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There is a type of crab that cannot be caughtit is agile (敏捷的)and clever enough to get out of any crab trap. And yet, these crabs are caught by the thousands every day, thanks to a particular human trait (特点) they possess. 有一种螃蟹行动
Do you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? 你可知,早在风暴袭来之前,雄鹰就知道了风暴的临近? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come。When the storm hits,
If you have failed in the past at trying to make big changes in you life,try again now,one tiny step at a time. 如果你曾企图对你的生活做很大的改变,但却总是失败,现在可以试试,每次做一个小改变 Every year it's the sam
One day a farmers donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasnt worth it to retrie
Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. He gave people good value, a full satisfaction guarantee, and friendly service. With the help of his wife Gloria, who handled t
The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer. The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith everyday and for hours
Thoughts on Life感悟生命 Slow the pace of your life and give yourself some time for meditating. It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. 英语智慧美文之品味人生篇01:Making Sandcastles堆沙堡
In the 17th century, the French scientist Pierre Gassendi knew that light traveled faster than sound. When a gun fired far away, he could see the flash of gunshot long before he heard the report. Gassendi tried to measure the speed of sound by clocki
There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went with the hope of hunting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining mine, staked a claim, and got down to the serious business of getting th
Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life? 帕帕德罗斯博士,人生的意义是什么呢? The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. 问题照例引来了人们的笑声,人们骚动着要离开了。 Papaderos held up his hand
A woman was waiting at an airport one night. With several long hours before her flight, she hunted for a book in the airport shop, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitt
A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him; he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.his neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth, sung but little and sle
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurel life with his wife and enjoy his extended family.He would miss the paycheck each week ,but he wanted to
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. 一位年轻的总裁,
On Nov.18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is not a small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he walks wit
Each summer in the late 1960s, my two sisters and I would ride the Greyhound bus from Arizona to Arkansas to stay with our father. 二十世纪六十年代末的时候,每个夏天我和我的两个姐妹都会乘坐从亚里桑那州到阿肯色州
AntIntrigue 蚂蚁的阴谋 Don: Hey,antslives are full of intrigue. Take slave-making ants. They invade other ants nests, kill some of the adults, and then steal the larvae and take them back to their own nests. The larvae learn who they belong to b
Jude Law, star of Sherlock Holmes, has gone public with his reconciled romance with British actress Sienna Miller, despite cheating allegations and a very public break up in 2005. The pair were photographed together on the red carpet at a charity gal
A Pain in the Ear 耳痛是一种常见病,耳痛为常见症状,常因耳部疾病引起(原发性或耳源性耳痛),也可因耳部邻近器官或其他器官疾病所致(继发性或反射性耳痛)。耳痛的严重程度与病变的