• Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 24

    14-10-09 AS I rose and dressed, I thought over what had happened, and wondered if it were a dream. I could not be certain of the reality till I had seen Mr. Rochester again, and heard him renew his words of love and promise. While arranging my hair, I looked...

  • Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 15

    14-10-09 MR. ROCHESTER did, on a future occasion, explain it. It was one afternoon, when he chanced to meet me and Adele in the grounds: and while she played with Pilot and her shuttlecock, he asked me to walk up and down a long beech avenue within sight of...

  • Story of the Three Calenders - 4

    14-07-23 As I had promised I prepared to do as I was told, and giving my hand to the lady, I escorted her, by the light of the moon, to the place of which the prince had spoken. We had barely reached it when he joined us himself, carrying a small vessel of w...

  • The Hand

    14-06-30 A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论) in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had...

  • Work

    14-06-05 Work Ryan Teitman Some mornings, the clouds settle rooftop low, holding us in place like a specimen slide. I spend my days wondering how a hammer weighs the hand that holds it, or how the starlings apron(围裙,停机坪) the stoplights at Alcatraz an...

  • 同舟共济

    14-06-04 In ancient times, the people of the state of Wu and the people of the state of Yue had always been hostile to each other, which could be called feud(不和,争执) . But if they were on the same boat and encounter a storm, they would help each other...

  • The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman 8

    14-05-22 At night the whole town was filled with rejoicings, and with much pomp the Princess Haiatelnefous (this was the name of the king's daughter) was conducted to the palace of the Princess Badoura. Now Badoura had thought much of the difficulties of her...

  • Blind Crevasse

    14-04-17 Blind Crevasse Lisa Williams -- Polar explorer Richard Byrd Hand by hand, over blistering slivers(裂片) of ice scraping wrists and slithering(滑动) in ears, hand by hand, with ferocious(残忍的) delicacy, a furnace burning behind your efforts,...

  • In the torso of a great windstorm

    14-02-13 In the torso of a great windstorm Claire Kelly Odds and Ends, 1939 The wind makes everything alive. Without movement a subject is dead. Just look! -- Emily Carr Put your hand over a flashlight, watch it glow faerie(仙境) pink. Picture -- lit from...

  • one-handed food 单手食物

    13-12-13 One-handed food is food that is small enough to hold in one hand and is not messy to eat so that it can be consumed while driving or working. 单手食物是那种小块的可以单手拿住的食物,吃起来也不会弄得手黏糊糊的,在开车或工作时可以单手方便享用的食物。...