英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
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Understand War, Prevent War Zhao Wei: As far as I know, you had traveled around the world, run companies in five countries, and experienced various adventures before you started writing. What does your writing benefit from those experiences? James Bradley: I read an article years ago that said the quality of your life is related to the quality of your experiences. So you need to ha
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Find the Type of Exercise That Best Suits Your Personality Recent research at the University of Florida has revealed that the secret of sticking to an exercise programme is to select one that reflects the sort of person you are. If you are outgoing and like being with people, chances are you get bored quickly when exercising alone. Try aerobics1. You need interaction, and working o
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Do I Know You? With computer security threats lurking around every electronic corner it is no wonder that so many online activities, from signing into your e-mail to checking your bank account, require a secure log-in with a password. But passwords can be stolen or forgotten, and most of us are not about to shell out1 for a high-tech retinal2 scanner3. So Israeli scientists in Haifa4 have
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Cricket1 in England Cricket to the English is not just a game. It is a symbol--a 22-man personification2 of all English beliefs and philosophies. Cricket is alleged3 to be the national summer pastime of the English race. People who are interested in it are passionate4 about it, but those who are not are totally indifferent to it. Visitors to England would have to be blind not to sp
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August 5 -- Grasmere Rushbearing The floors of old stone churches can get pretty cold, a fact well known among churchgoers obliged to kneel upon them. Several centuries ago, the sensible Britons hit upon a solution: They could insulate1 the chilly floors with coatings2 of fresh cut rushes3, straw, or hay. By the early nineteenth century, rushbearings and haystrewings had become lively annu
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A Dream of Coffee E Huiyuan: Ten years ago, you opened the company with your friends, which once aroused certain interest of some Chinese media. It is not so easy for a foreigner to start his own business from scratch1 in China, why did you choose to do that? Stuart Eunson: We saw a tremendous potential2 market here in Beijing, for coffee, and so we pursued that market. When we fir
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Unable To Fall Asleep Though Tired Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no one answer that applies to every individual. But many people fail to note the distinction between fatigue-physical tiredness--and sleepiness, the inability to stay awake. It’s possible to feel “tired” physically and still be unable to fall asleep, because while your body may b
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
NASA Successfully Tests Hypersonic1 Jet Three years after its first test flight ended in an explosion, NASA on March 27 successfully launched an experimental jet that the agency believes reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. The unpiloted X-43A made an 11-second rocket boosted flight, then went through some twists and turns during a six-minute glide before plunging int
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“Detective Poirot” Takes His Final Bow Sir Peter Ustinov, a brilliant wit and mimic who won two Oscars for an acting career that ranged from the evil Nero in Quo Vadis to the detective Poirot in Death on the Nile, died on March 28 in Switzerland. He was 82. Peter Alexander Ustinov was born in London on April 16, 1921, the only child of a Russian artist mother and a journa
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British Annual Holidays Once a year most English families take an extended holiday. Until air travel became more common these family holidays were almost always spent in one of the coastal seaside resorts. Shops in the seaside towns sold buckets, spades, postcards, candyfloss1, toffee-apples2, sticks of rock3, and fish and chips. Pitching4 their camps of brightly coloured canvas wi
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July 4-- Whalton Baal1 Fire This annual rite2 in the Northumbrian village of Whalton takes its name from either the Celtic3 word bel, meaning “bright,” the Anglo-Saxon4 bail, meaning “ fire,” or from the name of the old British sun god. Today the bonfire5 is lit in the customary6 corner of the village green at 7:30 p.m., and it blazes hotly while villagers watch and morris7
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
If There’s a Will I am my mother’s third child, born when she was 20. When I was delivered, nurses took me from the room before she could see me. Her doctor gently explained that my left arm was missing, below the elbow. Then he gave her some advice: “Don’t treat her differently than the other girls. Demand more.” And she did. Even before my father left us, my mother had
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Words from the Heart Most people need to hear those “three little words”---I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time. I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice1 ward, where I worked as a volunteer. Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby as she was transferred from the gurney2 to the hospital bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight
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Winners Are Made, Not Born Chef1 Walter Potenza owns three thriving Italian restaurants in Rhode Island2. He studied and trained to be a chef, but he sees now that his abilities are the product of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, “All of a sudden my schooling, the knowledge and the history of my family, the ethics3 of my father came into play4. It made m
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Being Yourself As a youngster, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stone walls, the house and barn1 provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I was used to neat-as-a-pin2 parlors3 that seemed to whisper, “Not to be touched!” I can still remember one afternoon when
