A Terrifying Day

October 1st, 1987, was a terrifying day for me.It was 7:30 in a Thursday morning in Mexico. I wasalone because my parents were out of the town. Suddenly,the room started to shake. Some dishes fall to the floor.I did not know how to do, so I got under the table.     

企业对全球复苏信心增强(英文)

Companies around the world are becoming more confident that the recovery will last and only a small minority expect their output and opportunities to fall in the coming year.     

成长的季节

In New England.you don't need a calendar to knowit's the first week of October.The trees tell the storyquite well as their leaves change from shades ofgreen to the bright vibrant(充满活力的)shades of or-ange,red and yellow.At the peak of the fall foliage(树叶,植物)season, it's truly a magnificent sight that drawspeople from all around to behold(看)the beauty.Theseason progresses and the Ieaves fall to the ground one byone where they become nourishment(食物,营养品)for thegrass,flowers and gardens in the spring.As I spent Sunday Collecting some of the fallen leaveswith my 7-year-old daughter,I wondered what wouldhappen if a tree stubbornly(倔强地.顽固地)held onto to itsleaves-refusing to let them fall to ground and nourish thenew season that awaits only a few months from now.Howwould that tree be affected?How would the rest of life beaffected?     

The Return

As the boat from Singapore moved slowly into the portof Southampton,heavy rain began to fall.Jim Bruce turned to his wife.‘Well,Mary,we'll be going ashore in a few minutes.How does it feel to be back in England afterallthese years?’Mary shivered.‘Very cold,’she said.‘Can you see the Childrenyet?’Jim looked at the crowd on the quay.‘There they are.’Jim and Mary waved to     

Sleeping in the Back Seat

Mrs Brown:I want to goshopping.Would you like to go with me? Mr Brown:I'd like to,but I'm afraid I'll fall asleep. Mrs Brown:Well,you can wait for me in the car. Mr Brown:Good idea! I can have a good sleep in the car while you are shopping.     

给老师的一封信(英文)

Below is a copy of the full letter author Margaret Trimer-Hartley and her husband sent in the fall to her son’s new teacher. Dear Mrs.Emmons, First,let me tell you we are thrilled that our son Nikolas Hartley has been chosen to be in your class and in the looping program! I believe your background and the consis- tency of looping will give Nikolas the stimulation and stability he so desperately     

活水

A Tofalar Tale托发拉尔传说 This happened a long,long time ago.when the cedar.the fir,and the pine still had needles that yellowed and dropped in the fall instead of staying green all winter. Once in those olden times a TofaJar went out into the woods to hunt. He walked and walked.and he came farther than any hunter had ever dared to go.He saw a     

国家实验室用科学同恐怖主义作战

Now, with the war on terrorism in fall swing1, these scientists also are working frantically to develop various anti-terror strategies. Lawrence Livermore officials gave ABCNEWS an exclusive look at some of the technologies in development at their sprawling2, 800-acre campus in Livermore, Calif.     

Getting the Dirt on Carbon

Each year, spring comes, plants bloom and the trees leaf out in their full green glory. Come fall, while diving into piles of fallen leaves, you may think the life cycle of the leaf has come to an end.     

失宠的情人节

Valentine’sDay,which fall stoday,is heading for a was hout(淘汰) in China as the nation’s romantics continue to enjoy the Lunar New Year holidays.The imported(进口的)Westernday-long celebration for making secret advances to     

I Miss a Place

I'll never forget the days I spent in the countryside.When I was seven,my parents sent me to the countryside to live with my grandparents. Around my grandparents' house grew many fruit trees and I used to play in the wood. My grandparents were always telling me not to climb the trees, for they were afraid that I might fall off the trees. But I often climbed up and down the trees secretly, picking fruits. I like eating fruits. Once I asked some children to climb up the trees with a ladder to pick fresh fruit. Now my grandparents didn't seem to mind much. Instead, they smilingly told us to be     

