A Charcoal-burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a fuller（漂洗工） , and entreated（恳求，请求） him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping...
He strode the length of the nursery walkway, inhaling the heady（兴奋的） scent. To an untrained eye, the rows of methodically labeled roses might look identical. But Monsieur Francis Meilland knew better. As a rose breeder, he had dedicated his...
An Archer（射手座，弓箭手） , hunting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. At last the Tiger stoo...
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the curb（抑制，路边） , across the street from where she worked, and waited for her. As I looked outside the car window to...
Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning（狡猾的） in order to protect themselves from him. The wolf answered, If I could see a man...
My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the countryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home br...
THE LIFE and History of Aesop is involved, like that of Homer, the most famous of Greek poets, in much obscurity（朦胧，阴暗） . Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chi...
Long ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy liked to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadowhe loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went bythe little boy ha...
It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: Don't give money to panh andlers（乞丐） . So I s...
Easter（复活节） Sunday was a cloudy but festive day in Memorial Park for about 100 kids from local orphanages（孤儿院）. An Easter egg hunt started at 10 a.m. when a fire engine blasted its horn. Boys and girls, ranging in age from 2 to 6,...
