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Unit 9 1.Rivaldo 1972: Born April 19, Recife, Brazil. Full name Vito Barbosa Ferreira. 1989: Signs professional terms at the age of 16 with Santa Cruz after impressing local scouts in a junior tournament. 1991: Signs for Brazilian first division club
Sharapova awoke Monday to a phone call from her father saying, Good morning, Champion. The Russian teen had taken over the WTA Tour's No. 1 ranking from Lindsay Davenport. This is something I've dreamed of all my life, Sharapova said. It's just an am
a great friendship 伟大的友谊_英语故事 Thomas Jefferson and James Madison met in 1776.Could it have been any other year? They worked together starting then to further American Revolution and later to shape the new scheme of government. From
Germany Reclaims Einstein as Their Hero 德国重封爱因斯坦为国家英雄 Germany reclaims Einstein as their hero Germany reclaims Einstein as their hero Suffering from an acute lack of heroes after losing two world wars, Germany has reclaimed
Napoleon 'tried to learn English' 拿破仑流放期间曾热衷于学习英语 Napoleon Bonaparte was keen to learn English while in exile, documents shown in Britain for the first time reveal. The deposed French emperor apparently wanted to learn t
Living History-希拉里回忆心路历程《亲历历史》一路畅销 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she's still not quite sure why her memoirs, Living History, sold so well. In a four-page afterword to the paperback edition, which comes ou
Blair Admits Never Having Sent Flowers to His Wife British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted on a television programme that he has never sent flowers to his wife Cherie and that he had a youthful crush on Hollywood beauty Grace Kelly. Blair, who all
5. Look Like a Million Without Breaking the Bank Sure, celebrities like Jennifer Aniston and Uma Thurman always look chic and stylish -- they also have unlimited clothing budgets that put the latest looks at their fingertips! But you can still look a
2.The Hanging Gardens of Babyllon The approach to the Gardens sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier.On all this, the earth had been piled and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that
4.John Biggers ,Starry Crown Introduction of the artist John Biggers was born in North Carolina in 1924, the youngest of seven children. Whereas Biggers' earlier works convey a sense of burden and ordeal is drawings of life in Africa and his later wo
6. Wedding the United States Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain-tops with guests barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean fl
Unit 4 1.Flower in Home Decoration Just as people have their own personalities,so do their homes.Professionals use this technique constantly.Open up any home magazine to see how flowers are used to achieve a sophiscated look. And yet you need not be
7.Niagara Falls-Something Completely New Niagara Falls has become a tired old tourist sight. But if you look it over in an airplane, it becomes something completely new. You realize that it is not tired; only our way of looking at it is tired. Most v
4. Sending a Gift Like Flowers In a classic case of supply and demand, the price of roses peaks on Valentine's Day. Women may be used to receiving flowers on birthdays and anniversaries. They may even quickly notice the presence of flowers on these o
9. Jazz- The first Thirty Years As a musical language of communication, jazz is the first indigenous American style to affect music in the rest of the World. The city of New Orleans features prominently in early development of jazz. A port city with
9-YearOld Politician 9岁小政客 The battle over Social Security has been joined by an unusual lobbyist, a 9-year-old boy from Texas (George Bushs hometown), who has agreed to travel around supporting President Bushs proposal. The boy, Noah McCullo
Why having fun makes time speed为何快乐的时间溜得快 Scientists have come up with a theory for why time flies when you are having fun-- and drags when you are bored. 科学家们提出理论依据,解释为什么当你玩得开心的时候,
A Story Happened on An Uninhabited Island The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted
The gas station nearest my house happens to face a strip club. It is apparently a very successful strip club, as they could afford to install a LCD screen on their roof that might be visible from the Space Station. It's certainly visible from the gas
It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Chris