英文杂志-Magazine：Gambling

GamblingHuman beings have spent large amounts of money trying to beat the laws of probability for centuries. More than thirty countries currently have legalized gambling in the form of national lotteries or private casinos. In the last ten years this

英文杂志-Mobile phones

When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances almost as clearly as if they were in the same room. Nowadays, though, w

英文杂志-Magazine：Grameen Bank

Grameen BankBy Linda BaxterIf we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit. (Dr Muhammad Yunus) The beginningTwenty five years ago, Muhammed Yunus, a Bangladeshi economics teacher,

英文杂志-Magazine：Great films that aren't really about

Canada?You cant see much of Canada in American films like in the 1953 film 'Niagara' (1953). For me, Canada is a place that starts somewhere on the other side of that enormous waterfall. Like most people I suppose, I know the USA from watching Americ

英文杂志-Magazine：Ecotourism

Ecotourismby Linda BaxterImagine the scene. You're sitting in the hot sunshine beside the swimming pool of your international luxury hotel, drinking your imported gin and tonic. In front of you is the beach, reserved for hotel guests with motor boats

英文杂志-Magazine：Weather

Weatherby Mike RaynerIt's hardly surprising that weather is a favourite topic for so many people around the world - it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics. A sunny day can relieve th

英文杂志-Magazine：Wormholes

Wormholesby Linda BaxterHave you ever read Carl Sagan's 1985 science fiction novel 'Contact'? Or have you seen the film of the same name starring Jodie Foster? If you have, then you will remember the scene near the end of the film, when the heroine t

英文杂志-Magazine：Linus Pauling

Linus Paulingby Linda BaxterLinus Pauling was the only person who has ever won two (unshared) Nobel Prizes: for Chemistry in 1954, and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is also known as the vitamin C man. Who was Linus Pauling and what did he do?Linus

英文杂志-Magazine：Goodbye Great Auk

Goodbye Great Aukby John KutiIn those days, people still lived on the islands of Saint Kilda. Two men from the village went out on the rock. They found a big strange bird. It was sleeping. They decided to bring it home to the village. Far out into th

英文杂志-Magazine：Surfing

Surfingby Nik PeacheyI've spent most of my entire life surfing, the rest I've wasted. (Anonymous) It seems that the oceans of the world have become many things to many different people. For some the ocean is a source of food and income, for others a

英文杂志-Magazine：Vice, Investment

Vice, Investment, and the Seven Deadly Sinsby Craig DuncanMarch 2005: its official vice pays. And its not even illegal. This month the Financial Times examined the spectacular growth of The Vice Fund, a Texas-based investment company which encourages

英文杂志-Magazine：Revolution

Revolutionby John KutiThe other day I was watching a debate on TV on the subject Should it be compulsory to learn English? The speaker chosen to oppose the idea was Vladimir Zhirinovskiy - a politician who many people in Europe think is a dangerous e

英文杂志-Magazine：Magic

Magicby John RussellDouble, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; A. From the witches in Shakespeares Macbeth, to Gandalf the Wizard in Lord of the Rings books and films, it i

英文杂志-Magazine：Universities

Universitiesby Richard SidawayCairo, Bologna, and Paris have been offering them the longest. What am I talking about? A university education, of course. So who goes to university and what do they get out of their experience? More than a quarter of th

英文杂志-Magazine：Mary Seacole

Mary Seacoleby Linda BaxterThe most famous nurse of all time must be Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp, who became famous for her work during the Crimean War in the middle of the nineteenth century. But have you heard of Mary Seacole? I ho

英文杂志-Magazine：Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matildaby Paul MillardMost countries have a unique piece of music that means something special to its people. For many of those celebrating Australia Day this week, its a song called Waltzing Matilda, written in 1895 by a song-writer and poe

英文杂志-Magazine：Rock and roll grandads

Rock'n'roll grandadsby Chris RoseIn 2005 The Rolling Stones released an album called A Bigger Bang. Many critics, as usual, chose it as their favourite of the year. This isnt very surprising, but if you think that A Bigger Bang was their 25th album n

英文杂志-Magazine：Flea circuses

Flea circusesby Nik PeacheyA good circus has always built its reputation on its ability to amaze and entertain and what could be more amazing than a flea circus? But does such a thing really exist and can fleas really be taught to perform circus tric

英文杂志-Magazine：Ice-cream and banking

Ice-cream and bankingBy John KutiRussian ice-cream is great. Any shop or street seller can offer a choice of different ones for less than ten roubles, thats about 20p in British money, which I think is a fair price. They have natural fruit flavours a

出国旅游口语一本通 第8期:Magazine 杂志

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