The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. How embarrassing.I am getting so clumsy in my old age. A goodbye kiss 永别之吻 Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were al

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The Two Roads 两条路It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. The days of his youth appeared like dre

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The Importance of Being Honest 英语美文 诚信的重要性In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing that ever happened. On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Though the m

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I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem. It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay. It begins with innocent childhood, followed by awkward adolescence trying awkwardly to adapt its

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特蕾莎修女在接受诺贝尔和平奖时曾说过:你能为促进世界和平做些什么呢?回家爱你的家人吧。 这是一个平凡的故事,也是一个感人的故事Freda Bright says, Only in opera do people die of love. It's true

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A Funny Memory 童真记趣Oh God! I think I was about seven and half when my sisters and I pulled this stupid stunt. I remember watching television with them and the show on happened to be our favorite program to watch. All of a sudden we heard my b

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A Coke and a SmileI know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant. We sat side by side, watching the sun go down behind the o

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No matter what happens, I ll always be there for you! In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rus

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That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the v

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无论身处何处,我总会找一个让自己不快乐的理由。不论是酷暑还是寒冬,健康还是疾病,富有还是贫穷,我总是想让自己的处境有所改变。但我将不再这样,我将为眼前的处境找一个开心的

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A Moment of Joy Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy's life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I did not realize was that it was also a ministry. Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional.

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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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I got an engagement ring for Christmas. My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony. The month of January was spent planning our perfect Alabama June wedding. My m

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There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and sa

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Mrs. Blouse had been with the Johnson family for three generations. This was no mean feat for an article of clothing. She had survived the test of time; and though her colors were faded and her material worn thin, she was still loved through and thro

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Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view. 今, 吾辈居愈高行愈广,然性愈燥视愈短。 We spend more, but enjoy less. 费愈靡然享愈少。 We have bigger houses, but sma

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A Promise of Spring Early in the spring, about a month before my grandpa's stroke, I began walking for an hour every afternoon. Some days I would walk four blocks south to see Grandma and Grandpa. At eighty-six, Grandpa was still quite a gardener, so

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下面这篇文章讲述的就是小留学生陈韵正在美国一所小学所经历的疯狂的两天:疯狂日和睡衣日,在这两天里,同学们的打扮真是千奇百怪,五花八门。 Good afternoon! Remember tomorrow is Crazy Day,

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Grandpa's Table A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's

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The Invisible Wall 和丈夫堕入爱河那一刻,我们正坐在旧公寓的客厅里,眼前的白色长窗帘垂落在落地窗前。我们边聊天,边细呷着滚烫的黑咖啡。我们可以就一直这么坐着聊天有时候可以聊到第

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