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民间故事 * More than two thousand three hundred years ago after the Shang and Zhou dynasties before Qin unified the six states * The land of China experienced over five hundred years of war * The first three hundred years was called the Spring and Autumn Period * The last two hundred years was called the Warring States Period * * In the middle of the Warring States Period there was a boy named Men...

原著作者｜刘义庆《世说新语》 * In the late Eastern Han Dynasty * an autumn afternoon * Sunlight filtered through the courtyard paulownia trees * casting dappled shadows on the stone pavement * * Four year old Kong Rong * sat reading under the corridor * He wore simple clean clothes * His eyes showed a calmness beyond his age * * Just then * Father brought a plate of fresh pears * The golden pears...

原著出处｜《宋史·司马光传》 * In the Northern Song Dynasty seven year old Sima Guang was playing in the courtyard * The sun was shining several children were chasing and laughing around the rockery * A butterfly flew by the children ran after it smiling * * In a corner of the courtyard there stood a large water vat * It was filled with water the surface reflecting the blue sky * * One child climbe...

原著作者｜玛格丽特·亨利 * For four hundred years they have never been tamed * * On Assateague Island in the middle of the Atlantic a herd of wild horses still runs free just like their ancestors did * * Free to run free to love free to die * * No one knew where they came from until a storm revealed the secret * * In the sixteenth century a Spanish galleon broke apart in a violent storm * * The hor...

原著作者｜弗兰克·鲍姆 * Dorothy lived on the Kansas prairie * There was only gray * Gray houses * Gray grass * Gray sky * Even the sun was gray and hazy * * Her only friend every day was a little black dog named Toto * She often held Toto and said * I want to go to a colorful place * * That afternoon the sky suddenly turned dark green * The tornado was coming * Dorothy held Toto and hid in the hou...

说文解字系列 * In this series Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters today we explore the character for face or noodles * Nine thousand years ago in the distant Fertile Crescent someone discovered a miraculous seed * It was the first time humanity found wheat golden wheat stalks shimmering under the sun * That seed crossed mountains and rivers journeying for six thousand five hundred years bef...

原著作者｜安娜·休厄尔 * Long long ago on a quiet country meadow a black foal was born * His coat shone like the night and a small white star rested on his forehead * His mother stood beside him looking down with calm steady eyes * She taught him to be kind and to remember that gentleness was not fear * The foal grew among grass and sunlight the world felt whole and safe * He learned to run and to...

｜The Trumpet of the Swan 原著作者｜E B White * Mist rises over the lake * Reeds sway softly in the wind * * The swan father draws his wings close * And guards the nest * * Shells crack open * One by one the cygnets crawl out * * The last one lifts his head * Opens his beak * But no sound comes * * His brothers and sisters cry and splash * Water sprays onto his face * * He can only nod * Then shak...

原著作者｜E. B. White * In New York inside an ordinary house * the Little family welcomed a child * * He was very small * he looked like a mouse * but he could speak and read * and he wore human clothes * * The parents were not afraid * they gave him a name * Stuart Little * * Every morning * he sat at the table * using tiny dishes * to eat breakfast * * His mother fixed his collar * his father pr...

原著作者｜E B White * The farm was quiet in the early morning * Mist slowly moved along the ground * * Inside the pigpen * a newborn pig * struggled to stand * and fell down again * * The man looked at it * shook his head * and said this kind of pig would not live * * The axe was already raised * when a little girl suddenly stood in front of him * * She said * it has not had a chance yet * * She h...

民间寓言｜Folk Tale * At dusk * a charcoal fire rose in the yard * * Lamb meat sizzled on the iron rack * fat dripped into the fire * the flames jumped and danced * * The father stood beside the grill * turning the meat slowly * the smell spread through the air * * He lowered his head and said to the child * Go * invite your friends * come and eat the lamb together * * The child nodded * and ran o...

原著作者｜博多·舍费尔 * Kira was an ordinary little girl * Her family was average and her parents always argued about money * She wanted a new bike and a trip to America but didn't know how to do it * Later Kira saved an injured little dog * She named the dog Money * To her surprise Money could actually talk * And Money knew a lot about wealth and money rules * After Money got well he stayed with...

