13-06-27 When Britain's great Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was young, he attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student, and as matter of fact, had he not been the son of a famous leader, he probably would have been thrown out of...

13-06-24 It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town in Ohio where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly anticipated the great day of gifts giving. A tree covered with tinsel and gaudy（俗丽的） paper chains graced one corner. In another rested a m...

13-06-07 It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription（题词，铭文） . It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband...

13-06-05 A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar, California, she called each student to the front of the class, one at a...

13-06-02 President Barack Obama, who has had to deal with public comments from past girlfriends, now has to endure pictures from his high school prom night in 1979, back when the future president was 17 years old. 据美国媒体5月23日报道，美国总统贝拉克奥巴马...

13-05-31 片段对白 Bob: Sarah. Hi. Sarah: I was in the trailer-hood . I thought I might stop by. Bob: Oh, good. June: Sarah? Is that you? Sarah! Hi! Sarah: June? I didn't know you were... Bob: No. No. This is good. We're all here. We can have a parent-teacher...

13-05-28 A quarter of the world's children are at risk of underperforming at school because of chronic malnutrition, says UK charity Save the Children. 英国慈善机构拯救儿童称，世界上1/4的儿童因为长期营养不良而有在学校表现不佳的危险。 Missing out on a nutriti...

13-05-28 The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming u...

13-05-24 First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. 又是一年毕业季，美国第一夫人米歇尔奥巴马5月18日向毕业...

13-05-17 It was a sunny Fall day, crisp and blue and gold. Kevin and his friend Katie climbed onto the school bus, heading for the Pumpkin Patch. They sat on the back bench and had fun bouncing around. But Katie was grumpy（脾气暴躁的） . She didn't want to...