ThisisthefirstEnglishsongI'velearned.Itwasthefirstyearofcollege.Averyhandsometeacher,fromChicagoifIrememberitright,introducedustheCarpenters'albumatclass.Hetalkedustosingtwoofthem,oneis"YesterdayOnceMore"andanotheris"Sing".Ilikedthefirstonebetter,probablybecauseofthesadness.Irememberoneofmyroommatessaidthatshealwayswantstocrywhenshehearit.IwaskindofsurprisedtohearthatbecauseIcouldn'tunderstandwhy....[
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Ifinallyhadmyfirstgardeninmylife.IseededChineseOkraandcucumber.Ican'ttellthemfromeachotherbythenewsproutsthough.
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Peoplearetoobusythesedays.Somepeoplesaysleepisawasteoftimebecauseyoucanusethattimetodootherthings.Myhusbandbelievesitisnottrue.Hethinksyouonlyagewhenyouareawake.Anytimeyousubtractfromyoursleepwillbesubtractedfromtheendofyourlife.Ifyouwanttolivelongandbehealth,youshouldgetplentyofsleep.Yourbodyusessleeptorepairandregenerate.Itisthatsimplebuttrue![
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AvisitingstudentfromChinaisworkingonhisPhDoverhereinanofficecloseby.Daysago,heaskedmetoproofreadhisdissertation.Thewritingwashorrible.Thereisnologicinit.Theexperimentsdonotsupportthehypothesisatall.Someoftheparagraphsarejustpilesofsentencestakenfrompublishedarticleswithoutchanginganything,andtherearenoconnectionsandlogicbetweenthem.Ican'tevenstandreadingthroughthewholething.RecallmanyyearsagowhenI...[
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和先生去IHOP吃早餐。结完帐出门的时候,一家美国人走进来。男的在前,手里牵着一个大概两三岁的小男孩,女的跟在后面。男的身穿制服,大概是个警察。因为很多在这里吃饭的都是全家出动,所以我没觉得奇怪。这时先生突然冒出一句:“Thecriminalsnowadaysaregetttingyoungerandyounger."大笑。[
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Todayonthebushome,awhiteguy,around50,wassittingacoupleofseatsawayfromme.HewasreadingabookwhenIfirstsawhim.Ididn'tpaymuchattentiontohimuntilhesneezedmanytimesinarow.Heusedahandkerchieftowipeoffhimnoseandkeptitinhishandafterhewasdone.Whenthebusgottothedestination,hestoppedreading.Inoticedthatheclosedthebookandleftthehandkerchiefbetweenthepageshewasreading.Apparentlyhewasusingitasabookmark![
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