• Work: A Story of Experience - Chapter 14

    21-01-24 DAVID. MR. POWER received Christie so hospitably that she felt at home at once, and took up her new duties with the energy of one anxious to repay a favor. Her friend knew well the saving power of work, and gave her plenty of it; but it was a sort t...

  • In the Place des Vosges

    15-08-18 In the Place des Vosges William Wenthe Hid below the rooflines' ridge, the sun had raised a sort of alpenglow along the brick facades across the square. Eyes down, reading, I was unaware, until the ring, forgotten on my hand, began to glow; with ros...

  • A Month of Sundays

    15-01-15 A Month of Sundays Kathleen Hellen In the exaggerated light of perigee I pitter-patter to the bus stop in my flip-flops. The minute lengthening like a fenced-in shadow on a lit-up field ... the diamond sparkling, the trees like silent sentries I can...

  • The wolf and his shadow

    14-10-17 A wolf, who was roaming about on plain when the sun was getting low in the sky, was much impressed by the size of his shadow, and said to himself, I had no idea I was so big. Fancy my being afraid of a lion! Why, I, not be, ought to be King of the b...

  • The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor 9

    14-06-20 When I had somewhat recovered I began to examine the spot in which I found myself, and truly it seemed to me that I had reached a garden of delights. There were trees everywhere, and they were laden with flowers and fruit, while a crystal stream wan...

  • 畏影恶迹

    14-05-09 A person feared his own shadow and loathed(讨厌) his own footprints, and wanted to leave behind his shadow and footprints very much. So he ran faster and faster, and left more and more footprints. And his shadow chased him faster and faster. But h...

  • The Dog and His Shadow

    14-03-10 Once there was a dog in a village. He stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop and ran off with it. He wanted to eat it at home. On his way home he came to a narrow bridge over a stream. As he was crossing the bridge, he looked down and saw his o...

  • data shadow 数据影子

    13-01-24 A data shadow refers to the sum of all the small traces of information that an individual leaves behind through everyday activities. A data shadow is a minute pieces of data created when someone emails, updates social media profiles, swipes a credit...

  • 苏格兰茶馆监控录像中发现鬼魂

    12-07-07 A CAFE owner has called in the ghost-hunters after claiming to have seen a spirit on his security camera. 一名茶馆老板称他在其店内监控录像中发现了鬼魂,遂请人捉鬼。 The 'ghost' in the tearoom, shown circled in red Chills went down Dan Clifford's spi...

  • 科学家拍摄到单个原子的影子照片

    12-07-04 In an international scientific breakthrough, a Griffith University research team has been able to photograph the shadow of a single atom for the first time. We have reached the extreme limit of microscopy(显微镜学) ; you can not see anything small...