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SERTORIUS130?-72 B.C.by Plutarchtranslated by John DrydenIT is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortunetakes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences shouldspontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to bewrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, withsuch an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results....
《山海经》里曾说:当初盘古开天以后,终于死去后,头东脚西平躺在大地上他的头部高高隆起,就是现在的山东境内气势雄伟的东岳泰山;他的两脚趾朝天就是现在陕西省境内群峰挺立的西岳华山;他的肚子往上高挺,就是现在河南省境内风景秀丽的中岳嵩山;他的左臂在身体的南边,就是现在湖南省境内重峦叠嶂的南岳衡山;他的右臂在身体的北边,就是山西省境内气象万千的北岳恒山。 他的寓意也就是这五座山是一个整体,是一个人身上的部分,是不可分割的。这五座山所在的省份和一马平川的河北及陕西几乎是最能代表中国的省份,这六个省几乎是中华民族五千年文明的缩影。虽然中国的地域特色很重,光是叫东西南北的省份就有十几个(东有山东、广东;西有陕西、山西、广西、江西、西藏;南有湖南、河南、云南、海南;北有河北、湖北。),这其中东西南北所对应的四省也分别是汉民族传统势力范围最早的边界,也是春秋战国时...
《左眼惊诧右眼恐怖》作者:城市浪子第一章开端“嗨!今天晚上我可以约你吗?”我很不自在的说。说起来好笑,我以前还没有约过女孩子,而且还是自己心仪很久的女孩子。依一是我在初二就心仪很久的一个女孩,呵呵,说起来依一是我的同桌因为老师当时想让她帮我提高英文成绩,可是后来就不这么想了,自从她成为我的同桌之后我的成绩还不如从前了,因为我那个时候……“大家好,今天我们班又转来一位新同学,希望今后大家要多多互相帮助,依一你过来,这位同学叫修文,你就坐在这个位置,和修文作同桌,修文的英文不好你要多多帮助他啊……(叽里呱啦的一大堆)”剩下的我一点也没听到,只记得当时我爬在桌子上,等我醒来的时候就看到一个很PP的女孩子,很漂亮很漂亮。...
——对230个日本青年人的现场调查报告 本次赴东京采访,除了人物专访和召开青年人座谈会之外,最重要的也是最不容易做到的就是这个对230名15岁至25岁的东京年轻人的生活现状及思想意识的调查。它的重要性在于其调查所得到的数据要比对几个或者十几个人的访谈内容更能客观反应东京青年人的整体状况,因为一定规模的样本量才能具有说服力和代表性。 在短短的20天里,将这么多调查表发出去,并让人填写后再收回来,对我们来说,无疑是一项不小的工程。若不是因为有众多的中国朋友和日本朋友的义务帮忙,我们是无法完成这次调查的。这些帮忙的朋友中有的是学校的老师或中国留学生,有的是区役所(街区办事处)的公务员,有的是中文报社的编辑和记者,还有的是饭店或咖啡店的老板和服务员。他们利用工作和环境之便,拜托并说服周围的一个又一个日本年轻人花上几分钟时间填写了我们这份调查表。在街头拍照和采访时,我们自己也...
The Argonauticaby Apollonius RhodiusINTRODUCTIONMuch has been written about the chronology of Alexandrian literature and the famous Library, founded by Ptolemy Soter, but the dates of the chief writers are still matters of conjecture. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is placed by scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C., while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very little information on the subject. There are two "lives" of Apollonius in the Scholia, both d
The Man Who Could Not Loseby Richard Harding DavisThe Carters had married in haste and refused to repent at leisure.So blindly were they in love, that they considered their marriagetheir greatest asset. The rest of the world, as represented bymutual friends, considered it the only thing that could be urgedagainst either of them. While single, each had been popular. As abachelor, young "Champ" Carter had filled his modest placeacceptably. Hostesses sought him for dinners and week-end parties,...
Falkby Joseph ConradA REMINISCENCESeveral of us, all more or less connected with thesea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not morethan thirty miles from London, and less than twentyfrom that shallow and dangerous puddle to whichour coasting men give the grandiose name of "Ger-man Ocean." And through the wide windows wehad a view of the Thames; an enfilading view downthe Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was exe-crable, and all the feast was for the eyes....
A MOONLIGHT FABLEThere was once a little man whose mother made him a beautiful suitof clothes. It was green and gold and woven so that I cannotdescribe how delicate and fine it was, and there was a tie oforange fluffiness that tied up under his chin. And the buttonsin their newness shone like stars. He was proud and pleased by hissuit beyond measure, and stood before the long looking-glass whenfirst he put it on, so astonished and delighted with it that he...
作者:彼得·梅尔译者:宋伟航前言英国《好书指南》强力推荐这是一本教世人大开眼界的书。作者在书中提及了富裕阶级以及那些假想自己化身富裕阶级的人所该知道的享受之道。作者告诉我们哪里可以买得世界上最好的鱼子酱和巴拿马草帽;该怎样订制1300美元的鞋子,一套800英镑的西装;还有哈瓦拿雪茄,松露,香槟,豪华大轿车,喀什米尔衣等等。作者一方面赞美人类的感官飨宴,另一方面赞美提供飨宴的人,讲的是金钱买得到(与买不到)的快乐。契子生活中的飨宴我相信我们大部分人,生来即带有喜爱挥霍的隐性倾向;有一股贪图更多、更好的纵欲本色,就潜藏在不知哪个基因里,一有走运的兆头,或是一看见信用卡,便马上发作。若不是这样,那又怎么能解释有个女子,明明已经有了399双鞋,却还继续一路买鞋?还有那第二架直升机,第五栋房子,一打名家设计椅垫,一大桶满满的鱼子酱,巨量瓶(methuselah)香槟?是什么人需要这些东西呢?...
--饶雪漫青春疼痛系列之七 离歌饶雪漫十八岁那年的夏末秋初,我终于到达北京。我坐的是飞机,阿南一直送我到安检处。这是我生平第一次坐飞机,行李托运了,我只背一个小包,非常轻松。把证件递给安检人员的时候,我回头看了一下阿南,他正朝我挥手,隔着很远的距离,我清晰地看到他眉间的“川”字。我迅速地把头别了过去,不让他看到我眼眶里的泪水。阿南老了,我走了。我知道他会夜夜想我,像我想他一样。但我一定得走,这是一件多么抱歉的事。我在飞机起飞的前一刻给阿南发去短信:老爸,珍重。我的手机是他才替我买的,诺基亚5330,音乐手机,还特别配了1G的存储卡,可以放上千首歌。他总是尽力给我最精致的生活,可我总是违背他的意愿。从十岁一直到十八岁。这漫长的八年里,我不知道我对他意味着什么,但他对我,意味着一座山。...