Intelligent Crows Use Tools What do otters, chimpanzees, and one species of crow have in common? All three are animals. They also use tools. Scientists have long known that a crow native to New Caledonia is able to use tools. The birds use them to re

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(九)月

The Cock and the Pearl A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 有声阅读空间

Once upon a time there lived a farmer. He had amassed wealth by selling the produces that he got from his farms. He distributed that wealth to all the needy people. So, the whole village revered him for his magnanimity. But he had a persistent proble

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英汉幽默故事选读

The Cock and the Jewel As a cock was scratching up the straw in a farmyard,in search of food for the hens,he hit upon a jewel that by some chance had found its way there.Ho!said he,you are a very fine thing,no doubt,to those who prize y

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

A cat caught a cock,and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.He accused him of being a nuisance to men,by crowing in the night time,and not permitting them to sleep.The cock defended himself by say

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

11 NIGHT IN THE OPEN WORLD Night is a dead and monotonous period under a roof; but in the open would it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature. What seems a kind of temporal de

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