The Placebo Effect | 安慰剂效应
The placebo effect is a fascinating phenomenon where an inactive treatment produces real perceive...
A Hard Lesson | 一次深刻的教训
The young Benjamin Franklin, a natural leader, organized his friends to steal stones intended for...
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...
The Mistress and Her Servants | 女主人与仆人
Two servants, tired of being woken early by their mistress's rooster, kill it hoping to sleep lon...
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...
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 Naughty Boy | 顽皮的孩子
A kind old poet shelters a beautiful, shivering boy from a storm, only to discover the child is C...
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 Parrot's Betrothal | 鹦鹉许婚
A parrot, once kept by Old Man Gan, returns as a beautiful woman named A'ying to honor a childhoo...
Seeking His Fortune | 闯世界
A hopeful boy ventures to New York to seek fortune but later sends a desperate note to his father...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来居上
This story recounts how Ji An, an upright official in the Han Dynasty, bluntly criticized Emperor...
Scraping the Bone to Cure Poison | 刮骨疗毒
During the siege of Fancheng, General Guan Yu endured a painful bone-scraping surgery without ane...
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell | 掩耳盗铃
A thief tries to steal a large bell by breaking it, but the loud noise alarms him. In a foolish a...
The Two Crows | 两只乌鸦
Two rival crows argue about who can fly higher and decide to settle it with a contest carrying sa...
Love in Bloom | 绽放的爱
A woman recounts how her father's extravagant floral gifts marked every milestone in her life, fr...
The Walk | 那一次散步
A woman reminisces about a fateful winter walk where she both found and lost her great love. Year...
The Lioness and the Vixen | 母狮与雌狐
A lioness and a vixen compare their offspring. The vixen boasts of her many cubs, while the lione...
Riddles (Part 2) | 脑筋急转弯（2）
A collection of four classic English brain teasers with bilingual presentation, designed to chall...
The Medicine Swindler | 骗子卖药
A famous doctor prescribed poris cocos for Liu Zongyuan's swollen spleen, but a swindling apothec...
High Mountains and Flowing Waters | 高山流水
This story recounts how the ancient musician Yu Boya, after achieving technical mastery, found tr...
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