RAVEL :COLORFUL EXPRESSIONS THROUGH MUSIC

Maurice Ravel was born in 1875 in a little village in southern France near the Spanish border. His father was Swiss and his mother was Basque. Ravel's devotion to his mother bordered on the 1)obsessiv

CNN 2012-07-26

Good evening, everyone. We're coming to you live tonight from Aurora, Colorado, from a city, from a state in mourning. Over my shoulder, a few blocks away, you can still see the movie theater where less than 24 hours ago, about 22.5 hours ago, a mass

Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-3

Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.

NPR 2012-03-09

The US House has overwhelmingly passed a jobs bill. It contains a collection of six measures to help small businesses. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports the legislation drew rare bipartisan support. It's called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or J

CNN 2011-01-19

I'm Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News! We're back from the long weekend and ready to kick off 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines. We start in the U.S. state of Arizona. U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords could be released from a hospita

第三册第20篇：随感录

20. Random Thoughts 随感录 This matter of other peoples learning and ccomplishments has been worrying me for some time. I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to

35 the master of investment—Warren Buffett

the master of investmentWarren Buffett For someone who is such an extraordinarily successful investor, Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy. Born and bred in Omaha, Nebraska, for more than 40 years Buffett has lived in the same gray stu

NPR 2008-11-13

Democratic leaders want Congress to focus on a bailout for the U.S. auto industry during next week's lame-duck session of Congress. But Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says it should not be tied to the 700-billion-dollar rescue package for troubled

囧研究：恋上自己 是祸是福？

This is a gripping and sometimes terrifying book that will make you look anew at yourspouse, your parents, your children, your friends, your enemies, your fellow workers and - perhaps most pertinently - your reflection in the mirror. 这是本扣人心

英汉委婉语比较与翻译探讨

一、委婉语概述 委婉语（Euphemism）是人类语言使用过程中的一种普遍现象，是人们谈论那些令人不快或尴尬的事情时所使用的较为礼貌的说法。它是一种修辞格，更是一种文化现象。总的来讲

VOA慢速英语 2008 1203a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in the United States says mental disorders appear to be common in college-age adults, but most do not seek treatment. Researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia Uni

TED演讲:游戏创造美好生活(2)

This is a portrait by a photographer named Phil Toledano. 这是一幅由Phil Toldano拍摄的肖像。 He wanted to capture the emotion of gaming,so he set up a camera in front of gamers while they were playing. 他想捕捉玩游戏时的一些情感

万物简史 第73期:事物的测定(21)

Not everyone was satisfied with the results, however. The shortcoming of the Schiehallion experiment was that it was not possible to get a truly accurate figure without knowing the actual density of the mountain. For convenience, Hutton had assumed t

异类之不一样的成功启示录 第137期:不确定性规避

Another of Hofstede's dimensions is uncertainty avoidance. How well does a culture tolerate ambiguity? 霍夫斯泰德的另一个维度是他的不确定性规避。一种文化可以忍受多大程度上的不确定性？ Here are the top five unce

39 俄罗斯和中国拥有许多共同立场

Russia and China Find Common Ground Ed Warner Washington 16 Jun 2001 08:13 UTC Just before his meeting with President George Bush in Slovenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leaders

MESSENGER Spacecraft Will Be First to Orbit Planet Mercury

The U.S. space probe MESSENGER is poised to enter orbit around Mercury（水银） early Friday, Universal time, capping a nearly seven-year journey to the solar systems innermost planet. Scientists with the U.S. space agency, NASA, hope the orbiting

哈利波特外传敲定！小雀斑出演男一号

Eddie Redmayne is officially starring in Harry Potter Movie Fantastic Beasts. 据官方消息公布，埃迪雷德梅尼将正式出演《哈利波特》外传系列之《神奇动物在哪里》。 Rumors swirled for months that Redmayne, 33, was be

New Rules to End Never-Ending Tennis Match

American Andy Roddick knows something about playing in tennis matches that seem to never end. In 2003, Roddick won an Australian Open quarterfinal that ended with a score of 21-19 in the fifth set. He also lost the 2009 Wimbledon Championship final a

囧研究：恋上自己，是祸是福？

This is a gripping and sometimes terrifying book that will make you look anew at your spouse, your parents, your children, your friends, your enemies, your fellow workers and - perhaps most pertinently - your reflection in the mirror. 这是本扣人心

搬家转学换工作 不当首相的卡梅伦好像有点惨

Until the shock Brexit vote, the Prime Minister assumed he had another three years left in power. By late tomorrow, he and his family will be out of Downing Street. 令人震惊的英国脱欧公投之前，卡梅伦以为自己还有3年任期。然而