《梅狄儿》
    作者欧里庇得斯是希腊三大悲剧诗人之一。
    作品的背景是在科林德斯，在这异乡之地，育有二个孩子的母亲梅狄儿，正面临被即将与当地贵族少女结婚的丈夫抛弃的悲惨命运。她的故乡原来在黑海东岸的科吉斯，由于遇见为了寻找金羊而跟随希腊英雄出国的亚森，结果成为他爱情的俘虏，且不惜背叛父亲而与亚森私奔。他们历经困难回到亚森的国家，但是却找不到住处，只好来到科林德斯定居。在此他们度过一段平静的生活，然而目前他们之间的爱情却已濒致毁灭的边缘。梅狄儿觉得得自己受到严重的伤害与背叛，不禁泛起报复之心，于是她就先去拜访昔日

《保罗与薇吉妮》
    作者贝纳德·圣比艾尔，法国作家。
    《保罗与薇吉妮》的故事出自一位法国老人的口中。
    失去丈夫的拉德尔夫人和来自布达纽的寡妇玛格莉特，在孤岛上相依为命，同时肩负着抚养儿女保罗与薇吉妮的天职。而后，随她俩前来的二位黑人仆从，也自然而然地结为夫妻，由这六人所构成的小社会，因毫不受文明的污染，而在大自然的熏陶下平静地度日。虽然生活中朴实无华，却充满了幸福。大家共享有着岛上的一切，因此在保罗与薇吉妮的心目中，根本不知何谓偷窃。同时，很明显地薇吉妮将成为保罗的妻子

Braveheart Script
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Robert the Bruce (narrator): I shall tell you of William Wallace.
Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by
those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had die

      Hundreds of sparrows fill the sky above the city of Pontevedra, northwestern Spain, at sunset on November 9, 2004. Although native to Eurasia and north Africa, sparrows are distributed worldwide and like areas that have

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      President dismisses strains with neighbor to north
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 Posted: 7:13 AM EST (1213 GMT)
A Canadian mounted police officer looks on as President Bush speaks Tuesday in Gatineau, Queb

      Hong Kong restaurant trade thrives
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Posted: 1335 GMT (2135 HKT)
Hong Kong boasts more than 10,000 restaurants, while London, which is a bigger city, only has 7,000.
Getting a

      A NEW report says that young people in South Korea change their mobile phones (手机) every 16 months. Most of them buy new phones because there are new styles (样式). A Korean student spends about 4,300 won (307 yuan) makin

      The final carve-up of Yukos has begun, but it hasn''t stopped the deal-making frenzy in Russia
By PETER GUMBEL
Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004
On the last wednesday of September, Russia''s second

      这个美丽的故事流传在美洲印第安土著中已近200年了，一朵荒漠中的小花，不是为了自己的艳丽，而执着于点缀这个世界的一角……
This happened many many summers ago.
There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking...It was growing by itself...

      Water Pot
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a fu

      蝶吻(Butterfly Kisses)
My newlywed husband said the same thing every morning. "You''re beautiful today."
我的新婚丈夫每天早晨都对我说出同样的话。“你今天真美。”
One glance in the mirror revealed that it was far from the

      ONTARIO, Calif. — A Christian school expelled a 14-year-old student because her parents are lesbians, the school''s superintendent said in a letter.
Shay Clark was expelled from Ontario Christian School