A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee. She never uses it on workers， drones， or people. The queen's stinger， moreover， is smooth and saber-shaped， not barbed， as other bees' stingers are. Thus she， unlike all other bees， can sting repeatedly without hurting herself.
蜂王的刺只用來螫另一只蜂王，而從不螫工蜂、雄蜂或人。而且，蜂王的刺很平滑，像一把軍刀，不象其他蜜蜂的刺那樣帶有倒鉤，因此可以反復刺而不傷害自己。
If one places a minute amount of liquor on a scorpion， it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
如果在蝎子身上放上少許一點兒酒，它會立即發(fā)瘋，將自己螫死。
Bricks are the oldest manufactured building material still in use. Egyptians used them 7，000 years ago.
磚頭是至今仍在使用的最古老的人造建筑材料。埃及人在7，000年前就使用磚頭了。
A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.
威尼斯有一條法律，規(guī)定所有的平的小船都必須漆成黑色，只有高級官員的小船例外。
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
愛斯基摩人用冰箱防止食物結冰。
Every year in the U.S. four times the amount of money spent on baby food is spent on pet food， totaling $1.5 billion.
美國每年在愛畜食品上所花的錢，是花在嬰兒食品上的錢的4倍，達15億美元。
In 1500 B.C. in Egypt a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.
公元前1500年的埃及，剃光頭被認為是女性美的極致。埃及婦女用專門的金鑷子將所有的頭發(fā)全都拔掉，然后用布將頭皮磨得閃閃發(fā)光。
蜂王的刺只用來螫另一只蜂王，而從不螫工蜂、雄蜂或人。而且，蜂王的刺很平滑，像一把軍刀，不象其他蜜蜂的刺那樣帶有倒鉤，因此可以反復刺而不傷害自己。
If one places a minute amount of liquor on a scorpion， it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
如果在蝎子身上放上少許一點兒酒，它會立即發(fā)瘋，將自己螫死。
Bricks are the oldest manufactured building material still in use. Egyptians used them 7，000 years ago.
磚頭是至今仍在使用的最古老的人造建筑材料。埃及人在7，000年前就使用磚頭了。
A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.
威尼斯有一條法律，規(guī)定所有的平的小船都必須漆成黑色，只有高級官員的小船例外。
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
愛斯基摩人用冰箱防止食物結冰。
Every year in the U.S. four times the amount of money spent on baby food is spent on pet food， totaling $1.5 billion.
美國每年在愛畜食品上所花的錢，是花在嬰兒食品上的錢的4倍，達15億美元。
In 1500 B.C. in Egypt a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.
公元前1500年的埃及，剃光頭被認為是女性美的極致。埃及婦女用專門的金鑷子將所有的頭發(fā)全都拔掉，然后用布將頭皮磨得閃閃發(fā)光。