The RiddleOnce upon a time... A King's son once had a great desire to travel through the world, so he started off, taking no one with him but one trusty servant. One day he came to a great forest, and as evening drew on he could find no shelter, and...
little mermaid的故事The following is an annotated version of the fairy tale. I recommend reading the entire story before exploring the annotations, especially if you have not read the tale recently. FAR out in the ocean, where the water is as blue...
The Red DragonA long long time ago most of the animals on earth looked very different from how they look now. Some were thinner, some were taller and some had more legs than they have today. The Rhinoceros and the Hippopotamus were very vain and alwa...
The Giants SecretLong ago there was a king who had a very brave son. One day the son told his father, Father, I am going to roam the world in search of adventures.The king did not want to grant his son permission to do so, but the prince insisted so...
Rabbit the hunterOne day Rabbit took his bow and arrow and went hunting. He left the house where he lived with his grandmother and hopped through the forest, happyto be out and about. Suddenly he saw huge footprintsin the track. Wow! Check out the si...
How the First Head Was TakenOne day the Moon, who was a woman named Kabigat, sat out in the yard making a large copper pot. The copper was still soft and pliable like clay, and the woman squatted on the ground with the heavy pot against her knees whi...
A rarity among biathletes, Myriam Bdard competed as a figure skater until she was twelve years old. When women's biathlon was introduced to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games, Bdard earned a bronze medal at 15km. In Lillehammer, she took a gold me...
Emil Ztopek began his illustrious Olympic career by running the 10,000m at the 1948 London Games. He took the lead during the tenth of 25 laps. Eventually he lapped all but two runners and won by more than 300m. Only three days later, Ztopek ran in t...
Bob Beamon established himself as the favourite in the 1968 long jump by winning 22 of 23 meets in the pre-Olympic season. He almost met with disaster in the qualifying round. After fouling his first two attempts, he had only one try left. His teamma...
Have the Olympic Games ever been held in your country? Have the Olympic Games ever been held in your city? Right now, people who live in London are getting ready for the 2012 Olympics next year. London has already hosted the Olympics twice before and...
春天种子，夏天粽子，春种忙，忙来春风得意，夏粽香，香来粽得圆满。又是一年端午，祝你：事业如春风，得意！爱情如夏粽，圆满！节日快乐！ 天很蓝，包裹着晴朗，很甜，海很蓝，包裹...
五月一日是众所周知的国际劳动节，那么你们知道其实这是一个与法国有关的日子。五月一日在英语里叫做May Day，把这两个单词连起来写就是mayday，mayday是遇险的飞机、船只等使用的国际无线...
英国政府考虑把法定假日五一劳动节挪到10月，并更名为英国节或特拉法尔加节，以促进旅游业。负责旅游事务的部长官员说，新节日设在秋天，不仅能促进旅游业发展，还能让我们所有人专注...
As with almost all Christian holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication. 和其它基督教节日一样，复活节正慢慢被世俗和被...
复活节的由来按《圣经?马太福音》的说法，耶稣基督在十字架上受刑死后的第三天复活，因而把春分节(3月20日或3月21日)当日见到满月或过了春分见到第一个满月之后，遇到的第一个星期日设...
