(十三) What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word at a time, understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly move over each line f...
(十二) Two years ago, my husband bought me a bicycle. If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you don't have to worry about parking(停车).You can leave it anywhere. As it has a sea...
(十一) Kate said "Hello" to Mr.Patel as she entered .She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store where the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long a...
(十) People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of High Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their minds to ring th...
(九) Ella Fant was a middle -aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She loved John very much. In her eyes he couldn't do anything wrong .Every morning she would give him breakfas...
(八) Todd was working at his gas station(加油站)at night when he heard over the radio that a bank in Long Island had been broken into by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away wit...
(七) The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. －Thomas Macaulay. Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day...
(六) Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩).She is not an ordinary chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research on her. They want to see how civilized(驯化)she can become. Already she does m...
(五) It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their jobs .This was the beginning of another ordinary day in New York City. But this da...
(四) "Where is the bus?" I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn't going to be pleased." Thank God, here it is!" The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was...
