时光不老，我们不散。Mark Twain once wrote: "This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four." Twain's referring to the first day of April or, as it's often known, April Fools' Day. While the first day of the fourth month of ...
I’m an American (Example), and I will be going on a family holiday to your city from Ohio next month. Man: OK. no problem. It’s our pleasure to serve you. Could you please tell me your name and contact information first? Woman: I’m Caroline, that’s C-A-R-O-L-I-N-E,...
This month, the Academy of American Poets will launch the first-ever Poetry Read-a-Thon (阅读马拉松). This is for students ages ten to thirteen. The goals of the Read-a-Thon are to celebrate the reading of poems and writing about poems. Students will choose poems to read and then ...
Gauge of the Economy Continues to Weaken The Conference Board’s leading economic index fell again last month. Tim SmartMay 19, 2025 The president returned to Washington from a Middle East trip to find his tariffs and a U.S. debt downgrade remain a concern for businesses and the market. Ti...
April comes from the LatinAprilis. The meaning is not clear; some historians believe that it comes from the Latin wordsaperire(to open) orapricus(sunny) because April is seen as themonth of Sun and growthin the Northern Hemisphere.
BIt's well known that April Fool's Day is a celebration when people are allowed to have somefun and play a few jokes on others. As for me, it's an1_ day, for I have always been theperson that has been tricked on that day.Last year I moved to stay with my friend and found a...
The helicopter was carried to the red planet last month strapped to the belly of NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, which landed Feb. 18 on the floor of a vast basin called Jezero Crater after a nearly seven-month journey through space. Perseverance, a robot lab on wheels, is designed pr...
This Paschal Moon marks the first full Moon of spring and is used to determine the date of Easter. This month also brings a micromoon. Curious about how it compares to a supermoon? Discover the story behind the “Pink Moon” and what makes this lunar event unique. When to See the ...
Ian isn’t generally as interested as Maya is in musical and theater performance opportunities at his grade school, so we don’t get to see any extra fun theater performances. But we did get to go and see him perform with his fourth grade music class one morning early in the month. The...
Mundell is best known for laying the groundwork for the euro starting in the 1960s, publishing articles that created the foundation for the European Economic and Monetary Union, the legal and economic framework that the euro currency is based on. 蒙代尔自20世纪60年代起就倡导在欧洲实行单一货币，...