21-03-13 经常和亲朋好友外出聚餐的朋友对此肯定不陌生吧~ 在一些餐厅，尤其是中式餐厅里，餐桌上的转盘非常常见，也为手短夹不到菜的朋友提供了便利。 但是转盘跟苏珊又有什么关系呢？转盘看起来也不懒吧？ 其实呀，这种转盘最早出现在18世纪的中期。一开始被称作是dumb waiter...

20-10-17 New beginnings 新的开始 许多人把一年的开始作为一个反思和改变的时间。大家都努力去To turn over a new leaf。 To turn over a new leaf （翻开新的一页），意思是创造一个全新的开始，或开始用一种不同的方式来行动。 He used to be very lazy but this year hes tu...

20-09-28 In order that we may start afresh and go to Megs wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip about the Marches. And here let me premise that if any of the elders think there is too much lovering in the story, as I fear the...

15-07-16 In a village in the mountain in front, there was a man named Wang Laowu notorious for his laziness. Everyone called him Lazy Laowu, but he never admitted he was lazy. Whenever someonecalled him Lazy Laowu, he would glare and say: Who is lazy? It is...

14-07-02 A man had two horses to carry loads for him. When they were working, the front horse went very well, but the rear one was very lazy. The man began to transfer its load onto the front horse. When he had transferred it all, the rear horse said to the...

14-04-16 A man bought a Donkey at the market one day and took him home on approval. Now the man owned several Donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well. One of the Donkey was very strong and brave. Another was eager to please but quickly exh...

11-02-12 Two women were chating in a room, One asked, How is everthing going with your son? Oh,don't even mention it, what a huge misfortune!! The woman sighed: He is poor enough, and marry a extraordinary lazy daughter-in-law. She doesnt cook, not clean the...

10-08-07 The secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found. 一项研究发现，快乐的秘诀就是让自己忙起来。 Keeping the mind occupied with tasks - no matter how meaningless（无意义的） - staves off（避开，延缓） negative emotions, the study found. Howev...

10-07-02 Harry was so lazy that although he had nothing else to do but drive his goat out to graze（放牧） every day, he still heaved（发出） many a sigh（叹息） when he got back home in the evening after completing his day's labors. What a weary job it is,...

10-05-02 Dame Helen Mirren has labelled British actors 'lazy', saying they are less hard-working and take longer to learn their lines than American performers. 海伦米伦女爵士日前大呼英国演员懒惰，说他们不如美国演员用功，且要花很长的时间来记台词。 Dame Helen...