Lovell's next move was hard for even him to believe. 洛弗尔接下来的行为连他自己都难以相信。 He returned the guy's money and declared himself done with the swindler's life. 他把钱还给了那个人，并宣称从此金盆洗手。...
SIMON LOVELL WAS 31 and a professional con man who had spun the gambling tricks he'd learned from his grandfather into a lucrative business fleecing strangers. 西蒙洛弗尔今年31岁，是一名职业骗子，他把从祖父那里学来的赌博技...
A Norwegian man hired a friend to knock off a potential lover who didn't seem to share the man's ardor. 一名挪威男子雇佣了一位朋友，去杀一位似乎不怎么喜欢他的情人。 But then the would-be hit man got cold feet, so his pat...
A Pennsylvania man plagued by opossums in his yard set fire to a pile of leaves, hoping to scare off the marsupials. 宾夕法尼亚州一名男子在自家院子里被负鼠骚扰，他点燃了一堆树叶，希望吓跑负鼠。 We don't know whet...
I WAS IN A RESTAURANT having lunch when I noticed four men dressed in camouflage uniforms seated nearby. 我在一家餐馆吃午饭的时候，旁边四名身着迷彩服的男子吸引了我的注意。 I'm proud of the men and women who serve our...
5.THE LAST WALTZ 5.最后的华尔兹 What's the longest a lady should wait to be asked to a dance? 一个女人等待被邀请跳舞的时间最长是多久? For Rockford, Ohio, resident Delores Dennison, the answer is something north of 70 years. 对...
4.BREAKING A BARRIER 4.打破壁垒 In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman approached a high school in Charleston, Mississippi, 1997年，演员摩根弗里曼来到密西西比州查尔斯顿的一所高中， and offered to pay for its senior prom on one co...
3.PARTY AT THE WHITE HOUSE 3.白宫派对 In 1975, Susan Ford (above, center) accomplished something no other teenager in history could boast: 1975年，苏珊福特（上图中）完成了史无前例的事情： She persuaded her dadaka the preside...
2.PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CRASHER 2.派对上的不速之客 It takes guts to show up at a senior prom without a date. 没有约定就出现在毕业舞会上需要勇气。 Fortunately, when President John F. Kennedy crashed the John Burroughs Senior Pro...
DOES THINKING BACK to your senior prom still make you smileor make you queasy? 回想起高中毕业舞会，你是会笑还是会恶心? In either case, May is part of prom season, 不管怎样，五月属于毕业季， which makes this a good time...
