Of The Nature of Thingsby Lucretius [Titus Lucretius Carus]Translated by William Ellery LeonardBOOK IPROEMMother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,Dear Venus that beneath the gliding starsMakest to teem the many-voyaged mainAnd fruitful lands- for all of living thingsThrough thee alone are evermore conceived,Through thee are risen to visit the great sun-Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on,Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away,For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers,...
Roads of Destinyby O. HenryCONTENTSI. Roads of DestinyII. The Guardian of the AccoladeIII. The Discounters of MoneyIV. The Enchanted ProfileV. "Next to Reading Matter"VI. Art and the BroncoVII. PhoebeVIII. A Double-dyed DeceiverIX. The Passing of Black EagleX. A Retrieved ReformationXI. Cherchez la FemmeXII. Friends in San RosarioXIII. The Fourth in SalvadorXIV. The Emancipation of BillyXV. The Enchanted Kiss...
——序杜文娟散文集《杜鹃声声》陈长吟几年前的一个春夜,在巴山脚下,汉水岸边的宿舍里,下了班,吃完饭,正喝茶。忽听有人敲门,打开一看,原来是朋友杜文涛领着一个小姑娘来拜访。坐定,文涛说:“这是我妹妹杜文娟,也爱写作。”随即递过来一叠诗稿。我粗粗地翻了一遍,感觉尚好,个别句子也不错,但整体上单调幼稚,于是照例先鼓励一番,然后指出不足。写诗的女孩落落大方,虽瘦,挺精神,透露着一股蓬勃执拗的野劲儿。此后很长时间再没见面,偶尔在报刊上能读到她的一些诗作,可留下的印象不深。也不知她写的多不多,反正见报的数量有限。当今社会是信息时代,人们接受着各种各样的信息,一炮打响已成昔日神话,只有轮番轰炸,重复出现,才能在读者心目中产生深入的影响。...
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMESThe Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleI had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the secondmorning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him thecompliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in apurple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right,and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied,near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the...
遇上Roman的时候是冬天,他光着身子躺在葫芦叶扎成的太阳伞下,膝盖拱起来靠一本哈利波特的书,煞有其事地看着,身体被有些灼人的阳光晒成浅红色,一潮一潮的浅红,像是血液流经后的印记。亚龙湾的冬天四处暖风,我坐在躺椅上给郁发短信,想把海滩拍下来传给他,想听一听他的声音。可没有回音。我站起身子,走到海水里,在一潮一潮被风赶着走的海浪里给郁打电话,只是电话那头的机械声音回答:the subscriber you have dialed has been switched off. 海滩边卖贝壳的小孩拎着满满一袋贝壳走过来,他眯起眼睛朝我伸出一双手:“十块。”每天都有这样的小孩在亚龙湾来来回回地跑,兜售夜里清晨捡来的贝壳、海螺,他们的大人则躲在不远处的礁石后面,将脸包裹在一块巨大的毛巾里藏在斗笠下,露出闪烁的眼睛看管着满满一铅桶的贝壳、海螺,小心翼翼。...
TWICE-TOLD TALESTHE AMBITIOUS GUESTby Nathaniel HawthorneONE SEPTEMBER NIGHT a family had gathered round their hearth, andpiled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams, the dry cones ofthe pine, and the splintered ruins of great trees that had comecrashing down the precipice. Up the chimney roared the fire, andbrightened the room with its broad blaze. The faces of the father...
1Gabriel Oak falls in loveGabriel Oak was a sensible man of good character, who had been brought up by his father as a shepherd, and then managed to save enough money to rent his own farm on Norcombe Hill,in Dorset. He was twenty-eight,a tall,well-built man,who did not seem,however,to think his appear-ance was very important.One winter morning he was in one of his fields on the side of Norcombe Hill . Looking over his gate,Gabriel could see a yellow cart,loaded with furniture and plants,coming