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• January 23, 2026Sense and Sensibility｜理智与情感

  原著作者｜简·奥斯汀

  • In the nineteenth century English countryside 
  • the sunlight over Norland Park 
  • once gently wrapped the Dashwood familys daily life
  • After the long illness of the estate owner 
  • that stability suddenly shattered
  • By the rules of the time 
  • the inheritance went entirely to the half brother John
  • Leaving the mother and her three daughters without a place to stay
  • John was weak and greedy 
  • he dared not speak a word of justice in front of his wife Fanny
  • Fanny was harsh and calculating 
  • constantly urging John to break promises to his stepmother and sisters
  • Mrs Dashwood was powerless to resist 
  • she could only leave with her daughters
  • Eleanor the composed 
  • Marian with eyes full of light 
  • and the young Margaret were forced to say goodbye 
  • to the home they had lived in all their lives
  • On the eve of moving
  •  Johns brother Edward came to visit 
  • his gentle nature like a ray of light illuminating the dark days
  • Eleanor quietly felt affection for Edward 
  • but she was used to restraint
  • She hid all feelings in her eyes and never spoke of them
  • After much relocation 
  • the four finally settled at Barton Cottage 
  • no longer wandering and had a small stable home
  • There they met Colonel Brandon 
  • a mature and reserved man 
  • who cared for everyone in small ways
  • Colonel Brandon admired Marians passionate nature 
  • but Marian found him lacking romance and remained distant
  • One autumn day in the forest filled with fallen leaves 
  • Marian chased the wind and twisted her ankle 
  • sitting on the ground with her eyes red
  • Handsome Willoughby passed by 
  • gently helped her up and carefully took her home
  • They shared love for poetry and music and quickly fell in love
  • Marian filled with hope for the future 
  • believed this intense love would last
  • Soon Willoughby said he had to go to London 
  • and then disappeared as if he had never existed
  • Marians world collapsed 
  • and she wept all day the light in her eyes gradually faded
  • While the sisters suffered 
  • Edward unexpectedly visited Barton Cottage
  • But his attitude was cold and distant avoiding Eleanor
  • Lucy secretly pulled Eleanor aside and revealed a shocking secret
  • She had secretly been engaged to Edward all along
  • Eleanor felt as if stabbed but remained outwardly calm
  • She endured her grief 
  • while quietly caring for her saddened sister
  • Winter came and London was cold 
  • Eleanor took Marian there to change the environment
  • Marian still held a glimmer of hope 
  • she wrote letter after letter to Willoughby
  • But none were answered 
  • until a chance encounter on the street revealed the truth
  • Willoughby had married a wealthy lady 
  • and looked at her as a stranger
  • Abandoned and heartbroken 
  • Marian fell ill 
  • almost losing the will to live
  • Through it all Colonel Brandon stayed by her side
  • He carefully tended to Marian 
  • and revealed Willoughbys true character 
  • Willoughby had never intended to take responsibility
  • Meanwhile Edward and Lucy's secret engagement was exposed 
  • Edwards mother demanded he break it or lose his inheritance
  • Edward refused to compromise 
  • choosing his promise even if it meant having nothing
  • Lucy seeing Edwards loss of wealth immediately married his brother
  • Under family care and Colonel Brandons protection
  • Marian slowly recovered
  • She let go of the past 
  • and understood true affection
  • Edward finally confessed his long hidden love to Eleanor
  • her restraint and patience brought steady happiness
  • Marian accepted Colonel Brandon in gentle and lasting companionship
  • Eleanors reason and Marians passion were not opposites
  • they reflected each other through time
  • Perhaps this is why Sense and Sensibility still resonates over a century later

  
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• January 21, 2026The Moon and Sixpence｜月亮与六便士

