新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit16:The War between Britain and France

16. the war between Britain and France In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin America. In reality, however, there was only one major war

新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit2:Schooling and Education

02 Schooling and Education It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling a

新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit10:Types of Speech

Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit47:Folk Culture

A folk culture is a small isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the r

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit39:The Salinity of Ocean Waters

If the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a change in oceanic salinity. One of these is the

04_True Love

True Love An ancient Hebraic text says: love is as strong as death. It seems that not everyone experiences this kind of strong love. The increasing probably,crime and war tells us that the world is in indispensable need of true love. But what is true

05_Dad's Kiss

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age. Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our mo

09_The Reading Child

To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog. To base

19_After A Long Winter

Up earlier than usual. The air is calling. Spring air is different from winter air. Tree branches are serrated with red bud teeth. Later, they grow chartreuse fuzz, making pale green auras in the sun. Summer leaves will be dark, shading, but spring l

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit19:Children s Numerical Skills

19 childrens numerical skills people appear to born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning t

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit33:Plankton浮游生物

33 Plankton浮游生物. Scattered through the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called plankton. Most of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to see. They drift about lazily with the currents, provid

散文：夜莺与玫瑰Part 3

For a red rose? They cried: How very ridiculous! and the little lizard, who was something of a cynic ,laughed outright. But the nightingale understood the secret of the students sorrow, and she sat silent in the oak-tree, and thought about the myster

双语有声阅读:The Dance of Kings芭蕾 ── 舞之女王

Since its first appearance in the 15th century in the courts of European royalty, ballet has become one of the most loved forms of dance. One of the most beloved ballets is Swan Lake. First performed in Russia in 1895, it continues to thrill audience

情感美文:一篇浪漫的散文

我是风，轻轻的风；我是云，缓缓的云；我是水，静静的水；我是山，连绵的山 I am the wind， the gentle wind； I am the clouds， the slow， drifting clouds； I am the water， the silent water； I am the mountains，

英译汉散文赏析：信任 Trust

TRUST 信任 Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, Pa., a distance of about eighty miles. It was late. I was late and if anyone asked me how fast I was driving, I'd have to plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid self－incrimination. Sev

英语散文：Love's Witness(爱情的见证)

Love's Witness Slight unpremeditated Words are borne By every common Wind into the Air; Carelessly utter'd, die as soon as born， And in one instant give both Hope and Fear： Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind According to the Caprice of t

触动心灵的英语幸福散文：热爱生活

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. 不论你的生活如何卑贱，你要面对它生

播下种子 期盼收获

The story is told of two boys who were walking through a field and found some corn seeds scattered across the ground.They each took one of the seeds home and planted it. 这是一个关于两个男孩的故事。他俩穿过田地时，发现地上有一

经典英语爱情格言美文

1 love is like war, easy to begin but hard to end. 爱就像一场战争，开战容易停火难。 2 Love opens your chest and opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up. 爱扒开你的胸膛，掏出你的心脏，有人

培根散文阅读欣赏：论父母与子嗣

of parents children 论父母与子嗣 the joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs, and fears: they cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other. children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter they increase the