Mark Twain, the famous American writer and a great master of humor, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends.
The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
"You bring your uncle to my talk this evening," said Mark Twain. "I'm sure I can make him laugh."
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend what had happened." Oh," said his friend, "I know that man. He's been deaf for years."
I would certainly the system.
苍洱临眺
李京
水绕青山山绕城,万家烟树一川明。
鸟从云母屏中过,鱼在鲛人镜里行。
翡翠罘崽笼海气,旃檀楼阁殷秋声。
虎头妙墨龙眠手,百帧生绡画不成。
(注释)李京,字号山,河间人。元大德五年至云南,曾任乌撒、乌蒙宣慰使。苍洱:大理苍山、洱海。云母屏:云母镶嵌的画屏。鲛人:鱼尾人身,美人鱼。罘崽:fú sī屏风。旃zhān檀:檀香木。虎头:晋代著名画家顾恺之,小名虎头。龙眠:宋代著名画家李公麟,号龙眠。生绡:素色丝织物,古人以之作画。
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people's daily life. these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, "plucking up a crop (help)it grow", is based on the following story.
It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty(960—1279)was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up (quick). He was thinking about it day and night. But the crop was growing much (slow) than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired after (do) this for a whole day, he felt very happy because the crop did "grow"(high).
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often (result)in the contrary to our intention.
Underground Treasure House next week.
宋代,人们对丰盛饮食的追求,不仅体现在鲜香诱人的味觉体验,①,尤为突出者即当时所谓的“看菜”。席面摆设“看菜”本源于一种古老的礼仪,所设食物皆可食用。但后人曲解古礼本意,②,无疑是对食物的极大浪费。此外,宋人饮食过于求精求新,热衷对食物进行装饰、雕刻等加工,对食材精雕细刻、制作奇巧造型,夺人耳目之余,③。
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