• Story of the Three Calenders - 6

    14-07-23 I had been a wood-cutter for more than a year, when one day I wandered further into the forest than I had ever done before, and reached a delicious green glade, where I began to cut wood. I was hacking at the root of a tree, when I beheld an iron ri...

  • Story of the Three Calenders - 2

    14-07-23 Do not be so angry, my good man, replied the Calender; we should be very sorry to displease you; so the quarrel was smoothed over(消除,缓和) , and supper began in good earnest. When the Calenders had satisfied their hunger, they offered to play t...

  • 田鸠见秦王

    14-06-24 Tian jiu, a Mohist, wanted to express his general plan for governing the country to King Hui of the state of Qin. He had stayed in state Qin for three years, but had not gotten an opportunity to meet the king. Someone told this to the king of the st...

  • 卑微仍然可爱

    12-07-05 However menial your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun(避开) it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you thought. It might look poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life even poor as...

  • 金正日遗体将被永久陈列缅怀

    12-01-12 North Korea has announced that the body of late leader Kim Jong-il will lie in state permanently at a palace in the capital, Pyongyang. 朝鲜政府宣布,已故领袖金正日的遗体将被永久陈列在首都平壤的一座纪念宫中。 Late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il wil...

  • 英皇室计划奥运期间出租王宫

    11-11-19 英国女王已经批准在2012年伦敦奥运会期间将圣詹姆斯王宫出租,每天的租金为3万英镑(约合30.5万元人民币)。 A Royal palace is to be let out to companies for up to 30,000 a day during next years Olympic Games. A Royal palace is to be let out(放出,出租)...

  • “七夕”词汇

    11-08-31 Qixi Festival/Chinese Valentine's Day 七夕节 fruit plate 果盘 flower clogs 花木屐 an offering/a sacrifice 供品 a festive lantern/a decorative lantern 花灯 a palace lamp/light 宫灯 a candlestick/a candleholder 烛台 The Begging Festival 乞巧节 The Dau...

  • The Forbidden City 紫禁城

    11-01-05 The Forbidden City is located at the center of the city of Beijing. First built in 1406 and completed in 1420, the city served as the royal palace in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Ming and the Qing Dynasties, 24 emperors lived here. Apart...

  • 中国呼吁归还圆明园文物

    10-10-20 China has made a new appeal for the return of relics looted by British and French troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago. 中国呼吁归还150年前被英法联军洗劫的圆明园文物。 Last year China tried to stop the sale of two bronze statue...

  • Potala Palace

    10-10-19 Brief Introduction Situated on Potala Mountain in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous(自治的,自主的) Region, the Potala Palace was first built in the 7th century, for the wedding of the Tibetan king Songtsan Gompo and Princess Wencheng of the...