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It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 5 I know the Press only too well. Almost all editors hide away in spider-dens, men without thought of Family or Public Interest or the humble delights of jaunts out-of-doors, plotting how they can put ov
Winston was gelatinous with fatigue. Gelatinous was the right word. It had come into his head spontaneously. His body seemed to have not only the weakness of a jelly, but its translucency. He felt that if he held up his hand he would be able to see t
Syme had vanished. A morning came, and he was missing from work: a few thoughtless people commented on his absence. On the next day nobody mentioned him. On the third day Winston went into the vestibule of the Records Department to look at the notice
Winston looked round the shabby little room above Mr Charringtons shop. Beside the window the enormous bed was made up, with ragged blankets and a coverless bolster. The old-fashioned clock with the twelve-hour face was ticking away on the mantelpiec
Talking Parrot 会说话的鹦鹉 A lady was walking down the street to work. A parrot was perched on the side-walk outside a pet store. 一名女士走路上班时经过一家宠物店,看到有只鹦鹉栖息在店外人行道上。 The parrot sa
Todd: James! James: Yo! Todd: if you had a million dollars... James: Mm-hmTodd: if you won the lottery... James: Yes. Todd: What would you do? James: I would buy a small island, build a house there, and invest the rest of my money so that I would nev
英语演讲稿:Learn How to Say No Learn How to Say No We've all been taught that we should help people. It is the right thing to do and will make us popular with others. It may even win us favors in return. However, we must be realistic. We can't
I got up early this morning. I cleaned my room. I opened the window and aired the room. I picked up the paper and swept the floor. Then I made the bed. 今天很早起床。打扫了房间。我开窗通了风。我捡了地上的纸,扫了地。然后
There is an entire genre of YouTube videos devoted to an experience which I am certain that everyone in this room has had. It entails an individual who, thinking they're alone, engages in some expressive behavior wild singing, gyrating dancing, some
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 9 Those who have never been on the inside in the Councils of State can never realize that with really high-class Statesmen, their chief quality is not political canniness, but a big, rich, overflowing Lo
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 12 I shall not be content till this country can produce every single thing we need, even coffee, cocoa, and rubber, and so keep all our dollars at home. If we can do this and at the same time work up tou
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 22 December tenth was the birthday of Berzelius Windrip, though in his earlier days as a politician, before he fruitfully realized that lies sometimes get printed and unjustly remembered against you, he
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 20 The real trouble with the Jews is that they are cruel. Anybody with a knowledge of history knows how they tortured poor debtors in secret catacombs, all through the Middle Ages. Whereas the Nordic is
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 30 But worse than having to be civil to the fatuous Mr. Tasbrough was keeping his mouth shut when, toward the end of June, a newspaperman at Battington, Vermont, was suddenly arrested as editor of Vermon
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 26 The Informer composing room closed down at eleven in the evening, for the paper had to be distributed to villages forty miles away and did not issue a later city edition. Dan Wilgus, the foreman, rema
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Chapter 25 Holidays were invented by the devil, to coax people into the heresy that happiness can be won by taking thought. What was planned as a rackety day for David's first Christmas with his grandparents was
A Child's Angel 孩子的守护天使 Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. 从前,有个孩子马上就要诞生了。 So one day he asked God, They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, 于是有一天他问上帝:听说明
How to Save Time? 怎样节约时间? The efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution. You don't want to try these techniques at home. 一个效率专家在结束报告时又加了一句告诫的话:不要在家里随便尝试这