April Hopesby William Dean HowellsFrom his place on the floor of the Hemenway Gymnasium Mr. Elbridge G.Mavering looked on at the Class Day gaiety with the advantage which hisstature, gave him over most people there. Hundreds of these were prettygirls, in a great variety of charming costumes, such as the eclecticismof modern fashion permits, and all sorts of ingenious compromises betweenwalking dress and ball dress. It struck him that the young men on whosearms they hung, in promenading around the long oval within the crowd ofstationary spectators, were very much younger than students used to be,whether they wore the dress-coats of the Seniors or the cut-away of theJuniors and Sophomores; and the young girls themselves did not look so...　

　　题记　　1 木城的记忆　　夜空下的木城一直在燃烧。　　那是一场旷日持久的冲天大火。几十年了，大火不仅没有一点熄灭的迹象，反而越烧越旺。　　这是一天中木城人感觉最不好的时刻。　　但这样的时刻很快就过去了。日复一日，年复一年，木城每天都演绎着同样的场景。　　木城人为此骄傲，把每个这样的夜晚都叫做灯火辉煌。　　木城人害怕黑暗，害怕夜晚，但他们并不在乎星星和月亮。　　当然，木城人也不在乎春秋四季，他们甚至讨厌春秋四季。因为四季变换对城里人来说，除了意味着要不断更换衣服，不断带来各种麻烦，实在没有任何意义。　　木城人没有方向感，东西南北像星星月亮春秋四季一样，他们一辈辈生活在人造的大都市里，对自然界的依赖已大为减少，对东西南北的辨识能力就会蜕化，这很正常。木城人像不在乎星星月亮春秋四季一样，也不在乎土地。　　事实上，木城人已经失去对土地的记忆。...　

THE GOLDEN BRANCHONCE upon a time there was a King who was so morose anddisagreeable that he was feared by all his subjects, and withgood reason, as for the most trifling offences he would have theirheads cut off. This King Grumpy, as he was called, had oneson, who was as different from his father as he could possibly be.No prince equalled him in cleverness and kindness of heart, butunfortunately he was most terribly ugly. He had crooked legs andsquinting eyes, a large mouth all on one side, and a hunchback.Never was there a beautiful soul in such a frightful little body, butin spite of his appearance everybody loved him. The Queen, hismother, called him Curlicue, because it was a name she ratherliked, and it seemed to suit him....　

Tales and Fantasiesby Robert Louis StevensonContentsThe Misadventures of John NicholsonThe Body-SnatcherThe Story of a LieTHE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSONCHAPTER I - IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WINDJOHN VAREY NICHOLSON was stupid; yet, stupider men than heare now sprawling in Parliament, and lauding themselves asthe authors of their own distinction. He was of a fat habit,even from boyhood, and inclined to a cheerful and cursoryreading of the face of life; and possibly this attitude ofmind was the original cause of his misfortunes. Beyond thishint philosophy is silent on his career, and superstitionsteps in with the more ready explanation that he was detested...　

The Monster Menby Edgar Rice Burroughs1THE RIFTAs he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horrid evidence which might easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into a chair and throwing his body forward upon his great, teak desk buried his face in his arms, breaking into dry, moaning sobs.Beads of perspiration followed the seams of his high, wrinkled forehead, replacing the tears which might have lessened the pressure upon his overwrought nerves. His slender frame shook, as with ague, and at times was racked by a convulsive shudder. A sudden step upon the stairway leading to his workshop brought him trembling and wide eyed to his feet, staring fea...　

Alcibiades IIby Platonic ImitatorTranslated by Benjamin JowettAPPENDIX II.The two dialogues which are translated in the second appendix are notmentioned by Aristotle, or by any early authority, and have no claim to beascribed to Plato. They are examples of Platonic dialogues to be assignedprobably to the second or third generation after Plato, when his writingswere well known at Athens and Alexandria. They exhibit considerableoriginality, and are remarkable for containing several thoughts of the sortwhich we suppose to be modern rather than ancient, and which therefore havea peculiar interest for us. The Second Alcibiades shows that thedifficulties about prayer which have perplexed Christian theologians were...　

