A $250 Consultation Fee | 价值250美元的咨询
A butcher successfully charges a lawyer $8.50 for meat stolen by his unleashed dog, only to later...
Chief table pounder | 首席拍桌官
A chief table pounder is a forceful advocate for new ideas, using emphatic hand gestures on table...
Riddles (Part 5) | 脑筋急转弯（5）
A collection of 25 English riddles and puns that play on words with double meanings, homophones, ...
Confucius: The Sage and His Legacy | 孔子：圣人与他的遗产
Confucius (551 B.C.), China's great sage and teacher, founded a philosophy centered on innate hum...
The Lion, The Bear and The Fox | 狮子、熊与狐狸
A lion and a bear fought fiercely over a kid until both were exhausted. A watching fox then seize...
The Dexterous Butcher | 庖丁解牛
King Hui of Liang observes a butcher expertly dissecting an ox. The butcher explains his mastery ...
The Chicken Thief | 攘鸡
Mencius uses the parable of a man who plans to gradually reduce and delay stopping his theft to c...
I've Just Bitten My Tongue | 我刚刚咬到了舌头
A young snake, after accidentally biting its own tongue, anxiously asks its mother if their speci...
High Mountains and Flowing Waters | 高山流水
This story recounts how the ancient musician Yu Boya, after achieving technical mastery, found tr...
Down Aging | 找回童真
Futurist Faith Popcorn identifies "Down Aging" as a trend where midlifers seek to reconnect with ...
How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch | 袋鼠如何得到育儿袋
A kind Mother Kangaroo, while tirelessly searching for her adventurous joey, selflessly aids a gr...
Blair Admits Never Sending Flowers to His Wife | 布莱尔承认从未给妻子送过花
British Prime Minister Tony Blair revealed in a TV interview that he has never sent flowers to hi...
The Placebo Effect | 安慰剂效应
The placebo effect is a fascinating phenomenon where an inactive treatment produces real perceive...
The Selfish Giant | 自私的巨人
A selfish giant builds a wall to keep children out of his beautiful garden, plunging it into eter...
Whatever Love Means | 爱为何物
The article recounts the unlikely beginnings of the relationship between Prince Charles and Lady ...
Obama's Landslide Victory and the U.S. Electoral System | 奥巴马压倒性胜利与美国选举制度
This article explains key English vocabulary and concepts from the 2008 U.S. presidential electio...
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf | 牧童与狼
A shepherd boy's repeated false alarms about a wolf lead the villagers to ignore his genuine cry ...
The Cat and the Cock | 猫与公鸡
A cat, having caught a cock, seeks an excuse to eat him and accuses him of disturbing sleep. The ...
The Wind and the Sun | 风和太阳
The Wind and the Sun compete to see who can make a traveler remove his coat. Forceful wind makes ...
The Fate of the Hunting Dog | 兔死狗烹
This story recounts how the Yue King Gou Jian eliminated his loyal minister Wen Zhong after achie...
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