16-05-06 One day, the teacher inquired Peter: How much is four minus four? Peter was tongue-tired. The teacher got angry and said: What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what...

16-02-18 It was late next morning when Oliver awoke, from a sound, long sleep. There was no other person in the room but the old Jew, who was boiling some coffee in a saucepan for breakfast, and whistling softly to himself as he stirred it round and round, w...

16-02-05 Ever wonder why there's a teeny-tiny pocket above the regular ones in the front of your jeans? Or, more likely, have you ever gotten your thumb stuck in there due to its teeny-tiny smallness? Well, wonder no longer. 有没有想过，牛仔裤口袋上方的迷你...

15-04-28 A very small and rare species of shark is swimming its way through scientific literature. But don't worry, the chances of this inches-long vertebrate biting through your swimsuit is extremely slim, because if you ever spotted one you'd be the third...

14-09-28 FOR several subsequent days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the mornings he seemed much engaged with business, and, in the afternoon, gentlemen from Millcote or the neighbourhood called, and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his sprain was w...

14-06-12 A businessman enters a tavern（酒馆，客栈） , sits down at the bar, and orders a double martini on the rocks. After he finishes the drink, he peeks inside his shirt pocket, and then orders the bartender（酒保） to prepare another double martini. Aft...

12-08-21 One day, the teacher inquired of Peter: How much is four minus four? Peter was tongue-tied. The teacher got angry and said: What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now wh...

12-07-09 Pocket skills are skills that are needed in all workplaces, such as thinking skill and communications skill, no matter what industry you are in. For instance, thinking skill may help you quickly get the main idea of a report, point out the drawbacks...

12-01-10 On the bus a man discovered a pickpocket's hand thrust into his pocket. sorry, he said to the pickpocket（扒手） , you are too late. My wife did it before you. 在公共汽车上一人发现一个小偷把手伸到了他的口袋里。 对不起，他对小偷说，你太晚了，我妻子在...

11-08-18 The teacher is asking an arithmetic question: Jack, if you found three dollars in your right pocket and two dollars in your left pocket, what would you have? I must have somebody else's pants on. 老师正在问一道算术题：杰克，如果你在你右边口袋里发现...