Lesson 1A private conversation私人谈话First listen and then answer the question.听录音,然后回答以下问题。Why did the writer complain to the people behind him?Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchiefby James Fenimore CoopoerCHAPTER I.Certain moral philosophers, with a due disdain of the flimsy foundationsof human pride, have shown that every man is equally descended from amillion of ancestors, within a given number of generations; therebydemonstrating that no prince exists who does not participate in theblood of some beggar, or any beggar who does not share in the bloodof princes. Although favored by a strictly vegetable descent myself, the...
天堂,是真实或虚构的?是梦幻或现实的?是失落在我们身后,或者仍在前方诱惑着我们?维京人希望死后在温暖的天堂醒来,手中仍握着剑,而天堂里充满阳光和美丽的少女。阿拉伯人期盼一个凉爽的天堂,有许多凉荫和一条酒河。直到现在,基督徒所谓的天堂,还是指轻轻地飘浮在云端,置身于天使之间———由于后来找不到想像中的天使,于是某些人便把信仰转移到当代科技,梦想着未来的天堂在外层空间的人造金属平台上,而且有机器人做伴。《圣经》里的天堂,是指我们所在的这个星球上某一个热带花园,园中满是植物和动物,随时可以哺育及滋养新生的人类。那是人类曾经遗弃和失落的地方。百万年前天堂的景象,曾被希伯来人(Hebrew)用文字记录下来,而随着他们向外移民,天堂的印象也逐渐由美索不达米亚(Mesopotamia)最古老的文明中被带出来。那是人类历史上最古老的有关天堂的记录。自从人类开始构建文明,先是犹太人,接着是基督徒和...
最后一次去广州是1986年12月的事,那是我们第一次冬天去南方。北京已经很冷了,在路上我不得不一件件地脱衣服,到广州只剩衬衫了。实际上那是段刻骨铭心的日子,我永远无法将那次旅行在记忆中抹去。我们是坐火车去的,心情忐忑不安,且极度的惶恐。我们跟熬鹰似的,两天后眼睛都蓝了。我一直抱着皮包不撒手,惟恐一不留神它就会长翅膀飞了。山林的手则时刻不离开腋下的刀把,在他眼里从我们身边走过的每一位乘客脸上都挂贼像,只有狼骚儿他叔叔走近时,他脸上才多少有些笑模样。那把美国军刀在山林腰里挂了五、六年了,从不离身,连睡觉的时候他都不愿意摘下来,这也是山林死时身上唯一的完整物件。我将这把利刃埋在山林的坟里,不久那片地被国家征用了,转移山林的骨灰盒时军刀竟不翼而飞了。据说利器多不吉利,名剑主人难有善终,操鱼肠剑成名的专诸被剁为肉泥,挥元戎剑策划十面埋伏的韩信被一群骚娘们乱棍打死。山林也得了把好...
Arms and the Manby George Bernard ShawINTRODUCTIONTo the irreverentand which of us will claim entire exemption from thatcomfortable classification?there is something very amusing in theattitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviouslydisregards all the canons and unities and other things which everywell-bred dramatist is bound to respect that his work is really unworthyof serious criticism (orthodox). Indeed he knows no more about the...
The Parlor-Carby William D. HowellsSCENE: A Parlor-Car on the New York Central Railroad. It is lateafternoon in the early autumn, with a cloudy sunset threatening rain.The car is unoccupied save by a gentleman, who sits fronting one ofthe windows, with his feet in another chair; a newspaper lies acrosshis lap; his hat is drawn down over his eyes, and he is apparentlyasleep. The rear door of the car opens, and the conductor enterswith a young lady, heavily veiled, the porter coming after with
SHE STANDS ACCUSEDSHE STANDSACCUSEDBY VICTOR MacCLURE1- Page 2-SHE STANDS ACCUSEDBeing a Series of Accounts of the Lives and Deeds of NotoriousWomen, Murderesses, Cheats, Cozeners, on whom Justice was Executed,and of others who, Accused of Crimes, were Acquitted at least in Law;Drawn from Authenticated Sources...
