• 我们正在起跑点

    11-12-21 We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite--- I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious,...

  • 大脑对控制不良情绪有暗示作用

    11-11-16 If you tell yourself that someone who's being mean is just having a bad day -- it's not about you -- you may actually be able to stave off(避开,延缓) bad feelings, according to a new study which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psycholog...

  • 11/11/11并非“黄道吉日”

    11-11-12 Nov. 11, 2011 is turning out to be a notable date for two reasons: The fact that it will be celebrated in the US as Veteran's Day and because when it is written numerically it comes out as 11/11/11. 2011年11月11日成为重要日期有两个原因:一是当天为美...

  • Free to fly with the wind

    11-10-10 One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting(突进,投掷) and dancing. As the strong winds gusted agains...

  • Mid-day crisis 午间危机

    11-09-28 Mid-day crisis refers to the situation when one is in a desperate need for a siesta because they become extremely tired in the afternoon and coffee isn't cutting it any longer, or when it's the middle of the day, and you realize you have a lot to do...

  • I Drop my Weight From Skipping

    11-06-08 Mr. Smith was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet. I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost 5 pounds. When Mr. Smith returned, he had l...

  • Duvet day 偷懒假

    10-06-10 求职面试的时候,HR都会跟面试者介绍公司的薪酬和福利待遇,其中很重要的一部分就是休假。什么年假、病假、事假,还有婚嫁、产假、丧假等等,漏掉一个都不行。不过,你知道吗?在英美国家,很多公司都为员工提供偷懒假,哪天要是怎么都不想去上班,你就可以不去,也不...

  • Eve's Diary 夏娃日记

    10-05-17 Saturday. I am almost a whole day old, now. I arrived yesterday. That is as it seems to me. And it must be so, for if there was a day-before-yesterday I was not there when it happened, or I should remember it. It could be, of course, that it did hap...

  • Cherish the Present

    10-04-26 No difference in the past, non-attachment the future, do not play on the now. Anju now, and happy to live the moment, which Buddhist(佛教徒) Feeling deep sentence, which fell heart, the mind immediately let me have far-reaching everywhere cool. Th...

  • 无车日 car-free day

    09-09-12 9月22日,住房和城乡建设部将继续在全国开展中国城市无车日活动。今年无车日活动主题为健康环保的步行和自行车交通,这一主题旨在鼓励地方政府改善步行和自行车出行环境,改善城市空气质量和节约能源。 请看《中国日报》的报道: The theme for the car-free day is to...