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
World Player Gala 2004 This year's FIFA World Player of the Year award on 20 December in Zurich will be a little bit special. For the very first time, the captain of every national team will have a say in the choice in addition to their coaches. The national managers and team captains together will count for 80％ of the final vote whereas FIFPro(the worldwide representative organization f
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
English Wonder Boy -- Wayne Rooney Wonder boy Wayne Rooney is the name on everybody's lips. At the tender age of 16, Rooney announced himself to the Premiership as a top prospect -- scoring a splendid goal against Arsenal to earn his first victory for Everton in the last minute of the game on 19 October 2002. Wayne Rooney is the son of a working-class family, he grew up in a three
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All I Want for Christmas I really like the Christmas season. It is the one time of the year when I tend to put aside all the important things which are really not so important. Yesterday,Judy asked me what I wanted for Christmas more than anything else. I thought for a minute or two but I was really unable to answer her question. There was this elderly gentleman tha
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Christopher Reeve: A True Superman Christopher Reeve, the cinematic1 Superman who became a real-life inspiration for people with spinal2 injuries through his painstaking struggle to overcome total paralysis while continuing to speak out for stem cell3 research, died on October 10 at his home in New York. He was 52. A horseback riding accident in 1995 left the actor paralyzed from t
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Modern Olympic Games Review: 2004 Olympics, Athens The last heart-pounding race of the Summer Games ended Sunday in a white marble arena in the heart of Athens, bringing the modern Olympics full circle -- back to the precise spot where they were revived1 108 years ago. The finish of the men's marathon at Panathinaiko Stadium, followed by the traditional parade of athletes under the
英语沙龙2004全年合辑下
Los Lonely Boy: A Family Tradition Los Lonely Boys are the three Garza brothers: Henry on guitar, Jojo on bass, and Ringo on drums. This trio of brothers has been making music together since they were small children and now has a decade of professional experience under their belts as well. Los Lonely Boys write, sing, and play music drawn from diverse sources, blending their influences int
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Jude Law’s Interview Q: I know it took the director Kerry Conran six years from start to finish to get Sky Captain finished, but for you, how long were you involved in it? Jude Law: I first got involved probably eighteen months before we started shooting. And that point -- you've probably heard this over and over again ? -- there was only six minutes of a trailer1, a teaser, an e
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Sports and Technology The Athens Olympic Games have showcased technology that makes athletes go faster. Olympic contenders1 have been testing experimental versions of high-tech suits and shoes, especially in high speed events like sprinting2 and freestyle swimming. The “long-john” swimsuits have become popular since Australian medalist Ian Thorpe made a big splash with his full
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Tokyo A state of the art financial marketplace, a metropolis1 of exquisite politenesses, a city that is monstrously large yet has astonishing beauty in its details these are a few of the myriad2 ways to describe Tokyo, and all contain more than a grain3 of truth. Of all major cities in the world, Tokyo, with its ultramodern speed and its smattering4 of old Japanese haunts5, is perh
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Today is the Only Guarantee You Get It's a great honor for me to be the third member of my family to receive an honorary1 doctorate from this great university. It's an honor to follow my Great-uncle Jim, who was a gifted physician, and my Uncle Jack, who is a remarkable businessman. Both of them could have told you something important about their professions, about medicine or comm
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Italy National Team: to Win the Word Cup August 5, former Juventus manager Marcello Lippi signed the contract as new head coach of the National Italian team. Having signed the contract, Lippi said: “At the moment, I hope players, fans and clubs come close to the national team.” In order to prepare for the two World Cup qualifying matches: on September 4th against Norway and on
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The Red Mahogany1 Piano Many years ago, when I was a young man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a St. Louis piano company. We sold our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town newspapers and then, when we had received sufficient replies, we would load our little trucks, drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied. Every time we a
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Modern Olympic Games Review 2000 Olympics, Sydney The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. Despite their size, they were well organized. From 15th, Sep. 2000 to 1st, Oct. 2000, athletes from 200 delegations from countries world wide participated in the games held in Sydney, Australia. A total of 34 world records were set, in addition to 77 O
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Ashlee Simpson: All Pieces of Me Ashlee Nicole Simpson was born on October 3,1984, in Waco, Texas, and raised in Dallas. Ashlee's talent was apparent early on: at age 4 she started dancing, and by the time she was 11, she was admitted into the prestigious1 School of American Ballet, the youngest person in that school's history. When Ashlee was 14, she began to dance professionally,
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New York Like all great cities, New York has an indefinable aura1 all its own. Rather than diminish that aura, the events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed jetliners into the World Trade Center towers, only intensified the spotlight already trained on the city and gave the term “New Yorker” a truly global definition. In a sense, when the two towers collapsed, the c
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