Great Expectations

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my 1) infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more 2) explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be

AP 2010-03-31

1. President Barack Obama gets a first-hand look at the 8-year-old war he inherited and ramped up. During a surprise visit to Afghanistan, Obama applauded US troops and Afghanistan's campaign against insurgents, but told Afghan leaders they need to d

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Most works of art - paintings, sculptures, artistic jewelry - are created for a collector or patrons who visit a gallery. The artist makes something, and someone else buys it and takes it home. Others create large public art - sculptures and statues

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary territory: the area owned by a certain nation European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together shoreline: the place where water meets land bordered by: to have something

经济学人: 系外行星的卫星探索之旅 (2)

That was intriguing enough for them to be awarded a chunk of coveted observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope, to take a closer look. 这对他们来说足够令人着迷，因为他们可以获得大量观测时间，用哈勃空间望远镜进行

教你怎么听3 Lesson23

UNIT TWENTY-THREE [00:04.70]Story 3 [00:07.03]1.Look at the question briefly and listen to the story. [00:13.45]Then circle th correct answer. [00:16.90]The Umbrella Man [00:20.45]Yesterday afternoon, [00:23.90]my mother took me up to London to see t

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Ted Hughes I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, Not a leaf, not a bird,-- A world cast in frost. I came out above the wood Where my breath left tortuous statues in the iron light. But the valleys

CNN 2010-05-05

At first glance, you would never know this warehouse contains vital weapons to combat the spreading oil slick. They're staging areas set up from Venice, Louisiana, all the way to Pensacola, Florida. So what's going on here in this staging area is goi

SSS 2010-08-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? You don't have to be a champagne buff to want the best flavor from your bubbly. So the secret to a perfect glass? It's all in the pour, according to a study in

与美国小学生一起学英文第11册 第10期:滨线

Shoreline 滨线 Is it a shore different from a coast? Yes, it is. 滨和海岸是不是不一样？是的。 The word coast is used when land meets the ocean. 海岸是陆地和海洋接触的地方 The word shore is used when land meets a large bod

北师大版高中英语模块10--Unit29(4)-2

[00:00.00]The reason the person isn't breathing [00:04.00]may simply be that the airway is blocked [00:06.53]they've swallowed their tongue, [00:08.05]as you might say and so very often [00:10.88]all that's needed is to open up the airway. [00:14.21]

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By Zulima Palacio Washington 23 October 2009 Davis points to a grass shrimp barely visible in her palm Every year erosion and sea level rise are claiming about two meters of shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States.

中国剩女: 在传统与变革中艰难寻爱

Xu Jiajie has gone on countless blind dates and to numerous match-making events over the past five years in search of a husband. 在过去5年中，许佳洁（音译）为找到好一位丈夫参加了无数次相亲和婚恋活动。 At 31, the bab

美丽新世界Brave New World 第13章(7)

Lenina! he repeated apprehensively. 列宁娜。他恐惧地重复了一句。 She put her hand to her neck and gave a long vertical pull; her white sailor's blouse was ripped to the hem; 她把手放到脖子边，向下长长一拉，那白色的水手

不公平的人类 女性凭啥不如男性

Women have made much progress in gaining equality in work and life over the past half century. In many developed countries such as the US and the UK, women now earn more college and graduate degrees than men do. Women make up half the workforce and a

音乐天堂：Shoreline——Deas Vail

So you say I'm better off here As dry as the shoreline In an ocean of fear So you say I can't be alive Until there is nothing When we're meeting eyes again Day by day, I wander these halls And you're casting a shadow Onto every wall But all the way y

为什么不能把钱包放在后口袋

For those who prefer to travel light and keep everything in their pockets, there's some bad news. 那些喜欢轻装上路、把所有东西都塞在口袋里的人，有些坏消息你们必须得听听。 If your wallet is jam-packed with old recei

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We're only two days away from the Fourth of July. But here's something that won't leave you bloated like barbecue and beer. It's The Puzzle. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Joining me as always is Will Shortz. He's puz

爱自拍的看过来:姑娘,这样自拍你最美

If you've ever wondered what makes the perfect selfie, some of the world's most powerful computers have been pondering the same question. 如果你在琢磨怎样自拍更好看，世界上最强大的电脑也在思考着同样的问题。 Researche

乔布斯传 第223期:靠自己(2)

Rand flew out to Palo Alto and spent time walking with Jobs and listening to his vision. 兰德飞到了帕洛奥图，同乔布斯一同走了走，听取了他的构想。 The computer would be a cube, Jobs pronounced. He loved that shape. It was p