Barter Books was begun in 1991 by a couple, Stewart & Mary Manley. The building used to be an old, Victorian railway station. Huge rows of stack shelves now stand in the place where the tracks would have been. barter v.讨价还价couple 夫妇Victorian 维多利亚的railway n.<英>铁路，铁道stack n.（整齐的）一堆shelves n.架子（shelf的复数）
It’s bringing art, light, technology into the mix. But this is an abstract artwork. It’s not a light show. bringing 。。。 into the mix 把。。。 混合在一起
Jerry: Hey, my parents are just as crazy as your parents. George: My father wears his sneakers in the pool! Sneakers! wears 穿着sneakers n.胶底运动鞋（sneaker 的复数形式）pool n.游泳池；池塘，水坑
I’m very excited about it, because it’s all about love. It’s all about you; your partner; Romeo and Juliet; Rose and Jack. When did you spend 5 days with your wife? You need to do it! Get on a cruise.
It’s a question that has perplexed humanity from as early as the ancient Greeks all the way to the 21st Century. And we’re still dying to know… which came first, the chicken or the egg? perplexed adj.困惑的；不知所措的humanity n.人类（总称）Greeks n.希腊人（Greek 的复数）all the way 一直dying to know 渴望知道it depends 看情况
Here’s a travel rule: any time you see a bar with a sign that says, “Stories, Beers & Wood burning stoves”, you go in. I’ll give you that best souvenir that you’d ever get in Newfoundland, eh? What’s that? That’s a kiss off a Newfoundland-born! Thank you! That is… that… I got it! souvenir n.纪念品，纪念物Newfoundland... » read more
Psychopath is a widely used. Yet, frequently misunderstood title. Many people throw it around like an insult. You might call someone who does anything out of the ordinary a psychopath. But they aren’t really, or maybe you look toward history’s most famous mass murderers, while many of these criminals were psychopaths. The real definition is... » read more
The fraudulent cases of horse meat may be attributed to a law which banned horse-drawn carts from traveling on Romanian roads, The ban also pertained to donkey-drawn carts. But it is believed that hundreds of thousands of the animals were sent to the slaughterhouse after the 6-year-old law was recently enacted. fraudulent adj.欺诈的，诈骗的pertained v．与……有关；涉及；适用于（pertain的过去式和过去分词）slaughterhouse n.屠宰场（等于... » read more
After a while the Emperor issued a verdict. Valentine was asked to agree with the emperor about the ban on marriage, thus giving up his religion. Valentine refused. Just before his execution, Valentine asked for a pen and paper and signed a farewell message to his lover, “from your Valentine”; a phrase that lived ever... » read more
Shocking news out of the Vatican on Monday. Pope Benedict is resigning at the end of the month. The announcement comes as a complete surprise. Pope Benedict is 85 years old. resign v.辞（职），放弃（工作或职位）announcement n.公告；（报纸上的）布告；宣布