• The spendthrift and the swallow 败家子和燕子

    15-05-15 A spendthrift, who had wasted his fortune, and had nothing left but the clothes in which he stood, saw a swallow one fine day in early spring. Thinking that summer had come, and that he could now do without his coat, he went and sold it for what it...

  • The Last Rose of Summer

    14-09-26 This last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, to reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one! To pine on the stem; S...

  • American Tragedy 美国悲剧 chapter 20

    14-09-11 The home of Samuel Griffiths in Lycurgus, New York, a city of some twenty-five thousand inhabitants midwaybetween Utica and Albany. Near the dinner hour and by degrees the family assembling for its customary meal. On this occasion the preparations w...

  • split skirts 开叉裙

    14-09-02 Split skirts are the best way to show just the right amount of skin. They are chic and modern, and the peek-a-boo glances of legs underneath give a hint of sexiness for the summer. 开叉裙能恰到好处地露出皮肤,漂亮又时尚。美腿在裙摆撩起的时候若隐若现...

  • 暑期工作有利孩子成长

    14-07-08 A new UBC Sauder School of Business study shows that teenagers who work at summer or evening jobs gain a competitive advantage later in life. Developing early knowledge of the working world and how to manage in it, they are more likely to find good...

  • Shade in the street 大街上的阴凉处

    14-07-02 It was a very hot day in the middle of summer, and there no trees along the street. Mr Smith closed his shop at half past five, went out into the street and walked to the bus. He was very fat. The sun shone straight down the street and in a few minu...

  • 夏季的温馨采浆果

    14-06-30 Sweet, wild berries plucked from roadside patches are a delightful side benefit of camping. Each summer, my husband Bob and I would send the kids off with their little metal buckets and the next day we would all enjoy the fruits of their labor: rasp...

  • Generous husband 慷慨的老公

    14-05-09 In order to prevent myself from being burnt by the hot sun in summer, I talked again and again with my husband that we should buy a car of our own. In the evening. I tried to persuade my husband and said: Everyday I have to go to work by bike in the...

  • Entrance

    14-04-17 Entrance William Greenway It's one of those days you wait for all summer as if all your life. Cool air has come blowing all day, flickering(闪烁) tired green leaves. You're so happy you could cry, and do, don't even care if the drugstore's out of...

  • Ant and grasshopper

    14-02-24 On a cold, frosty day an ant was dragging out some of the corn which he had laid up in the summertime, to dry it. A grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of to preserve his life. What were you doing, said the...