Julius Caesar, the Roman military and political leader, was born in 100 BC. He is considered to be one of the ancient world's mightiest leaders. Caesar caused a civil war in 49 BC. After winning the war, he became the head of the Roman world. He gain

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常春藤生活英语【14】Just Fooling愚人节快乐

Dialogue A Eva just called Steve on the phone. Eva：Hey, Steve. It's Eva. Did you hear about your naughty girlfriend? Steve：What did she do now? Eva：Do you know where she was last night? Steve：She told me she was studying at the library. Eva：

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常春藤生活英语【15】David and Goliath戴维与歌利亚

Two thousand years ago in the Kingdom of Israel, the Philistine army marched into the valley of Elah and set up camp. At that time, the King of Israel was Saul. He was a great king before, but by this point had become a weak man. King Saul gathered h

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常春藤生活英语【16】Bobby's Balance　过犹不及

Bobby Jones liked his job as a computer programmer. His co-workers were all nice and the office was close to his house. There was only one problemhis boss. Mr. Li never complimented anyone. Most people in the office worked hard and even stayed a coup

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常春藤生活英语【17】世界尽头的光明

The Light at the Edge of the World 世界尽头的光明 Each day, humans are faced with terrible news about war, poverty, and crime from every direction including TV, radio, and the Internet. To settle themselves, many people take some time out of t

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常春藤生活英语【10】Pricing Strategy　定价策略

Dialogue A Adam and Sheila are talking about the pricing strategy for their new drinks. Adam： I love the peach flavor. It's delicious. Sheila： It's my son's new favorite drink. Now, all we need to do is introduce it to the public. Adam： I've be

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常春藤生活英语【19】Breaking Gender Stereotypes

Years ago, the roles of men and women were very typical. Men were supposed to bring home the bacon. They would go to work and earn money for their loved ones. During this time, some men would also leave their families in times of war. There were very

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常春藤生活英语【20】Destination： Toronto　前进多

Dialogue A Gordie and Melissa are hanging around at the airport. Gordie：You're going to fall in love with Toronto. It's a really cool city. Melissa：How do you know? Gordie：I have a cousin who went to university there, so I toured around Toronto

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常春藤生活英语【21】In the Womb子宫内日记：多胞

Most of the time, mothers work hard all year round and are rewarded for it with only a single day of relaxation. With the celebration of Mother's Day in May, National Geographic Channel is showing one of its all-time favorites, In the Womb. This mont

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常春藤生活英语【22】Ripped Off　黑心商人

Dialogue A Patty and Dino are arguing about a business deal they had. Patty：Listen! We agreed that you would give me half of the profits. Dino：I want to change that now. Patty：You can't. We shook on it and you have to keep your word. Dino：I c

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常春藤生活英语【28】The Reunion同学会

Lisa Smith jumped up from her nightmare. In the dream, a boy on the high school football team was making fun of her thick glasses and greasy hair. As soon as she opened her eyes, Lisa had butterflies in her stomach. She realized today was her 10-year

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常春藤生活英语【23】生态足迹

How often do you eat meat? Do you recycle? Do you drive a car? Depending upon your answers, you may have a big or small ecological footprint. An ecological what? Of course we all have footprints. We leave them in the mud or after stepping in a puddle

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常春藤生活英语【25】钓鱼趣事　Going Fishing

Last Sunday, I went fishing with my father. Once we got to the dock, we started preparing everything we needed. However, putting worms on the fish hooks was the last thing that I wanted to do. I thought worms were disgusting so I asked my father to d

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常春藤生活英语【26】Barcodes　条形码的起源

In 1948, the Drexel Institute of Technology in America got a call from a local storeowner asking for help. He wanted the school to invent a machine that would help keep track of inventory as well as speed up the checkout process. Drexel asked two of

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常春藤生活英语【18】Tie Me Up　领带的起源

Finding the perfect gift for dear old dad can be difficult. You don't want to get him anything too old-fashioned, and you don't want to waste your money buying something that's too young or hip. As a result, you end up getting him a tie. When he unwr

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常春藤生活英语【34】Megacities—Taipei超级城市─

Legend has it that Taipei City began with just one immigrant nearly 200 years ago. On a dry lakebed, this man cleared some trees and bushes and built a farm. Soon, Taipei was rapidly growing in every direction. In 1949, two million people moved to Ta

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常春藤生活英语【33】Squizzy the Black Squirrel松鼠史

A seven-year-old African-American girl, Marsha, was told by her teacher to make a new friend each day. Marsha wondered how she could do this because she saw the same kids in class every single day. She felt like she was already friends with everyone

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常春藤生活英语【32】Workplace Safety职场安全

Wendy and Leo are at work. Leo: The restaurant is really busy today. We need more French fries. They're in the freezer. Wendy: I'll get themwoohaaaa! Leo: Oh my gosh! Are you all right? What happened? Wendy: I slipped. Why is there water on the floor

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常春藤生活英语【31】给我冰淇淋

On a hot summer day, there is nothing more delicious than ice cream. It is refreshing, tasty, and can help cool you down. There are many different flavors to choose from and ice cream is something that almost everyone loves. But where did ice cream c

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常春藤生活英语【30】In Hot Water 水深火热

Dialogue A Laura: How was work today? Ben: It was awful. I was very stressed. Laura: Why? What happened? Ben: My boss was a bit hot under the collar. Laura: Why? Ben: He doesn't think the new product I designed will sell like hot cakes. Laura: You're

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