美丽人生

Ralph Wiley was born in 1926, on March 20. There wereeight boys and four sisters, yet he says it wasn't a hardlife. His father worked in a sawmill (锯木厂) in the woods.When Ralph was in fifth grade, the teacher told him to gooutside to get a whip(鞭打), because she wanted to whip one ofthe students.     

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…     

Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice

About the Authoress:Jane Austen was born at Steventon,Hampshire,in 1775,the daughter of a clergyman. At the age of nine she was sent to school with her elder sister Cassandra,who was her lifelong friend and confida-nte,but largely taught by her fath-er.She began to write for recreation while still in her teens.In 1801 the family moved to Bath,the scene of so many episode in her books and,after the death of her father in 1805,to Southampton and then to the village of Chawton,near Alton in Hampshire.Here she lived uneventfully until May 1817,when the family moved to Winchester seeking skilled medical attention for her ill health,but she died two months later.She is buried in Winchester Cathedral.     

MTV时尚人物艾希莉·辛普森(英文)

Ashlee Simpson was born on Octo- ber 3, 1984 in Texas, USA. She's the younger sister of pop star Jessica Simpson. Ashlee has been preparing for a career in entertainment[娱乐] since she was a child. At the age of four she started dancing, and by the time she was 11, she became the youngest person ever admitted[接纳] into the prestigious[有名望的] School of American Ballet. She began to dance professionally[专业的] at age 14.     

钓鱼的艺术--《大河之恋》观感

Norman,the hero of the movie,is the son of apriest.He was born in a middle—class fami-ly.He and his families live in a town,not farfrom a clear stream and a waterfall.His father is apious(虔诚的),who takes belief to the hearts andsouls.Norman is good at learning,and going to be-come a professor in the University of Chicago.Theonly libertine(浪子)of the family is his little broth-er,Paul,who is a journalist in a newspaper inMontana.Though the two brothers and their fa-ther are quite different persons,they like fishing     

一个真正的感恩节

High school football was a Thanksgiving tradition in my hometown.Usually,Mom was the one who stayed at home,while Dad,my sister and I headed out to the game.One year,my aunt decided to give Mom a break and offered to help make the turkey and all the 1)trimmings,so Mom could attend the game with us.     

"花样女子"张曼玉

Biography: Maggie was born in Hong Kong and emigrated(移民)with her family to England at the age of eight. She once worked as a cashier(出纳员)in a London bookstore. Upon completing her secondary school education,she returned to Hong Kong and first     

水仙花

Early in his childhood, as soon as he was able to speak, he was asked what kind of face he would like to have. They agreed when he said he' d like to have a blue face like his mother, who had hers from being born in the sea. Pith(抽去;杀死) from the claws of a certain bird furnished the dye, which he let the nurse wipe over his brow and cheeks. Soon his face was blue and stayed blue; and although no one said it to him, everyone thought he was a beautiful boy.     

Beethoven

Beethoven(贝多芬）was one of the greatest composers(作曲家）in the world. He was born in 1770 and died in 1827.Even as a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father was a singer. But he was lazy and always drank a lot. When the boy was only four，his father decided to make him a musician. So Beethoven had to play hour after hour on different musical instruments（乐器）.He learned so fast that he was able to go around and give concerts when he was only 11. When he was 17，he won hi…     

To Marry A Man Like Putin

Putin was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1975. A biography, Ot Pervova Litsa (First Person), based on interviews conducted with Putin in 2000, speaks of humble beginnings, including early years in a supposedly rat-infested tenement in a communal apartment . During his KGB officer career from 1975 to 1991 he lived several years in Eastern Germany. He was head of the FSB (the KGB's successor) from July 1998 toAugust 1999. Putin was appointed Prime Minister of the     

Zhang Ziyi Acts as a Film Producer for the First Time

Duan Yihong(段奕宏),who was originally named Duan Long(段龙),was born in Xinjiang(新疆).In order to enter the Central Academy ofDrama(中央戏剧学院),he took its entrance examination three times.Hebegan to take the exam when he was still a second year student in a     

新目标八年级(上)Unit 10练习(英文)

Ⅰ.单项选择 1. Her sister was born ____ the evening of March 4, 1985. A. on B. in C. at D. until 2. Next month the students in my class ____ a new English teacher. A. are having B. are going to have C. have D. had 3. The girl said she wanted to find a job ____ a nurse in the hospital. A. to be B. being C. as D. like 4. They are ____ the boy everywhere but they cannot find him. A. looking after B. watching for C. seeing at D. looking for 5. Yesterday we ____ to the movies and ____ Peter…     

阅读理解

Walt Disney(沃尔特·迪斯尼) was born in Chicago(芝加哥) in 1901.He enjoyed drawing.He was very poor.He drew pictures in his dad's garage(车库).One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor.Disney gave him some bread. Then the mouse came up and sat on his desk.In this way,the mouse and the poor artist became good friends.Later Disney went to Hollywood(好莱坞).He worked very hard,but he was not known(出名) to many people.     

Neil Armstrong——the First Person to Walk on the Moon

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the Moon. He was the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, and was accompanied by Edwin Aldrin. His first words after stepping on the moon were, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."1 This event was televised to Earth and seen by millions! Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio in 1930. He was on a plane for the first time at the age of six. He took flying lessons in his teens and got…     

A Surprise

Mr Dodds works in a bank(银行), and lives aloile. He has a family in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr Dodds does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next, but     

An Incurable Disease

Mrs Smith was born in a poor family.Herparents had no money to send her to school whenshe was young.Later on she married(嫁)a farm-er.Her husband was even poorer.They had towork hard to get enough food for their family.They worked all the time and she wes strong andhardly went to see a doctor.     

牛顿:物理学第一人

Newton Was born on Christmas Day,1642,in a littlevillage in the east of England.His father,a farmer,diedbefore he was born;his mother was a woman of intelli-gence and character. Newton’S school days were not remarkable.At 18 hewent to Cambridge University to study math,then the u-niversity was closed because of the plague period.Newtonwent home for a period of 18 months: a most significantperiod, for during that time, when he was between theages of 22 and 24,he made his three great discoveries-differential calculus,the nature of white light,and the lawof gravity.The three discoveries changed the course of hu-man thought and have influenced the course     

PLAYER PROFILE: MODIBO MAIGA

Early Career and Europe Modibo Ma?ga was born into a large family(11 brothers and sisters)in Bamako,Mali,on 3 September 1987.The striker joined local club Stade Malien when he was15 but played just three games for them before going to Morocco and Raja Casablanca,where he won the Moroccan League in 2005 and the Arab Champions League in 2006.He then moved to France,first representing Le Mans(15 league goals in three years)     

哈利的初雪

On a warm sunny island,little Harry was born.Flowers bloomed all the year round.The sun shone most of the time. When Harry was six years old,his family moved to New York. It seemed very 1)odd to the little boy to live in a place where there were so many people,and such great houses.After a while,the weather grew cold and he had to wear thick clothing.