英语故事大全

When the great library of Alexandria亚历山大 burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read...

Fact No. 1As each goose flaps拍打 its wings, it creates an uplift” for the bird following. By flying in a V” formation队形, the whole flock ad...

A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to read a map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch沟渠. Though he wasn't i...

Two young brothers were always arguing. On day their father called them together. Bring me a bundle of sticks tied with twine,” said the father....

Early every morning, a shepherd took his flock of sheep out in the fields to graze. He would sit by watching - as the sheep lazily munched on fresh gr...

Autumn was coming to an end. All the insects and animals were working very hard to stock their larders with enough food to last them the winter. They ...

像狗一样的生活Cynicism犬儒主义”一词源自古希腊的犬儒派哲学家。这群人对世界失去理想，因此返璞归真，过简朴的生活，被人嘲笑是过着象狗一样的生活，因此得名。Cynicism是由cynic（愤世嫉俗者）演化而来，而cynic是来自于拉丁语中的cynicus和希腊词中的kynikos，表...

大地之母与塔拉庄园相对于东方的盘古拨开混沌，开天辟地创造万物之时，西方的神也相继出现。根据古希腊诗人赫西俄德的《神谱》记载：万物诞生前宇宙本是混浊一片，只有混沌(chaos)独自存在。在英语中chaos表示混乱，无秩序”；chaotic混乱无章的，无秩序的”。不知过了多少年，...

两张面孔的Sanction sanction这个词用做名词使用时表示批准、支持、认可”的含义，同时也还有制裁、处罚”的含义。为什么会有两种相反的含意呢，我们又该如何区分呢？ sanction来源于古法语sanction，而它来源于拉丁语sanction-em，意思是教会免罪的...

咸味的薪水考古学家认为，公元前6500年，居住在欧洲的古代人就已开采欧洲大陆上最早发现的盐矿saline（盐湖，盐田）了。盐能净化水salination（用盐处理, 盐水处理），腌肉腌鱼以便长期保存，给食品提味。盐还是希伯来人、希腊人与罗马人在重大的祭祀仪式中的一种供品。因此，将宝贵的盐碰洒了，当然...