What Is American Dream? 什么是美国梦？ What is the American Dream? Is it the same for all Americans? Is it a myth? Is it simply a search for a better life? How has the American Dream changed over time? Some
Modern bungee jumping is usually done in a parking lot and people jump from a platform at the top of a crane. 现代蹦极的场地通常是停车场，许多人从起重机顶部的平台跳下去。 You can have bungees tied to your waist or ankles. 用橡皮绳绑住腰部
Living History 亲历历史 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she's still not quite sure why her memoirs, "Living History," sold so well. 希拉里·克林顿说她自己仍然不确定她的回忆录《亲历历史》为什么卖得这么好。 In a four-page afterword to t
Nature 论自然 When we speak of nature in this manner,we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind. 谈论自然时，心灵倍感清晰，而诗意盎然。 We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects. 留存诸多
The Origin of Carnival 狂欢节的起源 Carnival is a Christian creation derived from the Latin "Carne vale", meaning "farewell meat". 狂欢节是基督教创造的，起源于拉丁文中的Carne vale，意思是“肉啊，再见”。 And this referred to stop eating
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one's other commitments: 几年前，在一所大学的开幕典礼中,可口可乐的首席执行官布赖恩?戴森讲到工作与其他义务的关
In reality, drinking that much beer is more likely to have the opposite effect. Nowadays, it is the beverage of choice among rowdy young people on a Saturday night out, and it has fueled acts of viole
It was in the early years of the nineteenth century that Munich really began to grow, and many of the city's best known buildings date from this time. Despite being the modern metropolis that hosted t
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
Have you ever thought about why people are ticklish? According to scientists, ticklishness is a defense mechanism humans developed against bugs, spiders, and other critters that may be touching our sk
Sun smile 阳光般的微笑 The sun shone brightly on the ground in front of her feet as she pondered the reality of light. 太阳光芒四射地照耀这她脚前这片大地。她在沉思，思考着阳光是怎么一回事: How did light get here? Who made it and why? 它是怎么来到
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
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 pal
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 cit
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
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
When I was 11, I found out I had a brain tumor. I had surgery to remove it, but the size and location of the tumor caused my optic nerve to atrophy. For three years afterward, I had partial sight, but
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
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. 我以前常常从厨房的窗户看到她穿梭于操场上的一群男孩子中间，她显得那么矮小。 The school was across the stre
Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the natur
