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(2141, 1, '2016-11-04 23:53:27', '2016-11-05 03:53:27', 'This melancholy kid doesn\'t seem to have very much luck with pets or siblings. You may or may not have a little difficulty with the sentence 楼区不让养, which is said in regards to a pet dog. Looking at each word...\r\n\r\n楼 - [pinyin]lou2[/pinyin] Building\r\n区 - [pinyin]qu1[/pinyin] District / region / area\r\n不 - [pinyin]bu4[/pinyin] No, not, doesn\'t\r\n让 - [pinyin]rang4[/pinyin] Allow, let\r\n养 - [pinyin]yang3[/pinyin] Raise, take care of (as in a child or a pet)\r\n\r\n... the meaning isn\'t too hard to decipher \"the building doesn\'t allow raising [of dogs]\". But while the meaning isn\'t difficult, some of the words are used a little bit differently than they are in English. For example, in English, when we say someone \"raises dogs\", or \"raises\" any type of animal, it usually indicates some kind of professional or large-scale dedication to breeding that type of animal. When people casually keep a pet or pets, we say they \"have a dog\", or \"own a dog\". Not so in Chinese. The correct Chinese term for having a pet dog (or many types of pet) is \"raising a dog\" - 养狗. So, for example, saying \"I want to raise a dog\" (我想养一只狗) is the equivalent of saying \"I want a dog\" in English. \r\n\r\nThe other question this raises is \"what do they mean by 楼区, \'building district\'\"? You\'d assume this means the area around your apartment building, and you\'d be right - but why \"区\"? This is because in China, many older apartment blocks are much more like tiny districts or communities than they are in the western world. In one complex, there may be several buildings that make up your block, with little numbered sub-staircases (单元) that each contain 12 or so apartments, and they may include small playgrounds inside the block or have other amenities. 楼区 refers to all buildings in the apartment block, any outdoor areas or amenities for that apartment area. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n我是个<strong>独生子</strong>，家里没有兄弟，只好养动物来解闷。可是，小黄狗，楼区不让养，只好放走；大白鹅，被人偷走了；小松鼠，不小心从窗台上摔了下来，死了。就这样，我的小动物死的死，放的放。现在只有两只小乌龟<陪伴着我。我心想：你们俩可算得上“忠臣”了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nI\'m an only child, I have no brothers, so I have to raise pets to relieve my boredom. But as to the little yellow dog, the building [management] doesn\'t allow [people to have dogs], so we had to set it free; the big white goose was stolen, and the little squirrel accidentally leaped from the window ledge and died. In these ways, my pets have died, or been let go. Right now I only have two turtles to accompany me. In my heart I think: \"You two are my only \"loyal ministers\".  \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 我孤独 - I am All Alone', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:53:27', '2016-11-05 03:53:27', '', 1201, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2083, 1, '2016-11-04 08:31:25', '2016-11-04 12:31:25', 'This excerpt is one of the Tiger Team supernatural mystery novels for adolescents. The Tiger Team series was originally created in German by author <a href=\"http://www.thomasbrezina.co.uk/buecher-serien/?sid=ca3599a37c59e0c87d1b27da100ae194\">Thomas C. Brezina</a>, and features a band of young detectives: Jupiter Katz, son of a supernatural researcher Erasmus Katz, Jupiter\'s cousin Vicky and Vicky\'s little brother Nick. This is listed as \"advanced\" not necessarily because of the vocabulary - which isn\'t terribly difficult - but also because some of the sentence structures aren\'t very straightforward. This is the easy end of the advanced spectrum, so if you think you might be an advanced reader, try this.<!--more-->\n\nI found this Chinese translation of the Tiger Team novel \"Ghost Hotel\" in my local bookstore, and I\'ve manually typed in the first few paragraphs of the book, which describe a dilapidated, mostly-abandoned hotel, where most of the novel takes place. This is interesting practice in reading longer descriptions, and includes many words that are strictly book-language: you\'re not likely to run into them in daily conversation. There\'s probably an actual English version of this book, but I can\'t easily get my hands on this, so bear in mind you\'re not reading the official English translation. <a href=\"http://www.amazon.cn/%E6%83%8A%E6%81%90%E5%B0%8F%E8%99%8E%E9%98%9F-%E6%89%98%E9%A9%AC%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E7%83%AD%E9%BD%90%E7%BA%B3/dp/product-description/B005EVSBFG\">Here\'s the Chinese version on Amazon China</a>. \n\nThere are a couple of difficult passages here that don\'t quite mean what they seem to mean. One is 木条都不知下落了. Originally, I read this as \"wooden slats scattered here and there\", or literally \"wooden slats fallen down in who knows how many places\". But I learned that 下落, in this case, doesn\'t mean \"fall down\". It means \"where is it?\" (the same as 在哪儿). So 不知下落 actually means \"to be missing\", or \"to be gone to who knows where\". \n\nAnother phrase I should note is 数目远远大于实际需要, \"an amount (数目) far (远远) greater (大于) than actually (实际) needed (需要)\". 大于 was a new word for me, and I didn\'t know that 远远 - meaning \"far away\" - can also sometimes be used the same way in Chinese as in English, to mean \"very\" (example: <strong><em>far </em></strong>above the normal amount). \n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n那栋房子是木质结构的， 看起来就像是婚礼蛋糕。 它总共有四层，越向上越狭窄，所以最高的那层就只是一座带有小小玻璃穹顶的尖塔了。\n\n灰蒙蒙的木头外墙已经腐朽不堪， 黑色的穹顶上好像也被戳了好几个窟窿。\n\n窗户都是拱形，数目远远大于实际需要，上面还钉了好多木条。\n\n这栋房子从1911年起就矗立在这座孤零零的山丘上。有时候，附近的农民发现这栋房子会像磁铁一样，吸引着乌云，雷电，冰雹和风雨。\n\n如果谁在夏天的时候走近这栋房子，就会发现这里奇特现象：房子周围为数不多的那几棵树都是光秃秃的。 树枝如同黝黑的手臂， 高高地指向天空。\n\n这块地被低矮的木栅栏圈在当中， 有几处已经被人损坏， 木条都不知下落了。 甚至， 有的地方已经完全被杂草所掩埋。\n\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\nThe building was constructed of wood, and looked like a wedding cake. Altogether, it had four floors, each narrower than the one below, so the topmost floor was just a small minaret topped with a glass dome. \n\nThe gloomy outer wall was already in a state of extreme disrepair, and the dark and the vaulted roof looked as if it had been stabbed full of holes. \n\nThe windows were all arched, there were far more of them than actually necessary, and they had wooden boards nailed over them. \n\nThe house had towered atop this isolated hill since 1911. Sometimes, the nearby villagers would find that the building was like a magnet, attracting dark clouds, lightening, hail, wind and rain. \n\nIf anyone walked near the house during summer, they would discover a strange phenomenon: the few surrounding trees were all bare. The tree branches were like dark arms, pointing tall towards the sky. \n\nThe land was encircled by a low fence, which had been broken in several places, and the wooden slats were missing. It was in such a state that some parts of it had even been completely buried by weeds. \n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Books] 《惊恐小虎队》Tiger Team: Ghost Hotel', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1209-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 08:31:25', '2016-11-04 12:31:25', '', 1209, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1209-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2087, 1, '2016-11-04 08:44:03', '2016-11-04 12:44:03', '', 'Chinese Essays for Beginners: Learn to Read Chinese Essays', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'chinese-reading-practice-candy', '', '', '2016-11-04 08:44:16', '2016-11-04 12:44:16', '', 1235, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chinese-reading-practice-candy.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2093, 1, '2016-11-04 09:00:46', '2016-11-04 13:00:46', 'A cool introduction to one of the lesser-known deities, Shen Nong 神农 [pinyin]shen2 nong2[/pinyin], the God of Agriculture (and later called the Bodhisattva of Medicine). \r\n\r\nShen Nong, we are to understand, had a transparent abdomen so all his innards could be seen from the outside (yes, the first sentence <em>does</em> say \'Shen Nong had a crystal belly\'), and he always carried two bags with him - read the story to find out what the bags were for.\r\n\r\nWe touch on the origins of some well-known plants (one of which is poorly described, I think), but the last paragraph talks about the herb \"heartbreak grass\" - 断肠草 [pinyin]duan4 chang2 cao3[/pinyin] - which I\'d never heard of and which is not a common plant. The English botanical name is <em>Gelsemium elegans</em> (yeah, no idea), which according to the abstract of <a href=\"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874103002678\">one study</a> is \"a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia, well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide\". So a very potent poison, then.\r\n\r\nOriginal post was found on <a href=\"http://www.shenhuagushi.net/minjian/chuanshuo200.html\">a cool mythology and fable website</a> - you may find some other interesting stuff there. I made a tiny edit from the original to correct a mistake.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n神农一生下来就是个水晶肚子，五脏六腑全都能看得一清二楚。那时侯，人们经常因为乱吃东西而生病，甚至丧命。神农决心尝遍所有的东西，好吃的放在身边左边的袋子里，给人吃；不好吃的就放在身子右边的袋子里，作药用。\r\n\r\n第一次，神农尝了一片小嫩叶。这叶片一落进肚里，就上上下下地把里面各器官擦洗得清清爽爽，象巡查似的，神农把它叫做“查”，就是后人所称的“茶”。神农将它放进右边袋子里。第二次，神农尝了朵蝴蝶样的淡红小花，甜津津的，香味扑鼻，这是“甘草”。他把它放进了左边袋子里。就这样，神农辛苦地尝遍百草，每次中毒，都靠茶来解救。后来，他左边的袋子里花草根叶有四万七千种，右边有三十九万八千种。\r\n\r\n但有一天，神农尝到了“断肠草”，这种毒草太厉害了，他还来不及吃茶解毒就死了。他是为了拯救人们而牺牲的，人们称他为“药王菩萨”，人间以这个神话故事永远地纪念他。 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nAll his life, Shen Nong had a crystal abdomen, and one could clearly see all of his internal organs. At that time, humans were often getting sick and even dying because they ate things indiscriminately [not knowing if they were good or bad]. Shen Nong determinedly tasted everything everywhere; the good-tasting things he put in a bag on his left side, those were for people to eat; the bad-tasting things he put in a bag on his right side, and those were used for medicine.\r\n\r\nThe first time, Shen Nong tasted a small fresh leaf. As this leaf fell into his stomach, it cleaned every inch of his insides so that every organ top and bottom was fresh and cool, as if [the leaf] was somehow on patrol [making the rounds], so Shen Nong called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [to investigate / check], and later generations of men called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [tea]. Shen Nong put it in the bag on the right. The second time, Shen Nong tasted a little light red flower that looked like a butterfly, which was sweet and delicious, with an exotic smell that filled his nostrils, so he called it \"licorice\". He put it in the bag on the left. In this way, Shen Nong diligently tasted all manner of flora, and every time he was poisoned, he used tea to rescue himself. Before long, the bag on his left contained 47,000 kinds of flowers, grasses, roots and leaves, and the right side had 398,000 kinds. \r\n\r\nBut one day, Shen Nong tasted \"heartbreak grass\", and this poison was too terrible, so there wasn\'t enough time to eat the tea leaves to detoxify and he died. He sacrificed himself to save humanity, so people call him the \"Bodhisattva of Medicine\", and people forever commemorate him through this story. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Mythology] 神农尝百草- The Farmer God Shen Nong Tastes All the Plants', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1225-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 09:00:46', '2016-11-04 13:00:46', '', 1225, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1225-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2090, 1, '2016-11-04 08:56:12', '2016-11-04 12:56:12', 'A cool introduction to one of the lesser-known deities, Shen Nong 神农 [pinyin]shen2 nong2[/pinyin], the God of Agriculture (and later called the Bodhisattva of Medicine). \r\n\r\nShen Nong, we are to understand, had a transparent abdomen so all his innards could be seen from the outside (yes, the first sentence <em>does</em> say \'Shen Nong had a crystal belly\'), and he always carried two bags with him - read the story to find out what the bags were for.\r\n\r\nWe touch on the origins of some well-known plants (one of which is poorly described, I think), but the last paragraph talks about the herb \"heartbreak grass\" - 断肠草 [pinyin]duan4 chang2 cao3[/pinyin] - which I\'d never heard of and which is not a common plant. The English botanical name is <em>Gelsemium elegans</em> (yeah, no idea), which according to the abstract of <a href=\"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874103002678\">one study</a> is \"a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia, well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide\". So a very potent poison, then.\r\n\r\nOriginal post was found on <a href=\"http://www.shenhuagushi.net/minjian/chuanshuo200.html\">a cool mythology and fable website</a> - you may find some other interesting stuff there. I made a tiny edit from the original to correct a mistake.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n神农一生下来就是个水晶肚子，五脏六腑全都能看得一清二楚。那时侯，人们经常因为乱吃东西而生病，甚至丧命。神农决心尝遍所有的东西，好吃的放在身边左边的袋子里，给人吃；不好吃的就放在身子右边的袋子里，作药用。\r\n\r\n第一次，神农尝了一片小<strong>嫩叶。这叶片一落进肚里，就上上下下地把里面各器官擦洗得清清爽爽，象巡查似的，神农把它叫做“查”，就是后人所称的“茶”。神农将它放进右边袋子里。第二次，神农尝了朵蝴蝶样的淡红小花，甜津津的，香味扑鼻，这是“甘草”。他把它放进了左边袋子里。就这样，神农辛苦地尝遍百草，每次中毒，都靠茶来解救。后来，他左边的袋子里花草根叶有四万七千种，右边有三十九万八千种。\r\n\r\n但有一天，神农尝到了“断肠草”，这种毒草太厉害了，他还来不及吃茶解毒就死了。他是为了拯救人们而牺牲的，人们称他为“药王菩萨”，人间以这个神话故事永远地纪念他。 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nAll his life, Shen Nong had a crystal abdomen, and one could clearly see all of his internal organs. At that time, humans were often getting sick and even dying because they ate things indiscriminately [not knowing if they were good or bad]. Shen Nong determinedly tasted everything everywhere; the good-tasting things he put in a bag on his left side, those were for people to eat; the bad-tasting things he put in a bag on his right side, and those were used for medicine.\r\n\r\nThe first time, Shen Nong tasted a small fresh leaf. As this leaf fell into his stomach, it cleaned every inch of his insides so that every organ top and bottom was fresh and cool, as if [the leaf] was somehow on patrol [making the rounds], so Shen Nong called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [to investigate / check], and later generations of men called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [tea]. Shen Nong put it in the bag on the right. The second time, Shen Nong tasted a little light red flower that looked like a butterfly, which was sweet and delicious, with an exotic smell that filled his nostrils, so he called it \"licorice\". He put it in the bag on the left. In this way, Shen Nong diligently tasted all manner of flora, and every time he was poisoned, he used tea to rescue himself. Before long, the bag on his left contained 47,000 kinds of flowers, grasses, roots and leaves, and the right side had 398,000 kinds. \r\n\r\nBut one day, Shen Nong tasted \"heartbreak grass\", and this poison was too terrible, so there wasn\'t enough time to eat the tea leaves to detoxify and he died. He sacrificed himself to save humanity, so people call him the \"Bodhisattva of Medicine\", and people forever commemorate him through this story. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Mythology] 神农尝百草- The Farmer God Shen Nong Tastes All the Plants', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1225-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 08:56:12', '2016-11-04 12:56:12', '', 1225, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1225-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2094, 1, '2016-11-04 09:03:46', '2016-11-04 13:03:46', 'A cool introduction to one of the lesser-known deities, Shen Nong 神农 [pinyin]shen2 nong2[/pinyin], the God of Agriculture (and later called the Bodhisattva of Medicine). \r\n\r\nShen Nong, we are to understand, had a transparent abdomen so all his innards could be seen from the outside (yes, the first sentence <em>does</em> say \'Shen Nong had a crystal belly\'), and he always carried two bags with him - read the story to find out what the bags were for.\r\n\r\nWe touch on the origins of some well-known plants (one of which is poorly described, I think), but the last paragraph talks about the herb \"heartbreak grass\" - 断肠草 [pinyin]duan4 chang2 cao3[/pinyin] - which I\'d never heard of and which is not a common plant. The English botanical name is <em>Gelsemium elegans</em> (yeah, no idea), which according to the abstract of <a href=\"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874103002678\">one study</a> is \"a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia, well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide\". So a very potent poison, then.\r\n\r\nOriginal post was found on <a href=\"http://www.shenhuagushi.net/minjian/chuanshuo200.html\">a cool mythology and fable website</a> - you may find some other interesting stuff there. I made a tiny edit from the original to correct a mistake.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 神农一生下来就是个水晶肚子，五脏六腑全都能看得一清二楚。那时侯，人们经常因为乱吃东西而生病，甚至丧命。神农决心尝遍所有的东西，好吃的放在身边左边的袋子里，给人吃；不好吃的就放在身子右边的袋子里，作药用。\r\n\r\n2) 第一次，神农尝了一片小嫩叶。这叶片一落进肚里，就上上下下地把里面各器官擦洗得清清爽爽，象巡查似的，神农把它叫做“查”，就是后人所称的“茶”。神农将它放进右边袋子里。第二次，神农尝了朵蝴蝶样的淡红小花，甜津津的，香味扑鼻，这是“甘草”。他把它放进了左边袋子里。就这样，神农辛苦地尝遍百草，每次中毒，都靠茶来解救。后来，他左边的袋子里花草根叶有四万七千种，右边有三十九万八千种。\r\n\r\n3) 但有一天，神农尝到了“断肠草”，这种毒草太厉害了，他还来不及吃茶解毒就死了。他是为了拯救人们而牺牲的，人们称他为“药王菩萨”，人间以这个神话故事永远地纪念他。 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) All his life, Shen Nong had a crystal abdomen, and one could clearly see all of his internal organs. At that time, humans were often getting sick and even dying because they ate things indiscriminately [not knowing if they were good or bad]. Shen Nong determinedly tasted everything everywhere; the good-tasting things he put in a bag on his left side, those were for people to eat; the bad-tasting things he put in a bag on his right side, and those were used for medicine.\r\n\r\n2) The first time, Shen Nong tasted a small fresh leaf. As this leaf fell into his stomach, it cleaned every inch of his insides so that every organ top and bottom was fresh and cool, as if [the leaf] was somehow on patrol [making the rounds], so Shen Nong called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [to investigate / check], and later generations of men called it \"[pinyin]cha2[/pinyin]\" [tea]. Shen Nong put it in the bag on the right. The second time, Shen Nong tasted a little light red flower that looked like a butterfly, which was sweet and delicious, with an exotic smell that filled his nostrils, so he called it \"licorice\". He put it in the bag on the left. In this way, Shen Nong diligently tasted all manner of flora, and every time he was poisoned, he used tea to rescue himself. Before long, the bag on his left contained 47,000 kinds of flowers, grasses, roots and leaves, and the right side had 398,000 kinds. \r\n\r\n3) But one day, Shen Nong tasted \"heartbreak grass\", and this poison was too terrible, so there wasn\'t enough time to eat the tea leaves to detoxify and he died. He sacrificed himself to save humanity, so people call him the \"Bodhisattva of Medicine\", and people forever commemorate him through this story. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Mythology] 神农尝百草- The Farmer God Shen Nong Tastes All the Plants', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1225-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 09:03:46', '2016-11-04 13:03:46', '', 1225, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1225-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2100, 1, '2016-11-04 09:22:33', '2016-11-04 13:22:33', 'And now a break from all the intermediate and advanced exercises I\'ve been posting lately. This one is a straightforward beginner Chinese diary-style essay about a student whose mother is displeased with his (or her, it\'s never clarified) homework. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20120503-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Materials: Learn Chinese Reading for Beginners\" title=\"Easy Chinese Passages: Easy Chinese Essays\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" /> There\'s only one thing that particularly stands out to me as confusing here, which is when the mother says: 可能是<strong>有了</strong>小妹妹，我这段时间对你关心少了。 Literally, this translates as \"Maybe it\'s have small sister, I during this time towards you care little.\" The last clause we can translate into less literal and more readable English as \"I haven\'t looked after you much during this time,\" but the first bit, \"<strong><em>have </em></strong>small sister\" (有了), is confusing. Why \"have\" 有了? \r\n\r\nIn this case, that could be translated as, \"Maybe it\'s because we have your little sister,\" or \"It\'s because I had your little sister [to look after]\", though \"because\" is never actually used in the sentence, it becomes that much harder to read. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n9月24日星期六\r\n\r\n今天，开完家长会，妈妈<strong>闷闷不乐</strong>，我小心地问：“妈妈，您<strong>怎么了</strong>？”妈妈看着我，<strong>叹</strong>了口气说：“你<strong>暑假</strong>作业完成的不好，字也写的不好。我想，可能是有了小妹妹，我这段时间对你关心少了。”我听了，不好意思地低下了头。\r\n\r\n看着妈妈<strong>自责</strong>的样子，我心里特别难过，我对妈妈说：“妈妈，您不要自责了，这<strong>根本</strong>就不是你的错，而是我自己不<strong>努力</strong>，请您不要生气了，从现在开始，我一定认真完成老师交给的每项作业，争取取得好成绩。请您相信我！”妈妈<strong>盯</strong>着我的眼睛，<strong>攥</strong>着我的手说：“好孩子，妈妈相信你，让我们<strong>共同</strong>努力！”\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nSeptember 24, Saturday\r\n\r\nToday, after my parent-teacher conference, mama looked moody, and I carefully asked her, \"Mama, what\'s wrong?\" Looking at me, mother sighed and said: \"Your summer vacation homework is not close to being done, and your writing is poor. I think, because [I\'ve been spending so much time with] your little sister, I haven\'t been paying as much attention to you during this time.\" As I listened, I hung my head in embarrassment. \r\n\r\nWhen I saw the self-blame on mama\'s face, I was very sad, and I said to mama: \"Mama, don\'t blame yourself, it isn\'t your fault at all, it\'s that I haven\'t worked hard enough, so please don\'t be angry, starting now, I\'ll earnestly finish all the homework teacher gave me, and I\'ll fight to get good grades. Please believe me!\" Mama stared into my eyes, grasped my hand and said, \"Good child, mother believes you, let us work hard together.\" \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 妈妈相信我 - Mama Please Believe Me', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1113-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 09:22:33', '2016-11-04 13:22:33', '', 1113, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1113-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2106, 1, '2016-11-04 09:39:46', '2016-11-04 13:39:46', 'This is the backstory behind the Chinese idiom 鹬蚌相争 [pinyin]yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1[/pinyin], which translates to \"The Sandpiper and the Clam Fight Each Other\", and means \"Two parties fight and a third party benefits.\" Cool upper-intermediate piece - in case it hasn\'t been obvious throughout these posts, I love classical stories about wily government counselors and should probably post about something else on occasion, but so many classical tales involve this trope that it\'s hard to avoid. \n\nThis piece is cool because - excepting the first sentence - the sentence structure is simple but there are quite a few classical words, so you\'ll learn some historical terms. In case you think this kind of thing isn\'t really useful, think again. Historical figures in the Chinese dynasties are mentioned frequently in the oddest places, and their stories bleed out into every medium. If you\'re at a museum, if you\'re reading Chinese magazines, if you\'re reading Chinese historical essays, if you\'re watching a TV show or book or listening to the radio, you\'ll see mentions of historical dynasties all the time. But most importantly, if you want to watch Chinese war movies or period pieces (and there are some great ones), this vocab is crucial. You might as well know at least when to recognize that the conversation has gone that way.\n\nThis short story takes place during the Warring States period (475 BC to 221 BC), and mentions three of the seven warring kingdoms of that time, so you\'ll learn some dynasty names: 赵国 [pinyin]zhao4 guo2[/pinyin] (The Zhao State), 燕国 [pinyin]yan1 guo2[/pinyin] (The Yan State), and 秦国 [pinyin]qin2 guo2[/pinyin] (the Qin State). Speaking of dynasties, when you\'re reading this, look out for the word 王[pinyin]wang2[/pinyin] - as you probably know at this point in your studies, 王means \"king\", and when you see that, you can sometimes guess that the two or three characters before this word are the name of the king. Unlike in English, where we say \"King Charles\" or \"King John\", in this case the Chinese put \"king\" after the name. For example, in this story, we have 赵惠文王 - King Huiwen of Zhao (in other words, king of the Zhao state).\n\nWhat\'s amusing about this story is that in reality, the Qin Dynasty came out on top of the Warring States period and ruled China (well, for a decade or so, anyway) after the Warring States were over - so bear that in mind as you read the last sentence. \n\nYou\'ll also meet our protagonist 苏代 [pinyin]su1 dai4[/pinyin] - who he is is explained in the first sentence, but suffice to say that 苏代 is a person\'s name. He\'s mentioned in conjunction with 纵横家 [pinyin]zong4 heng2 jia1[/pinyin], the School of Diplomacy, which was a sort of league of scholar-statesmen from the Warring States period. If you\'re interested, you can <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Diplomacy\">read more about it on Wikipedia</a>. \n\nAnyway, I\'m making this story sound really complicated, but other than the historical terminology, the storyline is not at all convoluted. \n\nOriginal story is here: <a href=\"http://www.diyifanwen.com/chengyu/sizichengyugushi/20100516141051614035955767805.html\">http://www.diyifanwen.com/chengyu/sizichengyugushi/20100516141051614035955767805.html</a>\n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n1) 赵国将要讨伐燕国，苏代(战国时策士，纵横家苏秦的弟弟)替燕国游说赵惠文王，讲了如下的寓言故事: \n\n2) “我来的时候经过易水，恰好看到蚌出来晒太阳。鹬趁机啄蚌的肉，蚌把两扇介壳一闭就夹住了鹬的喙。鹬说:‘今天不下雨，明天不下雨，就有死蚌。’蚌也针锋相对地说: ‘今天不出，明天不出(夹住不放)，就有死鹬。’两者谁也不肯罢休，这时过来一个渔父把两者一起拎走了。”燕赵相对抗，都搞得很疲劳，我恐怕强大的秦国正在扮演渔父的角色，所以希望大王深思熟虑。\n\n3) 惠文王赞同苏代的意见，停止对燕国用兵。\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n1) The Zhao State was taking up arms against the Yan State, and Su Dai (a military strategist during the Warring States period, and little brother to Su Qin of the School of Diplomacy) traveled to speak with King HuiWen of Zhao on behalf of the Yan State, and he told the following tale: \n\n2) \"When I was coming here I passed over some gentle water, and by chance I happened to see a clam sunning itself. A sandpiper seized the opportunity to peck at the clam\'s meat, but the clam slammed the two wings of its hard shell shut on the sandpiper\'s beak. The sandpiper said, \'Today it won\'t rain, tomorrow it won\'t rain, and there will be one dead clam!\' The clam gave as good as he got, saying: \'I won\'t come out today, I won\'t come out tomorrow (so your beak won\'t be free), and there will be one dead sandpiper!\' Neither party was willing to give up, and at this time, a fisherman scooped them both up and carried them off. If Yan and Zhao oppose each other, we\'ll both fight ourselves weary. I\'m afraid the strong Qin State is playing the role of the fisherman, so I hope that your majesty will carefully deliberate on this matter.\" \n\n3) King HuiWen approved of SuDai\'s message, and stopped using armed forces against the Yan State.\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idioms] 鹬蚌相争 - When you fight amongst yourselves, a third party profits', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1036-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 09:39:46', '2016-11-04 13:39:46', '', 1036, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1036-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2120, 1, '2016-11-04 23:18:30', '2016-11-05 03:18:30', 'This paragraph introduces \"Punk Times Magazine\", and talks a little about its importance in influencing Chinese alternative youth culture. \"Punk Times\" is 朋克时代 [pinyin]peng2 ke4 shi2 dai4[/pinyin]. Though this is definitely a magazine, it looks like it also came with a CD, as there\'s a track listing that goes with it. It\'s my understanding that along with two other Chinese music magazines 《盛事摇滚》 [pinyin]sheng4 shi4 yao2 gun3[/pinyin] and 《自由音乐》[pinyin]zi4 you2 yin1 yue4[/pinyin], 朋克时代 is among the cannon of alternative music publications in China (or as one netizen put it, \"这三本小册子已成经典\" - \"these three booklets have already become classics\"). \r\n\r\n<h3>The Language of Rebellion</h3>\r\nHoo-ey, look at the angry teen vocabulary in this post: \r\n\r\n摇滚 - [pinyin]yao2 gun3[/pinyin] - Rock (rock\'n\'roll)\r\n铭记 - [pinyin]ming2 ji4[/pinyin] - Engrave in one\'s mind\r\n掀起 - [pinyin]xian1 qi3[/pinyin] - To set off (to set off a reaction or commotion, for example)\r\n风暴 - [pinyin]feng1 bao4[/pinyin] - Violent commotion\r\n颠覆性 - [pinyin]dian1 fu4 xing4[/pinyin] - Subversive\r\n反抗 - [pinyin]fan3 kang4[/pinyin] - To rebel\r\n义无返顾 - [pinyin]yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4[/pinyin] - No looking back\r\n燃烧 - [pinyin]ran2 shao1[/pinyin] - Ignite, combust\r\n\r\nThe original is here: <a href=\"http://music.douban.com/subject/3437383/\">http://music.douban.com/subject/3437383/</a>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1998年绝对是中国<strong>摇滚</strong>乐历史上最值得<strong>铭记</strong>的一年，这一年出现了一本之前没有过、之后也没谁能超越过的摇滚文化杂志: 《朋克时代》。它所<strong>掀起</strong>的平民音乐<strong>风暴</strong>对整个上个世纪末的国内摇滚艺术界是具有<strong>颠覆性</strong>作用的，它第一次将音乐杂志的内容引入了<strong>反抗</strong>现实意识的领域。在当时不知有多少青年被这本杂志带进了真正的摇滚世界中，并<strong>义无返顾</strong>的抄起吉它，用音乐<strong>燃烧</strong>着青春。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1998 was absolutely the year in Chinese rock history to be engraved in your mind, as this is the year that music culture magazine \"Punk Times\" was first published, [a magazine] whose like hadn\'t been seen before, and it has never since been surpassed. It set off a civilian firestorm which had a subversive impact on China\'s art world towards the end of the last century, as it was the first time a music magazine\'s content introduced the spirit of rebellion into the sphere of popular consciousness. At that time, the magazine brought untold numbers of youths into the world of real rock, and [untold numbers] picked up the guitar without looking back, using music to ignite the young.  \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Magazines] 《朋克时代》Punk Times', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1025-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:18:30', '2016-11-05 03:18:30', '', 1025, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1025-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2121, 1, '2016-11-04 23:23:46', '2016-11-05 03:23:46', 'This short paragraph is taken from a China Daily article about weightless rollercoaster (\"rollercoaster\" being translated as 过山车 [pinyin]guo4 shan1 che1[/pinyin] - or \"crossing-the-mountain car\") that may or may not be built. This is a four-paragraph article, I\'m only translating the first paragraph here, if you want to read the rest, <a href=\"http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/2012-02/11/content_14581576.htm\">the complete article</a> can be found on the China Daily site.\n\nOne of the fun words in this paragraph is 模拟舱 [pinyin]mo2 ni3 cang1[/pinyin], which means \"simulator\", like a flight simulator. In English, \"simulator\" can refer to anything that simulates, so this could be a combat simulator that\'s really just a video game on a flat panel, but the Chinese word here is more specific. 模拟 means \"simulate\", but 舱 [pinyin]cang1[/pinyin] means a kind of cabin, like an airplane cabin, that you can step into and ride in. \n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n1)美国一公司计划打造新型过山车 乘客可体验8秒完全失重\n\n2) 目前若想体验完全失重的感觉，除非成为一名航天员，或是搭乘失重<strong>模拟舱</strong>，否则这将是一个遥不可及的梦想。近日美国一家设计公司提出了一个新想法，他们计划研发一款能让乘客体验8秒钟完全失重感觉的过山车。如果资金充足，这款新型过山车会在2013年底前与世人见面。\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n1) American Company Plans to Create a New Kind of Rollercoaster Riders can Experience 8 Seconds of Weightlessness\n\n2) At present, if you want to experience what it feels like to be weightless, you can only become an astronaut or ride in an zero-gravity simulator, otherwise this dream is out of reach. But today, an American design company proposed to research and develop a rollercoaster that would allow passengers to experience weightlessness for 8 seconds.  If there is sufficient capital, this new type of roller coaster would be introduced to the people of the world in late 2013. \n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[News in Chinese] Building a Weightless Rollercoaster', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1017-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:23:46', '2016-11-05 03:23:46', '', 1017, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1017-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2122, 1, '2016-11-04 23:24:53', '2016-11-05 03:24:53', '', 'Read News in Chinese: Advanced Chinese Reading Exercises', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'new-kind-of-rollercoaster', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:25:09', '2016-11-05 03:25:09', '', 1017, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/new-kind-of-rollercoaster.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2125, 1, '2011-08-31 21:28:30', '2011-09-01 01:28:30', '[two_third]\r\nTo commemorate passing my 50th post, I\'ll be starting a new series on this blog called \"Interesting Headlines\", which will just include several one-line news headlines from major Chinese newspapers, and will hopefully help with newspaper reading skills.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110903-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced and Intermediate Chinese Newspaper Vocabulary and Headlines\" title=\"Advanced and Intermediate Chinese Newspaper Vocabulary and Headlines\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />I tend to find that if I can read a headline and get the gist of a story, then I can read the story. But if I can\'t grasp the overall concept, it\'s difficult to pinpoint what\'s being discussed - so I\'ll be tackling headlines directly, and linking to the news story. You\'re welcome to tackle it if it sounds interesting.\r\n\r\nAlmost all news headlines, with a few exceptions, are advanced reading material. I know most of my readers are beginner-level, so I apologize for the emphasis on advanced stuff. But the upshot is that news headlines are very short, which may give lower-level readers a shot at tackling something a bit more difficult. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n减税 - [pinyin]jian3 shui4[/pinyin] - Tax cut\r\n吉普赛 - [pinyin]ji2 pu3 sai4[/pinyin] - Gypsy\r\n争夺 - [pinyin]zheng1 duo2[/pinyin] - To fight / vie over sthg.\r\n仪式 - [pinyin]yi2 shi4[/pinyin] - Rite, ceremony\r\n探秘 - [pinyin]tan4 mi4[/pinyin] - Explore the unknown, probe mysteries\r\n亩 - [pinyin]mu3[/pinyin] - Chinese equivalent of the word \"acre\", one mu equals one fifteenth of a hectare\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 新个税法明起施行: 月入五千每年将<strong>减税</strong>3360元\r\nFinance: <a href=\"http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/dfpd/2011-08/31/content_13224775.htm\">Read it on China Daily</a>\r\n\r\n2) 会说话<strong>吉普赛</strong>古董算卦机引天价<strong>争夺</strong> 美当地政府拒卖\r\nHuman Interest: <a href=\"http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/2011-08/31/content_13225695.htm\">Read it on China Daily</a>\r\n\r\n3) 杭州万松书院举办仿古入学<strong>仪式</strong>\r\nChildren: <a href=\"http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/dfpd/2011-08/29/content_13207804.htm\">Read it on China Daily</a>\r\n\r\n4) <strong>探秘</strong>印度尼西亚原始部落的木乃伊\r\nHistory & Culture: <a href=\"http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2011-08/31/c_121936709.htm\">Read it on XinHua </a>\r\n\r\n5) 重庆国家级森林公园发生火灾 面积已超300<strong>亩</strong>\r\nDisasters: <a href=\"http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2011-08/31/c_121934715.htm\">Read it on XinHua</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) New tax laws take effect tomorrow: those with a monthly salary of 5000 yuan will get a tax cut of 3360 yuan per year\r\n\r\n2) An antique talking gypsy fortune telling machine creates a high-priced bidding war: American local government refuses to sell  \r\n\r\n3) Hangzhou Wan Song Academy of Classical Learning Holds old-style school entrance ceremony \r\n\r\n4) Exploring the mysteries of primitive Indonesian tribal mummies \r\n\r\n5) Forest fire at Chongqing National Forest has already consumed over 300 mu\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Interesting Headlines: Series 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '766-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-08-31 21:28:30', '2011-09-01 01:28:30', '', 766, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/766-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2126, 1, '2011-08-08 23:18:30', '2011-08-09 03:18:30', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis Chinese joke is not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for kids. This profane language mix-up joke only makes sense if you know which Chinese words have double meanings. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110806-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Dirty Chinese Jokes: Beginner, Intermediate Advanced\" title=\"Dirty Chinese Jokes: Beginner, Intermediate Advanced\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The crux of the joke is that the word sun, 日, and the word \"grass\", 草, are pronounced identically to the way two Chinese swear words, both meaning \"fuck\", are pronounced. So the phrase \"我日\" means both \"I\'m the sun\" and also \"fuck me!\", while the phrase \"我草“　means both \"I\'m the grass\" and (if pronounced the same but spelled differently in writing), \"Fuck me!\"\r\n\r\nThis usage of the term “我操” (the profane way to spell 我草) is pure Beijing taxi-driver slang, not an actual invitation to have sex. For example, \"Fuck me! That guy almost ran right into us!\"\r\n\r\nThere are a few other swear words with double meanings, so I\'m going to do this a little differently than I usually do. I\'ll write the Chinese, and in the English translation area, I\'ll include the double meanings of words. \r\n\r\nLest you think I\'m being crass [only] for crass\'s (crasses? Crassnesses?) sake, these swear words are very often used in China, and because they have alternate meanings, it\'s hard to figure out what\'s going on when you read them. \r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.chinajokes.cn/Eb50.htm\">original text</a> comes from Chinese joke site Chinajokes.cn\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_third]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n太阳给草打电话\r\n\r\n太阳: 喂，草，你好吗，我日。\r\n\r\n草: 我草，你谁啊？\r\n\r\n太阳: 我日啊\r\n\r\n草: 我草，你到底谁啊\r\n\r\n太阳: 我日啊，你草吧\r\n\r\n草: 他妈的，你到底是谁啊，我草\r\n\r\n太阳: 我日，我日啊\r\n\r\n草:我草.\r\n\r\n这时， 太阳的妈妈接过电话: 我日他妈呀，你是草吧，草你妈呢\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n[one_third]\r\n\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW BASIC MEANING\"]\r\nThe sun gave the grass a telephone call. \r\n\r\nSun: Hey, Grass, how are you, I\'m the sun. \r\n\r\nGrass: I\'m grass, who are you? \r\n\r\nSun: I\'m the sun.