日期：2014-07-23 Do not be so angry, my good man, replied the Calender; we should be very sorry to displease you; so the quarrel was smoothed over（消除，缓和） , and supper began in good earnest. When the Calenders had satisfied their hunger, they offered to play t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-23 In the reign of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived at Bagdad a porter who, in spite of his humble calling, was an intelligent and sensible man. One morning he was sitting in his usual place with his basket before him, waiting to be hired, whe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 Nay, Sindbad. Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches; I will rather add to them, for I desire that you shall not leave my kingdom without some tokens of my good will. He then commanded his officers to provide me with a suitable lodging at his... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 Sixth Voyage It must be a marvel to you how, after having five times met with shipwreck and unheard of perils, I could again tempt fortune and risk fresh trouble. I am even surprised myself when I look back, but evidently it was my fate to rove, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 When I had somewhat recovered I began to examine the spot in which I found myself, and truly it seemed to me that I had reached a garden of delights. There were trees everywhere, and they were laden with flowers and fruit, while a crystal stream wan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 Here I lived in darkness and misery until my provisions（食品，预备） were exhausted, but just as I was nearly dead from starvation the rock was rolled away overhead and I saw that a bier（棺材，尸架） was being lowered into the cavern, and that the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 For seven days I hurried on, resting only when the darkness stopped me, and living chiefly upon cocoanuts, which afforded me both meat and drink, and on the eighth day I reached the seashore and saw a party of white men gathering pepper, which grew... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 When the sun rose I crept down from the tree with hardly a hope of escaping the dreadful fate which had over-taken my comrades; but life is sweet, and I determined to do all I could to save myself. All day long I toiled with frantic（狂乱的） haste... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 Turning away from the sea we wandered miserably inland, finding as we went various herbs and fruits which we ate, feeling that we might as well live as long as possible though we had no hope of escape. Presently we saw in the far distance what seeme... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 It was a huge piece of fresh meat, and as I stared at it several more pieces rolled over the cliffs in different places. I had always thought that the stories the sailors told of the famous valley of diamonds, and of the cunning way which some merch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 The next day Hindbad, dressed in his best, returned to the voyager's house, and was received with open arms. As soon as all the guests had arrived the banquet（宴会） began as before, and when they had feasted long and merrily, Sindbad addressed the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 From time to time we landed at various islands, where we sold or exchanged our merchandise（商品，货物） , and one day, when the wind dropped suddenly, we found ourselves becalmed（平静的） close to a small island like a green meadow, which only ros... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 IN the times of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid there lived in Bagdad a poor porter named Hindbad, who on a very hot day was sent to carry a heavy load from one end of the city to the other. Before he had accomplished half the distance he was so tired... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 Worshipful sir, he began, this Mussulman whom you desire to hang is unworthy of death; I alone am guilty. Last night a man and a woman who were strangers to me knocked at my door, bringing with them a patient for me to cure. The servant opened it, b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 But when he had got over the first shock he began to think of some way out of the difficulty, and seizing the hunchback in his arms he carried him out into the street, and leaning him against the wall of a shop he stole back to his own house, withou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 In the kingdom of Kashgar, which is, as everybody knows, situated on the frontiers of Great Tartary, there lived long ago a tailor and his wife who loved each other very much. One day, when the tailor was hard at work, a little hunchback（驼背） cam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 He waited as he was told, but instead of the lady there entered a huge black slave with a sword in his hand. Approaching my brother with an angry countenance（面容，表情） he exclaimed, What business have you here? His voice and manner were so terri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 The next day she will complain to her mother of the way she has been treated, which will fill my heart with joy. Her mother will come to seek me, and, kissing my hands with respect, will say, My lord (for she could not dare to risk my anger by using... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 As long as our father lived Alnaschar was very idle（懒散的） . Instead of working for his bread he was not ashamed to ask for it every evening, and to support himself next day on what he had received the night before. When our father died, worn out... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 Twenty years passed by, and my brother was still living with the Barmecide, looking after his house, and managing his affairs. At the end of that time his generous benefactor（恩人，施主） died without heirs, so all his possessions went to the princ... 阅读全文>>