新东方背诵文选 Lesson 25:Movie Music

Movie Music Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied...

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新东方背诵文选 Lesson 24:Piano

Piano The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries — the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the...

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新东方背诵文选 Lesson 23:Ford

Ford Although Henry Ford’s name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered advanced even by today’s standards. Safety measures were improved, and the work day was reduced to eight hours, compared with the ten-or twelve-hour day common at the ti...

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新东方背诵文选 Lesson 26:International Business and Cross-cult

International Business and Cross-cultural Communication The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross- cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in...

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新东方背诵文选 Lesson 22:Collectibles

Collectibles Collectibles have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. Whereas some objects have been collected for their usefulness, others have been selected for their aesthetic beauty alone. In the United States, the kinds of collectibles currently popular range from traditional objects such as stamps, coins, rare books, and art to more recent items of i...

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英语精美散文欣赏:Christmas Morning

相关专题: 精美英文欣赏 美丽英文诵读 A light drizzle was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church, eager to get home and play with the presents that Santa had left for us and our baby sister, Sharon. Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station where the Greyhound bus stopped. It was closed for Christmas, but I noticed a family stand...

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英语精美散文欣赏:True Love

英语精美散文欣赏:True Love 相关专题: 精美英文欣赏 美丽英文诵读 NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛(大学组)/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲与辩论大会(中小学及幼儿组)/美式辩论赛(以下简称大赛/大会)现诚招全国省市合作伙伴或城市合伙人,共同进行推广NSDA赛事品牌、举办赛事及培训活动、开展素质教育、美式营地项目等多方面合作。 我们希望认同NSDA理念,有赛事组织经验,或有教育资源,特别...

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美丽英文诵读(23)These Things Shall Never Die(这些美好不会消逝)

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,That stirred our hearts in youth,强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,The impulses to wordless prayer,推动着我们做无言的祷告的,The dreams of love and truth;让我们梦想着爱与真理的;The longing after something’s lost,在失去后为之感到珍惜的,The spirit’s yearning cry,使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,The striving after b...

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英语精美散文欣赏:A Love Letter

英语精美散文欣赏:A Love Letter 相关专题: 精美英文欣赏 美丽英文诵读 NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲与辩论大赛(大学组)/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲与辩论大会(中小学及幼儿组)/美式辩论赛(以下简称大赛/大会)现诚招全国省市合作伙伴或城市合伙人,共同进行推广NSDA赛事品牌、举办赛事及培训活动、开展素质教育、美式营地项目等多方面合作。 我们希望认同NSDA理念,有赛事组织经验,或有教育资源,...

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新概念优美背诵短文 Unit9:Suburbanization

新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit9:Suburbanization If by “suburb” is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Before that period the city was a small highly compact cluster in which people moved abou...

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英文欣赏:The More Loving One

The Rainy Day The day is cold,and dark,and dreary; It rains,and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold and dark and dreary; It rains and the wind is never weary; My though still cling to the moldering past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:Farewell Address to Congress

General Douglas MacArthur: Farewell Address to Congress Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Distinguished Members of the Congress: I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride — humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represe...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:The Evil Empire

Moderator: Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. President Reagan: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And, Reverend Clergy all, Senator Hawkins, distinguished members of the Florida congressional delegation, and all of you: I can’t tell you how you have warmed my heart with ...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:1984 DNC Keynote Address

Mario Cuomo: 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address “A Tale of Two Cities” Thank you very much. On behalf of the great Empire State and the whole family of New York, let me thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the temptation to deal in nice but vague rheto...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:1984 DNC Address

Jesse Jackson: 1984 Democratic National Convention Address “The Rainbow Coalition” Thank you very much. Tonight we come together bound by our faith in a mighty God, with genuine respect and love for our country, and inheriting the legacy of a great Party, the Democratic Party, which is the best hope for redirecting our nation on a more humane, just, and peacefu...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:I've Been to the Mountaintop

Martin Luther King, Jr: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It’s always good to have your closest friend and associate to say something good about you. And Ralph Abernathy is the...

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美国经典英文演讲100篇:Statement on the Articles of Impeachment

Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment “If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th century paper shredder.” Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for givi...

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总统演讲:Bush's speech on Va.Tech shooting and sch

Good morning. This week, the thoughts and prayers of millions of Americans are with the victims of the Virginia Tech attacks. We mourn promising lives cut short. We pray for the wounded. And we send our love to those who are hurting. The day after the attack, Laura and I attended a memorial service on the campus in Blacksburg. We met with faculty members who lost students an...

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布莱尔首相演讲:Sierra Leone

Britain’s role in Sierra Leone: Prime Minister’s broadcast, Friday 19 May 2000 There are many things about this country which make us proud. But close to the top of any list must come our Armed Forces. Their professionalism and courage has earned respect right across the world. Their discipline and dedication make them first choice for peace-keeping and humanitar...

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总统演讲:Pres. Bush celebrates America's 400th annivers

Thank you all. Thank you, Justice O’Connor. Laura and I are really happy to join you today. This state is known at the “Mother of Presidents,” which reminds me, I needed to call my Mother today. (Laughter.) I wish all mothers around our country a happy Mother’s Day. And if you haven’t called your mother, you better start dialing here after this ...

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