To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster...

Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains. Everyday the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the la...

遇到不顺心的事情，难免会有不满的情绪，总憋在心里也不是办法，适时发泄一下反而有助于健康。下面是两个发泄情绪时常用的词，不妨来看一看，也许看了你就能开心一点了呢。 1. Just buy the d...

理解这个短语的关键在于弄清楚'Jack'的含义，'leg'在这里没有什么实际意义。 Jack（杰克）是大家非常熟悉的一个英语人名，如电影《泰坦尼克》中的男主角就叫'杰克'。另外，Jack可以泛指'人、...

Father’s Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a “father’s day” wa...

John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to ...

Boondoggle是美国俚语，是指花费了时间、精力或金钱，却没有得到什么有价值的报酬。 Boondoggle来源似乎与美国20世纪早期的童子军有关，它是一种童子军系于颈部的皮辫绳。有些童子军夜晚在营...

  New York city: It‘s a cold day in December. A little boy about 10-year-old was standing in front of a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and s...

Dear Seth, [1] You’re only three years old, and at this point in your life you can‘t read, much less understand what I’m going to try to tell you in this letter. But I‘ve be...

发现没？toady（马屁精）在构词上蛮有意思。如果去掉词缀-y，toad(y)就变成了“癞蛤蟆”，难道“溜须拍马者”与“癞蛤蟆”之间有什么联系？ 早在17世纪，英国人普遍认为癞蛤蟆剧毒无比，谁要...