Montet's destination was Tanis in the northeastern corner of the Nile Delta. Tanis was a very remote site at the end of a very long track set in a landscape that looks like the surface of the moon. When Montet eventually reached the remains, his hop

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(301) / 评论(0) 分类 遗失的法老城市

So he had never painstakingly dated at all. If he had, he would have discovered the bizarre truth about Tanis, that there was no city here at the time of Ramesses the Great. Not a single pottery sherd has been collected from the time of Ramesses the

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You might think this would make the search for Pi-Ramesse easy. But you'd be wrong. Well, the big problem of finding Pi-Ramesse was the problem of the eastern branch of the Nile which we know it lay on had gone. Over time. the branches of the Nile i

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Schoolchildren Design Cities of the Future 学生设计未来的城市 WASHINGTON What will the cities of the future look like? 华盛顿-将来的城市看起来像什么? That was the challenge addressed by 40,000 middle school students from 1,35

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(二月)

A Solar City 太阳能城市 by Lars Berry A city in China has taken big steps in changing its energy sources. 中国有座城市已大大改变了其所仰赖的能源。 Practically everything around your home that was made in a factory owes its ex

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤解析英语

Who said New York will be a great city if it's ever finished, it'll never be finished. But it's already a great city to cover. It's a city of superlatives. It's a city that's ascendant. It's a city of new subways, new stadiums, new immigrants and a

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

No one knows if the Lost City of the Atlantis is real or just a myth. But there are some folks in Florida just off the coast of Miami have decided to build their own Atlantis. Part of it is already in place, and we sent NBC's Kerry Sanders 45 feet do

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074 cities Words Noisy pollution traffic jam shopping centre pedestrian zone bus stop inner city suburb apartment block busy street advertisement facilities stress light park ring road airport train/bus station Entertainment theatre cinema bar and cl

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

这些年北京的变化特别大,这不,10年前曾经来过北京的泰瑞,现在故地重游,却找不到原来的烤鸭店!一起来看看吧。 Terry: Excuse me. Where is Q-Duck? I remember it was around the second intersection of this

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语大赢家上册

在飞机上本杰明遇到一个外国人,两人聊起了中国一些有特色的地方和物品,例如长城、天安门、茶叶和丝绸等。 Listen Read Learn Benjamin: Hi, I'm Benjamin. Nice to meet you here. You look great. Passenger: Tha

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物理学家Geoffrey West发现,简单的数学定律治理着城市的各种属性--财富,犯罪率,步行速度以及城市的其它方方面面都可由一个数字推算出来:即城市的人口。他通过展示其中的原理,阐述

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:百字不如一数字

They're both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still. 他们彼此深信 是瞬间迸发的热情让他们相遇。 这样的确定是美丽的, 但变幻无常更为美丽。

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

2010年上海世博会主题:城市,让生活更美好(中英文双语)The theme of Expo 2010 is Better City, Better Life. 上海世博会的主题是城市,让生活更美好。 Why do we set this theme? 为什么会确立这个主题呢? Th

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in a big way 大规模地,彻底地,充分地 Things will change in a big way. 情况会发生彻底改变。 Now the city is being developed in a big way. 这座城市正在大规模的发展中。

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Artist:Enrique Iglesias Song:Ring My Bells Ring my bell, ring my bells Ring my bell, ring my bells Ring my bell, ring my bells Ring my bell, ring my bells Sometimes you love her Sometimes you don't Sometimes you need it then you don't and you let

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

Heat Waves Make Cities Swelter Synergistically 热浪期的协同作用导致城市酷热 No wonder its gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight. Cities can be anywhere from two to 20 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than nearby countryside, due to whats

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(九月)

Tall buildings, big events, modernity: The characteristics of a sexy Chinese city. Condom sales, birth rates, transmitted disease and toys: The determinants of a sexy US city。 In unrelated surveys released this week, Shanghai was named China's sexi

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

1. Feel right as rain 感觉不错 例:Youll see that if you have a good nights sleep, youll feel as right as rain. 如果你睡个好觉就会感觉更好。 2. When it rains, it pours. 祸不单行 例:Tim: Not only did he lose his job, his car

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Jaime Lerner在他的家乡巴西Curitiba重新创造了城市空间。在这个过程中,他改变了世界各地的规划者们对于城市景观可能性的看法。

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲视频集

Here With Me - Michelle Branch It's been a long long time 时间过了很久 Since I looked into the mirror 自从上次照镜子 I guess that I was blind 我猜我一定是瞎了眼 Now my reflection's 现在我的感觉 Getting clearer 反应越来越

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