爱思英语编者按:27岁的人生并不如我所想象的那样。我没有意识到生活竟会有如此大的挑战性,最终还是阻碍了我个人目标和专业目标的发展。Life at age twenty seven is nothing what I envisioned when I was a child. I imagined ...
爱思英语编者按:很多老师惊奇地发现,一板一眼的课堂教学并不能激发同学们的创造性,相反在课后的“搞怪”中大家的创造性和独特个性却得到了最大的发挥。或许“搞怪”才符合学生们的天性吧。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...
1、The Heel of Achilles 亦作The Achilles' Heel唯一弱点;薄弱环节;要害 = deadly / fatal/ mortalThe Heel of Achilles直译是“阿基里斯的脚踵”,是个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语。阿基里斯是希腊联军里最英勇善战的骁...
爱思英语编者按:躺在浴缸里上课?你相信自己的眼睛吗?信不信由你,这就是我们的小留学生陈韵正在美国密苏里州Lee小学的亲身经历。在美国中小学阅读课的课堂上,学生不用端端正正坐在椅子上,却可以躺在桌子下,靠在垫子上,甚至是卧在浴缸里享受阅读的趣味。有时根据学生的建议,老师甚至可以带学生去公园里上课,空气...
爱思英语编者按:假设有人给了你一枝笔,一枝密封的、纯色的水笔,里面有多少墨水你看不到。很可能刚刚试写几字便用干耗尽;也可能足以完成一部或几部杰作,永存于世,使世事为之大变。Suppose someone gave you a pen — a sealed, solid-colored pen.You...
Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in...
24EN编者按:何谓“真爱”?真爱就是甘愿牺牲自己而去分担对方的痛苦与不幸。且不管德国哲学家门德尔松的这一番解释是否真的源于与上帝对话,这种为爱人舍身的精神着实让人感动,相信任何一个姑娘听到这番爱语都会为之动容。 Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the w...
24EN编者按:不是每一个目标都会完全实现,也不是每一样工作都能够最终成功;不是每一种关系都能够持久,也不是每一丝希望都能够实现;不是每一次爱都能够天长地久,不是每一次努力都会硕果累累,也不是每一个梦想都能够实现。If you have ever been discouraged because o...
The Power of Your Actions ( to continue)Graduation day arrived — I saw Kyle and he looked great. He was one of those guys that really found him...
The Power of Your ActionsOne day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It loo...