Unit 8 1. A Brother Like That A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. Is this yo

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3. Waiting for the Breeze Lying in bed by an open window and listen.No air conditioning?How can you sleep?a friend asks, horrified.I've just revealed that my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and trim our electric bill. Nobody op

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9. Pessimism Raises Dementia Risks, Study Finds Pessimistic, anxious and depressed people may have a higher risk of dementia, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. A study of a group of 3,500 people showed that those who scored high for pessimism on

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Thomas Henry Huxley May 5,1883 I beg leave to thank you for the extremely kind and appreciative manner in which you have received the toast of Science.It is the more grateful to me to hear that toast proposed in an assembly of this kind,because I hav

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Earthquake Jolts Tokyo from bed An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the Tokyo area before dawn, jolting many residents out of bed and causing minor injuries to at least 19 people. The quake registered at 4:46 am with the epicenter

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Forbes' list has new names; Gates No. 12005年福布斯富豪榜又有新变动,比尔盖茨仍旧稳居榜首 Thanks to a surge in demand for steel, the Internet and Scandinavian sofas, there are some new names among the very richest of the world'

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6.King Maosolos I have lying, over me in Halicarnassus, a gigantic monument such as no other dead person has,adorned in the finest way with statues of horses and men carved most realistically from the best quality marble.King Maussollos in Lucian[2]

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4. Why Hearty Women Outlive Men? The age-old riddle of why many women live longer than men has been solved. It's their pumping power, British researchers have found. On average, women live five years longer than men and women over the age of 60 are n

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The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if you've passed some of your prime, you still have other prime years to experience in the future.

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Why I had to help my sister in suicide A man who comforted his terminally ill sister while she attempted to commit suicide will not face charges . Graham Lawson faced the possibility of 14 years in jail because he watched his 48-year-old sister Sue .

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8. Mystery as Big Ben falls Silent for an Hour The chimes of Big Ben were silenced for over an hour on Friday night but the cause remains a mystery, an engineer said today. The Palace of Westminster's 147-year-old clock, considered to be one of the m

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7.Australia Records Highest Birth Rate in 9 Years Australia has recorded its highest annual birth rate in nine years, with indications that couples are encouraged by low unemployment and economic stability to have babies. Population figures from the

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2. What price happiness? You dont need millions to be happy. At The Happiness Institute in Australia, a couple of hundred dollars may do the trick(获得成功). Since the institute opened its doors this year, men and women of all ages have been

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(MUSIC) Our story today is called The Cask of Amontillado. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play toget

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Announcer: Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It was written by Ambrose Bierce. The occurrence, or event, in our story takes place during the war of the eighteen-sixtie

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Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Paul's Case. It was written by Willa Cather. Paul's Case will be told in 2 parts. Here is Kay Gallant with part one of the story. Paul hated school. He did not do his ho

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The truck brought up dust as it moved over the road less flat land. It stopped where two cowboys stood at the edge of a deep canyon. Where is he? Tanner asked. The older cowboy named John pointed to the canyon. Down there, he said. Tanner Walked to

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Our story today is called A Girl for Walter. It was written by Theodore Jacobs, here is Shep O'Neal with the story. We never knew what Walter was. But we called him, ur, idiot. We called him that without knowing if he really was as foolish and stupi

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And now the weekly Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Marshal in Rome, it was written by May Brisken. Here is Keg Lant with our story. Often when he stood next to his wife, Marshal reminded me of an unhappy dog. His

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9 Immanuel Kant 伊曼努尔康德 Immanuels early childhood seems to have been idyllic. 康德小时候的生活像田园诗般优美。 The family was rather well off. The parents got along and loved their son. 家境殷实,父母恩爱,又疼爱

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