Have you ever wondered why you sometimes take an almost immediate liking to a person you have just met? Or worried about why someone you were talking to suddenly became cool and distant? The chances are that it wasn't anything that was said but somet

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冬季奥运蓄势待发 When the Olympic Flame arrives in Salt Lake City, Utah, to inaugurate the 2002 Winter Games, it will have traveled roughly 22,500 kilometers through more than 40 states. For many people in Salt Lake City, though, the most dif

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The Catcher in the Rye 麦田守望者 Banned by many schools and libraries when first published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye has been courting controversy for half a century. J.D. Salingers soul-searching novel of youthful alienation has long sin

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Not Merely Music: The Phenomenon of Hip-Hop 所向披靡嘻哈风 It seems that hip-hop music is ubiquitous1 these days, from popular radio to TV commercials. Whatever your opinion of hip-hop music may be, there is no denying it has impacted pop cult

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Fun with English 英文万花筒 Hotshot Eddie's Adventure with Idioms (一) Eddie's Lucky Day Hotshot Eddie was on his way to school. As usual, he was taking his time and thinking about his future life as an international superstar. And as usual

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Moulin Rouge 红磨坊 When Baz Luhrmann goes to work, the result is always something unique. Luhrmann specializes in creating mythological worlds and then heightening the viewer's experience of them with expert techniques and unconventional concepts

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风城巨烛(西尔斯) Forged from stainless aluminum and encased in bronze-tinted glass, the Sears Tower rises majestically over the business sector of Chicago to stand at 518 m as the city's tallest building. Built in 1973 for Sears-Roebuck Co

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Plant of the Apes 决战猩球 Fans of the original are ready to go ape over this summer's movie offering from Fox. Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes is said to be neither a remake of the 1968 classic of the same name nor a sequel to the series. Rather

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Happy Fourth of July! 美国,生日快乐! Most people are probably aware of the significance of July 4 to Americans. They might not know, however, about the origins of some of the traditions associated with Independence Day in the United States. F

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Can Your Belly Tell You If It Is a Boy or Girl? 生男生女 ── 肚皮露玄机? \Many myths surround the mysteries of pregnancy. For example, people have developed a lot of folk wisdom about predicting a baby's sex. One old wives' tale that ha

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Don't Be an April Fool! 整人有理,只在愚人节! If it is the morning of April 1 and you see some money on the ground, perhaps you should think twice before you pick it up. It might have been glued there by someone keen to turn you into an A

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Destination: JAPAN! 去日本 Have you ever thought about going to Japan? There are many places in Japan worth visiting, but if you only have a little time, you absolutely cannot miss visiting Tokyo. This city is the country's capital and the center

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The essential problem of man in a computerized age remains the same as it has always been. That problem is not solely how to be more productive, more comfortable, more content, but how to be more sensitive, more sensible, more proportionate, more ali

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Larry's Lawn Chair Ride 梦想起飞,别一飞冲天 Larry Walters boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejec

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Many people assume that women are more greatly affected by alcohol than men because they generally weigh less and have lower rates of drinking. While this is true, researchers have found other ways in which women are more vulnerable to the effects of

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Have you ever thought about why people are ticklish? According to scientists, ticklishness is a defense mechanism humans developed against bugs, spiders, and other critters that may be touching our skin. Feeling ticklish is our built-in response to p

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So you awoke this morning in a miserable mood. Well, maybe your special dream character didn't put in an appearance last night, or maybe there just weren't enough people drifting through your dreams. If that sounds like far-fetched fantasy, consider

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Until recently daydreaming was generally considered either a waste of time or a symptom of neurotic tendencies, and habitual daydreaming was regarded as evidence of maladjustment or an escape from life's realities and responsibilities. It was believe

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We mustn't delay any longer swallowing is difficult and breathing, that's also difficult. Those muscles are weakening too we mustn't delay any longer. These were the words of Dutchman Cees van Wendel de Joode asking his doctor to help him die. Affect

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What is a black hole? Well, it's difficult to answer this question, since the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon are inadequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is a region of space (not a thing) i

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