11-03-29 Stigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world, even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That's according to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity to be published in the April iss...
11-03-29 A long time go, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was wrinkled, and that was why his friends called him Mr. Vinegar. His wife was also little and old, and they lived in a little old cottage...
11-03-17 When Rose came out of her chamber, cup in hand, next morning, the first person she saw was Uncle Alec standing on the threshold of(在的开端) the room opposite, which he appeared to be examining with care. When he heard her step, he turned about an...
11-03-15 Tiresias was a blind, darkseeing prophet(先知) of Thebes. He was struck with blindness in his youth, because he had spied unwittingly on the goddess Athena. He was wandering in the woods one day when quite unexpectedly he saw anaked maiden bathing...
11-03-15 A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one...
11-03-11 Throughout much of our civilization's history and in various parts of the world, those with limited options (historically women) have been seeking wealthy partners who can provide for them, prioritizing financial security over other factors, like ro...
11-03-09 It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition(野心,抱负) . It would probably be a kinder world: without demands, without abrasions(擦伤,磨损) , without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did wo...
11-03-05 The home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle is the most flirtatious city of the modern world, a new study showed on Monday. 周一发布的一项新调查显示,苏格拉底、柏拉图和亚里士多德的故乡雅典当选为现代世界中的最轻浮城市。 Athens topped a World Flirtation...
11-02-23 A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an unrecognizable world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. 上周日,研究人员在一个大型美国科学会议上警告说,随着地球人口越来越多...
11-02-23 A generation ago young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to be the next Oscar winner or celebrity pop star. 三十年前,年轻人都渴望成为律师或者医生。现在的年轻人则梦想成为下一位奥斯卡奖得主或成为流行歌星。 But one universit...