TED演讲:为何闪亮的玻璃高楼对城市生活有害(6)

But glass has a limited ability to be expressive. 但是玻璃的表现力毕竟是有局限的。 This is a section of wall framing a plaza in the pre-Hispanic city of Mitla, in southern Mexico. 这是在墨西哥南部前西班牙城米特拉一个广

Habakkuk 哈巴谷书02

1I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. 2Then the Lord replied: Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald

Zephaniah 西番雅书01

1The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah: 2I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth, declares the Lor

Nahum 那鸿书02

1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh . Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength! 2The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have r

Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 - 10

The Chinese could afford to employ people to fight for it . In the borderlands, the Mongols met a force of heavily armed mercenaries, who were loyal as only mercenaries could be. Reinforced by the mer

Ezekiel 以西结书34

34The word of the LORD came to me: 2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care

CNN 2011-02-19

Have you heard about Bernie's bombshell? Bernie Madoff, that is. The man among con men giving his first published interview since he was arrested two years ago. The New York Times actually talked to him in the North Carolina prison where he is servin

Zechariah 撒迦利亚书02

1Then I looked up-and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2I asked, Where are you going? He answered me, To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is. 3Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another

Judges 士师记02

2The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, 2and you shall not make a covenant with

Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 - 13

For one month, his army plundered, burnt and raped. A year later, visiting foreign ambassadors described the streets as

PSALMS 诗篇076

PSALM 76 1In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel. 2His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion. 3There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war. Selah 4You are resplendent with light, more majestic

PSALMS 诗篇044

PSALM 44 1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago. 2With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish. 3It was not

Isaiah 以赛亚书10

10Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. 3What will you do on the day o

Jeremiah 耶利米书30

30This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord : 2This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3The days are coming,' declares the Lord , 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah b

2nd Chronicles 历代志下14

14And Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years. 2Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3He removed the for

万物简史 第68期:事物的测定(16)

It was history's first cooperative international scientific venture, and almost everywhere it ran into problems. Many observers were waylaid by war, sickness, or shipwreck. Others made their destinations but opened their crates to find equipment brok

世界小史 第121期:波斯人

The Persians tried to block his way near a town called Issus, but Alexander crushed them. 波斯人试图在一座名叫伊苏斯的城市附近阻挡他的道路，但亚历山大击溃了他们。 He plundered the magnificent royal tents and made o

世界小史 第112期:国家在战斗

As is usually the case with wars, not only Athens but the whole country was exhausted by the conflict, and the victors were no exception. 正如战争中常会发生的那样，不仅是雅典，整个国家在战斗中耗尽了精力，胜利者也是

美国学生人类历史第43期:希腊人(2)

But here and there, on the tops of high rocks, they saw the castles of the Aegeans and those they did not attack for they feared the metal swords and the spears of the Aegean soldiers and knew that they could not hope to defeat them with their clumsy

美国学生历史 第7期:英格兰的开拓者(1)

Chapter 3 第三章 Pioneers Of England 英格兰的开拓者 21. Sir John Hawkins. 21．约翰霍金斯爵士 For many years after Cabot's voyage Englishmen were too busy at home to pay much attention to distant expeditions. 卡伯特的航海之后许