时尚英语话题 09

09. blue blue blue la mue blue ...... What comes to mind when you think of blue? Blue is a cool color. It's not necessarily cold, but I definitely think It's cool. Clear blue skies on Autumn days are nice. Salty blue water next warm islands, anybody

时尚英语话题 06

Red When learning English, a good memory will help you, but a good imagination may help you even more. For example, in English we dont have many words for colors, but we have many ways to describe a color. We say red like a cherry, or red like blood,

时尚英语话题 07

07 Green Another day, another color. What comes to mind when you think of green? I think of different things like a cool green forest where I can walk with a friend, a green leaf of latus to wrap my food in, a green watermelon that I can share, a gre

时尚英语话题 13

13 Asking questions Knowing how to ask questions is so important. I usually start an English class by writing questions on the blackboard, with words like who,what,when,where,why,how and which. The most simple conversation is made up of questions, fo

时尚英语话题 11

11 Writing: Just a letter In the modern age, you can communicate in so many ways: text messaging, e-mailing, faxing, calling, but there is something about snail mail that is special. When was the last time you received a letter from someone? I mean a

时尚英语话题 05

05 Quality Time on the Weekend Do you have any plans for the weekend? I hope you do, if you don't check out the culture page in your local paper or on the internet or just sit down and think of something that you want to do. I hope to go on a small r

时尚英语话题 03

Teaching and Learning Responsibility Teaching a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. It sounds good in theory. But is it realistic to make your kids work? They are supposed to study or play or do something other than work. Parents work for t

时尚英语话题 08

Yellow Just tie your yellow ribbon around the old oak tree. What comes to mind when you think of yellow? Yellow makes me feel warm，its a sunny color. Sure, I think different things like a big tall glass of cool yellow lemonade, a large branch of ye

时尚英语话题 101

Being Young: A State of Mind I recently went on a family outing. The kids were running around, being crazy like kids do, and my wife and I taking care of them. My mother-in-law also came to have fun and help, and believe it or not, she was the most u

时尚英语话题 100

Noticing your age--getting older When do you feel like you are getting older? Is it when the songs you liked when you were young are now considered all this but good east to the next generation? When I was younger, I rarely liked classic music or jaz

时尚英语话题 98

98To write or not to write Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. And I can tell you, its quite a challenge. But, the more I do it, the easier I get to just----write. Sometimes, thats the most difficult part-----starting. When people ask me about wri

时尚英语话题 97

I recently met an old friend I hadnt seen in ages. He said that he had been busy and also didnt really know to contact me. I told him the same. The truth is, we have a few mutual friends, if we had really wanted to contact each other, we could have.

时尚英语话题 61

61 Whats the Rush? Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride----the ride we call life-----as we know it. As the song goes, slow down, youre moving too fast, you got to make the good times last. Why have we become addicted to fast, and still

时尚英语话题 21

21 Keeping a diary----recording precious moments It has been a long time since I kept a diary, but I am then thinking more and more about the value of some kind of journal. Although writing daily in a diary is tough, it's good a habit to have, especi

时尚英语话题 27

27 Smell Wity my large nose, I have fairly keen sense of smell. It's a blessing, and also a curse, Since my nose tends to be more sensitive than the average person's. There are advantages and disadvantages. For example, I am usually the first one to

时尚英语话题 25

25 sight Every once in a while on a weekend, my family and I go to the local park, and shoot off some small fireworks. then we light some sparklers and run around until they burn out. It's nice to watch the kids run around with the sparklers. You kno

时尚英语话题 24

24 Making judgement Are you the type of person that is quick to judge? I often make the mistake of quickly judging someone. You've probably heard the expression, Don't judge a book by its cover. But, it's hard not to. In this fast-food world, where e

时尚英语话题 23

23 More changes--changing the world After thinking about some changes I'd like to make with myself, I started thinking about the changes I'd like to make with my family, and even my neighborhood. It's possible to think about things to add and to leap

时尚英语话题 20

20 movie scenes Yesterday, a friend of mine and I were talking about scenes of movies that we liked, that moved us, that stuck in our brains somehow. Do you know the kind that I am talking about--scenes that are really powerful, and easy to recall, b

时尚英语话题 18

18 Your place--somewhere to be alone I'm singing in the shower, just singing in the shower, I do sing when I am in the shower, does anyone out there do the same? There're something about the sound, the acoustics, the steam perhaps.... the mixed thing