20 A Curious Decision 奇妙的载决 A poor chimney-sweeper, who had not enough money to buy a meal, stopped one hot summer day at noon before an eating-house, and remained regaling his nose with the smell of the victuals. The master of the shop tol...
19 Choosing An Occupation 选择职业 Hodeslea, Eastbourne, 伊斯特本，荷达斯里亚 November 5, 1892 一八九二年十一月五日 Dear Sir, I am very sorry that the pressure of other occupations has prevented me from sending an earlier repl...
18 Spring 春天 Thomas Nashe 托马斯纳什 Spring, the sweet Spring, is the years pleasant king(1); Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting(2), the pretty birds do sing(3), Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!(4) T...
17 A little Girl 小女孩 Watts-Dunton Theodore 西奥多瓦茨邓顿 Sitting on a grassy grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.(1) With her head bent back(2) she was gazing up at the sky and singing, while one of her li...
16 Animal And Machine 动物与机器 The body of an animal may well be compared with(1) some machine like a locomotive engine. Indeed, the animal body is a machine. It is a machine composed of(2) many parts, each part doing some particular kind of w...
15 Address at Gettysburg 葛提斯堡演说 Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕林肯 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equ...
14 Who Loves His Country （1）爱国志士 Nancy Byrd Turner 南希伯德特纳 Who Loves His Country Who loves his country will not rest Content with(2) vow and pledge alone, But flies her banner in his breast And counts her destiny his own(3) --...
13 Happy Life at a Tavern 小客栈的乐趣 James Boswell 詹姆斯鲍斯韦尔 We dined at an excellent inn at Chapelhouse(2), where Dr. Johnson expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns, and triumphed over(3) the French for not...
12 Accepting the Command of the Army 受命统率全军 George Washington 乔治华盛顿 You may believe me, when I assure you in the most solemn manner that, so far from(2) seeking this employment, I have used every effort in my power to avoid it,...
11 Night in the open world 露天世界的夜晚 Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特路易斯斯蒂文森 Night is a dead and monotonous period under a roof(1); but in the open world(2) it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the ho...
