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If by suburb is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Before that period t
李阳疯狂英语之国际肌肉三最短文 Chapter17:Beijing Eager to Learn Oral Englis
Caesar Augustus 凯撒奥古斯都 Many consider Augustus to be Rome's greatest emperor. 许多人认为奥古斯都是罗马最伟大的皇帝。 His policies certainly extended the Empire's life span and initiated the celebrated Pax Romana or Pax A
Oliver Cromwell 奥利弗.克伦威尔 Born in Huntingdon in 1599 to a relatively poor squirearchal family, 1599年,克伦威尔出生于亨延顿一个比较穷困的地主家庭。 Cromwell found religious zeal as a Puritan while studying at Camb
Henry VIII 亨利八世 When the eighteen-year-old Henry VIII became King of England, he was extremely popular,for he had all the qualities that his people admired. 当十八岁的亨利八世成为英格兰国王的时候,他非常受欢迎,因为
Vladimir Putin 弗拉基米尔普京 He is fearless, altruistic, steel-willed, hospitable,unbelievably hardy, unpretentious and warm, 热情、无畏、无私、好客、谦逊、具有钢铁般的意志, and he has lost none of these qualities s
Julius Caesar 尤里乌斯.凯撒 Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Caesar. 大约两千年前,罗马有一个名叫尤利乌斯凯撒的人。 He was the greatest of all the Romans. 他是全体罗马人中
Winston Churchill 温斯顿丘吉尔 Winston Churchill began his love affair with painting in his 40's, a mid disastrous circumstance. 温斯顿丘吉尔,在他四十多岁时开始迷恋上绘画,当时环境异常恶劣。 As First Lord of the
Alexander Ⅲ of Macedon 亚历山大大帝 One day King Philip ( King of Macedon ) bought a fine horse called Bucephalus. 一天,国王菲利普(马其顿国王)买来一匹好马, 叫比塞弗勒斯。 He was a noble animal, and the king paid
Although Henry Fords name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered advanced even by todays standards. Safety measures were imp
32 Botany Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible
38 Topaz Topaz is a hard, transparent mineral. It is a compound of aluminum, silica, and fluorine. Gem topaz is valuable. Jewelers call this variety of the stone precious topaz. The best-known precious topaz gems range in color from rich yellow to l
15 Karl Marx 卡尔马克思 As a student in Bonn and Berlin, Marx was greatly influenced by the philosophy of Hegel. 在波恩和柏林求学时,马克思极大地受到黑格尔哲学的影响。 While Marx was impressed with the Hegelian profess
14 Henry Thoreau 亨利梭罗 He was born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts, to John Thoreau (a pencil maker) and Cynthia Dunbar. 梭罗出生时取名大卫亨利梭罗,他出生在马萨诸塞州的康科德镇,父亲是约翰梭罗(
13 John Stuart Mill 约翰斯图尔特穆勒 John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May, 1806 in London. 约翰斯图尔特穆勒于1806年5月20日出生于伦敦。 His father was the influential radical thinker James Mill. 他的父亲是当时非常有影
12 Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生 The United States had won its independence from Britain just twenty-two years before Ralph Waldo Emerson was born. 当美国从英国手里赢得独立的22年后,爱默生出生了。 But it had y
11 Schopenhauer 叔本华 Schopenhauer was the son of a wealthy merchant, Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer, and his wife, Johanna, who was a famous local writer. 叔本华出生在富有的商人之家,父亲名叫海因里希弗洛里斯叔本华,母亲
4 Plato 柏拉图 One day, Plato asked his teacher, What is love? How can I find it? 柏拉图有一天问老师苏格拉底:什么是爱情?我如何找到它? His teacher answered, There is a vast wheat field in front. 老师回答说:前面有
3 Socrates 3 苏格拉底 Socratic irony 苏格拉底的伪装 Socrates is talking to Hippias of Elis, a travelling sophist who sets up as a professional wise man, 苏格拉底正在和埃里斯的希比阿聊天。希比阿是云游四方的智术大
Colin Powell 科林.鲍威尔 Colin Powell has a hard time letting go of work, even when hes forced to play and sing. 鲍威尔平日一向是个工作狂,即便是放松一下 的时候,比如唱歌,也是出于工作的需要。 Since taking