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1500 years ago. A king in India named Kaid, who had built a huge empire, was sick at heart. He called his minister, Sassa, to him and said : Day and night I think about my past battles, I dream of conquests and invasions, I cant sleep for thinking ab
The quick answer is that nobody knows. The long answer is that are lots of different theories. So, if youre interested, read on! Some theories of the purpose of dreams Freud believed that we dream so that we can release the deep, secret desires that
Rivers: what do they mean to you? Are they just something boring you learn about in geography at school? For many people the answer is probably yes, but anyone who has ever lived beside one and gone for walks along its bank, swum in it, gone fishing,
Illiteracy By Linda Baxter Ive written this article and youre reading it. So we are members of the same club. Were both literate - we can read and write. And we both probably feel that literacy is essential to our lives. But millions of people all ov
Collecting things - My Grandmother's elephant By Chris Wilson My grandmother had a beautiful elephant carved out of sandalwood on her dressing table which I secretly used to covet. I wanted it more than anything in the world. It was about the size of
Rock'n'roll grandads by Chris Rose In 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
By John Russell Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing: -Oh, how beautiful! and sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling, The Glory of the Garden Are gardens a recent invention? The modern garden has a history going back many
Asthma by John Russell With World Health day on 7th April, this week we take a closer look at a very common health problem. Does your chest regularly feel tight? Do you find it difficult to breathe after light exercise? Do you sometimes make a wheezi
Names by Katherine Bilsborough Shakespeare told us that a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. But is that true? Are names important? Are you happy with the name that you were given as a baby? And how do you choose a name for your own child
Twins by Richard Sidaway What do the singer Alanis Morissette, the supermodel Gisele Bundchen and the ex-Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan all have in common? The answer is, they all have a brother or sister who was born on the same
Danger: Bird Bath! by Andy Baxter We all know that chainsaws are very dangerous. In Britain, 1207 people had to visit hospitals after accidents with chainsaws in 1999. However, in the same year, 16,662 people, more than twelve times as many, were inj
Student Power by Chris Rose When most people think of strikes, they think of factory workers asking for better pay and conditions, or perhaps refusing to work to support a colleague who has been unfairly sacked. It is not often that people associate
Indigenous peoples by Richard Sidaway 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children (Native American proverb) In December 2005, Evo Morales became the new President of Bolivia. He was only 46 years old and openly sup
unit 507 借阅杂志 dialogue 英语情景对话 A:Can I borrow this magazine from you? It's really interesting and I can't put it down. A:我能借你的这本杂志看吗?它太有趣了,我放不下手了。 B:I am sorry, but I can't lend it
While most lifestyle and fashion magazines are full of photos of slender male and female models photoshopped to perfection that create an unrealistic image of the human body, a fresh Japanese mens magazine is taking a different approach. Mr. Babe is