How Dictionaries Are Made It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these meanings mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and grammars are the supreme authority in matters of meaning and usage. Fe

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Improving your Memory Psychological research has focused on a number of basic principles that help memory: meaningfulness, organization, association, and visualization. It is useful to know how these principles work. Meaningfulness affects memory at

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Insurance An insurance agent called me this morning. This particular agent wanted to discuss my automobile coverage, but the next agent to call might be interested in my life insurance program, my health insurance, or fire protection for my home and

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For the Love of Chocolate! 浓情巧克力 Most people know that chocolate is made from cocoa and that the origins of chocolate can be traced back to Central and South America. For centuries, the natives there regarded cocoa as a gift from the gods.

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A Celestial Ambience 劫后余生:巴黎圣母院 As a testament to the correlation between glorious spaces and heavenly thoughts, the Notre Dame de Paris has stood for 750 years as the apex of European religious architecture. Seeking to liberate t

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What Is the Truth behind the Mummy's Curse? 都是法老王诅咒搞的鬼? For over a century, tales of Egyptian mummies seeking revenge over their disturbed tombs have excited the curiosity of people around the world. However, according to Britis

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Drink to Your Health 没事多喝水 Since all living things need it, and it makes up two-thirds of our bodies, it seems obvious that water is vital to our health. Most people, however, drink fewer than the eight recommended glasses each day. An alar

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A Health Club with A Twist 快乐.希望.亚历山大 Not a single stone goes unturned in Alexander Health Club's uncompromising commitment to satisfy their customers' needs. They not only do it with great workout equipment and well-designed aerobics

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The Colorful History of Billiards 台球的沿革 Anyone who refuses to leave prison simply because they are having too much fun playing billiards would be considered something more than just a diehard fan. Yet that is exactly what a Captain Mingaud

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Coming to Grips with Gay Marriage 同性恋行不行? Gay marriage has been hotly debated in the news lately. While several countries have some form of gay marriage on the books, the Netherlands recently became the first country to give same-sex co

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game 历史上最激烈的战争 ── 美国大联盟 As much a part of an American summer as ice cream and school vacations, baseball has a grip on the national psyche unrivalled by that of any other sport. The game evolved

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The Man on the Moon? 带我去月球? In July 1969, people around the world witnessed Americas greatest achievement: NASA succeeded in landing a man on the moon, and in the effort, won its space race against the USSR. Millions of people were breath

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One of the world's oldest stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh, is a lively tale of heroism and sacrifice from ancient Sumer. It also contains one of the earliest references to beer. In the story, a female friend of the hero changes a wild, primitive beast

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How can someone, hour after hour, day after day, year in and year out, tighten approximately the same nut to the same bolt and not go mad? That most working people do not, in fact, go mad is due in large measure to a phenomenon so common that it is f

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No one now living in the United States can remember when the contest began between the Democratic and the Republican parties. It has been going on for more than a century, making it one of the oldest political rivalries in the world. The American pol

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Self-esteem is what people think about themselves - whether or not they feel valued - and when family members have self-respect, pride, and belief in themselves, this high self-esteem makes it possible to cope with the everyday problems or growing up

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Observations and research findings indicate that people in advanced industrial societies are increasingly concerned with opportunities for leisure and what they can do in their leisure time. The importance people attach to paid holidays and the rapid

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Court rejects'stolen children' claim 澳被偷走的孩子败诉 The policy aimed to civilise Aborigines 当时的政策是为了教化土著居民 An Australian court has rejected a landmark claim for compensation by two Aborigines who claimed they

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The Splashes of Life 生命的波纹 A Sioux Indian story ... 这是苏语系印第安人部落中流传的一个古老的故事 My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the wate

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The Fairy-Tale Castle of Mad King Ludwig 令国王痴迷的童话城堡 Nestled in the mountains of Bavaria, the fairy-tale castle of Neuschwanstein (New Swan Castle) stands as a king's tribute to the chivalry and magic of a mythical age. The castle

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