巴费斯克里克

Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Returns Home. Birbal was in Persia at the invitation of the king of that country. Parties were given in his honor and rich presents were heaped on him. On the eve of his departure for home, a

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(215) / 评论(0) 分类 英文民间故事

The Emperor Akbar was traveling to a distant place along with some of his courtiers. It was a hot day and the emperor was tiring of the journey. Cant anybody shorten this road for me? he asked, querulously. I can, said Birbal. The other courtiers loo

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One day the Emperor Akbar startled his courtiers with a strange question. If somebody pulled my whiskers what sort of punishment should be given to him? he asked. He should be flogged! said one courtier. He should be hanged! said another. He should b

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Birbal arrived late for a function and the emperor was displeased. My child was crying and I had to placate him, explained the courtier. Does it take so long to calm down a child? asked the emperor. It appears you know nothing about child rearing. No

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A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint. Your Majesty, I bought a well from him, said the farmer pointing to his neighbor, and now he wants me to pay for the water. That's right, your Majesty, said the neighbor.

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One day Akbar and Birbal were riding through the countryside and they happened to pass by a cabbage patch. Cabbages are such delightful vegetables! said Akbar. I just love cabbage. The cabbage is king of vegetables! said Birbal. A few weeks later the

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One fine morning, a minister from Emperor Akbar's court had gathered in the assembly hall. He informed the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night. Akbar was shocked to hear this because the place where that minis

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One day Akbar asked his courtiers if they could tell him the difference between truth and falsehood in three words or less. The courtiers looked at one another in bewilderment. What about you, Birbal? asked the emperor. I'm surprised that you too are

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Scientists Working to Save Chesapeake Bay Oyster Population Chespeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay, on the Atlantic coast, is the largest estuary in the United States. It is famous for its seafood, especially crabs and oysters. However, in the last centur

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 (科普英语)Earth and Sky

[00:15.82]The Boy On Chamber's Creek [00:22.12]善波河上的小男孩 [00:35.59]On this night I was driving home as usual, [00:39.53]nothing out of the ordinary when I got down to the creek. [00:43.72]I was singing along to my iPOD [00:46.12]when it was st

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[00:15.72]The Boy On Chamber's Creek [00:22.15]善波河上的小男孩 [00:35.83]When I crossed the bridge over Chamber's Creek [00:38.56]I was startled to hear my iPOD go back on. [00:42.20]I checked to see the battery and it wasn't even half empty. [00:46

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[00:15.79]The Boy On Chamber's Creek [00:22.14]善波河上的小男孩 [00:40.45]It was raining really hard that night, [00:43.24]like it always does in this state of Washington. [00:46.66]A heavy fog came along with it. [00:49.54]My friend drove extra slow

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The top US military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says that unless more troops are sent to the country, the war there will fail. McChrystal's assessment is detailed in a classified report obtained by the Washington Post. The

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This monument to Islamic heritage is getting a new lease on life. The Bou Inania Medersa or Koranic school was once an architectural jewel of the medieval city of Fes. But centuries of neglect have taken a toll. Restorers are cleaning layers of white

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Bumpity-bump! Ten-year-old Violet Alden clung to the edge of the Jeeps open window. This is the bumpiest car weve ever been in, she exclaimed. Its the bumpiest road weve ever been on, Jessie said, pushing her bangs out of her eyes. Its both, agreed H

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Behind them Tom, the garden rouseabout, finished filling thebig water truck from the bore-drain pump, then started the engine.Not that any amount of water short of a downpour from the skywould help put out a fire this big, but he would be needed to k

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AMERICAN STORIES - To Build a Fire By Jack London Broadcast: Saturday, September 18, 2004 ((广播稿正在征集中 - 欢迎大家积极参与听写,将自己听到的内容写下来,然后寄至 f

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Our story today is called, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It was written by Ambrose Bierce. The occurrence, or event, in our story takes place during the Civil War of the eighteen sixties betwee

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By Cache Seel Cairo 28 August 2007 Female pilgrims walk past Iraqi security forces, 27 Aug 2007 Police in Iraq's holy city of Karbala have ordered Shi'ite pilgrims to leave the city after two days of violence surrounding a major religious festival le

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Congrats to the newlyweds! Scarlett Johansson and her French journalist beau Romain Dauriac secretly tied the knot several weeks ago, in a private ceremony officiated by Richard J. Miller on Oct. 1 in Philipsburg, Mont., a clerk for Granite County co

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4-Methylguaiacol
a jolly dog
A.A.R
Achnanthaceae
affly
alimentativeness
Allaines
annunciator boards
astern nozzle
atomizing damper
auto kern
autocorrelogram computer
autogyro (autogiro)
babin
Backusella
Bangkir
biological formation of soil
boundary-scan
bronchial
Calverstown
carbonylamines
coldcompacting
compensating accumulator
computer-assisted verification of software control
Copley, John Singleton
cycloalkenes
deviate region
diacta
diaphragm servomotor
direct draft
drone airship
electro static gravure printing
electropaing bath
entrusted cash chest system
equal event
eurosceptic
expected performance time
extrasensory perception (esp)
folimort
friction key
fromanteel
gas filled thyraton
Gioia Sannitica
glaucous bristlegrasses
Graham Seamount
hemophilus parahaemolyticus
hesitates
high capacity mobile telecommunications system
intensive type mixer
Internet faxing
Killyleagh
kofi
LOLs
long-legged fly
macrochlamys hippocastaneum
Marine Engineering Society in Japan
maximum signal level
menzil
Miguel Auza
moderate fines
molehunt
Mosla exfoliata
nephridial pocket
nilpotent linear transformation
numeric edited character
occision
particular sphere of producion
phase shifting autotransformer
Picea obovata Ledeb.
plantfood
plings
predication analysis
priority in the purchase
property passing on the death
pseudosecrets
quicktime
rape-oil
Roscoea intermedia
scutterings
sedimentary ash
segment register
sent out for
shared network resource
slot-line circuits
smoketunnel
social investigations
speed-dialing
state-park
step forced response
stone setter
Story Stock
straight line motion
strip solar cell
target program
traffic guidance system
transport piece
tube settler
undercompensated integral control
undoner
volatile salt
water-sealed joint
white sail