伊索寓言 | The Shepherd and the Lion
We are often not so eager for what we seek, after we have found it. Do not foolishly ask for things that would bring ruin if they were granted.
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英语演讲 | Hubert H. Humphrey: 1948 Democratic National Convention Address
We can’t use a double standard -- There’s no room for double standards in American politics -- for measuring our own and other people’s policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantee of those practices in our own country.
短篇小说 | My Military Campaign
You have heard from a great many people who did something in the war; is it not fair and right that you listen a little moment to one who started out to do something in it, but didn't?
英语笑话 | 你怎么对那个老妇人那么感兴趣呢？
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.
小罗伯特向他妈妈要两分钱。
伊索寓言 | The Sheep and the Pig
It is easy to be brave when there is no danger.
英语演讲 | Stokely Carmichael: Black Power Address at UC Berkeley
The question is, Will white people overcome their racism and allow for that to happen in this country? If that does not happen, brothers and sisters, we have no choice but to say very clearly, "Move over, or we’re going to move on over you."
短篇小说 | My Late Senatorial Secretaryship
I am not a private secretary to a senator any more I now. I held the berth two months in security and in great cheerfulness of spirit, but my bread began to return from over the waters then--that is to say, my works came back and revealed themselves.
英语笑话 | 最近感觉很疲惫的服刑囚犯
A convict’s wife asked the prison warden to give her husband an easier job.
一名罪犯的妻子请求监狱长给她丈夫一份轻松的工作。
伊索寓言 | The Serpent and the Eagle
An act of kindness is well repaid.
英语演讲 | Barry Goldwater: Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination
From this moment, united and determined, we will go forward together, dedicated to the ultimate and undeniable greatness of the whole man. Together -- Together we will win.
短篇小说 | My First Literary Venture
I was a very smart child at the age of thirteen--an unusually smart child, I thought at the time.
英语笑话 | 好害怕，这是我第一次做手术
Patient: I’m so frightened— this is my first operation.
病人：我好害怕，这是我第一次做手术。
