• Pride and Prejudice - 27

    11-09-22 WITH no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March was to take Elizabeth to Hunsford. She had not...

  • A Fish for Benny 班尼的鱼

    11-09-16 Rats! I groaned. Is he coming along? I stared disgustedly at my new stepbrother, Benny, sitting in the back seat of Dad's car. Benny is eight, short and thin with beady eyes(警惕) and big ears. Now that Mom and Dad are divorced, I only see Dad eve...

  • Send the Bill to My Father 把账单给我父亲

    11-09-08 Doctor: I can do nothing for your complaint. It is hereditary. Patient: Then send the bill to my father, please. 医生:对你的抱怨我无能为力。那是遗传...

  • 乔布斯生父希望与其相见

    11-09-03 Steve Jobs' biological father has spoken about his yearning to meet his son before he dies and the regret he feels in giving him up for adoption. 史蒂夫乔布斯的生父钱德里近日表示,希望能在有生之年与儿子相见,并对把乔布斯送人收养感到内疚。 Mr Jandali...

  • The Clever Dog 聪明的小狗

    11-08-30 A little boy was practicing his violin, while his father sat reading the newspaper. The family dog began to howl along dismally. Finally, the father could endure the combination no more and said, Can't you play something the dog doesn't know? 一个小...

  • The Lucky Cat 幸运的猫

    11-08-18 Father, said Jim, running into the drawing-room, there's a big black cat in the dining-room. Never mind, Jimmy, said his father drowsily, black cats are lucky. This one is, he's just had your dinner! 吉米跑进客厅说:爸爸,餐厅里有一只大黑猫! 他的父...

  • Girl's Name 女孩的名字

    11-07-21 When our daughter was born, we named her Myles, after my beloved late father, despite family warning that the name was too masculine(男性的) . Years later, when I felt she was old enough to understand, I explained to Myles, Your name is very speci...

  • 善心可依

    11-07-12 When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly(思想上) squirm at the unwanted atten...

  • Again

    11-07-07 Again Norman Dubie Id left Paris for the beaches in Spain. Id sold my dead fathers farm and, in shame, bought it back again at a great loss . . . then a plough(犁) found a shelf of bismuth(铋) and I sold just the north pasture(牧草) for big se...

  • 《道林·格雷》二

    11-07-05 影片对白: Dorian: Aren't you tired of looking at me yet? Basil: Certainly not. The more I look, the more I see. Henry: It must be nearly finished, man. It isn't the Sistine Chapel. Basil: Do you remember when I told you you could sit in if you were...