A short while ago, I lost access to my WeChat account. I am not sure why it wouldnnt let me log in; perhaps it was my ancient, out-of-date phone. But I wasnnt too upset because it offered me an opportunity to take a break from social media --- something more and more people ...
I was born here 20 years ago. It is quite now. Let's around. On our right there is a school. It was a school then. At that time, there were not many students in the school. The teachers were very and nice, but they were with us. There t
A small boy was packing his school bag in his room, a room filled with books. Many were novels and some were short stories; many were new and some were yellowed with age; many were detective stories and some were fairy tales. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The small boy ...
A few weeks ago, while I was reading the morning paper, I turned the radio up to listen to a Saturday morning talk show and I heard an old sounding gentleman, with a golden voice. He was telling whoever he was talking with something about “a thousand marbles”. ...
Milne. 1920 fell during his most prolific period and, remarkably, I still have a few things left by him I haven’t read or reviewed yet, like this short one-act play. The Stepmother premiered in November 1920, just a few days after the second anniversary of the armistice. The war’s...
I have seen other beginner storytellers succumb to that fear and leave the stage humiliated and defeated. I am, for the first time in my very short career, experiencing the dreaded nightmare of “The Blank-Out,” the bane of all actors who perform ...
五. 完形填空 Years ago,while I lived in England,part of my college task was to help the children with special needs. I was chosen to work in a school with diwSabled childrea The teacher asked me to 1 Nancy,a ten-year-old girl. One of her hands could not
It’s certainly an exciting time for electric flying. With companies like Harbour Air taking the lead, battery-powered planes, especially on short-haul journeys, are set to become a reality in the next few years. The expression “added bonus” refers to the fact that electric planes___. A...
However, I think it was held back by its overly complex structure scattered across very short chapters, with the three strands never quite hanging together in a coherent or satisfying way (much like my issue with To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara). Many thanks to Penguin UK, Hamish Hamilton ...
At the age of eight, something terrible happened while I ___1___ playing near an oil well. It made me lose most of my hearing. A lot has changed for me ___2___ then. For one thing, I cannot hear music like before. ...