日期：2013-11-20 After the stealing of fire, Zeus became increasingly unkind to men. One day he ordered his son Hephaestus to build an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay. He then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts. Among oth... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 Narcissus was a handsome youth. His lovely face and graceful form were the admiration of all who looked upon him. And he knew it. He was proud that he thought no one buthimself was worthy to see his youthful beauty. Thus given up to sweet thoughts o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-20 Aphrodite loved Adonis more than she did anybody else, for he was a brisk, lovely young hunter. She gave up her home at olympus and took to the woods. In the woods she dressed herself up like a huntress and kept the youth company all day long. With... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-13 A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks, If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-07 Bianque was a famous physician in ancient China. One day the King of Wei asked him, You and your two brothers are all skilled in medicine, which of you is the best? Bianque answered, My eldest brother is the best, the next is my second brother , and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-01-18 This incident occurred one morning outside Albert Sch-weitzer's hospital in the African jungle. A patient had gone fishing in another man's boat. The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were caught. Dr. Sch-weitzer said to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-19 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 take your property over after your death? Hearing these words, the rich man became a little bit angry. The father said, Everyone... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-10 A siege of the city of the enemy, the city residents to get together to discuss common fight against the enemy's approach. 一座大城被敌军围困了,城中的居民们聚在一起,共同商议对抗敌人的办法。 A build Carpenter to come forward to advocate the use of br... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel. Men grew hungry, impolite and ungodly（邪恶的） . Neither right nor law was respected any longer, and the rule of hospitality was forgotten. Dressed up in human form, Zeus visit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-29 A long time go, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was wrinkled, and that was why his friends called him Mr. Vinegar. His wife was also little and old, and they lived in a little old cottage... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-16 Hecuba's life was one of grief and sorrow. She saw with her own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted（侮辱） by Achilles. She saw her son Polites slain in front of her by Pyrrhus. And she saw her husband, the aged Priam, dragged towards t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-16 Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing in voices that excited the hearts of men. The attr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-15 Tiresias was a blind, darkseeing prophet（先知） of Thebes. He was struck with blindness in his youth, because he had spied unwittingly on the goddess Athena. He was wandering in the woods one day when quite unexpectedly he saw anaked maiden bathing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄榄树） orchard（果园） . He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised（轻视，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, tr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-11-04 A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方） . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor. The shoemak... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 A Roc's flight of ten thousand li-A bright future In the Chinese classic 《Chuangtze》, there is a legend like this: Once upon a time, a gigantic fish named Kun lived in the northern sea. No one knew how large it actually was. This fish could change... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Do not burn you house to get rid of a mouse there is a story in Hanshu telling of a rich man, who being a lover of s and had a large collection. Among them was a rare vase made of jade. The vase of exquisite workmanship and of historical value and h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Be there just to make up the number During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), the King of the State of Qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. He often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music. The king treated his musician very... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 Give up halfway During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi in State Yue. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road and picked it up. He took it home and gave it to his wife. But his wife was not happy. The virtu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-13 The plum tree sacrifices itself for the peach tree-Sacrifice oneself for another person This idiom comes from a old folk song. the last two stanzas go like this: One family has five brothers, all serving to a minister as attendants. Every five days,... 阅读全文>>