The Warders and Me | 我与狱吏
Nelson Mandela reflects on the pragmatic and ideological importance of building relationships wit...
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...
Jef Raskin: He Thought Different | 杰夫·拉斯金：一位与众不同的思考者
Jef Raskin, the visionary creator of the Apple Macintosh, passed away on February 26 at age 61. A...
Gentleman Bandit Dies in Prison at 62 | 意大利“绅士大盗”狱中逝世，终年62岁
Italy's notorious "gentleman bandit," Horst Fantazzini, known for his courteous, nonviolent bank ...
Nancy Wake: The White Mouse | 南希·韦克：代号“白鼠”
Nancy Wake, known as the "White Mouse," evolved from a journalist witnessing Nazi brutality to a ...
Confucius: Life and Legacy | 孔子：生平与哲学遗产
Confucius, born a peasant, developed a philosophy centered on moral cultivation, social harmony, ...
A Play on Words | 文字游戏
Author James Thurber amused himself with wordplay, sharing a story where a nurse's literal answer...
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...
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...
A Great Friendship | 伟大的友谊
This article recounts the profound 50-year friendship between American Founding Fathers Thomas Je...
A Final Embrace | 最后的拥抱
French writer Tristan Bernard, unhappy with a restaurant meal, dramatically asks the manager for ...
Rabindranath Tagore: A Literary Colossus | 泰戈尔：文学巨匠
Rabindranath Tagore, India's Nobel laureate poet, was a prolific writer whose work explored spiri...
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...
Churchill's Wartime Bunker to Open to Public | 丘吉尔战时密室重见天日
Winston Churchill's secret WWII underground bunker, the nerve center of British war planning, is ...
Michael Dell's Two-Billion-Dollar Dream | 戴尔的20亿美元梦想
This article chronicles the entrepreneurial journey of Michael Dell, from a resourceful 12-year-o...
Alfred Nobel: A Man of Contrasts | 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔：一个充满矛盾的人
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, was a paradoxical...
Winston Churchill: His Other Life | 温斯顿·丘吉尔：生活的另一面
This article, written by Churchill's child, reveals how the statesman discovered painting as a pr...
Powell Wows Diplomats With Song | 鲍威尔一展歌喉 技惊外交官
At the 2002 Asia-Pacific security meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell surprised fellow ...
Lennon's Childhood Notebook and Fateful Letter Up for Auction | 列侬童年练习本与致乐队解散信件即将拍卖
A school exercise book from John Lennon's childhood, containing early doodles and poems linked to...
Britain's Student Prince Shuns Freshers' Revels | 威廉王子低调入学，婉拒新生狂欢
Prince William begins university at St Andrews, deliberately avoiding the raucous 'freshers' week...
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