日期：2013-01-18 Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown's farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-25 Ji An lived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about small matters in personal behavior and in being an official.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-20 Tradition has it that more than 2,000 years ago, there lived a young man in the Shouling area of the State of Yan. As his name is not known, we just call him Shouling young man for convenience's sake. His family members advised him to overcome this... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-20 Once upon a distant time, people made love by giving up some part of their bodies to their lovers. Everyone possessed leather bags into which their mates placed some part of their bodies as they made love. A fingernail or strand（线，串） of hair, a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-07 Larry Walters' boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejected from pilot-training school because of poor eyesig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 During the Spring and Autumn Period (770－476BC), there were two famous senior officials in the State of Yue. The King of the Yue named Gou Jian didn't accept the advice of Fan Li and blindly launched an attack against the neighboring State of Wu. A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), prince Zhou Xu of the State of Wei killed his brother and became the new emperor. Zhou Xu was a tyrant. He oppressed his people and indulged in（沉溺于） wars of aggression. By launching wars, he tri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 One neighbor of Yang Zi-a famous scholar lost a sheep. He asked all his relatives and friends and Yang Zi's servant for help. Yang Zi asked, Why do you send so many people out just for one lost sheep? His neighbor said, Because there are a lot of br... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 During the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), the State of Chu not very powerful. The king and the important court officials were dissolute（放荡的） and incompetent. They indulged in luxury and excessive pleasure all the time. Zhuang Xin, one of t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 In the end of the Warring States Period (475－221 BC), there was a strong country named Qin. It wanted to annex（获得，并吞） other countries to unite China. In 228 BC, the Qin army captured a country and prepared to attack another country named Yan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 Lv Meng was a general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-180). He was born in such a poor family that he did not get any chance to go to the school when he was a child. However, there was still less time for reading when he served in the ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 Many years ago, a farmer happened to see the King's daughter in the capital. He lost his heart to her at once. After returning, he missed the princess day and night. Soon, he was ill. His friends and relatives came to see him. When they knew the rea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer. One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground（操场，练兵场） . He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with excitement. He became very proud of his sk... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 In the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), the famous strategist Sun Wu known as Sun Zi came to see the King of the State of Wu, bringing along his great work The Art of War. He offered to help turn the State of Wu into a more powerful kingdom by... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-11 Now, there was a very young and beautiful wife, who became sick and nearly died. She was on her death bed and told her husband, I love you very much, and I don't want to leave you. Please, after I die, don't marry another person. You promise me! Oka... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 So long as you have put a great deal of effort, you can grind an iron rod into a needle-perseverance spells success. This legend is about Li Bai, a great poet in Tang Dynasty. Li Bai was naughty and disliked study when he was a child. One day he saw... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 During the period of Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there was a man of letters named Jiang Yan, whose father died young. Little Jiang Yan was strenuous（奋发的） and diligent, capable of writing beautiful poems and essays at his early ag... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 Long long ago, a county magistrate（地方法官） named Wang Lu worked in present day Anhui province, East China. Wang Lu was very greedy and took many bribes. One of his secretaries was equally corrupt, and often schemed for Wang Lu's deeds. One day a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 There was a minister named Li Yifu during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was good at flattering（奉承的） people. So his official position was raised higher and higher. At last, he was made the prime minister. He was a vicious（恶毒的） man. When he... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-27 In ancient time, there lived a musician named Gong Mingyi. He was very good at playing the Zheng, a plucked string instrument. But he also behaved foolishly sometimes. One day, he saw a cow eating grass in the field near his house. He was inspired b... 阅读全文>>