[00:00.00]The Best Teacher I Ever Had 我遇到的最好的老师 [00:05.41]Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. [00:10.00]On the first day of class, [00:12.09]he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus, [00:15.36]an animal that was wipe
[00:00.00]Think it over 好好想想 [00:04.55]Today we have higherbuildings and wider highways, [00:09.26]but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; [00:12.75]We spend more, but enjoy less; [00:15.14]We have bigger houses, [00:16.79]but smal
[00:00.00]Easter in Jackson 杰克逊的复活节 [00:05.25]The pounding rain began in the middle of the night. [00:09.65]The people of Jackson, [00:11.08]Ohio awoke to the sound then went back to sleep. [00:14.25]But the rain continued. [00:16.75]Statisti
[00:00.00]An overcoat 一件大衣 [00:04.53]My l4-year-old son, John, [00:07.60]and I spotted the coat simultaneously. [00:10.22]It was hanging on a rack [00:12.53]at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, [00:14.92]crammed in with shoddy tre
[00:00.00]Salted Wisdom 盐一样的智慧 [00:04.53]A story tells about a senior villager [00:08.34]who led other villagers carrying salt day and night to a town [00:11.98]in order to trade barley as food for the winter. [00:15.24]One night they camped i
[00:00.00]Learn to be a Leader 培养领导素质 [00:05.62]Todays youth seem content to take the easy route [00:09.56]and enjoy the ride of life. [00:11.31]When tough situations arise, [00:13.40]they often pout and complain. [00:15.68]How you live your t
[00:00.00]The Value of Time 时间的价值 [00:04.18]Time, says the proverb, is money. [00:08.45]This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets. [00:13.72]If our time is usefully employed, [00:15.90]it will either turn out s
[00:00.00]What Makes a Teacher 为师之道 [00:04.63]It is customary for adults to forget how hard and dull and long school is. [00:11.85]The learning by memory of all the basic things one must know [00:15.45]is a most incredible and unending effort. [
[00:00.00]A Kind Word 友善的话语 [00:09.22]A successful businessman, [00:12.42]addressing the commercial club of his city, [00:15.98]told a story of an orphan named Jim, [00:17.95]who was the laughing stock of the whole town. [00:20.74]Jim was 12, [
[00:00.00]An invisible smile 看不见的微笑 [00:04.42]Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, [00:09.44]and everyone in town knew it. [00:10.98]Kids dared not to go into his yard to pick a yummy apple, [00:14.80]because Dawson, they said, [00:16.68]would come a
[00:00.00]The Fables of Enlightenment 攻玉之石 [00:07.50]What a fable recounts is small, [00:09.44]but what it tells is big. [00:11.53]It offers little talks, but also enlightens the mind, [00:16.35]enriches the soul, [00:17.99]and even guides you a
[00:03.33]Dr. Gibbs吉布斯医生 [00:05.06]When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. [00:10.43]He was very nice, and never yelled at us for playing in his yard. [00:14.36]When Dr. Gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. [00
[00:00.00]Most Beautiful People 最美的人们 [00:10.66]The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, [00:15.46]suffering, struggle, loss, [00:17.22]and have found their way out of the depths. [00:19.73]These persons have an appreciation,
[00:02.02]A New Toy for Curies Daughter [00:06.62]Pierre Curie made a trip to London to receive the Davy Medal. [00:11.09]This great honor had been awarded to Pierre and Marie by the Royal Society of London. [00:16.68]When he came home, Marie and li
[00:02.13]My Friend, Albert Einstein [00:04.96]He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known, [00:09.99]yet if I had to convey the essence of Albert Einstein in a single word, [00:14.25]I would choose simplicity. Perhaps an anecdote
[00:01.48]David [00:03.45]Years ago, when I was working as a psychologist at a children's institution in England, [00:10.88]an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room. It was David. [00:15.69]David wore a black raincoat that was buttoned all th
[00:01.37]Flowers on the Bus [00:04.31]We were a very motley crowd of people who took the bus every day [00:09.56]that summer 33 years ago. [00:11.65]During the early morning ride from the suburb, [00:14.26]we sat drowsily with our collars up to our
[00:01.69]The God in Youth: Michael Jordan [00:05.51]The summer after ninth grade, [00:08.68]Michael Jordan and Smith both went to Pop Herrings basketball camp. [00:13.73]In Smiths mind there was no doubt which of the two of them was the better play
[00:01.81]Laughing Matter 一笑置之 [00:05.07]Cancer is no laughing matter, [00:08.57]but a woman suffering through chemotherapy is rethinking that. [00:11.75]Bonnie Southcott, of Ferndale, Washington, [00:14.81]is teaching people that even though ca
[00:02.36]The Boy with the Billion-Dollar Secret怀有亿万美元秘密的男孩 [00:06.60]One day in 1965, when I was a librarian [00:11.21]at View Ridge School in Seattle a fourth-grade teacher approached me. [00:16.24]She had a student who finished his wor