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The Unyielding President Lincoln | 永不退缩的林肯总统
The article chronicles Abraham Lincoln's numerous political and personal failures prior to his pr...
Alexander Graham Bell: The Story Behind the Telephone | 亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔：电话背后的故事
This article chronicles the life of Alexander Graham Bell, focusing not only on his invention of ...
Abraham Lincoln: The Boy Who Read by Firelight | 亚伯拉罕·林肯：在炉火旁阅读的少年
The passage depicts young Abraham Lincoln's relentless pursuit of knowledge under impoverished co...
Queen Victoria's Secret Bond with Her Manservant | 维多利亚女王与男仆的秘密情谊
A newly discovered letter from Queen Victoria reveals her profound grief over the death of her Hi...
Karl Marx: A Biography | 卡尔·马克思生平
This biography outlines the life of Karl Marx, from his early influences and development of Commu...
An Unusual Architect: I. M. Pei | 非凡的建筑师：贝聿铭
This article profiles the legendary Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, the 1983 Pritzker Prize...
Mahatma Gandhi: Life and Legacy | 圣雄甘地：生平与遗产
Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India's nonviolent independence movement against British rule, d...
Sir Winston Churchill: A Modern Titan | 温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士：现代巨人
Sir Winston Churchill, Britain's iconic wartime Prime Minister, led the nation to victory in WWII...
Whatever Love Means | 爱为何物
The article recounts the unlikely beginnings of the relationship between Prince Charles and Lady ...
When Love Was the Adventure | 当爱成为冒险
This article recounts King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Sim...
The Frog in the Well | 夜郎自大
This story recounts how the isolated kings of Dian and Yelang, ignorant of the world beyond their...
Navajo Message for the Moon | 纳瓦霍族给月球的讯息
During Apollo mission training on a Navajo reservation, an elder, upon learning of the astronauts...
Flowers Raining from the Sky | 天花乱坠
This article explains the Chinese idiom "Flowers Raining from the Sky," which originates from a l...
Cynicism and Dog Idioms | 犬儒主义与狗的习语
This article explores the etymology of "cynicism" from ancient Greek philosophers who lived "like...
Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山
This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...
Burn the Boats | 破釜沉舟
This passage recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Burn the Boats," describing how...
The Folly of the Chu Army | 楚人涉滩
The Chu army's rigid adherence to daytime river markers after a nighttime water level rise led to...
Birds of a Feather | 一丘之貉
This article explains the Chinese idiom "一丘之貉" (Birds of a Feather) through a historical anecdote...
Beat the Grass and Startle the Snake | 打草惊蛇
The idiom 'Beat the grass and startle the snake' originates from a story about a corrupt magistra...
Returning the Jade Intact to Zhao | 完璧归赵
During China's Warring States period, the weak state of Han obtains a legendary jade. The powerfu...