12-09-03 I've learnedThat the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. I've learnedThat when you're in love, it shows. I've learnedThat having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful things in the world. I've lear...

12-08-29 Pity the male of the marine whelk（峨螺） , Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching -- even though few of the baby snails are his own. The surprising new finding by researchers at the Universit...

12-08-06 O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror. 啊，美呀，在爱中找你自己吧，不要到你镜子的谄谀去找寻。 God expects answers for the flowers he sends us, not for the sun the earth. 神希望我们酬答他，在于他送给我们的花朵，而不在于太...

12-07-05 小时候，乡愁是一枚小小的邮票， 我在这头，母亲在那头。 长大后，乡愁是一张窄窄的船票， 我在这头，新娘在那头。 后来啊!乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓， 我在外头，母亲在里头。 而现在，乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡， 我在这头，大陆在那头。 When I was a child, my homesicknes...

12-07-03 A savior sibling (or saviour sibling) is a child who is born to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling that is affected with a fatal disease that can best be treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Savior sibling指生下来就是为...

12-05-18 澳大利亚昆士兰州一所学校的校长近日在写给家长的一封信中表示，该校13岁以下学生必须尽快删除Facebook帐号，如若不然，该学生将会被开除。 An Australian school head teacher has warned parents she will expel students under 13 who do not delete their Facebook...

12-05-04 They grow up too soon, everyone told me. Eighteen years later, I finally understand what they meant. It's nearly the end of summer break and my son goes out with friends. Ten minutes after he leaves home, I receive his text: Here. It's the same mess...

12-04-23 A house bought by parents and registered under their child's name remains the personal property of the child even after the child gets married, according to a judicial explanation issued by China's Supreme People's Court. 根据最高人民法院发布的司法...

12-04-10 If I speak in the tongues of mortals（人类，凡人） and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong（锣） or a clanging cymbal（铙钹） . And if I have prophetic（预言的） powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have al...

12-03-27 A child became lost in a forest. He started to cry. At that moment, an elephant passed by and saw him crying. Child, why are you crying? the elephant asked. I've lost my mother, the child said. Don't cry. I'll stay with you until you find your mothe...