The Giant＇s Garden

从前有一位巨人。他有一所大房子和一座大花园。     

但是，警官……

一个星期天，一名警察坐在高速公路旁抓超速行驶的司机，他看到一辆汽车以每小时22英里的速度慢慢移动着。     

Long Life长生不老

一位男子在集市上卖药。起初他出售用瓶装的治感冒的药，每瓶一美元。     

The Table,the Donkey and the Stick

从前一位老人．他有三个儿子：汤姆。鲍勃和杰克。汤姆为一个制作桌子和其他木制品的人干活。汤姆努力地干了一年。当一年的活儿结束时．那个人给了他一张桌子。它用木料制成。看上去同     

有些话最好不要说

在过去10-15年里，人们更多关注的是“有一说一”，或“把事情全部抖出来”。我的印象是：这样过分的追求“言为心声”经常会伤害彼此的感情、毁灭彼此的友谊，更不会带来什么欢乐或成就感。     

学校禁喝汽水计划

本月稍早，美国小儿科学院——由一群儿科医生组成——宣布一项计划来协助解决国内的体重问题，计划是：学校禁喝汽水。     

变通

~~变通@Ralph Marston     

好好想想

今天，我们拥有更高的楼宇和更宽的公路，但我们的性情却变得更加急躁，视野也更加狭窄；     

为了什么而吵架？

~~为了什么而吵架?@John H.Payne @张梦华     

古奥运传奇

奥运会每4年在奥林匹亚举行一次。目的是为了表达对上帝宙斯的敬意。古希腊人非常看重奥运会的宗教性质。但是。奥运会起源的方式或原因却无人知晓。     

老鹰和蜜蜂

一只老鹰看见一只蜜蜂在一朵花上采蜜，就对蜜蜂说：“可怜的东西，我真为你感到惋惜，你这样辛劳，又富于技巧！可整整一个夏天，你成千上万的同胞都在蜂房建造蜂窝，而此后又有谁来为每只蜜蜂论功行赏     

The Bear That Isn＇t a Bear

Koalas aren‘t bears.They belong to the same family as kangaroos.Animals of this family are called pouch animals.That‘s because the mother carries her baby around in a pouch in the front of her stomach.lt‘s like a built-in papoose basket, only it‘s in the front instead of the back.     

开心天地

※I’m Albert ※A man was pushing a cart in a supermarket.A crying baby was lying in it.The gentleman kept repeating softly.“Don’t get excited,Albert.Don’t scream,Albert.Don’t yell,Albert.Keep calm,Albert.”A woman standing next to him said,“You cer-tainly should be praised for trying to clam your son.”The man looked at her and said,“Lady,I’m Al-bert.”哦,原来这位父亲在哄他自己呀! cart:手推车softly:轻柔地scream:尖叫yell:大叫calm:平静的;使平静 ※…     

好心的小矮人

He was 50 years old when I was born, and a “Mr Mom“ long before anyone had a name for it. I didn‘t know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their clad around. I considered (认为) myself very lucky.     

爸爸的草帽

Papa was a rancher(牧场主)--he worked with horses.He was proud of the way he dressed. He always wore clean clothes,even when he worked: that is very difficult for a rancher who works outside on a horse farm.     

The Brothers Who Collected Stories

In a German village more than 150 years ago,little Elsa pulled the drapes(帘子)aside and looked out the window.