It's all been done beforeby Linda BaxterToday's amazing newspaper headline! First family of four to walk to the South Pole wearing Mickey Mouse ears and clown's shoes. No, not really. It isn't true. I invented it. But I wouldn't be surprised to see i

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英文杂志-Magazine

Muslim Girl Starts Magazine Geared toward Muslim Girls 穆斯林女孩为本宗教女孩创办杂志 Today Yasmine El-Safy is getting ready to send the latest issue of MG Magazine out to its' subscrib

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The Island of Mauritius God first made Mauritius and from it, he created Paradise. Mark Twain 1896 Where is it? Over ten million years ago, the waters of the Indian Ocean boiled. Massive volcanoes erupted miles underneath the surface. Huge amounts of

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Rescue at sea the RNLI by John Russell Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! These words come from a famous hymn by William Whiting: 'Eternal Father Strong to Save'. It is better known as the Naval Hymn and is popular with m

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A beach By John Russell Imagine a beach; a quiet place, with only the noise of the sea and the gulls in the background. There are boats floating near the shore and a few people swimming in the water next to them. Its a hot day, and there are some peo

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Venomous animals Sea wasp Despite the glorious semi-tropical climate, nobody swims at beaches in the northern half of Australia from September to May. For there, all but invisible as it cruises in the calm tropical shallows, is the world's most dange

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Rock'n'roll grandads by Chris Rose In 2005 The Rolling Stones released an album called A Bigger Bang. Many critics, as usual, chose it as their favourite of the year. This isnt very surprising, but if you think that A Bigger Bang was their 25th album

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Mobile phones by Craig Duncan When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances almost as clearly as if they were in the

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Vice, Investment, and the Seven Deadly Sins by Craig Duncan March 2005: its official vice pays. And its not even illegal. This month the Financial Times examined the spectacular growth of The Vice Fund, a Texas-based investment company which encourag

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Be your own investigative journalist by John Kuti News in the age of information We are often told that the age of the information economy has arrived. The idea is that intellectual work is becoming a more important source of wealth than manufacturin

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By John Russell Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made by singing: -Oh, how beautiful! and sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling, The Glory of the Garden Are gardens a recent invention? The modern garden has a history going back many

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Names by Katherine Bilsborough Shakespeare told us that a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. But is that true? Are names important? Are you happy with the name that you were given as a baby? And how do you choose a name for your own child

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Danger: Bird Bath! by Andy Baxter We all know that chainsaws are very dangerous. In Britain, 1207 people had to visit hospitals after accidents with chainsaws in 1999. However, in the same year, 16,662 people, more than twelve times as many, were inj

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Student Power by Chris Rose When most people think of strikes, they think of factory workers asking for better pay and conditions, or perhaps refusing to work to support a colleague who has been unfairly sacked. It is not often that people associate

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Indigenous peoples by Richard Sidaway 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children (Native American proverb) In December 2005, Evo Morales became the new President of Bolivia. He was only 46 years old and openly sup

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Disabilityby Chris WilsonNowadays in the west the able bodied are constantly reminded that disabled people have rights just like everyone else and they mustnt discriminate against them in any way. Public buildings have to have ramps and toilets big e

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Physical educationby Richard SidawaySchool days are supposed to be the best days of your life and part of that experience usually involves some strenuous physical activity. I asked some colleagues to give me their recollections of what happened to th

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Amelia Earhartby Linda BaxterAmelia Earhart was born in 1897, in Kansas, USA. Even as a child she didn't behave in a conventionally 'feminine' way. She climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle - but she wasn't particularly interested in flying. S

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unit 507 借阅杂志 dialogue 英语情景对话 A:Can I borrow this magazine from you? It's really interesting and I can't put it down. A:我能借你的这本杂志看吗?它太有趣了,我放不下手了。 B:I am sorry, but I can't lend it

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unit 506 买杂志 dialogue 英语情景对话 There are thousands of magazines published in the world to meet the needs of different readers. But only a few of them are influential worldwide. 世界上有成千上万种杂志出版以满足不同读者

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