\r\n\r\nGrass: I\'m the grass. Seriously, who are you? \r\n\r\nSun: I\'m the sun! And you\'re the grass!\r\n\r\nGrass: Goddamnit (literally: His mother\'s)! Really this time, who are you? I\'m the grass!\r\n\r\nSun: I\'m the sun! The sun, I say!\r\n\r\nGrass: I\'m the grass!\r\n\r\nAt this point, the sun\'s mother picked up the phone and said: I\'m the sun\'s mother, you\'re the grass, grass is your mother. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n\r\n[/one_third]\r\n[one_third last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW PROFANE MEANING\"]\r\nThe sun gave the grass a telephone call. \r\n\r\nSun: Hey, Grass, how are you, fuck me. \r\n\r\nGrass: Fuck me, who are you? \r\n\r\nSun: Fuck me.\r\n\r\nGrass: Fuck me. Seriously, who are you? \r\n\r\nSun: Fuck me!! And fuck you! \r\n\r\nGrass: Goddamnit (literally: His mother\'s)! Really this time, who are you? Fuck me! \r\n\r\nSun: Fuck me! Fuck me!\r\n\r\nGrass: Fuck me!\r\n\r\nAt this point, the sun\'s mother picked up the phone and said: Fuck me goddamnit it, you\'re fucked, fuck your mother. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_third]', 'The Sun Gives the Grass a Call: The F Word. A Lot.', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '695-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-08-08 23:18:30', '2011-08-09 03:18:30', '', 695, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/695-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2129, 1, '2016-11-04 23:34:49', '2016-11-05 03:34:49', '', 'Learn to Read Chinese: Exercises for Beginner Mandarin Chinese Learners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'my-father-is-a-scoundrel-chinese', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:34:56', '2016-11-05 03:34:56', '', 1192, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/my-father-is-a-scoundrel-chinese.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2133, 1, '2016-11-04 23:38:17', '2016-11-05 03:38:17', 'Sweet! I found a bunch of Chinese riddles. Read the Chinese and try to guess the word!  This is VERY short, lower-intermediate reading. Some of the riddles I found are impossible, because not only is the riddle hard, the answer is a kind of fruit or plant or thing I\'ve never heard of, so I\'m skipping past all those and over the next few days I\'ll post a few riddles that are answerable for those of us who didn\'t grow up in the southern Yao jungles or whatever.\r\n\r\nI think the most interesting word in this text is 青. I see this word everywhere, and I\'ve never been able to come up with an English equivalent. It\'s not green, and it\'s not blue... well, it\'s not actually a color. It means \"the color that nature is\". It can be used to describe a clear pond. It can be used to talk about trees or grass. So it\'s not actually a specific hue, but the word is used as if it is. Someone feel free to dive in if you can think of a good translation for this. \r\n\r\nThis particular riddle kinda rhymes in Chinese, so when you\'ve sorted out the words, read it out loud.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n青枝绿叶不是菜， 有的烤来有的晒，腾云驾雾烧着吃，不能锅里煮熟卖。\r\n\r\nHint: this is a type of plant.\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH AND ANSWER\"]\r\nTranslation: Green branches green leaves but it\'s not a vegetable, some roast it and some dry it, soaring on clouds and sailing the mist it\'s consumed, it\'s not sold boiled in a pot.\r\n\r\n<strong>Answer: 烟叶 (Tobacco) </strong>\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Riddles] Guess the Word 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1043-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:38:17', '2016-11-05 03:38:17', '', 1043, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1043-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2136, 1, '2016-11-04 23:43:10', '2016-11-05 03:43:10', 'This very indignant kid seems destined to be a vegetarian. \r\n\r\nI\'d say the most difficult phrase in this little passage is: 家里人都<strong>吃得很香</strong>. The beginning of that sentence is no problem: 家里人都 \"Everyone in the family...\", but 吃得很香 is a bit more difficult, as we don\'t have sentence structure similar to this in English. Let\'s break it down:\r\n\r\n吃 - [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] - To eat\r\n得 - [pinyin]de[/pinyin] - Grammar word, which kind of acts as a bridge between \"吃\" and \"香\", indicating that the result of 吃 (eating) is that it was very 香 (savory)\r\n很 - [pinyin]hen3[/pinyin] - Very\r\n香 - [pinyin]xiang1[/pinyin] - Savory\r\n\r\nAnother interesting thing about this sentence is the word 香, which can mean both \"fragrant\" (smells good) and / or \"savory\" (tastes good). I find it particularly interesting that the Chinese recognize in language the interconnectedness of good taste and smell. \r\n\r\n<h3>又 and 再</h3>\r\n\r\nOne other notable point is the word 又, which means \"again\". But did you know that in Chinese, there are two ways to say \"again\"? There\'s 又, and there\'s also 再. It\'s a little alien to a native English speaker that there might be two different ways to say \"again\", so let me explain the difference:\r\n\r\n又 - Indicates that the action has already been repeated in the past. Example: \"<strong>You forgot your homework again? You\'re going to get in trouble.</strong>\" The person being scolded forgot their homework once, then already forgot it again (maybe many times). The forgetting of homework again has already happened. So we use 又.\r\n\r\n再 - Indicates that something will happen again <em>in the future</em>. An example of this would be: <strong>Don\'t forget your homework again or you\'ll get in trouble.</strong> In other words, you forgot your homework at least once already, don\'t repeat that action again in the future. Another example of this is would be a sentence like, \"When will I see you again?\" The seeing again hasn\'t yet happened - it may happen in the future. So we would use 再. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n<strong>青蛙捉害虫，是庄稼的好朋友。可我爸爸成天出去捉青蛙。\r\n\r\n我对爸爸说：“青蛙是消灭害虫的能手，你不能捉它！”爸爸却笑着说：“大人的事，小孩别管。”我很着急。\r\n\r\n爸爸又捉了许多青蛙，煮了一锅青蛙肉。家里人都吃得很香，我却一点儿也不想吃。我想：我们吃了青蛙肉，又有许多小青蛙没妈妈了，他们一定在哭着找妈妈，多可怜呀！爸爸真是个大坏蛋！\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nFrogs catch pests, so they\'re a farm crop\'s good friend. But my dad goes out during the day and catches frogs. \r\n\r\nI said to dad: \"Frogs are experts at annihilating pests, you can\'t catch them!\" But my dad only smiled and said: \"Children should stay out of adult business.\" I\'m very worried.\r\n\r\nOnce again, dad caught several frogs and boiled up a pot of frog meat. Everyone in the family ate up the savory [food], but I didn\'t even want to eat a little. I thought: here we are eating frog meat, that means there are many small frogs with no mama, surely they\'re crying for their mother, it\'s such a pity! My dad is a big scoundrel! \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 爸爸是个大坏蛋 - My Dad is a Scoundrel!', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1192-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:43:10', '2016-11-05 03:43:10', '', 1192, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1192-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2142, 1, '2016-11-04 23:54:14', '2016-11-05 03:54:14', '', 'Learning to Read Chinese: Simplified Mandarin Chinese Essays for Kids', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'new-years-money', '', '', '2016-11-04 23:54:20', '2016-11-05 03:54:20', '', 1241, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/new-years-money.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2150, 1, '2016-11-05 00:13:50', '2016-11-05 04:13:50', 'While we\'re busy prepping for our holiday season, I figured I\'d post something about a Chinese holiday. This is a culturally-rich and comfortably intermediate essay describing how one family celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节 [pinyin]duan1 wu3 jie2[/pinyin]. If you\'re curious what the typical Chinese household does on this late-spring holiday (held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar), you\'ll love this read. The customs described are quite unlike any holidays in the West.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival\">dragon boat festival</a> is held in remembrance of poet Qu Yuan\'s death. Qu Yuan was a faithful servant of his emperor, but was falsely accused of being a traitor. He drowned himself in a river after several decades in exile, but the local people loved him and remember him fondly. Sounds morbid, but actually the festival is a joyous one, where dragon boats are raced on the river (to commemorate the search for Qu Yuan\'s body) and 粽子 [pinyin]zong4 zi5[/pinyin] (boiled triangular rice balls wrapped in leaves) are eaten (when he died, it\'s said that 粽子 were thrown into the river to feed him in the afterlife - other stories have it that people threw 粽子 into the river to keep the fish from eating his body before they could find it).\r\n\r\nA couple of words in this essay are not in the dictionary, and need explaining: namely 艾香. I this case, 艾香 [pinyin]ai4 xiang1[/pinyin] means \"the smell of wormwood\", and it refers to the smell produced by bouquets of wormwood (艾草) that people hang on their door during the Dragon Boat Festival to drive away bad luck.Another word here is 雄黄酒, something that I\'ve seen but never tried, and while there is an English word for this, I\'ve never heard this spoken in English. 雄黄酒 is \"realgar wine\", whatever the heck realgar is. If you\'re curious, <a href=\"http://english.sina.com/life/p/2009/0527/244239.html\">this article</a> has more information on realgar wine and it\'s association with the Dragon Boat Festival. \r\n\r\nAnd finally, there\'s 趟露水, literally \"to wade in the dew\", and it refers to (what I think is a) regional custom of going out on an early morning walk and anointing one\'s face with dew drops. And without further adew (har!), the essay.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n今天是<strong>端午节</strong>，我们一家人五点就起床，按照习俗上山去趟露水。一路上我用双手捧起晶莹的露珠往眼睛上抹，一时间我觉得眼睛好像亮了好多。直到坐在教室读书时还觉得眼睛特别亮，什么字都能看清楚。\r\n\r\n放学后，我撒开腿就往家里跑。刚到门口就闻到粽子香，一进门就看见爸爸做了一桌子好菜专门等我回家吃。我洗过手来到饭桌前，先给爸爸妈妈一人解了一个粽子，撒上白糖，然后给我自己解了一个漂亮的三角粽子，撒上白糖就津津有味地吃起来。饭桌上，我们一家边吃边聊，屋子里充满了端午节的快乐气氛，弥漫着>香喷喷的粽子味和浓浓的<strong>艾香</strong>。\r\n\r\n吃完饭，妈妈给我耳朵上抹了雄黄酒，给我嘴上摸了唇膏，给我手腕上戴了红线绳，把我打扮得和粽子一样香，就让我到学校去学习。\r\n\r\n我爱吃粽子，爱过端午节，爱享受节日的欢乐气氛。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nToday is the Dragon Boat Festival, my family got out of bed at 5:00, and in accordance with local customs, when up the mountain to wade in the dew. On the road, I used both hands to cup sparkling dewdrops and smear them on my eyes, for a moment I felt as if they [my eyes] were considerably brightened. I felt they remained extremely bright as I sat in the classroom and read books; I could see every word clearly. \r\n\r\nWhen school let out, I let my legs loose and ran towards home. As soon as I reached the door I could smell the scent of zongzi, and as I entered I saw my father had made a whole table of delicious food that was just waiting for me to come home and eat it. I washed my hands and went to the dining table, first I broke open one zongzi each for father and mother and sprinkled them with white sugar, then I broke open a beautiful triangular zongzi for myself, sprinkled it with white sugar and heartily began eating.  At the dining table, our family ate and chatted, the woom was full of Dragon Boat Festival good cheer, suffused with the savory smell of zongzi and thick with the smell of wormwood.\r\n\r\nAfter we\'d had eaten, mother spread realgar wine on my ears, put lipstick on my lips, placed [bracelets of] red rope around my wrists, and made sure I smelled as sweetly as a zongzi, then sent me off back to school to study. \r\n\r\nI love eating zongzi, I loved the Dragon Boat Festival, and I love enjoying the holiday cheer. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 我家的端午节 - My Family\'s Dragon Boat Festival', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '940-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 00:13:50', '2016-11-05 04:13:50', '', 940, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/940-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2153, 1, '2016-11-05 00:23:19', '2016-11-05 04:23:19', 'This is possibly the girliest essay ever written, with crystals, dolls, little elfs and pretty colors described with great rapture. The writer is describing a gift given to her by a friend, which she loved as a child. I love this essay for its use of unusual color words, like \"glistening yellow\", \"vibrant red\", and \"transparent\".\n\nIn terms of the item the author describes, it\'s a bit hard to tell from the Chinese text that the writer is describing multiple crystal dolls inside of crystal balls in a crystal bottle until you get partway into the description, and while the girl paints a very vivid picture of this pretty bauble, I don\'t know that I\'ve ever seen anything like it in real life. It sounds like the crystal figurine version of Inception. \n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n在我生日的时候，朋友送给了我一个小小的“<strong>水晶</strong>瓶”，我非常喜欢它，爱不释手。\n\n这个“水晶瓶”<strong>一闪一闪</strong>，漂亮极了！在“水晶瓶”里有一只只亮晶晶“水晶球”。那“水晶球”形状<strong>各异</strong>，颜色不一。紫盈盈的是星星形的，黄澄澄的是足球形的，红通通的是皮包形的，透明发亮的是笛子形的。这些美丽的“水晶球”在五彩缤纷的灯光的映衬下，显得更夺目耀眼。\n\n在“水晶球”里，有一个小小的“舞台”，在这个<strong>小巧</strong><strong>玲珑</strong>的“舞台”上，有一个“舞蹈家”——水晶娃娃。水晶娃娃的手一晃一晃的，伴随着美妙的音乐，立着<strong>脚尖</strong>旋转起来，多像一个<strong>轻盈飞舞的小精灵</strong>。我看着，看着，沉醉在这优美的<strong>舞姿</strong>当中，我不由自主地也跟它跳起舞来。在这个时候，所有的烦恼全都抛到<strong>九霄云外</strong>去了。\n\n可是有一次我不知怎么了，突然间不喜欢这个水晶球了，还把他随便放在衣橱里一直到这位好朋友转学了以后才知道它的重要性.\n\n我喜欢这个“水晶瓶”，因为它陪我渡过了美好的童年，它将一直陪着我走下去……\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\nOn my birthday, my friend gave me a little \"crystal bottle\", I really liked it, loved it so much I never wanted to part with it. \n\nThis \"crystal bottle\" twinkled very beautifully! Inside the crystal bottle, there were shining \"crystal balls\". Those crystal balls were all shaped differently, and were all different colors. The one filled with a purple color was shaped like a star, the glistening yellow one was shaped like a football, the bright red one was shaped like a handbag, the shining clear one was shaped like a flute. These beautiful \"crystal balls\" contrasted with each other in a radiant profusion of light, dazzling to behold.\n\nInside the crystal balls, there was a very small \"dancing stage\" and on each exquisitely small, clinking stage there was a \"dancer\" -- a crystal doll. The crystal dolls\' hands flashed, accompanying wonderful music, and [the dolls] rotated while standing on tiptoe, like graceful little elves dancing in the breeze. I watched and watched, intoxicated by the dancer\'s elegant movements, and I couldn\'t help but begin dancing with them. Whenever I watched them, all of my worries dropped away, vanishing beyond the topmost clouds. \n\nBut one day, and I don\'t know why, I suddenly no longer liked to look at the crystal balls, and I put them somewhere in my closet, and it was only when that friend moved to a different school that I realized their importance. I like this crystal bottle because it was with me as I passed through a beautiful childhood, and it will always be with me as I go through life.\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 水晶球 - Crystal Balls', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '894-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 00:23:19', '2016-11-05 04:23:19', '', 894, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/894-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2154, 1, '2016-11-05 00:24:36', '2016-11-05 04:24:36', '', 'Advanced / Intermediate Chinese Essays and Reading Passage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'crystal-balls-essay', '', '', '2016-11-05 00:24:43', '2016-11-05 04:24:43', '', 894, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/crystal-balls-essay.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2158, 1, '2016-11-05 00:26:58', '2016-11-05 04:26:58', 'A short, sweet children\'s essay about how umbrellas look on a rainy day. Most of this is beginner reading, but there is one part of a sentence towards the end of the text which is intermediate reading. \n\n<h3>Di di da da</h3>\nYou\'ll also notice another onomatopoeia (I\'ve been running into those a lot lately), 滴滴答答. We\'re rather lucky when we describe sounds in English, we can mash a bunch of letters together until they sound similar to the sound we heard - we have a little more flexibility. I could write: pfffsssshhhh, and you could make that sound, or imagine that sound. The Chinese have no alphabet to work with, so they do this by taking existing characters that sound similar and arranging them together. In this case 滴滴答答 (di1 di1 da1 da1) represents the pattering of raindrops, as you might hear rain fall against a window or roof.\n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n<strong>1)</strong> 今天，我回家写作业的时候，我听见外面<strong>传来</strong>了<strong>滴滴答答</strong>的声音，我想一定是下雨了。我赶忙跑到窗前，向下一看，街上的<strong>行人</strong>都打着<strong>雨伞</strong>，真的是下雨了。\n\n<strong>2)</strong> 雨伞有黄色的、有白色的、有红色的、有紫色的，还有银灰色的……，美丽极了</strong>!\n\n<strong>3)</strong> 我觉得雨伞可真好，它为我们<strong>撑</strong>起了一片<strong>晴朗</strong>的天空，它真是我们的好朋友。我希望每天都能下雨，让我的漂亮小雨伞每天都能<strong>陪伴</strong>我。\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n<strong>1)</strong> Today, when I had returned to my house and I was doing my homework, I heard the sound of droplets coming from outside, and I thought it surely must be raining. I hurriedly ran to the window, and looked down, on the street the pedestrians were all carrying umbrellas, and it was indeed raining. \n\n<strong>2)</strong> There were yellow umbrellas, and there were white ones, and red ones, and purple ones, and also silver ones... so beautiful!\n\n<strong>3)</strong> I thought about how great umbrellas are, they unfurl a sunny and cloudless sky for us, they\'re really our good friends. I wish it could rain every day, so that my beautiful little umbrella could accompany me.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Essays] 小伞花 - Umbrella Flowers', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '887-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 00:26:58', '2016-11-05 04:26:58', '', 887, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/887-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2159, 1, '2016-11-05 00:28:24', '2016-11-05 04:28:24', '', 'Easy Chinese Reading - Simplified Texts, Passages and Essays', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'umbrella-flowers-read-chinese', '', '', '2016-11-05 00:28:30', '2016-11-05 04:28:30', '', 887, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/umbrella-flowers-read-chinese.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2174, 1, '2016-11-05 01:09:03', '2016-11-05 05:09:03', '', 'Beginner Chinese Vocabulary and Simplified Reading Materials', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'i-did-something-for-mom-2', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:09:09', '2016-11-05 05:09:09', '', 785, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/i-did-something-for-mom.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2178, 1, '2016-11-05 01:12:42', '2016-11-05 05:12:42', 'Another super-simple and very short children\'s joke. One thing to watch out for here that can be confusing is the way the word \"分\" is used here. Typically, one says \"100分\", meaning that one received \"100%\" on a test. In this case, the student indicates that he wants the teacher to give him \"5分\", which we can take to mean \"5 stars\" - not actually 5%.  The \n\n<hr />\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n老师:“同学们，今天的家庭问题<strong>讨论</strong>课，讨论‘父子<strong>不和</strong>’这个<strong>题目</strong>。<strong>秋子</strong>同学，你认为要<strong>消除</strong>父子不和的<strong>现象</strong>，最好的办法是什么呢？”\n秋子起立回答: “老师，最好的办法是:这一次在我的<strong>成绩</strong><strong>通知单</strong>上全<strong>填</strong>5分！”\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>Teacher said: </strong>\"Students, in today\'s Family Issues Discussion Class, the topic is \"Father and Son Don\'t Get Along\". Student QiuZi, do you know the best way to eliminate an issue with father and son not getting along?\" \n<strong>QiuZi immediately answered: </strong>\"Teacher, the best way to eliminate this problem is to give me five stars on my next report card!\"\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', '[Chinese Jokes] 父子不和 - Father and Son Don\'t Get Along', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '718-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:12:42', '2016-11-05 05:12:42', '', 718, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/718-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2179, 1, '2016-11-05 01:14:26', '2016-11-05 05:14:26', '', 'Beginner Chinese Passages and Jokes', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'father-and-son-dont-get-along-2', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:14:32', '2016-11-05 05:14:32', '', 718, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/father-and-son-dont-get-along.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2181, 1, '2016-11-05 01:17:48', '2016-11-05 05:17:48', 'This is a very short beginner children\'s joke.\n\nhref=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/ertongxiaoxiaohua/2011-04-26/22880.html\">Read the original on Tom61</a>\n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n老师: “沙漠是一块又长又宽的地方，上面光光的，什么东西都不长。”\n小学生: “老师，我明白了。我爸爸的秃头就是一片沙漠。”\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nTeacher: \"A desert is a long, wide place, its surface is very bright, and not a single thing grows there.\" \nPrimary School Student: \"Teacher, I understand. My father\'s bald head is a strip of desert.\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', '[Chinese Jokes] 沙漠 - The Desert', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '713-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:17:48', '2016-11-05 05:17:48', '', 713, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/713-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2182, 1, '2016-11-05 01:18:00', '2016-11-05 05:18:00', '', 'Chinese Jokes for Beginners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'jokes-the-desert', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:18:23', '2016-11-05 05:18:23', '', 713, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jokes-the-desert.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2184, 1, '2016-11-05 01:25:04', '2016-11-05 05:25:04', 'A story about a young elephant who learns a valuable life lesson. There is one particularly difficult sentence here, and that\'s  小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头. The words themselves aren\'t too hard, but the sentence arrangement doesn\'t make a lot of sense when directly translated into English. Let\'s take it step by step:\n\n小象 - Little Elephant\n爬到 - Climbed to / climbed up\n树 - tree\n去 - go\n学飞 - learn to fly\n“哎哟” - \'Ai yo!\' Sound which means \"Yikes!\" or \"Ow!\" \n一声 - Noise, sound\n摔了 - to fall\n一个大 - a big\n跟头 - Fall, trip and fall.\n\nIf you look at all these words together, you can more easily process the overall meaning of the sentence, which is, \"In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\" \n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n1) 小象生下来的第三天，跟妈妈来到小河边，看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想：“要是我也会飞，可以看到更多的东西，多好呀！”\n\n2) 小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头。\n\n3) 蛇看见了说:“小象，我们有自己的本事。我不会飞，可是，我会在树上睡觉。”\n\n4) 狮子说:“我也不会飞，可是，我能跳过宽宽的大河。”\n\n5) 老虎说:“我不会飞，可是我会游泳！”\n\n6) 爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大，这是小鸟不能比的。”小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩，大木头就搬走了。\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n1) On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: \"If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!\"\n\n2) In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\n\n3) Seeing this, the snake said: \"Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can\'t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.\"\n\n4) Lion said: \"I also can\'t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.\"\n\n5) Tiger said, \"I can\'t fly, but I can swim!\"\n\n6) Little Elephant\'s father and mother said to him, \"We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird\'s.\" Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Short Stories] The Little Elephant that Wanted to Fly', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '688-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:25:04', '2016-11-05 05:25:04', '', 688, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/688-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2185, 1, '2016-11-05 01:24:51', '2016-11-05 05:24:51', '', 'Learn to Read Chinese Beginners - Simplified Chinese Exercises', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'chinese-elephant-fly', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:25:09', '2016-11-05 05:25:09', '', 688, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/chinese-elephant-fly.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2188, 1, '2016-11-05 01:32:01', '2016-11-05 05:32:01', 'A little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. Giant nerd that I am, I was super excited about Tron coming out, so this post is kind of a way for me to relive that in Chinese. Enjoy.\n\n<hr />\n\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\n\n20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在辉煌的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）继承了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满冒险精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间荒废已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去探查，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子争霸战中……\n</div>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n', '[Movie Synopsis in Chinese] 《创：战纪》Tron Legacy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '667-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:32:01', '2016-11-05 05:32:01', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/667-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2189, 1, '2016-11-05 01:33:24', '2016-11-05 05:33:24', '', 'Advanced Chinese Reading: Movie Plots in CHinese', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tron-legacy', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:33:47', '2016-11-05 05:33:47', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tron-legacy.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2191, 1, '2016-11-05 01:34:37', '2016-11-05 05:34:37', 'A story about a young elephant who learns a valuable life lesson. There is one particularly difficult sentence here, and that\'s  小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头. The words themselves aren\'t too hard, but the sentence arrangement doesn\'t make a lot of sense when directly translated into English. Let\'s take it step by step:\r\n\r\n小象 - Little Elephant\r\n爬到 - Climbed to / climbed up\r\n树 - tree\r\n去 - go\r\n学飞 - learn to fly\r\n“哎哟” - \'Ai yo!\' Sound which means \"Yikes!\" or \"Ow!\" \r\n一声 - Noise, sound\r\n摔了 - to fall\r\n一个大 - a big\r\n跟头 - Fall, trip and fall.\r\n\r\nIf you look at all these words together, you can more easily process the overall meaning of the sentence, which is, \"In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\" \r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 小象生下来的第三天，跟妈妈来到小河边，看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想：“要是我也会飞，可以看到更多的东西，多好呀！”\r\n\r\n2) 小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头。\r\n\r\n3) 蛇看见了说:“小象，我们有自己的本事。我不会飞，可是，我会在树上睡觉。”\r\n\r\n4) 狮子说:“我也不会飞，可是，我能跳过宽宽的大河。”\r\n\r\n5) 老虎说:“我不会飞，可是我会游泳！”\r\n\r\n6) 爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大，这是小鸟不能比的。”小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩，大木头就搬走了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: \"If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!\"\r\n\r\n2) In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\r\n\r\n3) Seeing this, the snake said: \"Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can\'t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.\"\r\n\r\n4) Lion said: \"I also can\'t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.\"\r\n\r\n5) Tiger said, \"I can\'t fly, but I can swim!\"\r\n\r\n6) Little Elephant\'s father and mother said to him, \"We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird\'s.\" Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《想飞的小象》The Little Elephant that Wanted to Fly', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '688-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:34:37', '2016-11-05 05:34:37', '', 688, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/688-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2196, 1, '2016-11-05 01:47:51', '2016-11-05 05:47:51', 'Tom Clancy fans, take heed. This Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). he language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. If you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n<h3>Action-thriller vocab</h3>\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\n\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n1) 韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n2) 韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n3) 他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n4) 这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) Han Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\n2) And so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\n3) He didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were laying in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\n4) To this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Books] 《冷刺》Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '630-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:47:51', '2016-11-05 05:47:51', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/630-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2197, 1, '2016-11-05 01:47:40', '2016-11-05 05:47:40', '', 'Advanced Chinese Reading Practice: Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'cold-thorn-part-1-chinese-novels', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:47:46', '2016-11-05 05:47:46', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cold-thorn-part-1-chinese-novels.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2199, 1, '2016-11-05 01:52:38', '2016-11-05 05:52:38', 'I\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot (剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin]) of the new comic book movie Thor, in which the god of thunder naturally struggles against the forces of darkness (恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces).\n\nThe <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live on Earth. But when Earth suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Movie Synopsis in Chinese] 《雷神》Thor', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '657-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:52:38', '2016-11-05 05:52:38', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/657-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2200, 1, '2016-11-05 01:53:01', '2016-11-05 05:53:01', '', 'Chinese movie synopsis Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'chinese-movie-synopsis-thor', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:53:21', '2016-11-05 05:53:21', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chinese-movie-synopsis-thor.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
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(2205, 1, '2016-11-05 02:05:55', '2016-11-05 06:05:55', 'My heart goes out to the many who lost family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. The tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\n\n<hr />\n[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n1) 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. \n\n2) 中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n3) 警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n4) 此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n1) 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing\n\n2) China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\n3) The National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\n4) In addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[News in Chinese] 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '564-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:05:55', '2016-11-05 06:05:55', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/564-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2216, 1, '2016-11-05 02:24:36', '2016-11-05 06:24:36', 'This fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>1)</strong> 春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n<strong>2)</strong>小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n<strong>3)</strong>他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>1)</strong>During the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\n<strong>2)</strong>The thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\n<strong>3)</strong>The longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Idioms] 掩耳盗铃 - To bury one\'s head in the sand', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:24:36', '2016-11-05 06:24:36', '', 476, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/476-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2227, 1, '2016-11-05 02:51:34', '2016-11-05 06:51:34', 'Huh, learn something new every day. My entire understanding of the postal service comes from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932\">Terry Pratchett\'s \"Going Postal\"</a>, so it\'s interesting to take a quick look into the [vaguely] factual history of the postage stamp. This widely-circulated story is believed to be apocryphal, but <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29\">Sir Rowland Hill</a> was a very real postal reformer and inventor who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria (维多利亚女王 - [pinyin]wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 nv3 wang2[/pinyin])\r\n\r\n<h3>Some postal language</h3>\r\n便士 - [pinyin]bian4 shi4[/pinyin] - Penny\r\n罕见 - [pinyin]han3 jian4[/pinyin] - Rare\r\n邮差 - [pinyin]you2 chai1[/pinyin] - Postman\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 1840年，英国发行了世界第一枚邮票。它上面印了英国<strong>维多利亚女王</strong>的头像。因为这一枚邮票是黑色的，所以有“黑<strong>便士</strong>”之称。\r\n\r\n2) 一百五十多年前的某一天，在英国的一个村子里，来了一辆由马儿拉动的邮车。那个时候，邮车到村里来送信是十分<strong>罕见</strong>的。所以，村里的人一听见马车声，便立刻从屋子里、田地里冲出来，围在邮车的周围。\r\n\r\n3) <strong>邮差</strong>走下车，手里高举着一封信，大声喊着: “爱里丝·布朗小姐，有信！”一个姑娘轻声地对邮差说: “我就是爱里丝·布朗。”人们的眼光都不约而同地投向她。\r\n\r\n4) 爱里丝接过邮差给她的信，看了一看信封，便把信交还给邮差。“对不起。”她说，“我没有足够的钱付邮费。”\r\n\r\n5) 人们都很同情她，不知道该说些什么话。突然间，人群里走出一个绅士模样的人，从口袋里拿出一些钱币，说要替爱里丝付邮费，可是爱里丝并不认识他。\r\n\r\n6) 她带着感激的笑容对这位绅士说: “谢谢您的好意，先生，这封信我盼望了很久，可是现在我用不着它了。”\r\n\r\n7)　“为什么呢？”那位绅士感到十分奇怪。\r\n\r\n8) “这封信是我的男朋友寄给我的。我们打算明年结婚。他为了筹钱结婚，只得到外地去找工作做。由于我付不起邮费，所以他事先交代我: 在信封上画个叉，是表示他的日子过得很好；画个圆圈，意思是他已经找到工作了。”\r\n\r\n9) “啊！原来这信封里是没有信的。”那位绅士自言自语地说: “这种情形很不合理，必须改善。”\r\n\r\n10) 对于这件事情，他想了很久，终于想出了一个好办法。\r\n\r\n11) 他向当时的英国政府建议: “邮费应该由寄信的人来付，而且也不应该太昂贵，否则穷人是付不起的。为了大家的方便，我认为寄信的人，用一个便士买一枚邮票，贴在信封上，这样寄出去就可以了。”\r\n\r\n12) 结果，英国政府从善如流，接受了他的建议。这位绅士的名字叫罗兰·希尔世界上第一枚邮票就是这样诞生的。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://gushi365.com/info/4954.html\">Read the original essay</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In 1840, England issued the world\'s first postage stamp. The face of Queen Victoria was printed on it. Because the stamp was black, it was called the \"Penny Black\".\r\n\r\n2) One day more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a mail coach rode into a village in England. At that time, mail coaches rarely brought letters to the villages. So as soon as the village folks heard the sound of the carriage, they immediately rushed out of houses and fields to stand around the coach.\r\n\r\n3) The postman stepped down from the coach holding up a letter and loudly cried, \"Miss Alice Brown, you have a letter!\" A girl\'s light voice replied, \"I\'m Alice Brown.\" Everyone\'s gaze simultaneously went her way.\r\n\r\n4) Alice took the letter the postman handed her, looked at the envelope, and then gave the envelope back to the postman. \"Sorry,\" she said, \"I don\'t have enough money to pay the postage fee.\"\r\n\r\n5) Everyone sympathized with her, and didn\'t know what to say. Suddenly, a man of gentlemanly appearance walked out of the crowd, took some cash from his pocket, and said he wanted to pay the postal fee on Alice\'s behalf, though Alice didn\'t know him at all.\r\n\r\n6) Wearing a proud smile, she told the gentleman, \"Thank you for your kindness, mister, I\'ve looked forward to this letter for a long time, but I have no use for it now.\"\r\n\r\n7) \"Why?\" The gentlemen thought this was quite strange.\r\n\r\n8) \"This letter was sent to me by my boyfriend. I plan to marry him next year. To earn money for the marriage, he went away to look for work. Because I can\'t pay any postage fees, before he left he told me: if he draws an X written on the envelope, it means he\'s doing well, if there\'s a circle on the envelope, it means he\'s already found work.\"\r\n\r\n9) \"Ah! So actually there\'s wasn\'t any letter in the envelope to begin with.\" The gentlemen mused out loud to himself, \"This situation is unfair, [the mail system] must be improved.\"\r\n\r\n10) He thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a solution.\r\n\r\n11) He suggested to the then-government: \"The postage fee should be paid by the sender of the letter, and it shouldn\'t be too expensive, otherwise poor people won\'t be able to afford it. For everyone\'s convenience, I think people sending letters should use a one-penny stamp and stick it on the front of the letter - that\'s how they can send it out.\"\r\n\r\n12) As a result, the English government were willing to follow this good advice and accepted his suggestion. This gentleman\'s name was Rowland Hill, and this is how the world\'s first postage stamp was born. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Facts in Chinese] The History of Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '341-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:51:34', '2016-11-05 06:51:34', '', 341, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/341-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2230, 1, '2016-11-05 02:56:16', '2016-11-05 06:56:16', 'Huh, learn something new every day. My entire understanding of the postal service comes from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932\">Terry Pratchett\'s \"Going Postal\"</a>, so it\'s interesting to take a quick look into the [vaguely] factual history of the postage stamp. This widely-circulated story is believed to be apocryphal, but <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29\">Sir Rowland Hill</a> was a very real postal reformer and inventor who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria (维多利亚女王 - [pinyin]wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 nv3 wang2[/pinyin])\r\n\r\n<h3>Some postal language</h3>\r\n便士 - [pinyin]bian4 shi4[/pinyin] - Penny\r\n罕见 - [pinyin]han3 jian4[/pinyin] - Rare\r\n邮差 - [pinyin]you2 chai1[/pinyin] - Postman\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 1840年，英国发行了世界第一枚邮票。