Furthermore, every other kid and family member who was exposed has to spend the next week in the worry of checking for symptoms and getting tested, if they can even find a testing site given the current surge of cases. When people use the phrase, “We’re in the together,” it’s no...
But that night, I couldn’t figure out how to stay stable in response to the next onslaught. The neighbor who had warmly welcomed us to the community years ago apparently became tired by the mess that a group of energetic inattentive boys leave in their wake. He had yelled at the middle...
In that her prime creative expression in life has been that of being an exceptional cook, I was happy when she offered to make dinner for the two of us. And it was so delicious. When I arrived at her house and she was in the midst of preparing everything – in spite of her steeply...
During that time, about 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. A middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried off. A woman threw money in the hat and, without ...
1. While 56% of developing Asia’s population, or nearly 1.9 billion people, were already considered part of the middle class based on an absolute definition of per capita consumption of $2–$20 per day in 2008, nearly 1.5 billion Asians were still living on less than $2.0 per day. Mor...
I have a theory the majority of us, no matter how little or how much we make, consider ourselves part of the middle class. When Iworked at McDonald's for $4 an hour, I was dirt poor, but considered myself middle class because both my parents had jobs. I also had a bicycle ...
” Carl slowed down near them. He realized that the woman was begging the driver not to leave her there. The boy was having difficulty breathing, and his arms and legs were shaking uncontrollably. Carl realized the boy was having a seizure (疾病发作)and asked the woman to get into his ...
Rachel gets home from her commute and I get out of the home office, we make a drink, and depending on the time of year, we either float in the pool or sit in front of the fire, talking about our day, things we read or heard, things we’re learning, hopes, dreams, plans, ...
I do want to be one of the best students and go to a famous university after graduation. But my English is not good enough. What should I do? Worried 回信包含以下内容: 1. 要有自信心; 2. 多记一些惯用词组(set phrases)和句型结构(sentence structures),多造句; 3. 大量阅读可以提高写作水平...
and jars of olives are ever present, as are different kinds of loose leaf tea – mint,karkade(hibiscus) and chamomile to name a few – that can be accessed any hour of the day. I am quickly aware of the many hands and hours of work that go into making sure everyone who stays atAn...