15-05-25 When autumn came, all the water in the large and small rivers rose higher and flowed into the Yellow River. The surface of the River at once appeared much wider. On one side of the bank, one couldn't see the cattle and sheep on the opposite side. Th...

15-05-25 A frog lived in a shallow well. One day, it met beside the well a large soft-shelled turtle which had just crawled up from the sea. The frog bragged to the turtle: Look, how happy I am to live here! When I feel glad, I would bounce for a while near...

15-05-22 A cartwheeling spider, a bird-like dinosaur and a fish that wriggles around on the sea floor to create a circular nesting site are among the species identified by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) as the Top 10 New Species...

15-05-15 The emperor of the South Sea was named Tiao, the emperor of the North Sea was named Hu, and the central emperor Hun Dun. Tiao and Hu often had contacts with each other and were very intimate. They often met in the central area under Hun Dun's rule a...

15-05-11 Speaking at the ASEAN Summit Thursday, Premier Li Keqiang said that China ASEAN members have identified a dual-track approach for dealing with the South China Sea issue. They will work to agree upon a code of conduct in the South China Sea. 李克强总...

15-04-29 The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age. Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our m...

15-03-19 One of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. He and his brother John were fishermen on the Sea of Galilee and were among the first disciples to be called. As a member of the inner circle of disciples, he witnessed the major events in the ministry of Jesus, incl...

15-01-06 A crab once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland, which looked very nice and green and seemed likely to be a good place to feed in. But a hungry fox came along and spied the crab and caught him. Just as he was going to...

15-01-05 Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn't look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hel...

15-01-05 Once upon a time there was an old fisherman. He went fishing very early every morning, but he never cast his net more than four times a day. One morning, he went out early to the sea. He cast his net for the first time, and drew in the body of an an...