A Good Start | 良好的开端
A classic joke that uses a play on words to deliver a humorous punchline about lawyers. | 一个经典的英文...
The Dream of Little Tuk | 小杜克的梦
A poor boy named Tuk must learn his geography lesson about the towns of Zealand while caring for ...
A Good Dog for Catching Mice? | 良狗捕鼠
A man from Qi selects a hunting dog for his neighbor, who then worries it doesn't catch mice. The...
Looking for a Steed with a Picture | 按图索骥
The story of Sun Yang (Bo Le), a legendary horse judge, and his son who literally tried to find a...
Plant a Row for the Hungry | 为饥饿者种一行菜
The author recounts a moment of refusing a homeless man's plea for food, which led to lasting gui...
Feds Threaten WWII Vet | 联邦机构威胁二战老兵
An 86-year-old WWII veteran faces losing his home after the Social Security Administration demand...
The Blade of Grass | 一叶知爱
A teacher uses a metaphor of picking a single blade of grass to teach his student about the searc...
The Lotus Eaters | 食莲者
Odysseus's crew, upon eating the enchanted lotus on an island, fall into a forgetful lethargy, lo...
The Cicada Catcher | 佝偻捕蝉
Confucius learns from a hunchbacked master cicada catcher that supreme skill is achieved through ...
Burn the Boats | 破釜沉舟
This passage recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Burn the Boats," describing how...
Saint and Sinner | 圣徒与罪人
A Salvation Army officer attributes his reform to Divine Grace, but the sinner he addresses sugge...
Penetrating Insight | 入木三分
The article recounts the origin of the Chinese idiom "Ru Mu San Fen" from a story about the calli...
The Snake and Jupiter | 蛇与朱庇特
A snake complains to Jupiter about being stepped on, but Jupiter advises that a firm initial resp...
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, ...
Cruel Love | 残酷的爱
A desperate male eagle searches for food in a harsh winter to save his starving family. Meanwhile...
Old John and Pepper | 老约翰与佩佩
A hospice nurse recounts the poignant, simultaneous passing of an elderly patient and his elderly...
The Fox and the Tiger | 狐狸与老虎
A boastful Tiger is wounded by an unseen archer while trying to impress other animals, revealing ...
Riding a Tiger | 骑虎难下
The article explains the Chinese idiom "Riding a Tiger," which originated from the advice given t...
A Handful of Clay | 一撮黏土
A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh journey of being shaped, fired, and ...
The Hare and the Tortoise | 龟兔赛跑
The Hare, confident in his speed, challenges the slow Tortoise to a race. While the Hare naps, th...
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