Time is running out1 for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. We're taking a survey,she says, half-joking. Do you think I should have a baby? It will change your life, I

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DreamsTo accomplish great things, you must dream great dreams. But dreaming alone isnt enough, you must believe in your dreams and you must act. Without action, even the most grand of dreams evaporate into the ether when left unnurtured in the misty

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A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, one

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Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one spec

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Interview with GodI dreamed I had an interview with God. So you would like to interview me? God asked. If you have the time. I said. God smiled. My time is eternity. what questions do you have in mind for me? What surprises you most about humankind?

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Now, there was a very young and beautiful wife, who became sick and nearly died. She was on her death bed and told her husband, I love you very much, and I don/'t want to leave you. Please, after I die, don/'t marry another person. You promise me! Ok

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A MarvelEach second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach th

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In 1978, I became a flight attendant for a major airline. Earning my wings was the culmination of a childhood dream that I had set for myself after my first plane ride at the age of five. Like so many others before me, I fell in love with the romance

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One Finger 一个手指Mom, you should put some of your things away. Baby proof this house, stated our oldest son Mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, Kim, and fifteen-month-old Hannah. Visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, he fin

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I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young ma

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Words of Wisdom for the Modern AgeIN This ARTICLE: Wisdom today means something different for the young, modem Western generation. Wisdom of the ancients always served civilisation well. In the age of the TV sitcom , witty New York repartee and the i

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哎呀,老天爷你就从来没到这个车站来过?他指向杂志摊。我一直就在那儿。那个摊儿是我的。我看过每个上楼的人。 她的脸色开始变得有些苍白。过了一会儿,她向楼梯看去,声音微弱地说

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Life is What We Make ItAre you dissatisfied with todays success? It is the harvest from yesterdays sowing. Do you dream of a golden morrow? You will reap what you are sowing today. We get out of life just what we put into it. Nature takes on our mood

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如果我能留住彩虹,我将只为你一个人挽留,在你感到忧伤的日子,与你分享它的美丽;如果我能建造大山,你尽可把它当成自己宁静的港湾,独处的空间 If I could catch a rainbow I would do it just

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I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall, To brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall. On a canvas of joy outlasting the years, With a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears. 我要为你画一道彩虹高挂在墙上, 在灰霾降临

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As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering [1] white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming [2] my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off [3] heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for

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The Hand 手 过感恩节的真正意义并不在于收受他人给予我们的有形物质,而是借此机会回馈他人,无论是如何的微小的付出。 [1]A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论)in the newspaper told of a school teacher who a

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Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he though. Correcting this problem would be easy. He would do that in a mome

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Sleeping in a room with too much light has been linked to an increased risk of piling on the pounds, a study shows. 有研究表明,在光线太强的房间睡觉与会增加增重的风险。 A team at the Institute of Cancer Research in London fo

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DURING our weekly telephone call, my 10-year-old son told me he wanted a Yankees cap. Not just any Yankees cap; it had to be a fitted cap. Fitted caps dont have the little plastic adjuster on the back, he told me. All the pro players wear them. Altho

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