ThisisthefirstEnglishsongI'velearned.Itwasthefirstyearofcollege.Averyhandsometeacher,fromChicagoifIrememberitright,introducedustheCarpenters'albumatclass.Hetalkedustosingtwoofthem,oneis"YesterdayOnceMore"andanotheris"Sing".Ilikedthefirstonebetter,probablybecauseofthesadness.Irememberoneofmyroommatessaidthatshealwayswantstocrywhenshehearit.IwaskindofsurprisedtohearthatbecauseIcouldn'tunderstandwhy....[
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Ifinallyhadmyfirstgardeninmylife.IseededChineseOkraandcucumber.Ican'ttellthemfromeachotherbythenewsproutsthough.
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Peoplearetoobusythesedays.Somepeoplesaysleepisawasteoftimebecauseyoucanusethattimetodootherthings.Myhusbandbelievesitisnottrue.Hethinksyouonlyagewhenyouareawake.Anytimeyousubtractfromyoursleepwillbesubtractedfromtheendofyourlife.Ifyouwanttolivelongandbehealth,youshouldgetplentyofsleep.Yourbodyusessleeptorepairandregenerate.Itisthatsimplebuttrue![
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AvisitingstudentfromChinaisworkingonhisPhDoverhereinanofficecloseby.Daysago,heaskedmetoproofreadhisdissertation.Thewritingwashorrible.Thereisnologicinit.Theexperimentsdonotsupportthehypothesisatall.Someoftheparagraphsarejustpilesofsentencestakenfrompublishedarticleswithoutchanginganything,andtherearenoconnectionsandlogicbetweenthem.Ican'tevenstandreadingthroughthewholething.RecallmanyyearsagowhenI...[
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和先生去IHOP吃早餐。結完帳出門的時候,一家美國人走進來。男的在前,手裏牽著一個大概兩三歲的小男孩,女的跟在後麵。男的身穿製服,大概是個警察。因為很多在這裏吃飯的都是全家出動,所以我沒覺得奇怪。這時先生突然冒出一句:“Thecriminalsnowadaysaregetttingyoungerandyounger."大笑。[
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Todayonthebushome,awhiteguy,around50,wassittingacoupleofseatsawayfromme.HewasreadingabookwhenIfirstsawhim.Ididn'tpaymuchattentiontohimuntilhesneezedmanytimesinarow.Heusedahandkerchieftowipeoffhimnoseandkeptitinhishandafterhewasdone.Whenthebusgottothedestination,hestoppedreading.Inoticedthatheclosedthebookandleftthehandkerchiefbetweenthepageshewasreading.Apparentlyhewasusingitasabookmark![
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