水这样喝可以治病 美国医学博士巴特曼在他的著作《水是最好的药》中阐述了一个震惊世界的医学发现:身体缺水是许多慢性疾病的根源。《水这样喝可以治病》在继续解释这一医学发现的同时,介绍了用水治病的具体方法。如果按照科学的方法去做,水就是世界上最好的药。 孩子的水分调节机制 水对婴儿健康成长至关重要。最初,婴儿可以从母乳和牛奶中摄取水。他们也可以直接饮用天然水。生长荷尔蒙和水分调节机能能够控制婴儿体内的干渴管理机制。确切地说,身体会不惜一切代价储存一定量的水分。譬如,肾脏开始增加尿液浓度,并在尿液形成的最后阶段尽可能吸取更多的水分。 随着婴儿不断生长,他们经常本能性地进入脱水状态。因为细胞数目的增加和分裂,需要消耗相当多的水。每个细胞体积的75%都是水,对于一个成长的婴儿而言,身体经常需要水,并随时发出求水的信号。如果是用碳酸饮料或含糖饮料来满足人体对水的需要(而不是纯净的...
The Three Partnersby Bret HartePROLOGUE.The sun was going down on the Black Spur Range. The red light ithad kindled there was still eating its way along the serried crest,showing through gaps in the ranks of pines, etching out theinterstices of broken boughs, fading away and then flashing suddenlyout again like sparks in burnt-up paper. Then the night wind sweptdown the whole mountain side, and began its usual struggle with the...
不久以前,某些美国人和欧洲人预期,中国将先是在消费品方面,然后在所有工业品方面,成为他们新的巨大市场。今天,世界已开始理解,中国将不仅以自己的消费品,而且也以自己的高技术产品,成为一个日益成长的竞争者。我预期,中国这种难以置信的繁荣仍将继续下去。当然,我不否认中国必须解决自己国内的巨大问题。首先是沿海省份的城市同内地包括农业中部和重工业东北地区在生活水平方面的巨大差距。而要在很大程度上拉平这种差异,将需要几十年时间,因为这需要对生产结构和社会进行深刻的改造。在美国和英国,人们可以读到对中国的许多批评。有些批评可能是完全有道理的。但这些批评大多来自同一批人,他们在90年代初就曾出于利己的动机向俄罗斯提出过如何在一夜之间建立起市场经济的不适当的建议。这些人当时不了解俄罗斯,今天也不了解中国。去上海访问几次是不足以了解中国的。在我看来,中国已慢慢地建立起市场经济,同时逐...
伊拉克战争使人们大饱眼福,全球电视首次直播真实的战场和战争,美军长驱直入,势不可挡,伊军节节败退,溃不成军,25天激战之后,共和国卫队神秘消失,美军兵不血刃占了巴格达。“看不懂的战争给人们留下了一个个难解的谜团。针对萨达姆的战争结束了,但伊拉克人民反抗外来侵略游击战和巷战却刚刚开始”。当时我面对摄像机的这番感言因为美军的长驱直入而受到不少网友和观众的炮轰,许多专家也认为我的观念过于陈旧。战后一年的伊拉克,我们看到了什么?刚刚推翻了独裁者却又迎来了占领军的伊拉克战乱不止,战后重建没有进展,美国西方式的民主自由不但没有实现,侵犯人权的虐俘事件却屡屡发生。一场遍及伊拉克全境的反抗侵略、反抗占领、争取民族自决、自立和自治的斗争正在如火如荼地展开。“以美军强大的军事实力,推翻萨达姆政权,占领伊拉克领土,还是很容易做到的,这是一...
Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British and American English? How important are these differences?Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?”, while Americans say “in the hospital” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the “r” in words like“bird”and “hurt”. Some s