• The Invention of Death

    14-05-19 The Invention of Death Gregory Djanikian Nothing was so mysterious as your body coming to a close, the winches(绞盘) of your arms and legs slackening(使缓慢) , your mouth loosened. You were lying under a white coverlet(被单,床罩) as if under...

  • Ezra Becoming Kosher

    14-05-19 Ezra Becoming Kosher Eleanor Stanford What's memory but a shucked oyster, salt rimed and shivering? At one and a half, he pointed at the ceiling fan, said rotate, as though his mouth was origin of some first turning. So many rules to be a Jew, my mo...

  • TV face 电视脸

    14-01-22 TV face is a condition in which a person's face becomes too relaxed from starting the same thing too long (watching TV). 电视脸是一个人看同一个电视节目看太久而变得太过松弛的脸部表情。 Symptoms are: open mouth, dropped jaw, eyes glazed over and occas...

  • 人与赛特

    13-11-29 A man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the man put his fingers to his mouth and blew opon them. What's that for, my friend? asked the Satyr. My hands are so cold, said the man, I...

  • 塞舌尔岛有种青蛙用口腔听声音

    13-09-03 Gardiner's frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum(鼓膜,耳膜) yet can croak(呱呱地叫) themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team of scientists using X-r...

  • 日本公司发明橡皮嘴唇 随时随地美容

    13-07-14 日本一家公司研发了一款随时随地都能使用的美容神器橡皮嘴唇,每天只要戴上这个嘴唇练习元音发音3分钟,就能达到提升脸部肌肉和祛除眼周皱纹的功效。 By using the gadget users strengthen was are described as the '12 expression muscles' The lengths people are...

  • “关照”的翻译

    13-05-08 关照的汉语意思 关照在汉语中有两个意思,一是表示关心、照顾,译成英语通常可以是look after或keep an eye on;二是表示口头通知,译成英语通常可以是notify by word of mouth。 关照的英语翻译 1. 答谢所受到的关照 to acknowledge a favor 2. 对年长亲戚的关照 care...

  • Word of mouse 网络口碑

    12-04-17 Word of mouse is an electronic version of the time-tested idea of word of mouth. Numerous advertisers have jumped on the word of mouse bandwagon, using a variety of innovative techniques to get their message out to consumers, and businesses all over...

  • I Understand Him 我懂他的话

    11-07-04 While eating in a restaurant, I reprimanded(谴责,责难) my four-year-old son for speaking with his mouth full . Mump umn Kmpfhm, was all I heard. Drew, I scolded, no one can understand a word you're saying. He says he wants some ketchup(番茄酱)...

  • Only Once

    10-11-18 A novice(初学者,新手) lion tamer(驯狮者) was being interviewed. I understand your father was also a lion tamer, the reporter queried. Yes, he was, the man replied. Do you actually put your head in the lion's mouth? I did it only once, said the...