12-02-07 It was the night before the day fixed for his coronation（加冕礼） , and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber. His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage...

11-12-14 In the Han Dynasty, there was an official called Yang Yun who was both capable（有才华的） and honest. Commenting on the assassination of a king of a small state, he said, If a king refuses to follow the advice of a wise minister, he will suffer an...

11-08-02 George Ⅲ asked the once wellknown wit, Horne Tooke,whether he could play cards. Your Majesty, replied Tooke, I am a mere childwhere cards are concerned. I cannot even tell a King from a Knave. 乔治三世问一度大名鼎鼎的才子霍恩图克，会不会玩纸牌。 陛...

11-06-26 A king had three sons whom he loved equally well, and he did not know which of them to appoint as king following his own death. When the time came for him to die he called them to his bed and said, Dear children, I have thought of something that I w...

11-06-22 A king had a daughter who was beautiful beyond all measure, but at the same time so proud and arrogant that no suitor was good enough for her. She rejected one after the other, ridiculing them as well. Once the king sponsored a great feast and invit...

11-06-19 Demonstrations are expected later in Moroccan cities after reformists said constitutional changes proposed by King Mohammed VI do not go far enough. 摩洛哥改革者称，国王穆罕默德六世提出的宪法改革力度不大，各大城市将会举行示威活动。 King Mohammed VI...

11-06-19 A poor man, presenting himself before the King of Spain, asked his charity, telling him that he was his brother. Thinking desiring to know how he claimed kindred（家族，亲属关系） to him, the poor fellow replied, We are all descended from one common...

11-06-15 In past times there were a king and a queen, who said every day, Oh, if only we had a child! but they never received one. Then it happened one day while the queen was sitting in her bath, that a frog crept out of the water onto the ground and said t...

11-03-02 A Postscript by Clarence I, CLARENCE, must write it for him. He proposed that we two go out and see if any help could be accorded（符合，一致） the wounded. I was strenuous（紧张的，奋发的） against the project. I said that if there were many, we co...

10-11-27 Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton should be Britain's next king and queen, not the heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, two polls showed on Saturday. 周六发布的两项民意调查显示，民众认为英国下一...