My Little English Corner

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October21,2012
Theracedaystartedlikeanightmareanditstarted,literally,withanightmare,inwhichIsawmyhusbanddroppinghisphone,tellingmethatLiyawascryingovertheotherendofthephone.Shehadbeenkidnapped.Ipickedupthephone,butithadbeendisconnected.Iwokeup.5:45already?Whydidn’tmyalarmgooff?Oh,it’sSunday.Ihadthealarmsetfor5:30everydayexceptSunday.Shoot,Ineedtohurrybecausetheracewouldstartat7andithadmovedf...[閱讀全文]
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InOutliers:TheStoryofSuccess,MalcolmGladwelleloquentlyarguesthatthosesuccessfulpeople“mighthavelookedasiftheyrosefromnothing,buttheyarethebeneficiariesofhiddenadvantages,extraordinaryopportunitiesandculturallegacies”. HestartswithshowingthepatternthatalmostallsuccessfulCanadianhockeyplayerswereborninthefirsthalfoftheyear.Theyaretopplayersbecausethecutoffdateforpickingyounghockey...[閱讀全文]
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“Areyouready?”MVaskedmewhenwewereheadingtotherunner’shighafterwehadlunchbuffetinanIndianrestaurantonFriday. 
Knowingshewasreferringtotherace,Ireplied,“Moreorless.”andthenrememberedmyhusbandalwaysturnsthisanswerofminetoaquestionbyasking,“more?orless?”. Inthiscase,Iwas“more”readyfortheraceacoupleofweeksagobut“lessready”now.Thispastweek,becauseofasuddenuptickofmywo...[閱讀全文]
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Friday:Stairmaster30min,Rowingmachine:10min
Sunday:10miles,1:57:58
 
IarrivedatthetrackalittlelatetodaybecausemydaughterwokeuprightbeforeIwasleaving.Itwasagoodrun,butwhenIsatdowninthecarafterwalkingonelapse,Ifeltasharppainintheareaofmyc-sectionscar. Icheckedandtherewasnobleedingaroundthescar.Igotoutthecar,thenthepaindisappeared;Iwentbackandsatdown,thepaincameback.&...[閱讀全文]
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錄音指南:進一步向大家匯報---英語節奏語調探討小組學習大綱-由yingyudidida發表-文學城 簡體版 繁體版 注冊筆名 申請版主 招聘信息 加入收藏 聯係我們 關於我們 廣告服務 按作者: 標題: 全文查詢: 精華帖: 非文學青年瀏覽檔案|退出登錄 文學城首頁| 新聞直通車| 熱點論壇| 日記| 博客| 書[閱讀全文]
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Monday:5Kontreadmill:36:26
Wednesday:5kontreadmill36:49
Saturday:9milesonrubbertrack:1:48:58
 
AtToastmastersmeetings,whenthetimergivesthereport,normally,he/shesays:Iamhappytoreportthatbothspeakersqualify. ButthispastWednesdayatourmeeting,thetimerreported:IamUNhappytoreportthatneitherspeakerqualified.Similarly,IhavetosaythistoBMDN: Iamunhappytoreportthatmy...[閱讀全文]
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Tuesday:5k*2ontreadmill,1st5K:36:12, 2nd:35:37
Thursday:5Kontreadmill:35:40
Saturday:8milesonrubbertrack:1:37:34
Afterbeingteasedbycha-chaovermystinginessatbuyingrunningshoes,IwenttorunnershighstoreinLongBeachonFridaytoupgrademyrunninggears. ItookmyoldNikepluswithmesinceIheardthatthefootexpertstheredecideonwhattypeofshoesyouneedbyexaminingthewayyouroldshoeswerewornout.Butwhen...[閱讀全文]
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這周末兒子跟爸爸去了奶奶家,我和女兒在家,所以沒法去跑步,隻周二跑了個5K。兒子一路上很乖,Daddy的原話是Awesome,一會兒就回來了,我去機場接,奔幾張兒子,作為對沒跑步人的懲罰,嗬嗬。
祝叔叔阿姨們新周愉快!
 
 
我給兒子紮的小辮子
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Wednesday:5K,35:13
Saturday:5.5miles,1:15:29
MyrunthisweektolastweekislikeBarakObama’sspeechtoBillClinton’sattheconvention.Ifwesaylastweek’srunwasstellar,thisweek’sisdefinitelylackluster.Icouldn’twakeupuntilalmost7amthismorningbecauseofanall-nighterIpulledFridaynightworkingonmypresentation.What’smore,mytoehasbeenhurtingsincelastSunday.Ineedanewpairofrunningshoes.Thecurrentrunnin...[閱讀全文]
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Pleaseleavethenativespeaker'sgrammaralonebecausehesuredoesn'twanttogetintoanyargumentandcreateanIDheretoparticipateinourconversation.Ifyouarepissed,bepissedatEnglishGrammar,notathim.Thanks.
1.understandinglyandunderstandablyissuewasn'tfromthenativespeaker,butfromme.AsniteBynitehasexplained,Ihavethesameunderstanding.Ididn'tsayithastobeunderstandingly,butfromthecontext,that'smyunerstanding.SoUND...[閱讀全文]
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