THE Chinese, President Grover Cleveland proclaimed in 1888, are "an element ignorant of our constitution and laws, impossible of assimilation wit...
NOVELS about sport are notoriously hard to pull off. It seems somewhat odd for a literary mind to care how often a ball makes it to the back of the ne...
Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One day it was a...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]It looked like rain. The sky was gray. It was almost noon, but the sun was hidden by a gray blanket. It was cool. There were no birds fly...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]The yardman comes every two weeks. He drives a gray pickup truck. The truck is a Ford. It is about 15 years old, but it runs well. It doe...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]Jim went to the thrift shop. He wasn’t looking for anything in particular. He liked to go there just to browse. A big sign on the front d...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]Laura went to the stable. Four horses stood there. She put a saddle on Star. He was seven years old, big and dark brown. Her sister came ...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]Mike looked at the label on the big plastic container. It said Garlic Powder. There was a U with a circle around it after the word Powder...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]Ben leaned over the edge of the tub. He turned on the hot and cold water faucets. The water came out of the spout near the top of the tub...
音频下载[点击右键另存为]Pete was in his kitchen. He was about to slice three green apples. He liked to eat fresh apples with cinnamon sprinkled on them. He opene...