  原著作者｜威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

  • In London in the early twentieth century there lived a man named Charles
  • He had a kind wife two young children and a steady job
  • Their family life was calm and warm a perfect picture in the eyes of others
  • Yet inside Charles always felt an emptiness
  • He lived each day by routine but never found true happiness
  • This emptiness was not because life was bad but because a hidden passion lay buried in his heart
  • That passion was painting
  • Family duties and daily work once held him tightly
  • He pressed this love deep inside believing that life was meant to be ordinary
  • But the more he suppressed the desire the stronger it grew
  • Until it became a longing he could never erase
  • Then one ordinary day
  • He stood by the window watching the shifting light outside
  • And in that moment clarity suddenly came
  • He finally understood that his daily emptiness
  • Was never a matter of fate but of failing to follow his inner self
  • He also understood that painting was the home of his soul
  • A moon hidden deep within him once covered by the dust of life
  • Now breaking free and burning with light
  • On one side stood his burning passion
  • On the other a stable life and responsibility
  • At this crossroads Charles stood still
  • For him painting was never a choice
  • It was an instinct carved into his bones
  • He said to himself I must paint
  • Like a drowning man who must struggle
  • For this dream Charles left his home without hesitation
  • He went alone to Paris to pursue a life of painting
  • Life in Paris was harsh
  • There was little food and his savings were nearly gone
  • His room was small and bare
  • Yet even living on dry bread
  • He never laid down his brush and painted relentlessly
  • More suffocating than poverty
  • Was the citys hypocrisy
  • Some mocked him for abandoning comfort to paint
  • Calling him a madman
  • Others cared only for fame and money
  • They could not understand his pure devotion to art
  • Their eyes saw only survival
  • And they scorned the light in his heart
  • This cold and utilitarian world
  • Filled him with growing disgust
  • So Charles left the crowded city behind
  • And traveled to a distant island
  • There the sunlight was warm and the scenery beautiful
  • Free from worldly noise
  • There was also Ata his native wife
  • Who quietly cared for his life
  • At last he could devote himself fully to painting
  • Living each day fulfilled and joyful
  • But happiness did not last
  • Charles fell gravely ill
  • In the end he lost his sight completely
  • Even in darkness he never stopped painting
  • Guided by his devotion
  • And the remembered colors of light
  • He painted wall after wall inside his hut
  • Those murals
  • Became the greatest work of his life
  • Holding all his passion and resolve
  • Now Charles lay in a small hut on Tahiti
  • His life nearing its end
  • Leprosy destroyed his body and blinded his eyes
  • The neighbors had long fled in fear
  • Only Ata stayed by his side
  • Caring for him quietly
  • Through his final days
  • Before death Charles gave one request
  • That the painted hut be burned down
  • For he never painted for fame
  • Not for money
  • Nor even to be seen
  • He only wished to release his dream completely
  • Some called him selfish
  • Some called him reckless
  • But through his life
  • He showed us an extreme way of living
  • We need not abandon daily life for passion
  • Nor bury our inner light for survival
  • To hold daily life in our hands
  • And moonlight in our hearts
  • This is the most precious life
  • And the gentle truth of The Moon and Sixpence

  
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• January 20, 2026The Necklace｜项链

