14-05-29 Once Yu Shou went out to handle some affairs. He met Xu Feng on the roads. Yu Shou told Xu Feng that he had brought many books with him, and he could resort to them at any time so he felt quite prepared for whatever problems that are coming. Xu Feng...

14-05-20 One day, Duke Huan of the state of Qi was reading woks by those sages of the past. Lun Bian, a wheel-maker, believed that these books were just dross（渣滓，碎屑） from the ancients. To prove his conception, he explained, It is just like making whee...

14-04-25 On the day of our final exam at my Community College in Santa Maria, Calif., we heard that the bookstore had changed its policy and would buy back our business-management textbooks. Before class, several of us dashed over to the store and sold our b...

14-04-08 On my first day of classes at my university I took a front-row seat in my literature course. The professor told us we would be responsible for reading five books, and that he would provide us with a list of authors from which we could choose. Then h...

14-03-10 Charles Dickens, the famous English novelist, wrote a great many books. He had a cat of which he was very fond. She was a fine Persian cat with pure white fur. One evening, as he was absorbed in reading one of his favorite books by a candle-light, t...

13-12-23 Neil: Hello and welcome to the BBC Learning English kitchen with me, Neil, and my assistant, Feifei. Feifei: 欢迎收听BBC英语教学为你制作的 Authentic Real English 《地道英语》。I am very excited today because Neil has asked me to be his assistant in...

13-08-11 加州大学洛杉矶分校的心理学教授帕特丽夏格林菲尔德最近进行了一项研究，发现在过去的两个世纪里，随着物质财富的增加和城市化进程，人们却变得更加自私了。格林菲尔德教授分析了从1800年到2000年出版的150万本英美书籍中的用词，发现像选择、获得这种词的使用量增加，...

13-06-05 A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among...

13-04-14 Literary enthusiasts recently published a list of 100 books, at least one of which will be found on every bookcase in Britain. 英国文学爱好者们近日发布了一个100部书籍清单，英国每个家庭的书架上至少会有其中一本书。 The catalogue of classics includes a...

13-02-24 一套由英国皇家邮政署发行的简奥斯汀邮票于近日开售，以纪念简奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》面世200周年。 A set of Jane Austen stamps have gone on sale to mark the 200th anniversary of her novel Pride And Prejudice. A set of Jane Austen stamps have gone on...