14-03-26 Saint Lucy Saturday was a busy and a happy time to Jack, for in the morning Mr. Acton came to see him, having heard the story overnight, and promised to keep Bob's secret while giving Jack an acquittal（赦免，履行） as public as the reprimand had be...

14-03-12 What are you so happy about? a woman asked the 98-year-old man. I broke a mirror, he replied. But that means seven years of bad luck. I know. he said, beaming,Isn't it wonderful? 你高兴什么？一个女士问一个98岁的老人。 我打碎了一个镜子。他回答。 但那...

14-02-20 I think of myself as the happiest person whenever I walk into a room, and most people notice my smile right away. Here are 20 ways you can find yourself as happy as I am. 每当我进入一个房间的时候，我总是认为自己是最幸福的人，大部分的人都会立刻注意到...

14-01-26 Being in charge has its perks: More money, more control, more power. And apparently, more job satisfaction. 处于领导阶层有其特别的好处：更高的薪水，更大的控制力，更多权利，更明显的是更高的工作满意度。 On Thursday, the Pew Research Centerreleased dat...

13-12-18 There was once a wizard who used to take the form of a poor man, and went to houses and begged, and caught pretty girls. No one knew whither he carried them, for they were never seen more. One day he appeared before the door of a man who had three p...

13-10-28 Ward No. 1 For some days, nothing was seen and little was heard of the dear sufferers, as the old ladies called them. But they were not forgotten; the first words uttered when any of the young people met were: How is Jack? Seen Jill yet? and all wai...

13-10-28 A Postscript My Dear S.: - As inquiries like your own have come to me from various friendly readers of the Sketches, I will answer them en masse and in printed form, as a sort of postscript to what has gone before. One of these questions was, Are th...

13-10-25 In Bloomberg View, Megan McArdle discusses new research that shows that the more couples pool their money, the happier their marriage is. 据《彭博观点》报道，梅甘麦卡德尔在他的新研究中发现：夫妻共同为家庭账户存的钱越多，他们的婚姻越幸福。 These effe...

13-10-17 精彩对白 Mom: Lon is on his way here. I'm afraid your father spilled the beans about Noah, and when Lon didn't hear from you again last night, he decided to come. Allie: Well, that's great. That's just terrific. You, me, Noah and Lon, one big happy...

13-10-10 Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the war...