小幽默

1.CAMPING TRIP Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip.After a good dinner and a bottle of wine,they retire for thenight,and go to sleep.Some hours later,Holmes wakes upand nudges his faithful friend.“Watson,look up at the skyand tell me what you see.”     

《夏洛克·福尔摩斯》

This action-adventure film was directed by Guy Ritchie and released in 2009. It＇s based on the famous ＂Sherlock Holmes＂ series created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle （1859-1930）. The film stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr Watson. In the film.     

What Makes a Soccer Player Great?（高一适用）

Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have been only a few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through training and practice, or are great players born not made ? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to (敬仰) and try to imitate. In the history of soccer,only six countries have ever won     

2003年金球奖得主名单

No one can say the Hollywood Foreign Press doesn’t know howto mix things up,and we’re not just talking about the martinis(马提尼酒)the stars were sipping(吸吮)at tonight’s GoldenGlobe Awards.With a list of winners that includes a classicBroadway show(that would be Chicago)and stars like Martin Scors—ese,Jack Nicholson, Richard Gere, Meryl Streep and DonaldSutherland.the evening at times seemed like a who’s who of Holly—wood.But younger shows and stars had their moments,too;TheShield,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Renee Zellweger,Uma Thurman andMichael Chiklis will all be celebrating well-deserved wins tonight.The     

Intelligence Test

1.Farmer Brown had an orchard of fruit trees. A third of them were apple trees，a quarter were pear trees，and a fifth were plum trees. There were twenty-six cherry trees. How many trees did Farmer Brown have altogether？2.While working on a case Dartmoor Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were left without transport when it became known that a murderer had escaped on a horse. Then Holmes bought a horse and trap from a local farmer. It turned out that five times the price of the horse was equa…     

有奖评刊

Cigarette smoking is awidespread habit in the UnitedStates today. About forty-three per-cent of the adult men and thirty-onepercent of the adult women smokeregularly. It is quite encouraging tonote, however, that millions of peo-ple have given up the smoking。     

Christmas Cards

Every December,millions of Christmas cards go through the post offices.There're pictures of stars, snow or Christmas tree on the cards. In these days it's hard to think of a Christmas without cards,yet 150     

The Most Dangerous Animals

Men are the cleverest and most dangerous animals on the earth. Rats come second. Men kill many other animals, and they kill their enemies. They have even killed millions of men since an-cient time but rats kill more men. They have killed hundreds of millions of men. Rats carry many diseases and these have killed and are still killing thousands of men today in many countries. Rats are dangerous not in only one way. They not only carry diseases into men’s home, they also eat up men’s food. T…     

The Emmy Award for Quatstanding W(?)iting For A Drama Series

<正> Jimmy Fallon, the host: Earlier thisyear, these stars of Law and Order:SVU teamed up to save the mostspecial victim of all - the 10 PM timeslot on NBC. Please welcome MariskaHargitay and Christopher Meloni!Mariska Hargitay: Before we presentthe next award, we'd like to remindyou to tune in to Stand Up to Cancer,at 8 PM on Friday, September 10th onall major networks and cable outletsto become a part of a movementthat could save your life, or the life of     

漫天的星星

Andy was a boy who lived when there were no stars.He liked to stay up late and walk around at night. One night,Andy got out of his bed and 1)snuck out of the house.Usually,he liked to walk down to the lake and listen to the frogs sing their loud songs.But this night,Andy felt a little 2)restless."I wish there was something else to do!"3)whined Andy.     

ANECDOTES名人逸事

Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes(夏洛克·福尔摩斯),the greatest of all fictional detectives(虚构的侦探)was the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(英作家柯南·道尔) (1859-1930),who published 60 stories about him,including three full-length novels.     

The Traits of Famous Fictional Detective Sherlock Holmes: On reading The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Scottish author and physician. As a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. The paper tries to analyze the characteristics of the Holmes and how did Holmes observe evidences and analyze clues.     

Teaching How to Use the Language Instead of the Usage of the Language——Brief Introduction to the Teaching Design of Unit 8 Festivals

(1)Content of the material:This unit is the eighth unit in English(Book 1)written by Zhang Yina and published by Jiangsu Education Publishing House.The topic is talking about festivals and customs.The unit consists of the following five parts:warming up,listening,speaking,reading and grammar,the material of which live up to the two     

天文学家(英文)

There was once an Astronomer whose habit itwas to go out at night and observe (观察) the stars. One night, as he was walking about outside the town gates, gazing up absorbed into(沉浸于) the sky and not looking where he was going, he fell into a dry     

Characterization of Holmes in The Adventure of Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes is the fictional creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has succeeded in creating the image of Sherlock Holmes. He is not only an excellent detective who is skillful in astute observation and deductive reasoning, but also the symbol of justice and wisdom.     

Christmas Cards

Every December,millions of Christmascards go through thepost offices.There’repictures of stars,snow     

柯南道尔轶事

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of theworld-famous detective, Sherlock Holmes ②, wasnot above③ telling tales about himself in which hewas the laughing-stock ④. Here is one of thosestories. As he tells it, he was waiting at a taxi-standoutside the railway station in Paris. When a taxipulled up ⑤, he put his suitcase in it and got inhimself. As he was about to tell the taxi-driver wherehe wanted to go, the driver asked him: òWhere canI take you, Mr. Doyle?ó Doyle was flabb…     

Do You Konw?

(1)Q:What is the Milky Way? 银河是什么? A:It is a huge mass of gas and stars in the universe and it can be seen clearly as a band of light across the night sky. 它是宇宙中一大堆的气体和星星,有如一条光带横越夜空,清晰可见。     

Greenhouse Effect Problem

Before there were humans, the world changed only slowly. The climate warmed and cooled, new plants and animals developed and became extinct(绝灭的) in their turn, and sea level rose and fell over periods of thousands, if not millions of years. But during the last two thousand years great changes have taken place.     

On a Comparison and Contrast of Sherlock Holmes And Miss Jane Marple

In the history of detective stories, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple remain as two of the most prominent figures. Focusing on the two detectives’ images, personality traits, detective strategies as well as settings of the stories, this study examines the grounds that magnetize readers.The purpose of this research is to inquire into readers’ orientations to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple, and to investigate the causes for their views. To fulfill that purpose, a questionnaire was designed and distributed. Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple prove themselves to be successful detectives. Both of them have distinct images and personality traits as well as plausible detective strategies. The settings, combining reality with imagination, also play a dispensable role. Besides, reasons given by students who disbelieve that they are real persons fail to convince.