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Problems in Sharing a House 合住的烦恼 If you like the idea of staying with a family,living in a house might be the answer. 如果你喜欢家庭式的话，就选择和当地人住在一起。 Good landladies-those who are superb cooks and launderers,are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guests and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. 小说里经常会出现一些...
Harry Potter: Excellent or Evil? 哈利·波特：优秀还是邪恶？ Harry Potter books have spent the past year quite comfortably on bestseller lists nationwide. 哈利·波特系列丛书在过去一年都稳居全国畅销书排行榜。 Controversy over the series of fantasy fiction books—about a boy who discovers a world of magic—is generated in chatrooms, boardrooms and classrooms alike. 对于这部奇幻系列...
At the very least we can likely recall feeling a need to escape everyday trials at school or at home. 至少我们能够回忆出过去，那些每天想着逃离学校的实验或者避开家人责备的日子。 Harry has his escape; he takes the reader with him, and it's nothing short of excitement. 哈利能够逃离；而读者可以随他一起逃离现实，这令人非常兴奋。 The Hogwart's School is where he fits in, a...
Face to Face with Tom Cruise 与汤姆·克鲁斯面对面 Change terrifies most of us. Not Tom Cruise. Want proof? His dad abandoned his family, and he grew up poor. 改变让我们感到畏惧。但是汤姆·克鲁斯不会。想知道为什么这么说吗？他的父亲抛弃了家庭，他出生贫寒。 He couldn't read, and teachers said he was dyslexic. 他不能朗读，老师们都说他是诵读困难者。 But he stayed close to his m...
RD:What do you think your strength is as a parent? 作为父亲，你觉得你的强项是什么？ Cruise:Everything! I'm a great parent. I want to be with my kids. They are happy. They get to do all the stuff I wanted to do when I was growing up. 都是我的强项吧！我是一位了不起的父亲。我的孩子们都很幸福。他们可以做我年轻的时候就很想做的事情。 RD:What do you want your children to learn ...
Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year. 离家远的学生通常至少在他们大学的第一年里都会住在学校宿舍。 Men and women often live in the same building,though they may live on separate floors. 男生和女生经常住同一栋宿舍楼，虽然他们住在不同的楼层。 Some dorms have a theme, like an international house,where student...
Forms of Communication 交流方式 Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. 很明显，我们要参与我们所生活的这个社会，我们就必须与其他人进行交流。 A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. 大量的交流是在个人与个人的基础上通过简单的说话方式进行的。 If we trave...
What Makes the Internet Attractive? 因特网的魅力何在？ Cyberspace communications, including email discussion groups, chatrooms, bulletin boards and blogs, offer people an opportunity to experience a form of social contact, with no real social presence. 网络通信，包括电子邮件讨论组、聊天室、布告栏和博客，让人们有机会体验社交的一种形式，没有真实的相见。 Some people find it so ...
A Boy Named Nkosi 有个男孩名叫纳考西 In 1989 in a Zulu village, Daphne gave birth to a baby, named Xolani Nkosi. The baby was tiny, no more than two kilos. 1989年，达芙妮生了一孩子，叫做纳考西。婴儿非常小，体重不足两千克。 As the months passed, Daphne realized the boy was ill. 几个月过去了，达芙妮意识到这个小男孩病了。 The doctor who examined the boy had said his illness mig...
How happy Are you? 你快乐吗？ Self-test 自我测试 Find out with this test designed by Dr. Raj Persaud, consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Consider the following statements: 你喜欢自测吗？下面这个由伦敦莫斯里医院的精神病顾问医生拉吉·佩尔绍德设计的测试将帮助你发现这一点。 1. My ability to concentrate is so good that I can forget how time has flown. 我能非...
When Love Beckons You 爱的召唤 When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. 当爱召唤你时，请追随它，尽管爱之道路艰难险峻。 And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. 当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从它，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的利刃可能会伤到你。 And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though hi...
What does it mean to be a lover ? 爱一个人意味着什么？ It is more than just being marriage or making love to someone. 爱一个人，不只是与其结婚或者做爱。 Millions of people are married but few are real lovers. 成千上万的人结婚，却只有极少人真正相爱。 To be a real lover,you must commit to and participant in a perpetual dance intimacy with you partner. 真正爱一个人，你要承诺与...
Living On-Campus vs. Off-Campus 住在宿舍还是在校外租房 It's the question that every college student must answer. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages so it is important for you to weigh your choice before you make a final decision. To help you between the two, here are some pros and cons of both. 这是每个大学生必须回答的问题。两个选择都会有优势和劣势，这...
"Surely", I suggested to Jim's teacher, "the course Jim got on with such low marks would be the sort of course that wouldn't be worth doing anyway." “真的是这样，”我和吉米的老师建议道，“吉米得分很低的课程就没有必要再读下去。” "Not at all," the teacher insisted, and then named a string of universities I'd barely heard of, claiming the...
First Snow 第一场雪 The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. 第一场雪不仅是一件大事，而且是充满魔力的大事。 You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, 入睡时世界是一个样子，醒来时发现你在一个完全不同世界里， and if this is not enchantment,then where is it to be found? 假如不是魔法的作用，又能到哪...
The group's popularity waned in the 1970s, and Michael eventually went solo, releasing the album "Off the Wall", Michael eventually became the best-selling album in history. 20世纪70年代，组合的受欢迎程度不断减退。迈克尔随后单飞，发行专辑《偏执》，最终成为历史上拥有最畅销的专辑的音乐人。 But, as the showbiz saying has it, when you're on top of the world the...
If any other cat has more food in its bowl, then any self-respecting cat will resent you for not intervening on its behalf. Cats are a bit conservative by nature, but will eventually move house if they think they can get a better deal. 如果其他猫的碗里有更多的事物，任何一个有自尊心的猫将会讨厌你没有代表它去处理食物分配不均。猫们天性保守，但是如果意识到会给自己带来更大利益的...
The Gilt of Despots 瑞士银行欲洗脱偷税天堂的恶名 For decades, a Swiss bank account was the favored hideaway for assets snaffled by the world's most kleptocratic leaders. 几十年来，瑞士银行账户一直是受到世界各地贪官们青睐的藏匿资产的地方。 The roll of dishonor includes presidents Marcos of the Philippines,Mobutu of Zaire, Abacha of Nigeria,and "Baby Doc" Duvalie...
In the beginning it only conducted research for a few weeks in a year, but eventually the Bureau established mobile camera stations. 开始时，一年中只有几周做调查，但是最终调查局建设成移动相机站。 Searches were conducted using hot-air-balloons and infrared night time cameras, sonar scanners and submarines. 研究时采用热气球和红外线摄像头，声纳扫描和潜水艇。 Dr. Roy Mackal, a L...
The Sounds We Can't Resist 广告中无法抗拒的声音 If you're like most people,you're way too smart for advertising. 如果你和大多数人一样，你必定自以为能避开广告。 You flip right past newspaper ads,never click on ads online and leave the room during TV commercials. 你会直接跳过报纸上的广告，从不会点击网页上弹出的广告，在电视插播广告时离开房间。 That, at least, is wha...