13-05-20 One day a rich father took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, ho...

12-08-20 A left-wing mayor of a small town in Andalusia has become a modern-day Robin Hood, organizing robbing raids on local supermarkets to feed the poor of his community. 安达卢西亚地区一个小镇的左翼市长成了现代版的罗宾汉，竟纠集民众抢劫当地的超市接济社区...

12-06-07 Xiang Haiqing (not his real name) gained a sort of name recently, but not a very good one. The 22-year-old Shanghai Fisheries University student is now known for living way beyond the limits of average poor students. Xiang was being supported by act...

12-05-07 精彩对白 Bertie's wife: Hello. Is anyone there? Lionel: I'm just in the loo. Hello Mrs Johnson, there you are. Sorry I don't have receptionist.I like to keep things simple. Poor and content is rich and rich enough . Bertie's wife: Sorry? Lionel: Sha...

12-03-07 The poor man thanked Hiysi, and wrapping the magic millstone in his tattered cloak, began walking back towards his home. He walked and he walked and he walked, and at last reached his home. His wife was weeping, having given him up for dead. 'Where...

12-03-07 After a while he met some woodcutters. 'Where are you going, so deep in the forest?' asked the woodcutters. 'To Hiysi the Wood-Goblin's,' replied the poor man. 'I have this cow's hoof for him. Can you tell me how to find his hut?' 'Keep walking stra...

12-03-07 Long ago, there lived two brothers. The older brother was rich and successful, but mean and arrogant. The younger brother was very poor, but kind and generous. One day the poor brother and his wife found that they had nothing to eat in their house....

12-02-07 'In war,' answered the weaver, 'the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coff...

11-12-31 Poor people are quicker than middle-class or rich individuals to recognize the suffering of others and to show compassion, according to a new study. 一项新研究发现，穷人比中产阶级或富人更易察觉到他人受的苦难，表现出同情心。 It included more than 300...

11-12-06 A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students' friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they went along, they saw lying in the path a p...