如果坐飞机，由纽约曼哈顿往东飞，过了“东河”，飞越广袤平坦的皇后区，看到世界博览会旧址的草原公园（MeadowPark），再掠过爱丽塘（AllyPond）的一片湿地，才离开纽约市的边界，就会看见一个高起的山头。山不过几百英尺，朝北呈阶梯似地一坡一坡下降，伸向“大颈区”（GreatNeck）外的海湾；向南先有个较大的落差，再平平滑滑地延伸向远处的大西洋；向东则是长岛，那个由阿帕拉契山脉（Appalachians）冲积出来的香肠型半岛。山头上长满了树，像是一片丛林，但是掠过树梢，可以看见心型的一抹蓝，正好被四周的小山坡围绕着，这抹蓝、这片不过三十英亩的水，就是莱克瑟丝湖（L-akeSuccess）。据地质学家研究，十五万年前的冰河时期，这个山头远比今天为高，可能还相当陡峭。那时地球的气候寒冷，从北极、加拿大，一路下来都是冰天雪地，终年不融。厚达千尺的白雪一层压一层，变成冰。再由于地心引力，高处的冰逐渐往低处移动，成为...　

Author :Issue : 总第 69期Provenance :Date :Nation :Translator :常敏毅　　一　　C．A．克兰是专售巧克力的商人，他每到夏季便苦闷异常，因为巧克力变软，甚至融化，销售量急剧下降。他苦思冥想，制造了一种专供夏季消暑用的硬糖，造型上一改块状、片状型，而压制成小小的薄环。1912年，他正式批量生产这种命名为“救生圈”的具有薄荷味的硬糖，颇受欢迎，至今不衰。　　二　　S．N．戈德曼是目前超级市场人人必需的购物推车的发明者。1937年他在俄克拉荷马城超级市场，观察到顾客个个挎着、背着装满物品的筐和口袋，排着队等待着结帐。他灵机一动，于是试制了一辆四轮小型推车，结果深受消费者和超级市场老板的欢迎，获得了重大发明专利。　　三　　G．克鲁姆是位美国印地安人，他是炸马铃薯片的发明者。1853年，克鲁姆在萨拉托加市的高级餐馆中担任厨师。一天晚上，来了位法国人，他吹毛求疵，总挑剔克鲁姆的菜不够味，特别是...　

水浒传 上卷作者:施耐庵第一回　王教头私走延安府　九纹龙大闹史家村第二回　史大郎夜走华阴县　鲁提辖拳打镇关西第三回　赵员外重修文殊院　鲁智深大闹五台山第四回　小霸王醉入销金帐　花和尚大闹桃花村第五回　九纹龙翦径赤松林　鲁智深火烧瓦官寺第六回　花和尚倒拔垂杨柳　豹子头误入白虎堂第七回　林教头刺配沧州道　鲁智深大闹野猪林第八回　柴进门招天下客　林冲棒打洪教头第九回　林教头风雪山神庙　陆虞候火烧草料场第十回　朱贵水亭施号箭　林冲雪夜上梁山第十一回　梁山泊林冲落草　汴京城杨志卖刀第十二回　青面兽北京斗武　急先锋东郭争功第十三回　赤发鬼醉卧灵官殿　晁天王认义东溪村第十四回　吴学究说三阮撞筹　公孙胜应七星聚义第十五回　杨志押送金银担　吴用智取生辰纲第十六回　花和尚单打二龙山　青面兽双夺宝珠寺第十七回　美髯公智稳插翅虎　宋公明私放晁天王...　

SHERLOCK HOLMESTHE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSEby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleIt was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London wasinterested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of theHonourable Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicablecircumstances. The public has already learned those particulars of thecrime which came out in the police investigation, but a good dealwas suppressed upon that occasion, since the case for theprosecution was so overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessaryto bring forward all the facts. Only now, at the end of nearly tenyears, am I allowed to supply those missing links which make up thewhole of that remarkable chain. The crime was of interest in itself,...　

