4 While Welsh athletes can punch their chest with pride and open their lungs to passionately sing along with Old Land of My Fathers at the Commonwealth Games, Australians have the option of the official anthem, Advance Australia Fair, described by one of their own senators as "so boring that...
The fathers complain that their vacations will be spent in a foggy cloud. On the streets, people with bundles accidentally bump into each other. And the children play hide-and-seek among the foggy rocks. It’s surprising how this simple story can become so intriguing. It’s the worst fog...
If a PC plays the “Song of Elizabeth” found on the desk in the library on the harpsichord in this chamber, the conservatory fills with ghosts that dance about the room to the tune of the melody. You begin to play a beautiful melody that bounces around the corners of the room...
the moms I knew where relaxed, took it in their stride. It helped tremendously to be able to work part-time – as an art director it’s unheard of in SA. Family-life in Netherlands seems to be valued by society and the workforce – even fathers get to spend time with their children....
9.It is a struggle (困难) for me to rid myself of my fears. 10.—What is your nationality (国籍)? —Chinese. But now I live with my son's family in the US. Ⅱ.单句改错 1.This river is twice as longer as that one.longer→long 2.They're satisfied with the satis...
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o
When he moaned and sobbed it was with the pain of living that of old the pain of his wild fathers, and the fear and mystery of the cold and dark that was to them fear and mystery.” Tuperssuatsiait, Storøen Sleds and halibut, Tuperssuatsiait, Storøen Sleds, Tuperssuatsiait, ...
And here I sit proctoring an 8:00 a.m.Saturday morning final exam covering “Statistics and Experimental Design” taken by students several of whose relatives (aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters) were former students or advisees of mine. There are times when they look...
Someofmyfondestmemoriesfromchildhoodareofsummervacationswithmyfamily.ItwasalongdrivetotheoldVictorianinnthatlookedoutontheocean,andIcouldn’twaittoarrive.Iwouldspendmydaysonthebeach,happilybuildingsandcastles,collectingshells,andchasingwaves.Wheneveningdrewnear,wewouldreturntotheinntowatchthesunsetfromtheporch.All...
and plunked myself down to meet some young families. I should have invited Catherine out for tea. But this grip of sadness came over me, as if my heart were bleeding light. The light turned to tears pouring out of my eyes, so I put the soup away and left for the bus home. (...