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Freedom is Worth the Risk The philosopher George Santayana, at the age of eighty-eight, admitted that things no longer seemed so simple to him as they did fifty years ago. Even those of use who have not reached Mr. Santayanas age must share that feel

Zechariah 撒迦利亚书10

1Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. 2The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they

CNN 2012-07-09

it is a small caterpillar fungus that is believed to boost sexual performance naturally. Then it is found only in the high altitudes of the Hymalayas, and earning the nickname Himalayan Viagra. So, it doesn't pop out in the backyard. You won't find i

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第154期:牙齿适合用来切肉

It was a species of Tyrannosaur. 这是暴龙的一种。 That suggested to us, well, maybe these Tyrannosaur teeth are in fact from animals that are trampling the bodies of these things as they eat them. 那就表明，也许这些暴龙牙齿是它们

2007-08-21, Engineering Egypt 构建埃及

This is not the Egypt of Khufu's day. The Pharaoh is no longer beyond criticism, and Ramesses' failure to take Kadesh could dangerously undermine his position. Ramesses hatches a face-saving plan well-suited to this more critical era. He reaches for

美国语文第四册 第85期:马(2)

The trampling of the animals sounds like distant thunder; 动物们发出的踢踏声听起来像远处的雷声， and such is the rapidity and impetuosity of their advance, that it seems to threaten instant destruction. 那是它们飞快且疾速前

美国语文第四册 第140期:赫斯珀洛斯号的残骸(2)

O father! I see a gleaming light, 噢，爸爸！我见到了微弱的灯光， Oh say, what may it be? 出了什么事？ But the father answered never a word, 可是她的父亲已经无法回答， A frozen corpse was he. 他已经冻僵了。 Las

经济学人83:工会的力量 The power in the union

Books and Arts; Book Review;American agribusiness;The power in the union; 文艺；书评；美国农业；工会的力量； Trampling Out the Vintage: Csar Chvez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers. By Frank Bardacke. 把葡萄踩在脚下：

英语小达人 233 Satan's Sister

Satan's Sister 撒旦的妹妹 One Sunday morning, everyone in one beautiful, tiny town got up early and went to the local church. 星期天的早晨，一个美丽的小镇上的人们都早早地起床后来到教堂。 Before the service started,

觉得自己倒霉时看看这个吧

Next Time That You Think Youre Having a Bad Day 当自己觉得倒霉时看看这个 The average cost of rehabilitate one seal after the Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively-saved animals were rel

Arbor Day（植树节）

In many countries it has long been the tradition to hold an annual tree or forest festival. The origin of such celebrations dates back to antiquity and is in the dawn of religious feeling and awe for what trees represented. However, Arbor Day, as it

The Stag and the Hedgehog

A stag and a hedgehog once bought a field of wheat together，hoping to grow enough food to keep them through the Winter．All went well until the wheat began to turn golden in the Summer sun．Then，one day，they noticed that wild animals had brok

英语美文：初雪

The first snow 初雪 The first snow came.How beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! 初雪来了。她是多么美丽。一整天，

美国小学英语教材5:第62课 长牙象彭博·库巴(8)

There was very little about the natives way of doing things that Kubwa did not know. 库巴几乎了解所有土著人的想法。 He had taken a liking to their food, especially to their bananas, and he used to make a business of raiding the village

新托福插入题命中百分百

在新托福阅读的考查中，每篇文章必会出现一类题，叫做Insert Text Questions，即插入句子题(简称插入题)。考试中，考生会遇到一句话，问该句插入文中哪里最合适。如下面例题： The raising of l

美国语文第四册 第180期:白兰地酒河浅滩(2)

What was that? A strange, rustling, hissing sound, as of cattle trampling through dry reeds, 那是什么？一种奇怪的嘶嘶的声音传来，就像牛群踩过芦苇丛的声音， a sound which quivered and shook, even in the breath of the hur

美国语文第四册 第173期:垂死的士兵(1)

A waste of land, a sodden plain, 浪费土地，湿透的平原， A lurid sunset sky, 晚霞火红如血， With clouds that fled and faded fast in ghostly phantasy; 土地荒芜，地面刚刚淋湿，一派凄凉的景象， A field upturned by tr

希望长着翅膀19 The First Snow

19 The first snow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The first snow came. how beautiful it was, falling so silently, all day long, all night long, on the mountains, on the meadows, on the roofs of the living, on the graves of the dead! All white save the ri

英国语文第三册 第59期:海狸小城(下)

All the time they are at work, the beavers are constantly moving to and fro, trampling down the soft clay with their paws, 工作时间，海狸总会走来走去，用爪子踩实软粘土， and making all as smooth as they can. And it is a curious

英语听书《白鲸记》第757期

This was still more strangely evinced by those of their number, who, 更为奇特的是，其中有些鲸仿佛完全瘫痪了， completely paralysed as it were, helplessly floated like water-logged dismantled ships on the sea. 象是进了水、失去