December 21st, 1620,pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988, a terrorist bomb explodes aboard

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2014年

May 5th 1961Alan Shepard becomes America's first space traveler blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. three, two, one, zero, ignition. Shepard makes a 15-miunte suborbital flight on board his Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821France's former

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May 5th 1961Alan Shepard becomes America's first space traveler blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. three, two, one, zero, ignition. Shepard makes a 15-miunte suborbital flight on board his Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821France's former

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In the 1600s, there were so many right whales in Cape Cod Bay off the east coast of the U.S. that apparently you could walk across their backs from one end of the bay to the other. Today, they number in the hundreds, and they're endangered. Like them

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Hello, I am Melissa Long at the CNN Center here in Atlanta one o'clock in the afternoon Eastern time. And here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Two hundred people are out of their homes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after fears that flood water

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(六)月

Hi everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The Kennedy family members say that it appears Senator Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure this morning at his home. The 76-year-old

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(五)月

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here are some headlines NOW IN THE NEWS. We have some breaking news to tell you about Angelo, Texas right now. An appeals court has just ruled that the state did not have the right to seize children

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(五)月

I protested my innocence of these things. I saw that under the mask of these half humorous innuendoes, this old seaman, 我竭力否认着他半认真半玩笑的话。我听出来了, as an insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular

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That's true, that's trueyes, both true enough. But you must jump when he gives an order. 说的不错,千真万确,可是,可是他一声令下,你就会跳起老高来! Step and growl; growl and gothat's the word with Captain Ahab. 他走一

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Three better, more likely sea-officers and men, each in his own different way, could not readily be found, and they were every one of them Americans; 当然,大副、二副和三副的表现足以让我打消一些这方面的忧虑,让我的信心

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which contains the car-sized Curiosity rover, has been delayed by a day to Nov. 26, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday. The delay w

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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Due to financial constraints, Swaziland has withdrawn from the 2013 African Nations Cup, it was announced on Sunday. The announcement came just a week before Swaziland was due to play the first leg of a preliminary round

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Asia 亚洲 The Himalayas 喜马拉雅山 Great Wall,China 中国长城 Forbidden City,Beijing,China 北京故宫 Mount Fuji,Japan 日本富士山 Taj Mahal,India 印度泰姬陵 Angkor Wat,Cambodia 柬埔寨吴哥窟 Bali,Indonesia 印度

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Hong Kong is the world's most expensive city for expats, leapfrogging Angolan capital Luanda in the annual chart compiled by consultancy firm Mercer. 根据咨询公司美世的年度图表显示,对外籍人士而言,香港超越了安哥拉首都

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WASHINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Friday and became the first commercial spacecraft to reach the orbital outpost. According to U.S. space agency NASA, the capsule was secure

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She is expected to endorse Somalia's beleaguered transitional government amid fears the country is becoming a haven for Islamist militants. Large swathes of Somalia are out of the government's control. With the al-Shabab rebels growing in strength,

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will unveil the Obama administration's new framework to aid the financial sector on Tuesday. Geithner had been scheduled to announce the plan Monday. He will use the delay to focus on the Senate's effort to pas

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The headquarters of the United Nations is going to be closed for at least one day because of an expected hurricane, according to a statement issued to the press here on Sunday by the UN spokesperson's office. Due t

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This was more than a little odd, for Hubbles life was filled from an early age with a level of distinction that was at times almost ludicrously golden. At a single high school track meet in 1906, he won the pole vault, shot put, discus, hammer throw,

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

Patrick Mdluli considered himself to be a healthy person for most of his life. 帕特里克姆杜鲁里(Patrick Mdluli)认为自己一生中大部分的时间里都很健康。 Then, two years ago, the 35-year-old South African moved to Middleburg, a

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