The Birth of a Masterpiece -- Michelangelo's David If ever a work of art had a right to feel over exposed, it is Michelangelo's David, naked in the heart of Florence for nearly 5 centuries. In recent

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

The solution lay in three key architectural innovations that formed the secret of Rome's great monuments. The most important, is the arch. The arch is an almost perfect design for bearing heavy loads. And that design is so simple. A series of wedge -

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Sarah Doukas SUN 10 OCT 2010 Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Agency, joins Kirsty Young.

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Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace, ancient Roman poet) 苦难显才华,好运隐天资。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯) Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the att

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Not on your life! 绝对不会 英文释义 An expression meaning absolutely not! (NOTE: an extreme and forceful way to reply negatively) 例句 When a few younger partners suggested that the stubborn old founder of the company might want to retire s

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By Paul Sisco Washington 14 March 2008 Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates says more must be done to prevent a severe shortage of scientists and engineers in the United States. VOA's Paul Sisco has more.

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'Beware the Ides of March' 留意古罗马历中的三月 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. People who believe in luck and bad luck -- that is to say, those considered superstitious maythink that some days or events are u

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A: Hi! I need some sightseeing advice. I was told to come to see you. B: As your concierge, it is my pleasure to help you, sir. A: Concierge? Are we speaking English here? B: A concierge helps you find all the great places for visiting, shopping, and

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A: Hi! I need some sightseeing advice. B: That's what I'm here for, sir. Every good hotel has a concierge like me. A: I don't travel a lot. What exactly is a concierge? B: A concierge helps visitors like you find great places to visit, shop, and eat.

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you. (Applause.) Please be seated. An earthquake and a hurricane may have delayed this day, but this is a day that would not be denied. For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s retu

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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. 人生就像故事:不在于有多长,而在于有多精彩,这才是最重要的。(Seneca,古罗马政治家、哲学家) 图片1

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Unlike the gentle Indians they didn't willingly submit. 不同于温和的印度人,他们不愿意屈服。 On more than one occasion they threatened to leave the city unless they were treated better and given a share of the fields and pastures wh

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These were the patricians the word means something like 'city fathers' although in those days they weren't citizens as we know them, 这些人是patricians(贵族)这个词的意思大致相当于市议员但是你不可以把这个时代的市议员

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-because in 1820, a peasant had found it on the Greek island of Melos and it was named after the island where it was found. The statue shows Aphrodite semi-nude and with a robe wrapped around her legs. For hundreds of years the statue had remained bu

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Venus de MilosThe Aphrodite of Melos is made of[1] marble and represents vivdly the goddess Aphrodite. This statue had earned it's name the Venus de Milo or Venus de Melos, because in 1820, a peasant had found it on the Greek island of Melos and it w

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But, as powerful as Rome may have been, they couldn't change the rules of the universe, and neither of these calendars add up to anywhere close to the time it takes us to orbit the sun. After a few years, the seasons are out of whack with the months,

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a new religious statue in the town of Davidson, N.C., that's unlike anything you might see in a church. It depicts Jesus as a vagrant sleeping on a park bench. A few residents have complained, but most find the statue spi

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1、请看托福写作第89题:If you could travel back in time to meet a famous person from history, what person would you like to meet? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 如果让你见一位历史名人,你会选择谁?

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(偶像、伟人)致命的弱点 有时候真不知道该如何形容这个世界!崇拜过很多偶像,影视明星、体育明星、商界明星最终发现,再厉害的人都有缺陷、都有弱点,没有人能够完美无缺。 俗语

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success tips 成功者的忠告 Don't be afraid of introducing new ideas. From Mark Twain, Famed Author: A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Believe in your capacity to succeed. From Walter Disney, Founder of Walt Disney Comp

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