16-08-19 Many of us will have a tube of tennis balls gathering dust in the bottom of a cupboard. 想必很多人都会有一管尘封于橱柜底的网球。 But the sports balls have many uses beyond the tennis court, and are in fact one of the handiest objects to have lying a...

16-08-18 Fern loved Wilbur more than anything. She loved to stroke him, to feed him, to put him to bed. Every morning, as soon as she got up, she warmed his milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him. Every afternoon, when the school bus stopped in f...

16-07-30 With divorce rates steadily increasing, some newlyweds are drawing up prenuptial agreements before tying the knot. 随着离婚率的逐步攀升，一些好事将近的情侣会在喜结连理前拟定婚前协议书。 But one firm has set out to help divorcees avoid a real estate...

16-07-11 I had thus learned a second fact of great importance: this was that the planet the little prince came from was scarcely any larger than a house! But that did not really surprise me much. I knew very well that in addition to the great planets-- such...

16-06-27 Democrats held a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday and Thursday to demand a vote on gun control legislation. 美国当地时间周三（6月22日）和周四（6月23日），民主党议员在众议院静坐，要求就控枪立法案进行表决。 Georgia Democra...

16-06-10 If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain. Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple...

16-06-03 Paul Ryan, the GOP House Speaker, has finally endorsed the partys presumptive nominee Donald Trump, after weeks of saying he was not ready to do so. 美国大老党发言人保罗莱恩终于对其党内预计提名人唐纳德特朗普表示支持，此前数周他一直声称自己未准备好。...

16-05-11 Borley Rectory was reputed to be the most haunted house in the uk. The rectory was built by the Rev. Henry D.E. bull in 1863 near the river stour, essex, to house himself, his wife and their 14 children. However the rectory burnt down in a fire star...

16-05-05 Near to that part of the Thames on which the church at Rotherhithe abuts, where the buildings on the banks are dirtiest and the vessels on the river blackest with the dust of colliers and the smoke of close-built low-roofed houses, there exists the...

16-04-22 My husband was enjoying the day off from work and watched me scurry about the house. I picked up his dirty clothes, put away his work shoes, carried out his popcorn bowl from the previous nights football viewing，washed the breakfast dishes, wiped t...