14-06-17 A teenager lost a contact lens while playing basketball in his driveway. After a fruitless search, he told his mother the lens was nowhere to be found. Undaunted（勇敢的） , she went outside and in a few minutes, returned with the lens in her hand....

14-06-12 Tom, what's the matter with your brother? asked the mother in the kitchen. He's crying. Oh, nothing, Mum, replied Tom. I'm eating my cake. He is crying because I won't give him any. But has he finished his own cake? Yes. said Tom. And he also cried...

14-06-11 The next day she will complain to her mother of the way she has been treated, which will fill my heart with joy. Her mother will come to seek me, and, kissing my hands with respect, will say, My lord (for she could not dare to risk my anger by using...

14-05-30 Ahead of another possible presidential run, Hillary Clinton is opening up about her life in a new memoir, Hard Choices, set to be published next month. 在新一轮的总统竞选前期，希拉里克林顿在她新的自传《艰难抉择》中披露了她的个人生活。 And in an exce...

14-05-28 After supper, the parents were busy playing mah-jong with the guests. At this point the mother thought of something and said to her son who was watching TV, Honey, go see if the kitchen light is on or not? After a while, her son returned and said, M...

14-05-19 Are we poisonous? the young snake asked his mother. Yes, dear, she replied, Why do you ask? Cause I've just bitten my tongue! 我们有毒吗？一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。 是的，亲爱的，她回答说，你问这个干什么？ 因为我刚刚咬破自己的舌头。...

14-05-14 Acting forthwith on this decision she ordered two little slaves during her absence to watch over the beautiful Persian, and not to allow Noureddin to enter should he come. She had no sooner gone than he arrived, and not finding his mother in her apa...

14-05-11 日前一名男子意外成为13只小鸭的妈妈，因为他是这些小鸭破壳而出时看到的第一个移动的东西。 A man accidentally became a mother to 13 ducklings when their eggs hatched and he was the first moving object they saw. The process, known as imprinting, is a for...

14-04-14 A young girl was asked by her mother, What do you want to be when you grow up? The girl replied, I want to be an old maid. Her mother was surprised to hear that, and said, Oh,dear, why? The girl said, I don't think I would like to kiss a man so many...

14-04-11 英国某地议会误将5.2万英镑汇入了一名年轻女子的银行账户里，之后该女子便进行了马拉松式的疯狂消费。 A young woman went on a marathon shopping spree hours（疯狂购物） after a bungling（笨拙的） council accidentally credited her bank account with 52,000,...