13-07-17 A man and his wife were once sitting by the door of their house, and they had a roasted chicken set before them, and were about to eat it together. Then the man saw that his aged father was coming, and hastily took the chicken and hid it, for he wou...

13-04-23 A frail（虚弱的） old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly g...

13-03-05 原文 鸿渐知道这些话虽然对自己说，而主要是记载在日记和回忆录里给天下后世看方遯翁怎样教子以义方的。（钱钟书 - 《围城》 ） 译文 Hung-chien knew that while these remarks were said to him, they were intended primarily to be recorded in a diary or in memo...

13-01-31 A father said to his sons: Tomorrow your mother is going to bake a pie. Who is going to eat it? The oldest son replied: Father, I'll eat it all! The father then said: Tomorrow I'm going to butcher a pig. Who is going to eat it? The same son answered...

13-01-08 I believe listening is powerful medicine. Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking. It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorwa...

12-12-19 Dentist: I'm sorry, madam, but I'll have to charge you twenty-five dollars for pulling your son's tooth. Mother: Twenty-five dollars! But I thought you only charged five dollars for an extraction. Dentist: I usually do. But your son yelled so loud,...

12-08-07 One day, the father lets eight year-old son send a letter, the son took the letter , the father then remembered didn't write the address and addressee's name on the envelope. After the son comes back, the father asks him: You have thrown the letter...

12-07-18 I was making rolls and, needing a warm place for the dough to rise, put the bowl in a heating pad. Then I left the house on an errand（使命，差事） . When I came back, I found this note from my son: Dear Mom, I hope your bread gets better. 我在做面...

12-07-02 Gadhafi's another son, heir-apparent Saif al-Islam, was variously reported to be surrounded, captured or killed. 有媒体报道称卡扎菲的另一个儿子、赛义夫伊斯兰卡扎菲被包围，也有报道称他被捕，或被击毙，塞义夫被视为卡扎菲的接班人。 文中的heir-apparent就...

12-06-30 澳大利亚昆士兰州的一位父亲近日打出广告，称如果有人愿意收他儿子做电气工学徒，他将免费为其提供50箱啤酒。这位父亲表示，他和儿子之前已经投递了很多份简历，但都没有任何回音，他认为用这些啤酒作为对儿子未来的投资很值得。 A Queensland father is offering a ye...