走遍全世界43: 美国人的生活方式

Throughout their history, Americans have been people on the move. The early immigrants had to travel to get to the New World. Once they arrived, they settled along the East Coast. But they weren't content to stay there. Explorers and traders journeye

走遍全世界44: 美国人的家

Americans like their homes to reflect their personal tastes. Many do-it-yourselfers enjoy fixing up their house and making it more livable. They often try to create a eozy atmospehre so that when they're at home, they'll really feel at home. 美国人喜

走遍全世界45: 英属哥伦比亚

British Columbia is the third largest Canadian province, both in area and population. It is nearly 1.5 times as large as Texas, and extends 800 miles (1,280km) north from the United States border. It includes Canada's entire west coast and the ialand

走遍全世界39: 美国的辍学问题

Articles in magazines and newspapers and special reports on radio and television reflect the concern of many Americans about the increasing dropout rate in our junior and senior high schools. 报刊杂志上的文章以及广播电台的特别报道反

走遍全世界53:瓦尔登湖

At the approach of spring the red squirrels got under my house, two at a time, directly under my feet as I sat reading or writing, and kept up the queerest chuckling and chirruping and vocal pirouetting and gurgling sounds that ever were heard; and w

走遍全世界46: 美国现代的移民问题

The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present) in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent, it is now higher than at any point since the mid 1920s. 美国移民的比例（包括目前非法的）已持续

走遍全世界47: 美国革命

The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. 美国革命其实并不算是一场革命，因为它并未导致完全的和彻底的变化。 It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and

走遍全世界48: Englishman's Home 英国人的家

Some people would say that the Englishman's home is no longer his castle; that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average Englishman is keen on working with his hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another, that he

走遍全世界49: British Pub Etiquette and Customs 英国酒吧的礼仪与习俗

Vistiors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated. 去英国的游客会发现传统英国酒吧是最能领略当地文化

走遍全世界50: 美国人的婚礼

Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain-top with guests barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the

走遍全世界51: 绿卡，完美的解决方案？

Seven years ago, when I was visting Germany, I met with a n official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S. economy soar during the '90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed

走遍全世界52: 关于有毒的悖论

There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to scare a parent, especially one of the over-educated, eco-conscious type. So you can imagine the reaction when a recent USA Today investigation of air quality around the nation's schools singled

走遍全世界54: 摩天大楼与环境

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. 60年代后期，许多悲没人把注意力转向了环境问题，那些崭新的玻璃钢摩

走遍全世界55: 冰山

Icebergs are among nature's most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being - somewhere - in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which

走遍全世界56: 美国黑熊

American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In th eastern part of their range, most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red, or even yellow coats. To the north, the black bear is actually g

走遍全世界57: 沙漠中的植物

Some cacti, like the saguaro, grow to tree size, but true trees need more moisture than most desert environments can supply, so they are scarce on deserts. 一些仙人掌，如撒瓜罗，能长到橡树那么高。但真正的树却需要比大多数

走遍全世界58: 餐具以及习俗

English style of eating habits is also easy, pey attetion to nutrition. Breakfast is usually porridge milk or a cup of red juice, coated with butter toast, fried bacon or sausage, egga. At noon, the children eat lunch at school, adults at lunch on th

走遍全世界59: An October Sunrise

I was up the next morning before the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. The rising of the sun was noble in the cold and warmth of it: peeping down the spread of light, he raised his shoulder heavily over the edge of grey mou

走遍全世界60: Dining Etiquette When Dating

Be sure to make reservations if the restaurant you chose is a fancy or popular one. It's very embarrassing to show up without reservations and having to wait for a table, leaving a very bad impression on your date. Also, be sure to check to see if th

走遍全世界23: Is Network Virtual Schools Really Well? 网络虚拟学校到底好不好？

摘要：新技术一般都会先在文化教育领域得到应用。几年前，美国密苏里州议会就已经投票通过一项建立虚拟学校的议案，这意味着那些恋家和不喜欢去学校校的孩子们也能通过网络完成学业