原著作者｜Robert T Kiyosaki * In Hawaii sunlight rests on a quiet street * A young boy grows up with two fathers * One father wears clean clothes leaves home on time and believes in school * The other sits in a small old shop hands rough rarely talks about school * The same questions receive very different answers * * The poor dad says study hard get a good job earn a steady salary * It sounds saf...

原著作者｜奥诺雷・德・巴尔扎克 * In the early nineteenth century, in central France, there was a small town called Saumur * It was not prosperous, but it produced wine * And it also produced a certain kind of people, those who believed only in money for their entire lives * * Monsieur Grandet was the most successful among them * He made his fortune by speculating on land during the Revolution * By...

原著作者｜歌德 * It is a pain you and I know well * You know you should not miss him * But you cannot take your eyes off him * You know this love has no end * Yet you stand still refusing to move * It is not that you do not understand * You just cannot accept the cruel truth * that he does not belong to you * Maybe you are not Werther * But late at night you have been him * That was the age of twe...

原著作者｜Louisa May Alcott * In nineteenth century America * The Civil War had not yet ended * * Snow fell quietly * Covering a small town in New England * * At the end of the dark street * Warm lights glowed from a neighbors grand house * * Jo leaned against the frozen window * Staring at a light that did not belong to them * * Inside the house it was cold * The fire in the hearth burned weakly...

原著作者｜列夫·托尔斯泰 * In nineteenth-century Russia heavy snow covers every palace in St Petersburg * At the Moscow station hot steam screams in the freezing wind * Anna Karenina steps off the train a black veil hiding her beautiful eyes * Through the thick smoke she sees the young officer Vronsky * Their eyes meet in the snow as if the whole world has gone silent * At that moment a worker fall...

中国建筑故事 * * Today, we are going to tell a story about the Forbidden City. * When it comes to the Forbidden City, a profound pride stirs in the soul of every Chinese, rooted in the legacy of Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. * Braving countless obstacles, he moved the imperial capital from Nanjing to Beijing, ushering in the history of Beijing as the imperial capital of the Ming D...

原著作者｜简·奥斯汀 * In the nineteenth century English countryside * the sunlight over Norland Park * once gently wrapped the Dashwood familys daily life * After the long illness of the estate owner * that stability suddenly shattered * By the rules of the time * the inheritance went entirely to the half brother John * Leaving the mother and her three daughters without a place to stay * John was...

原著作者｜威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 * In London in the early twentieth century there lived a man named Charles * He had a kind wife two young children and a steady job * Their family life was calm and warm a perfect picture in the eyes of others * Yet inside Charles always felt an emptiness * He lived each day by routine but never found true happiness * This emptiness was not because life was bad but bec...

原著作者｜居伊·德·莫泊桑 * In the gray dawn of Paris the streets are still asleep * By an ordinary window a woman sits watching carriages pass slowly * Well dressed women move below their skirts swaying softly in the morning light * She turns away to a quiet narrow room with old furniture kept in order * She was not born poor only ordinary and to her this feels unjust * At dusk the fire is lit and...

原著作者｜奥斯特洛夫斯基 * In the early 20th century during the Soviet Russian Revolution * The place is Shepetivka a small town in Ukraine * Twelve year old Pavel had a very hard life * His father passed away early and his mother worked as a cook * At a young age he had already taken on the heavy burden of life * Unable to bear the priest's bullying * He sprinkled tobacco dust into the priest's d...

出自｜伊索寓言 * Once upon a time * on a sunny hill * lived a boy named Sam * Sam was a shepherd * He watched his sheep * every single day * But Sam was bored * Very very bored * It is too quiet he said * I want some fun * So he shouted loud * Wolf Wolf * A wolf is chasing the sheep * The villagers heard him * They ran up the hill * Where is the wolf they asked * Sam laughed at them * Haha I trick...

出自｜格林童话 * Once upon a time * in a house near the deep green forest * lived a sweet girl * Everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood * She always wore a bright red cape * made by her dear grandmother * One sunny morning her mother said, * “Little Red, please take this basket to grandmother. * She is feeling a little sick today. * Remember, stay on the path * and never ever talk to strangers...

原著作者｜Yoko Sano * Once upon a time there was a cat * a chubby Silver Shorthair * His eyes were like green jewels * He lived a million times * He died a million times * A million people loved him * but the Silver Shorthair loved no one * One life he was a King’s cat * He hated the King and his gold * Another life he was a thief’s cat * He hated the thief and the dark * Then one day he was a fre...