  原著作者｜居伊·德·莫泊桑

  • In the gray dawn of Paris the streets are still asleep
  • By an ordinary window a woman sits watching carriages pass slowly
  • Well dressed women move below their skirts swaying softly in the morning light
  • She turns away to a quiet narrow room with old furniture kept in order
  • She was not born poor only ordinary and to her this feels unjust
  • At dusk the fire is lit and her husband comes home smiling with contentment
  • The table is simple hot soup bread placed neatly on a plate
  • He talks lightly about his day while she eats in silence
  • After dinner he carefully takes an envelope from his pocket and sets it down
  • It is an invitation to a ball at the Ministry of Education
  • He looks at her with hope believing it a gift from fate
  • She glances at the card falls silent and then begins to cry
  • Tears stain the tablecloth as she says she has no fine dress and no jewels
  • She does not want to be ignored to stand in corners to look poor
  • Her husband pauses sighs and places his saved money into her hand
  • Days later in a dressmakers shop she stands before a mirror watching the dress take shape
  • The fabric fits her body her back straightens yet something is missing
  • She thinks of a wealthy friend and steps into a bright spacious living room
  • A jewelry box opens necklaces resting quietly in the light
  • Her hand stops pointing to the most dazzling one
  • Her friend smiles and casually hands it to her
  • On the night of the ball lights blaze as she stands atop the stairs the necklace on her neck
  • Music rises people turn and their eyes gather on her
  • She descends lightly her skirt spinning in the glow
  • Men stop speaking greet her and ask her to dance
  • That night she is seen remembered admired
  • At dawn the ball ends and she returns to a cold dim room
  • She reaches to remove the necklace and her fingers find nothing
  • In the mirror her neck is bare and pale
  • They search clothes floors and the streets along the carriage route
  • Morning comes and the necklace is still gone
  • They decide to buy another just the same and debt begins
  • Life grows heavy she washes lifts water and bargains for every coin
  • Her voice hardens her hands crack her face in the mirror ages
  • Ten years pass and the final debt is paid
  • She walks the street slowly feeling a strange relief
  • In the crowd she sees her friend still elegant and calm
  • She steps forward and tells of the ball the necklace and those ten years
  • Her friend stares then softly says the necklace was fake
  • The street goes on people pass and no one stops

  
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• January 20, 2026How the Steel Was Tempered｜钢铁是怎样炼成的

  原著作者｜奥斯特洛夫斯基

  • In the early 20th century during the Soviet Russian Revolution
  • The place is Shepetivka a small town in Ukraine
  • Twelve year old Pavel had a very hard life
  • His father passed away early and his mother worked as a cook
  • At a young age he had already taken on the heavy burden of life
  • Unable to bear the priest's bullying
  • He sprinkled tobacco dust into the priest's dough and was finally expelled from school
  • At that time he was full of resentment and quite confused
  • After dropping out of school Pavel became a child laborer and struggled to make a living
  • Until the revolutionary Zhukov appeared and lit up his path forward
  • Zhukov taught him to read and told him revolutionary stories
  • He also told him True courage is striving for the happiness of more people not resisting alone
  • At the age of sixteen Pavel resolutely joined the army and marched to the battlefield
  • Amidst the hail of bullets he charged bravely
  • Even though he was injured and lost his eyesight he never flinched
  • After recovering from his injuries he devoted himself to national construction
  • Volunteered to participate in the most arduous railway construction work
  • In the bitter cold of minus tens of degrees Celsius
  • Everyone slept on the cold ground and ate hard bread
  • They also had to resist wind and snow mud and bandit attacks
  • Pavel was frozen and had a high fever but still took the lead in fighting
  • In the end he fainted by the railway track
  • With strong perseverance he defeated death once again
  • After narrowly escaping death many times
  • Pavel was paralyzed all over and blind in both eyes
  • He once despaired and thought about giving up
  • But in front of his comrades' cemetery he regained his faith
  • He sighed The most precious thing for a person is life One should not regret wasting one's years nor be ashamed of doing nothing
  • Physical confinement never trapped his will
  • He resolved to continue fighting with words and practice his beliefs with his remaining strength
  • Blind he groped to write from memory
  • His wife Darya assisted in taking notes beside him
  • When his manuscript was accidentally lost he gritted his teeth and rewrote it from scratch
  • Even though he was plagued by illness and his fingers were calloused he never stopped writing
  • In the end his novel was successfully published
  • The passion and perseverance in the book moved countless readers
  • This book is like a beacon illuminating people's hearts
  • It made people understand perseverance and responsibility
  • Everyone realized that steel is not a cold metal
  • But a will tempered in hardships and upheld in despair
  • Pavel proved with his life
  • Even if fate is rough and the body is disabled
  • As long as you hold faith in your heart you can ultimately live a wonderful life
  • And become unyielding steel

