Best compliment 最高评价 I had been grocery shopping with my friend Alicia, and we were looking for the shortest checkout line. We started at opposite ends，and soon I found one register ...

Perfect understanding 知音 After friends of mine landed at busy Newark Airport，they were unable to attract the attention of any porters to help with their luggage. In desperation，the hus ...

Injured at pearl harbor 在珍珠港受伤 While vacationing in the Hawaiian Islands, I visited the World War II memorial atop the sunken U. S. battleship Arizona，a monument to those who di ...

A keen young teacher wanted to intro- duce her class to the glories of classical music, so she arranged an outing to an afternoon concert. To make the occasion even more memorable, she treated ever ...

Who is This 你是哪一个 My two sisters and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day，after facing too many crisises and tired of being treated just another undergradu ...

Solution to problems 解决难题 Some friends and I stopped at an ice-cream parlor.where I asked for my favorite，a hot-fudge sundae with chocolate ice cream. But when the waitress brought o ...

Sale 拍卖! When we decided to sell our house, we nailed "FOR SALE BY OWNER" signs on two trees in our front yard. Before long，the doorbell rang.”How much are you asking for the treesp"a ...

Read it 尽管读 When we work evenings .we often order take-out food at the office.One night we all gave our orders to Sharon, who wrote the selections on a self-stick note. Unable to find ou ...

Beyond the call 余音 About to be shipped out on a long tour of duty over-seas，I had called my wife from a coin-operated telephone at an Army camp on the West Coast. As I walked away，th ...

Soccer isn’t exactly a popular sport in the US. But the US Justice Department recently made a dramatic move that has been applauded by fans of the sport worldwide. 足球在美国并不算流 ...