国家地理:July 4th: Exploring the Myth 美国国庆

The 4th of July is America's birthday bash . This summer ritual of picnics, parades and pageantry celebrates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the most cherished document in our history. It declared an end to England's c

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Shanghaied 上海 by Marcus Maurice Shanghai in the late 1920s and early 1930s was a great place to be. This paradise for adventurers had only been an actual city since the 15th century, when it was little more than a muddy town on the edge of a rive

unit18 The Myth of Superwoman 女超人的神话

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Natalie Morales: Barash recently completed a study that defines what she calls the

关于性格内向者的十大误解

I was lucky enough to discover a book called, The Introvert Advantage (How To Thrive in an Extrovert World), by Marti Laney, Psy.D. I feel like someone has written an encyclopedia entry on a rare race of people to which I belong. Not only has it expl

8个原因告诉你 你的目标为什么总是达不到？

Bad news you arent going to reach your goals. Why? Unfortunately, there are many reasons. We set goals all the time. But, often, we do not reach them. 坏消息：你没达成你的目标。为什么？不幸的是原因有很多。 我们总是在设定

The Myth of Passion

The Myth of Passion Passion has somehow become a funny thing. At first its commonly defined as a love you have for something ; something you kind of do during your free time. But today, passion goes beyond that. With all the buzz on lifestyle design

TED演讲:格格不入者的心声(8)

In it are the stories of how many times I've had to reinvent a self from the ruins of my choices, 书里讲述的是我如何在人生选择的废墟中重生的故事。 the stories of how my seeming failures were really just weird-ass portals to so

留美老师带你每日说英文 第1055期:重要的是内在的本质

Like so many things it is not what's outside but what's inside that counts. You've got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the helm and charge your own course. Stick to it. No matter the squalls. 许多事情都是如此，真正重要的

减肥失败者总结饮食四大误区

We think we know what to eat: less red meat and more fibre, less saturated fat and more fruit and veg, right? Wrong, according to a controversial new book by nutritionist Zoe Harcombe. 我们总自以为知道该吃些什么：减少牛羊肉这些红色

世界小史 第132期:罗马城

Romulus, so the myth goes, founded Rome. 这则神话说罗穆卢斯建立了罗马城。 They even had a date for it, 753 BC, and would later count the years from that date as the Greeks did from the Olympiads. 人们甚至说出建城的年代：公元

自由职业很惬意？知道真相好心塞！

I feel like I've been hired by Dateline to write this expos (related: if you are a Dateline producer, have your people call my people--we'll do lunch). 我感觉我自己像是为Dateline 来写这篇文章的（如果你是Dateline的制作人，让你

胡萝卜能提高视力？关于视力的15点误解

We can probably all recount at least a dozen weird and alarming things parents, teachers, and older siblings told us about our eyes when we were kids. For instance, we'd be permanently cross-eyed if we didn't stop making those faces at our brother or

生活英语：健康饮食（双语）

生活英语：健康饮食（双语）

是真的吗？揭开关于午睡的五个迷思

Myth #1: Napping is only for the lazy -- or those under 5. 迷思1：打盹只适合懒人，或者5岁以下的孩子。 Fact: Around a third of American adults nap on the average day, LiveScience reported, and for good reason: A short snooze can bo

“潜力无限”英文可以这样说

1. Diamonds in the rough 未经雕琢的钻石只差好好打磨就能bling bling啦！归根到底，说明人家还是块材料啊！ 例：She may seem shy and ordinary right now, but give her a couple more years - she truly is a diamond in the ro

传说中,彩虹象征什么?

【原文】 Where Do Rainbows Come From? Throughout history, rainbows have been a source of mystery and legend. Rainbows are also important symbols in a number of cultures around the world. In the Old Testament of the Bible, for example, God shows N

吸烟无助于减肥

Smoking doesn't keep fat off A new Australian study debunking the myth that cigarettes keep weight down is a further warning about the dangers of smoking, an anti-smoking body says. A new Australian study debunking the myth that cigarettes keep weigh

口语：“有潜力”怎么说？

虽然现在还没成功，但说不定就是潜力股，前途大好喔！英语里想说他人有潜力，都能怎样表达？ 1. Diamonds in the rough未经雕琢的钻石只差好好打磨就能bling bling啦！归根到底，说明人家还是块

【趣谈英语】关于黑脉金斑蝶的奇事-A Myth About Monarchs

Pre-Listening Vocabulary ingest: to eat or drink tell apart: to distinguish a difference between people and things hind: back non-toxic: not poisonous resemble: to look alike mimicry: a survival technique where one species evolves to resemble another