12 Museums From Boston to Los Angeles, from New York City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs already have radically altered facades and floor plans or are expected

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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

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Sleet is part of a persons daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you fist drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll abou

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The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not b

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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

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05 The Beginning of Drama There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The on most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginni

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04 Electricity The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in f

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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 c

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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

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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 s

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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

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32 Botany Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible

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30 The origin of Refrigerators By the mid-nineteenth century, the term icebox had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cit

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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 splashi

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[00:07.58]Igor Sikorsky was born in the city of Kiev, Russia; on May 25, 1889. [00:16.12]His mother was a doctor. [00:15.12]His father was a professor of psychology. [00:18.59]Igor became interested in science when he was very young. [00:23.82]He was

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[00:05.49]Physical changes, such as gray hair and small lines on the face, appear as we grow older. [00:15.78]Now, American scientists say such changes may result partly from changes in our genetic material. [00:24.24]They say these genetic mutations

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[00:07.94]The girl who became known as Phillis Wheatley was born about 1753 in Senegal, Africa. [00:22.86]She was kidnapped and brought to the New England colonies in North America on a ship that carried slaves. [00:31.40]The ship's name was Phillis.

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[00:04.96]Marilyn did not stop struggling. [00:09.01]She next won a small part in a movie calledLove Happy. [00:13.58]It was a comedy starring the famous Marx brothers. [00:17.58]Critics said it was not one of their better efforts. [00:21.97]Marilyn,

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05年暑期班考研英语写作——宫东风推荐20篇背诵作文 [沪江英语] 2004年8月1日 Book Knowledge vs. Experience Knowledge can be acquired from many sources. These include books, tea

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The Advantages of Saving Money Everyone must work to live, but many people are fortunate enough to make more money than they immediately need. What should they do with this extra income? While it is te

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