它上面印了英国<strong>维多利亚女王</strong>的头像。因为这一枚邮票是黑色的，所以有“黑<strong>便士</strong>”之称。\r\n\r\n2) 一百五十多年前的某一天，在英国的一个村子里，来了一辆由马儿拉动的邮车。那个时候，邮车到村里来送信是十分<strong>罕见</strong>的。所以，村里的人一听见马车声，便立刻从屋子里、田地里冲出来，围在邮车的周围。\r\n\r\n3) <strong>邮差</strong>走下车，手里高举着一封信，大声喊着: “爱里丝·布朗小姐，有信！”一个姑娘轻声地对邮差说: “我就是爱里丝·布朗。”人们的眼光都不约而同地投向她。\r\n\r\n4) 爱里丝接过邮差给她的信，看了一看信封，便把信交还给邮差。“对不起。”她说，“我没有足够的钱付邮费。”\r\n\r\n5) 人们都很同情她，不知道该说些什么话。突然间，人群里走出一个绅士模样的人，从口袋里拿出一些钱币，说要替爱里丝付邮费，可是爱里丝并不认识他。\r\n\r\n6) 她带着感激的笑容对这位绅士说: “谢谢您的好意，先生，这封信我盼望了很久，可是现在我用不着它了。”\r\n\r\n7)　“为什么呢？”那位绅士感到十分奇怪。\r\n\r\n8) “这封信是我的男朋友寄给我的。我们打算明年结婚。他为了筹钱结婚，只得到外地去找工作做。由于我付不起邮费，所以他事先交代我: 在信封上画个叉，是表示他的日子过得很好；画个圆圈，意思是他已经找到工作了。”\r\n\r\n9) “啊！原来这信封里是没有信的。”那位绅士自言自语地说: “这种情形很不合理，必须改善。”\r\n\r\n10) 对于这件事情，他想了很久，终于想出了一个好办法。\r\n\r\n11) 他向当时的英国政府建议: “邮费应该由寄信的人来付，而且也不应该太昂贵，否则穷人是付不起的。为了大家的方便，我认为寄信的人，用一个便士买一枚邮票，贴在信封上，这样寄出去就可以了。”\r\n\r\n12) 结果，英国政府从善如流，接受了他的建议。这位绅士的名字叫罗兰·希尔世界上第一枚邮票就是这样诞生的。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://gushi365.com/info/4954.html\">Read the original essay</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In 1840, England issued the world\'s first postage stamp. The face of Queen Victoria was printed on it. Because the stamp was black, it was called the \"Penny Black\".\r\n\r\n2) One day more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a mail coach rode into a village in England. At that time, mail coaches rarely brought letters to the villages. So as soon as the village folks heard the sound of the carriage, they immediately rushed out of houses and fields to stand around the coach.\r\n\r\n3) The postman stepped down from the coach holding up a letter and loudly cried, \"Miss Alice Brown, you have a letter!\" A girl\'s light voice replied, \"I\'m Alice Brown.\" Everyone\'s gaze simultaneously went her way.\r\n\r\n4) Alice took the letter the postman handed her, looked at the envelope, and then gave the envelope back to the postman. \"Sorry,\" she said, \"I don\'t have enough money to pay the postage fee.\"\r\n\r\n5) Everyone sympathized with her, and didn\'t know what to say. Suddenly, a man of gentlemanly appearance walked out of the crowd, took some cash from his pocket, and said he wanted to pay the postal fee on Alice\'s behalf, though Alice didn\'t know him at all.\r\n\r\n6) Wearing a proud smile, she told the gentleman, \"Thank you for your kindness, mister, I\'ve looked forward to this letter for a long time, but I have no use for it now.\"\r\n\r\n7) \"Why?\" The gentlemen thought this was quite strange.\r\n\r\n8) \"This letter was sent to me by my boyfriend. I plan to marry him next year. To earn money for the marriage, he went away to look for work. Because I can\'t pay any postage fees, before he left he told me: if he draws an X written on the envelope, it means he\'s doing well, if there\'s a circle on the envelope, it means he\'s already found work.\"\r\n\r\n9) \"Ah! So actually there\'s wasn\'t any letter in the envelope to begin with.\" The gentlemen mused out loud to himself, \"This situation is unfair, [the mail system] must be improved.\"\r\n\r\n10) He thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a solution.\r\n\r\n11) He suggested to the then-government: \"The postage fee should be paid by the sender of the letter, and it shouldn\'t be too expensive, otherwise poor people won\'t be able to afford it. For everyone\'s convenience, I think people sending letters should use a one-penny stamp and stick it on the front of the letter - that\'s how they can send it out.\"\r\n\r\n12) As a result, the English government were willing to follow this good advice and accepted his suggestion. This gentleman\'s name was Rowland Hill, and this is how the world\'s first postage stamp was born. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Facts in Chinese] 邮票的历史 - The History of Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '341-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:56:16', '2016-11-05 06:56:16', '', 341, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/341-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2244, 1, '2016-11-05 03:24:08', '2016-11-05 07:24:08', 'No one likes being bullied (欺负 - [pinyin]qi1 fu5[/pinyin]). As vaguely sordid fables go, this one\'s fairly tame, resulting only in some humiliatory retribution and a lost tail or two. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 从前有一只小狼他总是欺负</strong>别人。一天小动物们聚在一起商量对付那只小狼的办法，聪明的小<strong>狐狸</strong>想到了一个办法。\r\n\r\n2) 一天小狼出外<strong>觅食</strong>的狼，忽然闻到一<strong>阵</strong>阵烤鱼的香味，小狼跑进山<strong>洞</strong>一看，原来是狐狸在烤鱼。狐狸见狼来了，心里<strong>暗自</strong>高兴。\r\n\r\n3) 狼问, “这些鱼是从哪弄来的？”\r\n\r\n4) 狐狸说, “有一个地方可以钓到好多鱼，我可以给你带路。”\r\n\r\n5) 于时狼就跟着狐狸走啊走，来到了河边，原来是河里的水结了一层冰。\r\n\r\n6) 狐狸说, “只要在冰上<strong>凿</strong>一个洞，把<strong>尾巴</strong>放进河里，等鱼咬住尾巴的时候，就把尾巴提上来，这样就可以钓到好多好多的鱼！”\r\n\r\n7) 狼想着这下钓的鱼吃也吃不光啦，狼等了好久，也没有鱼咬住他的尾巴。狼实在冷得不行了，就想把尾巴提上来，回头一看，尾巴都被冰住了。狼大力拉，哪知他的尾巴“啪”的一声断掉了，狼逃走了。\r\n\r\n8) 小动物们看见狼的惨样子，都哈哈地笑了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Long ago, there was a wolf who was always bullying others. One day,  the small animals gathered together to discuss a way to solve the problem. The smart fox thought of a solution.\r\n\r\n2) One day Wolf went out to forage for food, when suddenly  he smelled the scent of roasting fish. When Little Wolf ran into a  mountain cave and looked, he saw that it was Little Fox that was cooking the fish. Fox saw that Wolf had come, and in his heart he was secretly happy.\r\n\r\n3) Wolf asked \"Where did these fish come from?\"\r\n\r\n4) Fox said, \"There is a place where you can catch many fish, I can take you there.\"\r\n\r\n5) So Wolf followed Fox as he walked and walked, until they came to a riverbank. There turned out to be a layer of ice over the water.\r\n\r\n6) Fox said, \"All you have to do is bore a hole in the ice, stick your tail into the river, wait until the fish bite your tail, then pull your tail out. This way, you\'ll catch many, many fish.\r\n\r\n7) Wolf, thinking of how the fish would be more than a full meal, waited quite a while, but no fish bit his tail. Wolf was finally too cold to continue and tried to pull up his tail, but when he turned his head to look, he saw that his tail was stuck in the ice. He gave a  great pull, and what do you know but his tail came off with a \"pa\"  sound. Wolf fled.\r\n\r\n8) When the other little animals saw wolf\'s miserable face, they all laughed.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Short Stories] 浪去钓鱼 - Wolf Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '85-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 03:24:08', '2016-11-05 07:24:08', '', 85, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/85-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2310, 1, '2016-11-10 23:04:56', '2016-11-11 04:04:56', 'Source: http://story.beva.com/23/content/bai-feng-chao-niao-5\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，凤凰和其它小鸟一样，羽毛也很平常，它很勤劳，不像别的鸟那样吃饱了就知道玩，而是从早到晚忙个不停，将别的鸟扔掉的果实都一颗一颗捡起来，收藏在洞里。\r\n这有什么意思呀？这不是财迷精，大傻瓜吗？可别小看了这种贮藏食物的行为，到了一定的时候，他可发挥大用处了！\r\n果然，有一年，森林大旱。鸟儿们找不到吃的，这时，凤凰急忙打开山洞，把自己多年积存下来的干果和草籽拿出来分给大家，和大家共渡难关。\r\n旱灾过后，为了感谢凤凰的救命之恩，鸟儿们都从自己身上选了一根最漂亮的羽毛拔下来，制成了一件光彩耀眼的百鸟衣献给凤凰，并一致推举它为鸟王。\r\n以后，每逢凤凰生日之时，四面八方的鸟儿都会飞来向凤凰表示祝贺，这就是百鸟朝凤。\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Mythology] 《百鸟朝凤》All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2260-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:04:56', '2016-11-11 04:04:56', '', 2260, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2260-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2263, 1, '2016-11-08 05:37:02', '2016-11-08 10:37:02', 'Source: http://story.beva.com/23/content/bai-feng-chao-niao-5\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，凤凰和其它小鸟一样，羽毛也很平常，它很勤劳，不像别的鸟那样吃饱了就知道玩，而是从早到晚忙个不停，将别的鸟扔掉的果实都一颗一颗捡起来，收藏在洞里。\r\n这有什么意思呀？这不是财迷精，大傻瓜吗？可别小看了这种贮藏食物的行为，到了一定的时候，他可发挥大用处了！\r\n果然，有一年，森林大旱。鸟儿们找不到吃的，这时，凤凰急忙打开山洞，把自己多年积存下来的干果和草籽拿出来分给大家，和大家共渡难关。\r\n旱灾过后，为了感谢凤凰的救命之恩，鸟儿们都从自己身上选了一根最漂亮的羽毛拔下来，制成了一件光彩耀眼的百鸟衣献给凤凰，并一致推举它为鸟王。\r\n以后，每逢凤凰生日之时，四面八方的鸟儿都会飞来向凤凰表示祝贺，这就是百鸟朝凤。\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 《百鸟朝凤》All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2260-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:37:02', '2016-11-08 10:37:02', '', 2260, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2260-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2264, 1, '2016-11-10 23:05:28', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/shi-er-sheng-xiao-de-gu-shi-5-20\r\n\r\n你知道自己属什么吗？有属小白兔的，有属大老虎的...有属猫的吗？没有，怎么有属老鼠的，没有属猫的呢？这里有个故事。\r\n很久很久以前，有一天，人们说：“我们要选十二种动物作为人的生肖，一年一种动物。”天下的动物有多少呀？怎么个选法呢？这样吧，定好一个日子，这一天，动物们来报名，就选先到的十二种动物为十二生肖。猫和老鼠是邻居，又是好朋友，它们都想去报名。猫说：“咱们得一早起来去报名，可是我爱睡懒觉，怎么办呢？”老鼠说：“别着急，别着急，你尽管睡你的大觉，我一醒来，就去叫你，咱们一块儿去。”猫听了很高兴，说：“你真是我的好朋友，谢谢你了。”\r\n到了报名那天早晨，老鼠早就醒来了，可是它光想到自己的事，把好\r\n朋友猫的事给忘了。就自己去报名了。结果，老鼠被选上了。猫呢？猫因为睡懒觉，起床太迟了，等它赶到时，十二种动物已被选定了。猫没有被选上，就生老鼠的气，怪老鼠没有叫它。\r\n从这以后，猫见了老鼠就要吃它，老鼠就只好拼命地逃。现在还是这样。', '[Chinese Mythology]《十二生肖的》 Why there\'s no cat in the zodiac', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:05:28', '2016-11-11 04:05:28', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2264', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2265, 1, '2016-11-08 05:43:16', '2016-11-08 10:43:16', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/shi-er-sheng-xiao-de-gu-shi-5-20\r\n\r\n你知道自己属什么吗？有属小白兔的，有属大老虎的...有属猫的吗？没有，怎么有属老鼠的，没有属猫的呢？这里有个故事。\r\n很久很久以前，有一天，人们说：“我们要选十二种动物作为人的生肖，一年一种动物。”天下的动物有多少呀？怎么个选法呢？这样吧，定好一个日子，这一天，动物们来报名，就选先到的十二种动物为十二生肖。猫和老鼠是邻居，又是好朋友，它们都想去报名。猫说：“咱们得一早起来去报名，可是我爱睡懒觉，怎么办呢？”老鼠说：“别着急，别着急，你尽管睡你的大觉，我一醒来，就去叫你，咱们一块儿去。”猫听了很高兴，说：“你真是我的好朋友，谢谢你了。”\r\n到了报名那天早晨，老鼠早就醒来了，可是它光想到自己的事，把好\r\n朋友猫的事给忘了。就自己去报名了。结果，老鼠被选上了。猫呢？猫因为睡懒觉，起床太迟了，等它赶到时，十二种动物已被选定了。猫没有被选上，就生老鼠的气，怪老鼠没有叫它。\r\n从这以后，猫见了老鼠就要吃它，老鼠就只好拼命地逃。现在还是这样。', '[Chinese Myths & Legends]《十二生肖的》 Why there\'s no cat in the zodiac', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2264-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:43:16', '2016-11-08 10:43:16', '', 2264, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2264-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2266, 1, '2016-11-08 05:44:33', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://story.beva.com/24/content/ba-xian-guo-hai-6\r\n\r\n有一天八个神仙仙向西王母拜寿，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，很壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。\r\n吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”\r\n铁拐李对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。\r\n接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。\r\n八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调。\r\n这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道： “大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”\r\n大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。\r\n韩湘子说：“我们真是有眼福！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”\r\n突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说： “可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”\r\n大家来到龙宫，请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。\r\n龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，很生气，并请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。\r\n双方打得天昏地暗，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。\r\n因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹事了。', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 《八仙过海》The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:44:33', '2016-11-08 10:44:33', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2266', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2267, 1, '2016-11-08 05:44:33', '2016-11-08 10:44:33', 'http://story.beva.com/24/content/ba-xian-guo-hai-6\r\n\r\n有一天八个神仙仙向西王母拜寿，腾云驾雾从东海上空经过，只见海上波涛汹涌，白浪滔天，很壮观。于是，八仙决定到海面上玩一玩。\r\n吕洞宾说：“大家把自己的宝物扔到海面上，借着它渡过大海，比一比谁更有神通，怎么样？”\r\n铁拐李对这一建议表示欢迎，他兴致昂扬地说：“好啊！大家先看我的！”便把拐杖投向海中，拐杖像一条小船漂浮在水面，铁拐李一个筋斗，翻立在拐杖上。\r\n接着汉钟离把他的芭蕉扇丢到海上，跳下去站在上面。\r\n八仙安稳地顺着汹涌的波浪漂去，这与腾云驾雾感觉大不相同，别有一番新的刺激和情调。\r\n这时，曹国舅突然用手指向右边，并高声喊道： “大家看啊！那里有座海市蜃楼！”\r\n大家转头一看，只见一座仙山渐渐地从海里升起，山上有树木，有楼房，一会儿就升到半空中，慢慢地变成天边的浮云，一转眼，那浮云又被风吹散了。\r\n韩湘子说：“我们真是有眼福！蜃气是海里蛟龙嘘出来的气体 ，百年难得一见啊！”\r\n突然 ，蓝采和从他们当中消失了。大家远近观望，一边找一边喊，可就是不见蓝采和的踪迹，张果老猜说： “可能是东海龙王作怪，他不欢迎我们在他的海上大显神通，把蓝采和抓到龙宫去了，走 我们一起到龙宫要人去！”\r\n大家来到龙宫，请求龙王放人。龙王蛮不讲理，不但不肯，还派自己的几个儿子带领虾兵蟹将追杀八仙。八仙只得用随身的法宝当武器，抵抗虾兵蟹将，经过一场激烈的战斗之后，龙王的两个太子被八仙杀死了。\r\n龙王一听，自己的两个儿子被八仙杀了，很生气，并请南海、西海、北海龙王来帮忙。龙王的不依不饶，把八仙也给惹火了。铁拐李用酒葫芦把海水吸光，其余几位仙人将泰山搬了过来，往东海一扔，东海立刻变成了一座高 。\r\n双方打得天昏地暗，把太上老君、如来佛和观世音也惊动了，他们全都赶来调解。调解的结果是，由蓝采送东海龙王两片玉版，作为杀两位太子的补偿泰山则由观世音负责搬回原处。\r\n因为这一场纠纷，八仙被玉皇大帝降级一等。从此，八仙再也不敢到外面惹事了。', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 《八仙过海》The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2266-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:44:33', '2016-11-08 10:44:33', '', 2266, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2266-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2268, 1, '2016-11-10 23:05:46', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/da-yu-zhi-shui-4-20\r\n\r\n禹是一位神仙，他来到人间和阿娇姑娘结了婚，住在山洞里。有一年洪水泛滥，禹告别新婚的妻子，号召人和天神们团结起来到会稽山集合，商量治理洪水的办法。\r\n禹在去会稽山的路上遇到乡亲，乡亲告诉他阿娇怀孕了。禹听了很高兴，但是约定的时间快到了，他只好托乡亲转达他对妻子的问候。人和神都按时赶到了会稽山。禹说：“我想应该用疏导的方法，让洪水顺着河道流到大海里去。”大家觉得这个办法很好。于是，禹带领众人动手开凿河道，挖出的泥土用来填平洪水冲成的大坑。\r\n大家不停地工作，修了一条又一条河道。又是一天，禹带领人们经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲告诉他阿娇生病了，希望他回家去看看。禹非常想念妻子，可是他想了想说：“治水是大家的事，不能因为我而耽搁了大家。”他托乡亲把草药带给阿娇，又和大家一起上路了。禹去疏导另一条河道时，又经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲对他说：“阿娇快生孩子了，你快去看看她吧!”禹叹了口气说：“不，我回家一天，就耽误一天治水的工作。”禹三次路过自已的家门都没有回家，乡亲们听了这件事十分感动，干起活来更加努力。\r\n禹非常想念妻子，阿娇也非常想念禹。阿娇天天站在山上等禹胜利归来，渐渐地化成了一块岩石。当禹把洪水完全治理好，回到家乡之后发现妻子已经化成了石头。禹悲痛万分，伤心哭泣，这时石人进裂，跳出了一个小孩。为了纪念孩子的母亲，禹为孩子起名为启。禹被人们拥戴为领袖，称为“大禹王”。', '[Chinese Mythology] 《 大禹治水》Yu the Great Tames the Floods', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:05:46', '2016-11-11 04:05:46', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2268', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2269, 1, '2016-11-08 05:55:49', '2016-11-08 10:55:49', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/da-yu-zhi-shui-4-20\r\n\r\n禹是一位神仙，他来到人间和阿娇姑娘结了婚，住在山洞里。有一年洪水泛滥，禹告别新婚的妻子，号召人和天神们团结起来到会稽山集合，商量治理洪水的办法。\r\n禹在去会稽山的路上遇到乡亲，乡亲告诉他阿娇怀孕了。禹听了很高兴，但是约定的时间快到了，他只好托乡亲转达他对妻子的问候。人和神都按时赶到了会稽山。禹说：“我想应该用疏导的方法，让洪水顺着河道流到大海里去。”大家觉得这个办法很好。于是，禹带领众人动手开凿河道，挖出的泥土用来填平洪水冲成的大坑。\r\n大家不停地工作，修了一条又一条河道。又是一天，禹带领人们经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲告诉他阿娇生病了，希望他回家去看看。禹非常想念妻子，可是他想了想说：“治水是大家的事，不能因为我而耽搁了大家。”他托乡亲把草药带给阿娇，又和大家一起上路了。禹去疏导另一条河道时，又经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲对他说：“阿娇快生孩子了，你快去看看她吧!”禹叹了口气说：“不，我回家一天，就耽误一天治水的工作。”禹三次路过自已的家门都没有回家，乡亲们听了这件事十分感动，干起活来更加努力。\r\n禹非常想念妻子，阿娇也非常想念禹。阿娇天天站在山上等禹胜利归来，渐渐地化成了一块岩石。当禹把洪水完全治理好，回到家乡之后发现妻子已经化成了石头。禹悲痛万分，伤心哭泣，这时石人进裂，跳出了一个小孩。为了纪念孩子的母亲，禹为孩子起名为启。禹被人们拥戴为领袖，称为“大禹王”。', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 《 大禹治水》Yu the Great Tames the Floods', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2268-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:55:49', '2016-11-08 10:55:49', '', 2268, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2268-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2270, 1, '2016-11-10 23:12:32', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/guo-nian-de-lai-li-2\r\n\r\n相传：中国古时侯有一种叫＂年＂的怪兽，头长尖角，凶猛异常，＂年＂兽长年深居海底，每到除夕，爬上岸来吞食牲畜伤害人命，因此每到除夕，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼，逃往深山，以躲避＂年＂的伤害．\r\n今年的除夕，乡亲们都忙着收拾东西逃往深山，这时候村东头来了一个白发老人对一户老婆婆说只要让他在她家住一晚，他定能将＂年＂兽驱走．众人不信，老婆婆劝其还是上山躲避的好，老人坚持留下，众人见劝他不住，便纷纷上山躲避去了．\r\n当＂年＂兽象往年一样准备闯进村肆虐的时候，突然传来白发老人然响的爆竹声，＂年＂兽混身颤栗，再也不敢向前凑了，原来＂年＂兽最怕红色，火光和炸响．这时大门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人哈哈大笑，＂年＂兽大惊失色，仓惶而逃．\r\n第二天，当人们从深山会到村里时，发现村里安然无恙，这才恍然大悟，原来白发老人是帮助大家驱逐＂年＂兽的神仙，人们同时还发现了白发老人驱逐＂年＂兽的三件法宝．从此，每年的除夕，家家都贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁．这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日＂过年＂．\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Holidays] 过年的来历 - A Beast in the Village: the Origins of Chinese New Year', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:12:32', '2016-11-11 04:12:32', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2270', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2271, 1, '2016-11-08 05:59:52', '2016-11-08 10:59:52', '相传：中国古时侯有一种叫＂年＂的怪兽，头长尖角，凶猛异常，＂年＂兽长年深居海底，每到除夕，爬上岸来吞食牲畜伤害人命，因此每到除夕，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼，逃往深山，以躲避＂年＂的伤害．\r\n今年的除夕，乡亲们都忙着收拾东西逃往深山，这时候村东头来了一个白发老人对一户老婆婆说只要让他在她家住一晚，他定能将＂年＂兽驱走．众人不信，老婆婆劝其还是上山躲避的好，老人坚持留下，众人见劝他不住，便纷纷上山躲避去了．\r\n当＂年＂兽象往年一样准备闯进村肆虐的时候，突然传来白发老人然响的爆竹声，＂年＂兽混身颤栗，再也不敢向前凑了，原来＂年＂兽最怕红色，火光和炸响．这时大门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人哈哈大笑，＂年＂兽大惊失色，仓惶而逃．\r\n第二天，当人们从深山会到村里时，发现村里安然无恙，这才恍然大悟，原来白发老人是帮助大家驱逐＂年＂兽的神仙，人们同时还发现了白发老人驱逐＂年＂兽的三件法宝．从此，每年的除夕，家家都贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁．这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日＂过年＂．', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 过年的来历 - A Beast in the Village: the Origins of Chinese New Year', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2270-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 05:59:52', '2016-11-08 10:59:52', '', 2270, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2270-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2272, 1, '2016-11-08 06:00:12', '2016-11-08 11:00:12', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/guo-nian-de-lai-li-2\r\n\r\n相传：中国古时侯有一种叫＂年＂的怪兽，头长尖角，凶猛异常，＂年＂兽长年深居海底，每到除夕，爬上岸来吞食牲畜伤害人命，因此每到除夕，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼，逃往深山，以躲避＂年＂的伤害．\r\n今年的除夕，乡亲们都忙着收拾东西逃往深山，这时候村东头来了一个白发老人对一户老婆婆说只要让他在她家住一晚，他定能将＂年＂兽驱走．众人不信，老婆婆劝其还是上山躲避的好，老人坚持留下，众人见劝他不住，便纷纷上山躲避去了．\r\n当＂年＂兽象往年一样准备闯进村肆虐的时候，突然传来白发老人然响的爆竹声，＂年＂兽混身颤栗，再也不敢向前凑了，原来＂年＂兽最怕红色，火光和炸响．这时大门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人哈哈大笑，＂年＂兽大惊失色，仓惶而逃．\r\n第二天，当人们从深山会到村里时，发现村里安然无恙，这才恍然大悟，原来白发老人是帮助大家驱逐＂年＂兽的神仙，人们同时还发现了白发老人驱逐＂年＂兽的三件法宝．从此，每年的除夕，家家都贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁．这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日＂过年＂．', '[Chinese Myths & Legends] 过年的来历 - A Beast in the Village: the Origins of Chinese New Year', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2270-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 06:00:12', '2016-11-08 11:00:12', '', 2270, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2270-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2273, 1, '2016-11-08 07:24:17', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850826.html#p=1　\r\n\r\n　11月7日，在武汉分会场大妈、大叔们在雨中齐跳广场舞。当日，在“西班牙斗牛舞”、“生命之杯”的乐曲中，5万余名中国大妈、大叔们在北京、上海、天津、武汉等14个城市同跳一支广场舞。一起挑战最大规模排舞（多场地）吉尼斯世界纪录。据活动主办方介绍，同一时间、不同场地、同跳一支舞曲，挑战最大规模排舞（多场地）吉尼斯世界纪录，在全国多个重点城市一起举行，是迄今为止全国范围内发起的最大规模广场舞活动。张畅 摄', '[News in Chinese] 50,000 Grannies Break Guinness Record for Synchronized Dance', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:24:17', '2016-11-08 12:24:17', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2273', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2274, 1, '2016-11-08 07:24:17', '2016-11-08 12:24:17', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850826.html#p=1　\r\n\r\n　11月7日，在武汉分会场大妈、大叔们在雨中齐跳广场舞。当日，在“西班牙斗牛舞”、“生命之杯”的乐曲中，5万余名中国大妈、大叔们在北京、上海、天津、武汉等14个城市同跳一支广场舞。一起挑战最大规模排舞（多场地）吉尼斯世界纪录。据活动主办方介绍，同一时间、不同场地、同跳一支舞曲，挑战最大规模排舞（多场地）吉尼斯世界纪录，在全国多个重点城市一起举行，是迄今为止全国范围内发起的最大规模广场舞活动。张畅 摄', '[News in Chinese] 50,000 Grannies Break Guinness Record for Synchronized Dance', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2273-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:24:17', '2016-11-08 12:24:17', '', 2273, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2273-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2275, 1, '2016-11-08 07:32:03', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850771.html#p=1\r\n\r\n随着时代的进步，各行各业都已经有了一个高速的发展，游戏行业也不例外。随之而来，也出现了不少“游戏代练”。\r\n这位游戏代练男子叫做王刚，据称他每次可以同时操控好几台电脑，而且每台电脑都操作好几个帐号，是一个不折不扣的“金牌代练”。\r\n　　据介绍，王刚今年30多岁，已婚，有一个10岁的儿子。他本人透露，他从小就喜欢打游戏，读书时也选了计算机专业，可是由于毕业后找不到工作，只能将就在酒店里打杂。\r\n后来，和妻子结婚了，为了赚更多的钱，他决定辞职在家摸索游戏，便从此走上“游戏代练”这一条路。', '[News in Chinese] Gamer Plays on 19 Computers at Once, Raises Whole Family on Profits', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:32:03', '2016-11-08 12:32:03', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2275', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2276, 1, '2016-11-08 07:32:03', '2016-11-08 12:32:03', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850771.html#p=1\r\n\r\n随着时代的进步，各行各业都已经有了一个高速的发展，游戏行业也不例外。随之而来，也出现了不少“游戏代练”。\r\n这位游戏代练男子叫做王刚，据称他每次可以同时操控好几台电脑，而且每台电脑都操作好几个帐号，是一个不折不扣的“金牌代练”。\r\n　　据介绍，王刚今年30多岁，已婚，有一个10岁的儿子。他本人透露，他从小就喜欢打游戏，读书时也选了计算机专业，可是由于毕业后找不到工作，只能将就在酒店里打杂。\r\n后来，和妻子结婚了，为了赚更多的钱，他决定辞职在家摸索游戏，便从此走上“游戏代练”这一条路。', '[News in Chinese] Gamer Plays on 19 Computers at Once, Raises Whole Family on Profits', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2275-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:32:03', '2016-11-08 12:32:03', '', 2275, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2275-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2277, 1, '2016-11-08 07:38:15', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850613.html\r\n\r\n中国人首次太空泡茶 航天员也能“挑食”\r\n\r\n　　​大家好，我是新华社太空特约记者、航天员景海鹏。11月7日是新华社建社85周年，神舟十一号飞行乘组在太空向全社的同志们问好，向全社的同志们致以最美好的祝愿和祝福！今天是进入天宫二号的第十七天（11月4日），很多人关心我们在太空的伙食怎么样，今天就和大家讲一讲。　　说到航天食品，大家可能会觉得特别单调，口感也不好，其实并不是这样。先说说我们今天吃的东西：早餐，有粳米粥、椰蓉面包、五香鹌鹑蛋、酱香芥菜等，总共7种食品；中午有8种，包括什锦炒饭、肉丝炒面、土豆牛肉、紫菜蛋花汤等；而晚上有8种，有绿豆炒面、牛肉米粉、虾仁鸡蛋、什锦罐头等；加餐有5种，包括麻辣猪肉、蟹黄蚕豆、香辣豆干等。怎么样，够丰富吧？\r\n\r\n　　不同飞行阶段，吃的东西也不同。刚入轨时，我们就会吃清淡些，这样更容易消化。目前在组合体飞行阶段，我们的食谱是五天一循环，包括主食、副食、即食、饮品、调味品、功能食品等6大类近100种食品。我们不仅吃得丰富，甚至还可以“挑挑食”，在一个食品周期之内，可以同类替换。因为我之前上过两次太空，所以在前期制定食谱时，科研人员征求过我的意见。吃了这么多天，我觉得比前两次选择更多、味道更好。就是说，这次带上来的食品，本身就是我和陈冬爱吃的，所以根本不会感到单调。航天员中心航天食品与营养研究室助理研究员臧鹏解说：我们考虑了不同地域航天员的饮食需求，有针对性地准备航天食品，比如南方的一种特色蔬菜——贡菜。据我所知，贡菜是第一次进入太空。\r\n', '[News in Chinese] China Brews Tea in Space for the First Time', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:38:15', '2016-11-08 12:38:15', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2277', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2278, 1, '2016-11-08 07:37:26', '2016-11-08 12:37:26', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850613.html\r\n\r\n中国人首次太空泡茶 航天员也能“挑食”\r\n\r\n　　​大家好，我是新华社太空特约记者、航天员景海鹏。11月7日是新华社建社85周年，神舟十一号飞行乘组在太空向全社的同志们问好，向全社的同志们致以最美好的祝愿和祝福！今天是进入天宫二号的第十七天（11月4日），很多人关心我们在太空的伙食怎么样，今天就和大家讲一讲。　　说到航天食品，大家可能会觉得特别单调，口感也不好，其实并不是这样。先说说我们今天吃的东西：早餐，有粳米粥、椰蓉面包、五香鹌鹑蛋、酱香芥菜等，总共7种食品；中午有8种，包括什锦炒饭、肉丝炒面、土豆牛肉、紫菜蛋花汤等；而晚上有8种，有绿豆炒面、牛肉米粉、虾仁鸡蛋、什锦罐头等；加餐有5种，包括麻辣猪肉、蟹黄蚕豆、香辣豆干等。怎么样，够丰富吧？\r\n\r\n　　不同飞行阶段，吃的东西也不同。刚入轨时，我们就会吃清淡些，这样更容易消化。目前在组合体飞行阶段，我们的食谱是五天一循环，包括主食、副食、即食、饮品、调味品、功能食品等6大类近100种食品。我们不仅吃得丰富，甚至还可以“挑挑食”，在一个食品周期之内，可以同类替换。因为我之前上过两次太空，所以在前期制定食谱时，科研人员征求过我的意见。吃了这么多天，我觉得比前两次选择更多、味道更好。就是说，这次带上来的食品，本身就是我和陈冬爱吃的，所以根本不会感到单调。航天员中心航天食品与营养研究室助理研究员臧鹏解说：我们考虑了不同地域航天员的饮食需求，有针对性地准备航天食品，比如南方的一种特色蔬菜——贡菜。据我所知，贡菜是第一次进入太空。\r\n', '[News in Chinese] China Brews Tea in Space for the First Time, also Makes Snacks', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2277-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:37:26', '2016-11-08 12:37:26', '', 2277, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2277-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2279, 1, '2016-11-08 07:38:15', '2016-11-08 12:38:15', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850613.html\r\n\r\n中国人首次太空泡茶 航天员也能“挑食”\r\n\r\n　　​大家好，我是新华社太空特约记者、航天员景海鹏。11月7日是新华社建社85周年，神舟十一号飞行乘组在太空向全社的同志们问好，向全社的同志们致以最美好的祝愿和祝福！今天是进入天宫二号的第十七天（11月4日），很多人关心我们在太空的伙食怎么样，今天就和大家讲一讲。　　说到航天食品，大家可能会觉得特别单调，口感也不好，其实并不是这样。先说说我们今天吃的东西：早餐，有粳米粥、椰蓉面包、五香鹌鹑蛋、酱香芥菜等，总共7种食品；中午有8种，包括什锦炒饭、肉丝炒面、土豆牛肉、紫菜蛋花汤等；而晚上有8种，有绿豆炒面、牛肉米粉、虾仁鸡蛋、什锦罐头等；加餐有5种，包括麻辣猪肉、蟹黄蚕豆、香辣豆干等。怎么样，够丰富吧？\r\n\r\n　　不同飞行阶段，吃的东西也不同。刚入轨时，我们就会吃清淡些，这样更容易消化。目前在组合体飞行阶段，我们的食谱是五天一循环，包括主食、副食、即食、饮品、调味品、功能食品等6大类近100种食品。我们不仅吃得丰富，甚至还可以“挑挑食”，在一个食品周期之内，可以同类替换。因为我之前上过两次太空，所以在前期制定食谱时，科研人员征求过我的意见。吃了这么多天，我觉得比前两次选择更多、味道更好。就是说，这次带上来的食品，本身就是我和陈冬爱吃的，所以根本不会感到单调。航天员中心航天食品与营养研究室助理研究员臧鹏解说：我们考虑了不同地域航天员的饮食需求，有针对性地准备航天食品，比如南方的一种特色蔬菜——贡菜。据我所知，贡菜是第一次进入太空。\r\n', '[News in Chinese] China Brews Tea in Space for the First Time', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2277-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:38:15', '2016-11-08 12:38:15', '', 2277, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2277-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2280, 1, '2016-11-08 07:44:18', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850533.html\r\n\r\n供图：中国青年网\r\n-36℃！中国最冷的地方现在是什么样\r\n\r\n11月3日，有“中国冷极”之称的内蒙古根河市气温继续下降，7时的气温为-29.3℃，较昨日同时段又下降了7.2℃之多，金河镇早晨的气温更是跌至-35.8℃，为全区下半年以来的最低温。\r\n　同时，加之前期降雪的影响，当地雪雾茫茫、天寒地冻，仿佛连空气也在慢慢地变成结晶中，吸进去空气容易，可呼出空气就得吐出一块大冰块了！11月3日，根河市金河镇的居民在扫门前雪。', '[News in Chinese] China\'s Coldest City Hits -36C in November', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:44:18', '2016-11-08 12:44:18', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2280', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2281, 1, '2016-11-08 07:44:18', '2016-11-08 12:44:18', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850533.html\r\n\r\n供图：中国青年网\r\n-36℃！中国最冷的地方现在是什么样\r\n\r\n11月3日，有“中国冷极”之称的内蒙古根河市气温继续下降，7时的气温为-29.3℃，较昨日同时段又下降了7.2℃之多，金河镇早晨的气温更是跌至-35.8℃，为全区下半年以来的最低温。\r\n　同时，加之前期降雪的影响，当地雪雾茫茫、天寒地冻，仿佛连空气也在慢慢地变成结晶中，吸进去空气容易，可呼出空气就得吐出一块大冰块了！11月3日，根河市金河镇的居民在扫门前雪。', '[News in Chinese] China\'s Coldest City Hits -36C in November', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2280-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:44:18', '2016-11-08 12:44:18', '', 2280, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2280-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2282, 1, '2016-11-08 07:45:18', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850588.html\r\n', '[News in Chinese] Villager Digs Out 1000-Meter Wine Cellar with a Tractor', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:45:18', '2016-11-08 12:45:18', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2282', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2283, 1, '2016-11-08 07:45:18', '2016-11-08 12:45:18', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850588.html\r\n', '[News in Chinese] Villager Digs Out 1000-Meter Wine Cellar with a Tractor', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2282-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:45:18', '2016-11-08 12:45:18', '', 2282, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2282-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2284, 1, '2016-11-08 07:49:16', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850428.html', '[News in Chinese] Monkey in Chongqing Forecasts Trump Election Win', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:49:16', '2016-11-08 12:49:16', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2284', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2285, 1, '2016-11-08 07:49:16', '2016-11-08 12:49:16', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-11/2850428.html', '[News in Chinese] Monkey in Chongqing Forecasts Trump Election Win', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2284-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:49:16', '2016-11-08 12:49:16', '', 2284, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2284-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2286, 1, '2016-11-08 07:55:51', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-10/2849884.html#p=6', '[News in Chinese] 2000 Hubei Students Paint in Unison to Prep for Art Exam', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:55:51', '2016-11-08 12:55:51', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2286', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2287, 1, '2016-11-08 07:55:51', '2016-11-08 12:55:51', 'http://china.huanqiu.com/photo/2016-10/2849884.html#p=6', '[News in Chinese] 2000 Hubei Students Paint in Unison to Prep for Art Exam', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2286-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-08 07:55:51', '2016-11-08 12:55:51', '', 2286, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2286-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2463, 1, '2016-11-16 18:35:17', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '仿词', '[Blog] Yo diggety: Can you make up words in Chinese?', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-16 18:35:17', '2016-11-16 23:35:17', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2463', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2291, 1, '2016-11-10 19:30:21', '2016-11-11 00:30:21', 'Where do you think you\'re going?\r\nI\'m going with you.\r\nOh, you\'re going with me, are you? And what are you going to do?\r\nI\'m going to help.\r\nAnd a good help you\'d be, too. But I need you to stay here and look after the place for me while I\'m away. \r\nI can fight. \r\nI know. I know you can fight. But it\'s our wits that make us men. See you tomorrow. \r\n\r\n你想去哪儿？\r\n跟着你。\r\n你想和我一起，是吗？你想干什么？\r\n我要去帮你。\r\n哦，你会成为好帮手的。但是我要你留在这儿，在我不在的时候，照看好这地方。\r\n我能打仗。\r\n我知道。我知道你能打仗。不过真正的男子汉还要会用脑子。明天见。\r\n', '[Movie Scripts] 勇敢的心 - Braveheart: Dad Leaves for Battle', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2290-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 19:30:21', '2016-11-11 00:30:21', '', 2290, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2290-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2292, 1, '2016-11-10 21:46:19', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'magine there\'s no heaven _____________________ 想像这个世界没有天堂\r\nIt\'s easy if you try __________________________ 只要你想像�这事很轻松\r\nNo hell below us ______________________________ 想像这个世界没有地狱\r\nAbove us only sky _____________________________ 在我们的头顶只有天空\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving for today... ___________________________ 为今天而生活着\r\nImagine there\'s no countries __________________ 想像这个世界没有国家\r\nIt isn\'t hard to do ___________________________ 只要你去做�这事并不难\r\nNothing to kill or die for ____________________ 没有人会被杀或为此死亡\r\nAnd no religion too ___________________________ 也没有宗教的纠缠\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving life in peace... _______________________ 在和平中生活着\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will be as one __________________ 那世界将会合一\r\nImagine no possessions ________________________ 想像这个世界没有财产\r\nI wonder if you can ___________________________ 这个奇迹�由你来实现\r\nNo need for greed or hunger ___________________ 想像这个世界没有饥饿和\r\n贪婪\r\nA brotherhood of man __________________________ 人们象兄弟一样友善\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nSharing all the world... ______________________ 分享着整个世界\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但是我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will live as one ________________ 那世界将会合一\r\n\r\nhttp://www.doc88.com/p-408269812857.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Imagine by John Lennon', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:46:19', '2016-11-11 02:46:19', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2292', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2293, 1, '2016-11-10 21:06:32', '2016-11-11 02:06:32', 'Where do you think you\'re going?\r\nI\'m going with you.\r\nOh, you\'re going with me, are you? And what are you going to do?\r\nI\'m going to help.\r\nAnd a good help you\'d be, too. But I need you to stay here and look after the place for me while I\'m away. \r\nI can fight. \r\nI know. I know you can fight. But it\'s our wits that make us men. See you tomorrow. \r\n\r\n你想去哪儿？\r\n跟着你。\r\n你想和我一起，是吗？你想干什么？\r\n我要去帮你。\r\n哦，你会成为好帮手的。但是我要你留在这儿，在我不在的时候，照看好这地方。\r\n我能打仗。\r\n我知道。我知道你能打仗。不过真正的男子汉还要会用脑子。明天见。\r\n', '[Movie Scripts in Chinese] 勇敢的心 - Braveheart: Dad Leaves for Battle', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2290-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:06:32', '2016-11-11 02:06:32', '', 2290, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2290-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2294, 1, '2016-11-10 21:42:37', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'yesterday-the beatles 昨日(披头士)美国往事\r\nyesterday !昨日!\r\nall my troubles seemed so far away.所有的烦恼彷佛都已远去.\r\nnow it looks as though they\'re here 2 stay.现在它似乎在此停留.\r\noh,i believe in yesterday.噢,我相信昨日.\r\nsuddenly !刹那间!\r\ni\'m not half 2 man i used 2 be.我已不是往日的我.\r\nthere\'s a shadow hanging over me.有个阴影笼罩在我心头.\r\noh,yesterday came suddenly.噢,昨日来得太快.\r\nwhy she had 2 go ?她为何不得不离去?\r\ni don\'t know she woldn\'t say.我不知道,她也没说.\r\ni said something wrong.要我说一定有些事错了.\r\nnow i long 4 yesterday.如今我渴望昨日.\r\nlove was such an easy game 2 play.爱情是一场如此简单的游戏.\r\nnow i need a place 2 hide away.现在我则需要找个地方躲藏起来.\r\nmm mm mm mm mm……\r\n\r\n', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Yesterday by The Beatles', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:42:37', '2016-11-11 02:42:37', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2294', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2295, 1, '2016-11-10 21:24:37', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'Help, I need somebody, 求救，需要帮助 \r\nHelp, not just anybody, 求救，不是任何人都能帮 \r\nHelp, you know I need someone, help. 求救，你知道 我需要谁，求救 \r\n\r\nWhen I was younger, so much younger than today, 当我还很小时，比现在的我年轻许多I never needed anybody\'s help in any way.从来在任何方面都不用别人的帮忙 \r\nBut now these days are gone, I\'m not so self assured, 但是那些日子已过去，我不在过分自傲 \r\nNow I find I\'ve changed my mind and opened up the doors. 现在我改变了我的想法，打开了心门 \r\n\r\nHelp me if you can, I\'m feeling down ，如果可以希望你帮助我，此时我感到沮丧 \r\nAnd I do appreciate you being round. 我非常欣赏你的为人 \r\nHelp me, get my feet back on the ground, 帮我，帮我翻身 \r\nWon\'t you please, please help me. 你会愿意吗，请帮助我 \r\n\r\nAnd now my life has changed in oh so many ways, 我的生活在很多方面都已经改变了 \r\nMy independence seems to vanish in the haze. 我的自立堙灭在头脑糊涂中 \r\nBut every now and then I feel so insecure, 现在我时常感到没有安全感 \r\nI know that I just need you like I\'ve never done before.我需要你，我从来没有过的想法', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Help! by The Beatles', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:24:37', '2016-11-11 02:24:37', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2295', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2296, 1, '2016-11-10 21:24:37', '2016-11-11 02:24:37', 'Help, I need somebody, 求救，需要帮助 \r\nHelp, not just anybody, 求救，不是任何人都能帮 \r\nHelp, you know I need someone, help. 求救，你知道 我需要谁，求救 \r\n\r\nWhen I was younger, so much younger than today, 当我还很小时，比现在的我年轻许多I never needed anybody\'s help in any way.从来在任何方面都不用别人的帮忙 \r\nBut now these days are gone, I\'m not so self assured, 但是那些日子已过去，我不在过分自傲 \r\nNow I find I\'ve changed my mind and opened up the doors. 现在我改变了我的想法，打开了心门 \r\n\r\nHelp me if you can, I\'m feeling down ，如果可以希望你帮助我，此时我感到沮丧 \r\nAnd I do appreciate you being round. 我非常欣赏你的为人 \r\nHelp me, get my feet back on the ground, 帮我，帮我翻身 \r\nWon\'t you please, please help me. 你会愿意吗，请帮助我 \r\n\r\nAnd now my life has changed in oh so many ways, 我的生活在很多方面都已经改变了 \r\nMy independence seems to vanish in the haze. 我的自立堙灭在头脑糊涂中 \r\nBut every now and then I feel so insecure, 现在我时常感到没有安全感 \r\nI know that I just need you like I\'ve never done before.我需要你，我从来没有过的想法', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Help! by The Beatles', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2295-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:24:37', '2016-11-11 02:24:37', '', 2295, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2295-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2298, 1, '2016-11-10 21:26:02', '2016-11-11 02:26:02', 'magine there\'s no heaven _____________________ 想像这个世界没有天堂\r\nIt\'s easy if you try __________________________ 只要你想像�这事很轻松\r\nNo hell below us ______________________________ 想像这个世界没有地狱\r\nAbove us only sky _____________________________ 在我们的头顶只有天空\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving for today... ___________________________ 为今天而生活着\r\nImagine there\'s no countries __________________ 想像这个世界没有国家\r\nIt isn\'t hard to do ___________________________ 只要你去做�这事并不难\r\nNothing to kill or die for ____________________ 没有人会被杀或为此死亡\r\nAnd no religion too ___________________________ 也没有宗教的纠缠\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving life in peace... _______________________ 在和平中生活着\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will be as one __________________ 那世界将会合一\r\nImagine no possessions ________________________ 想像这个世界没有财产\r\nI wonder if you can ___________________________ 这个奇迹�由你来实现\r\nNo need for greed or hunger ___________________ 想像这个世界没有饥饿和\r\n贪婪\r\nA brotherhood of man __________________________ 人们象兄弟一样友善\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nSharing all the world... ______________________ 分享着整个世界\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但是我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will live as one ________________ 那世界将会合一', '[Songs in Chinese] Imagine by John Lennon', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2292-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:26:02', '2016-11-11 02:26:02', '', 2292, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2292-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2299, 1, '2016-11-10 21:26:17', '2016-11-11 02:26:17', 'magine there\'s no heaven _____________________ 想像这个世界没有天堂\r\nIt\'s easy if you try __________________________ 只要你想像�这事很轻松\r\nNo hell below us ______________________________ 想像这个世界没有地狱\r\nAbove us only sky _____________________________ 在我们的头顶只有天空\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving for today... ___________________________ 为今天而生活着\r\nImagine there\'s no countries __________________ 想像这个世界没有国家\r\nIt isn\'t hard to do ___________________________ 只要你去做�这事并不难\r\nNothing to kill or die for ____________________ 没有人会被杀或为此死亡\r\nAnd no religion too ___________________________ 也没有宗教的纠缠\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving life in peace... _______________________ 在和平中生活着\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will be as one __________________ 那世界将会合一\r\nImagine no possessions ________________________ 想像这个世界没有财产\r\nI wonder if you can ___________________________ 这个奇迹�由你来实现\r\nNo need for greed or hunger ___________________ 想像这个世界没有饥饿和\r\n贪婪\r\nA brotherhood of man __________________________ 人们象兄弟一样友善\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nSharing all the world... ______________________ 分享着整个世界\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但是我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will live as one ________________ 那世界将会合一', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Imagine by John Lennon', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2292-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:26:17', '2016-11-11 02:26:17', '', 2292, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2292-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2300, 1, '2016-11-10 21:37:28', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'At first I was afraid I was petrified \r\n起初我很害怕，不知所措 \r\nKept thinking I could never live without you by my side \r\n一直在想：没有你在身边，我一定活不下去 \r\nBut then I spent so many nights \r\n但是后来，我花了很多个夜晚 \r\nThinking how you did me wrong \r\n思考你是如何辜负了我 \r\nAnd I grew strong \r\n我变得坚强 \r\nAnd I learn how to get along \r\n学会了独立 \r\nAnd so you\\\'re back from outer space \r\n然而，你从外头回到了这里 \r\nI just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face \r\n我走进来，发现了满脸愁容的你 \r\nI should have changed that stupid lock \r\n我早该换门锁 \r\nI should have made you leave your key \r\n我早该叫你把钥匙留下 \r\nIf I\\\'d known for just one second you\\\'d be back to bother me \r\n如果我早知道你会回来骚扰我的话 \r\n*Go on now, go walk out the door \r\n走吧！滚到外面去 \r\nJust turn around now \r\n请你转身离开 \r\n(Cos) You\\\'re not welcome anymore \r\n你已经不受欢迎 \r\nWeren\\\'t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye \r\n你就是那个用分手来伤害我的家伙 \r\nDid I crumble \r\n难道是我搞砸了？ \r\nDid you think I\\\'d lay down and die \r\n你以为我会坐以待毙 \r\nOh no, not I, I will survive \r\n哦！