　　何香涛，北京师范大学天文系教授，博士生导师。多年来著作甚丰，曾任北京天文学会理事长。　　内容简介：　　一想到太阳，大家马上就联想到温暖和阳光，对于太阳来讲，古今中外各个民族都对太阳是一片歌颂声，我们说太阳哺育着大地，太阳哺育着我们的地球、植物，万物生长靠太阳。的的确确是这样，太阳是非常非常重要。有一句俗话说，说是离了谁地球都可以转，但是要离了太阳，地球可就转不动了。你们可以想像一下是不是这样，所以太阳的优点是非常多的。但是尽管这么说，我们说任何一件事情，都不可能是十全十美的，如果说太阳的优点有99.9％，那么毕竟还有0.1％是缺点。今天我们就讲讲太阳的缺点，太阳对我们人类来讲，都是好处，惟有今天我讲这个题目不是那么十全十美，是什么呢？叫太阳风暴，太阳风暴主要是由太阳上各种活动区的爆发形成的。历史上太阳风暴曾经对人类的生活产生影响，随着科学技术的普及，太阳风暴对地球的...　

闪电·太极·足球 作者：今夜如风的我　　第一章 虹桥机场　　坐在国航班机舒适的座位上，我依然和一个月前一样的悲伤。　　2002年10月14日，上海虹桥机场，我即将登上去日本东京的飞机。　　那一日，晴空万里，送行的是我大学时代的几位同窗好友和医院的几位同事朋友。自从一个月前经历了闪电事件后，我并不知道体内发生的变化究竟对我今后的人生有什么样的影响，只知道有一股电流混合了我的微弱内力储存在我的丹田之中。很不可思议，我怕别人认为我失恋后脑子发烧胡说八道，所以不敢跟任何人讲。当然，这一个月我确实是胡思乱想，如行尸走肉般的生活，并且做出了至今也不知道是对是错的决定——去日本留学！　　我的大学费用全靠奖学金、自己打工，以及学校为了照顾失去亲人的学生而提供的学费减免才熬过了五年医学生生涯的。像我这样的人，原本在大学里是没有资格谈恋爱的，可能是因为自己歌喉不错，总留着一头长发，随和开朗，...　

Female Suffrageby Susan Fenimore CooperA LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF AMERICA.Part I.The natural position of woman is clearly, to a limited degree, asubordinate one. Such it has always been throughout the world, in allages, and in many widely different conditions of society. There arethree conclusive reasons why we should expect it to continue so forthe future.FIRST. Woman in natural physical strength is so greatly inferior toman that she is entirely in his power, quite incapable of self-defense, trusting to his generosity for protection. In savage life thisgreat superiority of physical strength makes man the absolutemaster, woman the abject slave. And, although every successivestep in civilisation lessens the distance between the sexes, and...　

个人自修训练营与研讨会外地员工使用第一章 努力工作不忘开怀大笑幽默为你添色彩我深信幽默，幽默与玩笑不同，幽默是值得欣赏的!——汤姆·彼得斯在当今社会，大多数人的日子都过得太严肃了。根据一项调查显示，美国的劳动阶级，每天所消耗的阿斯芬灵超过15公吨。当然，生活压力不一定完全来自于工作，新闻媒体24小时不断地疲劳轰炸，也有令人吃不消之感。在信息爆炸的今天，新闻媒体的任务似乎就是把各式各样的危机以最快的速度传送到你面前。如果说，今天你在报纸上没有看到什么大型的天灾人祸，请先别高兴，因为电视新闻联播网还是会热忱地为你播放层出不穷的悲剧，让你坐立不安、心惊胆颤。工作岗位上的情形也好不到哪儿去：比方像公司人事重组、企业被购并和全球经济危机，一切的一切，逼得员工只有加倍努力地工作，调整自己以适应环境，否则很可能就会被淘汰，无怪乎，与压力有关的疾病会愈来愈多。...　

