Enigmatic Robot Era

Enigmatic Robot Era Science fiction and science fact is getting narrower and narrower. (scenes from “i, Robot”) Robot: You are experiencing a car accident. In i Robot, from Twentieth Century Fox,

每日一词【556】era：时代

今天我们要学的词是era。 Era, 是时代的意思。美国最后两家大投资银行高盛和摩根斯坦利转型为传统的银行控股公司。 It brought the era of Wall Street investment banks to an end, 这给华尔街投资银行的时

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Revenge of the Parrot

Revenge, they say, is a dish best eaten cold. The Parrot Major in the Space Force has been biding his time, waiting for his moment to hit back at the cat people. His opportunity comes when an extraordinary volcano erupts on the dark side of the moon.

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Planet of the Pirates

Astropup and his friend the Parrot have a huge diamond which they found in the Wreck of the Hesperus. Instead of returning it to Space Central on Earth, they are heading for the Planet of the Pirates where they intend to sell it and make their fortun

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Good Cat

We dogs have our virtues. We know how to love. We are loyal to the end. We will lay down our lives for our masters. But I struggle to think of a dog who was a born leader. Thinking for ourselves, and taking tough decisions, thats simply not the canin

儿童故事集：Astropup: Prisoner of the Cats

Proofread by Jana Elizabeth. Whimpering sounds.. What dismal dogs we were! Our tails were well and truly between our legs, as the pirate cat people marched us away at the points of their laser guns. They led us to a corner of their camp that seemed r

儿童故事集：Professor Astropup

Professor Astropup All this time that I have been recounting my adventures in space, I have signed myself off by my nom de guerre, Astropup. RRRRUF I sense my audience is surprised. Perhaps you arent used to me turning out a fancy French phrase like

儿童故事集：Astropup the Hero

Hello, This is Richard, and Im here with a story about our space travelling dog, Astropup. As a brief reminder, the Parrot has been elected as the first President of the World. The last episode was told by Marlow the Man with the laser gun. He explai

儿童故事集：Astropup And The Space Hounds’ Chief

Hello, This is Richard, and Im here with the next instalment in our saga about Astropup the space travelling dog. If you have heard the last episode you will know that Astropup and his companion Marlow are on a mission to capture a cat person. Unfort

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Two Parrots

Hello, This is Richard, And finally Ive managed to coax Astropup into barking up the conclusion to our mini-series about his adventure in space with Marlow. If you have a good memory, you will recall that Astropup and Marlow have been captured by a s

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Bird Fight

This is Richard, and I am back with the first part of a new Astropup serial. In case you have not heard our space-travelling before, You need to know that his comrades are a human called Marlow and a megalomaniac parrot. As ever, Astropup relates his

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Man with a Laser Gun

The man with a laser gun lived two floors above the duck with one wing. I stood outside his door and woofed three times. Quiet, let me sleep, came a gruff voice from within. The Good Cat meowed. I realized how much my talking friend the Parrot used t

儿童故事集：Astropup Part One

Storynory journeys into outer-space. This out-of-the way travelogue is told in two parts by Bonzo the dog, otherwise known to the world as Astropup. (Both parts collected here). Bonzo is an ordinary pet, until one day his family moves to Kuwait. Pa (

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Day of the Cat

Have you ever seen a parrot in a panic? In this Astropup adventure, the Parrot Major is flapping and fluttering when he learns that a team of ninja cat commandos are plotting to kill him. He suspects the whole world is out to get him. He is not even

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Key to the Universe

Click Pictures to Enlarge On a routine mission to the moon, Astropup finds the Moon Dog who hands him the key to the Universe. Our heros first instinct is to share the key with his human masters. His commander, the Parrot Major, says that the secret

儿童故事集：Astropup and the Ship of Birds

When we last left Astropup, he was flying into the mouth of a giant spaceship shaped like a bird (see Astropup for Freedom). At the centre of the spaceship is a giant tree holding up the nests and families of thousands upon thousands of highly intell

儿童故事集：Astropup Returns

Since Astropup last went into space, he has started to think big thoughts about the Universe. Now he is torn between the love of his owner, Jenny, and his thirst for space exploration. He returns to the launchpad for another mission with his companio

儿童故事集：Astropup Part Two

The Planet of the Cats. The second and concluding part of our venture into outer space (see part one here). To recap Bonzo the dog better known as Astropup was an ordinary pet dog belonging to Jenny. When his family moved to Kuwait, Pa gave him to th

<词海拾贝>Since Hector Was A Pup：自从很久以前

在《荷马史诗》中，特洛伊王子赫克托耳（Hector）是普里阿摩斯和赫卡柏的长子，也是特洛伊最伟大的英雄。他为人正直勇敢,是特洛伊军的领军人物中的

Puppies for sale 待售的小狗

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes