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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
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
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
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
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
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'
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]
Video Yoga , a Health Hazard Yoga exponents are being caught out by the activity's relaxing and low impact image with more than one in four injured during sessions. A failure to warm up and prepare adequately for the exercise has been identified as c
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.
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 .
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
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
4. Women Drivers are Safer, except for When Parking Men commit nine times as many motoring offences as women. Home Office figures show that the vast majority dealt with by courts for every type of traffic offence are male. The disparity between the s
Do French Women Make Best Mothers and Lovers? French women lead Europe as mothers, workers and in health and sex appeal, say some of the country's leading sociologists. Academic research has lent a little support to President Jacques Chirac's Bastill
UNIT ONE 1. Science Proves That Love Is Blind Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind. They have found that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain controlling cri
Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheele
Now the Special English program American Stories. And our story today is called ''Judge''. It was written by Walter D. Edmonds. Here is Harry Monroe with the final part of our story. When Charlie Hestle died, he left a wife and nine children. They l
Now, a VOA Special English story for the New Year. It is called Bright Hill. Our storyteller is Shep O'Neal. A few days before Christmas, Chantal Yardley visited Jacob Samuels in the old people's home. Do you know they aim to blow it up? said Mr. Sa
Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The White Circle. It was written by John Bill Coliton. Here's Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. As soon as I saw Anvol sitting in the apple tree, I knew we would fight, I a
8.Spotlight on St. Petersburg St. Petersburg. The very name brings to mind some of Russia's greatest poets, writers and composers: Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky. The 19th century was a golden age for St. Petersburg's wealthy classes. It was a worl