Life Changes on the Day

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. As I was walking, 1 saw some kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.     

妈妈说我四岁!

About ten years ago, there was a moment when I put my mom's foot in her mouth. It was when I was about five years old, when I was visiting my grandparents in California. My mom thought she needed a break from her parents for about a day, so she decided     

Letters to Bob

Dear Bob,This is the first time I bought Overseas English. I was very happy to read your column on Surgery in the October issue. I found it enjoyable to read your article.You feel so different from others during your stay in the hospital. This feeling is very precious. I was in the hospital for a month when I was 19 years old. My condition was very bad during that time. I failed to pass my exam and couldn't enter the     

完形填空练习(英文)

Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history? This is certainly what 1 in my life. When I was 14, I was hitchhiking from Houston, Texas, through El Paso on my way to California. I was following my 2 , journeying with the sun. I was a high school dropout with learning 3 and was set on surfing the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in     

An unexpected meeting changed my life

Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history? This is certainly what happened in ray life. When I was 14, I was hitchhiking from Houston, Texas, through El Paso on my way to California. I was following my dream, journeying with the sun. I was a high school dropout with learning disabilities and was set on surfing the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii, where I would later live.     

Competing with the students

Istill remember the first day in one privateschool in Jordan.It was a funny experiencefor me.I was interested and enthusiastec toteach English to adults students.It was alistening class where I had to take the studentsto the computer lad. I took the key from theprincipal and informed him that we had a listeningclass.     

哈佛大学敞开更多的大门

When I arrived as a freshman at Harvard 25 years ago, I was in alien territory. I had a check from my dad for $300, which was supposed to last until I found a job. One of my dorm mates, on the other hand, told me that he had $7,000 in his checking account.     

去伦敦

On a hot summer morning in 1989 I finished packing my things in my flat in Dublin. Two suitcases were not enough to hold them all so I had to use plastic supermarket bags for the remainder. My friend Tom arrived in his car to take me to the airport. After coffee at the airport we shook hands and said goodbye and it was only then that I noticed my hand was shaking. My voice was also shaking and my breath was coming out in uneven waves. Tom was my good friend from schooldays and in saying goodbye to him I was saying goodbye to so many good memories, saying goodbye to my country.     

An Unforget-table Experience

It was about ten years ago when this happened.One evening, I was walking along a street, humming a tune. Soon a factory was in sight. As I was passing by it, a big dog rushed out from the factory, barking ferociously. It jumped up and tried to bite me. I was frightened terribly. I took to my heels and ran as fast as I could.     

An Unforgettable Thing

The story happened when I w as ten years old.O n a rainy day,m y father w as busy and he asked m e to go to a shopto buy som ething for him . The shop was about three m iles aw ay from ourhom e.I set out with an um brella in m y hand.The road was very wet andm uddy,and I walked with great difficulty.A fter I bought w hat m y fatherneeded,I started to go back with all the things in m y hand.O n m y w ayhom e I fellseveral tim es,but I w asn tbadly hurt.W hen I was 500m etresaway from our ho…     

The Princess Didries

It was a bright, sunny September morning, and I was in a huge, pale pink ball gown, with a tiara on my head, waving to the crowds on either sides of the street. I was sitting on a float with eight other girls, who were all wearing the same ball gown, grinning from ear to ear as the parade continued down the boardwalk from one end of the beach to the other. While some people may feel awkward or uncomfortable to be on display in a parade like that, I thought it was an exhilarating （令人振奋的） experience.     

A Letter to John

Dear John, I got my report card today.I got very nervous when I saw the envelope from school in the mail. However,I did OK in some subjects this time.My math teacher said that I was hard-working.My parents and I (was)① happy.But my history result was disappointing.My history teacher said I (can)② do better.That's not so good.The most terrible result was science.My science teacher said I was lazy.I didn't think so.I think science is very difficult.My mother said I would have to try harder at science.My (spanish)③ teacher said I was good at (speak)④.That was excellent.How was (you)⑤ report?     

平淡的美国大选日

Once,a friend from China came to visit me around the selection time.So,on the Election Day I took him to the polling place to see democracy in action. The Unexciting Election Process 平淡的选举过程 The polling place was located in a church.There were a few desks with volunteer workers sitting behind them,all smiles.No one checked my ID.I just went up to the volunteer workers and told them who I was,and one of them found my name from a voters' list.The only thing I needed to do was to sign next to my name to validate the information.     

Endless Love from Mum

The first word I learnt in m y life is “m um ”.From then on,I learntto know m ore aboutthis m agic word from m y m um s tender love.W hen I was a child,m y curiosity about everything m ade M um worrya lot about m e.N aturally,I was interested in everything that M um didn twant m e to do. She didn t criticize m e or punish m e, instead she spenther valuable tim e with m e to m ake sure I w as free from any trouble.But I used to be a troublem aker in m y childhood.Being naughty andactive,…     

完形填空解析一则(英文)

My First Job I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula,Okla. 1 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture.He gave me a cent for every nail I 2 out of old boards. I got my first 3 job, at JM ’s Restaurant in town,when I was 12.My main responsibilities (职责) were 4 tables and washing dishes, 5 sometimes I helped cook. Every day after school I would 6 to JM ’s and work until ten.Even on Saturdays 7 from two until eleven. At that age it was diff...     

I LOVE YOU,MUM

I always insist that I was not brought up by my mother, but by my grandma. I had lived with my grandma in the countryside until I graduated from the junior middle school.In that period,my parents were doing business in the town.My father often came back,but I sel-     

2006年高考英语试题分析(全国Ⅰ卷)(3)

D Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001,I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced(影响) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.     

回家

In 1994 I moved from Muswell Hill in the north ofLondon to Wimbledon in the south-west.It was inWimbledon that I finally came of age.It was therethat I bought my first home,in a place calledSouthfields,beside Wimbledon Park on one side,and on the other,Wimbledon Common,a large area of woodlands and meadows and wild bog heather where you could walk or cycle to your hearts content.     

I Will Never Forget the Path to My Junior School

“May I ... ?” Nobody could imagine how happy and how proud I felt when I was the first one in our little village to become a junior school student! I knew it was not easy for a girl from a moun-tainous area like me to enter a middle school. In the eyes of every villager, I was no longer a little girl with short pigtails but a “a big fish in a     

There Was Nobody Available

I was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed.She could see from the bedroom window.As I looked for myself,I saw that there were people in the shed taking things.I phoned the police,but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time,but they would send someone over as soon as they were available.I said OK,hung up,and waited one minute,then phoned