The Great Wall 万里长城 - 4

These aren't miniatures, they are life-size. So far, the Chinese have only dug up 10% of the site. And already thousands of warriors and some 10,000 weapons have been discovered. Look closely at the f

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 3

Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 1

It's a thousand times longer than any monument ever built. Started before the Birth of Christ, it was still being built when Columbus sailed to America and millions died in its making. What unspeakabl

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In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

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It is a staggering 2,700 miles longer than the first Great Wall of the Emperor Qin. There is no wood, water or stone in the desert. But the Han managed to build a wall that has resisted 2,000 years of

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 8

So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 7

And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did

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I could feel it was too early again when I woke, and I knew I was getting the schedule of my days and nights slowly reversed. 当我醒来的时候，我发觉时间还太早。我知道自己正在慢慢地颠倒着昼夜的作息时间。 I lay in

Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-9

Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here. After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target. All we're doing is shift

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The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195

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With the Mongols expelled, the new rulers, the Ming emperors, were determined that an invasion would never happen again. And so in 1368, when Europe was being decimated by the Black Plague(黑死病, 鼠

英语歌曲:迈克尔.杰克逊-Off the wall

迈克尔.杰克逊：Off the wall When the world is on your shoulder 当你需要肩负起世界的时候 Gott straighten up your act and boogie down 你就应当挺直身板随声起舞 If you can't hang whth the feeling 如果你还是找不到感觉

美国习惯用语: Lesson 236 - high and dry / dry up

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美国习惯用语: Lesson 211 - STONEWALL / OFF THE WALL

我们今天要讲的第一个习惯用语是美国人用得非常普遍的，而且也很形像。这个习惯用语就是：To stonewall. Stonewall是一个字，但是很明显，它是由stone和w

美国习惯用语: Lesson 209 - WALL-TO-WALL / WALLFLOWER

在这次节目里我们要给大家介绍两个都是以wall这个字为主的习惯用语。Wall这个字是什么意思呢？Wall就是一堵墙的墙。有不少习惯用语都跟wall这个字有关

美国习惯用语:533 up the wall

我们上次讲了几个由up这个词开头的习惯用语。今天再学几个。 Up这个词可以解释为往上，例如在这个习惯用语里： up the wall。 Wall当然是墙壁，up the wall字面意思是上墙。上墙可不是件轻而易

英文短篇故事（纽约）487 A Street Sign for Stilt Walkers

Justin got off the R train at Whitehall Street in downtown Manhattan. After climbing one flight of stairs, he climbed three more. He stopped to catch his breath and study the city map on the station wall. It showed that the MTA Service Center was nea

儿童英语读物《神奇树屋》 第七册 Afternoon on the Amazon 04

4CaveKids JackandAnniecrepttothecaveandpeekedinside. Asmallflamedancedfromabedofglowingcoals. Nearthefirewereknives，axes，andhollowed-outstones. Animalskinswereneatlystackedagainstthewall. Peoplemustlivehere，saidAnnie. MaybeitsthehomeoftheCro-Ma

英语歌曲:Plan B - Writing's On The Wall

Plan B - Writing's On The Wall Plan B是一向有坏男孩之称的英国创作歌手兼演员Ben Drew的艺名。去年四月份他令人惊艳的单曲She Said成功打进英国单曲榜前十。这首Writing's On The Wall与She Said出自同张专辑

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第449期:第二十六章 艾莉亚(5)

Dropping to the floor in front of a startled scrubwoman, she hopped up, brushed the rushes off her clothes, and was off again, 待她跳下窗口，正落在一名吃惊的洗衣妇面前，她立刻翻身，拍拍尘土，继续逃跑。 out the doo