不，我会活下去 \r\nOh as long as I know how to love I know I\\\'ll stay alive \r\n一旦我学会如何去爱，我就能活下去 \r\nI\\\'ve got all my life to live \r\n我会用一生好好过日子 \r\nI\\\'ve got all my love to give and I\\\'ll survive \r\n我会用全部的爱去奉献，我会活下去 \r\nI will survive \r\n我会活下去 \r\nIt took all the strength I had not to fall apart \r\n我用尽全身的力气，不让自己崩溃 \r\nKept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart \r\n努力修补着我心碎的碎片 \r\nAnd I spent oh so many nights \r\n我花了多少个夜晚 \r\nJust feeling sorry for myself \r\n为自己感到难过 \r\nI used to cry but now I hold my head up high \r\n我曾经哭泣，但现在的我昂首阔步 \r\nAnd you see me somebody new \r\n你可以看到我已脱胎换骨 \r\nI\\\'m not that chained up little person still in love with you \r\n我已不是那个还爱着你而被束缚的卑微女子 \r\nAnd so you feel like dropping in \r\n你说想来看我 \r\nAnd just expect me to be free \r\n希望我有空见你 \r\nNow I\\\'m saving all my loving for someone who\\\'s loving me \r\n如今，我已把全部的爱都留给那个爱我的人\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/568557625.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] I Will Survive', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:37:28', '2016-11-11 02:37:28', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2300', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2301, 1, '2016-11-10 21:37:28', '2016-11-11 02:37:28', 'At first I was afraid I was petrified \r\n起初我很害怕，不知所措 \r\nKept thinking I could never live without you by my side \r\n一直在想：没有你在身边，我一定活不下去 \r\nBut then I spent so many nights \r\n但是后来，我花了很多个夜晚 \r\nThinking how you did me wrong \r\n思考你是如何辜负了我 \r\nAnd I grew strong \r\n我变得坚强 \r\nAnd I learn how to get along \r\n学会了独立 \r\nAnd so you\\\'re back from outer space \r\n然而，你从外头回到了这里 \r\nI just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face \r\n我走进来，发现了满脸愁容的你 \r\nI should have changed that stupid lock \r\n我早该换门锁 \r\nI should have made you leave your key \r\n我早该叫你把钥匙留下 \r\nIf I\\\'d known for just one second you\\\'d be back to bother me \r\n如果我早知道你会回来骚扰我的话 \r\n*Go on now, go walk out the door \r\n走吧！滚到外面去 \r\nJust turn around now \r\n请你转身离开 \r\n(Cos) You\\\'re not welcome anymore \r\n你已经不受欢迎 \r\nWeren\\\'t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye \r\n你就是那个用分手来伤害我的家伙 \r\nDid I crumble \r\n难道是我搞砸了？ \r\nDid you think I\\\'d lay down and die \r\n你以为我会坐以待毙 \r\nOh no, not I, I will survive \r\n哦！不，我会活下去 \r\nOh as long as I know how to love I know I\\\'ll stay alive \r\n一旦我学会如何去爱，我就能活下去 \r\nI\\\'ve got all my life to live \r\n我会用一生好好过日子 \r\nI\\\'ve got all my love to give and I\\\'ll survive \r\n我会用全部的爱去奉献，我会活下去 \r\nI will survive \r\n我会活下去 \r\nIt took all the strength I had not to fall apart \r\n我用尽全身的力气，不让自己崩溃 \r\nKept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart \r\n努力修补着我心碎的碎片 \r\nAnd I spent oh so many nights \r\n我花了多少个夜晚 \r\nJust feeling sorry for myself \r\n为自己感到难过 \r\nI used to cry but now I hold my head up high \r\n我曾经哭泣，但现在的我昂首阔步 \r\nAnd you see me somebody new \r\n你可以看到我已脱胎换骨 \r\nI\\\'m not that chained up little person still in love with you \r\n我已不是那个还爱着你而被束缚的卑微女子 \r\nAnd so you feel like dropping in \r\n你说想来看我 \r\nAnd just expect me to be free \r\n希望我有空见你 \r\nNow I\\\'m saving all my loving for someone who\\\'s loving me \r\n如今，我已把全部的爱都留给那个爱我的人\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/568557625.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] I Will Survive', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2300-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:37:28', '2016-11-11 02:37:28', '', 2300, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2300-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2302, 1, '2016-11-10 21:42:37', '2016-11-11 02:42:37', 'yesterday-the beatles 昨日(披头士)美国往事\r\nyesterday !昨日!\r\nall my troubles seemed so far away.所有的烦恼彷佛都已远去.\r\nnow it looks as though they\'re here 2 stay.现在它似乎在此停留.\r\noh,i believe in yesterday.噢,我相信昨日.\r\nsuddenly !刹那间!\r\ni\'m not half 2 man i used 2 be.我已不是往日的我.\r\nthere\'s a shadow hanging over me.有个阴影笼罩在我心头.\r\noh,yesterday came suddenly.噢,昨日来得太快.\r\nwhy she had 2 go ?她为何不得不离去?\r\ni don\'t know she woldn\'t say.我不知道,她也没说.\r\ni said something wrong.要我说一定有些事错了.\r\nnow i long 4 yesterday.如今我渴望昨日.\r\nlove was such an easy game 2 play.爱情是一场如此简单的游戏.\r\nnow i need a place 2 hide away.现在我则需要找个地方躲藏起来.\r\nmm mm mm mm mm……\r\n\r\n', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Yesterday by The Beatles', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2294-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:42:37', '2016-11-11 02:42:37', '', 2294, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2294-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2303, 1, '2016-11-10 21:43:56', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'Over the rainbow Judy Garland \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, way up high \r\nThere\'s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue \r\nAnd the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true \r\n\r\nSomeday I\'ll wish upon a star \r\nAnd wake up where the clouds are far behind me \r\nWhere troubles melt like lemon drops \r\nAway above the chimney tops \r\nThat\'s where you\'ll find me \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly \r\nBirds fly over the rainbow \r\nWhy then, oh why can\'t I? \r\n\r\nIf happy little bluebirds fly \r\nBeyond the rainbow \r\nWhy, oh why can\'t I? \r\n彩虹之上 茱蒂迦伦 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上，有个很高的地方 \r\n有一块乐土，我曾在摇篮曲中听到过 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上的某个地方，天空是蔚蓝的 \r\n只要你敢做的梦，都会实现 \r\n\r\n有一天，我会对著星星许愿 \r\n然后在云远天高的地方醒来 \r\n在那里，烦恼像柠檬糖一样溶化 \r\n远离烟囱的顶端 \r\n你就可以找到我 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上的某个地方，青鸟悠然飞翔 \r\n青鸟越过了彩虹 \r\n那麼，我为何不能？ \r\n\r\n如果快乐的小青鸟儿 \r\n飞过了彩虹 \r\n那麼，我为何不能？\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/2137634458933321788.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:43:56', '2016-11-11 02:43:56', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2303', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(2304, 1, '2016-11-10 21:43:56', '2016-11-11 02:43:56', 'Over the rainbow Judy Garland \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, way up high \r\nThere\'s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue \r\nAnd the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true \r\n\r\nSomeday I\'ll wish upon a star \r\nAnd wake up where the clouds are far behind me \r\nWhere troubles melt like lemon drops \r\nAway above the chimney tops \r\nThat\'s where you\'ll find me \r\n\r\nSomewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly \r\nBirds fly over the rainbow \r\nWhy then, oh why can\'t I? \r\n\r\nIf happy little bluebirds fly \r\nBeyond the rainbow \r\nWhy, oh why can\'t I? \r\n彩虹之上 茱蒂迦伦 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上，有个很高的地方 \r\n有一块乐土，我曾在摇篮曲中听到过 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上的某个地方，天空是蔚蓝的 \r\n只要你敢做的梦，都会实现 \r\n\r\n有一天，我会对著星星许愿 \r\n然后在云远天高的地方醒来 \r\n在那里，烦恼像柠檬糖一样溶化 \r\n远离烟囱的顶端 \r\n你就可以找到我 \r\n\r\n在彩虹之上的某个地方，青鸟悠然飞翔 \r\n青鸟越过了彩虹 \r\n那麼，我为何不能？ \r\n\r\n如果快乐的小青鸟儿 \r\n飞过了彩虹 \r\n那麼，我为何不能？\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/2137634458933321788.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2303-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:43:56', '2016-11-11 02:43:56', '', 2303, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2303-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2305, 1, '2016-11-10 21:46:19', '2016-11-11 02:46:19', 'magine there\'s no heaven _____________________ 想像这个世界没有天堂\r\nIt\'s easy if you try __________________________ 只要你想像�这事很轻松\r\nNo hell below us ______________________________ 想像这个世界没有地狱\r\nAbove us only sky _____________________________ 在我们的头顶只有天空\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving for today... ___________________________ 为今天而生活着\r\nImagine there\'s no countries __________________ 想像这个世界没有国家\r\nIt isn\'t hard to do ___________________________ 只要你去做�这事并不难\r\nNothing to kill or die for ____________________ 没有人会被杀或为此死亡\r\nAnd no religion too ___________________________ 也没有宗教的纠缠\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nLiving life in peace... _______________________ 在和平中生活着\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will be as one __________________ 那世界将会合一\r\nImagine no possessions ________________________ 想像这个世界没有财产\r\nI wonder if you can ___________________________ 这个奇迹�由你来实现\r\nNo need for greed or hunger ___________________ 想像这个世界没有饥饿和\r\n贪婪\r\nA brotherhood of man __________________________ 人们象兄弟一样友善\r\nImagine all the people ________________________ 想像这个世界所有的人\r\nSharing all the world... ______________________ 分享着整个世界\r\nYou may say I\'m a dreamer _____________________ 你也许会说�我是个梦想\r\n者\r\nBut I\'m not the only one ______________________ 但是我绝不是唯一\r\nI hope someday you\'ll join us _________________ 我希望有一天你会加入我\r\n们\r\nAnd the world will live as one ________________ 那世界将会合一\r\n\r\nhttp://www.doc88.com/p-408269812857.html', '[Song Lyrics in Chinese] Imagine by John Lennon', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2292-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 21:46:19', '2016-11-11 02:46:19', '', 2292, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2292-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2306, 1, '2016-11-10 22:05:28', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '杜雷（1832-1883），1832年1月6日生于法国斯特拉斯堡，被公认为数百年来最优秀的插画家。年轻时他就立志以插画为业，他擅长素描并完全靠自学成才，并从一开始就显示出非凡的艺术天分。15岁时他的第一本作品《赫克斯的业绩》问世，吸引了大家的目光，而后不断有作品问世，数量可观。1883年死于中风。\r\n16世纪的西班牙，写作风格怪诞夸张的游侠小说盛行，一个名叫基罕诺的高贵绅士对那些荒诞的故事入了迷，梦想成为一名真正的骑士，他骑上一匹瘦马，带上一枝旧长柄矛和一面生锈的盾牌，开始了他的“冒险”之旅，一路上，他出尽了洋相，发生一系列荒诞的故事……\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1427261/', '[Guess the Book] dq', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 22:05:28', '2016-11-11 03:05:28', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2306', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2307, 1, '2016-11-10 22:05:28', '2016-11-11 03:05:28', '杜雷（1832-1883），1832年1月6日生于法国斯特拉斯堡，被公认为数百年来最优秀的插画家。年轻时他就立志以插画为业，他擅长素描并完全靠自学成才，并从一开始就显示出非凡的艺术天分。15岁时他的第一本作品《赫克斯的业绩》问世，吸引了大家的目光，而后不断有作品问世，数量可观。1883年死于中风。\r\n16世纪的西班牙，写作风格怪诞夸张的游侠小说盛行，一个名叫基罕诺的高贵绅士对那些荒诞的故事入了迷，梦想成为一名真正的骑士，他骑上一匹瘦马，带上一枝旧长柄矛和一面生锈的盾牌，开始了他的“冒险”之旅，一路上，他出尽了洋相，发生一系列荒诞的故事……\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1427261/', '[Guess the Book] dq', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2306-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 22:05:28', '2016-11-11 03:05:28', '', 2306, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2306-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2309, 1, '2016-11-10 23:04:18', '2016-11-11 04:04:18', '小王子是一个超凡脱俗的仙童，他住在一颗只比他大一丁点儿的小行星上。陪伴他的是一朵他非常喜爱的小玫瑰花。但玫瑰花的虚荣心伤害了小王子对她的感情。小王子告别小行星，开始了遨游太空的旅行。他先后访问了六个行星，各种见闻使他陷入忧伤，他感到大人们荒唐可笑、太不正常。只有在其中一个点灯人的星球上，小王子才找到一个可以作为朋友的人。但点灯人的天地又十分狭小，除了点灯人他自己，不能容下第二个人。在地理学家的指点下，孤单的小王子来到人类居住的地球。\r\n小王子发现人类缺乏想象力，只知像鹦鹉那样重复别人讲过的话。小王子这时越来越思念自己星球上的那枝小玫瑰。后来，小王子遇到一只小狐狸，小王子用耐心征服了小狐狸，与它结成了亲密的朋友。小狐狸把自己心中的秘密——肉眼看不见事务的本质，只有用心灵才能洞察一切——作为礼物，送给小王子。用这个秘密，小王子在撒哈拉大沙漠与遇险的飞行员一...\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1084336/', '[Guess the Book] TLP', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2308-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:04:18', '2016-11-11 04:04:18', '', 2308, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2308-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2311, 1, '2016-11-10 23:05:28', '2016-11-11 04:05:28', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/shi-er-sheng-xiao-de-gu-shi-5-20\r\n\r\n你知道自己属什么吗？有属小白兔的，有属大老虎的...有属猫的吗？没有，怎么有属老鼠的，没有属猫的呢？这里有个故事。\r\n很久很久以前，有一天，人们说：“我们要选十二种动物作为人的生肖，一年一种动物。”天下的动物有多少呀？怎么个选法呢？这样吧，定好一个日子，这一天，动物们来报名，就选先到的十二种动物为十二生肖。猫和老鼠是邻居，又是好朋友，它们都想去报名。猫说：“咱们得一早起来去报名，可是我爱睡懒觉，怎么办呢？”老鼠说：“别着急，别着急，你尽管睡你的大觉，我一醒来，就去叫你，咱们一块儿去。”猫听了很高兴，说：“你真是我的好朋友，谢谢你了。”\r\n到了报名那天早晨，老鼠早就醒来了，可是它光想到自己的事，把好\r\n朋友猫的事给忘了。就自己去报名了。结果，老鼠被选上了。猫呢？猫因为睡懒觉，起床太迟了，等它赶到时，十二种动物已被选定了。猫没有被选上，就生老鼠的气，怪老鼠没有叫它。\r\n从这以后，猫见了老鼠就要吃它，老鼠就只好拼命地逃。现在还是这样。', '[Chinese Mythology]《十二生肖的》 Why there\'s no cat in the zodiac', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2264-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:05:28', '2016-11-11 04:05:28', '', 2264, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2264-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2312, 1, '2016-11-10 23:05:46', '2016-11-11 04:05:46', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/da-yu-zhi-shui-4-20\r\n\r\n禹是一位神仙，他来到人间和阿娇姑娘结了婚，住在山洞里。有一年洪水泛滥，禹告别新婚的妻子，号召人和天神们团结起来到会稽山集合，商量治理洪水的办法。\r\n禹在去会稽山的路上遇到乡亲，乡亲告诉他阿娇怀孕了。禹听了很高兴，但是约定的时间快到了，他只好托乡亲转达他对妻子的问候。人和神都按时赶到了会稽山。禹说：“我想应该用疏导的方法，让洪水顺着河道流到大海里去。”大家觉得这个办法很好。于是，禹带领众人动手开凿河道，挖出的泥土用来填平洪水冲成的大坑。\r\n大家不停地工作，修了一条又一条河道。又是一天，禹带领人们经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲告诉他阿娇生病了，希望他回家去看看。禹非常想念妻子，可是他想了想说：“治水是大家的事，不能因为我而耽搁了大家。”他托乡亲把草药带给阿娇，又和大家一起上路了。禹去疏导另一条河道时，又经过自己的家乡。一位乡亲对他说：“阿娇快生孩子了，你快去看看她吧!”禹叹了口气说：“不，我回家一天，就耽误一天治水的工作。”禹三次路过自已的家门都没有回家，乡亲们听了这件事十分感动，干起活来更加努力。\r\n禹非常想念妻子，阿娇也非常想念禹。阿娇天天站在山上等禹胜利归来，渐渐地化成了一块岩石。当禹把洪水完全治理好，回到家乡之后发现妻子已经化成了石头。禹悲痛万分，伤心哭泣，这时石人进裂，跳出了一个小孩。为了纪念孩子的母亲，禹为孩子起名为启。禹被人们拥戴为领袖，称为“大禹王”。', '[Chinese Mythology] 《 大禹治水》Yu the Great Tames the Floods', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2268-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:05:46', '2016-11-11 04:05:46', '', 2268, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2268-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2313, 1, '2016-11-10 23:06:02', '2016-11-11 04:06:02', 'http://story.beva.com/20/content/guo-nian-de-lai-li-2\r\n\r\n相传：中国古时侯有一种叫＂年＂的怪兽，头长尖角，凶猛异常，＂年＂兽长年深居海底，每到除夕，爬上岸来吞食牲畜伤害人命，因此每到除夕，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼，逃往深山，以躲避＂年＂的伤害．\r\n今年的除夕，乡亲们都忙着收拾东西逃往深山，这时候村东头来了一个白发老人对一户老婆婆说只要让他在她家住一晚，他定能将＂年＂兽驱走．众人不信，老婆婆劝其还是上山躲避的好，老人坚持留下，众人见劝他不住，便纷纷上山躲避去了．\r\n当＂年＂兽象往年一样准备闯进村肆虐的时候，突然传来白发老人然响的爆竹声，＂年＂兽混身颤栗，再也不敢向前凑了，原来＂年＂兽最怕红色，火光和炸响．这时大门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人哈哈大笑，＂年＂兽大惊失色，仓惶而逃．\r\n第二天，当人们从深山会到村里时，发现村里安然无恙，这才恍然大悟，原来白发老人是帮助大家驱逐＂年＂兽的神仙，人们同时还发现了白发老人驱逐＂年＂兽的三件法宝．从此，每年的除夕，家家都贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁．这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日＂过年＂．', '[Chinese Holidays] 过年的来历 - A Beast in the Village: the Origins of Chinese New Year', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2270-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:06:02', '2016-11-11 04:06:02', '', 2270, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2270-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2314, 1, '2016-11-10 23:10:07', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '小说中的故事发生在1861年美国南北战争前夕。生活在南方的少女郝思嘉从小深受南方文化传统的熏陶，可在她的血液里却流淌着野性的叛逆因素。随着战火的蔓廷和生活环境的恶化，郝思嘉的叛逆个性越来越丰满，越鲜明，在一系列的的挫折中她改造了自我，改变了个人甚至整个家族的命运，成为时代时势造就的新女性的形象。\r\n作品在描绘人物生活与爱情的同时，勾勒出南北双方在政治，经济，文化各个层次的异同，具有浓厚的史诗风格，堪称美国历史转折时期的真实写照，同时也成为历久不衰的爱情经典。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1068920/', '[Guess the Book] GWTW', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:10:07', '2016-11-11 04:10:07', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2314', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2315, 1, '2016-11-10 23:10:07', '2016-11-11 04:10:07', '小说中的故事发生在1861年美国南北战争前夕。生活在南方的少女郝思嘉从小深受南方文化传统的熏陶，可在她的血液里却流淌着野性的叛逆因素。随着战火的蔓廷和生活环境的恶化，郝思嘉的叛逆个性越来越丰满，越鲜明，在一系列的的挫折中她改造了自我，改变了个人甚至整个家族的命运，成为时代时势造就的新女性的形象。\r\n作品在描绘人物生活与爱情的同时，勾勒出南北双方在政治，经济，文化各个层次的异同，具有浓厚的史诗风格，堪称美国历史转折时期的真实写照，同时也成为历久不衰的爱情经典。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1068920/', '[Guess the Book] GWTW', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2314-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:10:07', '2016-11-11 04:10:07', '', 2314, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2314-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2316, 1, '2016-11-10 23:12:40', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '这本书收入斯蒂芬·金的四部中篇小说，是他作品中的杰出代表作。其英文版一经推出，即登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的冠军之位，当年在美国狂销二十八万册。目前，这本书已经被翻译成三十一种语言，同时创下了收录的四篇小说中有三篇被改编成轰动一时的电影的记录。\r\n其中最为著名是曾获奥斯卡奖七项提名、被称为电影史上最完美影片的《肖申克救赎》（又译《刺激一九九五》）。这部小说展现了斯蒂芬·金于擅长的惊悚题材之外的过人功力。书中的另两篇小说《纳粹高徒》与《尸体》拍成电影后也赢得了极佳的口碑。其中《尸体》还被视为斯蒂芬·金最具自传色彩的作品。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1829226/', '[Guess the Book] TSR', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:12:40', '2016-11-11 04:12:40', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2316', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2317, 1, '2016-11-10 23:12:40', '2016-11-11 04:12:40', '这本书收入斯蒂芬·金的四部中篇小说，是他作品中的杰出代表作。其英文版一经推出，即登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的冠军之位，当年在美国狂销二十八万册。目前，这本书已经被翻译成三十一种语言，同时创下了收录的四篇小说中有三篇被改编成轰动一时的电影的记录。\r\n其中最为著名是曾获奥斯卡奖七项提名、被称为电影史上最完美影片的《肖申克救赎》（又译《刺激一九九五》）。这部小说展现了斯蒂芬·金于擅长的惊悚题材之外的过人功力。书中的另两篇小说《纳粹高徒》与《尸体》拍成电影后也赢得了极佳的口碑。其中《尸体》还被视为斯蒂芬·金最具自传色彩的作品。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1829226/', '[Guess the Book] TSR', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2316-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:12:40', '2016-11-11 04:12:40', '', 2316, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2316-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2318, 1, '2016-11-10 23:24:01', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '亚当·斯密并不是经济学说的最早开拓者，他最著名的思想中有许多也并非新颖独特，但是他首次提出了全面系统的经济学说，为该领域的发展打下了良好的基础。因此完全可以说《国富论》是现代政治经济学研究的起点。\r\n《国富论》远远不是一部通常所认为的学术论文。虽然斯密也劝说放任自由，但他的论证却更多地是反对政府干预和反对垄断；虽然他赞扬贪欲的结果，却又几乎总是鄙视商人的行为和策略。他也不认为商业制度本身是完全值得赞美的。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1261560/', '[Guess the Book] WON', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:24:01', '2016-11-11 04:24:01', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2318', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2319, 1, '2016-11-10 23:24:01', '2016-11-11 04:24:01', '亚当·斯密并不是经济学说的最早开拓者，他最著名的思想中有许多也并非新颖独特，但是他首次提出了全面系统的经济学说，为该领域的发展打下了良好的基础。因此完全可以说《国富论》是现代政治经济学研究的起点。\r\n《国富论》远远不是一部通常所认为的学术论文。虽然斯密也劝说放任自由，但他的论证却更多地是反对政府干预和反对垄断；虽然他赞扬贪欲的结果，却又几乎总是鄙视商人的行为和策略。他也不认为商业制度本身是完全值得赞美的。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1261560/', '[Guess the Book] WON', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2318-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:24:01', '2016-11-11 04:24:01', '', 2318, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2318-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2320, 1, '2016-11-10 23:36:33', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '史记是我国第一部通史。在史记之前，有以年代为次的“编年史”如春秋，有以地域为限的“国别史”如国语、战国策，有以文告档卷形式保存下来的“政治史”如尚书，可是没有上下几千年，包罗各方面，而又融会贯通，�络分明，像史记那样的通史。\r\n唐刘知几的史通分叙六家，统归二体。所谓“二体”，就是“编年体”和“纪传体”，而史记是纪传体的创始。从此以后，历代的所谓“正史，从汉书到明史，尽管名目有改变（例如汉书改“书”为“志”，晋书改世家”为“载记”），门类有短缺（例如汉书无“世家”，后汉书、三国志等都无“表”、“志及世家”），但都有“纪”有“传”，绝无例外地沿袭了史记的体例。\r\n据司马迁自序，史记全书本纪十二篇，表十篇，书八篇，世家三十篇，列传七十篇（包括太史公自序），共一百三十篇。今本史记一百三十卷，篇数跟司马迁自序所说的相符。但汉书司马迁传说其中“十篇缺，有录无书。三国魏张晏注：“迁没之后，亡景纪、武纪、礼书、乐书、兵书（按：即律书）、汉兴以来将相年表、日者传、三王世家、龟策列传、传靳列传。兀成之间，褚先生补缺，作武帝纪、三王世家、龟策、日者列传，言辞鄙陋，非迁本意也。可见司马迁编写史记，只能说是基本上完成，其中有若干篇，或者没有写定，或者已经定稿而后来散失了。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1077847/\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Records_of_the_Grand_Historian', '[Classic Chinese Books] 《史记》 China\'s Earliest Historical Text', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:36:33', '2016-11-11 04:36:33', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2320', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2321, 1, '2016-11-10 23:30:18', '2016-11-11 04:30:18', '史记是我国第一部通史。在史记之前，有以年代为次的“编年史”如春秋，有以地域为限的“国别史”如国语、战国策，有以文告档卷形式保存下来的“政治史”如尚书，可是没有上下几千年，包罗各方面，而又融会贯通，�络分明，像史记那样的通史。\r\n唐刘知几的史通分叙六家，统归二体。所谓“二体”，就是“编年体”和“纪传体”，而史记是纪传体的创始。从此以后，历代的所谓“正史，从汉书到明史，尽管名目有改变（例如汉书改“书”为“志”，晋书改世家”为“载记”），门类有短缺（例如汉书无“世家”，后汉书、三国志等都无“表”、“志及世家”），但都有“纪”有“传”，绝无例外地沿袭了史记的体例。\r\n据司马迁自序，史记全书本纪十二篇，表十篇，书八篇，世家三十篇，列传七十篇（包括太史公自序），共一百三十篇。今本史记一百三十卷，篇数跟司马迁自序所说的相符。但汉书司马迁传说其中“十篇缺，有录无书。三国魏张晏注：“迁没之后，亡景纪、武纪、礼书、乐书、兵书（按：即律书）、汉兴以来将相年表、日者传、三王世家、龟策列传、传靳列传。兀成之间，褚先生补缺，作武帝纪、三王世家、龟策、日者列传，言辞鄙陋，非迁本意也。可见司马迁编写史记，只能说是基本上完成，其中有若干篇，或者没有写定，或者已经定稿而后来散失了。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1077847/\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Records_of_the_Grand_Historian', '[Classic Chinese Books] 《史记》 China\'s Earliest Historical Textbook', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2320-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:30:18', '2016-11-11 04:30:18', '', 2320, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2320-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2322, 1, '2016-11-10 23:36:33', '2016-11-11 04:36:33', '史记是我国第一部通史。在史记之前，有以年代为次的“编年史”如春秋，有以地域为限的“国别史”如国语、战国策，有以文告档卷形式保存下来的“政治史”如尚书，可是没有上下几千年，包罗各方面，而又融会贯通，�络分明，像史记那样的通史。\r\n唐刘知几的史通分叙六家，统归二体。所谓“二体”，就是“编年体”和“纪传体”，而史记是纪传体的创始。从此以后，历代的所谓“正史，从汉书到明史，尽管名目有改变（例如汉书改“书”为“志”，晋书改世家”为“载记”），门类有短缺（例如汉书无“世家”，后汉书、三国志等都无“表”、“志及世家”），但都有“纪”有“传”，绝无例外地沿袭了史记的体例。\r\n据司马迁自序，史记全书本纪十二篇，表十篇，书八篇，世家三十篇，列传七十篇（包括太史公自序），共一百三十篇。今本史记一百三十卷，篇数跟司马迁自序所说的相符。但汉书司马迁传说其中“十篇缺，有录无书。三国魏张晏注：“迁没之后，亡景纪、武纪、礼书、乐书、兵书（按：即律书）、汉兴以来将相年表、日者传、三王世家、龟策列传、传靳列传。兀成之间，褚先生补缺，作武帝纪、三王世家、龟策、日者列传，言辞鄙陋，非迁本意也。可见司马迁编写史记，只能说是基本上完成，其中有若干篇，或者没有写定，或者已经定稿而后来散失了。\r\n\r\nhttps://book.douban.com/subject/1077847/\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Records_of_the_Grand_Historian', '[Classic Chinese Books] 《史记》 China\'s Earliest Historical Text', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2320-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-10 23:36:33', '2016-11-11 04:36:33', '', 2320, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2320-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2323, 1, '2016-11-11 02:37:17', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　现在，在北京、天津、上海等城市，都有以张自忠命名的街道。因为张自忠是为国捐躯的将军，是“抗战军人之魂”。\r\n　　张自忠经常教育部下：军人只有以必死的决心去战胜敌人，才能对得起国家和自己的良心。\r\n　　1940年5月，国民党军三十三集团军总司令张自忠率军在湖北襄樊一带抗战。大洪山一战，他们消灭了1000多名日寇。日军疯狂报复，派重兵包围过来。张自忠和士兵们坚决抵抗，他手举步枪高喊：“弟兄们，一定把敌人消灭!”一天过去了，阵地还在，他们却一天没吃东西。第二天，敌人用飞机大炮轰炸。张自忠几次率军反击，没有成功。部下劝他突围，他说：“我要撤了，这一带就保不住了。我要用身体来保卫湖北西部河山!”后来他们被困在杏儿山上，无法冲出去。张自忠左肩受了伤，他说：“我是不打败仗的，败只有死，我不能对不起部下。只有誓死不退，才能抗敌保国。”\r\n　　日军冲了上来，张自忠身中数弹，仍然立在山头，坚持抵抗。一颗子弹击中他的胸部，血喷不止。他倒在地上对副官说：“我这样死得好，对得起国家，对得起民族……心里平安。”说完，他又顽强地站起来，向敌人扑过去，敌人的子弹又射中他的腹部和头部。张自忠为国尽忠了，他是在抗战中牺牲的中国军人中职务最高的一个。\r\n　　自古以来，牺牲在战场上，一直是爱国军人引以自豪的志向。特别是那些明知死在眼前仍勇敢赴难的人，更令人崇敬。在中日甲午海战中牺牲的邓世昌就是这样的人。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160817/260240.html\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Communist History] 抗日名将张自忠 - Anti-Japanese General Zhang Zizhong', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:37:17', '2016-11-11 07:37:17', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2323', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2324, 1, '2016-11-11 00:08:37', '2016-11-11 05:08:37', '　　现在，在北京、天津、上海等城市，都有以张自忠命名的街道。因为张自忠是为国捐躯的将军，是“抗战军人之魂”。\r\n　　张自忠经常教育部下：军人只有以必死的决心去战胜敌人，才能对得起国家和自己的良心。\r\n　　1940年5月，国民党军三十三集团军总司令张自忠率军在湖北襄樊一带抗战。大洪山一战，他们消灭了1000多名日寇。日军疯狂报复，派重兵包围过来。张自忠和士兵们坚决抵抗，他手举步枪高喊：“弟兄们，一定把敌人消灭!”一天过去了，阵地还在，他们却一天没吃东西。第二天，敌人用飞机大炮轰炸。张自忠几次率军反击，没有成功。部下劝他突围，他说：“我要撤了，这一带就保不住了。我要用身体来保卫湖北西部河山!”后来他们被困在杏儿山上，无法冲出去。张自忠左肩受了伤，他说：“我是不打败仗的，败只有死，我不能对不起部下。只有誓死不退，才能抗敌保国。”\r\n　　日军冲了上来，张自忠身中数弹，仍然立在山头，坚持抵抗。一颗子弹击中他的胸部，血喷不止。他倒在地上对副官说：“我这样死得好，对得起国家，对得起民族……心里平安。”说完，他又顽强地站起来，向敌人扑过去，敌人的子弹又射中他的腹部和头部。张自忠为国尽忠了，他是在抗战中牺牲的中国军人中职务最高的一个。\r\n　　自古以来，牺牲在战场上，一直是爱国军人引以自豪的志向。特别是那些明知死在眼前仍勇敢赴难的人，更令人崇敬。在中日甲午海战中牺牲的邓世昌就是这样的人。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160817/260240.html\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Communist History] 抗日名将张自忠 - Anti-Japanese General Zhang Zizhong', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2323-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:08:37', '2016-11-11 05:08:37', '', 2323, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2323-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2325, 1, '2016-11-11 02:35:40', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　台儿庄战役发生于1938年春天，我爱国军队在第五战区司令长官李宗仁的指挥下，一举歼灭日军11984人，震惊中外。这场战役的胜利，除爱国军队英勇作战外，还与当时战区的民气有着非常密切的关系。\r\n　　李宗仁在谈到台儿庄战役胜利时，深有感慨地说：“台儿庄人民完全和军队配合起来了，在战场上挽救伤兵的是民众，作侦察的是民众，帮助军队输送炮弹粮食的是民众。这些民众是赤诚地表现他们的爱国热情，充分地担任起救亡的责任来了。”\r\n　　据台儿庄北关老大娘王谭氏回忆：台儿庄战役打响后，我们青壮年妇女并没有躲到安全的地方，而是自发地组成女子督战队，一方面激励战士勇敢杀敌，一方面防止逃兵脱离战场。当时就有一个逃兵差点从我们的眼皮底下跑掉。我们几个姐妹一起骂这个逃兵：“你还算是个男人吗?你如果怕死，就让我们拿着烧乡火棍跟日本鬼子拼!”这个逃兵被我们得害羞了、激动了，掉头就冲向了战场。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160830/260692.html', '[Chinese Communist History] 英雄的台儿庄人民 - The Heroic People of Taierzhuang', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:35:40', '2016-11-11 07:35:40', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2325', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(2327, 1, '2016-11-11 00:12:29', '2016-11-11 05:12:29', '　台儿庄战役发生于1938年春天，我爱国军队在第五战区司令长官李宗仁的指挥下，一举歼灭日军11984人，震惊中外。这场战役的胜利，除爱国军队英勇作战外，还与当时战区的民气有着非常密切的关系。\r\n　　李宗仁在谈到台儿庄战役胜利时，深有感慨地说：“台儿庄人民完全和军队配合起来了，在战场上挽救伤兵的是民众，作侦察的是民众，帮助军队输送炮弹粮食的是民众。这些民众是赤诚地表现他们的爱国热情，充分地担任起救亡的责任来了。”\r\n　　据台儿庄北关老大娘王谭氏回忆：台儿庄战役打响后，我们青壮年妇女并没有躲到安全的地方，而是自发地组成女子督战队，一方面激励战士勇敢杀敌，一方面防止逃兵脱离战场。当时就有一个逃兵差点从我们的眼皮底下跑掉。我们几个姐妹一起骂这个逃兵：“你还算是个男人吗?你如果怕死，就让我们拿着烧乡火棍跟日本鬼子拼!”这个逃兵被我们得害羞了、激动了，掉头就冲向了战场。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160830/260692.html', '[Chinese Communist History] 英雄的台儿庄人民 - The Heroic People of Taierzhuang', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2325-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:12:29', '2016-11-11 05:12:29', '', 2325, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2325-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2328, 1, '2016-11-11 00:24:10', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　清朝的康熙皇帝亲政的时候，还不到20岁，却遇到了很多麻烦事。当时有个叫吴三桂的汉军首领，因为为清朝夺取全国立了大功，被封为平西王，势力越来越大，后来又野心勃勃，以西南为基地发兵谋反，要与清朝争夺天下。他的军队人多，又得到了其他地方的支持，气势汹汹。当时清朝刚刚稳定下来，对吴三桂作战，兵力、财力有很多困难。有的大臣就劝康熙皇帝不要派兵镇压，而是议和为上，实在不行，就把长江以南的地区让给吴三桂，实行南北分治。如果真那样，就又要出现南北朝分裂的局面了。\r\n　　康熙皇帝坚决不同意。他说，不管有多大难处，也要派兵平定叛乱，南北分治是绝对不许可的。于是，他亲自调集各种军队，和吴三桂叛军较量，又采取各种手段分化瓦解，孤立首要，终于扭转了被动局面，顶住了叛军的大规模进攻，继而开始反攻。\r\n　　吴三桂没想到年轻的小皇帝这么果断坚决，而且他自己又是名声极坏的人，得不到人民的支持，仗越打越糟，最后自己先病死了，叛乱也被平定了。事实证明，康熙皇帝顺应历史潮流和民心，坚决维护国家统一，是完全正确的。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.xuexila.com/lizhi/gushi/1496749.html', '[Chinese History] 康熙帝反对南北分治 - Kangxi Emperor Refuses to Cede Control', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:24:10', '2016-11-11 05:24:10', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2328', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2329, 1, '2016-11-11 00:24:10', '2016-11-11 05:24:10', '　　清朝的康熙皇帝亲政的时候，还不到20岁，却遇到了很多麻烦事。当时有个叫吴三桂的汉军首领，因为为清朝夺取全国立了大功，被封为平西王，势力越来越大，后来又野心勃勃，以西南为基地发兵谋反，要与清朝争夺天下。他的军队人多，又得到了其他地方的支持，气势汹汹。当时清朝刚刚稳定下来，对吴三桂作战，兵力、财力有很多困难。有的大臣就劝康熙皇帝不要派兵镇压，而是议和为上，实在不行，就把长江以南的地区让给吴三桂，实行南北分治。如果真那样，就又要出现南北朝分裂的局面了。\r\n　　康熙皇帝坚决不同意。他说，不管有多大难处，也要派兵平定叛乱，南北分治是绝对不许可的。于是，他亲自调集各种军队，和吴三桂叛军较量，又采取各种手段分化瓦解，孤立首要，终于扭转了被动局面，顶住了叛军的大规模进攻，继而开始反攻。\r\n　　吴三桂没想到年轻的小皇帝这么果断坚决，而且他自己又是名声极坏的人，得不到人民的支持，仗越打越糟，最后自己先病死了，叛乱也被平定了。事实证明，康熙皇帝顺应历史潮流和民心，坚决维护国家统一，是完全正确的。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.xuexila.com/lizhi/gushi/1496749.html', '[Chinese History] 康熙帝反对南北分治 - Kangxi Emperor Refuses to Cede Control', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2328-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:24:10', '2016-11-11 05:24:10', '', 2328, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2328-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2330, 1, '2016-11-11 00:32:55', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　19世纪初，清朝政府卖国媚洋，帝国主义列强像一群恶狼似地窜到了中国大地。徐特立那时正在湖南修业学校教书，为了启发大家都投身到爱国救亡运动中去，他决定给学生进行时事演讲。\r\n　　全校的教员、学生和工友，都争着去听，不一会儿，礼堂里就挤满了人。徐特立身穿一件青衣长衫，两眼炯炯有神，昂然站在讲台上，揭露帝国主义侵略中国的暴行和清政府丧权辱国的罪行，号召大家：国家兴亡，匹夫有责。我们要把挽救民族危亡的担子挑起来，赴汤蹈火，在所不辞!\r\n　　忽然，他转身奔下讲台，从厨房里取来一把菜刀，当着大家的面，砍断了自己的一个手指头，用鲜血写了“驱除鞑虏，恢复中华” 八个字，表示为国雪耻的决心!\r\n　　殷红的鲜血，溅满了徐特立的衣衫，全场的人为之震惊。他的这一壮举，很快传遍了长沙城，影响到整个湖南，使更多的人很快觉醒起来。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160903/260840.html', '[Chinese History] Xu Teli Cuts his finger off for the motherland', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:32:55', '2016-11-11 05:32:55', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2330', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2331, 1, '2016-11-11 00:31:27', '2016-11-11 05:31:27', '　19世纪初，清朝政府卖国媚洋，帝国主义列强像一群恶狼似地窜到了中国大地。徐特立那时正在湖南修业学校教书，为了启发大家都投身到爱国救亡运动中去，他决定给学生进行时事演讲。\r\n　　全校的教员、学生和工友，都争着去听，不一会儿，礼堂里就挤满了人。徐特立身穿一件青衣长衫，两眼炯炯有神，昂然站在讲台上，揭露帝国主义侵略中国的暴行和清政府丧权辱国的罪行，号召大家：国家兴亡，匹夫有责。我们要把挽救民族危亡的担子挑起来，赴汤蹈火，在所不辞!\r\n　　忽然，他转身奔下讲台，从厨房里取来一把菜刀，当着大家的面，砍断了自己的一个手指头，用鲜血写了“驱除鞑虏，恢复中华” 八个字，表示为国雪耻的决心!\r\n　　殷红的鲜血，溅满了徐特立的衣衫，全场的人为之震惊。他的这一壮举，很快传遍了长沙城，影响到整个湖南，使更多的人很快觉醒起来。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.61ertong.com/wenxue/aiguogushi/20160903/260840.html', '[Chinese History] Xu Teli Cuts his finger off for the motherland', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2330-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 00:31:27', '2016-11-11 05:31:27', '', 2330, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2330-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2332, 1, '2016-11-11 01:17:28', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '春天到了\r\n天气暖和了\r\n快点出来吧\r\n小芽苞\r\n别只露出个小头\r\n树皮外面多美\r\n快点出来吧\r\n太阳会给你\r\n穿上绿衣\r\n春风会送给你\r\n甜甜的露滴\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/222/2224544.html', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry]《芽苞》Little Bud Sprout', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:17:28', '2016-11-11 06:17:28', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2332', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2333, 1, '2016-11-11 01:17:06', '2016-11-11 06:17:06', '春天到了\r\n天气暖和了\r\n快点出来吧\r\n小芽苞\r\n别只露出个小头\r\n树皮外面多美\r\n快点出来吧\r\n太阳会给你\r\n穿上绿衣\r\n春风会送给你\r\n甜甜的露滴', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry]《芽苞》Little Bud Sprout', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2332-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:17:06', '2016-11-11 06:17:06', '', 2332, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2332-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2334, 1, '2016-11-11 01:17:28', '2016-11-11 06:17:28', '春天到了\r\n天气暖和了\r\n快点出来吧\r\n小芽苞\r\n别只露出个小头\r\n树皮外面多美\r\n快点出来吧\r\n太阳会给你\r\n穿上绿衣\r\n春风会送给你\r\n甜甜的露滴\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/222/2224544.html', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry]《芽苞》Little Bud Sprout', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2332-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:17:28', '2016-11-11 06:17:28', '', 2332, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2332-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2335, 1, '2016-11-11 01:24:31', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　低低地飞，\r\n　　低低地飞，\r\n　　你这红蜻蜒，\r\n　　你丢失了什么?\r\n　　飞得这样低，\r\n　　飞得这样低。\r\n　　草坪里，\r\n　　铺着嫩绿。\r\n　　花丛里，\r\n　　漫着香气。\r\n　　湖面上，\r\n　　闪着涟漪。\r\n　　红蜻蜓，\r\n　　你丢失了什么?\r\n　　是被晒干的露水，\r\n　　还是雨天的记忆?\r\n　　你也许没有找到你丢失的东西，\r\n　　你飞得倦了，\r\n　　伏在我家的竹篱上，\r\n　　静静地休息。\r\n　　我悄悄地悄悄地走近了你，\r\n　　一把捏住了你透明的双翼。\r\n　　天，\r\n　　下起了小雨，\r\n　　一滴，一滴，\r\n　　提醒着我，\r\n　　快快回家去!\r\n　　当我刚刚跑回家，\r\n　　窗外就下起了大雨。\r\n　　我把红蜻蜓，\r\n　　放在绿纱窗上，\r\n　　它望着窗外迷迷蒙蒙的天地。\r\n　　难道它还在寻找寻找它丢失的东西?\r\n　　妈妈，\r\n　　是您告诉了我，\r\n　　它在寻找丢失的爱，\r\n　　那世间最珍贵的东西。\r\n　　雨过天晴。\r\n　　我推开窗子，\r\n　　放走了那红蜻蜓，\r\n　　让它飞向晴朗的天空和开花的土地……\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/319/3197064.html', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry] 《红蜻蜓》Red Dragon Fly', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:24:31', '2016-11-11 06:24:31', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2335', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2336, 1, '2016-11-11 01:24:31', '2016-11-11 06:24:31', '　　低低地飞，\r\n　　低低地飞，\r\n　　你这红蜻蜒，\r\n　　你丢失了什么?\r\n　　飞得这样低，\r\n　　飞得这样低。\r\n　　草坪里，\r\n　　铺着嫩绿。\r\n　　花丛里，\r\n　　漫着香气。\r\n　　湖面上，\r\n　　闪着涟漪。\r\n　　红蜻蜓，\r\n　　你丢失了什么?\r\n　　是被晒干的露水，\r\n　　还是雨天的记忆?\r\n　　你也许没有找到你丢失的东西，\r\n　　你飞得倦了，\r\n　　伏在我家的竹篱上，\r\n　　静静地休息。\r\n　　我悄悄地悄悄地走近了你，\r\n　　一把捏住了你透明的双翼。\r\n　　天，\r\n　　下起了小雨，\r\n　　一滴，一滴，\r\n　　提醒着我，\r\n　　快快回家去!\r\n　　当我刚刚跑回家，\r\n　　窗外就下起了大雨。\r\n　　我把红蜻蜓，\r\n　　放在绿纱窗上，\r\n　　它望着窗外迷迷蒙蒙的天地。\r\n　　难道它还在寻找寻找它丢失的东西?\r\n　　妈妈，\r\n　　是您告诉了我，\r\n　　它在寻找丢失的爱，\r\n　　那世间最珍贵的东西。\r\n　　雨过天晴。\r\n　　我推开窗子，\r\n　　放走了那红蜻蜓，\r\n　　让它飞向晴朗的天空和开花的土地……\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/319/3197064.html', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry] 《红蜻蜓》Red Dragon Fly', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2335-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:24:31', '2016-11-11 06:24:31', '', 2335, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2335-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2337, 1, '2016-11-11 01:32:33', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　我背着书包上学的时候想\r\n　　青蛙如果也背着书包\r\n　　往前跳\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　我做早操的时候想\r\n　　青蛙如果也排着队\r\n　　做早操\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　我走到教室里的时候想\r\n　　在黑板上写字的老师一转身\r\n　　发现一只青蛙正鼓着眼睛看着她\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　如果老师知道\r\n　　青蛙是我放在讲台上的话\r\n　　那……一定很不好玩', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry] 我背着书包 - Wearing my Backpack', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:32:33', '2016-11-11 06:32:33', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2337', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2338, 1, '2016-11-11 01:32:33', '2016-11-11 06:32:33', '　　我背着书包上学的时候想\r\n　　青蛙如果也背着书包\r\n　　往前跳\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　我做早操的时候想\r\n　　青蛙如果也排着队\r\n　　做早操\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　我走到教室里的时候想\r\n　　在黑板上写字的老师一转身\r\n　　发现一只青蛙正鼓着眼睛看着她\r\n　　那一定很好玩\r\n　　如果老师知道\r\n　　青蛙是我放在讲台上的话\r\n　　那……一定很不好玩', '[Chinese Children\'s Poetry] 我背着书包 - Wearing my Backpack', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2337-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:32:33', '2016-11-11 06:32:33', '', 2337, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2337-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2339, 1, '2016-11-11 02:34:50', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　有一个很热很热的夜晚，\r\n　　我从梦中醒来，\r\n　　妈妈正给我扇着扇子，\r\n　　汗水却湿透了她的衣裳。\r\n　　啊!妈妈的爱是清凉的风。\r\n　　有一个很凉很凉的雨天，\r\n　　妈妈到学校接我，\r\n　　一把伞遮在我的头顶，\r\n　　雨水却打在妈妈的身上。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是遮雨的伞。\r\n　　有一回我病了，\r\n　　妈妈抱我去医院。\r\n　　摸着我很烫很烫的额头，\r\n　　妈妈着急地哭了。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是滴落的泪。\r\n　　有一天，我打破了暖瓶，\r\n　　对妈妈又说了谎，\r\n　　妈妈的批评叫我脸红，\r\n　　我不敢抬头看她的眼睛。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是责备的目光。\r\n　　一次老师叫用“最”字造句，\r\n　　我说：“我最爱妈妈。”\r\n　　妈妈告诉我：“最该爱的是祖国，\r\n　　祖国是我们所有人的妈妈。”\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/308/3085346.html', '[Chinese Poems]  《妈妈的爱》A Mother(land)\'s Love', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:34:50', '2016-11-11 07:34:50', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2339', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2340, 1, '2016-11-11 01:39:26', '2016-11-11 06:39:26', '　　有一个很热很热的夜晚，\r\n　　我从梦中醒来，\r\n　　妈妈正给我扇着扇子，\r\n　　汗水却湿透了她的衣裳。\r\n　　啊!妈妈的爱是清凉的风。\r\n　　有一个很凉很凉的雨天，\r\n　　妈妈到学校接我，\r\n　　一把伞遮在我的头顶，\r\n　　雨水却打在妈妈的身上。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是遮雨的伞。\r\n　　有一回我病了，\r\n　　妈妈抱我去医院。\r\n　　摸着我很烫很烫的额头，\r\n　　妈妈着急地哭了。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是滴落的泪。\r\n　　有一天，我打破了暖瓶，\r\n　　对妈妈又说了谎，\r\n　　妈妈的批评叫我脸红，\r\n　　我不敢抬头看她的眼睛。\r\n　　啊，妈妈的爱是责备的目光。\r\n　　一次老师叫用“最”字造句，\r\n　　我说：“我最爱妈妈。”\r\n　　妈妈告诉我：“最该爱的是祖国，\r\n　　祖国是我们所有人的妈妈。”\r\n\r\nhttp://special.pcbaby.com.cn/308/3085346.html', '[Chinese Poems]  《妈妈的爱》A Mother(land)\'s Love', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2339-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 01:39:26', '2016-11-11 06:39:26', '', 2339, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2339-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2341, 1, '2016-11-11 02:33:34', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '起来！不愿做 奴隶 的人们！\r\n把我们的血肉筑成我们新的长城！\r\n中华民族到了最危险的时候，\r\n每个人被迫着发出最后的吼声。\r\n起来！起来！起来！\r\n我们万众一心，\r\n冒着敌人的炮火，前进！\r\n冒着敌人的炮火，前进！\r\n前进！前进、进！...', '[Chinese Songs]《义勇军进行曲》\"March of the Volunteer Army\" - China\'s National Anthem', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:33:34', '2016-11-11 07:33:34', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2341', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2342, 1, '2016-11-11 02:33:34', '2016-11-11 07:33:34', '起来！不愿做 奴隶 的人们！\r\n把我们的血肉筑成我们新的长城！\r\n中华民族到了最危险的时候，\r\n每个人被迫着发出最后的吼声。\r\n起来！起来！起来！\r\n我们万众一心，\r\n冒着敌人的炮火，前进！\r\n冒着敌人的炮火，前进！\r\n前进！前进、进！...', '[Chinese Songs]《义勇军进行曲》\"March of the Volunteer Army\" - China\'s National Anthem', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2341-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:33:34', '2016-11-11 07:33:34', '', 2341, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2341-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2343, 1, '2016-11-11 02:44:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '朱自清 \r\n\r\n我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 \r\n那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说：“事已如此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路！” \r\n回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。 \r\n到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有什么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！” \r\n我们过了江，进了车站。我买票，他忙着照看行李。行李太多了，得向脚夫行些小费才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分，总觉他说话不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可，但他终于讲定了价钱；就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子；我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们只是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！ \r\n我说道，“爸爸，你走吧。”他望车外看了看说：“我买几个橘子去。你就在此地，不要走动。”我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。走到那边月台，须穿过铁道，须跳下去又爬上去。父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流下来了。我赶紧拭干了泪。怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子往回走了。过铁道时，他先将橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上，将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土，心里很轻松似的。过一会说：“我走了，到那边来信！”我望着他走出去。他走了几步，回过头看见我，说：“进去吧，里边没人。”等他的背影混入来来往往的人里，再找不着了，我便进来坐下，我的眼泪又来了。 \r\n近几年来，父亲和我都是东奔西走，家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生，独力支持，做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐！他触目伤怀，自然情不能自已。情郁于中，自然要发之于外；家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见，他终于忘却我的不好，只是惦记着我，惦记着我的儿子。我北来后，他写了一信给我，信中说道：“我身体平安，惟膀子疼痛厉害，举箸提笔，诸多不便，大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处，在晶莹的泪光中，又看见那肥胖的、青布棉袍黑布马褂的背影。唉！我不知何时再能与他相见！ \r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1924059486155727107.html\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Ziqing', '[Famous Chinese Essays] 《背影》\"Retreating Figure\" by Zhu Ziqing', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:44:52', '2016-11-11 07:44:52', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2343', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2344, 1, '2016-11-11 02:40:21', '2016-11-11 07:40:21', '朱自清 \r\n\r\n我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 \r\n那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说：“事已如此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路！” \r\n回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。 \r\n到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有什么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！” \r\n我们过了江，进了车站。我买票，他忙着照看行李。行李太多了，得向脚夫行些小费才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分，总觉他说话不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可，但他终于讲定了价钱；就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子；我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们只是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！ \r\n我说道，“爸爸，你走吧。”他望车外看了看说：“我买几个橘子去。你就在此地，不要走动。”我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。走到那边月台，须穿过铁道，须跳下去又爬上去。父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流下来了。我赶紧拭干了泪。怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子往回走了。过铁道时，他先将橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上，将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土，心里很轻松似的。过一会说：“我走了，到那边来信！”我望着他走出去。他走了几步，回过头看见我，说：“进去吧，里边没人。”等他的背影混入来来往往的人里，再找不着了，我便进来坐下，我的眼泪又来了。 \r\n近几年来，父亲和我都是东奔西走，家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生，独力支持，做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐！他触目伤怀，自然情不能自已。情郁于中，自然要发之于外；家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见，他终于忘却我的不好，只是惦记着我，惦记着我的儿子。我北来后，他写了一信给我，信中说道：“我身体平安，惟膀子疼痛厉害，举箸提笔，诸多不便，大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处，在晶莹的泪光中，又看见那肥胖的、青布棉袍黑布马褂的背影。唉！我不知何时再能与他相见！ \r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1924059486155727107.html', '[Famous Chinese Essays] 《背影》by Zhu Ziqing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2343-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:40:21', '2016-11-11 07:40:21', '', 2343, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2343-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2345, 1, '2016-11-11 02:44:12', '2016-11-11 07:44:12', '朱自清 \r\n\r\n我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 \r\n那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说：“事已如此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路！” \r\n回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。 \r\n到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有什么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！” \r\n我们过了江，进了车站。我买票，他忙着照看行李。行李太多了，得向脚夫行些小费才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分，总觉他说话不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可，但他终于讲定了价钱；就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子；我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们只是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！ \r\n我说道，“爸爸，你走吧。”他望车外看了看说：“我买几个橘子去。你就在此地，不要走动。”我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。走到那边月台，须穿过铁道，须跳下去又爬上去。父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流下来了。我赶紧拭干了泪。怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子往回走了。过铁道时，他先将橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上，将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土，心里很轻松似的。过一会说：“我走了，到那边来信！”我望着他走出去。他走了几步，回过头看见我，说：“进去吧，里边没人。”等他的背影混入来来往往的人里，再找不着了，我便进来坐下，我的眼泪又来了。 \r\n近几年来，父亲和我都是东奔西走，家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生，独力支持，做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐！他触目伤怀，自然情不能自已。情郁于中，自然要发之于外；家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见，他终于忘却我的不好，只是惦记着我，惦记着我的儿子。我北来后，他写了一信给我，信中说道：“我身体平安，惟膀子疼痛厉害，举箸提笔，诸多不便，大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处，在晶莹的泪光中，又看见那肥胖的、青布棉袍黑布马褂的背影。唉！我不知何时再能与他相见！ \r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1924059486155727107.html', '[Famous Chinese Essays] 《背影》\"Retreating Figure\" by Zhu Ziqing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2343-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:44:12', '2016-11-11 07:44:12', '', 2343, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2343-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2346, 1, '2016-11-11 02:44:52', '2016-11-11 07:44:52', '朱自清 \r\n\r\n我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。 \r\n那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子。我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说：“事已如此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路！” \r\n回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。 \r\n到南京时，有朋友约去游逛，勾留了一日；第二日上午便须渡江到浦口，下午上车北去。父亲因为事忙，本已说定不送我，叫旅馆里一个熟识的茶房陪我同去。他再三嘱咐茶房，甚是仔细。但他终于不放心，怕茶房不妥帖；颇踌躇了一会。其实我那年已二十岁，北京已来往过两三次，是没有什么要紧的了。他踌躇了一会，终于决定还是自己送我去。我两三劝他不必去；他只说，“不要紧，他们去不好！” \r\n我们过了江，进了车站。我买票，他忙着照看行李。行李太多了，得向脚夫行些小费才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分，总觉他说话不大漂亮，非自己插嘴不可，但他终于讲定了价钱；就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子；我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们只是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！ \r\n我说道，“爸爸，你走吧。”他望车外看了看说：“我买几个橘子去。你就在此地，不要走动。”我看那边月台的栅栏外有几个卖东西的等着顾客。走到那边月台，须穿过铁道，须跳下去又爬上去。父亲是一个胖子，走过去自然要费事些。我本来要去的，他不肯，只好让他去。我看见他戴着黑布小帽，穿着黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子。这时我看见他的背影，我的泪很快地流下来了。我赶紧拭干了泪。怕他看见，也怕别人看见。我再向外看时，他已抱了朱红的橘子往回走了。过铁道时，他先将橘子散放在地上，自己慢慢爬下，再抱起橘子走。到这边时，我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上，将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土，心里很轻松似的。过一会说：“我走了，到那边来信！”我望着他走出去。他走了几步，回过头看见我，说：“进去吧，里边没人。”等他的背影混入来来往往的人里，再找不着了，我便进来坐下，我的眼泪又来了。 \r\n近几年来，父亲和我都是东奔西走，家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生，独力支持，做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐！他触目伤怀，自然情不能自已。情郁于中，自然要发之于外；家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见，他终于忘却我的不好，只是惦记着我，惦记着我的儿子。我北来后，他写了一信给我，信中说道：“我身体平安，惟膀子疼痛厉害，举箸提笔，诸多不便，大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处，在晶莹的泪光中，又看见那肥胖的、青布棉袍黑布马褂的背影。唉！我不知何时再能与他相见！ \r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1924059486155727107.html\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Ziqing', '[Famous Chinese Essays] 《背影》\"Retreating Figure\" by Zhu Ziqing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2343-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:44:52', '2016-11-11 07:44:52', '', 2343, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2343-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2347, 1, '2016-11-11 02:57:04', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '东方红太阳升\r\n中国出了个毛泽东\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n毛主席爱人民\r\n他是我们的带路人\r\n为了建设新中国\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n领导我们向前进\r\n\r\n为了建设新中国\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n领导我们向前进\r\n\r\n共产党像太阳\r\n照到那里那里亮\r\n哪里有了共产党\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n那里人民得解放\r\n\r\n哪里有了共产党\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n那里人民得解放\r\n\r\n东方红太阳升\r\n中国出了个毛泽东\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n大救星', '[Chinese Communist Songs] 《东方红》The East is Red', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:57:04', '2016-11-11 07:57:04', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2347', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2348, 1, '2016-11-11 02:56:50', '2016-11-11 07:56:50', '东方红太阳升\r\n中国出了个毛泽东\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n毛主席爱人民\r\n他是我们的带路人\r\n为了建设新中国\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n领导我们向前进\r\n\r\n为了建设新中国\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n领导我们向前进\r\n\r\n共产党像太阳\r\n照到那里那里亮\r\n哪里有了共产党\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n那里人民得解放\r\n\r\n哪里有了共产党\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n那里人民得解放\r\n\r\n东方红太阳升\r\n中国出了个毛泽东\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n\r\n他为人民谋幸福\r\n呼儿嗨哟 \r\n他是人民大救星\r\n大救星', '[Chinese Communist Songs] 《东方红》The East is Red', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2347-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-11 02:56:50', '2016-11-11 07:56:50', '', 2347, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2347-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2349, 1, '2017-03-27 07:00:21', '2017-03-27 11:00:21', 'There\'s only one thing worse than a bratty turtledove, and that is a bratty turtledove who feels entitled to everyone\'s good opinion. Amiright? This little bird needs a serious lesson in reciprocity. \r\n\r\n<h3>Being Nice</h3>\r\nThere\'s one phrase in here that might read as confusing, if only because the meaning of 好 in this context is a little vague. The turtledove is complaining that he can\'t make friends with the magpie, because he already stole the magpie\'s nest, and therefore the magpie: \r\n\r\n不会和我好的。\r\n\r\nIf you translate this directly, it actually kind of works in American slang English: \"He won\'t be good with me.\" That\'s exactly right, turtledove. If you stole my nest, I wouldn\'t be good with you either. But more formally, we might translate this as \"He won\'t be nice to me.\" \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 小斑鸠很孤单，几乎没有朋友。有一天，他问白头翁：“白头翁爷爷，谁能和我交朋友呢？”      \r\n\r\n2) 白头翁说：“你可以去和喜鹊交朋友，他热情、善良！”      \r\n\r\n3) 小斑鸠惭愧地说：“我强占过他的巢，他不会和我好的。”      \r\n\r\n4) 白头翁说：“你可以去和啄木鸟交朋友，他勤劳、正直！”      \r\n\r\n5) 小斑鸠不好意思地说：“上次，我骂他是笨蛋，他不会原谅我的。”      \r\n\r\n6) 白头翁想了想，又说：“那么，你去找小麻雀试试，他天真、活泼！”      \r\n\r\n7) 小斑鸠为难地说：“不行啊，前几天我和他打了一架，把他啄得头破血流。”      \r\n\r\n8) 白头翁叹了一口气说：“哎，你总是欺负别人，谁还愿意成为你的朋友呢？” \r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) The little turtledove was very lonely, he had almost no friends. One day, he asked the wizened old man: \"Wizened Grandfather, who will make friends with me?\"\r\n\r\n2) The old man said: \"You could go make friends with the magpie, he\'s enthusiastic and kindly!\"       \r\n\r\n3) The little turtledove ashamedly said: \"I once forced him out of his nest, he won\'t be nice to me.\"       \r\n\r\n4) The old man said: \"You could go make friends with the woodpecker, he\'s hardworking and upright!\"      \r\n\r\n5) The little turtledove said with embarrassment: \"Last time [I saw him], I called him an fool, he won\'t forgive me.\"       \r\n\r\n6) The old man thought a moment, then said: \"Then, you could go try the sparrow, he\'s unaffected and lively!\"    \r\n\r\n7) The little turtledove awkwardly said: \"That won\'t do, a few days ago he and I came to blows, I pecked him in the head until he was bleeding.\"      \r\n\r\n8) The old man sighed and said: \"<em>Ai</em>, you\'re always off bullying others, who\'d still want to be your friend?\"  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《孤单的斑鸠》The Lonely Little Turtledove', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-short-stories-%e3%80%8a%e5%ad%a4%e5%8d%95%e7%9a%84%e6%96%91%e9%b8%a0%e3%80%8bthe-lonely-little-turtledove', '', '', '2017-01-13 04:17:39', '2017-01-13 09:17:39', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2349', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2350, 1, '2016-11-12 03:03:25', '2016-11-12 08:03:25', '小斑鸠很孤单，几乎没有朋友。有一天，他问白头翁：“白头翁爷爷，谁能和我交朋友呢？”      白头翁说：“你可以去和喜鹊交朋友，他热情、善良！”      小斑鸠惭愧地说：“我强占过他的巢，他不会和我好的。”      白头翁说：“你可以去和啄木鸟交朋友，他勤劳、正直！”      小斑鸠不好意思地说：“上次，我骂他是笨蛋，他不会原谅我的。”      白头翁想了想，又说：“那么，你去找小麻雀试试，他天真、活泼！”      小斑鸠为难地说：“不行啊，前几天我和他打了一架，把他啄得头破血流。”      白头翁叹了一口气说：“哎，你总是欺负别人，谁还愿意成为你的朋友呢？” ', '[Chinese Short Stories] The Lonely Little Magpie', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2349-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:03:25', '2016-11-12 08:03:25', '', 2349, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2349-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2351, 1, '2016-11-12 03:04:15', '2016-11-12 08:04:15', '小斑鸠很孤单，几乎没有朋友。有一天，他问白头翁：“白头翁爷爷，谁能和我交朋友呢？”      \r\n白头翁说：“你可以去和喜鹊交朋友，他热情、善良！”      \r\n小斑鸠惭愧地说：“我强占过他的巢，他不会和我好的。”      \r\n白头翁说：“你可以去和啄木鸟交朋友，他勤劳、正直！”      \r\n小斑鸠不好意思地说：“上次，我骂他是笨蛋，他不会原谅我的。”      \r\n白头翁想了想，又说：“那么，你去找小麻雀试试，他天真、活泼！”      \r\n小斑鸠为难地说：“不行啊，前几天我和他打了一架，把他啄得头破血流。”      \r\n白头翁叹了一口气说：“哎，你总是欺负别人，谁还愿意成为你的朋友呢？” ', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《孤单的斑鸠》The Lonely Little Turtledove', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2349-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:04:15', '2016-11-12 08:04:15', '', 2349, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2349-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2352, 1, '2016-11-12 03:13:41', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '小斑鸠说，秋姑娘，秋姑娘来了，多么美丽动人。 苹果是你的脸蛋，葡萄是你的眼睛，红枣是你的嘴巴，风铃是你的笑声。 你从夏天走过来，走进我们香甜的梦。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《秋姑娘》The Lady of Autumn', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:13:41', '2016-11-12 08:13:41', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2352', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2353, 1, '2016-11-12 03:06:05', '2016-11-12 08:06:05', '小斑鸠说， 秋姑娘  ， 秋姑娘来了， 多么美丽动人。  苹果是你的脸蛋，葡萄是你的眼睛， 红枣是你的嘴巴，风铃是你的笑声。 你从夏天走过来，走进我们香甜的梦。', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《秋姑娘》The Lady of Autumn', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2352-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:06:05', '2016-11-12 08:06:05', '', 2352, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2352-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2354, 1, '2016-11-12 03:13:22', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '小燕子说：祖国有温暖的泥窝；        \r\n小白鹅说：祖国有可爱的小河；        \r\n小山羊说：祖国有青青的草坡；        \r\n小蜜蜂说：祖国有甜甜的花朵；        \r\n小朋友说：祖国到处有欢乐。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Poems] 《祖国》The Motherland', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:13:22', '2016-11-12 08:13:22', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2354', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2355, 1, '2016-11-12 03:09:17', '2016-11-12 08:09:17', '小燕子说：祖国有温暖的泥窝；        \r\n小白鹅说：祖国有可爱的小河；        \r\n小山羊说：祖国有青青的草坡；        \r\n小蜜蜂说：祖国有甜甜的花朵；        \r\n小朋友说：祖国到处有欢乐。', '[Chinese Poems] 《祖国》The Motherland', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2354-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:09:17', '2016-11-12 08:09:17', '', 2354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2354-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2356, 1, '2016-11-12 03:12:56', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '我看见从树上飞下来一只蝴蝶。捉住时，竟是一片黄叶。我到田野里去采摘鲜花，美丽的花儿五颜六色。我轻轻摘下一朵，花朵竟扑扇了一下翅膀，原来是一只美丽的蝴蝶。  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《摘蝴蝶》Catching Butterflies', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:12:56', '2016-11-12 08:12:56', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2356', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2357, 1, '2016-11-12 03:12:56', '2016-11-12 08:12:56', '我看见从树上飞下来一只蝴蝶。捉住时，竟是一片黄叶。我到田野里去采摘鲜花，美丽的花儿五颜六色。我轻轻摘下一朵，花朵竟扑扇了一下翅膀，原来是一只美丽的蝴蝶。  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《摘蝴蝶》Catching Butterflies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2356-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:12:56', '2016-11-12 08:12:56', '', 2356, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2356-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2358, 1, '2016-11-12 03:13:22', '2016-11-12 08:13:22', '小燕子说：祖国有温暖的泥窝；        \r\n小白鹅说：祖国有可爱的小河；        \r\n小山羊说：祖国有青青的草坡；        \r\n小蜜蜂说：祖国有甜甜的花朵；        \r\n小朋友说：祖国到处有欢乐。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Poems] 《祖国》The Motherland', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2354-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:13:22', '2016-11-12 08:13:22', '', 2354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2354-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2359, 1, '2016-11-12 03:13:41', '2016-11-12 08:13:41', '小斑鸠说，秋姑娘，秋姑娘来了，多么美丽动人。 苹果是你的脸蛋，葡萄是你的眼睛，红枣是你的嘴巴，风铃是你的笑声。 你从夏天走过来，走进我们香甜的梦。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《秋姑娘》The Lady of Autumn', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2352-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:13:41', '2016-11-12 08:13:41', '', 2352, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2352-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2360, 1, '2016-11-12 03:13:52', '2016-11-12 08:13:52', '小斑鸠很孤单，几乎没有朋友。有一天，他问白头翁：“白头翁爷爷，谁能和我交朋友呢？”      \r\n白头翁说：“你可以去和喜鹊交朋友，他热情、善良！”      \r\n小斑鸠惭愧地说：“我强占过他的巢，他不会和我好的。”      \r\n白头翁说：“你可以去和啄木鸟交朋友，他勤劳、正直！”      \r\n小斑鸠不好意思地说：“上次，我骂他是笨蛋，他不会原谅我的。”      \r\n白头翁想了想，又说：“那么，你去找小麻雀试试，他天真、活泼！”      \r\n小斑鸠为难地说：“不行啊，前几天我和他打了一架，把他啄得头破血流。”      \r\n白头翁叹了一口气说：“哎，你总是欺负别人，谁还愿意成为你的朋友呢？” \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《孤单的斑鸠》The Lonely Little Turtledove', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2349-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:13:52', '2016-11-12 08:13:52', '', 2349, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2349-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2361, 1, '2016-11-12 03:20:16', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '      一天，粗心的小猴子听老师讲道：“果子长得红红的，真甜„„”小猴子没有听完，就溜出教室向野外跑去。  \r\n      啊！树上的苹果红红的，就去摘了一个大口大口地吃起来，真甜呀！他又看见桃子又大又红，就去摘桃子，桃子又甜又解渴。他想老师说的对，红果子都是甜的。  \r\n他走着走着，看见一片辣椒地，火红的辣椒像一个个小灯笼，让人喜爱。小猴子摘了一个又大又红的放在嘴里。啊！辣得小猴子直冒汗，他拼命地跑回学校问老师：“这个红果子怎么不甜呀？”  \r\n老师说：“红的不一定都甜。我还没有讲完，你怎么就跑了呢？”小猴子听了，不好意思地低下了头。从此，小猴子学习非常认真，成了一个好学生。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《红的不一定都甜》Not all Red Things are Sweet', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:20:16', '2016-11-12 08:20:16', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2361', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2362, 1, '2016-11-12 03:20:16', '2016-11-12 08:20:16', '      一天，粗心的小猴子听老师讲道：“果子长得红红的，真甜„„”小猴子没有听完，就溜出教室向野外跑去。  \r\n      啊！树上的苹果红红的，就去摘了一个大口大口地吃起来，真甜呀！他又看见桃子又大又红，就去摘桃子，桃子又甜又解渴。他想老师说的对，红果子都是甜的。  \r\n他走着走着，看见一片辣椒地，火红的辣椒像一个个小灯笼，让人喜爱。小猴子摘了一个又大又红的放在嘴里。啊！辣得小猴子直冒汗，他拼命地跑回学校问老师：“这个红果子怎么不甜呀？”  \r\n老师说：“红的不一定都甜。我还没有讲完，你怎么就跑了呢？”小猴子听了，不好意思地低下了头。从此，小猴子学习非常认真，成了一个好学生。\r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《红的不一定都甜》Not all Red Things are Sweet', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2361-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:20:16', '2016-11-12 08:20:16', '', 2361, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2361-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2363, 1, '2016-11-12 03:21:46', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '    大熊猫是我国的国宝，也是我国稀有的珍贵动物。它曾作为友好使者，到日本、美国、法国等地，受到各国人民的欢迎。  \r\n    大熊猫作为我国的吉祥物，成为亚运会的会徽。熊猫盼盼为世界带来了吉祥，带来了和平。  \r\n    我们要爱护大熊猫，保护大自然的生态平衡，为可爱的动物创造优美的生活环境。  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Facts in Chinese] 《大熊猫》 Giant Pandas & China', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:21:46', '2016-11-12 08:21:46', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2363', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2364, 1, '2016-11-12 03:21:46', '2016-11-12 08:21:46', '    大熊猫是我国的国宝，也是我国稀有的珍贵动物。它曾作为友好使者，到日本、美国、法国等地，受到各国人民的欢迎。  \r\n    大熊猫作为我国的吉祥物，成为亚运会的会徽。熊猫盼盼为世界带来了吉祥，带来了和平。  \r\n    我们要爱护大熊猫，保护大自然的生态平衡，为可爱的动物创造优美的生活环境。  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Facts in Chinese] 《大熊猫》 Giant Pandas & China', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2363-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:21:46', '2016-11-12 08:21:46', '', 2363, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2363-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2365, 1, '2016-11-12 03:29:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '春风送暖，冰雪融化，小草偷偷地从地里钻出来，大地披上了绿色的新装。柳树发了芽，果树开了花。小鸟在枝头唱歌，蝴蝶在花间飞舞。啊，它们在美好的春光里多么快活啊！  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春天来了》Springtime is Here', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:29:52', '2016-11-12 08:29:52', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2365', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2366, 1, '2016-11-12 03:29:32', '2016-11-12 08:29:32', '春风送暖，冰雪融化，小草偷偷地从地里钻出来，大地披上了绿色的新装。柳树发了芽，果树开了花。小鸟在枝头唱歌，蝴蝶在花间飞舞。啊，它们在美好的春光里多么快活啊！  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] Springtime is Here', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2365-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:29:32', '2016-11-12 08:29:32', '', 2365, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2365-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2367, 1, '2016-11-12 03:29:52', '2016-11-12 08:29:52', '春风送暖，冰雪融化，小草偷偷地从地里钻出来，大地披上了绿色的新装。柳树发了芽，果树开了花。小鸟在枝头唱歌，蝴蝶在花间飞舞。啊，它们在美好的春光里多么快活啊！  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春天来了》Springtime is Here', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2365-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:29:52', '2016-11-12 08:29:52', '', 2365, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2365-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2561, 1, '2016-11-20 19:18:20', '2016-11-21 00:18:20', '', 'Learn to Read Chinese Idioms: Chinese Chengyu Stories for Children', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '1-learn-mandarin-chinese-reading', '', '', '2016-11-20 19:18:45', '2016-11-21 00:18:45', '', 1781, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1-learn-mandarin-chinese-reading.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2369, 1, '2016-11-12 03:36:03', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '      有一只狐狸两天没有找到食物，饿极了。忽然，他看见远处架子上挂满了一串串葡萄，就高兴地跑过去。狐狸看着又大又圆的葡萄，搀得直流口水。它站起来用爪子去摘，可怎么也摘不到。狐狸围着架子转来转去，怎么也想不出办法来，只好无可奈何地走了。它边走边安慰自己：“那葡萄是酸的，肯定不会好吃！”  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《狐狸和葡萄》The Fox and the Grapes', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:36:03', '2016-11-12 08:36:03', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2369', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(2370, 1, '2016-11-12 03:35:47', '2016-11-12 08:35:47', '      有一只狐狸两天没有找到食物，饿极了。忽然，他看见远处架子上挂满了一串串葡萄，就高兴地跑过去。狐狸看着又大又圆的葡萄，搀得直流口水。它站起来用爪子去摘，可怎么也摘不到。狐狸围着架子转来转去，怎么也想不出办法来，只好无可奈何地走了。它边走边安慰自己：“那葡萄是酸的，肯定不会好吃！”  ', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《狐狸和葡萄》The Fox and the Grapes', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2369-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:35:47', '2016-11-12 08:35:47', '', 2369, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2369-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2371, 1, '2016-11-12 03:36:03', '2016-11-12 08:36:03', '      有一只狐狸两天没有找到食物，饿极了。忽然，他看见远处架子上挂满了一串串葡萄，就高兴地跑过去。狐狸看着又大又圆的葡萄，搀得直流口水。它站起来用爪子去摘，可怎么也摘不到。狐狸围着架子转来转去，怎么也想不出办法来，只好无可奈何地走了。它边走边安慰自己：“那葡萄是酸的，肯定不会好吃！”  \r\n\r\nhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cb7f70901017yot.html', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《狐狸和葡萄》The Fox and the Grapes', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2369-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:36:03', '2016-11-12 08:36:03', '', 2369, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2369-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2372, 1, '2016-11-12 03:44:22', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '暑假里，我和好朋友大象到小河边玩。  \n我在绿油油的草地上跳呀唱呀，别提多高兴了！火红的太阳挂在天上，不一会儿我们俩都玩得又热又脏。     \n 大象笑眯眯地说：“太热了，我们来洗个澡吧！”我高兴地说：“真是个好主意！”洗澡时，我怎么也洗不了后背，大象说：“让我来帮你吧！”它用长长的鼻子吸足了水为我冲背，我也用水管替它冲洗身子。就这样，我和大象你帮我，我帮你，让大家都洗了个痛快的凉水澡！  ', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《夏天洗澡》Summer Shower', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:44:22', '2016-11-12 08:44:22', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2372', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2373, 1, '2016-11-12 03:44:14', '2016-11-12 08:44:14', '暑假里，我和好朋友大象到小河边玩。  \r\n我在绿油油的草地上跳呀唱呀，别提多高兴了！火红的太阳挂在天上，不一会儿我们俩都玩得又热又脏。     \r\n 大象笑眯眯地说：“太热了，我们来洗个澡吧！”我高兴地说：“真是个好主意！”洗澡时，我怎么也洗不了后背，大象说：“让我来帮你吧！”它用长长的鼻子吸足了水为我冲背，我也用水管替它冲洗身子。就这样，我和大象你帮我，我帮你，让大家都洗了个痛快的凉水澡！  ', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《夏天洗澡》Summer Shower', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2372-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 03:44:14', '2016-11-12 08:44:14', '', 2372, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2372-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2374, 1, '2017-03-21 06:30:20', '2017-03-21 10:30:20', 'A little seasonal poetry for the wistful leaf-gazers in all of us. \r\n\r\n<h3>Big, scary nature words</h3>\r\nIf you\'re just getting started reading Chinese, don\'t expect to be able to breeze through this post without checking the dictionary. I say it all the time on this blog, but I\'ll say it again: even in the simplest posts (the ones that are fun to read, anyway) end up having a word or two from the upper levels of the HSK (the official Chinese proficiency test in the PRC). So, do forgive the three or four words of advanced naturalist vocab, like 芽 [pinyin]ya2[/pinyin] (sprout), 瓣 [pinyin]ban42[/pinyin] (petal), and 土壤 [pinyin]tu3 rang3[/pinyin] - soil. Even an intermediate reader might need to look up those characters. Still, the majority of the characters here are basic enough, so I recommend you approach this post like a little puzzle - see how much you can get without the dictionary, and then go back and look up the complex characters. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n春天的树上，长出嫩嫩的芽瓣。\r\n夏天的树上，挂满肥肥的叶片。\r\n秋天的树上，树叶涂满鲜红和金黄。\r\n冬天的树下，树叶落地化成土壤。\r\n落叶是大自然的邮票，\r\n把一年四季寄给你，\r\n寄给我，\r\n寄给大家。　\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nUpon the spring trees, tender sprouts and petals shoot forth. \r\nUpon the summer trees, fat leaves hang full. \r\nUpon the autumn trees, leaves are painted bright red and gold. \r\nBeneath the winter trees, the fallen leaves become soil. \r\nFallen leaves are nature\'s postage stamps,\r\nSending the four seasons of the year to me,\r\nSending them to you,\r\nSending them to everyone. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Poems] 《大自然的邮票》 Nature\'s Postage Stamps', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-poems-%e3%80%8a%e5%a4%a7%e8%87%aa%e7%84%b6%e7%9a%84%e9%82%ae%e7%a5%a8%e3%80%8b-natures-postage-stamps', '', '', '2017-01-19 06:46:26', '2017-01-19 11:46:26', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2374', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2375, 1, '2016-11-12 04:04:01', '2016-11-12 09:04:01', '　 春天的树上，长出嫩嫩的芽瓣。夏天的树上，挂满肥肥的叶片。秋天的树上，树叶涂满鲜红和金黄。冬天的树下，树叶落地化成土壤。落叶是大自然的邮票，把一年四季寄给你，寄给我，寄给大家。　', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《大自然的邮票》 Nature\'s Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2374-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:04:01', '2016-11-12 09:04:01', '', 2374, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2374-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2376, 1, '2016-11-12 04:04:20', '2016-11-12 09:04:20', '　 春天的树上，长出嫩嫩的芽瓣。夏天的树上，挂满肥肥的叶片。秋天的树上，树叶涂满鲜红和金黄。冬天的树下，树叶落地化成土壤。落叶是大自然的邮票，把一年四季寄给你，寄给我，寄给大家。　\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《大自然的邮票》 Nature\'s Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2374-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:04:20', '2016-11-12 09:04:20', '', 2374, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2374-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2377, 1, '2016-11-12 04:05:39', '2016-11-12 09:05:39', '春天的树上，长出嫩嫩的芽瓣。夏天的树上，挂满肥肥的叶片。秋天的树上，树叶涂满鲜红和金黄。冬天的树下，树叶落地化成土壤。落叶是大自然的邮票，把一年四季寄给你，寄给我，寄给大家。　\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《大自然的邮票》 Nature\'s Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2374-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:05:39', '2016-11-12 09:05:39', '', 2374, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2374-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2378, 1, '2017-03-28 06:30:14', '2017-03-28 10:30:14', 'You know, this isn\'t really an essay. It\'s not a really a poem, either. It\'s just like, someone\'s sanctimonious opinion. \r\n\r\n<h3>Whaaaa? Compound characters and 啥 [pinyin]sha2[/pinyin]</h3>\r\nDo me a quick favor. Say 什么 [pinyin]shen2 me5[/pinyin] (\"what\") out loud. Kay, now say it again, really fast. Rad. Now say it so fast that the \"m\" sound drops, like you\'re talking around a mouthful of marbles. You get something that sounds like \"shaaaahh?\", right? That\'s what this character is. It means exactly the same thing as 什么, but it represents this word spoken quickly and colloquially. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 人有两件宝，双手和大脑。双手会做工，大脑会思考。\r\n2) 用手不用脑，事情做不好。用脑不用手，啥也做不好。\r\n3) 用手又用脑，才能有创造。一切创造靠劳动，劳动要用手和脑。\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) Man has two treasures, a pair of hands and a brain. Two hands that can do work, a brain that can think. \r\n2) If you use your hands but not your brain, you\'ll handle your affairs poorly. If you use your brain but not your hands, you\'ll also be unable to do anything well. \r\n3) If you use your hands and your brain, only then can you create. All creations requires labor, labor requires hands and a brain. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Essays] 《人有两件宝》Two Treasures', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-essays-%e3%80%8a%e4%ba%ba%e6%9c%89%e4%b8%a4%e4%bb%b6%e5%ae%9d%e3%80%8btwo-treasures', '', '', '2017-01-19 07:27:54', '2017-01-19 12:27:54', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2378', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2379, 1, '2016-11-12 04:07:42', '2016-11-12 09:07:42', '人有两件宝，双手和大脑。双手会做工，大脑会思考。\r\n用手不用脑，事情做不好。用脑不用手，啥也做不好。\r\n用手又用脑，才能有创造。一切创造靠劳动，劳动要用手和脑。', '[Poems in Chinese] 《人有两件宝》Two Treasures', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2378-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:07:42', '2016-11-12 09:07:42', '', 2378, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2378-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2380, 1, '2016-11-12 04:16:15', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　鱼池中的金鱼各种各样，有圆头的，有大眼的，也有尾巴像花朵的。颜色也不少，有金色、黑色、白色，也有白色和金色相间的，很好看。\r\n　　它们非常活泼，常在水里游，有时互相追逐，有时一起游戏，加上色彩美丽，真令人喜爱。', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《金鱼》Goldfish', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:16:15', '2016-11-12 09:16:15', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2380', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2381, 1, '2016-11-12 04:16:15', '2016-11-12 09:16:15', '　鱼池中的金鱼各种各样，有圆头的，有大眼的，也有尾巴像花朵的。颜色也不少，有金色、黑色、白色，也有白色和金色相间的，很好看。\r\n　　它们非常活泼，常在水里游，有时互相追逐，有时一起游戏，加上色彩美丽，真令人喜爱。', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《金鱼》Goldfish', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2380-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:16:15', '2016-11-12 09:16:15', '', 2380, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2380-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2382, 1, '2017-01-18 00:49:20', '2017-01-18 05:49:20', 'A little blurb of prose-poetry. \r\n\r\n<h3>And 浪花 [pinyin]lang4 hua1[/pinyin] is what, exactly?</h3>\r\nThing is, we don\'t really have a succinct word in English for 浪花. The word means \"sea foam of breaking waves\", the white, fluffy, toe-tickling stuff that washes up on the beach. We have \"sea foam\", we have \"breaking waves\", we have \"wave crests\", but nothing quite as specific as 浪花. It matters, somehow. \r\n\r\n<h3>Chinese onomatopoeia: Swishing around with 哗 [pinyin]hua1[/pinyin]</h3>\r\nIn China, dogs go 汪汪 [pinyin]wang1 wang1[/pinyin], cats go 咪咪 [pinyin]mi1 mi1[/pinyin] and sea foam, we are led to believe, goes 哗哗哗 [pinyin]hua1 hua1 hua1[/pinyin]. Whisper it, it\'ll make more sense. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 我坐在沙滩上玩耍。浪花看见了，迈着轻轻的步子走来，悄悄地瘙痒了我的小脚丫。笑得我眼泪都流出来了，它才哗哗地笑着跑回家。\r\n\r\n2) 一会儿，浪花又唱着笑着跑来了。这次它给我捧来了雪白的贝壳，青青的小虾。\r\n\r\n3) 哗哗哗，浪花跑去又跑来，像一群淘气的娃娃。\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) I sat on the beach and played. I saw the sea foam, walking forward with soft steps, quietly tickling the creases of my toes. Smiling, my tears rolled down, until at last with a swish it ran home.  \r\n\r\n2) After some time, the foam once again ran forward singing and laughing. This time it brought to me snow-white seashells, and little green shrimp.\r\n\r\n3) Swish swish swish, the sea foam runs away and back again, like a gaggle of naughty children. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Poetry] 《浪花》 Sea Foam', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-poetry-%e3%80%8a%e6%b5%aa%e8%8a%b1%e3%80%8b-sea-foam', '', '', '2017-01-18 01:01:18', '2017-01-18 06:01:18', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2382', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2383, 1, '2016-11-12 04:25:58', '2016-11-12 09:25:58', '　我坐在沙滩上玩耍。浪花看见了，迈着轻轻的步子走来，悄悄地瘙痒了我的小脚丫。笑得我眼泪都流出来了，他才哗哗地笑着跑回家。\r\n　　一会儿，浪花又唱着笑着跑来了。这次它给我捧来了雪白的贝壳，青青的小虾。\r\n　　哗哗哗，浪花跑去又跑来，像一群淘气的娃娃。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《浪花》 Ocean Spray', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2382-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:25:58', '2016-11-12 09:25:58', '', 2382, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2382-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2384, 1, '2017-03-07 06:30:26', '2017-03-07 11:30:26', 'I can\'t decide who\'s at fault in this passage. I mean, poor Mother Sheep. She clearly does not have a little Einstein on her hands. Then again, maybe she should give her child some clearer instructions before she gets all passive-aggressive on him. So your kid didn\'t come out of the womb knowing how to forage for radishes. Relax. Enjoy the teachable moment. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<h3>Enough already - 才...呢</h3> \r\nAs Little Lamb tries to stuff inedible tuber after inedible tuber into his stupid mouth, Mother Sheep gets increasingly exasperated. How do we know this? Because of the sentence structure \"才...呢\". Compare the difference in Mother Sheep\'s tone. The first time Little Lamb screws up, she says:\r\n\r\n\"萝卜的根最好吃。\"\r\n\r\nThis is a straightforward, laid-back statement: \"The radish\'s roots taste the best.\" Mama Sheep isn\'t annoyed yet. But the next time Little Lamb messes up, we hear notes of aggravation:\r\n\r\n“白菜的叶子<strong>才</strong>好吃<strong>呢</strong>！”\r\n\r\nThe character 才 [pinyin]cai2[/pinyin] has a ton of usages in Chinese, but almost all of those usages have something to do with lateness, or something taking a long time, or something happening after a long interval. For example:\r\n\r\n你怎么两个小时<strong>才</strong>回来了?\r\nHow did it take you <strong>an entire</strong> two hours to get back here? \r\n\r\nIn today\'s reading, we might translate as \"Cabbages are <strong>only</strong> good <strong>when</strong> you eat the leaves!\" Like, when you finally eat the cabbage leaves, cabbages will be delicious. \r\n\r\nSo what function does 呢 [pinyin]ne[/pinyin] serve at the end there? In this case, the 呢 gives the whole preceding sentence an overtone of obviousness. Like, \"what I just said is self-evident, duh.\" \r\n\r\nSo the whole statement is a little snippy, right? A little bit of ire there for sure. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 羊妈妈带着小羊到菜园去收菜。\r\n\r\n2) 他们走到萝卜地里。羊妈妈拔了一个萝卜。小羊要吃萝卜叶子。羊妈妈说：“萝卜的根最好吃。”\r\n\r\n3) 他们走到白菜地里。羊妈妈拔了一棵小白菜。小羊要吃白菜的根。羊妈妈说：“白菜的叶子才好吃呢！”\r\n\r\n4) 他们走到西红柿地里。小羊要吃西红柿的叶子。羊妈妈说：“要吃西红柿的果实<strong>呀</strong>！”\r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) Mother Sheep brought Little Lamb to the vegetable field to gather vegetables. \r\n\r\n2) They walked to the radish patch. Mother Sheep pulled up a radish. Little Lamb wanted to eat the radish leaves. Mother Sheep said: \"The roots of the radish taste the best.\" \r\n\r\n3) They walked to the cabbage patch. Mother Sheep pulled up a little cabbage. Little Lamb wanted to eat the cabbage root. Mother Sheep said: \"Only the leaves of the cabbage are tasty!\"  \r\n\r\n4) They walked to the tomato patch. Little Lamb wanted to eat the tomato leaves. Mother Sheep said: \"You eat the fruit of the tomato!\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《羊妈妈收菜》Mother Sheep Gathers Vegetables', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-short-stories-%e3%80%8a%e7%be%8a%e5%a6%88%e5%a6%88%e6%94%b6%e8%8f%9c%e3%80%8bmother-sheep-gathers-vegetables', '', '', '2017-01-15 03:55:25', '2017-01-15 08:55:25', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2384', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2385, 1, '2016-11-12 04:27:14', '2016-11-12 09:27:14', ' 羊妈妈带着小羊到菜园去收菜。\r\n　　他们走到萝卜地里。羊妈妈拔了一个萝卜。小羊要吃萝卜叶子。羊妈妈说：“萝卜的根最好吃。”\r\n　　他们走到白菜地里。羊妈妈拔了一棵小白菜。小羊要吃白菜的根。羊妈妈说：“白菜的叶子才好吃呢！”\r\n　　他们走到西红柿地里。小羊要吃西红柿的叶子。羊妈妈说：“要吃西红柿的果实呀！”', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《羊妈妈收菜》Mother Sheep Gathers Vegetables', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2384-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:27:14', '2016-11-12 09:27:14', '', 2384, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2384-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2386, 1, '2016-11-12 04:27:31', '2016-11-12 09:27:31', ' 羊妈妈带着小羊到菜园去收菜。\r\n　　他们走到萝卜地里。羊妈妈拔了一个萝卜。小羊要吃萝卜叶子。羊妈妈说：“萝卜的根最好吃。”\r\n　　他们走到白菜地里。羊妈妈拔了一棵小白菜。小羊要吃白菜的根。羊妈妈说：“白菜的叶子才好吃呢！”\r\n　　他们走到西红柿地里。小羊要吃西红柿的叶子。羊妈妈说：“要吃西红柿的果实呀！”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《羊妈妈收菜》Mother Sheep Gathers Vegetables', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2384-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:27:31', '2016-11-12 09:27:31', '', 2384, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2384-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2387, 1, '2016-11-12 04:28:44', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　一天，一只白羊从南面上了独木桥，一只黑羊从北面上了独木桥。他们同时来到桥当中，白羊说：“你退回去，让我先过桥！”黑羊说：“你退回去，让我先过桥！”\r\n　　它们谁也不肯让谁，就打了起来，不一会儿，只听到河里“扑通！扑通！”的响声，它们都掉到河里去了。', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《两只羊》 The Two Sheep', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:28:45', '2016-11-12 09:28:45', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2387', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2388, 1, '2016-11-12 04:28:45', '2016-11-12 09:28:45', '　　一天，一只白羊从南面上了独木桥，一只黑羊从北面上了独木桥。他们同时来到桥当中，白羊说：“你退回去，让我先过桥！”黑羊说：“你退回去，让我先过桥！”\r\n　　它们谁也不肯让谁，就打了起来，不一会儿，只听到河里“扑通！扑通！”的响声，它们都掉到河里去了。', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《两只羊》 The Two Sheep', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2387-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:28:45', '2016-11-12 09:28:45', '', 2387, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2387-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2389, 1, '2016-11-12 04:34:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　喜鹊在半空中飞着，眼睛只盯住自己的下面。它看见那些蜻蜓、蝴蝶、蜜蜂等小昆虫在低空中飞，便喳喳地叫道：“看来世界上要算我飞得最高了。”\r\n　　哪知，头上传来鸽子咕咕的歌声，喜鹊吃了一惊！难道上面还有飞鸟？往上一看，一群鸽子在头上盘旋它伸长脖子向上喊道：“鸽兄，看样子天上数你飞得最高了吧？”\r\n　　“不，不，我飞得不算高，上面还有大雁呢！”鸽子对喜鹊说。喜鹊翘首一望，真的，雁群排着“人”字形，整整齐齐地飞向远方。\r\n　　“真是人上有人，天外有天啊！”喜鹊感慨地说。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Fables] 《喜鹊的新发现》The Magpie\'s Discovery', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:34:52', '2016-11-12 09:34:52', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2389', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2390, 1, '2016-11-12 04:34:41', '2016-11-12 09:34:41', '　　喜鹊在半空中飞着，眼睛只盯住自己的下面。它看见那些蜻蜓、蝴蝶、蜜蜂等小昆虫在低空中飞，便喳喳地叫道：“看来世界上要算我飞得最高了。”\r\n　　哪知，头上传来鸽子咕咕的歌声，喜鹊吃了一惊！难道上面还有飞鸟？往上一看，一群鸽子在头上盘旋它伸长脖子向上喊道：“鸽兄，看样子天上数你飞得最高了吧？”\r\n　　“不，不，我飞得不算高，上面还有大雁呢！”鸽子对喜鹊说。喜鹊翘首一望，真的，雁群排着“人”字形，整整齐齐地飞向远方。\r\n　　“真是人上有人，天外有天啊！”喜鹊感慨地说。', '[Chinese Fables] 《喜鹊的新发现》The Magpie\'s Discovery', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2389-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:34:41', '2016-11-12 09:34:41', '', 2389, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2389-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2391, 1, '2016-11-12 04:34:52', '2016-11-12 09:34:52', '　　喜鹊在半空中飞着，眼睛只盯住自己的下面。它看见那些蜻蜓、蝴蝶、蜜蜂等小昆虫在低空中飞，便喳喳地叫道：“看来世界上要算我飞得最高了。”\r\n　　哪知，头上传来鸽子咕咕的歌声，喜鹊吃了一惊！难道上面还有飞鸟？往上一看，一群鸽子在头上盘旋它伸长脖子向上喊道：“鸽兄，看样子天上数你飞得最高了吧？”\r\n　　“不，不，我飞得不算高，上面还有大雁呢！”鸽子对喜鹊说。喜鹊翘首一望，真的，雁群排着“人”字形，整整齐齐地飞向远方。\r\n　　“真是人上有人，天外有天啊！”喜鹊感慨地说。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Fables] 《喜鹊的新发现》The Magpie\'s Discovery', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2389-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:34:52', '2016-11-12 09:34:52', '', 2389, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2389-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2392, 1, '2017-03-14 03:03:29', '2017-03-14 07:03:29', 'Wash your hands, ya filthy animals. That is all. \r\n\r\n<h3>Points of interest...</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>直叫 [pinyin]zhi1 jiao4[/pinyin]</strong>\r\nChinese is a super condensed language, by which I mean that a lot of meaning can get packed into just a few characters. Such is the case in our first sentence here with the words 直叫. You\'re not going to find this in the dictionary, because it\'s actually a shortened way to say two separate words: 一直 [pinyin]yi1 zhi2[/pinyin], meaning \"constantly, ongoing, all along\", and 叫 [pinyin]jiao4[/pinyin], to cry out. So 直叫 means \"to be constantly crying out that...\". \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 小明病了，直叫肚子疼。妈妈带他去医院看病。\r\n\r\n2) 医生问小明吃了脏东西没有，小明摇摇头。医生看了看他的手，发现他的手很脏，指甲也很长，说：“用脏手拿东西吃会生病的。”\r\n\r\n3) 小明记住医生的话，做到经常洗手、剪指甲，成了一个讲卫生的孩子。\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Xiao Ming was sick, ceaselessly crying that his stomach hurts. His mother brought him to the hospital to check it out. \r\n\r\n2) The doctor asked Xiao Ming if he\'d eaten anything unclean, and Xiao Ming shook his head. The doctor looked at his hands, and discovered they were quite dirty, his fingernails long, and said, \"Eating with dirty hands can make you sick.