  
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• January 18, 2026The Boy Who Cried Wolf｜狼来了

  出自｜伊索寓言

  • Once upon a time
  • on a sunny hill
  • lived a boy named Sam
  • Sam was a shepherd
  • He watched his sheep
  • every single day
  • But Sam was bored
  • Very very bored
  • It is too quiet he said
  • I want some fun
  • So he shouted loud
  • Wolf Wolf
  • A wolf is chasing the sheep
  • The villagers heard him
  • They ran up the hill
  • Where is the wolf they asked
  • Sam laughed at them
  • Haha I tricked you
  • There is no wolf
  • The villagers were not happy
  • Don't tell lies Sam
  • The next day Sam did it again
  • Wolf Wolf Help me
  • The people ran up again
  • Again there was no wolf
  • Fooled you again Sam cried
  • The people were very angry
  • Then the sun went down
  • A real wolf really came out
  • It had big teeth
  • It had hungry eyes
  • The wolf jumped at the sheep
  • Sam was so scared
  • Wolf Wolf Help
  • A real wolf is here
  • The villagers heard him
  • He is lying again they said
  • We won't go this time
  • No one came to help
  • The wolf took a sheep away
  • Sam was very sad
  • He sat alone and cried
  • An old man told him
  • Nobody believes a liar
  • Even when he tells the truth
  • Sam learned his lesson
  • He never lied again

  
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• January 18, 2026Little Red Riding Hood｜小红帽

  出自｜格林童话

  • Once upon a time
  • in a house near the deep green forest
  • lived a sweet girl
  • Everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood
  • She always wore a bright red cape
  • made by her dear grandmother
  • One sunny morning her mother said,
  • “Little Red, please take this basket to grandmother.
  • She is feeling a little sick today.
  • Remember, stay on the path
  • and never ever talk to strangers.”
  • “I will be very careful,” promised the little girl.
  • Little Red skipped along the forest path
  • The birds sang high in the trees
  • and the leaves danced in the wind
  • Suddenly a big grey wolf stepped out
  • “Good morning, little girl.
  • Where are you going on this fine day?”
  • Little Red forgot her mother's words
  • “I am going to see my grandmother.
  • She lives in the first house in the village.”
  • The wolf had a hungry look in his eyes
  • “Look at those beautiful flowers,” he whispered.
  • “Why not pick some for your grandmother?”
  • “That is a wonderful idea,” she said.
  • While Little Red was picking flowers
  • the wolf ran as fast as he could
  • He reached the house and knocked on the door
  • Knock! Knock! Knock!
  • “Who is it?” asked grandmother weakly.
  • “It is me, Little Red,” the wolf said.
  • The wolf pushed the door open
  • He quickly locked grandmother in the closet
  • The wolf put on her nightcap
  • and jumped into the bed
  • Soon Little Red arrived at the house
  • She knocked on the door
  • Knock! Knock! Knock!
  • “Come in, my dear,” the wolf croaked.
  • Little Red walked to the bed
  • and looked at her grandmother
  • “Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!”
  • “All the better to hear you with, my child.”
  • “Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!”
  • “All the better to see you with, my child.”
  • “But grandmother, what big teeth you have!”
  • “All the better to eat you with!” shouted the wolf.
  • “Help! Help!” Little Red cried out.
  • Just then a brave woodcutter was passing by
  • He heard the noise and burst into the house
  • He grabbed the wolf
  • and chased him far, far away
  • Little Red quickly opened the closet door
  • “Grandmother, you are safe!”
  • The little girl hugged her grandmother tightly
  • “I am so sorry, grandmother.
  • I will always listen to my mother.”
  • From that day on
  • Little Red never talked to strangers again
  • And they all lived happily ever after.

