日期：2014-04-29 Once upon a time, there was a man named Ji Shengzi who raised fighting-cocks for the king. Every ten days the king asked him whether the cock has finished training. Ji Shengzi answered correspondingly, Not yet, he is still coxcombical（虚浮的） , pr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 An old Chinese man's wife got sick for a while, then died. They had been married for more than half a century without any children. After the old companion was gone, the old man felt very lonely. He took friends' advice and went to a pet shop to buy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 A carpenter（木匠） named Zi Qin explained how he made refined bell racks.： Before I made the bell racks, I dared not waste any of my essence and energy, and I would go on vegetarian diet to tranquilize（使镇定） my mind. Three days later I would h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-16 It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to find their way about on foot bu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-19 A rich man in the Qi Kingdom had two silly sons, but the rich man loved his sons very much and they were the apples of his eye. One day, a man named Ai Zi said to the rich man, Your sons are so stupid and know nothing about the world. How can they t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-10 On Fajiu Hill there grew a lot of mulberry（桑树） bushes. In the mulberry bushes lived a bird that looked like a crow, but had a colorful head, a white bill and two red claws. Its call sounded like its name: Jingwei. The bird was said to be Emperor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-10 Charles Dickens, the famous English novelist, wrote a great many books. He had a cat of which he was very fond. She was a fine Persian cat with pure white fur. One evening, as he was absorbed in reading one of his favorite books by a candle-light, t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-10 One day a negro went to a fish shop to buy some fish for his dinner. He picked up a fresh fish, and after examining it carefully, he held it up to his nose and smelled it. Hey! What's this? cried the master of the shop. Why do you smell that fish, d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-24 The serpent was more crafty（狡猾的） than any wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, Is it true that God has forbidden you to eat from any tree in the garden? The woman answered the serpent, We may eat the fruit of any tree... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-24 In the beginning of creation, when God made heaven and earth, the earth was without form and void（空的） , with darkness over the face of the abyss（深渊） , and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters. God said, 'Let there be light... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-24 We are told that in the beginning of the world all the people lived in one place. By and by, that part of the earth became very crowded, and many families began to move from place to place, looking for new homes. All the people moved into a country... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-24 There was once on a time an old king who was ill, and thought to himself, I am lying on what must be my death-bed. Then said he, Tell Faithful John to come to me. Faithful John was his favourite servant, and was so called, because he had for his who... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-14 Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their intelligence or treachery（背叛，变节） , Cao Cao is one of the foremost. One hot day, he marched out his troops under a burning sun in a mountainous area. Bewilderingly（令人... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-14 In the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived in Chu a person named Chu Zhuliang, who addressed himself as Lord Ye. It's said that this Lord Ye was very fond of dragons. The walls had dragons painted on them. The beams, pillars, doors and the windows... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-14 In the Han Dynasty in Qiancheng lived a man by the name of Dong Yong. His mother died when he was a child. While living with his father, he worked hard in the fields. Each time they went out, he would put his old father on a small cart and follow it... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-14 The sky and the earth were at first one blurred entity like an egg. Pangu was born into it. The separation of the sky and the earth took eighteen thousand years-the yang which was light and pure rose to become the sky, and the yin which was heavy an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-14 Long ago, there was a boy, clever, diligent and honest. Orphaned at an early age, he was very poor. However, he adopted an abandoned old buffalo, which proved to be very loyal and relieved him a lot from the hard labor in the fields. The two enjoyed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-10 It is now long ago, quite two thousand years, since there was a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and thhere was a rich man who ly. They had, however, no children, though they wished for them very much, and the woman prayed for them day a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-10 A farmer once had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old, and lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer hold anything fast. One day the farmer was standing with his wife before the house-door, and said, To-morrow I intend to shoot old... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-10 A long time ago there were a King and Queen who said every day, Ah, if only we had a child! but they never had one. But it happened that once when the Queen was bathing, a frog crept out of the water on to the land, and said to her, Your wish shall... 阅读全文>>