早安,越南

Thirty years after the fall of Saigon,Vietnam is experiencing a new dawn。I thought returning to Vietnam would be difficult. After all,my first attempt had not gone well.In October 1974,I left the country newly married to Nguyen thi Phuong Nga and for a new assignment in Rio de Janeiro.I had just completed two years in Saigon for TIME,reporting the chaotic endgame of a cruel war.Six months later,I headed back to Saigon to try to     

乔治·华盛顿:国家的财富

Though hanging in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery since its opening in 1968, the 'Lansdowne portrait' of George Washington—probably the most famous painting of the president—only became the property of the Gallery last March. The portrait is now on its first national tour, which will last until the fall of 2004. But if you can't get to see it in person, you can still explore the work in detail at George Washing-     

俄罗斯方块的心理效应

Shapes fall from the sky,all you have to do is to control how they fall and fit within each other.A simple premise,but added with an annoyingly addictive electronica (电子音乐) soundtrack (based on a Russian folk tune) and you have a revolution in entertainment. Fascinating Tetris 令人着迷的俄罗斯方块 Since Tetris was launched on the world in 1986,millions of hours have been lost through playing this simple game.Since then,we've seen games consoles(便携型游戏机)grow in power,andwith it the appearance of everything from Call of Duty(游戏名,"使命的召唤")to World of Warcraft(游戏名,"魔兽世界").Yet block and puzzle games like Tetris still have a special place in our hearts.Why are they so compelling?     

阅读训练营(英文)

A Scientists have always wanted to know more about other worlds in space.Man-made spaceships had been sent up into the space.They know many facts about the moon.They know how big and how far away it is.But they want to know more about it. So do Chinese scientists.They are trying their best to study the space. With their hard-working,China doesn't fall behind other countries in the field.In 2003,Shenzhou V spaceship with one astronaut,Yang Liwei,was sent up into the space.This made China well-known in the world.In 2005,     

We Were Dear to Each Other

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn,which have no songs,flutterand fall there with a sign. O Troupe of little vagrants of the world,leave yourfootprints in my words.     

丘比特至投诉部门的一封信

Dear Sir or Madam:I am writing in regard to your notice about the delay in shipment of my order for 14 dozen Olympic quality,ultra accurate,gold tip arrows.Perhap you do not understand the urgency of the situation.I re-alize that you have no control over the suppliers of your stock;however,surely you have an existing supply in your warehouse.As a valid customer for so many years,I appeal to you to consider filling my order ahead of any others.Since Valentine's Day will fall on the 14th day of February.as traditional,it is imperative that my order be received no later than the 13th.I must be ready for my flight early the next morning in order to assure that couples the world over are not disappointed.Without equipment,I am powerless and love cannot be delivered to those in need     

教你正确用(二十九)—美国的节假日(下)

In Part One of this series on holidays, we talked about important holidays up to the month of September. Today, as promised, we'll pick up where we left off and take a look at holidays in the fall and winter months.……     

The Nature of Man and His Place in the Universe——A Comparative Study of An Essay on Man and Gulliver’s Travels

As leading figures in English literature during the Neoclassical period,Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift both showed great concern with the nature of man and his place in the Great Chain of Being.They both emphasized the irreplaceable role of reason in guiding man in his self-positioning in the universe,and pointed out the tragic,pathetic,or detestable fall man was vulnerable to in case of violating the law of nature.Pope attached more importance to setting right man’ s position as against God and beast,while Swift showed more interest in the chain of being within the human society;Pope kept warning man against his pride and possible ruin as a result of his ambition,while Swift worried more about man’ s degradation due to loss of reason.     

The Big Sleep in the Woods

Now it's the time of the bigsleep for the bees and the bears.Even the buds of the plantswhose leaves fall off share in it.But the intensity of this wintersleep, or hibernation, dependson who's doing it.The big sleepof the bears, for instance, wouldprobably be thought of as amighty bad case of inability to