• Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter

    15-01-05 A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village ch...

  • Big game mishap 倒霉的雄狮

    14-09-24 A big game hunter went on safari with his wife and mother-in-law. One evening, while still deep in the jungle, the Mrs. awoke to find her mother gone. Rushing to her husband, she insisted on them both trying to find her mother. The hunter picked up...

  • 英文姓氏的起源

    14-08-28 Describing a personal characteristic 描述个人特点 有些本身为形容词的姓氏一般都是来源于描述某个人的外号。这些姓氏有的可能描述一个人的身材(Short,Long,Little),肤色(Black、White、Green、或Red,Red后来演变成Reed),或者其他特征(比如Stern严厉,Stro...

  • An old hunter 老猎人

    14-07-30 An old hunter moved to a new place. He got lost in the wood several times. A friend told him to buy a pocket compass and explained its use to him. But the soon got lost again and stayed out. When he was found and asked why he did not use the compass...

  • Aphrodite and Adonis

    13-11-20 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...

  • The Great Lion Hunter 伟大的猎手

    12-06-26 A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village ch...

  • Two hunters 两个猎人

    12-01-19 Once two hunters went hunting in the forest. One of them suddenly fell down by accident. He showed the whites of his eyes and seemed to have ceased breathing. The other hunter soon took out his mobile phone to call the emergency center for help. The...

  • Safe and Sound

    11-03-22 A group of friends who went deer hunting separated into pairs for the day. That night, one hunter returned alone, staggering(蹒跚的) under a huge buck(雄鹿) . Where's Harry?, asked another hunter. He fainted a couple miles up the trail, Harry's...

  • 人类独特的社会关系源自猎人“共同猎采”机制

    11-03-11 One of the most complex human mysteries involves how and why we became an outlier(异常值) species in terms of biological success. Research findings published in the March 11 edition of the journal Science by an international team of noted anthropo...

  • The Great Lion Hunter

    11-03-01 A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast. For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village ch...