myhusbandaskedmetogivethemababyshowerparty.InitiallyIagainstthisidea,(with3kidsIhaveenoughtodowithoutit).ThenIthought9yearsagowhenIwaspregnantwithmyfirstson,twootherfaculties’wiveswereverygeneroustogivemeawonderfulbabyshowerparty,Icertainlyshouldpassonthegenerositytothem,plusIcanusethisopportunitytoimprovemyhubby’spu...[
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Roni,mygoodfriend,wewereoutonaplaydatewithourkidsafewdays
ago.Wewerechic-chatratherlivelywhilekidswerehappily playingatthelake.Outofasudden,sheaskedme“XXdoyoumindifIcorrectyourpronunciation?”
“OfcauseIdon’tmind,Iwouldlovetohaveyoutoteachme.”Ireplied.BTW,shewasajournalistandnowavolunteerEnglishtutorforforeignstudents.
“Ikn...[
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我的新鄰居明天就要搬過來了。我和勞工都企盼著新鄰居會和過去兩個一樣好。在
我們住這裏的6年中,這已是第3個了。
第一個鄰居在我們入住一個月後也搬入了。(兩所房子同時在賣)他們是一對伊朗夫婦,兩人都很友善,有一兒一女。丈夫自己開了個藥房,早出晚歸,除了周麽平時很少見麵,但每次碰麵,他總是停下來很友好的聊會兒天兒。妻子在家看孩子,她叫EM[
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Whenmysonwas4yearsold,onedaywewereplayinginthebackyardandsawalemonfellfromthetreeontotheground.Seizingagreatopportunityforteachinghimaboutgravity,Iaskedmyson“Sweetie,whydoyouthinkthelemonfallontothegroundratherthanflyingupintheair?”Helookedattheskyandthoughtforamoment,thensaid“Becausetheclouddoesn’thavehandstopickupthelemon.”Iwassomovedbyhisinnocent,beautifulandpoeticresponsethatIforgott...[
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Antidisestablishmentarianism,with28letters,isthelongestacceptedwordintheEnglishlanguage.Thedefinitionofitis:apoliticalphilosophyopposedtotheseparationofareligiousgroupandagovernment.
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WhilereadingabookIcameuponasentencewheretheautherdescribedapersonhemet:heisbigandhirsute,thirty-something,andgoingtoseed.
Icouuldn\'tfigureoutwhattheseedmeans.Askmyhuabandandhetoldmethis:goingtoseedheremeansthismanisgettingold.Whenaplantisoldandmature,it\'sgiongtohaveseeds.Ithinktheautherisusingthemetaphor.[
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說來很是慚愧,來美國13年不僅我英語沒有達到水平,而且把漢語還丟了大半。
剛來美國時,我的英語基礎極差,ESL上倒數地二級。為了盡快掌握英語,我
天天讀英文書報,看英語電影,用英英辭典,交不會說中文的朋友。完完全全把自己包容在英語環境中,我拋棄了中文。大約不到兩年,我參加了TOFFEL考試,沒想到竟然考了600多分。然而,正當我躊躇滿誌的上護士學[
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Couldn'twaittilltommorrow,mytwoboysaskedmetoopenmyMother'sDaypresentstheymadefromschool.Howsweet!Abeautifulbookmarkandalovelyflowerpot.Iabsolutelylovethem.Thankyou,mysweetboys.
SetasidethepresentsIgavetwoquestionsformyboystoanswer:whatisloveandwhydoyoulovemommy.
Hereistheanswerfrommy8-year-old,heworte:
Loveissththatsomeonecareaboutyou,loveissththatyoumightwanttohaveifyoudon'talready...[
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昨天發生的槍殺事件,使人們又談論起了槍支控製。本人很讚同加緊背景檢查及槍支加鎖等安全措施。但我認為取消個人擁有槍支的權利是不可行的。擁有槍支和言論自由詩美國立國憲法,是一個自由人的基本權利。如果個人不需有槍我們舉無法保護自己。就如同昨天的事件,有一個教授用自己的身體頂著門試圖阻止歹徒進入教室,歹徒不僅槍殺了他還有他的6個學生。如果此[
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Isometimejokinglycallmythreekidsmypests.
Justlookwhattheydomostlyeveryday.Theyspendmostoftheirawakeninghourstryingtodistorymyhouseliketermites,stealingfood(candiesandsweetes)likemitesandants,folliwingmearoundandannoyingmelikeahousefly.Yep,Idefinitelythinktheydeservethename.
But,ofcause,forthemostparttheyaresugarandspiceandeverythingnice,theygivemeendlessjoysandfillmyheartwithsweetsurp...[
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