15-05-13 说到这个萌词就不能不提它的发明者：美国女作家Sylvia Wright。1954年11月，Wright在《Harper's Magazine》上发表的《萌得绿女士之死》一文中首次使用这个词。她说，小时候妈妈给她读Percy的《Reliques》一诗时，她总把第四句听成And Lady Mondegreen（实际上是And lai...

15-03-04 Eye 眼睛 an eye for an eye 以眼还眼，报复 catch someone's eye 引某人注目，令人瞩目 give someone a black eye 打得某人鼻青脸肿 be all eyes 极注意地看着，非常留神 see eye to eye（with）意见一致，立场相同 see with half an eye 一看就明白 shut one's eye t...

15-02-28 Apelles meeting with the little ass invited him to tea that very right. The little ass was trembling with delight. He prances through the wood; he pesters all who pass: 'Apelles bores me so. He will not let me be, you know! Whenever him I see, he as...

14-12-24 A young man was caught stealing, and sentenced to death three days later. He wanted to speak with his mother before the execution. Of course this was granted. When his mother came to him, he said, I want to tell you something. He said something but...

14-07-18 If you tell a man anything, it goes in at one ear and out at the other. she remarked. And if you tell a woman anything, he countered, it goes in at both ears and out of her mouth. 女人说：你告诉男人一件事，他一个耳朵进，一个耳朵出。 男人回敬说：你告...

13-09-03 Gardiner's frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum（鼓膜，耳膜） yet can croak（呱呱地叫） themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team of scientists using X-r...

13-05-14 A new study, led by a Binghamton University anthropologist（人类学家） and published this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the tiny ear bones, t...

13-03-27 In former times, when God himself still walked the earth, the fruitfulness of the soil was much greater than it is now; then the ears of corn did not bear fifty or sixty, but four or five hundred-fold. Then the corn grew from the bottom to the very...

12-12-19 Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, What happened? A kid bit me, replied Ivan. Would you recognize him if you saw him again? asked his mother. I'd know him any where, said Ivan. I have his ear in my pocket. 伊凡鼻子流着血回到家里...

12-09-05 When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this! The dew（露水，清新） of the morning Sunk chill on my brow- It felt like the war...