永怀感激之情

当时,我是个新生,重体育而轻学业,拉丁语落后于其他同学。这时候,我的邻居维奥利特·拜布尔老师知道了我的情况。“哎,拉丁语很有趣,”她跟我说,“今天晚饭后过来,我教你。”接下来的几个星期她都辅导我、直到我能和班里拉丁语学得最棒的学生一样做动词变位——至少和他们差不多。不管怎么说,我顺利地通过了考试。

感谢所有

My wife, Shirley, and I have gone on vacations to a quiet beach in southwestern Florida for most of our married life. If that beach could talk, it would tell of teenage newlyweds(新婚夫妇) who sunned and wrote "I love you" on its sands. It would tell of a little girl with eyes the color of the sea gathering seashells and of three wild boys leaping and diving into the surf(海浪) It would tell of joyous visits over the years from friends, parents, grandparents, new brides(新娘) and grooms(新郎) -and now grandchildren. The beach would tell glorious tales of warmth and gratitude(感激的心情).……