短篇小说 | A Fable
Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture placed it so that he could see it in the mirror. He said, "This doubles the distance and softens it, and it is twice as lovely as it was before."
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伊索寓言 | The Dog in the Manger
Do not grudge others what you cannot enjoy yourself.
英语演讲 | John F. Kennedy: Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to state my views.
短篇小说 | A Entertaining Article
I take the following paragraph from an article in the Boston ADVERTISER:
伊索寓言 | The Dog and the Oyster
Act in haste and repent at leisure—and often in pain.
英语演讲 | Theodore Roosevelt: The Man with the Muck-rake
Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded wilderness here beside the Potomac. We now find it necessary to provide by great additional buildings for the business of the government.
短篇小说 | Advice To Little Girls
Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This retaliation should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravated circumstances.
英语笑话 | 以诚相待
我和妹妹莎伦非常亲密，我们彼此以诚相待。
伊索寓言 | The Dog and His Reflection
It is very foolish to be greedy.
英语演讲 | Martin Luther King, Jr.: I've Been to the Mountaintop
Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.
短篇小说 | A Dog's Tale
My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me; I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing.
英语笑话 | 你会换漏气的车胎吗？
学完最后一项课程成为一名急救医师后，我时刻准备着将自己新学的技术派上用场。