  
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• January 18, 2026The Cat Who Lived a Million Times｜活了一百万次的猫

  原著作者｜Yoko Sano

  • Once upon a time there was a cat
  • a chubby Silver Shorthair
  • His eyes were like green jewels
  • He lived a million times
  • He died a million times
  • A million people loved him
  • but the Silver Shorthair loved no one
  • One life he was a King’s cat
  • He hated the King and his gold
  • Another life he was a thief’s cat
  • He hated the thief and the dark
  • Then one day he was a free cat
  • a chubby proud Silver Shorthair
  • “I am special,” he bragged.
  • “I lived a million times.”
  • Every cat wanted to be his friend
  • but a white cat didn’t look
  • “I lived a million times,” he said.
  • “So what?” the white cat asked.
  • The Silver Shorthair stayed with her
  • He shared his food; he shared his sun
  • He loved her more than himself
  • They had many cute kittens
  • He forgot his million lives
  • He only cared about today
  • Many years passed
  • The white cat closed her eyes
  • She died in his arms
  • The Silver Shorthair cried and cried
  • He cried a million times
  • He cried until his heart stopped
  • The Silver Shorthair never woke up
  • He didn’t need another life
  • The meaning of life is not about its length;
  • it is about its depth.
  • It is not about being loved by many;
  • it is about the one you truly love.

  
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• January 18, 2026The Poor People｜穷人

  原著作者｜Victor Hugo

  • Outside the window
  • the cold wind howled
  • Whoosh!
  • Whoosh!
  • Inside the small fisherman's hut
  • it was warm and dim
  • Jeanne sat by the fire
  • mending an old fishing net
  • Her five children were asleep in their beds
  • breathing soft and slow
  • Jeanne looked at the clock
  • “My husband is still out on the sea,”
  • she whispered
  • “The storm is so strong tonight.”
  • She worried about him
  • but she also worried about her neighbor—
  • poor Mrs Simon
  • Mrs Simon was very sick
  • and she lived all alone
  • “I must go and check on her,”
  • Jeanne thought
  • She put on her shawl
  • opened the door
  • and stepped into the dark night
  • The neighbor's house was cold and quiet
  • Sadly,
  • Mrs Simon had passed away
  • But in a little corner
  • Jeanne saw a cradle
  • Inside were two little babies
  • sleeping side by side
  • They had curly hair
  • and round chubby cheeks
  • Jeanne’s heart beat fast—
  • Thump!
  • Thump!
  • “We are so poor,”
  • she said to herself
  • “We have five children
  • and only a little bread.
  • How can we feed two more?”
  • But the babies looked so small
  • and so helpless
  • Jeanne did not think twice
  • She wrapped them in her shawl
  • picked them up gently
  • and carried them home
  • Back in her hut
  • she put the babies on her bed
  • and hid them behind a curtain
  • Her face was pale
  • “What will my husband say?”
  • she worried
  • Suddenly
  • the door opened
  • A tall man walked in
  • It was her husband
  • the fisherman
  • He was wet and tired
  • His heavy boots went—
  • Clomp!
  • Clomp!
  • “Oh, you are back!”
  • Jeanne said
  • “Did you catch any fish?”
  • The fisherman shook his head
  • “No fish tonight—
  • only a torn net.”
  • He sat by the fire to warm his hands
  • “Jeanne,”
  • he asked
  • “What were you doing while I was gone?”
  • Jeanne looked down at the floor
  • “I went to see Mrs Simon,”
  • she said softly
  • “She is gone
  • and she left two little babies behind.”
  • The fisherman stopped moving
  • The room was very quiet
  • He looked at the fire
  • and scratched his head
  • “Two babies?”
  • he asked
  • “Well,”
  • he stood up tall
  • “We are poor,
  • that is true.
  • But we cannot let them stay in the cold.”
  • He smiled a kind smile
  • “Go get them, Jeanne—
  • we will make room for them.”
  • Jeanne’s eyes filled with tears
  • She smiled back at him
  • Slowly
  • she pulled back the curtain
  • “Look,”
  • she whispered happily
  • “they are already here.”

