Bungee -- Just for the Thrill 蹦极—玩得就是心跳 Would you pay lots of money to fall off a 120-foot high platform, 你愿意花重金，仅在腰部和脚踝上挂着弹性绳索， held only by an elastic cord around your waist or ankles? 就从120英尺的高台上跳下
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Three Days to See 假如给我三天光明 All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. 我们大家都读过一些令人激动的故事，这些故事里的主人公仅仅活在有限并且特定的时间内， Sometimes it was as long as
Kepler's World 开普勒的世界 Much has been made of the 400th anniversary this year of Galileo pointing a telescope at the moon and jotting down what he saw. 400年前伽利略用望远镜观测月球并简要记录了观测结果，400年后的今天我们很隆重地纪念了这一历史性事
How should one read a book? 怎样读书？ It is simple enough to say that since books have classes—fiction, biography, poetry, 说来容易: 既然书有各种各样—小说、传记、诗歌 we should separate them and take from each what it is rig
Lessons from Geese 大雁的启示 Lesson 1 第一课 As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird following it. 当大雁舞动翅膀，它能产生一种提升力让自己迅速飞行。 By flying in V-formation, the whole flock adds 70% greate
Brand is not everything, fit is. 名牌并不代表一切，适合才是王道。 Don't be tempted to buy that pair of jeans just because they look on most girls out there. 不要因为其他女孩穿某条牛仔裤好看就去买。 If they don't fit, there is no point w
What I Learn from Them 我从他们身上获益匪浅 When I was a child, my father (having no son) decided he would instill a love of sport in both of his daughters. 当我还是小女孩的时候，我的父亲（没有儿子）决定向他们的女儿们灌输对运动的热爱。 While my sist
The Nature of the Scientific Attitude 科学态度的本质 What is the nature of the scientific attitude,the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry,geology, engineering, m
Unit80 As Kids Say It 第80单元 童言无忌 Tell a Story with a Moral 讲一个寓言故事 A primary school class was asked to tell a story with a moral. Kathy went first. "Once, we were driving a basket of ten eggs to marke
Understanding Dreams 解梦 We dream for four hours every night, but may just be able to remember one dream every few days. 每晚，我们有四个小时的时间是在做梦，但是每隔几天我们能记住其中的一个梦。 It is every person's secret life—and one we
I now invite the House,by the Resolution which stands in my name,to record its approval of the steps taken and to declare its confidence in the new Government. 现在依据我所签署的决议，请求下议院将它同意行的步骤正式记录下来，并宣示它对新政府
