13-04-23 Under the scorching sun, an old man sat by the bank staring at the buoy（浮标） on the river. From dawn to dusk he still got nothing in his hands. However, the old man was happy at ease. I felt so puzzled about it. The old man said with a smile，Im...

13-04-09 A University of Alberta researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances. Working together with an international research team, U of A graduate student Scott Persons examined unusual claw...

13-03-06 The Nile river is the longest river in the world. It starts out in Lake Victoria, in the middle of Africa, and flows nearly four thousand miles north to the Mediterranean Sea.Lake Victoria, where the Nile starts, is the second largest fresh-water la...

13-02-27 I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died. But it was Cold in that w...

12-09-20 There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass（黄铜） , and the other was made of clay. When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one. So, the brass pot cried out,...

12-08-27 A long-standing mystery in biology about the longer lifespans of bigger creatures may be explained by the application of a physical law called the Constructal Law. What this law proposes is that anything that flows -- a river, bloodstream or highway...

12-08-27 So long as you have put a great deal of effort, you can grind an iron rod into a needle-perseverance spells success. This legend is about Li Bai, a great poet in Tang Dynasty. Li Bai was naughty and disliked study when he was a child. One day he saw...

12-08-15 An old tiger lives in the forest. He does not want to look for food. He often tells other animals to bring him something to eat. One day He sees a monkey and says, I'm hungry, monkey. Go to the village and bring me a fat pig. Oh, Tiger, says the mon...

12-08-10 A freshwater snail declared extinct in 2000 was recently rediscovered in the Cahaba River by a University of Alabama graduate student. Details of the discovery by Nathan Whelan, a doctoral student in UA's department of biological sciences, will publ...

12-07-04 When will there be no more moon and spring flowers 春花秋月何时了， For me who had so many memorable hours? 往事知多少。 My attic which last night in vernal wind did stand 小楼昨夜又东风， Reminds cruelly of the lost moonlit land. 故国不堪回首月明中...