Lord Chesterfield to His Son 切斯特菲尔德勋爵致儿子 London, March 6, 1747 Dear boy, 亲爱的孩子: Whatever you do, will always affect me, very sensibly, one way or another, and I am now most agreeably by two letters, which I have lately

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John Adams to His Wife 约翰亚当斯致妻 Prince Town New Jersey Aug.28 th, 1774 My Dear: 我亲爱的: I received your kind letter, at New York, and it is not easy for you to imagine the pleasure it has given me. I have not found a single opportu

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William Roscoe Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt 威廉罗斯科塞耶致西奥多罗斯福 Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 17, 1901 To President Roosevelt White House, Washington Dear Mr. President: 致罗斯福总统 白宫,华盛顿 亲爱的总统先生: Jus

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Susan Brownnell Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton 苏珊布朗内尔安东尼致伊丽莎白凯迪斯坦顿 October,1902 My dear Mrs. Stanton, 我亲爱的斯坦顿太太: I shall indeed be happy to spend with you November 12, the day on which you ro

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Ogden Nash to His Daughters February 6, 1930 奥格登纳什致女儿 My sweet girls, 我可爱的女儿们: I wish so that you were here with us.the next time we must surely bring you along. so remember to practice your manners and (learn to eat all

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Alexander Rodriguez, a.k.a. A-Rod, is one of the worlds greatest baseball players. He plays for the New York Yankees, after starting his career with Seattle and Texas. He holds a long list of baseball records. He is the youngest player ever to hit 50

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Yulia Tymoshenko is Ukraines prime minister and one of the worlds few female leaders. She is head of the All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. She was born in 1960 and spent her teenage years rising through the Soviet Co

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Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai was born in 1940 in a village in Kenya. In 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The judges valued her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. She is also a member of

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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and songwriter. He was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970, he quit law school to go travelling around South America, Africa, and Europe. He learnt much about the supernatural on his travels, which would becom

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Paris Whitney Hilton has packed in many different careers in her short life. She has been, or is, a model, actress, writer, singer, and businesswoman. She is also a celebrity socialite and daughter of the Hilton Hotel family. Hilton has also spent ti

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Dame Ellen MacArthur (born in 1976) is a very brave and talented English yachtswoman. Her first name is Ellen; Dame is a special title she received for her outstanding achievements from the British Queen. On 7 February 2005, she broke the world recor

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Dmitry Medvedev is the third and current President of Russia. He took office in May 2008 after winning the presidential election with 70% of the vote. He was formerly Deputy Prime Minister and Vladimir Putins chief of staff and right-hand man. Medved

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Christiane Amanpour is one of the worlds most successful international news reporters. She was born in London in 1958 to an Iranian father and British mother. She attended exclusive schools in England before moving to the USA to study journalism. She

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Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, known as Carla Bruni, was born in December 1967. She is the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Frances First Lady. Bruni became famous in the 1980s as a top model and also has a career as a singer and songwrit

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Bj?rk Gumundsdottir was born and raised in Reykjavk, capital of Iceland. She is one of her countrys biggest exports. She sings, writes songs, and acts. This multi-talented artist is best known for her powerful and emotional singing style, her on-stag

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Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is famous for revolutionizing the world of Internet search engines. He co-founded Google with his research partner Larry Page. The whole world knows about Google, but perhaps knows little about Sergey Brin. He is the Presiden

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the sixth president of Iran. He was elected to power in 2005. Prior to becoming president, he served as mayor of Teheran for two years and fought in the Iran-Iraq War. Ahmadinejad is rarely out of the news. He has locked horns

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Lionel Andrs Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the city of Rosario, Argentina. Everyone knows him now as the best football player in the world. In fact, a lot of people say he might become the greatest player ever. Well see about that at the World C

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Vaneeza Ahmed, a.k.a. Vinny, was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1971. She is one of Pakistans best-known celebrities. She is also an extremely successful actress and model. It is difficult to go anywhere in Pakistan without seeing her face on an adverti

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国家肖像美术馆的名人展 The National Portrait Gallery holds more than 21,000 portraits in its collection, posters, paintings, and photographs. A new exhibition, Eye Pop: Celebrity Gaze, displays 53 of them. The theme is Celebrity, but assoc

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