【钟少的不死情缘】整个华丽的别墅里空荡荡的只有钟豪一个人，他斜躺在柔软的红色沙发里，微闭着眼睛，想着白天吴彤的无理取闹，他轻轻叹了口气。他起身朝卧室走去，偌大的空间里只听见自己的脚步声，他突然觉得有点孤寂。父母都去法国度假了，为了工作他没有跟他们一块去，他干脆连佣人都放回了老家，让勤勤恳恳为他们劳作一辈子的吴妈也好好休息休息。叮——，一声清脆的电话铃声在午夜响起。钟毫迷迷糊糊的拿起听筒，含糊着问：“喂，哪位？”。没有人回答，他挂了电话，继续睡觉。刚合上眼，电话又响起来了，他有点不耐烦的抓起听筒大声的说：“是不是彤彤啊？”，对方电话又挂了，只听见嘟嘟的盲音。钟毫一下子睡意全无，他披了一件外套朝客厅走去，准备煮一杯咖啡喝。他无意间抬头看到客厅里的钟表正指向十二点，他突然冷不丁的打了一个寒颤。当他拿起咖啡壶，他失声的叫出声来，重重的把咖啡壶甩在了地上，因为那个被他收藏...　

　“真正的宜家精神，是依据我们的热忱，我们持之以恒的创新精神，我们的成本意识，我们承担责任和乐于助人的愿望，我们的敬业精神，以及我们简洁的行为所构成的。”　　——宜家创始人英格瓦·坎普拉德　　在GOOGLE上，你搜索坎普拉德的时候，会有2080条显示；如果搜索英格瓦，会有339条与此相关的条目；如果你搜索英格瓦·坎普拉德，那对不起，你只能得到211条；如果这是现任世界首富知名度的侧面反映，不知道你是跌破眼镜、大惊失色，还是饶有兴致、佩服有加。总之我们都在怀疑这个小老头在信息化泛滥的今天到底是如何做到默默无闻，然后瞅准时机，横空出世，给你重拳，好像不把你一下子打晕就不是他的作风。　　这种感觉对第一次进宜家的人来说，更是深有体会，看惯了“无心购买，请勿踏坐”如此这般看扁人的牌子，在宜家，你却能躺在钟爱的大床上欲睡欲醒，听着似有似无的背景音乐，被错落重叠的镜面折射出刚起身的幸福，几步...　

BEASTS AND SUPER-BEASTS - H. H. MUNRO ("SAKI")CONTENTSTHE SHE-WOLFLAURATHE BOAR-PIGTHE BROGUETHE HENTHE OPEN WINDOWTHE TREASURE-SHIPTHE COBWEBTHE LULLTHE UNKINDEST BLOWTHE ROMANCERSTHE SCHARTZ-METTERKLUME METHODTHE SEVENTH PULLETTHE BLIND SPOTDUSKA TOUCH OF REALISMCOUSIN TERESATHE YARKAND MANNERTHE BYZANTINE OMELETTETHE FEAST OF NEMESISTHE DREAMERTHE QUINCE TREETHE FORBIDDEN BUZZARDSTHE STAKECLOVIS ON PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIESA HOLIDAY TASKTHE STALLED OXTHE STORY-TELLERA DEFENSIVE DIAMONDTHE ELK"DOWN PENS"THE NAME-DAYTHE LUMBER ROOMFURTHE PHILANTHROPIST AND THE HAPPY CATON APPROVAL...　

如果我问你：月亮上最美的女人是谁？你一定会这样回答我：白痴，这还用问吗？当然是嫦娥姐姐。难道你没有看见吗？猪八戒大哥想她想得都快要成花痴了，连做梦都在流口水。但是，朋友，我告诉你，你错了。在公元二千五百年以前，嫦娥的确是月亮上最美的女人，但是在公元二千五百年以后，月亮上最美的女人就不再是嫦娥姐姐了。一来是因为岁月不饶人，嫦娥姐姐虽然保养得蛮好，天天跳健美操，美容院也去得勤，但毕竟已经是几千几百岁的人了，鱼尾纹已经悄悄地爬上了眼角，“青春”已经跟她说再见，就快要离她而去了。公元二千五百年的时候，嫦娥姐姐已经变成一个半老徐娘。二来呢，正所谓长江后浪推前浪，一代新人胜旧人，月球上新一代美眉们在整体素质上与嫦娥姐姐那一代老美眉相比有了一个明显的提高，无论从质量上还是从数量上来说，都完全地超越了前辈。新一代的美眉们是时尚的、前卫的，浑身洋溢着青春活力。冷月儿就是新一代美眉...