咖啡与枪共存 星巴克 Dale Welch走进位于弗吉尼亚州的一家星巴克，腰上别着手枪的他点了一杯香蕉星冰乐外加一份肉桂小面包。他称至少有一位顾客忍不住再次打量了一下他的枪，但咖啡师们并未做出...

7 Ways to Make Your Brain Better, Faster, Smarter Brain 1. Move It Quick -- what\'s the No. 1 thing you can do for your brain\'s health? Differential calculus, you say? Chess? Chao...

解读葡萄酒瓶上的标签 Say you\'re in the wine store and you want to buy something new. You have nothing to go by outside of the label. Will the label tell you anything you should kn...

I will live this day as if it is my last 英文原文 I will live this day as if it is my last. 奥格·曼狄诺 And what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping...

She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways 原诗欣赏 She dwelt among the untrodden ways by William Wordsworth She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom ther...

完璧归赵 完璧归赵 中文 完璧归赵 战国时候，赵王得到了一块名贵宝玉“和氏璧”。这件事情让秦国大王知道了，他就写了封信，派人去见赵王，说秦王愿意用十五座城来换那块宝玉。 赵王看了信，心...

A Procrustean Bed A Procrustean Bed直译是“普洛克路斯贰斯的床”，源自古希腊神话的典故。 在雅典国家奠基者(Theseus)的传说中，从墨加拉到雅典途中有个非常残暴的强盗，叫达玛斯贰斯，绰号...

抽象名词 An Abstract Noun Teacher: What\'s an abstract noun, Jane? Jane: I don\'t know, madam. Teacher: What, you don\'t know! Well. It\'s the name of a thing which you can think o...

美国俚语集锦 1.apple-polisher马屁精. 例如Sheisarealapple-polisherforthewayshe\'scrawlingaroundthebossandmakingeyesathim. (她是一个马屁精整天围着老板眉来眼去的) 2.asbusyasabee象蜜蜂...

Five balls of life Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of th...