考研背诵50篇——13 Skyscrapers and Environment

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public

考研背诵50篇——15 The Nobel Academy

For the last 82years, Sweden's Nobel Academy has decided who will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, thereby determining who will be elevated from the great and the near great to the immortal. But today the Academy is coming under heavy criticism

考研背诵50篇——06 Television

Television-----the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth-is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an e

考研背诵50篇——01 The Language of Music

A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is utterly depende

考研背诵50篇——09 Suburbanization

If by suburb is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Before that period th

考研背诵50篇——11 Archaeology

Archaeology is a source of history, not just a bumble auxiliary discipline. Archaeological data are historical documents in their own right, not mere illustrations to written texts, Just as much as any other historian, an archaeologist studies and tr

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The air that you breathe inside an airline cabi [00:18.63]isn't nearly as good as what you will find in most other plac [00:41.67]Furthermore,the air is very very dr [00:58.62]I strongly advi [01:07.37]bringing a litre or two of water with yo [01:23.

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A new device is helping computers provide great amounts of informatio [00:27.35]The device is the compact disc or C [00:43.02]It was invented several years ag [00:57.50]to replace music records made of plasti [01:13.67]A CD is played on a machine tha

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Ladies and gentleme [00:08.91]we are arriving at the scenic spot now [00:26.04]and there are a few things you need to remembe [00:43.76]First,remove all valuables from the coa [01:01.49]because we can't guarantee their safet [01:17.74]Second,note the

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The best way to find a book in the librar [00:16.46]is to use the card catalogu [00:27.53]The catalogue is an index of all the book [00:46.24]All the cards are filed alphabeticall [01:01.20]and storied in drawers in large cabinet [01:16.04]There are

考研背诵50篇——43.Statistics

There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root status) and a ge

考研背诵50篇——44.Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs

The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite seriously by many nations,

考研背诵50篇——45.The source of Energy

A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun; in fact, at the Sun's very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and h

考研背诵50篇——46.Vision

Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment. In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well that to develop an acute sense of smell. In the course of evolution members of the prim

考研背诵50篇——33 Plankton

Scattered through the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called plankton. Most of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to see. They drift about lazily with the currents, providing a basic food for m

考研背诵50篇——37 Icebergs

Icebergs are among natures most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being ----- somewhere ------in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence

考研背诵50篇——22. Collectibles

Collectibles have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. Whereas some objects have been collected for their usefulness, others have been selected for their aesthetic beauty alone. In the United States, the kinds of collectibles curr

考研背诵50篇——24．Piano

The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries --- the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the ch

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The United States is a land of immigrant [00:20.87]The immigrants brought many different styles of food with the [00:41.74]That's why you can find almost every kind of food in Americ [01:04.89]In some case [01:13.04]Americans have adopted foods from

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