The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignanby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Theophile GautierTHE SECRETS OF THE PRINCESSE DE CADIGNANCHAPTER ITHE LAST WORD OF TWO GREAT COQUETTESAfter the disasters of the revolution of July, which destroyed so manyaristocratic fortunes dependent on the court, Madame la Princesse deCadignan was clever enough to attribute to political events the total...
一切都要从戴姆勒-克莱斯勒的运作开始说起。1998年5月7日,戴姆勒的约翰·施伦普及克莱斯勒·鲍勃·伊顿(Chrysler Bob Eaton)在伦敦共同向国际媒体发表两家公司的“合并宣言”,一个新的汽车工业巨人由此诞生:该公司拥有四十四万名受薪员工,每年营业额超过一千五百五十亿美元,并在全球三十四个国家设置工厂,其下品牌从奔驰到Jeep遍及五大洲,资本额总计约在一千亿美元左右,从此跻身于世界三大车厂之列,与通用及福特平起平坐。我们的想法是从戴姆勒和克莱斯勒的合并案而来。注意,这是很不寻常的讯息:该合并案在1998年春季进行,而且确实造成了轰动,若是这两大家公司都合并了,那么我们的前途何在?...
一个上了年纪的木匠准备退休了。雇主很感谢他服务多年,问他能不能再建最后一栋房子。木匠答应了。可是,木匠的心思已经不在干活上了,干活马马虎虎,偷工减料,用劣质的材料随随便便地把房子盖好了。完工以后,雇主拍拍木匠的肩膀,诚恳地说:“房子归你了,这是我送给你的礼物。”木匠惊呆了。如果他知道他是在为自己建房子,他一定会用最优质的建材、最高明的技术,然而现在呢,却建成了"豆腐渣工程"!可是一切都已经来不及了。我们每个人都可能是这个木匠。每天,我们砌一块砖,钉一块木板,垒一面墙,最后,我们发现,我们居然不得不居住在自己建成的房子里。可是,到这时,一切都已经注定,我们已经无法回头了。这就是人生。充满了遗憾和嘲弄。...
STAGE-LANDby Jerome K. JeromeTOTHAT HIGHLY RESPECTABLE BUT UNNECESSARILYRETIRING INDIVIDUAL,OF WHOMWE HEAR SO MUCHBUTSEE SO LITTLE,"THE EARNEST STUDENT OF THE DRAMA,"THIS(COMPARATIVELY) TRUTHFUL LITTLE BOOKIS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.CONTENTS.THE HEROTHE VILLAINTHE HEROINETHE COMIC MANTHE LAWYERTHE ADVENTURESSTHE SERVANT GIRLTHE CHILDTHE COMIC LOVERSTHE PEASANTSTHE GOOD OLD MANTHE IRISHMANTHE DETECTIVE...
The Memorabiliaor Recollections of Socratesby XenophonTranslation by H. G. DakynsXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was apupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him landand property in Scillus, where he lived for manyyears before having to move once more, to settlein Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.The Memorabilia is a recollection of Socrates inword and deed, to show his character as the best...
THE DEVOTED FRIENDOne morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole. He hadbright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers and his tail was like along bit of black india-rubber. The little ducks were swimmingabout in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries, andtheir mother, who was pure white with real red legs, was trying toteach them how to stand on their heads in the water."You will never be in the best society unless you can stand on your...
The Ballad of the White Horseby G.K. ChestertonDEDICATIONOf great limbs gone to chaos,A great face turned to nightWhy bend above a shapeless shroudSeeking in such archaic cloudSight of strong lords and light?Where seven sunken EnglandsLie buried one by one,Why should one idle spade, I wonder,Shake up the dust of thanes like thunderTo smoke and choke the sun?In cloud of clay so cast to heavenWhat shape shall man discern?These lords may light the mystery...
《英语语法大全》(简版)1.名词 名词可以分为专有名词(ProperNouns)和普通名词(CommonNouns),专有名词是某个(些)人,地方,机构等专有的名称,如Beijing,China等。普通名词是一类人或东西或是一个抽象概念的名词,如:book,sadness等。普通名词又可分为下面四类: 1)个体名词(IndividualNouns):表示某类人或东西中的个体,如:gun。 2)集体名词(CollectiveNouns):表示若干个个体组成的集合体,如:family。 3)物质名词(MaterialNouns):表示无法分为个体的实物,如:air。 4)抽象名词(AbstractNouns):表示动作、状态、品质、感情等抽象概念,如:work。...
Epilogue IChapter 1SEVEN YEARS had passed by. The storm-tossed, historic ocean of Europe was subsiding within its shores. It seemed to have grown calm; but the mysterious forces moving humanity (mysterious, because the laws controlling their action are unknown to us) were still at work.Although the surface of the ocean of history seemed motionless, the movement of humanity was as uninterrupted as the flow of time. Various series of groups of men were joining together and separating; the causes