Directed and co-written by Andy Tennant (Hitch), the sunken-treasure romance-adventure flick Fool's Gold revolves around a quest for the fabled Queen's Dowry: a boatload of gold and jewels meant to seal a royal marriage deal, that sank in the Caribbe

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 小麦英语课堂

Flight attendant: What's the matter, sir? You look pale. Benjamin: I feel dizzy and weak. And I'm having this pain in my ear. I think I am sick. Flight attendant: Are you often traveling by plane? Benjamin: No, this is the second time. Flight attenda

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Dear Annie: I have a question regarding the etiquette of using handicapped stalls in public restrooms. Are they to be used only by the handicapped, or is it OK for others to utilize them if there are no handicapped persons in the restroom? I often se

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Magician David Blaine set a new world record last month for breath-holding: 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The feat was broadcast live during The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled Blaine from a water-filled sphere. He lo

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Before James Bond became a screen icon, he was a paperback hero. A new exhibition of 007 book covers charts the changing image of the suave British spy and his world of fast cars, luxury casinos and alluring women. Ranging from the 1950s to the prese

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Speed Racer is an adaptation of the beloved 1960s Japanese anime classic. The movie visibly pushes the boundaries that separate animation and live action by creating moments of surprising beauty, often to striking effect. Speed Racer begins with a fa

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Dear Annie: My 15-year-old son, Denny, has always been a handful. I am a single mother and try to keep an eye on him. I don't allow Denny to go to a friend's house unless there is a parent home. Recently, he visited a girl while her parents were home

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Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 meters over visitors t

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The characters in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis (co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud) are simple, friendly black-and-white line drawings, as uncomplicated as characters in a children's book. Which is precisely what throws you when they get themselves p

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Dear Annie: My daughter, Lara, just finished her junior year in college, and she has been steadily gaining weight. The summer before college, Lara dropped some pounds and seemed determined not to gain them back. Her self-esteem went up and she was ha

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Two young adventurers completed an epic paddle of more than 3,300 kilometers on Jan. 13 to become the first people to travel from Australia to New Zealand by kayak. Australians James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, spent 62 days crossing the T

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Dear Annie: My wife has been having an affair and I have filed for divorce. Our children do not know about the infidelity yet, but I'm sure it will come out. I am the husband who cooks, cleans and cares for our children. I massaged her feet. I sent f

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

A Dutch museum has begun restoring three antique musical clocks from the imperial collection of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The three clocks are part of the largest collection of musical clocks worldwide and were made by Weste

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The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming carbon bomb if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said. Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the

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A Russian mini-submarine reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, setting a record for the deepest dive in a lake. The Mir-2 has reached the bottom of Lake Baikal at a depth of 1,680 meters (5,512 feet), ITAR-TASS reported from the barge where the submarin

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Handsome is as handsome doesn't in The Dark Knight. Of the three male lookers who dominate it, who would have guessed that the one with his face hidden behind twisted clown makeup, whose perfect features and fair brow are not glimpsed even once, woul

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Dear Annie: My wife and I play gin rummy, often when traveling. We are both competitive, and although I can get a bit emotional, I do play by the rules. During a recent trip, my wife and I played a few games in a public place. We were at a crucial po

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Ya?l: Mmm, Look at these delicious berries, I can't wait to eat them. Don: Ya?l, are you sure they're berries and not parasite-infested ants? Y: Eww, Don! Why would you ask that? D: Scientists working in Panama discovered a parasitic worm that infect

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Ya?l: How's it going, Don? D: OK, I guess. Y: What's wrong? D: Well, I've been getting headaches lately, and my neck and shoulders are kinda sore. Y: It sounds like you have the classic symptoms of computer vision syndrome. D: Really? I can see why s

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The babies who watched the video with a parent didnt do terribly worse, but they definitely didnt learn more. The clear implication is that infants learn best from live interactions with their parents. Other studies have found that smart baby videos

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