11-9 2000年悉尼奥运会

Modern Olympic Games Review 2000 Olympics, Sydney The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. Despite their size, they were well organized. From 15th, Sep

11-10 昆虫侦探（上）

The Bug Detectives Forensics 1 has always used anything that science can give us to cope with various crimes. But forensics has always had its limits. In fact there are major factors in any murder tha

11-11 为何鳄鱼不会受感染？

Why Crocodiles Not Get Infections? Jill Fullerton Smith, a television producer, discovered why crocodiles can heal themselves in bacteria filled water. “In television we have to make films that ente

11-12 红木钢琴

The Red Mahogany 1 Piano Many years ago, when I was a young man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a St. Louis piano company. We sold our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town

11-8 艾希莉·辛普森：我的全部

Ashlee Simpson: All Pieces of Me Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born on October 3,1984, in Waco, Texas, and raised in Dallas. Ashlee's talent was apparent early on: at age 4 she started dancing, and by the

10-9 遥远的同时代人：伊曼纽尔·康德

Distant Contemporary :Immanuel Kant A small man , a big mind: Immanuel Kant revolutionized philosophy, questioned established authorities and placed reason and freedom at the centre of his thinking .K

10-4 砖块

The Brick About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek 1 , black, 12 cylinder 2 Jagu

10-5 时间与爱

Time and Love Once upon a time, there was an island inhabited 1 by: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the rest of it, including Love. One day word got around that the island would sink, so all co

10-6 罗马

Rome In Rome, Nero fiddled 1 , Mark Antony praised Caesar, and Charlemagne 2 was crowned. Today, you can walk in their footsteps past the masterpieces of Michelangelo, sip your cafè in the shadow of

10-7 10月26日——免租典礼日

October 26--Quit Rent Ceremony Proof that the Middle Ages was a time of boisterous 1 wit, quit rent ceremonies entail 2 the payment of symbolic or token 3 “rents” -- instead of real money -- for p

10-10 1996年亚特兰大奥运会

1996 Olympics, Atlanta The Atlanta Games were certainly the largest (a record 197 nations and areas competed) Olympics to date and perhaps the most hyped 1 and overcommercialized as well. Despite all

10-8 阿沙：激情四射

Usher: Let Him Burn Usher Raymond was born October 14, 1978 and raised in Tennessee and Georgia. Usher began his singing at the age of 6 in a church choir led by his mother. After being spotted by a L

10-11 诺贝尔大师自传：艾伦·黑格

Autobiography of Nobel Prize Winner: Alan J.Heeger I was born on a bitter cold morning in Sioux City (Iowa) on January 22, 1936. My early years were spent in Akron (Iowa), a small midwestern town of 1

10-12 侯鸟具有更好的记忆力

Migrating Birds Remember Better Migratory birds not only get to see the world. A new study finds that these globetrotters also have better long-term memories than stay-at-home relatives. The extra bra

10-13 劫机

The Hijacking 1 The flight from New York to Florida began routinely. The flight attendants were busy welcoming passengers, helping them stow their luggage and guiding them to their seats. Since I was

10-14 生活方式导致近视

Lifestyle Causes Myopia 1 Contrary to popular belief, people in East Asia are no more genetically susceptible 2 to short - sightedness than any other population group, according to researchers who hav

9-15 为什么水果和蔬菜是健康的首选？

Why Fruit and Vegetables Are the Tops for Good Health? They used to say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And according to the Department of Health, years of research shows that eating fruit and v

10-2 一个英国人眼中的长城

How Great Is Great Wall to a Briton “If you haven’t been to the Great Wall, you aren’t a real man,” Mao Zedong once said. Indeed, so many real men, and women, are visiting the wall that the mo

10-3 快乐的选择

A Happy Choice During the dust-blown thirties, everyone in our Oklahoma panhandle 1 community fell on hard times, but Mom made sure none of us kids knew it. We dined on gravy 2 and potatoes or corn br

10-1 爱长城的好汉

The Man Who Cherishes the Great Wall Zhao Wei: It has been 18 years since you traveled along the Great Wall on foot in 1987 and became attached to it after the travel. Why do you choose the Great Wall