THE LITTLE GOOD MOUSEONCE upon a time there lived a King and Queen who loved eachother so much that they were never happy unless they weretogether. Day after day they went out hunting or fishing; nightafter night they went to balls or to the opera; they sang, and danced,and ate sugar-plums, and were the gayest of the gay, and all theirsubjects followed their example so that the kingdom was called theJoyous Land. Now in the next kingdom everything was as different...
Of Commerceby David HumeThe greater part of mankind may be divided into two classes;that of shallow thinkers, who fall short of the truth; and thatof abstruse thinkers, who go beyond it. The latter class are byfar the most rare: and I may add, by far the most useful andvaluable. They suggest hints, at least, and start difficulties,which they want, perhaps, skill to pursue; but which may producefine discoveries, when handled by men who have a more just way of...
A Selection From The Lyrical Poems Of Robert HerrickArranged with introduction by Francis Turner PalgravePREFACEROBERT HERRICK - Born 1591 : Died 1674Those who most admire the Poet from whose many pieces a selection only is here offered, will, it is probable, feel most strongly (with the Editor) that excuse is needed for an attempt of an obviously presumptuous nature. The choice made by any selector invites challenge: the admission, perhaps, of some poems, the absence of more, will be censure
在公元前9600年左右,曾有过这样一个国家。它拥有三千万左右的人口,陆地面积比小亚细亚与北非之和还要大。那里气候温和,森林茂盛, 文化水平相当发达。王国的船队早在数千年前就已开始在世界大洋间航行,它们曾经征服了世界上的所有海洋,直到船只被一场巨大的洪水吞没,所有的财富,所有的辉煌,所有的传奇,所有的文明,一夜之间全部沉入海底。以上是柏拉图在它的《对话录》中有关“亚特兰蒂斯”描述的一段内容,在书中,他曾经不止一次提到了这个名字,并且发出了深情的慨叹。柏拉图之后,亚特兰蒂斯成为一个给人们带来无限遐想和憧憬的名词。一个伟大的国度,一个高度发达的文明,在赢得了尊贵与荣耀之后,为何在突然之间就消失了,甚至没有留下零星的线索?...
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...
这是一个不起眼的地方。在退潮期间,褐色的泥浆被晒干后龟裂成一片片小方块,一眼看去,整个泥滩像被铺上一层砖瓦,给人一种怪异的感觉。泥滩上那条向远处的大海流淌的溪水已不再像一条小溪,只剩下一条沟,几乎是条裂缝,沟底汪着一小滩死水。潮水一来,这条沟又会被灌满。沟有两条倾斜的侧岸,上面的泥浆与其他地方的泥浆干的过程不一样,那里的泥片干得很彻底,焦干焦干的,像漂过白似的。看上去像黑白相间的拼图。这里就像任何一个货港,是一条工业化的风景线:大型停车场、金属保安栏网、头戴安全帽的人们、巨大的载货车在货物的重压下哼哼。坐落在坚实基础上的钢铁巨臂向大海伸去,去迎接货轮上的货物。起重架无声地转动,将货物抓起放下。铁路边上是一座座煤山,长长的货车丁丁当当地缓缓驶过,形成了背景的一部分。巨大的圆形仓库的两侧是白色的现代样式的办公楼,形成了背景的另一部分。空气中弥漫着一种永不消散的石油化...
Nada the Lilyby H. Rider HaggardDEDICATIONSompseu:For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has been honouredby every tribe between Zambesi and Cape Agulbas,I greet you!Sompseu, my father, I have written a book that tells of men andmatters of which you know the most of any who still look upon thelight; therefore, I set your name within that book and, such as it is,I offer it to you.If you knew not Chaka, you and he have seen the same suns shine, you...
好莱坞的全球化与中国电影的发展清华大学传媒系主任——尹鸿 2001年12月27日 11:06主持人:会当凌绝顶,一览众山小,欢迎大家来到世纪大讲堂。一个节目呢,每一年如果播出是按星期为单位的话,一年呢是365天,按星期除以是52期,也就是有52个星期。那么在这一年当中呢,很多人问主持人阿忆说,为什么你们不把电影当成一种产业,当成一种理论,请一个电影理论家给大家讲一讲。阿忆想这个事儿是对啊,后来我就给北京电影学院的谢飞导演打电话,说您是教电影的理论家,能不能来我们这个大讲堂给大家讲一讲电影理论,但是谢飞导演说,电影是一个操作性很强的技术,没什么理论,哎呀,这个阿忆万般无奈的情况下就想到了,来清华找一下清华的传媒系主任尹鸿,结果尹鸿博士打电话告诉阿忆说没问题,电影照样是理论,所以今天呢,主持人阿忆把尹鸿请到了现场。...
Honore de Balzacby Albert Keim and Louis LumetTranslated from the French by FREDERIC TABER COOPERGENERAL NOTEOf all the books perhaps the one best designed for training the mind and forming the character is "Plutarch." The lives of great men are object-lessons. They teach effort, devotion, industry, heroism and sacrifice.Even one who confines his reading solely to biographies of thinkers, writers, inventors, poets of the spirit or poets of science, will in a short time have acquired an understa
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...