True Nobility真正的高贵
By Ernest Hemingway（海明威）
文字难度2
小云 译
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. Take the lot of the happiest—it is a tangled 1)yarn. 2)Bereavements and blessings, one following anther, make us sad and b

KAFKA ON THE SHORE
海边的卡夫卡
文字难度3
By Haruki Murakami（村上春树）
Translated by Philip Gabriel
Read by Sean Barrett and Oliver Le Sueur
林少华 译
《海边的卡夫卡》被誉为是日本作家村上春树继《挪威的森­林》之后最负盛名的小说力作。自2001年在日本推出，便好评如潮，并迅速被翻译成多种文字在世界各地流行。此书所到之处，无论是英文版、德语版还是中文版都深得当地读者的喜爱。去年年初，英译版的《海边的卡夫卡》被

What Shamu Taught Me about a Happy Marriage
海豚式驯夫术
By Amy Sutherland
何勇刚 译
文章难度：四条辣椒
As I wash dishes at the kitchen sink, my husband paces behind me, 1)irritated. “Have you seen my keys?” he 2)snarls, then huffs out a loud sigh and 3)stomps from the room with our do

梭罗的名篇，让人感受到英语之美。炎炎夏日也难以阻隔他为你创造的冬日宁静。可能是名字里有“冬”字的缘故，我特别钟爱冬天，虽然在南方似乎与那令人沉醉的白色世界无缘。冬天，特别适合独处，特别适合思考，因为你能分明地听到万物蓄势待发的动力，内敛而顽强的动力。梭罗也选择了在冬天独处和思考，不要被满版的生词吓住，你将在冬日的宁静中收获哲思与美。
Toni
A Winter Walk
冬日漫步
By Henry David Thoreau
无名 译
The wind has gently murmured through the

The Five Ages
五个时代
Greek Legend
希腊神话
何勇刚 译
文字难度：3
在希腊神话中，人类产生以来经历了五个时代：黄金时代、白银时代、青Í­时代、英雄时代和铁器时代，它们各有不同的特点。而黄金时代最为美好，所以我们常用黄金时代形容最美好的时光。
There are several conflicting versions about the creation of mortals. According to the myth of the ages of humankind, men

Farmer Fleming and a Nobleman 农夫与贵族
Author Unknown
小云 译
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to 1)eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
There, 2)mired to his waist in bla

Because of His Love因爱之名
By Jaye Lewis
文字难度2.5
小云 译
爱，一直有着广博的涵义。谁­在最黑暗的日子里，无私地关怀你、帮助你，而他（她）竟然和你毫无血缘之亲？请不必惊讶，不必疑惑，只管用心去感受，因为这一切或许只以爱的名义……
Job was not a brilliant man. He swept floors for a living. He believed that 1)Tarzan was a real man, and that all those movies were really 2

A GRADE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR CHILD
孩子成才，无关分数
By Vivian Villanueva
小云 译
Once you get into the elementary, high school and college levels, you are entering into the world of 1)percentile grades, grade point averages and “ranking” in class. It’s great when your child gets good grades, and we hope that y

Gaze at the vivid yellows, blues, and psychedelic swirls of a single emperor angelfish and you\'ll sense the whimsy of evolution. Go on to explore its home in lush coral reefs and you\'ll soon hit sensory overload, assaulted by colors and patterns that range from sublime to garish. Coral reefs are unquestionably the world\'s

As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday.
The poll revealed over three quarters of British drivers were unable to identify the motorway map symbol, while only one percent of motorists would pass the Cub Scout Map Reader test.

Women see masculine-looking men as more unsuitable long-term partners but men with more feminine features are seen as more committed and less likely to stray, researchers said Wednesday.
Scientists at the universities of Durham and St Andrews came to the conclusion by asking more than 400 British men and women

The Blanket 一床双人毛毯----By Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell, born June 28, 1887, Barry, Ill., U.S. died July 23, 1969, Bethesda, Md. novelist and radical journalist whose fiction examined the changing mores in sex and politics among American bohemians before and after World War I. A precocious poet, Dell grew up in an impoverished

How a Simple Idea Became a Huge Business
我怎样白手起家
要是我有个水晶球能窥见未来，我会怎么样呢？
许多人一遇到障碍就打退堂鼓，但我不会这样。
我一旦有了目标，就必然锲而不舍，全力以赴。
我相信人生中充满机会，但我们往往不懂得把握。
By Howard Schultz
霍华德·舒尔茨
[1]When I was a child growing up in public-housing projects in Cana

Art and Humor
Millions of people struggle out Of bed each morning, fumble into some clothes, and make their way to a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper. They need something cheerful to remind them that the rest of the day will be less difficult than getting up. This need may be the reason that many of them

As a child,and as an adult as well,Bill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. On Mondays he might go to school in blue, on Tuesdays in green, on Wednesdays in brown , on Thursdays in black, and so on , Weekend meal schedules might also be planned in detail.