The Horse and the Ass The Horse and the Ass A horse and an ass were traveling together. The horse was prancing along in its beautiful trappings, but the ass was carrying the heavy ...

Cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴；白费好意 To Cast pearls before swine的意思是“珍珠头在猪猡前面”。swine是个旧词，书面词，即今为pigs,不过swine单复同行，本句为复数。 这个成语源自...

放下玻璃杯 玻璃杯 A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, ”How heavy do you think this glass of wat...

福尔摩斯探案全集 概述1887，福尔摩斯初次登场 Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first two stories, short novels,appeared in Beeton\'s...

"国际六一儿童节"的来历 Happy Children\'s Day 每年的6月1日是国际六一儿童节，这一天是全世界小朋友们的节日。那你知道这个节日的由来吗？常见的有2种说法，我们一起来了解下吧！ ...

中国日报2014年度十大双语新闻热词 2014年我们经历了很多。马航飞机失联牵动万千民众的心，埃博拉病毒蔓延，各国伸援手共同抗击；庆丰包子铺的习总套餐曾在相当长一段时间内被人们津津乐道，而...

Seven Habits of Highly Effctive Teen active teens 1 Be proactiveand take responsibleility for your life 2 Begin with the end in mind,what are your goal in life? 3 Put first th...

白衣女人 作者简介 威尔基·柯林斯(1824—1889)出生于伦敦，早年曾当律师，后开始从事文艺创作。十九世纪英国著名的悬念小说家。 威尔基·柯林斯写作背景 作者结识了狄更斯，从此两人成为莫逆之...

快乐的秘诀 大家Once there lived a king of great strength and wealth.Yet he was not happy.He told his servants to find him things to make him happy,but each came back saying,\'Notin...

夏日女孩 Girls of Summer 夏日女孩 We lived on the banks of the Tennessee River, and we owned the summers when we were girls. We ran wild through humid summer days that never ended ...