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

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 5

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

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 6

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 - 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

TED演讲： 轻松学习阅读汉字(1)

Growing up in Taiwan as the daughter of a calligrapher, 我在台湾长大。作为一位书法家的女儿， one of my most treasured memories was my mother showing me the beauty, the shape and the form of Chinese characters. 我最珍贵的记忆之

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 13

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

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 11

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

专业术语—常见皮肤病英语(5)

ichthyosis 鱼鳞病 impetigo 脓疱疮 isomorphic reaction 同形反应 keratin 角蛋白 keratinocyte 角质形成细胞 keatolytics 角质松解剂 keratoplastics 角化促成剂 lamella lucida 透明

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 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

TED演讲:是什么造就了长城的无与伦比(2)

Averaging 23 feet high and 21 feet wide, the walls 5500 miles were punctuated by watchtowers. 长城平均高7米，宽6米，5500英里的城墙中间隔着瞭望台。 When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until

TED演讲:是什么造就了长城的无与伦比(1)

A 13,000 mile dragon of earth and stone winds its way through the countryside of China 一条1万3英里的土石之龙蜿蜒于中国乡野之间， with a history almost as long and serpentine as the structure. 它的历史几乎与其结构一样悠

TED演讲:谈乌鸦的智慧(3)

Now, this is completely unprompted; she had never seen this done before. 要知道，它没有看到过别的乌鸦这么做。 No one taught her to bend this into a hook or had shown her how it could happen. 之前也没有任何人或者别的乌鸦教

TED演讲:昔日纽约(2)

Is it simply the byproduct of a crude mechanical action? 它仅仅是一个粗糙机械制作的副产品？ Or is it an imitation of one half the set of sounds we make to express disappointment? 或者对我们抒发不满的一种声音的一半所进

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

TED演讲:不存在'不投票'这种事(5)

In Miami, we've commissioned and artist, a young artist named Atomico, 在迈阿密，我们委托一个艺术家，年轻的艺术家阿托米卡， to create some vivid and vibrant images for a new series of I voted stickers. 去创作栩栩如生的

TED演讲：肢体语言塑造你自己(10)

What do you do before you go into a job interview? 你在面试工作之前会怎么做？ You do this. You're sitting down. You're looking at your iPhone -- or your Android, not trying to leave anyone out. 你会这样，对吧？你会坐下来。你