  
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• January 18, 2026The Little Mermaid｜小美人鱼

  原著作者｜Hans Christian Andersen

  • Deep in the ocean lived a mermaid named Mia
  • Mia had a voice sweet and clear as a bell
  • She loved to hear stories about the world above
  • One day she said, “I will see the golden sun.”
  • On her fifteenth birthday Mia swam to the surface
  • The sky was gold and the air was very warm
  • Suddenly a giant storm hit a large ship
  • A young prince fell into the cold dark sea
  • Mia swam fast and pulled him to the beach
  • She sang a soft song until he opened his eyes
  • Back in the sea Mia could not forget him
  • She visited the Sea Witch in a dark cave
  • “I want to have legs,” Mia asked bravely.
  • “Give me your voice,” the Witch replied with a laugh.
  • “If he marries another, you will turn into sea foam.”
  • Mia drank the potion and stood on the beach
  • She had two legs but she could no longer speak
  • The prince found her and they became best friends
  • They danced together like the wind in the trees
  • Mia was happy but her heart was very quiet
  • One day the prince told Mia about a princess
  • “I must marry her,” he said with a smile.
  • Mia felt a sharp pain deep in her heart
  • She could not say, “I am the one who saved you.”
  • The sun began to rise on the wedding day
  • Her sisters appeared with a magic silver knife
  • “Use this knife to save your own life.”
  • Mia looked at the prince and she loved him so
  • She threw the knife into the deep blue waves
  • Mia became bubbles white and light as air
  • But she did not really disappear from the world
  • She rose up into the beautiful blue sky
  • “Who are you?” Mia asked with a soft whisper.
  • “We are spirits of the air,” a kind voice said.
  • “You are kind and brave—now you are free.”
  • Mia smiled and flew away with the breeze

  
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• January 18, 2026The Farmer and the Snake｜农夫与蛇

  出自｜伊索寓言

  • On a long cold winter morning
  • a farmer walked slowly across his quiet field
  • The sky was pale and grey,
  • and snow covered the ground like a soft blanket
  • The farmer pulled his coat tighter
  • and breathed warm air into his hands
  • Winter was hard this year
  • for people and for animals
  • As he walked
  • something dark caught his eye near a frozen stone
  • He stopped
  • and looked more closely
  • There
  • curled on the icy ground
  • lay a small snake
  • Its body was stiff with cold
  • and its head rested quietly on the snow
  • The snake was not moving at all
  • The farmer knelt down slowly
  • and watched it
  • “This little snake is still alive,”
  • he thought,
  • “but the cold has nearly taken it.”
  • The farmer felt a soft sadness in his heart
  • “All lives struggle in winter,”
  • he said quietly
  • “If I leave it here,
  • the cold will surely kill it.”
  • He hesitated
  • for he knew what snakes were—
  • they bite.
  • It is their nature.
  • Still,the farmer did not turn away
  • Carefully,
  • he picked up the frozen snake
  • It felt like ice in his hands
  • The farmer opened his coat
  • and placed the snake inside,
  • close to his warm chest
  • He began walking again
  • step by step through the snow
  • Inside the coat
  • the snake slowly felt the warmth
  • Little by little
  • its body softened
  • Its breath returned,
  • its muscles woke
  • After a while
  • the snake opened its eyes
  • It moved its head
  • and tasted the air
  • The snake felt strong again
  • In one quick moment
  • it struck
  • The farmer cried out
  • as sharp pain spread through his body
  • He fell to the ground,
  • snow flying around him
  • “Why?
  • Why did you do this?”
  • he whispered in pain
  • “I carried you—
  • I kept you alive.”
  • The snake slid onto the snow
  • and looked at the farmer calmly
  • “I did not change,”
  • said the snake
  • “You knew what I was
  • when you chose to help me.”
  • The farmer lay still
  • the cold returning to his skin
  • Slowly
  • he understood:
  • kindness is precious,
  • but it must have eyes open
  • That winter morning
  • the field stayed silent
  • And the lesson stayed.

  
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