\"\r\n\r\n3) Xiao Ming remembered the doctor\'s words, and begun to wash his hands often, cut his nails, and became a child who paid attention to sanitation.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小明病了》Xiao Ming Gets Sick', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-short-stories-%e3%80%8a%e5%b0%8f%e6%98%8e%e7%97%85%e4%ba%86%e3%80%8bxiao-ming-gets-sick', '', '', '2017-01-19 06:47:06', '2017-01-19 11:47:06', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2392', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2393, 1, '2016-11-12 04:47:47', '2016-11-12 09:47:47', '　小明病了，直叫肚子疼。妈妈带他去医院看病。\r\n　　医生问小明吃了脏东西没有，小明摇摇头。医生看了看他的手，发现他的手很脏，指甲也很长，说：“用脏手拿东西吃会生病的。”\r\n　　小明记住医生的话，做到经常洗手、剪指甲，成了一个讲卫生的孩子。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小明病了》Xiao Ming Gets Sick', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2392-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:47:47', '2016-11-12 09:47:47', '', 2392, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2392-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2394, 1, '2016-11-12 04:48:37', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　太阳公公交给蝴蝶一封信，并告诉蝴蝶：“一定要把信亲手交给春姑娘！”蝴蝶点点头。蝴蝶飞呀飞，脸上挂满了汗珠。\r\n　　她听说春姑娘就躲在花丛中，可是那么多的花儿，哪一个才是春姑娘呢？她敲开了一个又一个花儿的小门。\r\n　　玫瑰姐姐说：“蝴蝶妹妹，歇一会儿吧。”蝴蝶摇摇头。蒲公英姑姑说：“孩子，喝一口水吧。”蝴蝶摆摆手。\r\n　　后来，所有的花儿都知道了这个消息，大家一起商量好，要帮蝴蝶找春姑娘。他们张开小嘴一起喊：“春姑娘，你在哪里呀——”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春姑娘》Lady of Spring', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:48:37', '2016-11-12 09:48:37', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2394', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2395, 1, '2016-11-12 04:48:37', '2016-11-12 09:48:37', '　太阳公公交给蝴蝶一封信，并告诉蝴蝶：“一定要把信亲手交给春姑娘！”蝴蝶点点头。蝴蝶飞呀飞，脸上挂满了汗珠。\r\n　　她听说春姑娘就躲在花丛中，可是那么多的花儿，哪一个才是春姑娘呢？她敲开了一个又一个花儿的小门。\r\n　　玫瑰姐姐说：“蝴蝶妹妹，歇一会儿吧。”蝴蝶摇摇头。蒲公英姑姑说：“孩子，喝一口水吧。”蝴蝶摆摆手。\r\n　　后来，所有的花儿都知道了这个消息，大家一起商量好，要帮蝴蝶找春姑娘。他们张开小嘴一起喊：“春姑娘，你在哪里呀——”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春姑娘》Lady of Spring', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2394-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:48:37', '2016-11-12 09:48:37', '', 2394, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2394-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2396, 1, '2016-11-12 04:50:31', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　一棵老树生了病，有些叶子黄了。\r\n　　一个医生飞来，落在树上。他用嘴这里敲敲，那里敲敲，找到了生虫子的地方，就啄一个洞。他伸进长舌头，把虫子一个一个地钩出来吃。吃完虫子，张开翅膀飞走了。\r\n　　老树的病让医生治好了，慢慢地长出新叶子来。\r\n　　这个医生就是啄木鸟。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Story] 《给树治病》Healing the Tree', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:50:31', '2016-11-12 09:50:31', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2396', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2397, 1, '2016-11-12 04:50:31', '2016-11-12 09:50:31', '　一棵老树生了病，有些叶子黄了。\r\n　　一个医生飞来，落在树上。他用嘴这里敲敲，那里敲敲，找到了生虫子的地方，就啄一个洞。他伸进长舌头，把虫子一个一个地钩出来吃。吃完虫子，张开翅膀飞走了。\r\n　　老树的病让医生治好了，慢慢地长出新叶子来。\r\n　　这个医生就是啄木鸟。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Story] 《给树治病》Healing the Tree', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2396-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:50:31', '2016-11-12 09:50:31', '', 2396, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2396-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2398, 1, '2016-11-12 04:55:28', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　小白兔长着一身雪白的毛，像个白雪球。它的耳朵长长的，总是竖得高高的。它的三瓣嘴就像一个小小的三角形。它有一对像宝石一样的红眼睛，一眨一眨，好可爱。小白兔尾巴短短的，只有小指头那么长，真是兔子尾巴长不了。\r\n　　小白兔爱吃白菜、青草，更爱吃胡萝卜。白兔吃胡萝卜最有意思。它一口一口地撕咬着，小胡须也一翘一翘的。一对红眼睛盯着人看，好像怕人抢了似的。\r\n　　小白兔胆子很小，很怕生人，如果离它近一点，它就马上离开，跑到别的地方去。', '[Facts in Chinese] 《小白兔》 Little White Rabbits', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:55:28', '2016-11-12 09:55:28', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2398', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2399, 1, '2016-11-12 04:55:28', '2016-11-12 09:55:28', '　　小白兔长着一身雪白的毛，像个白雪球。它的耳朵长长的，总是竖得高高的。它的三瓣嘴就像一个小小的三角形。它有一对像宝石一样的红眼睛，一眨一眨，好可爱。小白兔尾巴短短的，只有小指头那么长，真是兔子尾巴长不了。\r\n　　小白兔爱吃白菜、青草，更爱吃胡萝卜。白兔吃胡萝卜最有意思。它一口一口地撕咬着，小胡须也一翘一翘的。一对红眼睛盯着人看，好像怕人抢了似的。\r\n　　小白兔胆子很小，很怕生人，如果离它近一点，它就马上离开，跑到别的地方去。', '[Facts in Chinese] 《小白兔》 Little White Rabbits', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2398-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:55:28', '2016-11-12 09:55:28', '', 2398, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2398-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2400, 1, '2016-11-12 04:58:50', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　海马爸爸和海马妈妈要生孩子了。\r\n　　海马爸爸腹壁有宽大的育儿袋，海马妈妈把幼卵产在海马爸爸的育儿袋里，幼卵在爸爸的育儿袋里发育，慢慢地长成了小海马。\r\n　　小海马长大以后，离开爸爸的育儿袋，在五彩缤纷的海底快乐地游玩着。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 《海马爸爸》Daddy Seahorse (Seahorse Reproduction)', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:58:50', '2016-11-12 09:58:50', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2400', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2401, 1, '2016-11-12 04:58:50', '2016-11-12 09:58:50', '　海马爸爸和海马妈妈要生孩子了。\r\n　　海马爸爸腹壁有宽大的育儿袋，海马妈妈把幼卵产在海马爸爸的育儿袋里，幼卵在爸爸的育儿袋里发育，慢慢地长成了小海马。\r\n　　小海马长大以后，离开爸爸的育儿袋，在五彩缤纷的海底快乐地游玩着。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 《海马爸爸》Daddy Seahorse (Seahorse Reproduction)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2400-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 04:58:50', '2016-11-12 09:58:50', '', 2400, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2400-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2402, 1, '2017-02-28 06:30:27', '2017-02-28 11:30:27', 'Man, this kid Kong Rong (孔融 [pinyin]kong3 rong2[/pinyin]). What a cutie. What a humble little guy. This is a kid that knows all about r-e-s-p-e-c-t. He knows that you gotta save all the best pears for the older kids. No one told him, he just knew. He probably also learned to tie his shoes before everyone else, and got nothing but gold stars on his homework, and started chewing with his mouth closed while he was still breastfeeding.\r\n\r\n... Wait, you know what, actually? I take it all back. I\'m not into it. Those Kong Rong kids made the rest of us look bad. Get a life, Kong Rong. Grab the big pear for yourself next time. Live a little. \r\n\r\nSo, Kong Rong isn\'t just a random made-up name - Kong Rong (153-208AD) was actually a famous poet, and it\'s pretty common to see fictional stories about legendary people in ancient history, stories that illuminate their character, along the lines of \"George Washington and the Cherry Tree\". And that, my friends, is what this is. \r\n\r\nNow, grammar: \r\n\r\n<h3>When... 的时候</h3>\r\n<strong>When</strong> we talk about things that happened in the past or might happen in the future, we typically start our sentence with \"when\". \r\n\r\n\"When I was ten years old, I got my first dog.\"\r\n\"When I go to the store, do you want me to get you something?\"\r\n\r\nIn Chinese, the \"when\" is placed after the time, using 的时候 [pinyin]de5 shi2 hou4[/pinyin]. The same sentences, following a Chinese pattern, would be sound like this:\r\n\r\n\"I was ten years old when, ....\"\r\n我十岁<strong>的时候</strong>，\r\n\r\n\"I go to the store when, ...?\"\r\n我去商店<strong>的时候</strong>,\r\n\r\nMake sense?\r\n\r\n<h3>So much togetherness 一块儿</h3>\r\nDepending on how long you\'ve been studying, you may or may not have run across the word 一起 [pinyin]yi1 qi3[/pinyin], which means \"together\", as in \"We ate dinner together.\" (我们<strong>一起</strong>吃了晚饭).  一块儿 [pinyin]yi1 kuai4 er5[/pinyin] actually has two meanings. The first meaning is \"a block (of something)\", so like \"A block of cheese\" or \"A . But its second definition is very similar to 一起: in this case it also means \"together\" or more precisely \"<strong>as a block</strong>\". \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text:</h3>\r\n1) 从前，有个孩子叫孔融。他四岁<strong>的时候</strong>，有一天和哥哥<strong>一块儿</strong>吃梨。盘子里的梨有大的，也有小的，孔融拿了一个小梨。\r\n\r\n2) 爸爸看见了，问道：“你为什么不拿大的呢？”\r\n\r\n3) 孔融说：“我是弟弟，应该吃小的。”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.1010jiajiao.com/yuedu_page_20986/\" target=\"_blank\">See source</a> \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) Once, there was a child named Kong Rong. When he was 4 years old, one day he and his brother were eating pears. On the plate were big pears, and small pears, and Kong Rong grabbed a small pear. \r\n\r\n2) His father saw this and asked him, \"Why didn\'t you take a big pear?\" \r\n\r\n3) Kong Rong said: \"I\'m the little brother, I should eat the small one.\" \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《孔融让梨》Kong Rong Gives up the Pears', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-short-stories-%e3%80%8a%e5%ad%94%e8%9e%8d%e8%ae%a9%e6%a2%a8%e3%80%8bkong-rong-gives-up-the-pears', '', '', '2017-01-15 03:02:44', '2017-01-15 08:02:44', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2402', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2403, 1, '2016-11-12 05:04:19', '2016-11-12 10:04:19', '　Classic story used to educate young about modesty. \r\n\r\n从前，有个孩子叫孔融。他四岁的时候，有一天和哥哥一块儿吃梨。盘子里的梨有大的，也有小的，孔融拿了一个小梨。爸爸看见了，问道：“你为什么不拿大的呢？”孔融说：“我是弟弟，应该吃小的。”', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《孔融让梨》Kong Rong Gives up the Pears', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2402-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:04:19', '2016-11-12 10:04:19', '', 2402, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2402-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2404, 1, '2016-11-12 05:06:49', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'Here we talk about 到底\r\n\r\n\r\n　　春天，一群小鸟在屋檐下躲雨，它们在争论一个有趣的问题：\r\n　　春雨到底是什么颜色？\r\n　　小白鸽说：“春雨是无色的，你们伸手接几滴瞧瞧吧！”\r\n　　小燕子说：“不对，春雨是绿色的，你们瞧！春雨落在草地上，草地绿了，春雨淋在柳树上，柳枝儿绿了。。。。。。”\r\n　　麻雀说：“不不！春雨是红色的，你们瞧！春雨洒在桃树上，桃花红了，春雨滴在杏树上，杏花儿红了。。。。。。”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春雨》Spring Rain', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:06:49', '2016-11-12 10:06:49', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2404', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2405, 1, '2016-11-12 05:06:49', '2016-11-12 10:06:49', 'Here we talk about 到底\r\n\r\n\r\n　　春天，一群小鸟在屋檐下躲雨，它们在争论一个有趣的问题：\r\n　　春雨到底是什么颜色？\r\n　　小白鸽说：“春雨是无色的，你们伸手接几滴瞧瞧吧！”\r\n　　小燕子说：“不对，春雨是绿色的，你们瞧！春雨落在草地上，草地绿了，春雨淋在柳树上，柳枝儿绿了。。。。。。”\r\n　　麻雀说：“不不！春雨是红色的，你们瞧！春雨洒在桃树上，桃花红了，春雨滴在杏树上，杏花儿红了。。。。。。”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《春雨》Spring Rain', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2404-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:06:49', '2016-11-12 10:06:49', '', 2404, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2404-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2406, 1, '2017-03-01 06:30:34', '2017-03-01 11:30:34', 'I started translating this post thinking that it was going to be about sunflowers, the big, yellow, pinwheel-type dealies. I mean, 太阳花 [pinyin]tai4 yang2 hua1[/pinyin], right? Literally translates into \"sun flower\". But then I got to the bit where the flowers are described as \"pink-red\", and scrambled for the Baidu encyclopedia. Turns out, 太阳花 are not \"sunflowers\" as we know them. Those are <a href=\"http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=ZwBLj_xEUc2SQjtjtvyV5Z2vfemLXe6qi8OxRI5jjH-O2jlCSQVYKxOmShSH0HCPdXOjVnYg1GY4UHRRlILQzKElzIB5ql04-OpG_mCJ5uPpg4kHpEHxwuBhP4HOOsDhtbw4VXl_RhN2mbIHvs0ISJkwtnh3AUzp9WB2iTfjoLyWe9ezNzYBbw2FhCO3fXiq\">向日葵</a> [pinyin]xiang4 ri4 kui2[/pinyin]. No, <a href=\"http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=zpubNiUxxGf23KiltWjqfeeAdcLvVTbuPCPTs-jn7m7X0DbonwgWjo--LwPcw97ZnihvWLpPAJZ7W-xNfAIhmoF2_R8o0Jbb3FkpJLYBmXi\" target=\"_blank\">太阳花</a> is actually something called a \"moss rose\" (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_grandiflora\" target=\"_blank\">English Wikipedia entry</a>). They look like this: \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170113-learn-chinese-sunflowers-science-baidu.png\" alt=\"Learn to Read Chinese Characters\" width=\"1581\" height=\"1118\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2611\" />\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text:</h3>\r\n1) 太阳花是一种很美丽的小花，细细的小花瓣，粉红粉红的，鲜艳极了。叶子呢，也是细细的，嫩嫩的，像含着一包绿汁。\r\n\r\n2) 早上，太阳一升起，太阳花就兴冲冲地开放了。傍晚，太阳一下山，太阳花就慢慢合拢花瓣睡觉了。\r\n\r\n3) 太阳花的颜色可多了！有粉红的，有黄黄的、蓝蓝的，还有紫紫的。\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mofangge.com/html/qDetail/01/x2/201105/5mq5x20125268.html\" target=\"_blank\">See source</a> \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) Moss roses are a very pretty type of flower, with thin petals, all pinkish-red, very colorful. And the leaves, they\'re also thin and tender, as if containing a sack of green juice.  \r\n\r\n2) In the morning, when the sun rises, moss roses excitedly open. In the evening, when the sun falls behind the mountains, moss roses slowly close up their petals and sleep. \r\n\r\n3) How many colors of moss roses there are! There are pink-red, yellow, blue and also purple. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Facts in Chinese] 太阳花 - Sun... flowers?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'facts-in-chinese-%e5%a4%aa%e9%98%b3%e8%8a%b1-sun-flowers', '', '', '2017-01-15 03:04:09', '2017-01-15 08:04:09', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2406', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2407, 1, '2017-01-12 05:30:38', '2017-01-12 10:30:38', 'This passage comes out of a science-for-little-kids document library, and describes - shocker - dragonflies. How do I know it was written for kids? Because \"dragonflies\" (蜻蜓 [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] are referred to as \"小蜻蜓\" [pinyin]xiao3 qing1 ting2[/pinyin], or \"little dragonflies\", so the whole thing has a cutsie-face overtone.  \r\n\r\nThere are definitely two or three advanced verb characters in the passage, like 飞舞 [pinyin]fei1 wu3[/pinyin], which literally translates to \"fly dance\", but which might be better translated as \"to flit\" (through the air); and 掠 [pinyin]lve4[/pinyin], meaning \"skim\" or \"graze\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Verb Doubling</h3>\r\nDid you know that doubling up a verb in Chinese changes the tone of the verb? Yup. When you double up a verb, it implies that the action is done casually or in a carefree, offhand way. So this bit: 这里飞飞，那里停停，implies laid back \"flying\" and \"stopping\", as in, \"Flying here, stopping there\", or, \"Casually flying here and there\".\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text:</h3>\r\n1) 清清的小河边长满了绿油油的草，夹杂着许多不知名的野花。这就是小蜻蜓活动的天地。\r\n\r\n2) 小蜻蜓，身体轻，看上去好像一架小飞机。\r\n\r\n3) 它们有时在花间飞舞，有时轻轻掠过水面。这里飞飞，那里停停，小蜻蜓过者悠闲的日子。\r\n<a href=\"\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">See source</a> \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) The clear riverbank is covered with lush green grass, and scattered with nameless wildflowers. This is the little dragonfly\'s world (lit: activity world). \r\n\r\n2) Little dragonflies have light bodies, they look just like little airplanes.\r\n\r\n3) Sometimes they flit amongst the flowers, sometimes they skim across the surface of the water. Flying here, stopping there, little dragonflies rest in the sun. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Facts in Chinese] 小蜻蜓 - Dragonflies', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'facts-in-chinese-%e5%b0%8f%e8%9c%bb%e8%9c%93-dragonflies', '', '', '2017-01-12 05:34:51', '2017-01-12 10:34:51', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2407', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2408, 1, '2016-11-12 05:10:57', '2016-11-12 10:10:57', '　　清请的小河边长满了绿油油的草，夹杂着许多不知名的野花。这就是小蜻蜓活动的天地。\r\n　　小蜻蜓，身体轻，看上去好像一架小飞机。\r\n　　它们有时在花间飞舞，有时轻轻掠过水面。这里飞飞，那里停停，小蜻蜓过者悠闲的日子。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 《小蜻蜓》Dragonflies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2407-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:10:57', '2016-11-12 10:10:57', '', 2407, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2407-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2409, 1, '2016-11-12 05:13:41', '2016-11-12 10:13:41', '　　清请的小河边长满了绿油油的草，夹杂着许多不知名的野花。这就是小蜻蜓活动的天地。\r\n　　小蜻蜓，身体轻，看上去好像一架小飞机。\r\n　　它们有时在花间飞舞，有时轻轻掠过水面。这里飞飞，那里停停，小蜻蜓过者悠闲的日子。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 小蜻蜓 - Dragonflies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2407-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:13:41', '2016-11-12 10:13:41', '', 2407, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2407-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2410, 1, '2016-11-12 05:13:49', '2016-11-12 10:13:49', '　　太阳花是一种很美丽的小花，细细的小花瓣(bàn)，粉红粉红的，鲜艳极了。叶子呢，也是细细的，嫩(nèn)嫩的，像含着一包绿汁(zhī)。\r\n　　早上，太阳一升起，太阳花就兴冲冲地开放了。傍晚，太阳一下山，太阳花就慢慢合拢(lǒnɡ)花瓣睡觉了。\r\n　　太阳花的颜(yán)色可多了！有粉红的，有黄黄的、蓝蓝的，还有紫紫的。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 太阳花 - Sunflowers', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2406-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:13:49', '2016-11-12 10:13:49', '', 2406, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2406-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2411, 1, '2017-01-19 08:25:35', '2017-01-19 13:25:35', 'Why, yes they do. Here\'s another one I couldn\'t decide how to classify - the vocabulary is definitely intermediate. The length and structure are beginner. So don\'t beat yourself up if you\'re looking up more than a couple of words, here. \r\n\r\n<h3>Inescapable - 逃不过 [pinyin]tao4 bu2 guo4[/pinyin]</h3>\r\nTry as you might, there are some things in this life you can\'t get away from. If you\'re human, death and taxes, right? If you\'re a mouse, cats. And when we\'re describing these unavoidable things in Chinese, we might use the phrase 逃不过. \"A 逃不过 B\" means \"A can\'t escape from B\", or \"A couldn\'t escape B\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Hard bits</h3>\r\nIn the fourth sentence, the author mentions that cat\'s whiskers are \"像把尺\" - huh? Seems awkward and confusing, but this is perhaps easier to understand if I add back in the character that the author dropped from this sentence: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>猫的胡须像一把尺</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAh, once the number 一 [pinyin]yi1[/pinyin] goes back in there, the meaning is a little clearer. See, 把 [pinyin]ba3[/pinyin] is most frequently used as a verb that means \"to take\" or \"to pick up\". But in this case, it\'s a measure word for long, straight, rigid things. Which long, straight, rigid things? In this case, rulers, 尺 [pinyin]chi3[/pinyin]. So the entire phrase means:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Cat whiskers are like rulers</blockquote>\r\n\r\nAre they, though? This makes more sense when you read the rest, so I\'ll leave you to it:\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n猫是捉老鼠的能手。它的耳朵很灵敏，能转来转去，哪怕是极小的声音，它也能及时辨出。猫有一双明亮的眼睛，狡猾的老鼠逃不过它的眼睛。猫的胡须像把尺，能测出各个洞的大小。猫的脚爪上有锋利的爪子，能爬树、跳墙、追捕老鼠。　\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nCats are mouse-catching experts. Their ears are sensitive, able to swivel this way and that, and able to distinguish even the smallest noises. Cats have a pair of bright eyes, crafty mice can\'t escape their sight. Cats\' whiskers are like rulers, able to measure out the size of any hole. Cats\' paws have sharp claws, they can climb trees and jump walls to pursue and capture mice. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Facts in Chinese] 猫捉老鼠 - Cats Catch Mice', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'facts-in-chinese-%e7%8c%ab%e6%8d%89%e8%80%81%e9%bc%a0-cats-catch-mice', '', '', '2017-01-19 08:45:33', '2017-01-19 13:45:33', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2411', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2412, 1, '2016-11-12 05:18:58', '2016-11-12 10:18:58', '　　猫是捉老鼠的能手。它的耳朵很灵敏（líng mǐn），能转来转去，哪怕是极小的声音，它也能及时辨（biàn）出。猫有一双明亮的眼睛，狡猾（jiǎo huá）的老鼠逃(táo)不过它的眼睛。猫的胡须(xǖ)像把尺，能测(cè)出各个洞的大小。猫的脚爪(zhuǎ)上有锋利(fēng lì)的爪子，能爬树、跳墙、追捕老鼠。', '[Facts in Chinese] 猫捉老鼠 - Cats Catch Mice', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2411-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:18:58', '2016-11-12 10:18:58', '', 2411, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2411-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2413, 1, '2016-11-12 05:21:47', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '原来\r\n\r\n　　小花猫看见人会出汗（hàn），觉得希奇：“咦（yí），我怎么没汗呢？”它去问老牛。老牛指着自己汗淋(lín)淋的鼻子说：“汗？在鼻子上。”小花猫摸(mō)摸鼻子，没汗！\r\n　　小花猫再去问小马。小马在凉快的地方打滚(gǔn)。它指着自己的身体说：“汗？在身上。”小花猫舔舔（tiǎn）全身，没汗！\r\n　　小花猫又去问小狗。小狗正吐着舌头乘（chéng）凉。它说：“汗？在舌头上。”小花猫看不清舌头。\r\n　　小花猫去找小猪帮忙看舌头。小猪笑了：“你又不是狗，汗怎么会在舌头上？”小猪把脚掌(zhǎng)翻(fān)开，又叫小花猫把脚掌翻开。哈！两个都笑了：“原来，我们的汗藏在这里！”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小花猫出汗》Little Cat Sweats', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:21:47', '2016-11-12 10:21:47', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2413', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2414, 1, '2016-11-12 05:21:47', '2016-11-12 10:21:47', '原来\r\n\r\n　　小花猫看见人会出汗（hàn），觉得希奇：“咦（yí），我怎么没汗呢？”它去问老牛。老牛指着自己汗淋(lín)淋的鼻子说：“汗？在鼻子上。”小花猫摸(mō)摸鼻子，没汗！\r\n　　小花猫再去问小马。小马在凉快的地方打滚(gǔn)。它指着自己的身体说：“汗？在身上。”小花猫舔舔（tiǎn）全身，没汗！\r\n　　小花猫又去问小狗。小狗正吐着舌头乘（chéng）凉。它说：“汗？在舌头上。”小花猫看不清舌头。\r\n　　小花猫去找小猪帮忙看舌头。小猪笑了：“你又不是狗，汗怎么会在舌头上？”小猪把脚掌(zhǎng)翻(fān)开，又叫小花猫把脚掌翻开。哈！两个都笑了：“原来，我们的汗藏在这里！”\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小花猫出汗》Little Cat Sweats', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2413-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:21:47', '2016-11-12 10:21:47', '', 2413, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2413-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2415, 1, '2016-11-12 05:25:04', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　几个孩子在大树旁边拍皮球，皮球一跳，跳到一个树洞里去了。\r\n　　小马说：“我有办法。”他伸手到树洞里去掏，掏(tāo)了一会儿，掏不着。\r\n　　小石说：“我有办法。”他用两根树枝去夹，夹(jiá)了一会儿，也夹不住。\r\n　　小叶说：“我有办法。”他拿一把钩(gōu)子去钩，钩了一会儿，也钩不起来。\r\n　　小文想出了一个好办法，他叫人都去打一盆水来，你一盆，我一盆，把水倒到树洞里。树洞里的水满了，皮球就浮(fú)上来了。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《拍皮球》Playing Ball', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:25:04', '2016-11-12 10:25:04', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2415', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2416, 1, '2016-11-12 05:25:04', '2016-11-12 10:25:04', '　　几个孩子在大树旁边拍皮球，皮球一跳，跳到一个树洞里去了。\r\n　　小马说：“我有办法。”他伸手到树洞里去掏，掏(tāo)了一会儿，掏不着。\r\n　　小石说：“我有办法。”他用两根树枝去夹，夹(jiá)了一会儿，也夹不住。\r\n　　小叶说：“我有办法。”他拿一把钩(gōu)子去钩，钩了一会儿，也钩不起来。\r\n　　小文想出了一个好办法，他叫人都去打一盆水来，你一盆，我一盆，把水倒到树洞里。树洞里的水满了，皮球就浮(fú)上来了。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《拍皮球》Playing Ball', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:25:04', '2016-11-12 10:25:04', '', 2415, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2417, 1, '2016-11-12 05:31:52', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E7%8E%9B%E4%B8%BD%C2%B7%E5%B1%85%E9%87%8C\r\n\r\n春蚕（cán）是有事业心的，居(jù)里夫人就是把整个身心都献(xiàn)给科学和人类进步事业的人。她以毕生精力研究(yán jū)了镭(léi)，建立了崭(zǎn)新的放射(shè)科学，成为核(hé)物理(wù lí)的开拓(tuò)者。为着崇(chóng)高的事业，细心，耐(nàn)心地工作着，把一切献给人民，这就是春蚕的品格，这就是令人感动的居里夫人的品格。', '[Facts in Chinese] 《春蚕》- \"Silkworm\": Marie Curie', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:31:52', '2016-11-12 10:31:52', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2417', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2418, 1, '2016-11-12 05:31:52', '2016-11-12 10:31:52', '　https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E7%8E%9B%E4%B8%BD%C2%B7%E5%B1%85%E9%87%8C\r\n\r\n春蚕（cán）是有事业心的，居(jù)里夫人就是把整个身心都献(xiàn)给科学和人类进步事业的人。她以毕生精力研究(yán jū)了镭(léi)，建立了崭(zǎn)新的放射(shè)科学，成为核(hé)物理(wù lí)的开拓(tuò)者。为着崇(chóng)高的事业，细心，耐(nàn)心地工作着，把一切献给人民，这就是春蚕的品格，这就是令人感动的居里夫人的品格。', '[Facts in Chinese] 《春蚕》- \"Silkworm\": Marie Curie', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2417-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:31:52', '2016-11-12 10:31:52', '', 2417, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2417-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2419, 1, '2016-11-12 05:34:10', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '很久很久以前，人们就想到月亮上去看看那儿究竟有些什么。终于在1969年7月21日，两位美国宇(yǔ)航(háng)员乘着“阿波罗11号”宇宙(zhòn)飞船登上了月球，在月球上踏(tà)出了第一步，实现了人类(lèi)的这个梦想。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 飞船登上了月球 - Spaceship on the Moon', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:34:10', '2016-11-12 10:34:10', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2419', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2420, 1, '2016-11-12 05:34:10', '2016-11-12 10:34:10', '很久很久以前，人们就想到月亮上去看看那儿究竟有些什么。终于在1969年7月21日，两位美国宇(yǔ)航(háng)员乘着“阿波罗11号”宇宙(zhòn)飞船登上了月球，在月球上踏(tà)出了第一步，实现了人类(lèi)的这个梦想。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 飞船登上了月球 - Spaceship on the Moon', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2419-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:34:10', '2016-11-12 10:34:10', '', 2419, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2419-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2421, 1, '2016-11-12 05:36:08', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '　　谁都知道，城市里最热闹！可是，在城市的地底下也是非常热闹的。\r\n　　先看看四通八达的地下铁道，把人们从这儿运到那儿。在城市的河流底下，还有着长长的过江隧(sùi)道，里面过一辆一辆的汽车。管道可就更多了。电线、煤(méi)气，自来水的管(guǎn)道都在底下。在城市的地底下，还有医院(yī yuàn)，汽车库(kù)，游乐场呢……\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 地底下热闹 - The Lively Underground', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:36:08', '2016-11-12 10:36:08', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2421', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2422, 1, '2016-11-12 05:36:08', '2016-11-12 10:36:08', '　　谁都知道，城市里最热闹！可是，在城市的地底下也是非常热闹的。\r\n　　先看看四通八达的地下铁道，把人们从这儿运到那儿。在城市的河流底下，还有着长长的过江隧(sùi)道，里面过一辆一辆的汽车。管道可就更多了。电线、煤(méi)气，自来水的管(guǎn)道都在底下。在城市的地底下，还有医院(yī yuàn)，汽车库(kù)，游乐场呢……\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Facts in Chinese] 地底下热闹 - The Lively Underground', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2421-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:36:08', '2016-11-12 10:36:08', '', 2421, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2421-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2423, 1, '2017-03-15 06:30:52', '2017-03-15 10:30:52', 'People who like the rain seem to think they\'re some kind of elite class of whimsical puddle-jumping Amelies. No, dude. Everyone likes the rain. Only miserable, soul-sick, sad sacks don\'t like any kind of rain, ever. We\'ll forgive the kid that wrote this his affectation, though, since it sounds like he\'s in middle school or thereabouts. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<h3>Verb + Result - 冲坏</h3>\r\nIn Chinese, very often an action, and then the result of that action, are placed right next to each other. We see a pretty sweet example of this in paragraph two: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>(雨)把道路冲坏了。</blockquote>\r\n\r\nFirst, we see the verb, in this case 冲 ([pinyin]chong[/pinyin] - to flood, gush or pour), and then the result of that verb, in this case 坏 ([pinyin]huai4[/pinyin] - broken, messed up). In other words, the rain flooded the streets until they were a big ol\' mess. More examples:\r\n\r\n<strong>倒满</strong>了水\r\nto <strong>pour full</strong> of water\r\n\r\n把玩具<strong>弄坏</strong>\r\nTake the toy and <strong>use</strong> it until it\'s <strong>broken</strong> (break it)\r\n\r\n<strong>用光</strong>了钱\r\n<strong>Use up</strong> the money\r\n\r\nAnd now, our feature presentation. \r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 我喜欢雨。春天的雨使种子发芽，大地一片桃红柳绿。夏天的雨给大地洗个澡，人们觉得很凉快。秋天的雨给大地换上了金色的外衣，大地丰收了。\r\n\r\n2) 可是，昨天的雨太可怕了，就像天上有人把一盆一盆的水往下倒，把道路<strong>冲坏</strong>了，把庄稼冲坏了。\r\n\r\n3) 雨给人们带来了许多好处，有时也会给人们带来灾难。\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) I like rain. Spring rain causes the seeds to sprout, and all the earth is red peaches and green willows. Summer rains shower the earth, and everyone feels refreshed. Autumn rains let the earth change into a coat of gold, and the harvest is bountiful. \r\n\r\n2) And yet, yesterday\'s rain was frightening, as if there was someone in heaven overturning basin after basin of water, flooding the streets, flooding the crops.\r\n\r\n3) Rain brings us benefits, but sometimes also brings us disaster. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Essays] 我喜欢雨 - I like the Rain', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-essays-%e6%88%91%e5%96%9c%e6%ac%a2%e9%9b%a8-i-like-the-rain', '', '', '2017-01-15 03:08:44', '2017-01-15 08:08:44', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2423', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2424, 1, '2016-11-12 05:39:30', '2016-11-12 10:39:30', '好处\r\n\r\n　　我喜欢雨。春天的雨使种子发芽，大地一片桃 柳 。夏天的雨给大地洗个澡(zǎo)，人们觉得很凉快。秋天的雨给大地换上了金色的外衣，大地丰收了。\r\n　　可是，昨天的雨太可怕了，就像天上有人把一盆（pén）一盆的水往下倒，把道路冲坏了，把庄稼(jiā)冲坏了。\r\n　　雨给人们带来了许多好处，有时也会给人们带来灾难。\r\n\r\nhttp://www.360doc.com/content/12/0624/17/1764012_220163890.shtml', '[Chinese Short Stories] 我喜欢雨 - I like the Rain', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2423-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 05:39:30', '2016-11-12 10:39:30', '', 2423, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2423-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2425, 1, '2016-11-12 07:42:44', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '   解放军英模朱伯儒七岁那年和一群小伙伴光着屁股玩泥巴。小伯儒拿着一团泥巴捏啊捏，不一会儿就捏成了一个小泥人。他高兴极了，给这个看看，给那个瞧瞧，伙伴们都很羡慕他。一个叫邓瑞森的孩子太喜欢这个小泥人了，就向伯儒要。小伯儒不肯给。邓瑞森生气了，不管三七二十一，拿起砖头就朝伯儒扔去，正巧砸在小伯儒头上，鲜血流了出来。小伯儒疼得直哭。邓瑞森吓得一溜烟跑回家里。两个好朋友就这样闹崩了。  后来，邓瑞森病了，一连几天没去上学。朱伯儒知道后，真想去看望他。可一想起上回的事，又有点犹豫了。但回想起一起玩耍劳动时的快乐时光，他终于鼓足勇气来到了邓瑞森家里。正巧邓瑞森的妈妈上山砍柴去了，家里没有别人，床头上连碗水都没有。小伯儒心里难过极了，连忙跑回家端来了一碗滚热的红薯汤，让邓瑞森趁热喝了下去。邓瑞森拉着小伯儒的手，泪水止不住地往下流。他哽咽着说：“伯儒，我对不起你。”小伯儒赶紧说：“不！好朋友是不记仇的。”\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###', '[Famous People] 朱伯儒 - Revolutionary Hero Zhu Boru Didn\'t Hold Grudges', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:42:44', '2016-11-12 12:42:44', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2425', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(2426, 1, '2016-11-12 07:10:48', '2016-11-12 12:10:48', '   解放军英模朱伯儒七岁那年和一群小伙伴光着屁股玩泥巴。小伯儒拿着一团泥巴捏啊捏，不一会儿就捏成了一个小泥人。他高兴极了，给这个看看，给那个瞧瞧，伙伴们都很羡慕他。一个叫邓瑞森的孩子太喜欢这个小泥人了，就向伯儒要。小伯儒不肯给。邓瑞森生气了，不管三七二十一，拿起砖头就朝伯儒扔去，正巧砸在小伯儒头上，鲜血流了出来。小伯儒疼得直哭。邓瑞森吓得一溜烟跑回家里。两个好朋友就这样闹崩了。  后来，邓瑞森病了，一连几天没去上学。朱伯儒知道后，真想去看望他。可一想起上回的事，又有点犹豫了。但回想起一起玩耍劳动时的快乐时光，他终于鼓足勇气来到了邓瑞森家里。正巧邓瑞森的妈妈上山砍柴去了，家里没有别人，床头上连碗水都没有。小伯儒心里难过极了，连忙跑回家端来了一碗滚热的红薯汤，让邓瑞森趁热喝了下去。邓瑞森拉着小伯儒的手，泪水止不住地往下流。他哽咽着说：“伯儒，我对不起你。”小伯儒赶紧说：“不！好朋友是不记仇的。”\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《“好朋友是不记仇的” 》Friends Don\'t Keep Grudges', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2425-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:10:48', '2016-11-12 12:10:48', '', 2425, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2425-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2427, 1, '2016-11-12 07:11:08', '2016-11-12 12:11:08', '   解放军英模朱伯儒七岁那年和一群小伙伴光着屁股玩泥巴。小伯儒拿着一团泥巴捏啊捏，不一会儿就捏成了一个小泥人。他高兴极了，给这个看看，给那个瞧瞧，伙伴们都很羡慕他。一个叫邓瑞森的孩子太喜欢这个小泥人了，就向伯儒要。小伯儒不肯给。邓瑞森生气了，不管三七二十一，拿起砖头就朝伯儒扔去，正巧砸在小伯儒头上，鲜血流了出来。小伯儒疼得直哭。邓瑞森吓得一溜烟跑回家里。两个好朋友就这样闹崩了。  后来，邓瑞森病了，一连几天没去上学。朱伯儒知道后，真想去看望他。可一想起上回的事，又有点犹豫了。但回想起一起玩耍劳动时的快乐时光，他终于鼓足勇气来到了邓瑞森家里。正巧邓瑞森的妈妈上山砍柴去了，家里没有别人，床头上连碗水都没有。小伯儒心里难过极了，连忙跑回家端来了一碗滚热的红薯汤，让邓瑞森趁热喝了下去。邓瑞森拉着小伯儒的手，泪水止不住地往下流。他哽咽着说：“伯儒，我对不起你。”小伯儒赶紧说：“不！好朋友是不记仇的。”\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《“好朋友是不记仇的” 》Friends Don\'t Keep Grudges', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2425-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:11:08', '2016-11-12 12:11:08', '', 2425, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2425-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2428, 1, '2017-03-09 06:30:57', '2017-03-09 11:30:57', 'Personally, I\'ve never heard of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Ostrovsky\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolai Wassisface</a>. Maybe I should have, because anyone with a forehead like that deserves my attention and respect. Or maybe no one in the West really knows who this is, but because of China\'s relatively long-standing friendly relationship with the Soviet Union, Chinese intellectuals are more keyed-in to Soviet lit. Dunno. \r\n\r\n<h3>三步并作两步 [pinyin]san1 bu4 bing4 zuo4 liang3 bu4[/pinyin]</h3>\r\nCouldn\'t find this in the dictionary, had to turn to Baidu Answers for feedback. Apparently, 三步并作两步 is just a wordy way to say \"walking fast\". The phrase also seems to have a few different permutations, and turned up in web searches more commonly as: 三步并做二步. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 苏联优秀小说《钢铁是怎样炼成的》作者尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基，从小就懂得关心和同情别人。有一次，母亲让他去铁路机车库给哥哥送早饭，临走时，再三嘱咐他路上不要逗留。可尼古拉一去就是几个小时，直到日升中天时还没有回来。母亲心慌意乱起来，几次跑到篱栅门外去张望。因为她知道，尼古拉经过车站时，经常从车厢底下爬过去。这样虽然少跑了路，但很容易发生危险。望来望去，仍然不见尼古拉的影子，母亲只好三步并作两步往车库方向找去，就在母亲心急如焚的时候，终于看见了尼古拉的身影。  \r\n\r\n2) 原来，尼古拉在从车库回家的路上，遇见一位妇女。她身上背着两个满满鼓鼓的大口袋，一只手提着篮子，里面放着一只母鸡和许多小鸡，另一只手还领着一个两三岁的孩子。那孩子正哭着闹着不肯走呢！尼古拉一问，知道她是急着去赶火车的，眼下离开车时间只有十几分钟了。偏偏就在这个时候，母鸡挣脱篮子飞了出来，小鸡也跟着四处乱跑。尼古拉见此情景，毫不迟疑地跑过去，把母鸡和小鸡一只只抓住，放进了篮子，并把篮子牢牢捆好。随后，又接过那位妇女背上的口袋，一直送她到了车站。母亲听了，心中的火气顿时烟消云散。她高兴地抱住尼古拉，接连亲吻了几次。\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://www.gushi51.com/mingren/gushi3222.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) Author of outstanding Soviet novel \"How the Steel was Tempered\" Nikolai Ostrovsky understood how to care for and empathize with others since he was a child. One day, his mother sent him to the train yard with some breakfast for his brother, and before he left, repeatedly admonished him not to tarry. But Nikolai was gone for several hours, and still had not returned by the time the sun had risen into the noontime sky. His mother began to fret, now and then running out to the hedgerows to look for him. She knew that when Nikolai crossed the train station, he often went by crawling beneath the train cars. Though that was the shorter way, it was also dangerous. Looking all about, but still catching no sign of Nikolai, she began walking hurriedly in the direction of the train yard, but just as her impatience reached a fever pitch, she finally caught sight of Nikolai.\r\n\r\n2) As it turned out, Nikolai was on his way back from the train yard, when he happened to spot a young lady. She was carrying two overstuffed bags on her back, in one hand she carried a basket with a mother hen and several little chicks, and with the other hand she was pulling a two or three-year-old child. How the child cried and wailed, unwilling to walk. Nikolai asked, and learned that she was hurrying to catch a train, which was scheduled to leave in little more than ten minutes. Just at that moment, the mother hen struggled free of the basket and flew out, and the little chicks followed, running off in all directions. Nikolai saw this, and ran over without hesitation, caught the mother hen and the chicks one by one, put them in the basket, and tied the basket up firmly. After that, he shouldered the woman\'s burdens, and took her all the way to the station. His mother listened, and her anger instantly disappeared like a cloud of smoke. She happily embraced Nikolai, and covered him in kisses. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Famous People] 尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基 - Author Nikolai Ostrovsky\'s Empathy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'famous-people-%e5%b0%bc%e5%8f%a4%e6%8b%89%c2%b7%e5%a5%a5%e6%96%af%e7%89%b9%e6%b4%9b%e5%a4%ab%e6%96%af%e5%9f%ba-author-nikolai-ostrovskys-empathy', '', '', '2017-01-20 03:30:05', '2017-01-20 08:30:05', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2428', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2429, 1, '2016-11-12 07:16:11', '2016-11-12 12:16:11', '  苏联优秀小说《钢铁是怎样炼成的》作者尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基，从小就懂得关心和同情别人。有一次，母亲让他去铁路机车库给哥哥送早饭，临走时，再三嘱咐他路上不要逗留。可尼古拉一去就是几个小时，直到日升中天时还没有回来。母亲心慌意乱起来，几次跑到篱栅门外去张望。因为她知道，尼古拉经过车站时，经常从车厢底下爬过去。这样虽然少跑了路，但很容易发生危险。望来望去，仍然不见尼古拉的影子，母亲只好三步并作两步往车库方向找去，就在母亲心急如焚的时候，终于看见了尼古拉的身影。  原来，尼古拉在从车库回家的路上，遇见一位妇女。她身上背着两个满满鼓鼓的大口袋，一只手提着篮子，里面放着一只母鸡和许多小鸡，另一只手还领着一个两三岁的孩子。那孩子正哭着闹着不肯走呢！尼古拉一问，知道她是急着去赶火车的，眼下离开车时间只有十几分钟了。偏偏就在这个时候，母鸡挣脱篮子飞了出来，小鸡也跟着四处乱跑。尼古拉见此情景，毫不迟疑地跑过去，把母鸡和小鸡一只只抓住，放进了篮子，并把篮子牢牢捆好。随后，又接过那位妇女背上的口袋，一直送她到了车站„„  母亲听了，心中的火气顿时烟消云散。她高兴地抱住尼古拉，接连亲吻了几次。', '[Short Stories in Chinese] 《亲吻代替了责备》A Kiss Replaces a Reproach', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2428-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:16:11', '2016-11-12 12:16:11', '', 2428, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2428-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2430, 1, '2017-03-08 06:30:34', '2017-03-08 11:30:34', 'Or rather, \"Little Tortoise figures out that life is mostly just about figuring out what defense mechanisms you developed and learning to deal with them.\" \r\n\r\n<h3>However - 却</h3>\r\nThis passage is a good showcase for 却 [pinyin]que4[/pinyin]. 却 usually appears in the second part of a sentence, and indicates a reversal of whatever was said in the first bit, similar to \"however\", \"but\", or \"on the other hand\". \r\n\r\nHowever (heh), 却 is used a little differently than we might use these words in English. You can\'t stick it in the beginning of a sentence. \"However, she only waited two hours before she decided to go home.\" MAY NOT BE translated as \"却, 她只等了两个小时就决定回家了。\" \r\n\r\nRather, you stick it behind the noun in the second part of the sentence to show contrast with the first part: 我想去，他却不想去。(\"I want to go, he, however, does not.\")\r\n\r\nYou\'ll see this several times in the passage below. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 小乌龟问妈妈：“为什么我们生下来，就要背着这又硬又重的外壳呢？” \r\n\r\n2) 妈妈：“因为我们的身体很软，很脆弱，可以爬，却爬不快；可以游，又游不远。外面的世界充满了危险，这个壳就是保护我们的家啊！” \r\n\r\n3) 小乌龟疑惑地问：“可是海鸥小妹妹的身体好像也很软，为什么她却不用背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  \r\n\r\n4) 妈妈耐心地解释：“因为海鸥妹妹长大了会飞翔，天空会保护她啊。” \r\n\r\n5) 小乌龟还是不明白：“青蛙弟弟也很软，爬不快游不远，而且也不会飞翔，他为什么不背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  \r\n\r\n6) 妈妈说：“因为青蛙弟弟的家在麦田，大地会保护他啊。” \r\n\r\n7) 小乌龟哭了起来：“我们好可怜，天空不保护我们，大地也不保护我们。” \r\n\r\n8) 乌龟妈妈安慰他：“可是我们有壳啊！我们不靠天，不靠地，我们只靠我们自己。”\r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) The little tortoise asked his mother: \"Why is it that when we\'re born, we must carry around these hard and heavy shells?\" \r\n\r\n2) Mother: \"Because our bodies are weak and frail, we can crawl but we can\'t crawl fast; we can swim, but we can\'t swim far. The outside world is full of danger, these shells are the homes that protect us!\" \r\n\r\n3) Little Tortoise doubtfully asked: \"But Sister Seagull\'s body also seems weak, why doesn\'t she have to carry a hard and heavy shell like ours?\" \r\n\r\n4) Mama patiently explained: \"Because when Sister Seagull grows up she can fly, and the sky will protect her.\" \r\n\r\n5) Little Tortoise still didn\'t understand: \"Little brother frog is also weak, he can\'t crawl fast and he can\'t swim far, neither can he fly, so why doesn\'t he have to carry a hard and heavy shell like ours?\"\r\n\r\n6) Mother said: \"Because Little Brother Frog lives in the wheat fields, the earth will protect him.\" \r\n\r\n7) Little tortoise started to cry: \"How pitiful we are, the sky doesn\'t protect us, and the earth doesn\'t protect us either.\"  \r\n\r\n8) Mama Tortoise comforted him: \"But we have shells! We don\'t depend on the sky, we don\'t depend on the earth, we need only depend on ourselves.\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小乌龟的困惑》Little Tortoise Find Out Life is Hard', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chinese-short-stories-%e3%80%8a%e5%b0%8f%e4%b9%8c%e9%be%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%9b%b0%e6%83%91%e3%80%8blittle-tortoise-find-out-life-is-hard', '', '', '2017-01-15 03:05:32', '2017-01-15 08:05:32', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2430', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2431, 1, '2016-11-12 07:20:46', '2016-11-12 12:20:46', '  小乌龟问妈妈：“为什么我们生下来，就要背着这又硬又重的外壳呢？” 