木头与日记：原木，航海日志”。古代的航海家经常把非常结实的原木做成桅杆，而最古老的记事工具根本不是纸笔等，如何记事呢？很简单，太阳东升西落一次，航海家就在桅杆上刻下一个刻痕，代表一天已经过去了，于是，就从原木”演化到航海日志”。作为木头”含义的词汇还有...
门神的故事：Janus是天宫的守门人，每天早晨把天宫的门打开，让阳光照耀大地；晚上把门关上，让夜幕降临。古罗马人在每年的第一天和每天清晨都要向他祈祷，以求事事顺利。被称为双面人的Janus模样奇特，他长着正反两个头与两张面孔，有的时候甚至有四张脸，他被奉为伊特鲁里亚之神（Etruscan deity...
Apple of Discord 纠纷的苹果据说希腊英雄Peleus(珀琉斯)和爱琴海海神的女儿Thetis(西蒂斯)在举行婚礼的时候邀请了Olympus(奥林匹斯)的诸神参加婚筵；惟独偏偏没有邀请掌管争执纠纷的女神Eris (厄里斯)。这位女神恼羞成怒，决定在这次喜筵上制造不和。eristic&r...
单词趣闻普罗米修斯Prometheus十分精明，能预知未来。他虽然是Titan巨人，但预知巨人族Titans会败在宙斯Zeus手下，所以普罗米修司Prometheus说服弟弟艾皮米修斯Epimetheus一起在战斗中支持宙斯Zeus。普罗米修斯Prometheus这个名字就是先知先觉”的...
单词趣闻金星（Venus） ：Venus至美”女神。她的身世很神奇。在那段日子里，奥林匹斯山神们已经开始乐于追求宇宙间的权力。一天，海上漂动的浮泡散发出万道圣洁的金光。随着波浪的起伏，一位美丽可爱的少女升出海面，放射出温暖与魅力。她被海神带到了塞浦路斯。当她第一次出现在奥林匹斯山上时，她...
A small mountain spring ran tinkling down the narrow stone crevices. Many years passed. An egg-sized shallow hole was washed out on the rock. Strangel...
HERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers. He glanced, w...
Making the tacksThe hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that at times he would make the sparks fl...
The Patient and the Ship OwnerThis incident occurred one morning outside Albert Sch-weitzer's hospital in the African jungle.A patient had gone fi...
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathere...