希腊译员我和歇洛克·福尔摩斯先生虽然相识很久,亲密无间,但极少听他说其他的亲属,也很少听他讲起自己早年的生活。他这样沉默寡言,更加使我觉得他有点不近人情,以至有时我把他看作一个孤僻的怪人,一个有头脑无情感的人,虽然他的智力超群,却缺乏人类的感情。他不喜欢接近女人,不愿结交新友,这都表明了他不易动感情的性格特征,不过尤其无情的是他绝口不提家人。因此我开始认为他是一个孤儿,没有亲属在世了。可是有一天,出乎我意料之外,他竟同我谈 起他的哥哥来了。一个夏天的傍晚,茶后无事,我们便海阔天空、东拉西扯地闲聊起来,从高尔夫球俱乐部到黄赤交角变化的原因,最后谈到返祖现象和遗传适应性,讨论的要点是:一个人的出众才能有多少出于遗传,又有多少出于自身早年所受的训练。...
第一部分好马配上好鞍 榆木(丈夫) 我羞于去菜场买菜/但夫人说这样可以增进我们的似蜜情爱。于是我有时会进蔬菜超市/虽然我知道它们其实就来自同一片农场/我也知道半斤薇菜/这里要比外面贵出不止一块。而惟一的好处就是它会给你一个精巧且每天不同的拎袋/这样别人就不知道我提着的是一家的晚餐还是公司的外派。 小姗(妻子) 先生的切菜动作很像是在给蚂蚁洗澡/直到今天只要看见我依然会笑闪了腰。这个时候先生每每心情不糟/共进晚餐还会用筷尾夹我的脚。和父母一起时我的饭量通常很小/现在和榆木一道/不知为何有时两碗进肚却仍然不饱。先生说这从一个侧面反映出他精于烹调/我把手一摇/说只有青春期女孩的摄食总量才会陡然增高。...
The Diary of a Nobodyby George and Weedon GrossmithCHAPTER I.We settle down in our new home, and I resolve to keep a diary. Tradesmen trouble us a bit, so does the scraper. The Curate calls and pays me a great compliment.My clear wife Carrie and I have just been a week in our new house, "The Laurels," Brickfield Terrace, Holloway - a nice six-roomed residence, not counting basement, with a front breakfast-parlour. We have a little front garden; and there is a flight of ten steps up to the fron
DION408?-353 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenIF it be true, Sosius Senecio, that, as Simonides tells us-"Of the Corinthians Troy does not complain"for having taken part with the Achaeans in the siege, because the Trojans also had Corinthians (Glaucus, who sprang from Corinth) fighting bravely on their side, so also it may be fairly said that neither Romans nor Greeks can quarrel with the Academy, each nation being equally represented in the followin
Fantastic Fablesby Ambrose BierceContents:The Moral Principle and the Material InterestThe Crimson CandleThe Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled ErmineThe Ingenious PatriotTwo KingsAn Officer and a ThugThe Conscientious OfficialHow Leisure CameThe Moral SentimentThe PoliticiansThe Thoughtful WardenThe Treasury and the ArmsThe Christian SerpentThe Broom of the Temple...
The Virgin of the SunBy H. Rider HaggardDEDICATIONMy Dear Little,Some five-and-thirty years ago it was our custom to discuss manymatters, among them, I think, the history and romance of thevanished Empires of Central America.In memory of those far-off days will you accept a tale that dealswith one of them, that of the marvellous Incas of Peru; with thelegend also that, long before the Spanish Conquerors entered on...
这当然不是旧时那种刀兵相见、舰长被囚、绝望的水兵转成不法之徒式的兵变。然而,它毕竟是1944年发生在美国海军里的事情,侦讯法庭建议将其作为兵变案加以审理,后来这个事件便以“凯恩舰哗变”闻名全军。这个故事以威利•基思作为开始,因为整个事件是以他为轴心展开的,就像金库的大门是靠一个小小的宝石轴承转动一样。美国《海军条例》摘录非常情况第184条 可以想像在出现极端异乎寻常、非同一般的情况时部下有必要解除指挥官的职务,将其逮捕或列入病人名单;但不经海军部或别的适当上级机关的批准绝不允许采取此种行动,除非请示这样的上级机关会造成延误或具有其他显而易见的理由真正无法做到。此种请示中必须说明案情的全部事实和建议所依据的理由,特别要说明事情的紧急程度。...