妈妈：“因为我们的身体很软，很脆弱，可以爬，却爬不快；可以游，又游不远。外面的世界充满了危险，这个壳就是保护我们的家啊！” 小乌龟疑惑地问：“可是海鸥小妹妹的身体好像也很软，为什么她却不用背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  妈妈耐心地解释：“因为海鸥妹妹长大了会飞翔，天空会保护她啊。” 小乌龟还是不明白：“青蛙弟弟也很软，爬不快游不远，而且也不会飞翔，他为什么不背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  妈妈说：“因为青蛙弟弟的家在麦田，大地会保护他啊。” 小乌龟哭了起来：“我们好可怜，天空不保护我们，大地也不保护我们。” 乌龟妈妈安慰他：“可是我们有壳啊！我们不靠天，不靠地，我们只靠我们自己。”', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小乌龟的困惑》Little Turtle is Puzzled', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2430-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:20:46', '2016-11-12 12:20:46', '', 2430, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2430-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2432, 1, '2016-11-12 07:21:02', '2016-11-12 12:21:02', '  小乌龟问妈妈：“为什么我们生下来，就要背着这又硬又重的外壳呢？” 妈妈：“因为我们的身体很软，很脆弱，可以爬，却爬不快；可以游，又游不远。外面的世界充满了危险，这个壳就是保护我们的家啊！” 小乌龟疑惑地问：“可是海鸥小妹妹的身体好像也很软，为什么她却不用背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  妈妈耐心地解释：“因为海鸥妹妹长大了会飞翔，天空会保护她啊。” 小乌龟还是不明白：“青蛙弟弟也很软，爬不快游不远，而且也不会飞翔，他为什么不背像我们这样又硬又重的壳呢？”  妈妈说：“因为青蛙弟弟的家在麦田，大地会保护他啊。” 小乌龟哭了起来：“我们好可怜，天空不保护我们，大地也不保护我们。” 乌龟妈妈安慰他：“可是我们有壳啊！我们不靠天，不靠地，我们只靠我们自己。”\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《小乌龟的困惑》Little Turtle is Puzzled', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2430-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:21:02', '2016-11-12 12:21:02', '', 2430, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2430-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2433, 1, '2016-11-12 07:39:06', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', ' 汤姆·邓普西生下来的时候只有半只左脚和一只畸形的右手，父母从未让他因为自己残疾而感到不安。  后来他学踢橄榄球，他发现，自己能把球踢得比别的男孩子都远。他专门请人设计了一只鞋子，参加了踢球测验，并且得到了冲锋队的一份合约。  但是教练却婉转地告诉他，说他“不具备做职业橄榄球员的条件”，请他去试试其他的职业。最后他申请加入新奥尔良圣徒球队，并且请求教练给他一次机会。教练虽然心存怀疑，但是看到这个孩子这么自信，对他顿生好感，因此就接受了他。  他一生中最重要的一次比赛到来了。那天，球场上坐了66万名球迷。球是在28码线上，比赛只剩下了几秒钟。这时球队把球推进到45码线上。“邓普西，进场踢球。”教练大声喊。  当邓普西进场时，他知道他的队距离得分线只有55码远，那是由巴第摩尔雄马队毕特·瑞奇踢出来的。球传接得很好，邓普西一脚全力踢在球身上，球在笔直地前进。但是踢得够远吗？几十万名球迷屏气观看，球在球门横杆之上几英寸的地方越过，接着终端得分线上的裁判举起双手，表示得了3分，邓普西的球队以19比17获胜。球迷们疯狂了，他们被邓普西创造的奇迹震撼了，很多人泪如雨下。因为这个“极限球”是一个只有半只左脚和一只畸形右手的球员踢出来的。', '[Famous People] 汤姆·邓普西 - Tom Dempsey\'s \"Impossible\" Career', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:39:06', '2016-11-12 12:39:06', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2433', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2435, 1, '2016-11-12 07:26:33', '2016-11-12 12:26:33', '\r\n 汤姆·邓普西生下来的时候只有半只左脚和一只畸形的右手，父母从未让他因为自己残疾而感到不安。  后来他学踢橄榄球，他发现，自己能把球踢得比别的男孩子都远。他专门请人设计了一只鞋子，参加了踢球测验，并且得到了冲锋队的一份合约。  但是教练却婉转地告诉他，说他“不具备做职业橄榄球员的条件”，请他去试试其他的职业。最后他申请加入新奥尔良圣徒球队，并且请求教练给他一次机会。教练虽然心存怀疑，但是看到这个孩子这么自信，对他顿生好感，因此就接受了他。  他一生中最重要的一次比赛到来了。那天，球场上坐了66万名球迷。球是在28码线上，比赛只剩下了几秒钟。这时球队把球推进到45码线上。“邓普西，进场踢球。”教练大声喊。  当邓普西进场时，他知道他的队距离得分线只有55码远，那是由巴第摩尔雄马队毕特·瑞奇踢出来的。球传接得很好，邓普西一脚全力踢在球身上，球在笔直地前进。但是踢得够远吗？几十万名球迷屏气观看，球在球门横杆之上几英寸的地方越过，接着终端得分线上的裁判举起双手，表示得了3分，邓普西的球队以19比17获胜。球迷们疯狂了，他们被邓普西创造的奇迹震撼了，很多人泪如雨下。因为这个“极限球”是一个只有半只左脚和一只畸形右手的球员踢出来的。', '[Facts in Chinese] 汤姆·邓普西 - Tom Dempsey', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:26:33', '2016-11-12 12:26:33', '', 2433, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2434, 1, '2016-11-12 07:25:11', '2016-11-12 12:25:11', '\r\n\r\n 汤姆·邓普西生下来的时候只有半只左脚和一只畸形的右手，父母从未让他因为自己残疾而感到不安。  后来他学踢橄榄球，他发现，自己能把球踢得比别的男孩子都远。他专门请人设计了一只鞋子，参加了踢球测验，并且得到了冲锋队的一份合约。  但是教练却婉转地告诉他，说他“不具备做职业橄榄球员的条件”，请他去试试其他的职业。最后他申请加入新奥尔良圣徒球队，并且请求教练给他一次机会。教练虽然心存怀疑，但是看到这个孩子这么自信，对他顿生好感，因此就接受了他。  他一生中最重要的一次比赛到来了。那天，球场上坐了66万名球迷。球是在28码线上，比赛只剩下了几秒钟。这时球队把球推进到45码线上。“邓普西，进场踢球。”教练大声喊。  当邓普西进场时，他知道他的队距离得分线只有55码远，那是由巴第摩尔雄马队毕特·瑞奇踢出来的。球传接得很好，邓普西一脚全力踢在球身上，球在笔直地前进。但是踢得够远吗？几十万名球迷屏气观看，球在球门横杆之上几英寸的地方越过，接着终端得分线上的裁判举起双手，表示得了3分，邓普西的球队以19比17获胜。球迷们疯狂了，他们被邓普西创造的奇迹震撼了，很多人泪如雨下。因为这个“极限球”是一个只有半只左脚和一只畸形右手的球员踢出来的。', '[Facts in Chinese] 汤姆·邓普西 - Tom Dempsy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:25:11', '2016-11-12 12:25:11', '', 2433, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2436, 1, '2017-03-03 06:30:59', '2017-03-03 11:30:59', '<a href=\"http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=5lsfQ4E2dC2YqhMIAiLNSy2r2WUWM1cTZX0KyPPWUEIvWT9SJ46seR8KKdpifbC6rIdl8aaajTzvjCiuJDdU2m9BYqQgQyQokO0uddZKPk6HX1iVRqCLqv1aYyFQzoItb5vMOSVvfmo7OR_q40LTOg1dxdUXLQmc0rFlHxw3yXa\" target=\"_blank\">任伯年 Ren Bowen</a> (1840—1896) was a well-known painter from the late Qing Dynasty. Actually, he was the most famous of four painters that appeared during late Qing, all sporting the surname \"Ren\", and collectively dubbed \"The Four Rens\" (<a href=\"http://baike.baidu.com/view/6883150.htm\" target=\"_blank\">四任</a>). He was known for his folk art, specifically his skill in using few brush strokes to depict detailed facial expressions. \r\n\r\nThis probably-fictionalized account details how a precocious young Ren Bonian got his start in the art world, studying under one of the other great \"Rens\" of the time, 任渭长 [pinyin]ren4 wei4 chang2[/pinyin]. \r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text:</h3>\r\n1) 清末著名画家任伯年，出身贫寒，父亲早亡。他为谋生路，十五岁就流落到上海，自画扇面，摆摊出卖。然而，一个穷孩子的画谁能瞧得上眼呢？他每日都在为温饱而发愁。有一次，他看到两个人为争名画家任渭长的一幅画而吵得面红耳赤，非常感慨，心想：为克服生活困境，挣点学习费用，何不借用一下任渭长的大名呢！于是，他就把自己画的扇面都假落“任渭长”的名字。果然，地摊上的生意一天天地好起来。  \r\n\r\n2) 当时，任渭长正在上海。一天，他经过任伯年的地摊，见地摊上的扇面画得不错，拿起来仔细一瞧，上面的落款竟是自己的名字，十分诧异，就问道：“这些扇面是谁画的？”   \r\n\r\n3) “任渭长画的。”任伯年回答。  \r\n\r\n4) “任渭长是你什么人？”  \r\n\r\n5) “我的叔叔。”  \r\n\r\n6) “你见过他么？”   \r\n\r\n7) “这...”任伯年愣了一下，不高兴地说：“你要买就买，不买就算了，何必打破砂锅问到底？”   \r\n\r\n8) 任渭长觉得这孩子倒也可爱，就笑着说：“我就是任渭长。”   \r\n\r\n9) 任伯年一听，羞愧得无地自容，欲正打算丢下地摊逃走，任渭长一把拉住了他，和气地问道：“你为什么要冒名顶替呢？”   \r\n\r\n10) 任伯年把自己的真实想法一五一十地全讲了。任渭长十分同情任伯年的处境，再看他的画也已有几分基础，就当场表示愿意收他为徒。  \r\n\r\n11) 任伯年因祸得福，喜出望外，马上叩头拜了老师。在任渭长的指导下，任伯年长进很快，不到壮年，他的画已名扬江南了。 \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.etstory.cn/mingren/63780.html\" target=\"_blank\">See source</a>\r\n\r\n \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) In the late Qing Dynasty there was a famous painter named Ren Bonian who was born in poverty, and whose father died quite early. To earn a living he took to the road, and when he was 15 he landed in Shanghai, painting fans, and selling them from a roadside stand. However, who would deign to cast a glance at the paintings of a poor child? He worried every day where his next meal would come from and how he\'d stay warm. One time, he saw two people fighting over a piece by famous painter Ren Weichang until they were red in the face, and he thought: in order to overcome these difficult circumstances, and earn a little money for school, how about I borrow Ren Weichang\'s famous name for a while! And so, he took the fans he\'d painted and added \"Ren Weichang\"\'s fake signature to them. Naturally, the business at his stall was better and better each day. \r\n\r\n2) At that time, Ren Weichang was in Shanghai. One day, he passed by Ren Bonian\'s stand, and saw that the fans there were painted quite well, so he picked one up to have a closer look, saw that the inscription was his own name, and quite astonished, asked: \"Who painted these fans?\"  \r\n\r\n3) \"Ren Weichang painted them,\" Ren Bonian answered. \r\n\r\n4) \"How do you know Ren Weichang?\"\r\n\r\n5) \"He\'s my uncle.\"\r\n\r\n6) \"Have you ever seen him?\"\r\n\r\n7) \"Uh... \" Ren Bonian froze a moment, and said unhappily, \"If you want to buy one, buy one, if you don\'t just forget it, is there any need to ruin everything asking so many questions?\" \r\n\r\n8) Ren Weichang thought this kid was pretty cute, and said laughing: \"I\'m Ren Weichang.\" \r\n\r\n9) Ren Bonian heard this, and was ashamed to show his face, and planned to abandon his stall and flee, but Ren Weichang put out a hand and stopped him, asking amicably, \"Why did you need to impersonate me?\"\r\n\r\n10) Ren Bonian explained himself truthfully and thoroughly. Ren Weichang had considerable sympathy for Ren Bonian\'s plight, and he saw from his paintings that he already had a solid foundation (in the trade), and expressed his willingness to take him on as an apprentice there and then.   \r\n\r\n11)  Ren Bonian pulled fortune out of disaster, and was overjoyed at this unexpected good fortune, instantly kowtowing to his teacher. Under Ren Weichan\'s tutelage, Ren Bonian improved quickly, and before he\'d reached maturity, his paintings were already famous throughout Jiangnan. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n 　   \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n         ', '[Famous People] 任伯年 - Painter Ren Bonian and his Teacher', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'famous-people-%e4%bb%bb%e4%bc%af%e5%b9%b4-painter-ren-bonian-and-his-teacher', '', '', '2017-01-19 06:48:33', '2017-01-19 11:48:33', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2436', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2437, 1, '2016-11-12 07:30:45', '2016-11-12 12:30:45', '\r\n    清末著名画家任伯年，出身贫寒，父亲早亡。他为谋生路，十五岁就流落到上海，自画扇面，摆摊出卖。然而，一个穷孩子的画谁能瞧得上眼呢？他每日都在为温饱而发愁。有一次，他看到两个人为争名画家任渭长的一幅画而吵得面红耳赤，非常感慨，心想：为克服生活困境，挣点学习费用，何不借用一下任渭长的大名呢！于是，他就把自己画的扇面都假落“任渭长”的名字。果然，地摊上的生意一天天地好起来。  当时，任渭长正在上海。一天，他经过任伯年的地摊，见地摊上的扇面画得不错，拿起来仔细一瞧，上面的落款竟是自己的名字，十分诧异，就问道：“这些扇面是谁画的？”   “任渭长画的。”任伯年回答。  “任渭长是你什么人？”  “我的叔叔。”  “你见过他么？”   “这„„”任伯年愣了一下，不高兴地说：“你要买就买，不买就算了，何必打破砂锅问到底？”   任渭长觉得这孩子倒也可爱，就笑着说：“我就是任渭长。”   任伯年一听，羞愧得无地自容，欲正打算丢下地摊逃走，任渭长一把拉住了他，和气地问道：“你为什么要冒名顶替呢？”   任伯年把自己的真实想法一五一十地全讲了。任渭长十分同情任伯年的处境，再看他的画也已有几分基础，就当场表示愿意收他为徒。  任伯年因祸得福，喜出望外，马上叩头拜了老师。  在任渭长的指导下，任伯年长进很快，不到壮年，他的画已名扬江南了。', '[Famous People] 画家任伯年 - Painter Ren Bonian', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2436-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:30:45', '2016-11-12 12:30:45', '', 2436, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2436-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2438, 1, '2016-11-12 07:37:11', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '50年代，乒乓球运动员容国团从香港回到国内，成为国家队成员。他决心为中国夺取世界冠军，所以训练很刻苦。他常对人说：人生能有几次搏？当祖国需要的时候，我就要拼搏，争取胜利。1959年，他终于在世界乒乓球锦标赛上战胜了对手，为祖国获得了第一个个人世界冠军。然而他还不满足，继续拼搏，后来又为中国第一次取得男子团体冠军做出了贡献。当了教练之后，他又率领中国女队第一次取得了团体冠军。这“三个第一”，生动地体现了这位体坛名将为国争光的巨大热情。  羽毛球运动员侯加昌是印尼华侨，球艺十分高超，有争夺世界冠军的实力，可他为发展中国的羽毛球运动，回到了祖国。因为当时中国还不是国际羽联的成员，不能参加世界级比赛，侯加昌也就失去了当世界冠军的机会。然而他一心培养青年选手，使他们一个个成了世界冠军。他被称为“无冕之王”，同样为国争光，受到人们的尊敬。  还有参加国际军事体育比赛的部队选手，他们克服重重困难，不怕受伤吃苦，多次获得团体和个人冠军。在 1992年，他们又囊括了男女团体、男女个人全部四枚金牌，创造了辉煌的成绩，震惊了国际军事体坛。虽然他们很少被人们提起和被新闻记者注意，可他们为壮国威、壮军威做出了切实的贡献。\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###\r\nhttp://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%AE%B9%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%A2', '[Famous People] 容国团 - Ping Pong Player Rong Guotuan was a Patriot', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:37:11', '2016-11-12 12:37:11', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2438', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2439, 1, '2016-11-12 07:32:40', '2016-11-12 12:32:40', '50年代，乒乓球运动员容国团从香港回到国内，成为国家队成员。他决心为中国夺取世界冠军，所以训练很刻苦。他常对人说：人生能有几次搏？当祖国需要的时候，我就要拼搏，争取胜利。1959年，他终于在世界乒乓球锦标赛上战胜了对手，为祖国获得了第一个个人世界冠军。然而他还不满足，继续拼搏，后来又为中国第一次取得男子团体冠军做出了贡献。当了教练之后，他又率领中国女队第一次取得了团体冠军。这“三个第一”，生动地体现了这位体坛名将为国争光的巨大热情。  羽毛球运动员侯加昌是印尼华侨，球艺十分高超，有争夺世界冠军的实力，可他为发展中国的羽毛球运动，回到了祖国。因为当时中国还不是国际羽联的成员，不能参加世界级比赛，侯加昌也就失去了当世界冠军的机会。然而他一心培养青年选手，使他们一个个成了世界冠军。他被称为“无冕之王”，同样为国争光，受到人们的尊敬。  还有参加国际军事体育比赛的部队选手，他们克服重重困难，不怕受伤吃苦，多次获得团体和个人冠军。在 1992年，他们又囊括了男女团体、男女个人全部四枚金牌，创造了辉煌的成绩，震惊了国际军事体坛。虽然他们很少被人们提起和被新闻记者注意，可他们为壮国威、壮军威做出了切实的贡献。\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###\r\nhttp://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%AE%B9%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%A2', '[Famous People] 容国团 - Ping Pong Player Rong Guotuan', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2438-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:32:40', '2016-11-12 12:32:40', '', 2438, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2438-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2440, 1, '2016-11-12 07:33:42', '2016-11-12 12:33:42', ' 汤姆·邓普西生下来的时候只有半只左脚和一只畸形的右手，父母从未让他因为自己残疾而感到不安。  后来他学踢橄榄球，他发现，自己能把球踢得比别的男孩子都远。他专门请人设计了一只鞋子，参加了踢球测验，并且得到了冲锋队的一份合约。  但是教练却婉转地告诉他，说他“不具备做职业橄榄球员的条件”，请他去试试其他的职业。最后他申请加入新奥尔良圣徒球队，并且请求教练给他一次机会。教练虽然心存怀疑，但是看到这个孩子这么自信，对他顿生好感，因此就接受了他。  他一生中最重要的一次比赛到来了。那天，球场上坐了66万名球迷。球是在28码线上，比赛只剩下了几秒钟。这时球队把球推进到45码线上。“邓普西，进场踢球。”教练大声喊。  当邓普西进场时，他知道他的队距离得分线只有55码远，那是由巴第摩尔雄马队毕特·瑞奇踢出来的。球传接得很好，邓普西一脚全力踢在球身上，球在笔直地前进。但是踢得够远吗？几十万名球迷屏气观看，球在球门横杆之上几英寸的地方越过，接着终端得分线上的裁判举起双手，表示得了3分，邓普西的球队以19比17获胜。球迷们疯狂了，他们被邓普西创造的奇迹震撼了，很多人泪如雨下。因为这个“极限球”是一个只有半只左脚和一只畸形右手的球员踢出来的。', '[Famous People] 汤姆·邓普西 - Tom Dempsey', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:33:42', '2016-11-12 12:33:42', '', 2433, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2441, 1, '2016-11-12 07:33:49', '2016-11-12 12:33:49', '  苏联优秀小说《钢铁是怎样炼成的》作者尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基，从小就懂得关心和同情别人。有一次，母亲让他去铁路机车库给哥哥送早饭，临走时，再三嘱咐他路上不要逗留。可尼古拉一去就是几个小时，直到日升中天时还没有回来。母亲心慌意乱起来，几次跑到篱栅门外去张望。因为她知道，尼古拉经过车站时，经常从车厢底下爬过去。这样虽然少跑了路，但很容易发生危险。望来望去，仍然不见尼古拉的影子，母亲只好三步并作两步往车库方向找去，就在母亲心急如焚的时候，终于看见了尼古拉的身影。  原来，尼古拉在从车库回家的路上，遇见一位妇女。她身上背着两个满满鼓鼓的大口袋，一只手提着篮子，里面放着一只母鸡和许多小鸡，另一只手还领着一个两三岁的孩子。那孩子正哭着闹着不肯走呢！尼古拉一问，知道她是急着去赶火车的，眼下离开车时间只有十几分钟了。偏偏就在这个时候，母鸡挣脱篮子飞了出来，小鸡也跟着四处乱跑。尼古拉见此情景，毫不迟疑地跑过去，把母鸡和小鸡一只只抓住，放进了篮子，并把篮子牢牢捆好。随后，又接过那位妇女背上的口袋，一直送她到了车站„„  母亲听了，心中的火气顿时烟消云散。她高兴地抱住尼古拉，接连亲吻了几次。', '[Famous People] 《亲吻代替了责备》A Kiss Replaces a Reproach', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2428-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:33:49', '2016-11-12 12:33:49', '', 2428, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2428-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2442, 1, '2016-11-12 07:33:56', '2016-11-12 12:33:56', '   解放军英模朱伯儒七岁那年和一群小伙伴光着屁股玩泥巴。小伯儒拿着一团泥巴捏啊捏，不一会儿就捏成了一个小泥人。他高兴极了，给这个看看，给那个瞧瞧，伙伴们都很羡慕他。一个叫邓瑞森的孩子太喜欢这个小泥人了，就向伯儒要。小伯儒不肯给。邓瑞森生气了，不管三七二十一，拿起砖头就朝伯儒扔去，正巧砸在小伯儒头上，鲜血流了出来。小伯儒疼得直哭。邓瑞森吓得一溜烟跑回家里。两个好朋友就这样闹崩了。  后来，邓瑞森病了，一连几天没去上学。朱伯儒知道后，真想去看望他。可一想起上回的事，又有点犹豫了。但回想起一起玩耍劳动时的快乐时光，他终于鼓足勇气来到了邓瑞森家里。正巧邓瑞森的妈妈上山砍柴去了，家里没有别人，床头上连碗水都没有。小伯儒心里难过极了，连忙跑回家端来了一碗滚热的红薯汤，让邓瑞森趁热喝了下去。邓瑞森拉着小伯儒的手，泪水止不住地往下流。他哽咽着说：“伯儒，我对不起你。”小伯儒赶紧说：“不！好朋友是不记仇的。”\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###', '[Famous People] 《“好朋友是不记仇的” 》Friends Don\'t Keep Grudges', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2425-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:33:56', '2016-11-12 12:33:56', '', 2425, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2425-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2443, 1, '2017-03-20 07:00:09', '2017-03-20 11:00:09', 'In this legend, famous Jin Dynasty calligrapher 王羲之 [pinyin]Wang2 Xi1 zhi1[/pinyin] avoids death by throwing up on himself. Nice work, Mr. Wang. \r\n\r\nWhile I have no idea if this story is true - probably not - the real Wang Xizhi was quite a guy. You know what else he was into, besides calligraphy? Are you ready for this? Ducks. <a href=\"http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/calligraphy-wang-xizhi.php\" target=\"_blank\">He was really into ducks.</a> And fathering children, I guess, because he had seven. \r\n\r\n<h3>Sleeptalking - 呓呓</h3>\r\nWe\'re all acquainted with the common Chinese onomatopoeia by now, yes? 喵喵 [pinyin]miao1 miao1[/pinyin] is the sound a cat makes, etc? Here\'s a less familiar one: the Chinese onomatopoeia for talking in your sleep is \"呓呓\" [pinyin]yi4 yi4[/pinyin]. So, that\'s a thing. \r\n\r\n<h3>Adventures in Murder - 灭口</h3>\r\nLot of meaning packed into this one tiny word, 灭口 [pinyin]mie4 kou3[/pinyin]. Makes sense, though: 灭 means \"to snuff out\", 口 is that big hole in your face, the one you keep opening right when you shouldn\'t. Together, these character describe committing murder in order to protect a secret. \"To snuff out the mouth\", indeed. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text:</h3>\r\n1) 东晋时期著名书法家王羲之，七岁就开始练字，尚未成年，已经落笔不俗，被人誉为“小神笔”。  \r\n\r\n2) 当时，朝廷中有位名叫王敦的大将军，常常把王羲之带到军帐中表演书法，天色晚了，还让他在自己的床铺上睡觉。  \r\n\r\n3) 有一次，王敦起床了，王羲之还没有醒。一会儿，王敦的心腹谋士钱凤进来了，两人悄悄地商量事情，谈的是想造反的事，却忘记了王羲之还睡在帐中。王羲之醒来，听见了他们的谈话内容，非常吃惊，心想：“如果他们记起了自己睡在这里，一定会怀疑机密泄露，说不定要杀人<strong>灭口</strong>呢！怎么办？” 恰好昨天喝了点酒，于是，他就假装酩酊大醉，把床上吐得遍处都是，接着，又蒙头盖脸，发出轻轻的鼾声，好像睡熟了似的。  \r\n\r\n4) 王敦和钱凤密谈了多时，忽然想起了王羲之，不由得心惊肉跳，脸色骤变。钱凤咬着牙根，恶狠狠地说：“这小子，不能不除掉。不然，我们都要遭灭门之祸了。” 两人手握尖刀，掀开帐子，正要下手，忽听王羲之“呓呓”地说起梦话来，再一看，崭新的被褥吐满了饭菜，散发出一股呛鼻的酒味。王敦和钱凤相视片刻，都以为王羲之酒后熟睡未醒，也就算了。\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/mingrenqushi/2008-09-05/7960.html\" target=\"_blank\">See source</a> \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) During the Eastern Jin Dynasty there was a famous calligrapher named Wang Xizhi, who by the age of seven had already begun to practice writing, and when he was still not fully grown, he was already producing original work, and was acclaimed as \"Little God of the Pen\". \r\n\r\n2) At that time, there was a great general in the imperial court named Wang Dun, who often brought Wang Xizhi back to his army tent to perform calligraphy, and when it grew dark, would let him lay down to sleep in his [the general\'s] bed. \r\n\r\n3) One time, when Wang Dun awoke, Wang Zhixi had not yet arisen. Soon, Wang Dun\'s trusted advisor Qian Feng entered, and the two of them quietly discussed their affairs, they talked about starting a revolt, but they forgot that Wang Xizhi was still sleeping in the tent. Wang Zhixi woke up, heard what they were talking about, and was extremely startled, thinking inwardly: \"If they remember that I\'m sleeping in here, they\'ll surely wonder if their secret is out, they might kill me to keep me silent! What do I do?\" It just so happened that the day before they\'d had a bit to drink, so, he pretended to be drop-dead drunk, threw up all over the bed, and covered his face, then let out light snores, as if he was thoroughly asleep. \r\n\r\n4) Wang Dun and Qian Feng spoke secretly for some time, then suddenly remembered Wang Xizhi, and could not but be extremely alarmed, their faces changing suddenly. Qian Feng gritted his teeth, and said fiercely, \"This guy must be gotten rid of. Otherwise, both of our families will be exterminated.\" Both men gripped sharp blades, lifted up the tent flap, and were just about to act, when they suddenly heard Wang Xizhi talking in his sleep, and looking closely, saw that the brand new bedding was covered in thrown-up food, and the pungent smell of alcohol emanated from within. Wang Dun and Qian Feng traded glances, both thinking that Wang Xizhi had slept soundly after drinking and hadn\'t woken, so they let the matter go.    \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Famous People] 王羲之 - Calligrapher Wang Xizhi Pretends to be Drunk', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'famous-people-%e7%8e%8b%e7%be%b2%e4%b9%8b-calligrapher-wang-xizhi-pretends-to-be-drunk', '', '', '2017-01-12 18:28:19', '2017-01-12 23:28:19', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2443', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2444, 1, '2016-11-12 07:37:11', '2016-11-12 12:37:11', '50年代，乒乓球运动员容国团从香港回到国内，成为国家队成员。他决心为中国夺取世界冠军，所以训练很刻苦。他常对人说：人生能有几次搏？当祖国需要的时候，我就要拼搏，争取胜利。1959年，他终于在世界乒乓球锦标赛上战胜了对手，为祖国获得了第一个个人世界冠军。然而他还不满足，继续拼搏，后来又为中国第一次取得男子团体冠军做出了贡献。当了教练之后，他又率领中国女队第一次取得了团体冠军。这“三个第一”，生动地体现了这位体坛名将为国争光的巨大热情。  羽毛球运动员侯加昌是印尼华侨，球艺十分高超，有争夺世界冠军的实力，可他为发展中国的羽毛球运动，回到了祖国。因为当时中国还不是国际羽联的成员，不能参加世界级比赛，侯加昌也就失去了当世界冠军的机会。然而他一心培养青年选手，使他们一个个成了世界冠军。他被称为“无冕之王”，同样为国争光，受到人们的尊敬。  还有参加国际军事体育比赛的部队选手，他们克服重重困难，不怕受伤吃苦，多次获得团体和个人冠军。在 1992年，他们又囊括了男女团体、男女个人全部四枚金牌，创造了辉煌的成绩，震惊了国际军事体坛。虽然他们很少被人们提起和被新闻记者注意，可他们为壮国威、壮军威做出了切实的贡献。\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###\r\nhttp://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%AE%B9%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%A2', '[Famous People] 容国团 - Ping Pong Player Rong Guotuan was a Patriot', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2438-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:37:11', '2016-11-12 12:37:11', '', 2438, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2438-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2445, 1, '2016-11-12 07:38:46', '2016-11-12 12:38:46', '    清末著名画家任伯年，出身贫寒，父亲早亡。他为谋生路，十五岁就流落到上海，自画扇面，摆摊出卖。然而，一个穷孩子的画谁能瞧得上眼呢？他每日都在为温饱而发愁。有一次，他看到两个人为争名画家任渭长的一幅画而吵得面红耳赤，非常感慨，心想：为克服生活困境，挣点学习费用，何不借用一下任渭长的大名呢！于是，他就把自己画的扇面都假落“任渭长”的名字。果然，地摊上的生意一天天地好起来。  当时，任渭长正在上海。一天，他经过任伯年的地摊，见地摊上的扇面画得不错，拿起来仔细一瞧，上面的落款竟是自己的名字，十分诧异，就问道：“这些扇面是谁画的？”   “任渭长画的。”任伯年回答。  “任渭长是你什么人？”  “我的叔叔。”  “你见过他么？”   “这„„”任伯年愣了一下，不高兴地说：“你要买就买，不买就算了，何必打破砂锅问到底？”   任渭长觉得这孩子倒也可爱，就笑着说：“我就是任渭长。”   任伯年一听，羞愧得无地自容，欲正打算丢下地摊逃走，任渭长一把拉住了他，和气地问道：“你为什么要冒名顶替呢？”   任伯年把自己的真实想法一五一十地全讲了。任渭长十分同情任伯年的处境，再看他的画也已有几分基础，就当场表示愿意收他为徒。  任伯年因祸得福，喜出望外，马上叩头拜了老师。  在任渭长的指导下，任伯年长进很快，不到壮年，他的画已名扬江南了。', '[Famous People] 画家任伯年 - Painter Ren Bonian and his Teacher', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2436-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:38:46', '2016-11-12 12:38:46', '', 2436, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2436-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2446, 1, '2016-11-12 07:39:06', '2016-11-12 12:39:06', ' 汤姆·邓普西生下来的时候只有半只左脚和一只畸形的右手，父母从未让他因为自己残疾而感到不安。  后来他学踢橄榄球，他发现，自己能把球踢得比别的男孩子都远。他专门请人设计了一只鞋子，参加了踢球测验，并且得到了冲锋队的一份合约。  但是教练却婉转地告诉他，说他“不具备做职业橄榄球员的条件”，请他去试试其他的职业。最后他申请加入新奥尔良圣徒球队，并且请求教练给他一次机会。教练虽然心存怀疑，但是看到这个孩子这么自信，对他顿生好感，因此就接受了他。  他一生中最重要的一次比赛到来了。那天，球场上坐了66万名球迷。球是在28码线上，比赛只剩下了几秒钟。这时球队把球推进到45码线上。“邓普西，进场踢球。”教练大声喊。  当邓普西进场时，他知道他的队距离得分线只有55码远，那是由巴第摩尔雄马队毕特·瑞奇踢出来的。球传接得很好，邓普西一脚全力踢在球身上，球在笔直地前进。但是踢得够远吗？几十万名球迷屏气观看，球在球门横杆之上几英寸的地方越过，接着终端得分线上的裁判举起双手，表示得了3分，邓普西的球队以19比17获胜。球迷们疯狂了，他们被邓普西创造的奇迹震撼了，很多人泪如雨下。因为这个“极限球”是一个只有半只左脚和一只畸形右手的球员踢出来的。', '[Famous People] 汤姆·邓普西 - Tom Dempsey\'s \"Impossible\" Career', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2433-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:39:06', '2016-11-12 12:39:06', '', 2433, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2433-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2447, 1, '2016-11-12 07:39:19', '2016-11-12 12:39:19', '    清末著名画家任伯年，出身贫寒，父亲早亡。他为谋生路，十五岁就流落到上海，自画扇面，摆摊出卖。然而，一个穷孩子的画谁能瞧得上眼呢？他每日都在为温饱而发愁。有一次，他看到两个人为争名画家任渭长的一幅画而吵得面红耳赤，非常感慨，心想：为克服生活困境，挣点学习费用，何不借用一下任渭长的大名呢！于是，他就把自己画的扇面都假落“任渭长”的名字。果然，地摊上的生意一天天地好起来。  当时，任渭长正在上海。一天，他经过任伯年的地摊，见地摊上的扇面画得不错，拿起来仔细一瞧，上面的落款竟是自己的名字，十分诧异，就问道：“这些扇面是谁画的？”   “任渭长画的。”任伯年回答。  “任渭长是你什么人？”  “我的叔叔。”  “你见过他么？”   “这„„”任伯年愣了一下，不高兴地说：“你要买就买，不买就算了，何必打破砂锅问到底？”   任渭长觉得这孩子倒也可爱，就笑着说：“我就是任渭长。”   任伯年一听，羞愧得无地自容，欲正打算丢下地摊逃走，任渭长一把拉住了他，和气地问道：“你为什么要冒名顶替呢？”   任伯年把自己的真实想法一五一十地全讲了。任渭长十分同情任伯年的处境，再看他的画也已有几分基础，就当场表示愿意收他为徒。  任伯年因祸得福，喜出望外，马上叩头拜了老师。  在任渭长的指导下，任伯年长进很快，不到壮年，他的画已名扬江南了。', '[Famous People] 任伯年 - Painter Ren Bonian and his Teacher', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2436-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:39:19', '2016-11-12 12:39:19', '', 2436, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2436-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2448, 1, '2016-11-12 07:40:59', '2016-11-12 12:40:59', '  苏联优秀小说《钢铁是怎样炼成的》作者尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基，从小就懂得关心和同情别人。有一次，母亲让他去铁路机车库给哥哥送早饭，临走时，再三嘱咐他路上不要逗留。可尼古拉一去就是几个小时，直到日升中天时还没有回来。母亲心慌意乱起来，几次跑到篱栅门外去张望。因为她知道，尼古拉经过车站时，经常从车厢底下爬过去。这样虽然少跑了路，但很容易发生危险。望来望去，仍然不见尼古拉的影子，母亲只好三步并作两步往车库方向找去，就在母亲心急如焚的时候，终于看见了尼古拉的身影。  原来，尼古拉在从车库回家的路上，遇见一位妇女。她身上背着两个满满鼓鼓的大口袋，一只手提着篮子，里面放着一只母鸡和许多小鸡，另一只手还领着一个两三岁的孩子。那孩子正哭着闹着不肯走呢！尼古拉一问，知道她是急着去赶火车的，眼下离开车时间只有十几分钟了。偏偏就在这个时候，母鸡挣脱篮子飞了出来，小鸡也跟着四处乱跑。尼古拉见此情景，毫不迟疑地跑过去，把母鸡和小鸡一只只抓住，放进了篮子，并把篮子牢牢捆好。随后，又接过那位妇女背上的口袋，一直送她到了车站„„  母亲听了，心中的火气顿时烟消云散。她高兴地抱住尼古拉，接连亲吻了几次。', '[Famous People] 尼古拉·奥斯特洛夫斯基 - Author Nikolai Ostrovsky\'s Empathy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2428-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:40:59', '2016-11-12 12:40:59', '', 2428, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2428-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2449, 1, '2016-11-12 07:42:23', '2016-11-12 12:42:23', '   解放军英模朱伯儒七岁那年和一群小伙伴光着屁股玩泥巴。小伯儒拿着一团泥巴捏啊捏，不一会儿就捏成了一个小泥人。他高兴极了，给这个看看，给那个瞧瞧，伙伴们都很羡慕他。一个叫邓瑞森的孩子太喜欢这个小泥人了，就向伯儒要。小伯儒不肯给。邓瑞森生气了，不管三七二十一，拿起砖头就朝伯儒扔去，正巧砸在小伯儒头上，鲜血流了出来。小伯儒疼得直哭。邓瑞森吓得一溜烟跑回家里。两个好朋友就这样闹崩了。  后来，邓瑞森病了，一连几天没去上学。朱伯儒知道后，真想去看望他。可一想起上回的事，又有点犹豫了。但回想起一起玩耍劳动时的快乐时光，他终于鼓足勇气来到了邓瑞森家里。正巧邓瑞森的妈妈上山砍柴去了，家里没有别人，床头上连碗水都没有。小伯儒心里难过极了，连忙跑回家端来了一碗滚热的红薯汤，让邓瑞森趁热喝了下去。邓瑞森拉着小伯儒的手，泪水止不住地往下流。他哽咽着说：“伯儒，我对不起你。”小伯儒赶紧说：“不！好朋友是不记仇的。”\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###', '[Famous People] 朱伯儒 - Revolutionary Hero Zhu Boru Didn\'t Hold Grudges', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2425-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:42:23', '2016-11-12 12:42:23', '', 2425, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2425-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2450, 1, '2016-11-12 07:44:15', '2016-11-12 12:44:15', '东晋时期著名书法家王羲之，七岁就开始练字，尚未成年，已经落笔不俗，被人誉为“小神笔”。  当时，朝廷中有位名叫王敦的大将军，常常把王羲之带到军帐中表演书法，天色晚了，还让他在自己的床铺上睡觉。  有一次，王敦起床了，王羲之还没有醒。一会儿，王敦的心腹谋士钱凤进来了，两人悄悄地商量事情，谈的是想造反的事，却忘记了王羲之还睡在帐中。王羲之醒来，听见了他们的谈话内容，非常吃惊，心想：如果他们记起了自己睡在这里，一定会怀疑机密泄露，说不定要杀人灭口呢！怎么办？恰好昨天喝了点酒，于是，他就假装酩酊大醉，把床上吐得遍处都是，接着，又蒙头盖脸，发出轻轻的鼾声，好像睡熟了似的。  王敦和钱凤密谈了多时，忽然想起了王羲之，不由地心惊肉跳，脸色骤变。钱凤咬着牙根，恶狠狠地说：“这小子，不能不除掉。不然，我们都要遭灭门之祸了。”   两人手握尖刀，掀开帐子，正要下手，忽听王羲之“呓呓”地说起梦话来，再一看，崭新的被褥吐满了饭菜，散发出一股呛鼻的酒味。王敦和钱凤相视片刻，都以为王羲之酒后熟睡未醒，也就算了。\r\n\r\nhttp://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=1Ik36il1QlMtTweU2bfr4IGN2uCf0CHHmCOV9OkmS62Y5_sHUYn_G3N2ddJ4W3GI-nW1YutoUNmJPLI8EVFwRQKFPsZaJVl-bjqupItlpPm###\r\nhttp://baike.baidu.com/link?url=Sx3mX8w6aJ8_0COvgSh3DrKGi4FHbhTjTj5oJ8huu6VEL96khdeV_o32z-DaGDlxEmQxwTQLp3_ctuiLPCOqaIaVfSYtYNAahk-PAI2WJ88oB5qMzBwy0pAQGRbbKwhr', '[Famous People] 王羲之 - Calligrapher Wang Xizhi Pretends to be Drunk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2443-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 07:44:15', '2016-11-12 12:44:15', '', 2443, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2443-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2451, 1, '2016-11-12 09:39:26', '2016-11-12 14:39:26', '\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\r\n\r\nxx\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很勇敢，也很有抱负。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过勤学苦练，努力奋斗，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn ancient times, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave, and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I wish to ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking. Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\nLater, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 09:39:26', '2016-11-12 14:39:26', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2452, 1, '2016-11-12 09:43:58', '2016-11-12 14:43:58', '<h3>Martial vocab in this Text</h3>\r\n勇敢\r\n抱负\r\n勤学苦练\r\n奋斗 [pinyin] - This word is useful outside of any martial . \r\n\r\n<h3>乘风破浪  Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\nhttps://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\r\n\r\nxx\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很勇敢，也很有抱负。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过勤学苦练，努力奋斗，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn ancient times, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave, and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I will ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking.\" Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\nLater, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 09:43:58', '2016-11-12 14:43:58', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2453, 1, '2016-11-12 09:52:33', '2016-11-12 14:52:33', '<h3>Martial vocab in this Text</h3>\r\n奋斗 [pinyin] - This word is useful outside of any martial context. Not only does it mean \"to struggle\" in the military sense, it also means \"to struggle\" in the \"life is friggin\' hard\" sense. \r\n勇敢\r\n抱负\r\n勤学苦练\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>乘风破浪  Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>在工作上,我们要敢于乘风破浪。 - In my work, I must dare to dare.</li>\r\n<li>人民解放军乘风破浪，横渡长江。 - The daring and courageousPeople\'s Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River.</li>\r\n<li>这艘轮船乘风破浪驶向大海。 - This ship, braving the winds and waves, flies towards the sea.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很勇敢，也很有抱负。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过勤学苦练，努力奋斗，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn ancient times, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I will ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking.\" Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\nLater, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 09:52:33', '2016-11-12 14:52:33', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2454, 1, '2016-11-12 09:57:38', '2016-11-12 14:57:38', '<h3>Martial vocab in this Text</h3>\r\n奋斗 [pinyin]fen4 dou4[/pinyin] - To struggle \r\nThis word is useful outside of any martial context. Not only does it mean \"to struggle\" in the military sense, it also means \"to struggle\" in the \"life is hard\" sense. It can be used to describe the general struggle of the daily grind: getting up, getting the kids to school, working long hours, making dinner. If, for example, a husband and wife were to say to you: \"我们奋斗了六年。\" that would mean, \"We worked our butts off for six years.\" \r\n\r\n勇敢\r\n\r\n抱负\r\n勤学苦练\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>乘风破浪  Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>在工作上,我们要敢于乘风破浪。 - In my work, I must dare to dare.</li>\r\n<li>人民解放军乘风破浪，横渡长江。 - The daring and courageousPeople\'s Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River.</li>\r\n<li>这艘轮船乘风破浪驶向大海。 - This ship, braving the winds and waves, flies towards the sea.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很勇敢，也很有抱负。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过勤学苦练，努力奋斗，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn ancient times, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I will ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking.\" Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\nLater, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 09:57:38', '2016-11-12 14:57:38', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2455, 1, '2016-11-12 12:15:58', '2016-11-12 17:15:58', 'This 成语 story takes place during the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_dynasties\" target=\"_blank\">Northern and Southern Dynasties</a>, which lasted a hundred or so years, from 420 to 589 - and describes the origin of the Chinese idiom 乘风破浪. \r\n\r\n<h3>Some good martial vocab</h3>\r\n<strong>奋斗 [pinyin]fen4 dou4[/pinyin] - To struggle </strong>\r\nThis word is useful outside of any martial context. Not only does it mean \"to struggle\" in the military sense, it also means \"to struggle\" in the \"life is hard\" sense. It can be used to describe the general struggle of the daily grind: getting up, getting the kids to school, working long hours, making dinner. If, for example, a husband and wife were to say to you: \"我们奋斗了六年。\" that would mean, \"We worked our butts off for six years.\" \r\n\r\n勇敢 [pinyin]\r\n\r\n抱负\r\n勤学苦练\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>乘风破浪  Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>在工作上,我们要敢于乘风破浪。 - In my work, I must dare to dare.</li>\r\n<li>人民解放军乘风破浪，横渡长江。 - The daring and courageousPeople\'s Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River.</li>\r\n<li>这艘轮船乘风破浪驶向大海。 - This ship, braving the winds and waves, flies towards the sea.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很勇敢，也很有抱负。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过勤学苦练，努力奋斗，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn ancient times, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I will ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking.\" Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\nLater, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-12 12:15:58', '2016-11-12 17:15:58', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2457, 1, '2016-11-13 18:07:00', '2016-11-13 23:07:00', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I moved to China in 2002. Somewhere in the middle there, I moved back to the U.S. for a couple of years. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside. It almost killed my interest in the language all-together. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian, \r\n\r\n<h3>This site is not</h3>\r\nIf you don\'t have at least a basic grounding in Chinese, this site probably isn\'t for you. This site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, practice recognizing sentence structure, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n\r\n<h3>The Story</h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3>Reading Levels</h3>\r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nVery very few of these texts are actually beginner tests; at least I haven\'t been able to find any real beginner stuff yet (I\'m still looking for good sources of real beginner texts that aren\'t boring dialogs - if you know of any, please write!). This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialogs as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. I will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:07:00', '2016-11-13 23:07:00', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(2458, 1, '2016-11-13 18:23:43', '2016-11-13 23:23:43', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. When I was first starting out, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing characters to actually reading. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials and finding nothing suitable. Though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level,  was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside. The struggle almost killed my interest in the language all together. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nI didn\'t create this site to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, this site probably isn\'t for you. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to actually reading texts in Chinese, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\n\r\nAgain, if you\'ve never studied Chinese before, even the easiest of these texts will be hard for you to get through. This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialog as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative. If you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it\'s very short, \r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h3>Where I get my material</h3>\r\nMaterial is taken. I don\'t always post the whole, particularly ', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:23:43', '2016-11-13 23:23:43', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2459, 1, '2016-11-13 18:25:03', '2016-11-13 23:25:03', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. When I was first starting out, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing characters to actually reading. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials and finding nothing suitable. Though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level,  was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside. The struggle almost killed my interest in the language all together. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nI didn\'t create this site to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, this site probably isn\'t for you. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nAgain, if you\'ve never studied Chinese before, even the easiest of these texts will be hard for you to get through. This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialog as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative. If you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it\'s very short, \r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h3>Where I get my material</h3>\r\nMaterial is taken. I don\'t always post the whole, particularly ', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:25:03', '2016-11-13 23:25:03', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2460, 1, '2016-11-13 18:39:21', '2016-11-13 23:39:21', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. When I was first starting out, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing characters to actually reading. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials and finding nothing suitable. Though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources out there, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for material than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside. The struggle almost killed my interest in the language. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nI didn\'t create this site to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, this site probably isn\'t for you. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nAgain, if you\'ve never studied Chinese before, even the easiest of these texts will be hard for you to get through. This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialog as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative. If you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n	<li>Minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h3>Where I get my material</h3>\r\nMaterial is taken. I don\'t always post the whole, particularly ', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:39:21', '2016-11-13 23:39:21', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2461, 1, '2016-11-13 18:39:56', '2016-11-13 23:39:56', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. \r\n\r\nWhen I was first starting out, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing characters to actually reading. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials and finding nothing suitable. Though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources out there, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for material than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside. The struggle almost killed my interest in the language. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nI didn\'t create this site to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, this site probably isn\'t for you. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nAgain, if you\'ve never studied Chinese before, even the easiest of these texts will be hard for you to get through. This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialog as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative. If you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n	<li>Minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h3>Where I get my material</h3>\r\nMaterial is taken. I don\'t always post the whole, particularly ', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:39:56', '2016-11-13 23:39:56', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2462, 1, '2016-11-13 18:49:04', '2016-11-13 23:49:04', 'This little anecdote takes place during the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_dynasties\" target=\"_blank\">Northern and Southern Dynasties</a>, which lasted 150 years or so (from 420 to 589 AD), and outlines the origin of the rather stalwart Chinese phrase 乘风破浪 [pinyin]cheng2 feng1 po4 lang4[/pinyin], describes spirited daring and ambition. Unless you regularly lay waste to English garrisons, I don\'t know how often you\'ll encounter 乘风破浪 on day-to-day occasions, but that\'s not to say it doesn\'t have its place. There are those rousing pep talks you give yourself in the bathroom mirror, for instance. \r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>在工作上,我们要敢于乘风破浪。 - In my work, I must dare to dare.</li>\r\n<li>人民解放军乘风破浪，横渡长江。 - The daring and courageous People\'s Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River.</li>\r\n<li>这艘轮船乘风破浪驶向大海。 - This ship, braving the winds and waves, flies towards the sea.