12-06-26 Chaucer was over seventy, but he was not convinced of his age. At a time he boasted: My physical strength is as strong as that I was young. The opposite person asked: What do you rely on? Chaucer said, There is a big stone roller in my compound. I c...

12-04-10 Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of the main road into town. Then he hid...

12-01-11 His presence led the conversation into other channels. He said little -- I do not recall anything of what he did say. I thought his voice singularly rich and melodious（悦耳的） , but it affected me in the same way as his eyes and smile. In a few mi...

11-12-28 A sudden wind pushed some dry leaves and twigs（小枝） from the uppermost（至上的） face of the stone; I saw the low relief letters of an inscription（题词，铭文） and bent to read it. God in heaven! My name in full! -- the date of my birth! -- the...

11-04-26 Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A pair of stone lions, a male and a female, can often be seen in front of the gates of traditional buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw resting on a ball, and the female on the right...

11-03-15 A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he began: My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, an...

10-11-19 Dr. Rohan Walvekar, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology（耳鼻喉科学） Head and Neck Surgery, Director of Clinical Research and the Salivary（唾液的） Endoscopy（内窥镜检查） Service at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has reported the first...

10-03-23 The ancient stone spheres（球体） of Costa Rica were made world-famous by the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark（夺宝奇兵） , when a mockup（实物模型） of one of the mysterious relics（遗迹） nearly crushed Indiana Jones. So perhaps John H...

09-09-30 At once there were fierce quarrels, each man clamouring to be the first to try his fortune, none doubting his own success. Then the Archbishop decreed that each should make the venture in turn, from the greatest baron to the least knight, and each i...

09-09-30 LONG years ago, there ruled over Britain a King called Uther Pendragon. A mighty prince was he, and feared by all men; yet, when he sought the love of the fair Igraine of Cornwall, she would have naught to do with him, so that, from grief and disapp...