A YELLOW DOGI never knew why in the Western States of America a yellow dogshould be proverbially considered the acme of canine degradationand incompetency, nor why the possession of one should seriouslyaffect the social standing of its possessor. But the fact beingestablished, I think we accepted it at Rattlers Ridge withoutquestion. The matter of ownership was more difficult to settle;and although the dog I have in my mind at the present writing...
土人呢,2004年人均GDP4000美元,居者有其屋,出入有私车,短假去海边,长假去欧洲。 听说我要去土耳其长驻,加拿大驻华使馆的公使李普曼先生大叫:“哇,你要去那么好的地方呀!”他是位中国通,在北大学的中文,还是工农兵学员呢,娶了个中国舞蹈学家,说一口地道的普通话。我在加拿大时他还纠正过我的汉语拼音呢。等我在北京再见到他时,他已经又娶了唱阿姐鼓的朱哲琴了! 我惊讶道:“难道那儿比加拿大还好?” “那当然!那儿的人又会玩又会吃,气候还好。”他说,一点看不出虚情假意来。 我默然。虽然去出过几次差,但怎么也不会觉得它比加拿大还好呀。 是啊,光听名字,土耳其是挺土的。估计翻译当时也没想到几十年后竟会有懂中文的土人(我对土耳其人的简称,绝无贬义)抱怨这个土字用的不好。无论从英文Turkey或土文Turkiye的发音上看,特字好像更接近些。但我以为,反倒是“土耳其”三个字够有韵...
位于长江中下游北岸的黄冈县,是鄂东地区的大县,县城黄州是一座历史悠久的古城,历代州府的所在地,也是鄂东的政治、经济、文化中心。这个地方的经济虽然不怎么繁荣,却是一块神奇的土地。北宋文坛巨匠苏东坡在这里播下的文化种子,影响、教育了宋以后的黄冈历代知识分子,使这里兴学成风,人才济济,英杰辈出。李自成、张献忠等农民起义英雄和太平天国军队在鄂东与统治阶级展开的一场又一场惊心动魄的大决战的事迹,也鼓舞、教育了一代又一代有志报国救民的青年、学生。特别值得一提的是,离黄州城25公里的白羊山下的林家大、染铺的林氏家族,出现了在中国近、现代史上产生过重要影响的三兄弟——林育英、林育南、林彪(又名林育容)。...
The Story of a Bad Boyby Thomas Bailey AldrichChapter OneIn Which I Introduce MyselfThis is the story of a bad boy. Well, not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy; and I ought to know, for I am, or rather I was, that boy myself.Lest the title should mislead the reader, I hasten to assure him here that I have no dark confessions to make. I call my story the story of a bad boy, partly to distinguish myself from those faultless young gentlemen who generally figure in narratives of this kind, and
Life Is A Dreamby Pedro Calderon de la BarcaTranslated by Edward FitzgeraldINTRODUCTORY NOTEPedro Calderon de la Barca was born in Madrid, January 17, 1600, ofgood family. He was educated at the Jesuit College in Madrid and atthe University of Salamanca; and a doubtful tradition says that hebegan to write plays at the age of thirteen. His literary activity wasinterrupted for ten years, 1625-1635, by military service in Italy and...
男女生殖器崇拜的遗物和遗迹,在全世界许多地区都有发现。图为土耳其的巨形男根阵。 世界范围来看,生殖器崇拜具有以下四个普遍现象:一是直接地和夸张地描绘生殖器的唤起状态,如强调男性阴茎的勃起与坚挺,或突出女性阴唇的张弛和阴道口的拓开,因为这是神灵发挥最大魔力之时;二是生殖器下边一般不再表现它们所依附的身体部位,对男性至多表现睾丸,女性的实物偶像因很难独立表现,往往附带一些腹部,但图形却很少附带身体,因为它们是独立于人体和人的意志的外在神灵;三是严格说来,生殖器崇拜还不是崇拜“生殖”器,因为原始初民还没有把阴茎、阴门和生殖联系起来,甚至在最原始的阶段,他们对生殖器和性交的联系也有些模糊不清,所以男女两性生殖器的偶像往往是分开置放的;四是除了直接地夸张地描绘男女生殖器外,还有一些象征物也受到崇拜,这些象征物或是形似,或是内容、特点和生殖器有些近似,这些象征物在古代历史...
Chapter XIX of Volume III (Chap. 61)HAPPY for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy, may be guessed. I wish I could say, for the sake of her family, that the accomplishment of her earnest desire in the establishment of so many of her children produced so happy an effect as to make her a sensible, amiable, well-informed woman for the rest of he
三个吊儿郎当半大不大的小子走进大学教室,大声在寂静无声的教室里吆喝起来,打断了众多上晚自习的大学生们安静的心绪,在几十双诧异目光的注视下,其中一个长头发小子在黑板上写了三个大大的字——“找姚兰”。他们用鄙夷的眼神看着讲台下那些稚嫩淳朴的学生,似乎对自己的行为有那么一种得意和轻狂,丝毫没有站在高台上的别扭和尴尬。他们来回扫视着台下的学生,专在女生的脸上扫过,看谁会回应他们的问询,但他们失望了。当发现在此教室没有他们要找的目标后,他们拍拍屁股出了门,接着进了另一间教室。在莘莘学子眼里这三个小子无疑是社会上的地痞混混儿,在这所大学里,经常能见到这样的半大小子在校园里游荡,大家都已经见怪不怪了。这些混混儿中间有本校的子弟,也有校外社会上的黑道青年,甚至还有一些是附近中学的学生。对这些人的怪异行为大学生们基本都是熟视无睹。...