Dear Friends,It has been a year sincemy column first appeared inEnglish Salon.Much hashappened to all of us duringthis year.One of my greatestpleasures has been to writethese columns for you.Yourresponses have been wo...Dear Friends,It has been a year sincemy column first appeared inEnglish Salon.Much hashappened to all of us duringthis year.One of my greatestpleasures has been to writethese columns for you.Yourresponses have been wonder-展开更多
Dear Friends,Our column this month is devoted to one of the most mysterious and most important sub-iects that we face as human beings.There are only two realities that are common to all of us.These are life and death....Dear Friends,Our column this month is devoted to one of the most mysterious and most important sub-iects that we face as human beings.There are only two realities that are common to all of us.These are life and death.Everything else is superfluous.Life is the greatest mystery.Death is the second greatest.We experience life every day.We live life and we see it all around us.It is what is happening to every one of us constantly.展开更多
Dear Bob,I want to ask a popular question.How canI build up confidence as an ordinary girl?Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me!Rain (Chongqing)Dear Rain,Thank you for your letter and your ques-tion about achievin...Dear Bob,I want to ask a popular question.How canI build up confidence as an ordinary girl?Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me!Rain (Chongqing)Dear Rain,Thank you for your letter and your ques-tion about achieving "confidence"in our-展开更多
Dear Friends,Once more it is a pleasure to meet with you through this col-umn in English Salon.Thank you for all the letters you have sentto me.I would like to reply to every one,but this would be impos-sible.I have b...Dear Friends,Once more it is a pleasure to meet with you through this col-umn in English Salon.Thank you for all the letters you have sentto me.I would like to reply to every one,but this would be impos-sible.I have been given many gifts,but "unlimited time" is展开更多
Dear Bob,I read your column today.After reading it,I was deeply moved by your kind words andwarm encouragement.You are not only our wisetether but also our best friend.There is a poem written by Du Fu,our fa-mous anci...Dear Bob,I read your column today.After reading it,I was deeply moved by your kind words andwarm encouragement.You are not only our wisetether but also our best friend.There is a poem written by Du Fu,our fa-mous ancient Chinese poet.In this poem,hewrote,"Good rain knows season and展开更多
Dear Friends,English,like Chinese,is a worldlanguagespoken by millions of persons on every part ofthis planet.Like Chinese,it is a remarkablelanguage constantly changing to meet new situa-tions and new needs.Both tech...Dear Friends,English,like Chinese,is a worldlanguagespoken by millions of persons on every part ofthis planet.Like Chinese,it is a remarkablelanguage constantly changing to meet new situa-tions and new needs.Both technology and slanghave brought thousands of new words into Eng-lish,and the passage of time has changed themeaning of many old words.For example,to re-fer to a person as"nice"is a compliment to-展开更多
Dear Friends,My previous column was on the subject of Death.This seemed like an appropriate subject be-cause of all the sadness and the anxieties caused by the SARS virus in China and elsewhere.Todaywe turn to an even...Dear Friends,My previous column was on the subject of Death.This seemed like an appropriate subject be-cause of all the sadness and the anxieties caused by the SARS virus in China and elsewhere.Todaywe turn to an even more appropriate subject:Life.There is a companionship between Life andDeath.Death is a necessity;life is a challenge!Together they are our greatest mysteries.We are展开更多
Mar.8thDear Bob:Hey,I am a girl from China.I read yourarticles in English Salon.Now I am writing to you because I have aproblem about FRIENDSHIP. I have a bestfriend named Yan Meng, who had written toyou and got your ...Mar.8thDear Bob:Hey,I am a girl from China.I read yourarticles in English Salon.Now I am writing to you because I have aproblem about FRIENDSHIP. I have a bestfriend named Yan Meng, who had written toyou and got your reply.But one evening whilewe were chatting on line.we began to quarrel.展开更多
文摘Dear Friends,It has been a year sincemy column first appeared inEnglish Salon.Much hashappened to all of us duringthis year.One of my greatestpleasures has been to writethese columns for you.Yourresponses have been wonder-
文摘Dear Friends,Our column this month is devoted to one of the most mysterious and most important sub-iects that we face as human beings.There are only two realities that are common to all of us.These are life and death.Everything else is superfluous.Life is the greatest mystery.Death is the second greatest.We experience life every day.We live life and we see it all around us.It is what is happening to every one of us constantly.
文摘Dear Bob,I want to ask a popular question.How canI build up confidence as an ordinary girl?Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me!Rain (Chongqing)Dear Rain,Thank you for your letter and your ques-tion about achieving "confidence"in our-
文摘Dear Friends,Once more it is a pleasure to meet with you through this col-umn in English Salon.Thank you for all the letters you have sentto me.I would like to reply to every one,but this would be impos-sible.I have been given many gifts,but "unlimited time" is
文摘Dear Bob,I read your column today.After reading it,I was deeply moved by your kind words andwarm encouragement.You are not only our wisetether but also our best friend.There is a poem written by Du Fu,our fa-mous ancient Chinese poet.In this poem,hewrote,"Good rain knows season and
文摘Dear Friends,English,like Chinese,is a worldlanguagespoken by millions of persons on every part ofthis planet.Like Chinese,it is a remarkablelanguage constantly changing to meet new situa-tions and new needs.Both technology and slanghave brought thousands of new words into Eng-lish,and the passage of time has changed themeaning of many old words.For example,to re-fer to a person as"nice"is a compliment to-
文摘Dear Friends,My previous column was on the subject of Death.This seemed like an appropriate subject be-cause of all the sadness and the anxieties caused by the SARS virus in China and elsewhere.Todaywe turn to an even more appropriate subject:Life.There is a companionship between Life andDeath.Death is a necessity;life is a challenge!Together they are our greatest mysteries.We are
文摘Mar.8thDear Bob:Hey,I am a girl from China.I read yourarticles in English Salon.Now I am writing to you because I have aproblem about FRIENDSHIP. I have a bestfriend named Yan Meng, who had written toyou and got your reply.But one evening whilewe were chatting on line.we began to quarrel.
