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.     

On Being a Minolity Of One

When I first went to China to teach English I was at a rural school in the south. The closest city was Conghua, with about eighty-five thousand people. I liked to go there on my one day off each week to buy fruit and other things to have in my dorm at the school. Sometimes, I would go with one of the other foreign teachers but many times I would go alone and I would be the only westerner in the city, a minority of one.     

Houdini-the Greatest Magician of All Time

I shall never forget one showing which was really a challenge. I was busy getting ready to(?) my winter fashions. Then--just 13(?) before the showing—the sewing girls were called out on(?). I found myself left with one(?)and the woman who was in charge of the sewing room! Ⅰwas as(?)as my models and salesgirls. "We'll never(?)it, " one of them cried. Here, I thought, is the test of all tests for Father's(?). Where is the way(?)this time? I wondered and worried. I was certain we would(?)to call off the showing--(?)else show the clothes unfinished. Then it dawned on me.     

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.     

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.     

My Little Teddy Bear

As Valentine' s Day came closer,every shop was full of colourful gifts such as cookies in the shape of heart, chocolates,Teddy Bears and so on.When I step into a shop on February 14th,I felt most lonely as I was alone.With my eyes fixed on a lovely Teddy Bear,I wished that someone could send me this stuffed toy. I came back home with a blue look. "Surprise!" shouted my mom.She was carrying a lovely Teddy Bear exactly like the one I had seen. "Dear,l know you are a hard-working girl and you will not fall in love so early.You will meet a good guy in the near future when you have grown up, I' m sure." "I' m not lonely."I said.I hugged my mom and the little Teddy Bear so closely.     

穿越世纪的DIY——十字绣

I have been cross-sitiching on and off since the late 1970's when I was in middle school. What drew me to learn this handcraft was the simplicity of the art yet the intricate designs that one could create. Learning to corss-stitch is very simple since the basic stitch is making "x's" with colored thread on a piece of fabric. I enjoy the ability to easily take my craft with me on trips for something to do when there is a rest period.The first pieces that I corss-stitched were small single character designs that I was able to make into bookmarks or put into very small frames for on top of a desk. The finished fronts on these pieces turned out looking really good, but the backs looked like an explosion of threads. As I cross-stitched more, I began to learn and understand how to stitch my "x's" so that the backs of my cross-stitched pieces looked almost as neat as the fronts.Now people look at the backs of my pieces and admire how neatly my color changes(start and end of threads).     

海外来鸿(英文)

Hi, dad, good morning! I have to do my homework today, it is reading. I n our English class, my classmates were read- ing some articles that our teacher gave them, and the teacher gave me the same one this afternoon, she wanted me to catch up with the others. I was interest- ed in the story, so I told her I would try my best. She was very happy. I n the sto- ry, there’re two kids, one younger brother and one older sister, they were the survivors of a plane crash. They were in a desert. An …     

值得期盼的事

A while ago,I was treated to a couple of pampering weeks in the beautiful mountains of Santa Barbara,California.I had asked my friends if I could stay in their guest house for the time I was finishing a book I was working on.     

高考短文改错精练(英文)

(一)This morning, I was on my road to delivering letters while I noticed dark clouds gathering in the sky. Without hesitation, I took up my jacket and covered the letters with     

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.     

An Australian＇ s Perspective of an American Unversity

Since high school I have always wanted to study in a country other than my own. However, my parents always informed me that it was too expensive. This was until luck turned my way one day while I was at university. My advisor called me and asked me to go and see him as soon as possible. I just knew it had to be good news. I could barely stand the suspense and went to his office with a nervous happiness in my tummy （肚子）.     

漂洋过海的邮件(四)

My Dear Rain,I agree that you and I follow similar paths with things! It is pleasant to have your "company" along the way! I got an A on my mid-term and a B on the following quiz. That was the one that I did not have as much time to prepare for. Well, one must live life and tend to do what is important and not always strive for perfection, right? I am learning and enjoying my studies, and that is what is important to me.     

三月疯狂

It’s funny how friendships begin. One day on a basketball court in Philly I was chasing after a loose (losing)ball,and the opponent going after it with me swung an elbow that caught my lip. I wiped away the blood with the shirt-tail of my jersey,but I wanted payback.With 15 seconds remaining in the game and the score tied     

一个真正的感恩节

High school football was a Thanksgiving tradition in my hometown.Usually,Mom was the one who stayed at home,while Dad,my sister and I headed out to the game.One year,my aunt decided to give Mom a break and offered to help make the turkey and all the 1)trimmings,so Mom could attend the game with us.     

看日出

I met lishuang when we were working for a tradingcompany in Taipei.It was the summer before I started sec-ondary school.My older brother had just married,and Ididn’t get along with my sister-in-law,so I was in low spirits(情绪低落的)all the time.I was also at the age when one     

今天,我糗大了

<正> Today, while I was waiting for an interview, Ipicked at something I felt on my chin, thinkingthat it was just some food. I had a good interview. ThenI got into my car and looked in the mirror, and saw thatI had blood smeared all over my chin. Turns out I hadpicked a zit. No one told me.     

My Childhood,My Dream

There is one thing that I will never forget, that is my childhood. I spent my childhood in Da Tang.There was a small hill behind our house where bees danced in spring, crickets held concerts in summer, ants worked hard in summer and autumn and a group of children including me often gathered and played on the hill.     

我们院儿里的小事儿

Invisible Racial Disparities 隐形的种族差异 One aftemoon when I was going out to do some errands (差事),I sew three young men,about 15 to 17 years of age,standing in front of a house in my neighborhood,chatting and laughing.I took a notice of them because they looked different and kind of out of place:They were not white.I continued on to run my errands without thinking too much of it.When I came back about an hour later,there was a police car parked in front of the house where these young folks were.After I drove around the comer,I saw a second police car,and one of the three youths was in the back seat of the car,handcuffed (带着手铐),with two officers questioning him.A thought shot across my mind:Are these young people members of a local youth gang,or are they just in a wrong neighborhood?     

完形填空精练(英文)

I watched attentively as my little brother was caught in the act.He sat in the corner of the living room,a(an)1 in one hand and my father’s hymnbook in the other.As my father walked into the room,my brother cowered(畏缩)slightly.He 2 that he had done something 3.From a distance,I saw that he had opened my father’s brand-new book and scribbled(乱写)across the length and breadth of the entire first page with a pen.Now,staring at my father 4,he and I both waited for his punishment. My father …