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记得以前在台湾烤肉的时候妈妈都会准备很多很好吃的东西, 像是猪肉、鸡腿、海鲜、玉米、甜不辣等是应有尽有, 想到口水都快流出来了. 后来到了美国
Some time ago at a buffet lunch in a church hall - not quite a fine dining event - I recall a lively conversation between an unemployed man in early middle age and an older, wealthy industrialist. The younger man commented that unemployment was hard
Everyone loves a bargain, as those restaurant chains which offer you special all you can eat deals for a fixed price know all too well. In Pakistan a pizza company had been doing a roaring trade during the Muslim month of fasting. Families who were r
The sight of a grown woman lying on the floor, her wrist pinned down by the foot of someone who was supposed to be caring for her was one of the more shocking images that emerged from Winterbourne View, 一个成年女子躺在地板上,她的手腕被
J. K. Galbraith once said, Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. He could have been speaking of the decisions we keep putting off about how we pay for future care of the elderly.
On the train yesterday I sat next to a family with some very excited children who were off on holiday. You couldn't help being caught up in their sense of excitement and anticipation. I know just how they feel. I keep wanting to say: Are we there yet
Over the last few days we have seen and been reminded of two massacres. Last weekend Norway remembered the first anniversary of the 77 victims of a bomb and gun shooting. During a brief television clip a young Norwegian man said that this tragedy had
Newspaper obituaries are a useful window onto history and reading accounts of the life of the late politician Alf Morris this week reminded me just how different Britain was 50 years ago before Morris and fellow MP Jack Ashley championed the disabled
A burglary is often described as being a violation. And it's a good word for it because it's not just about what is physically taken, it's about what is emotionally done to the person being robbed. I had suffered no physical assault, but when I sat d
One of the features in common between the phone hacking scandal, the various banking scams and the latest row, over the failure of G4S, is that the men at the top claim not to have known what was going on. OK, you can't expect the top person to know
[00:01.99]The Beggar and the Miser 乞丐和吝啬鬼 [00:05.60]One day, an old beggar went to the village. [00:08.78] He knocked at the door of a rich man to beg for food. [00:12.49] This was a big house and at the side was built a granary with a big padl
[00:03.06]Life Struggle生命的拼搏 [00:06.53] Once upon a time in a land far far away, [00:10.06] there was a wonderful old man who loved everything. [00:14.08] Animals, spiders, insects... [00:17.50]One day while walking through the woods [00:20.28]t
[00:04.30]Weakness or Strength 弱点还是强项 [00:08.10]Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. [00:13.16] Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy [00:17.76] who decided to study judo despite the fact [00:21.24]tha
[00:01.74]Gold and Diamond黄金与钻石 [00:04.38]A long time ago, [00:07.09]in Egypt lived a famous mystical person named Zun-Nun. [00:11.25] A young man came to visit him and asked [00:14.75] Teacher, I do not understand why people like you when you d
[00:04.63]The Touchstone 试金石 [00:06.87]When the great library of Alexandria burned, [00:10.58]the story goes, one book was saved. [00:13.76] But it was not a valuable book; [00:16.16]and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few
[00:01.92]The Fire一场火灾 [00:05.09]A couple, John and Mary, had two lovely children. [00:10.36]John had just been asked to go on a business trip and would be gone for several days. [00:16.25]Mary would go along too. [00:18.47]They hired a reliable
[00:00.95]Humor Can Save Your Life幽默的意义 [00:05.20]The story goes that a certain court jester went too far one day and insulted his king. [00:13.64]The king became so infuriated he sentenced the jester to be executed. [00:19.02]His court prayed u
[00:02.47]浮华背后 Behind Fortunes [00:05.75]Though fortunes achieved through hard work and other qualities can make people live cozily, [00:12.09]they should never be considered as the aim of living. [00:16.16]Therefore, in the process of seeking fo
[00:02.20]The Potter陶工 [00:05.46]Once there was a very religious and skillful potter whose pottery was well-known far and wide. [00:12.05]However, he was not satisfied with his finely crafted but fragile pottery. [00:17.38]He thought if the pottery
For the first time, scientists have identified two clusters of genes directly linked to human intelligence. 科学家们首次发现,大脑中存在两个与人类智力直接相关的基因集群。 Called M1 and M3, these so-called 'gene networks