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<h3>Some good martial vocab</h3>\r\n<strong>勇敢 [pinyin]yong3 gan3[/pinyin] - Brave, courageous</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>抱负 [pinyin]bao4 fu4[/pinyin] - Aspiration, ambition</strong>\r\nThis is something you have, rather than something you are, as in 很有抱负 / 没有抱负。 \r\n\r\n<strong><strong>勤学苦练 [pinyin]qin2 xue2 ku3 lian4[/pinyin]</strong> - Study diligently and train hard</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>奋斗 [pinyin]fen4 dou4[/pinyin] - To struggle </strong>\r\nThis word is super useful outside of any martial context. Not only does it mean \"to struggle\" in the military sense, it also means \"to struggle\" in the \"life is hard\" sense. It can be used to describe the general struggle of the daily grind: getting up, getting the kids to school, working long hours, making dinner. If, for example, a husband and wife were to say to you: \"我们奋斗了六年。\" that would mean, \"We worked our butts off for six years.\" \r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/130604310.html\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 古代南北朝的时候，宋国有位将军姓宗名悫，他从小就很<strong>勇敢</strong>，也很有<strong>抱负</strong>。有一天，宗悫的叔父问他有什么志向，宗悫回答道：“愿乘长风，破万里浪。”意思是：我一定要突破一切障碍，勇往直前，干一番事业。宗悫经过<strong>勤学苦练</strong>，努力<strong>奋斗</strong>，终于成为一位能征善战的将军。\r\n\r\n2) 后来，人们就用“乘风破浪”来形容不怕困难，奋勇前进的精神。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In ancient times, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general of the Song State, whose surname was Zong, and whose family name Que. Even as a child he was brave and full of ambition. One day, Zong Que\'s uncle asked him about his aspirations, to which Zong Que replied, \"I will ride the long wind, and brave 10,000 waves.\" By this he meant: \"I will undoubtedly break through any obstructions, bravely forging ahead in a given undertaking.\" Zong Que underwent rigorous training, assiduously struggling on, finally becoming a skillful general. \r\n\r\n2) Later, people used the term \"Ride the wind and brave the waves\" to describe a spirit unafraid of meeting difficulty, one which plows ahead with courage and energy.      \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idioms] 乘风破浪 - Bravery & Courage', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1779-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-13 18:49:04', '2016-11-13 23:49:04', '', 1779, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1779-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2466, 1, '2016-11-16 19:11:01', '2016-11-17 00:11:01', '守株待兔 [pinyin]shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4[/pinyin], or cryptically, to \"guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<h3>Some good martial vocab</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]xx[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，日出而作，日入而息．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。\r\n\r\n2) 奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，<strong>不偏不倚</strong>，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。\r\n\r\n3) 当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Legend has it that during the Warring States period in the State of Song, there was a farmer who toiled every day from sunrise to sunset. Even in times of plenty, he was still only barely able to eat well and dress warmly; when times of famine came, he invariably went hungry. He wanted to change his life, but he was too lazy, and not particularly brave, and being always slack and afraid, was always hoping wealth would arrive at his door by chance. \r\n\r\n2) A miracle finally happened. One day in the depths of autumn, as he was plowing in the fields, there was someone hunting near by. The cries of the hunters sounded from all sides, and startled little beasts went running in desperation. Suddenly, one little hare ran smack-dab into a tree stump in the middle of the field and died. \r\n\r\n3) That day, the farmer joyously ate his fill. From then on, he never tended another field. From morning until night, he sat guarding that magical tree stump, waiting for miracles. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 守株待兔 - To sit around waiting for a lucky break', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1781-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-16 19:11:01', '2016-11-17 00:11:01', '', 1781, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1781-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2467, 1, '2016-11-16 19:11:34', '2016-11-17 00:11:34', '守株待兔 [pinyin]shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4[/pinyin], or cryptically, to \"guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<h3>Interesting words</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]xx[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，日出而作，日入而息．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。\r\n\r\n2) 奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，<strong>不偏不倚</strong>，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。\r\n\r\n3) 当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Legend has it that during the Warring States period in the State of Song, there was a farmer who toiled every day from sunrise to sunset. Even in times of plenty, he was still only barely able to eat well and dress warmly; when times of famine came, he invariably went hungry. He wanted to change his life, but he was too lazy, and not particularly brave, and being always slack and afraid, was always hoping wealth would arrive at his door by chance. \r\n\r\n2) A miracle finally happened. One day in the depths of autumn, as he was plowing in the fields, there was someone hunting near by. The cries of the hunters sounded from all sides, and startled little beasts went running in desperation. Suddenly, one little hare ran smack-dab into a tree stump in the middle of the field and died. \r\n\r\n3) That day, the farmer joyously ate his fill. From then on, he never tended another field. From morning until night, he sat guarding that magical tree stump, waiting for miracles. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 守株待兔 - To sit around waiting for a lucky break', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1781-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-16 19:11:34', '2016-11-17 00:11:34', '', 1781, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1781-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2468, 1, '2016-11-17 19:00:14', '2016-11-18 00:00:14', 'Oh man, I dated this guy. Big dreams, no follow-through. Lots of watching CSI while speculating about how much money he was going to make with the project he\'d never get around to actually launching. You know what that guy was doing? He was 守株待兔 [pinyin]shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4[/pinyin], or more cryptically, \"guarding a tree stump waiting for rabbits\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nAs outlined in the first sentence of the text, this story takes place during the Warring States period (475 and 221 BC), a 250-year mess which was finally resolved when legendary emperor Qin Shihuang (秦始皇) whipped everyone\'s butt and unified China for the first time. While he was doing that, however, the protagonist in our little ditty here was farming. And then giving up farming. \r\n\r\n<h3>Pay attention to...</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\nIf you nab the definition directly out of the dictionary, this word makes zero sense. It translates as \"impartial\" or \"unbiased\", but in this case, it means \"straight\" or \"smack-dab\", as in \"He ran smack-dab into the door-frame\". \r\n\r\n<strong>日出而作，日入而息</strong>\r\nThis structure, specifically the way the character 而 is used, draws a little on classical Chinese grammar. 而 has a ton of meanings. \r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，日出而作，日入而息．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。\r\n\r\n2) 奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，<strong>不偏不倚</strong>，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。\r\n\r\n3) 当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Legend has it that during the Warring States period in the State of Song, there was a farmer who toiled every day from sunrise to sunset. Even in times of plenty, he was still only barely able to eat well and dress warmly; when times of famine came, he invariably went hungry. He wanted to change his life, but he was too lazy, and not particularly brave, and being always slack and afraid, was always hoping wealth would arrive at his door by chance. \r\n\r\n2) A miracle finally happened. One day in the depths of autumn, as he was plowing in the fields, there was someone hunting near by. The cries of the hunters sounded from all sides, and startled little beasts went running in desperation. Suddenly, one little hare ran smack-dab into a tree stump in the middle of the field and died. \r\n\r\n3) That day, the farmer joyously ate his fill. From then on, he never tended another field. From morning until night, he sat guarding that magical tree stump, waiting for miracles. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 守株待兔 - To sit around waiting for a lucky break', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1781-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-17 19:00:14', '2016-11-18 00:00:14', '', 1781, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1781-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2494, 1, '2016-11-18 19:25:09', '2016-11-19 00:25:09', 'Father\'s Day\'s coming up in a few weeks, and we\'ll be looking at the lyrics of a beginner-level saccharine-cute song written for children to sing to their dads (or, for the children of the digital generation, to forward to their dads) on their special day. This post is accompanied by a Flash Father\'s Day video where you can listen to the song on an INFINITE LOOP. Lucky you. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nHere\'s the original video with the actual song. <a href=\"http://new.060s.com/flash/flashbrow.php?flash=70648ecb985590c987c8ffd9b0b5edb1\" target=\"_blank\">http://new.060s.com/flash/flashbrow.php?flash=70648ecb985590c987c8ffd9b0b5edb1</a>, have a listen if you dare. \r\n\r\nBecause this is a song, we have a couple of instances where a similar sentence structure is used with different words - these are probably the hardest sentences in the song. Example: 脏活累活他全包了. First, let me break down this sentence: \r\n\r\n脏 - Dirty\r\n活 - Activity, work\r\n累 - Tired\r\n活 - Activity, work\r\n他 - He\r\n全包 - All included\r\n了 - (grammar word)\r\n\r\nWhat? Dirty activity tired activity he all included?! What the heck does that mean? In proper English, we might translate that as \"Dirty work, Tired work, he does it all!\" We are, of course, talking about our amazing dads and all the thanklessly exhausting housework and job work they do. Thing is, there\'s nowhere in this sentence where the verb \"does\" as in \"to do work\" actually appears. We\'re just expected to infer the word from the context of 全包 - \"all included\". \r\n\r\nWe see the same sentence structure later in the song: 剩菜剩饭他全包了. The breakdown: \r\n\r\n剩 - Leftover\r\n菜 - Vegetables\r\n剩 - Leftover\r\n饭 - Rice\r\n他 - He \r\n全包 - All included\r\n了 (grammar word). \r\n\r\nOnce again, that strange \"all included\" - we are again expected to infer the verb here. Any guesses? The sentence means \"Leftover Vegetables, Leftover Rice, he eats it all!\" or \"He eats all the leftovers!\" So the missing word we kinda have to mentally fill in is \"eats\". \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n爸爸好, 爸爸好, 爸爸好\r\n爸爸的力气真不小\r\n做得多说得少\r\n脏活累活他全包了\r\n爸爸好, 爸爸好, 爸爸好\r\n爸爸的肚量真不小\r\n挣得多花得少\r\n剩菜剩饭他全包了\r\n挣得多花得少\r\n剩菜剩饭他全包了\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nDad\'s the best, Dad\'s the best, dad\'s the best!\r\nDad\'s really got no shortage of strength \r\nHe does a lot but speaks little\r\nHe does all the dirty and tired work.\r\nDad\'s the best, dad\'s the best, dad\'s the best! \r\nDad\'s really got no shortage of generosity\r\nHe earns a lot but spends little\r\nAnd he eats all the leftovers! \r\nHe earns a lot but spends little \r\nAnd he eats all the leftovers! \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/one_half]', '[Chinese Children\'s Songs] 爸爸好 - Baba Hao, a Song for Father\'s Day', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1363-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-18 19:25:09', '2016-11-19 00:25:09', '', 1363, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1363-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2497, 1, '2016-11-18 20:05:12', '2016-11-19 01:05:12', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\nI\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But when I was first starting out reading Chinese, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing individual characters to stringing those characters into sentences. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials, and what I found was that though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources out there, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for material than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. These are advanced words in any language - words you don\'t use often in daily life. And yet they appear in Hans Christian Anderson\'s fairy tale \"The Princess and the Pea\", which was written for young children. \r\n\r\nMy point? For any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve at least some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks created for non-native speakers stick to dialog as opposed to narratives. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative, and even beginner stories may include some obscure words. However, if you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n<li>It\'s a poem or dialogue</li>\r\n	<li>Minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-18 20:05:12', '2016-11-19 01:05:12', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2499, 1, '2016-11-18 20:10:21', '2016-11-19 01:10:21', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/kendra-avatar.jpg\" alt=\"kendra-avatar\" width=\"250\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2498\" /> I\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since. \r\n\r\nI am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But when I was first starting out reading Chinese, I had no idea how to make the leap from memorizing individual characters to stringing those characters into sentences. I spent a considerable amount of time searching online for Chinese reading materials, and what I found was that though there are plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources out there, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for material than actually doing any reading. Even worse, I\'d often get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. \r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. These are advanced words in any language - words you don\'t use often in daily life. And yet they appear in Hans Christian Anderson\'s fairy tale \"The Princess and the Pea\", which was written for young children. \r\n\r\nMy point? For any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve at least some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks created for non-native speakers stick to dialog as opposed to narratives. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative, and even beginner stories may include some obscure words. However, if you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n<li>It\'s a poem or dialogue</li>\r\n	<li>Minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains many specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-18 20:10:21', '2016-11-19 01:10:21', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/2-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(2512, 1, '2016-11-18 22:32:01', '2016-11-19 03:32:01', '<h3>Hey. I\'m Kendra.</h3>\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/kendra-avatar.jpg\" alt=\"kendra-avatar\" width=\"250\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2498\" style=\"padding-right: 40px;\" /> I\'m an American writer, designer and interface consultant living in Beijing. I first pitched camp in China around 2002, and I\'ve been studying the language on and off ever since.\r\n\r\nChinese Reading Practice was born in 2011, when I was struggling to transition from memorizing characters to understanding actual Chinese texts. I looked and looked and looked for good Chinese reading material, but I didn\'t really even know where to start. Everything I found was either too advanced or too boring, and I ended up spending more time looking for material than actually doing any reading. Even worse, when I did find something that interested me, I\'d get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. If any of this sounds familiar to you, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\nI started CRP to collect the texts I could complete, and has my studies have progressed and my user base has grown, I\'ve continued doing translations to keep my own skills sharp. I publish one free post a week, and an additional five posts a week for paying members (want in? <a href=\"/subscribe/\">Subscribe here</a>). I am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But I do love dissecting the beauty of the Chinese language, and I do love a good story. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, this is a good place to start.\r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. Though you can click to listen to some of the core words in the text, there is no audio accompaniment at the moment.\r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. These are advanced words in any language - words you don\'t use often in daily life. And yet they appear in Hans Christian Anderson\'s fairy tale \"The Princess and the Pea\", which was written for young children. \r\n\r\nMy point? For any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve at least some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks created for non-native speakers stick to dialog as opposed to narratives. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative, and even beginner stories may include some obscure words. However, if you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n<li>It\'s a poem or dialogue</li>\r\n	<li>It has minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. 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Even worse, when I did find something that interested me, I\'d get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. If any of this sounds familiar to you, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\nI started CRP to collect the texts I could complete, and has my studies have progressed and my user base has grown, I\'ve continued doing translations to keep my own skills sharp. I publish one free post a week, and an additional five posts a week for paying members (want in? <a href=\"/subscribe/\">Subscribe here</a>). I am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But I do love dissecting the beauty of the Chinese language, and I do love a good story. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, this is a good place to start.\r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. Though you can click to listen to some of the core words in the text, there is no audio accompaniment at the moment.\r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. 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However, if you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n<li>It\'s a poem or dialogue</li>\r\n	<li>It has minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. 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Even worse, when I did find something that interested me, I\'d get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. If any of this sounds familiar to you, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\nI started CRP to collect the texts I could complete, and has my studies have progressed and my user base has grown, I\'ve continued doing translations to keep my own skills sharp. I publish one free post a week, and an additional five posts a week for paying members (want in? <a href=\"/subscribe/\">Subscribe here</a>). I am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But I do love dissecting the beauty of the Chinese language, and I do love a good story. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, this is a good place to start.\r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. Though you can click to listen to some of the core words in the text, there is no audio accompaniment at the moment.\r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. 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Even worse, when I did find something that interested me, I\'d get through a few paragraphs only to hit a phrase I couldn\'t decipher and, with no one to ask, would have to put the reading aside without finishing it. Major buzzkill. If any of this sounds familiar to you, welcome. We have mooncakes. \r\n\r\nI started CRP to collect the texts I could complete, and has my studies have progressed and my user base has grown, I\'ve continued doing translations to keep my own skills sharp. I publish one free post a week, and an additional five posts a week for paying members (want in? <a href=\"/subscribe/\">Subscribe here</a>). I am not a grammarian. I\'m not a linguist. I\'ve studied Mandarin for over 10 years and I still can\'t tell you what a \"predicate\" is. But I do love dissecting the beauty of the Chinese language, and I do love a good story. \r\n\r\n<h3>Who this site is for</h3>\r\nThis site won\'t teach you Chinese from scratch - there are <a href=\"http://www.chinesepod.com\">plenty of sites</a> and programs that do that - so if you don\'t have at least a very basic grounding in Chinese, you\'re probably not ready for CRP quite yet. But if you\'re looking to make that transition from memorizing characters to understanding texts, this is a good place to start.\r\n\r\n<h3>This site is in Simplified Chinese Only</h3>\r\nI\'ve never studied traditional Chinese, nor do I have the time to include it. Some day, perhaps. But not this day.\r\n\r\n<h3>Why isn\'t there audio?</h3>\r\nThe focus here is entirely on reading. Though you can click to listen to some of the core words in the text, there is no audio accompaniment at the moment.\r\n\r\n<h3>About the Reading Levels</h3>\r\nPrincess. Beadstead. Eider-down. Mattress. These are advanced words in any language - words you don\'t use often in daily life. And yet they appear in Hans Christian Anderson\'s fairy tale \"The Princess and the Pea\", which was written for young children. \r\n\r\nMy point? For any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve at least some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks created for non-native speakers stick to dialog as opposed to narratives. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. So, reading levels on this site are a little relative, and even beginner stories may include some obscure words. However, if you think I\'ve incorrectly categorized a text, please tell me in the comments, and if I agree, I\'ll move it to a different level. \r\n\r\n<h4>Super Easy</h4>\r\nI will classify something as \"super easy\" if it meets at least a couple of the following criteria:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>It\'s extremely short</li>\r\n	<li>There are no long sentences</li>\r\n<li>It\'s a poem or dialogue</li>\r\n	<li>It has minimal grammar</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Beginner</h4> \r\nI will classify something as beginner if:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy throughout</li>\r\n	<li>It contains mostly simpler words that are in the dictionary</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Intermediate</h4>\r\nI classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<h4>Advanced</h4>\r\nMost of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. 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(2562, 1, '2016-11-20 19:18:53', '2016-11-21 00:18:53', 'Oh man, I dated this guy. Big dreams, no follow-through. Lots of watching CSI while speculating about how much money he was going to make with the project he\'d never get around to actually launching. You know what that guy was doing? He was 守株待兔 [pinyin]shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4[/pinyin], or more cryptically, \"guarding a tree stump waiting for rabbits\". \r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nAs outlined in the first sentence of the text, this story takes place during the Warring States period (475 and 221 BC), a 250-year mess which was finally kind of resolved when legendary emperor Qin Shihuang (秦始皇) whipped everyone\'s butt and unified China for the first time. While he was doing that, on the other hand, the protagonist in our little ditty here was farming. And then giving up farming for a career in sitting down. \r\n\r\n<h3>Pay attention to...</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\nIf you nab the definition directly out of the dictionary, this word makes zero sense. It translates as \"impartial\" or \"unbiased\", but in this case, it means \"straight\" or \"smack-dab\", as in \"He ran smack-dab into the door-frame\". \r\n\r\n<strong>日出而作，日入而息 - [pinyin]ri4 chu1 er zuo, ru4 ru4 er4 xi1[/pinyin]</strong>\r\nThis structure, specifically the way the character 而 is used, draws a little on ancient Chinese grammar. 而 has a ton of meanings. In this case, it connects what is done with the manner in which it is done. The manner in which something is done comes first. So 作 (do / go out) is what is done, and  日出 (when the sun comes out) is how or when it is done . 息 (rest) is what is done, and 日入 (when the sun recedes) is how or when it is done. \r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，<strong>日出而作，日入而息</strong>．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。\r\n\r\n2) 奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，<strong>不偏不倚</strong>，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。\r\n\r\n3) 当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Legend has it that during the Warring States period in the State of Song, there was a farmer who toiled every day from sunrise to sunset. Even in times of plenty, he was still only barely able to eat well and dress warmly; when times of famine came, he invariably went hungry. He wanted to change his life, but he was too lazy, and not particularly brave, and being always slack and afraid, was always hoping wealth would arrive at his door by chance. \r\n\r\n2) A miracle finally happened. One day in the depths of autumn, as he was plowing in the fields, there was someone hunting near by. The cries of the hunters sounded from all sides, and startled little beasts went running in desperation. Suddenly, one little hare ran smack-dab into a tree stump in the middle of the field and died. \r\n\r\n3) That day, the farmer joyously ate his fill. From then on, he never tended another field. From morning until night, he sat guarding that magical tree stump, waiting for miracles. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 守株待兔 - To sit around waiting for a lucky break', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1781-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-20 19:18:53', '2016-11-21 00:18:53', '', 1781, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1781-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2563, 1, '2016-11-20 19:30:29', '2016-11-21 00:30:29', 'xxx\r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nAs outlined in the first sentence of the text, this story takes place during the Warring States period (475 and 221 BC), a 250-year mess which was finally kind of resolved when legendary emperor Qin Shihuang (秦始皇) whipped everyone\'s butt and unified China for the first time. While he was doing that, on the other hand, the protagonist in our little ditty here was farming. And then giving up farming for a career in sitting down. \r\n\r\n<h3>Pay attention to...</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\nIf you nab the definition directly out of the dictionary, this word makes zero sense. It translates as \"impartial\" or \"unbiased\", but in this case, it means \"straight\" or \"smack-dab\", as in \"He ran smack-dab into the door-frame\". \r\n\r\n<strong>日出而作，日入而息 - [pinyin]ri4 chu1 er zuo, ru4 ru4 er4 xi1[/pinyin]</strong>\r\nThis structure, specifically the way the character 而 is used, draws a little on ancient Chinese grammar. 而 has a ton of meanings. In this case, it connects what is done with the manner in which it is done. The manner in which something is done comes first. So 作 (do / go out) is what is done, and  日出 (when the sun comes out) is how or when it is done . 息 (rest) is what is done, and 日入 (when the sun recedes) is how or when it is done. \r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 一个楚国人，他有一颗漂亮的珍珠，他打算把这颗珍珠卖出去。为了卖个好价钱，他便<strong>动脑筋要</strong>将珍珠好好包装一下，他觉得有了高贵的包装，那么珍珠的“<strong>身份</strong>”就自然会高起来。\r\n\r\n2) 这个楚国人找来名贵的木兰，又请来手艺高超的匠人，为珍珠做了一个盒子（即椟），用桂椒香料把盒子熏得香气扑鼻。然后，在盒子的外面精雕细刻了许多好看的花纹，还镶上漂亮的金属花边，看上去，闪闪发亮，实在是一件精致美观的工艺品。 \r\n\r\n3) 这样，楚人将珍珠小心翼翼地放进盒子里，拿到市场上去卖。\r\n\r\n4) 到市场上不久，很多人都围上来欣赏楚人的盒子。一个郑国人将盒子拿在手里看了半天，爱不释手，终于出高价将楚人的盒子买了下来。郑人交过钱后，便拿着盒子往回走。可是没走几步他又回来了。楚人以为郑人后悔了要退货，没等楚人想完，郑人已走到楚人跟前。只见郑人将打开的盒子里的珍珠取出来交给楚人说：“先生，您将一颗珍珠忘放在盒子里了，我特意回来还珠子的。”于是郑人将珍珠交给了楚人，然后低着头一边欣赏着木盒子，一边往回走去。\r\n\r\n5) 楚人拿着被退回的珍珠，十分尴尬地站在那里。他原本以为别人会欣赏他的珍珠，可是没想到精美的外包装超过了包装盒内的价值，以致于“喧宾夺主”，令楚人哭笑不得。\r\n【释读】\r\n\r\n6) 郑人只重外表而不顾实质，使他做出了舍本求末的不当取舍；而楚人的“过分包装”也有些可笑。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There was a man from the State of Chu, who had a beautiful pearl, which he decided to sell. In order to sell it for a good price, he went all-out packaging it up well, so that the pearl\'s value was naturally increased.\r\n\r\n2) This man of Chu gathered rare magnolias, and invited craftsmen of particular skill, in order to make a box for the pearl, 这个楚国人找来名贵的木兰，又请来手艺高超的匠人，为珍珠做了一个盒子（即椟），用桂椒香料把盒子熏得香气扑鼻。然后，在盒子的外面精雕细刻了许多好看的花纹，还镶上漂亮的金属花边，看上去，闪闪发亮，实在是一件精致美观的工艺品。 \r\n\r\n3) 这样，楚人将珍珠小心翼翼地放进盒子里，拿到市场上去卖。\r\n\r\n4) 到市场上不久，很多人都围上来欣赏楚人的盒子。一个郑国人将盒子拿在手里看了半天，爱不释手，终于出高价将楚人的盒子买了下来。郑人交过钱后，便拿着盒子往回走。可是没走几步他又回来了。楚人以为郑人后悔了要退货，没等楚人想完，郑人已走到楚人跟前。只见郑人将打开的盒子里的珍珠取出来交给楚人说：“先生，您将一颗珍珠忘放在盒子里了，我特意回来还珠子的。”于是郑人将珍珠交给了楚人，然后低着头一边欣赏着木盒子，一边往回走去。\r\n\r\n5) 楚人拿着被退回的珍珠，十分尴尬地站在那里。他原本以为别人会欣赏他的珍珠，可是没想到精美的外包装超过了包装盒内的价值，以致于“喧宾夺主”，令楚人哭笑不得。\r\n【释读】\r\n\r\n6) 郑人只重外表而不顾实质，使他做出了舍本求末的不当取舍；而楚人的“过分包装”也有些可笑。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 买椟还珠 - To show poor judgement', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1785-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-20 19:30:29', '2016-11-21 00:30:29', '', 1785, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1785-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2564, 1, '2016-11-21 17:44:07', '2016-11-21 22:44:07', 'xxx\r\n\r\n<h3>Usage Examples</h3>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we\'re just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>\r\n<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\nAs outlined in the first sentence of the text, this story takes place during the Warring States period (475 and 221 BC), a 250-year mess which was finally kind of resolved when legendary emperor Qin Shihuang (秦始皇) whipped everyone\'s butt and unified China for the first time. While he was doing that, on the other hand, the protagonist in our little ditty here was farming. And then giving up farming for a career in sitting down. \r\n\r\n<h3>Pay attention to...</h3>\r\n<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]bu4 pian1 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>\r\nIf you nab the definition directly out of the dictionary, this word makes zero sense. It translates as \"impartial\" or \"unbiased\", but in this case, it means \"straight\" or \"smack-dab\", as in \"He ran smack-dab into the door-frame\". \r\n\r\n<strong>桂椒香料 - [pinyin]ri4 chu1 er zuo, ru4 ru4 er4 xi1[/pinyin]</strong>\r\nThis structure, specifically the way the character 而 is used, draws a little on ancient Chinese grammar. 而 has a ton of meanings. In this case, it connects what is done with the manner in which it is done. The manner in which something is done comes first. So 作 (do / go out) is what is done, and  日出 (when the sun comes out) is how or when it is done . 息 (rest) is what is done, and 日入 (when the sun recedes) is how or when it is done. \r\n\r\nSee the <a href=\"http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359\" target=\"_blank\">source</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n1) 一个楚国人，他有一颗漂亮的珍珠，他打算把这颗珍珠卖出去。为了卖个好价钱，他便<strong>动脑筋要</strong>将珍珠好好包装一下，他觉得有了高贵的包装，那么珍珠的“<strong>身份</strong>”就自然会高起来。\r\n\r\n2) 这个楚国人找来名贵的木兰，又请来手艺高超的匠人，为珍珠做了一个盒子（即椟），用<strong>桂椒香料</strong>把盒子熏得香气扑鼻。然后，在盒子的外面精雕细刻了许多好看的花纹，还镶上漂亮的金属花边，看上去，闪闪发亮，实在是一件精致美观的工艺品。 \r\n\r\n3) 这样，楚人将珍珠小心翼翼地放进盒子里，拿到市场上去卖。\r\n\r\n4) 到市场上不久，很多人都围上来欣赏楚人的盒子。一个郑国人将盒子拿在手里看了半天，爱不释手，终于出高价将楚人的盒子买了下来。郑人交过钱后，便拿着盒子往回走。可是没走几步他又回来了。楚人以为郑人后悔了要退货，没等楚人想完，郑人已走到楚人跟前。只见郑人将打开的盒子里的珍珠取出来交给楚人说：“先生，您将一颗珍珠忘放在盒子里了，我特意回来还珠子的。”于是郑人将珍珠交给了楚人，然后低着头一边欣赏着木盒子，一边往回走去。\r\n\r\n5) 楚人拿着被退回的珍珠，十分尴尬地站在那里。他原本以为别人会欣赏他的珍珠，可是没想到精美的外包装超过了包装盒内的价值，以致于“喧宾夺主”，令楚人哭笑不得。\r\n【释读】\r\n\r\n6) 郑人只重外表而不顾实质，使他做出了舍本求末的不当取舍；而楚人的“过分包装”也有些可笑。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There was a man from the State of Chu, who had a beautiful pearl, which he decided to sell. In order to sell it for a good price, he went all-out packaging it up well, so that the pearl\'s value seemed naturally increased.\r\n\r\n2) This man of Chu called for rare woods and invited highly skilled craftsmen in order to make a box for the pearl, and scented the box with the finest spices to tickle the nose. Then, on the outside of the box he engraved many lovely patterns inlayed in metal so that it sparkled before one\'s eyes, truly an exquisitely-wraught work of art.\r\n\r\n3) Just so, the man from Chu carefully placed the pearl inside the box, and went off to market to conduct the sale. \r\n\r\n4) Not long after he reached the market, many people gathered around to admire the Man from Chu\'s box. One man from the State of Zheng held it in his hand and examined it for what seemed like half the day, unable to put it down, and finally bought it for a steep price. After the man from Zheng had paid, he walked away carrying it. But he hadn\'t gone but a few steps before he headed back [towards the man from Chu] again. The man from Chu thought the man from Zheng regretted his purchase and wished to return it, but before he\'d had time to think it through, the man from Zheng was already standing before him. The man from Zheng opened the box, took out the pearl and held it out to him, saying, \"Sir, you forgot a jewel inside this box, I came with the particular purpose of returning it.\" And so the man from Zheng gave the pearl back to the man from Chu, then strolled away, head down, admiring the wooden box. \r\n\r\n5) The man from Chu took the returned pearl, and stood there looking rather embarrassed. He\'d thought other would admire his pearl, but he never thought the fine packaging might exceed the value of what was inside, to the extent that \"the voice of the guest was louder than the voice of the host\", and he wasn\'t sure whether to laugh or cry.  \r\n\r\n[Moral of the story]\r\n\r\n6) The man from Zheng looked at the outer appearance and didn\'t see the true value, SOMETHING, and the man from Chu\'s excessive packaging was also a bit ridiculous.  郑人只重外表而不顾实质，使他做出了舍本求末的不当取舍；而楚人的“过分包装”也有些可笑。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Idiom] 买椟还珠 - To show poor judgement', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1785-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-21 17:44:07', '2016-11-21 22:44:07', '', 1785, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1785-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2566, 1, '2016-11-26 17:02:48', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'You know that whole Disapproving Asian Dad meme? Yeah, you do, this one: \r\n\r\n[pic] \r\n\r\nYou know where that stuff comes from, culturally speaking? It comes straight from the top, straight from the father of Eastern traditional ethics, from the father of all disappointed Asian fathers: Confucius. Confucius was harsh, man. The guy could dish out burns like no other. And not just any burns. Passive-aggressive, head-shaking, this-hurts-me-more-than-it-hurts-you burns. \r\n\r\nToday we\'re gonna dive into a blurb from The <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analects\" target=\"_blank\">Analects</a> (475 BC–221 BC), a paragraph in which Confucius tears into one of his students for - ohez noez - sleeping late. Confucius did not like late sleepers. He thought sleeping in pointed to a fundamental character flaw.\r\n\r\nAgain, people, this blurb is in classical (we\'re talking ancient) Chinese here. The rules of grammar are a bit different, the vocabulary is a bit different, and the sentence structure is quite different than modern Chinese. I have a Deep-Drive primer on some of the most commonly used Ancient Chinese characters and their meanings here, so if this is your first jump into ancient Chinese, read that first, I won\'t be covering the basic vocabulary again.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some points of interest</h3>\r\n子曰 - \r\nThis is it, friends. The two characters from which sprang a thousand bad jokes. \"Confucius says\". 子 is a polite, respectful, and even slightly affectionate form of the Chinese name for Confucius: 孔子 [pinyin]kong3 zi3[/pinyin]. Reminder, that 曰 is a [pinyin]yue1[/pinyin], not a [pinyin]ri4[/pinyin]. Visually, the only difference between 曰 and 日 is that the first is a little wider and shorter than the second. \r\n\r\n宰予\r\nThe name of one of Confucius\' disciples.\r\n\r\n于\r\nThis appears four times in this passage, and luckily, it means the same thing in each case, namely \"as for\" or \"as to\". \r\n\r\n予\r\nThis is just a shortened version of 宰予, the disciple\'s name. \r\n\r\n与\r\nThis one is a bit odd. It does not mean \"and\", as it does in modern Chinese. \r\n\r\n今\r\nYou may recognize this character from its Oscar-winning lead in the word \"今天\", but in ancient Chinese, this character doesn\'t mean \"today\", but rather \"now\". So, same ballpark, but not quite the same word. \r\n\r\n是\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n1) <strong>宰予</strong>昼寝，<strong>子曰</strong>：“朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可圬也！<strong>于</strong><strong>予</strong><strong>与</strong>何诛？” \r\n\r\n2) <strong>子曰</strong>：“始吾于人也，听其言而信其行；<strong>今</strong>吾于人也，听其言而观其行。于予与改<strong>是</strong>。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Zai Yu was sleeping in late. Confucius said: \"You can\'t carve rotten wood, and you can\'t whitewash a wall made of nightsoil. As for Zai Yu, what criticism can I give?\"\r\n\r\n2) Confucius said: \"Used to be that I listened to what folks said and trusted them to behave accordingly; these days, I verify that their words match their actions. As for Zai Yu, my opinion of him has already changed.\"\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Confucius (Actually) Said] Analects: Confucius rips his student a new one for sleeping in', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', '', '', '', '2016-11-26 17:02:48', '2016-11-26 22:02:48', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=2566', 0, 'post', '', 0);
