To my compatriots, 对我的同胞， I have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimos
Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight
KFC's Colonel Sanders 肯德基爷爷的真实故事 When I read last week that a majority of Americans ages 18 to 25 didn't know who Colonel Sanders was,I was shocked. 上周报上的一条消息让我感动非常震惊:大多数18到25岁的年轻人不知道桑德斯上校是谁。 Accordin
This greater sensitivity to alcohol leaves women more prone to alcohol-related illnesses like cirrhosis of the liver and alcohol-induced brain damage. Other worrisome results show a correlation betwee
As he did, Alfred Eisenstadt walked up and took photographs which would record the moment in American history.George says that he really can't explain the kiss. 就在他亲吻的时候，阿尔佛雷德·艾森施泰特碰巧路过，拍下了见证美国历史上的经典瞬
In ancient times, people who made beer lacked the means to preserve and filter it properly, so the drink was cloudy and turned bad quickly. It was medieval European monks who introduced scientific bre
The gift 礼物 A young man was getting ready to graduate from university. 一个年轻人将要从大学毕业了。 For a long time he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom and knowing his father could well aff
The Loch Ness Monster 尼斯湖水怪 Loch Ness, the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, is twenty four miles long and, at one point, one and a half miles wide. 尼斯湖是大不列颠群岛最大的淡水湖，有24英里长，一边有1.5英里宽。 It h
It is fair to say that the city of Munich was founded on beer. Christian monks established a settlement there in the ninth century and began to brew a tasty mixture of malt and hops which they probabl
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones. 岛屿是多么奇妙啊！它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通，没有电缆相连，更无电话
Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab. 16年前我学到了人生中重要一课，那是在纽约市的出租车后座上。 I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were dri
Sweetheart Dethroned 甜心陨落 For some years Whitney Houston held the post of America's Sweetheart,pretty, God-fearing and patriotic. 曾经有许多年，她是美国人心目中的甜心。她美丽动人，虔诚爱主，忠诚爱国。 She went to the White House to dis
Although traveling dust storms are nothing new, the dust now often contains chemical or metallic substances that contribute to respiratory illnesses and damage the environment. At present, a group of
For some websites, the approach is direct: they ask you to take a survey about what you like, and then make offers that match your interests. 有一些网站采用直接的办法：他们会对你的喜好进行调查，然后提供和你的兴趣匹配的服务。 Another way is t
As a child—and as an adult as well—Bill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. 童年时期——即使成了了大人——比尔也不修边幅。据说为了改此习惯，玛丽为他制定了一周着装计划。 On Mon
So to all those who voted for me and to whom I pledged my utmost,my commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding. 我亲爱的选民们，我曾经信誓旦旦承诺过的人们，我想对你们说，我对你们的承诺绝不食言，我将坚持不懈地为我们追求的进步而奋斗。 And I will
How would you like to sip a glass of cold beer while sitting in the shadow of a Chinese pagoda surrounded by English gardens in the middle of a southern German city? It may sound unlikely, but that is
Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. 在爱荷华州大学读大三时，我和两个朋友从宿舍搬出来，租了一间房子。 We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a gruff middle aged man who was
Mental health professionals do not consider compulsive shopping an "addiction" due to the fact that there is no physical dependency as you would find with drugs or alcohol. 心理健康专家认为强迫性购物不算是一个癖嗜，因为它并没有
Roles for the Mechanical Engineer 机械工程师的任务 Do you realize that every time you take a step,the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? 你是否意识到，你每走一步路，你臀部的
