Animal testing "It was always my ambition to be a research analyst studying amphibian anatomy for the benefit of mankind." Said Dr. Cull to the high school students touring the laboratory. "My ancestors were all scientists and my father taught me tha [阅读全文]
It was dreadfully cold, it was snowing fast, and almost dark； the evening----the last evening of the old year was drawing in. But, cold and dark as it was, a poor little girl, with bare head and feet, was still wandering about the streets. When she [阅读全文]
The countryside was lovely. It was summer. The wheat was golden and the oats were still green. The hay was stacked in the low-lying meadows. There lay great woods around the fields and meadows. There were deep lakes in the midst of the woods. In the [阅读全文]
At the cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" The other woman replied, "Yes I am, I married the wrong man either" 在一个鸡尾酒舞会上， 一个女人对另外一个女人说：“你结婚戒指带错手指了。 [阅读全文]
我们的生活中总是存在着一些非常流行的科学理论或说法。实际上，在这些理论当中，有的确实如此，有的却是人们的错误理解。日前，美国“生活科学网”就对这些问题进行了归纳总结。 Chickens can live without a head. 鸡没有脑袋也能存活 True, and not just for a few [阅读全文]
They're both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still 两人都相信 是一股突发的热情让他俩交会。 这样的笃定是美丽的， 但变化无常更是美丽。 Since they'd never met before, they're s [阅读全文]
In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the price—five dollars—was far beyond Reuben Earle's means. Five dollars would buy almost a week's groceries for his family. 1945年，一个12岁的男孩在一家商店 [阅读全文]
Full title: 'Portrait of GiovanniArnolfini and his Wife ('The Arnolfini Portrait')' 全称：乔凡尼.阿尔诺菲尼夫妇肖像画 This work is a portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, but is not intended as a record of their wedding. His wife i [阅读全文]
I opened my eyes. I was looking up at the ceiling. Why I was looking there, I don't know, but I kept looking anyway, and laughing. I kicked my legs and shuck my arms, but it brought me no closer to what I was looking at. I called out "Ga, ga, gaagh, [阅读全文]
To see a world in a grain of sand, 从一粒沙子看到一个世界， And a heaven in a wild flower, 从一朵野花看到一个天堂， Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, 把握在你手心里的就是无限， And eternity in an hour. 永恒也就消融于一个时辰。 编译：朱晓玲 [阅读全文]
Xi’an The Chinese city of Xi’an was the central stronghold for all of the country’s most important ancient dynasties going back 3，000 years. Tourists flocking to see the city’s Terra Cotta Army， 6，000 unique and life-size statues buried to pr [阅读全文]
端午节的由来 The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chi [阅读全文]
Xi’an The Chinese city of Xi’an was the central stronghold for all of the country’s most important ancient dynasties going back 3，000 years. Tourists flocking to see the city’s Terra Cotta Army， 6，000 unique and life-size statues buried to pr [
端午节的由来 The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chi [