In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving o...
The Komodo lizard is the world's largest lizard(蜥蜴). It was not discovered until this century and was named only in 1921. It was formerly found on...
You would like to take good photographs of real-life situations but you have few ideas for pictures. I suggest you look around you. The everyday world...
Scientists have recently discovered that mothers tend to hold their baby on the left. Of 255 right-handed mothers, 83% held the baby on the left. And ...
Which is safer ── staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working at the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk,...
Invited by Mr. Ye Huixian, host of the well-received TV programme "Stars Tonight", Miss Luo Lin, Miss Asia of 1991, appeared as the guest ho...
It was not yet eleven o'clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportations at that unusual hour by p...
Frederic Chopin was one of the greatest composers of music for the piano. He wrote over two hundred musical compositions. They are still popular today...
In 1909 an English newspaper offered ￡1,000 to the first man to fly across the English Channel in an aeroplane. Today, modern jets cross it in minutes...
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造签字者), was as good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatur...