你所不知道的感恩节故事

Here is a part of the Thanksgiving story you may not know.While the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in October of 1621,it was not until October of 1777 that all 13 1)colonies celebrated Thanksgiving,for the first time.The first president,George Washington,2)proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving.However,3)conflict and difficulties among the colonies put an end to its celebration.     

母亲，恩师

My mother passed on. The dreadful call came at 1：30 am on the morning of November 5, and by 8 o＇clock that morning I was on the first flight available out of New York to Beijing. One only loses his or her mother once. Nobody knows what the feeling is until the moment comes. The first few hours in the flight, I felt numb; I didn＇t know how I should feel, and I was trying to figure out why I was on a flight to Beijing. As the flight was approaching Beijing, I started to realize that Mother was gone, and I was coming home for her funeral. Images of Mother, so remote yet so clear, flashed through my mind.     

愚人节

Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. There really wasn't a " first April Fool's -Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar. Some believe it evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.不同于大多数别的节日,愚人节,有时被称为所有愚人的节日,它的历史不是完全清楚的。没有人能够在日历上标明第一个愚人节是什么时候。一些人相信它是同时从几种文化演变而来的,从庆祝春天的第一天开始。The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1564, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning just after the first day of spring. The celebration typically ended on April 1 . With the refonn of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1 .     

Motorbike and I

My friends and I always find an excuse to ride a motorbike. I personally think it is one of the funniest things to do in Guilin.The first time I did it I had to admit I was a little bit nervous. I had never been on a motorbike before and I always thought there was a big possibility of failing off the bike, for the road was too bumpy.     

April Fool＇s Day History

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. -- Mark Twain
The history of April Fool＇s Day or All Fool＇s Day is uncertain （不确定的）, but the current （当前的） thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar （阳历 ） was introduced, and New Year＇s Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 （New Year＇s week） to Januarv 1.     

2014年高考阅读理解题选读——说明文12篇

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（新课标I卷B篇）Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot ＂greener＂ toward the environment. ＂We didn＇t know at that time that there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,＂ says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.     

On Being a Minolity Of One

When I first went to China to teach English I was at a rural school in the south. The closest city was Conghua, with about eighty-five thousand people. I liked to go there on my one day off each week to buy fruit and other things to have in my dorm at the school. Sometimes, I would go with one of the other foreign teachers but many times I would go alone and I would be the only westerner in the city, a minority of one.     

电脑如何改变世界?

You may have thought June 14 was just Flag Day (美国国旗纪念日). Go ahead and praise the Stars and Stripes (条纹), but keep in mind that 50 years ago, the first commercially available computer was installed. Eat your heart out, Betsy Ross. The debut of the UNWAC(通用自动计算机) I changed the world almost as much as the founding of America.     

平淡的美国大选日

Once,a friend from China came to visit me around the selection time.So,on the Election Day I took him to the polling place to see democracy in action. The Unexciting Election Process 平淡的选举过程 The polling place was located in a church.There were a few desks with volunteer workers sitting behind them,all smiles.No one checked my ID.I just went up to the volunteer workers and told them who I was,and one of them found my name from a voters' list.The only thing I needed to do was to sign next to my name to validate the information.     

Florence,Italy:City of Art,Culture and Soccer

<正>I guess you could say my life began pretty normally. I was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 24th, 1982. No big thing at all except for the fact that I was the first son of Terry and Kim Edwards and the first grandson for both sets of grandparents. My life was about to get interesting, and for the next few years it wouldn’t stop spinning.     

动感英语

March 4 was an unforgettable day for me.It was my first day to this new school.Leaving my old friends,I had to face completely new circumstance. I got up very early that morning,and when I reached the school,I found that the door of class-     

Is It Worth the Risk?

<正>A number of years ago (1983- 1987), I had the opportunity to play the character of Ronald McDonald for the McDonald’s Corporation.One of our standard events was"Ronald Day."One day each month, we     

一双袜子

One fine afternoon I was walking along the Fifth Avenue,when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks.I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye,and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came forward. "What can I do for you,sir?""I wish to buy a pair of     

Father＇s Day happy

Sonora Dodd,of Washington,first had the idea of a “father＇s day”.She thought of the idea for Father＇s Day while listening to a Mother＇s Day sermon in 1909.     

Subway

Subway1 is the kind of special railway that runs underground. The first time I took subway was in Beijing. I was impressed then by You can go from the station to the station at a very fast speed. Compared with bus, subway is a more effciednt means to trav…     

一双袜子

One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue,when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks.I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye,and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came forward."What can I do for you,sir?""I wish to buy a pair of socks."His eyes glowed.There was a note of passion in his voice."Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?"I had not been aware of that,as my entrance had been accidental.……     

丹尼尔·笛福和鲁滨逊漂流记(英文)

Daniel Defoe (1660-1730) is a famous journalist(记者) and novelist in the 18th century in Britain. Defoe wrote his first novel "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, at the age of 59. The novel was his most famous writing. Let's read some parts of the story. Ⅰ. Go to sea I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family. At a very early age I wanted to go to sea. My father was a wise man, and he begged me not to do so. For a time I decided not to think of it any more. But one day in…     

海外来鸿(英文)

Hi,dad.Howare you today?Today is the first day of our holiday.Ifelt good.I had a busy morning,fromhalf past nine am to one o’clock pm.Idid all the things that mom assigned meto do,and then I started to read somebooks that I borrowed from the library.I was interested in the story,and Icouldn’t stop,for I want to knowtheending.The view out of the window was verybeautiful.Everywhere is white,coveredwith snow.The snowstorm that beganfrom last night,didn’t seem to stop,and the trees that had lost all of theirlea...     

Easy Money

One morning a young woman,who had recently lost her first post,was examining the advertisements in the paper in search of other work.Suddenly she called out to her mother, who was in the kitchen."Listen to this, Mother I " she cried. "I've found an easy way of     

回家

In 1994 I moved from Muswell Hill in the north ofLondon to Wimbledon in the south-west.It was inWimbledon that I finally came of age.It was therethat I bought my first home,in a place calledSouthfields,beside Wimbledon Park on one side,and on the other,Wimbledon Common,a large area of woodlands and meadows and wild bog heather where you could walk or cycle to your hearts content.