In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired to build a spectacular[壮观的] bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge-building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling...
Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window a...
这就是我们每个人的故事。这颗树就是我们的父母。小时候,我们喜欢和爸爸妈妈玩长大后,我们就离开他们,只在需要什么东西或者遇到麻烦的时候,才回到他们身边。无论如何,父母永远都在那儿,倾其所有使你快乐。你可能认为这个男孩对树很残酷,但这就是我们每个人对待...
人身上最重要的部位是什么呢?或许每个人都会有自己不同的答案:有的人选择脑;有的人选择眼;有的人选择手。但是你为什么选择这个答案呢?仔细思考一下,也许你能和下面这篇文章的作者一样,获得一个让别人感到诧异的答案。 My mother used to ask me what is the mos...
A long time ago there was a king and queen who said every day, Ah, if only we had a child, but they never had one. And finally the queen had a little girl who was so pretty that the king could not contain his joy, and ordered a great feast. When it...
Once upon a time as a merchant set off for the market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The third, whose name was Beauty 一 the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all 一 said to her father: A...
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. 有一天,世界上的五颜六色彼此争吵了起来,每一个颜色都声称自己是最好的。 Green said: Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope....
In the winter of 1845, a poor little girl tried to sell matches in the streets for her family. It was a cold, cold evening. It was snowing and people in horse carriages and in the streets did not notice the little girl... - Not until the next mornin...
竹子,在中国传统文化中,一直是清秀俊逸、高洁无华的象征。 小时候,一直觉得是竹子那高雅的姿态和纤秀的外表让苏东坡吟出宁可食无肉,不可居无竹。无肉令人瘦,无竹令人俗。这样的句子。直至慢慢长大,能静下心来细细观察竹子,才真正领会到:竹子的高雅并非在于它摇...
讲到遗传学,我们不能不提孟德尔。他的研究奠定了遗传学和现代生命科学的基...