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04 Electricity The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent...
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind, it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees, 青春不是生命的一段时光，不是指红润的脸颊、红扑扑的嘴唇和柔软的双膝；it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.它是一种精神状态，是指不懈的干劲、丰富的想象力和滚烫的情怀。它是...
Work and Pleasure To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any ...
Born to Win Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials—capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being—a producti...
新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit43:Statistics 43.Statistics There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skil...
新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit44:Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs 44.Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite seriously by many nations, especially since scie...
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”从前，有个孩子马上就要诞生了。于是有一天他问上帝：“听说明天您就送我去人间了，但是，我这么弱小和无助，我在那儿怎么生活呢？”God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose ...
新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit41:American Black Bears 41.American black bears American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range, most of these brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter, both brown and black furred bears may be born. Black bear...
新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit42:Coal-fired power plants 42.Coal-fired power plants The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled the earliest power stations. (which were set up at the end of the ninet...
新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit45:The Source of Energe 45.The source of Energy A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun; in fact, at the Sun’s very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is librated at the center of ...
President’s Radio Address THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I’m speaking to you from Europe, where I attended the NATO summit and witnessed the hopeful progress of the continent’s youngest democracies. The summit was held in Romania, one of the 10 liberated nations that have joined the ranks of NATO since the end of the Cold War. After decades of tyranny and...
President Bush Departs for NATO Summit THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Laura and I are on our way to a very important NATO summit, and members of the United States Congress are on their way back to Washington. And they have a lot of work to do. Congress needs to pass FISA reform. Our intelligence professionals are waiting on the Congress to give them the tools they need to ...
President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Sanader of Croatia in Zagreb, Croatia PRIME MINISTER SANADER: (Speaking in Croatian, no translation.) PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. It’s really good to be with you again. I remember very fondly our visit to the Oval Office. (Interpreter speaking.) PRIME MINISTER SANADER: No, there is no need. PRESIDENT...
President Bush Meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for coming. It’s the first time we’ve had a chance to visit, and I appreciate the very candid discussion we had. I appreciate the fact that you’re committed to working to make sure that relations between the United States and Pakistan are strong and vib...
President Bush Meets with President Saakashvili of Georgia PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome back to Washington. I was just reminiscing with the President about my trip to Georgia, about the unbelievably good food, and about the dancing. He was wondering whether I’d come back and start my dancing career there. And I told him I probably better quit while I’...
THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank you for the warm welcome to Fort Bragg. It is good to be at the home of the Airborne and Special Operation Forces. This is my fourth visit to Fort Bragg since I have been honored to be the President. Somehow I always find my way back to the “center of the universe.” (Applause.) And every time I come, I look forward to saying: Hooah!...
President Bush Meets with President Torrijos of Panama PRESIDENT BUSH: It’s been my pleasure to welcome my friend, the President of Panama. Mr. President, welcome back. It’s good to see you, sir. I can’t thank you enough for your friendship and your leadership. Under your leadership, relations between the United States and Panama are strong and healthy an...
Presidents Radio Address THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Congress will soon vote on legislation to fund our troops serving on the front lines of the war on terror. This is an opportunity for Congress to give our men and women in uniform the tools they need to protect us, and Congress should approve these vital funds immediately. Congress has had this funding request for more th...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week Im traveling in Europe. In the past few days, I have visited Slovenia, Germany, Italy, and the Vatican. Im spending this Saturday in France. And I will conclude my trip in the United Kingdom. In my meetings, Ive discussed our shared efforts to advance peace and prosperity around the world. America has strong partners in leaders like I...
Gerald R. Ford Address on Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. [Oath of Office administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger] Mr. Chief Justice, my dear friends, my fellow Americans: The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the Consti...