I was always a reader. As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and stayed up late reading with a flashlight. 我一直都喜欢读书。小时候，我每周都会去好几次图书馆，拿着手电筒熬夜看书。 I checked out so...
Fog rescues George Washington and a revolution. 雾拯救了乔治华盛顿和一场革命。 Despite the fireworks and celebrations every July 4th, the year 1776 was a dark one for the American Revolution. 尽管每年的7月4日都有烟花和庆祝，...
A clerical oversight makes Its a Wonderful Life a classic. 一个文书的疏忽使《生活多美好》成为一个经典。 Despite its reputation as one of the most cherished works in American cinema, Frank Capras 1946 film was a financial disaste...
A messy science lab harbors a miracle drug. 一间凌乱的科学实验室藏有一种神奇的药物。 In the summer of 1928, Scottish physician Alexander Fleming was in such a rush to go on vacation 1928年夏天，苏格兰医生亚历山大弗莱明...
A DAs slip about a glove flips the trial of the century. 地方检察官关于一只手套的口误颠覆了世纪审判。 It was bound to be a case for the ages even before the suspect parked his white Ford Bronco on that hot Los Angeles night in 1...
Dr. Seuss and Stephen King are rescued from the ash can of history. 苏斯博士和斯蒂芬金被从历史的灰烬中拯救出来。 Different though they may be, Stephen King and Dr. Seuss have two things in common. 尽管苏斯博士和斯蒂芬金...
A melted candy bar helps create the microwave oven. 一款融化的糖果促进了微波炉的发明。 Percy Spencer was so fascinated by the sinking of the Titanic that he became a scientist. 珀西斯宾瑟对泰坦尼克号的沉没非常着迷，以...
By making the hospital pay, I thought, maybe Lauras death would stand for something. 我想，通过让医院赔钱，也许劳拉的死能代表些什么。 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health turned up more patient-safety violations at So...
Even a month later, after the New York Times published my thank-you letter, 即使一个月后，在《纽约时报》刊登了我的感谢信后， no one had said a word to me about Laura being outside that door. And maybe they never would have. 没人...
On the surveillance video, you see Nurse X take one step outside, craning her neck as she peers into the predawn darkness. 在监控录像中，你可以看到X护士走出一步，伸着脖子凝视着黎明前的黑暗。 Laura was just about 70 fe...
