到底是什么原因,让小女孩在很小的时候就踩上了妈妈的“高跷”?先践踏家里的拼花地板,随后又穿上更高的鞋跟,不断蹂躏自己的双脚,同时加害自己的钱包? 足科医生的警告愈严重、母亲的担心愈深、需要付钱的另一半抱怨愈多,那些鞋店老板笑得愈是心花怒放。不过,真正觉得幸福快乐的,却还是鞋痴们自己。对女人而言,鞋子永远少一双,鞋跟永远不能算太高,凉鞋也永远不会太性感。再大的水泡、再多的瘀伤,也浇不灭她们对鞋子的热情。实在忍受不住的,大不了光着脚走,鞋子拎在手上就是了。有些漂亮的鞋子买回去,本来就不是为了要穿,而仅仅为了拥有。当然,如果还能引起朋友或是敌人的妒忌,那就再棒不过了! 鞋子本来就是一个话题,让人们可以对它们的主人评头论足,用最尖酸刻薄的话、以最恶毒讽刺的方式。...
The Little DreamAn Allegory in six scenesBY JOHN GALSWORTHYCHARACTERSSEELCHEN, a mountain girlLAMOND, a climberFELSMAN, a glideCHARACTERS IN THE DREAMTHE GREAT HORN |THE COW HORN | mountainsTHE WINE HORN |THE EDELWEISS |THE ALPENROSE | flowersTHE GENTIAN |THE MOUNTAIN DANDELION |VOICES AND FIGURES IN THE DREAMCOWBELLS...
Tea-table Talkby Jerome K. JeromeCHAPTER I"They are very pretty, some of them," said the Woman of the World; "not the sort of letters I should have written myself.""I should like to see a love-letter of yours," interrupted the Minor Poet."It is very kind of you to say so," replied the Woman of the World. "It never occurred to me that you would care for one.""It is what I have always maintained," retorted the Minor Poet; "you have never really understood me."...
长期以来,外交一直被蒙上一层神秘色彩。一方面是因为在许多人的心目中,外交是国家大事,高不可攀,不敢问津。另一方面,外交部门也因外交无小事,总是有意无意之中将外交神秘化。但随着经济社会的发展,伴随着中国国际地位的提高,这一做法的弊端逐渐显露出来。由于缺乏了解和沟通,国内公众在一些涉及民族感情的问题的处理上,对中国在一些重大国际事件的态度等问题上对我外交政策产生了一些误解,甚至不满。为了改变这一状况,外交部加强了公众外交方面的工作,希望在逐渐撩起中国外交神秘面纱的同时,争取通过外交部与公众之间的互动,来加强与公众的联系,树立外交部亲和形象,提高公众对我外交工作的认识和理解,为我外交工作的顺利开展争取更广泛的民意支持。...
ElissaorThe Doom of Zimbabweby H. Rider HaggardDEDICATIONTo the Memory of the ChildNada Burnham,who "bound all to her" and, while her father cut his way throughthe hordes of the Ingobo Regiment, perished of the hardships ofwar at Buluwayo on 19th May, 1896, I dedicate these talesandmore particularly the last, that of a Faith which triumphed oversavagery and death.H. Rider Haggard.Ditchingham....
A PERSONAL RECORDBY JOSEPH CONRADA FAMILIAR PREFACEAs a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk aboutourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendlysuggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defendedmyself with some spirit; but, with characteristic tenacity, thefriendly voice insisted, "You know, you really must."...
Five Children and Itby E. NesbitTO JOHN BLANDMy Lamb, you are so very small,You have not learned to read at all.Yet never a printed book withstandsThe urgence of your dimpled hands.So, though this book is for yourself,Let mother keep it on the shelfTill you can read. O days that Pass,That day will come too soon, alas!CONTENTS1. Beautiful As the Day2. Golden Guineas3. Being Wanted...
(十五)品读《书剑恩仇录》-孔庆东 主讲人简介: 内容简介: 全文: (金庸原名查良镛,1924年出生于浙江海宁的名们望族。祖上有“一门七进士,叔侄五翰林”的荣耀。可是金庸的家乡跟乾隆皇帝又有什么联系?《书剑恩仇录》的诞生究竟隐藏着怎样的故事背景呢?) 下面我门来分析这个传说。在我们中国清朝以来,一直有这样一个说法,说乾隆皇帝本来是汉族人,乾隆皇帝被认为是清朝成就最高的一个皇帝。康乾盛世,阎崇年老师给大家讲过满清十二个皇帝,传说说这个乾隆本来是海宁的汉族人陈家之后。陈家生了这么一个孩子,被皇后采用调包计给调走了。我们在其他文学作品中,在京戏里面也常见这样的故事,皇后或者某个贵妃玩儿一个调包计,把人家孩子说成是自己的孩子。这样自己地位就稳固了。这反映了我们中国封建社会宫廷斗争的复杂性,可是这个乾隆被调包的传说,它和其他的传说有不同的地方,这个传说很值...
Eminent Victoriansby Lytton StracheyPrefaceTHE history of the Victorian Age will never be written; we knowtoo much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of thehistorianignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, whichselects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by thehighest art. Concerning the Age which has just passed, ourfathers and our grandfathers have poured forth and accumulated sovast a quantity of information that the industry of a Ranke would...
The Writings of Abraham Lincolnby Abraham LincolnVOLUME 5.TO SYDNEY SPRING, GRAYVILLE, ILL.SPRINGFIELD, June 19, 1858.SYDNEY SPRING, Esq.MY DEAR SIR:Your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received.There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of PublicInstruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contributionto the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off thelion of the dayor rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the...
血型这东西似乎有点神秘。说它有点神秘,是因为人体本身就是一个未解的谜,人身上还有很多物质和现象没有被揭秘。日本一些学者认为,血型同基因一样,决定着人的潜意识,影响着人的性格、缘分和群体的发展。科学地运用血型知识,能够帮助我们了解人性、顺应人性、改造人生。人的主观能动性,人的学习认知能力,是改造性格和命运的强有力的武器。可以这样讲,20岁以前,命运决定性格;20岁以后,性格决定命运。我们研判一个人,基本上是根据其比较主体明显的性格、气质来断定,而往往忽略其同时混合共存的性格、气质。 在日常生活,我们与朋友、同伴的聊天过程中,常有一种感觉,他们的性格特点常有相矛盾的地方。就如“变脸”,让人费解。但据研究表明,任何人都有双重性格的倾向,或更为复杂的多重性格,不过大多数能都平衡而不矛盾。 同是一块肉,调理的手法不一样,所做出的食品也就有千变万化。同样的道理,人的...
The Life of John Bunyanby Edmund Venables, M.A.CHAPTER I.John Bunyan, the author of the book which has probably passedthrough more editions, had a greater number of readers, and beentranslated into more languages than any other book in the Englishtongue, was born in the parish of Elstow, in Bedfordshire, in thelatter part of the year 1628, and was baptized in the parish churchof the village on the last day of November of that year....