13-05-02 The first time you meet someone, in the first moment you form an impression in your mind of that person. Your reactions to other people, however, are really just barometers（气压计） for how you perceive yourself. Your reactions to others say more a...

13-03-21 Dentist: Please stop howling. I haven't even touched your tooth yet. Patient: I know. But you are standing on my foot! 牙医：请不要再叫了，我都还没有挨着你的牙齿啊！ 病人：但是，亲，你可知道，你踩到我脚了！！！...

12-10-23 It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous（极凶恶的） than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot ex...

12-09-10 French First Lady Valrie Trierweiler on Wednesday won damages from a magazine for putting photographs of her in a bikini on its front cover, even though she works for a rival glossy that published the same pictures. 本周三，法国一家杂志因在封面刊登...

12-08-04 A New Zealand kayaker made the semi-finals of the men's slalom at the Olympics despite being given a two-second penalty by his mother who is a judge at the games. 新西兰一位奥运男子皮划艇激流回旋比赛选手昨天闯进了半决赛，但在比赛中，他因犯规被身为裁...

12-06-01 At a court the judge is interrogating a mugger（行凶抢劫者） but gets into difficulty because the mugger is a foreigner who doesn't speak English. Don't you speak English at all? the judge asks. Only a few words, replies the mugger. What words do yo...

12-04-06 Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the merchant of death, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a US judge. 武器商人威克特布特，号称死亡商人，被一位美国法官判处25年监禁。 During the sentencing, the ex-Soviet officer shouted it's a lie as the prosec...

11-12-20 In court a judge asked the witness, How old are you? I mean, really, how old are you? And remember, you're under oath（宣誓） so tell the truth. The woman replied, I'm twenty one and some months. The judge said, Be specific: how many months? So she...

11-12-13 A judge asked our group of potential jurors whether anyone should be excused, and one man raised his hand. I can't hear out of my left ear, the man told the judge. Can you hear out of your right ear? the judge asked. The man nodded his head. You'll...

11-10-07 In a courtroom, the judge sentenced a criminal to thirty years in prison and the prisoner said, But Sir, I wont live that long! So the judge replied, Don't worry, just do what you can! 在法庭上，法官宣判某个罪犯要服三十年徒刑。犯人说：不过庭上，我活...