• 加尔各答要让城市全面蓝化

    12-02-25 人口一千四百万的印度大城加尔各答,要让城市全面蓝化。从政府到民间建筑、市内出租车到名胜古迹,全部都要换穿天蓝色的衣服。 Calcutta's chief minister has ordered the city of 14 million residents to be painted sky blue, taking inspiration from the new Ind...

  • 果蝇靠观察天空来飞行定位

    12-01-18 Insects, equipped with complex compound eyes, can maintain a constant heading in their travels, some of them for thousands of miles. New research demonstrates that fruit flies keep their bearings by using the polarization(极化,偏振) pattern of na...

  • 天衣无缝

    11-12-30 There was a man called Guo Han in the Tang Dynasty(618-907). One summer night, when the moon was very bright he suddenly saw a girl descending(下降) slowly from the sky. He observed the girl closely, and found that the dress she was wearing was se...

  • 杞人忧天

    11-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep. Later, someone...

  • On Climbing Youzhou Tower 登幽州台歌

    11-09-23 On Climbing Youzhou Tower Where are the sages of the past And those of future years? Sky and earth forever last, Lonely, I shed sad tears. 登幽州台歌 陈子昂 前不见古人, 后不见来者! 念天地之悠悠, 独沧然而涕下!...

  • Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again

    11-06-12 Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 轻轻的我走了, 正如我轻轻的来; 我轻轻的招手, 作别西天的云彩。 The golden willows by the riverside Are young brides in the settin...

  • The Grotto

    11-05-26 The Grotto Fanny Howe Let's make believe we're lying together on our backs. The lumps(肿块) in the floor are dirt and grass and the blackbirds(画眉) tickle us with their claws until we chirp and laugh. This is fearlessness. The sky wears no bell...

  • Tonight I can write the saddest lines

    11-04-27 Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, 'the night is starry(星光照耀的) and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance'. The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and s...

  • Spring

    11-03-25 Sound the Flute! Now it's mute. Birds delight Day and Night. Nightingale In the dale, Lark in Sky Merrily Merrily Merrily to welcome in the Year. Little Boy Full of joy. Little Girl Sweet and small. Cock does crow, So do you. Merry voice, Infant noi...

  • Stars on a Snowy Night

    11-03-24 The thermometer had dropped to 18 degrees below zero, but still chose to sleep in the porch as usual. In the evening, the most familiar sight to me would be stars in the sky. Though they were a mere sprinkle(少量) of twinkling dots, yet I had beco...