贝多芬（Ludwig van Beethoven）（1770-1827）是历史上最著名的作曲家之一。在他57岁去世时，人们在他的遗物中发现了一封情书。这封情书是写给一位不知名的女士的，贝多芬称其为永远的爱人。...
The 50-Percent Theory of LifeI believe in the 50-percent theory. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half, they are worse. I believe life is a pendulum swing. It takes time and experience to understand what normal is, and that give...
Interpreting a LaughHuihua, a Chinese student, and Mary, an American student studying Chinese in China, were on their way to a bookstore. As they got to the bookstore, they saw a young man walking down a flight of stairs. In his hurry, he missed the...
《微笑》是法国作家安东尼圣艾修伯里的作品，圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大战对抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写了一篇精彩的故事―...
A little boy asked his mother why are you crying?Because i'm a woman, she told him. I don't understand, he said. His mum just hugged him and said, and you never willLater the little boy asked his father, why does mother seem to cry for no reason?All...
When it comes to romance, women prefer someone who tickles their funny bone while men opt for those who catch their eye, according to an international survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted in 16 countries by Canadian romance publisher H...
March 4 1983Dear First LadyI know tradition has it that on this morning I place cards Happy Anniversary cards on your breakfast tray. But things are somewhat mixed up. I substituted a gift delivered it a few weeks ago. Still this is the day, the day...
The Importance of Being Honest假如没了诚信，我一天也不会快乐In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing that ever happened. 在繁华的纽约，曾经发生了这样一件震撼人心的事情。 On a Friday night, a poor...
这个美丽的故事流传在美洲印第安土著中已近200年了，一朵荒漠中的小花，不是为了自己的艳丽，而执着于点缀这个世界的一角There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking... It was...
The story begins around 2170 B.C. after the great flood in the Hsia dynasty. Yu, king of many kingdoms, was credited with stopping the flood, and with teaching farmers how to cultivate their fields, thus commencing a prosperous epoch. At the same tim...
1) I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。 2) No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, w...
欣赏导读海恩里希海涅（17971856），德国诗人、政论家。生于犹太小商人家庭，由于对德国政治不满，于1831年移居巴黎，与法国作家雨果、巴尔扎克、乔治桑及波兰作曲家肖邦结识，积极支持...
打开这个记忆的盒子，就像万缕花香飘散开来，沁人心脾；又像一瓶尘封多年的老酒，香醇与苦涩，美在其中。 One day, an older woman was sitting on her bed, packing some things, in boxes, to put in her closet. S...
Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determinatio...
As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering [1] white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming [2] my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off [3] heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for...
