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George Mendonsa — the VJ Day Sailor 日本投降”二战”胜利日水手 George’s father came to America alone in 1911 and raised his sons on the water fishing. George joined the US Navy at 19 in 1942. 乔治的父亲在1911年只身来到美国，靠捕鱼来抚养他们一家人。1942年，19岁的乔治参加了美国海军。 His experience in fishing boats and a need for navigation e...
Tastes of Britain 英国传统风味 If you really want to get to know England,you should use your tongue to do more than just speak English. 英国环保慈善机构-国民信托所认为，如果你真的想要了解英国，那么仅仅会说英语是不够的， You should educate your palate on the tastes of the local food too. 用你的味觉去享受当地的食物。 That is what the British conservation cha...
She became convinced that her “life, though lived in the spotlight and blessed with greater opportunities, echoed the experiences of millions of other Americans.” 希拉里·克林顿开始相信“尽管一直生活在聚光灯下，而且总是有很多机会，自己的生活经历还是可以和几百万其他美国人产生共鸣的”。 Some readers, however, had other agendas. 然而有些读者却不以为然。 Cl...
The largest and most popular shopping mall in the United States is the Mall of America. 全美最大，最著名的购物商场非美国商城莫属。 It is in Bloomington, Minnesota,in the north-central part of the country near the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. 该商城位于中北部双城附近的明尼苏达州布鲁明顿市， It opened in 1992 and cost 650 million dollars to build. ...
Maybe Geniuses Just Got Lucky 也许是运气造就了天才 Life is unfair, as even the Bible acknowledges. 生活是不公平的，这一点甚至连《圣经》也不加否认。 We can’t all hit a baseball like DiMaggio or sing like the Beatles. 不是每个人都能把棒球打的像迪马乔那样出神入化或把歌唱得像甲壳虫乐队那样震撼人心。 But how much do we understand about those who can· ...
The Choice of Companion 论择友 A good companion is better than a fortune, 一个好友胜过一笔财富。 for a fortune cannot purchase those elements of character which make companionship a blessing. 人性中有一些品质会让友谊变成一种幸福的事，而金钱买不到这些品质。 The best companion is one who is wiser and better than ourselves,for we are inspired by his wisdom an...
Rainy Britain 阴雨的英国 Britain is famous around the world for its rainy weather. 英国以阴雨天气闻名于世。 Torrential downpours have caused rivers to burst their banks,roads have been closed and many people have been evacuated from their homes because of the floods. 倾盆大雨导致了河流决堤，道路封锁，许多人因为洪水的缘故而被迫疏散，离开家园。 The worst hit...
New Year’s Eve 新年前夕 For lots of people in Britain, the 31st of December,or New Year’s Eve as we call it,is the biggest party of the year. 对很多英国人来说，12月31日是一年中最盛大的聚会。 It’s a time to get together with friends or family and welcome in the coming year. 很多人在这个时候都会和朋友及家人一起迎接新的一年。 New Year’...
Marriage Partnerships 婚姻关系 Traditionally, the woman has held a low position in marriage partnerships. 从传统上讲，婚姻伴侣关系中女人的地位较低， While her husband went his way she had to wash, stitch and sew. 当她丈夫出去工作时她必须洗洗涮涮，缝缝补补。 Today the move is to liberate the woman,which may in the end strengthen the marriage union. 当今...
In a recent study, researchers had 43 college undergraduates (24 women, 19 men) 在最近的一次研究中，研究人员让43个大学本科生（24个女生，19个男生）. sit before a computer screen and view a series of faces of fashion models. 坐在电脑屏幕前观看一连串时装模特的脸。 The images were computer-enhanced, 画面是经过电脑处理过的， so that they appeared to slowly turn...
UK Music Festivals 英国音乐节 Summer in the UK is traditionally the time when people go on holiday. 按照英国人的传统，夏天是人们外出度假的日子， It is also the time for quiet picnics and spending lazy days doing nothing. 也是人们享受宁静的野餐，优哉游哉无所事事的日子。 Alternatively, you could watch the Wimbledon Tennis Championship,or spend five days watc...
A Collective Style of Living 集体生活方式 The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. 人们利用社交空间的方式反映出他们的社会关系和他们的种族身份。 Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a collective style of living,which they retained until late in the 18th century. 早期从欧洲到美...
These days, French has lost status because the United Nations has five official languages, not just one: English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. 近些年，法语逐渐失去自己的地位，因为联合国有五种官方语言，而非仅仅一种，即:英语，法语，西班牙语，俄语和汉语。 The individual most responsible for bringing English and French together (and one of the greatest writer in...
Inaugural Address of Obama 奥巴马就职演说 Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. 今天我要向你们说的是，我们面临的挑战是真实存在的。 They are serious and they are many. 这些挑战很多，也很严重， They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. 它们不会轻易地或者在短时间内就得以克服。 But know this, America-they will be met. ...
The Golden Gate Bridge has been called one of the world’s most beautiful bridges. 金门大桥被认为是世界最漂亮的桥梁之一， It is also one of the most visited places in the world. 也是世界上游客最多的景点之一。 Experts say about 9 million people visit the bridge each year. 专家称每年大约有900万游客到此参观。 They say more than 1,000 million vehicles hav...
Clouds 飘忽的云 I’ve opened the curtain of my east window here above the computer, 拉开了房间东边电脑上方的窗帘， and I sit now in a holy theater before a sky-blue stage. 感觉自己仿佛身处一个神圣的剧场，天蓝的舞台展现在面前。 A little cloud above the neighbor’s trees resembles Jimmy Durante’s nose for a while, 有好一会儿，邻居家树丛上...
Space Voyage for the Average Joe and Mary 普通人的太空行 Forty-one years after the original space race began with the launch of the Russian Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, a new race has emerged. 四十一年前，俄罗斯发射世界上第一颗人造卫星，开始了最早的太空竞赛，一种新的竞赛出现了。 Its goal is to make space flight accessible to the average Joe or Mar...
Love Your Life 热爱生活 However mean your life is, meet it and live it; 无论你的生活如何卑微，都要正视它，并活下去； do not shun it and call it hard names. 不要躲避它，也不要恶语相加。 It is not so bad as you are. 你的生活不像你本人那么糟糕。 It looks poorest when you are richest. 你最富有的时候，你的生活看上去倒似最贫穷。 The fault-finder will...
The Joys of Writing 写作的乐趣 The fortunate people in the world-the only really fortunate people in the world,in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. 在我看来，世上幸运的人—世上唯一真正幸运的人，是那些以工作为乐的人。 The class is not a large one,not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; 这个阶层的人并不多，还没有人们常说的那样多...
Aging Populations 人口老龄化 What is making the world so much older? 是什么让全世界的人口日益老龄化？ There are two long-term causes and a temporary blip that will continue to show up in the figures for the next few decades. 这是由两个长期原因和一个暂时现象造成的，并且在未来的几十年里，这些因素还将继续存在下去。 The first of the big causes is that people e...