悠闲英语（五十四）

Bird Watching
Bird watching is a popular sport in the US, and it has become popular in China as well. Devoted bird watchers pay a fortune for high-powered binoculars and go deep into the mountains to look at exotic birds. I guess anyone who likes to watch birds should qualify as a bird watcher.     

危险推文

With over a billion registered users and over 300 million active users, Twitter is one of the world＇ s most popular social networks. It＇s fast and easy to use, with a limit of just 140 characters per message. But you have to be careful what you write, or you could end up in trouble.     

Hamhurgers

Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very popular American food.However,people in the United States learned to make hamburgers from Germans.The Germans got the idea from Russians.     

阅读实练

阅读短文,作判断 Hello, I am a football goal keeper. My job is to keep the ball out of the goal. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Football players can kick the ball, but they are not allowed to use their hands.     

奶酪口味大更迭

The British consume around 700,000 tonnes of cheese per year--equivalent to about I0 kilos per person, according to information from the British Cheese Board. But their taste for this popular dairy product is changing.     

阅读园地

A、Michael JordanMichael Jordan is widely thought to be the best basketball player ever. Because he seems to fly through the air with the ball, he's commonly called "Air Jordan" . He became popular even with people who don't usually watch basketball games. Businesses are willing to pay him tens of millions of dollars for his help to sell the things they have made.Michael Jordan is in his thirties. He joined the Chica-     

大家来找词

See if you can identify the word. Then, try to find the words in the Wordsearch. Good luck!1. A student who is doing temporary work in the office in order to get work experience = an in____ . 2. The person who is employed to do office work, including typing letters and answering phone calls = the se____. 3. The person who does administrative work for one particular.     

阅读理解精练

A Godfather of Soul exits world stage The music world is in mourning after one of its greatest showmen, the ＂Godfather of Soul＂ James Brown, died yesterday at 78. The R＆B pioneer, whose half-century career inspired funk, disco and rap, had been admitted to hospital in Atlanta with pneumonia. He grew up in a slum and started his first group behind bars, but went on to become a huge influence on popular music in the 20th century.     

On George Orwell ’ s Politics and the English Language

George Orwell is an important essayist in the 20th century and of great influence for his critical essays. Politics and the English Language is an essay with an aim to criticize the misused English at the historical setting when World War Ⅱ was about to break out. The following article is to explore the essay＇ s language style and its theme.     

阅读理解精练

A Godfather of Soul exits world stage The music world is in mourning after oneofits greatest showmen,the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown,died yesterday at78.The R&B pioneer,whose half-century career inspired funk,disco and rap,had been admitted to hospital in Atlanta with pneumonia.He grew up in a slum and started his first group be-hind bars,but went on to become a huge in-fluence on popular music in the 20th century.     

NYC Subway

Subway is always my favorite transportation in cities. To me, it is more than just a convenient way to go around--it is like the vein, from which you can feel the heartbeat of a city. In Shanghai, it jumps in perfect, young rhyme, clean cut, everything is new, everything is in order. In Paris, it is silent and slow, with well hidden chaos underneath the quiet surface. In New York City, it is busy, busy, and busy, heavy duty, no complaints, strong enough to discard any disguises, honest enough to hide nothing.     

Prediction of malignancy selective neural networks degree in brain glioma using ensemble

A clustering algorithm based selective neural networks ensemble （CLUSEN） is proposed to predict the degree of malignancy in brain glioma. Since the degree prediction of malignancy is critical before brain surgery, many learning methods are used like rule induction algorithm, single neural networks, support vector machines, etc. Ensemble learning methods can improve the generalization of single learning machine, and are becoming popular in the machine learning and medical data processing communities. The procedure of CLUSEN can efficiently remove redundancy learning individuals and help improve the diversity of ensemble methods. CLUSEN is used to predict the degree of malignancy in brain glioma. Experimental results on a set of brain glioma data show that, compared to support vector machines, rule induction and single neural networks, the classification accuracy of CLUSEN is higher.     

阅读训练二

难度:☆☆ 词数:416 建议阅读时间:7分钟 For a young Chinese college student five years ago,deciding to join the military would have taken a lot of courage.But today,joining the military has become an increasingly popular choice for students.This is due to the demand for advanced talents in the military and new policies encouraging students to join the army.     

邮局

Listen to this dialogue and learn some useful vocabulary and expressions.In this conversation Nigel is in the post office talking to a clerk. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions.     

气候变化

1. Climate change, global warming, the greenhouse effect...these days nobody denies that there is something strange and worrying happening to the atmosphere. But for the second year running scientists are puzzled by the rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They are afraid that the world may be a short way from what they refer to as runaway global warming.     

On Translation Strategies from the Perspectives of Thematic Progression

Thematic structure is an important grammatical device to organize the text,which is also an important aspect of discourse analysis.And thematic progression plays an important role in the analysis of textual cohesion and organization.This paper mainly discusses the theory of thematic progression and its application to translation between English and Chinese.     

“TAKE”之12短语

The verb take is extremely useful. It can be used in a number of expressions. Here are 12.Learning Expressions The best way to learn any words or expressions is by seeing or hearing them in context when you＇ re reading or listening to English. Make a note of any words or expressions that you like （or want to learn） and write these down in sentences. Remember, always record language in phrases or sentences--never as individual words. You should also practise using the words or expressions as often as you can： in conversation, on the phone, in e-mails, etc.     

不识趣的讨厌鬼

In this conversation, Jim is trying to do some work when he＇s disturbed by Brian, the office bore. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions. I. What does Brian want to talk about？ 2. What happens in the end？     

维多利亚时代的凶杀案

Someone is murdering Victorian gentlemen by tearing off their trousers in public places. Can the police catch this villain before he strikes next？ And who will the next victim be？ Inspector Nottingham Forest of Scotland Yard is the only man who can solve this crime. With twenty years of service in the police and another twenty years before that in Her Majesty＇s imperial army, he is absolutely sick and tired of working for a low wage and constantly being passed over for promotion. Inspector Forest works with his trusted sidekick Hamilton the Academical. Hamilton has a pensive, peaceful and positive approach to life and work. This puts him in a unique position to disagree with everything Inspector Forest says and does.     

杰米·奥利弗的凯撒沙拉

Alice in Wonderland （201 O） is a fantasy-adventure film that＇ s directed by Tim Burton. It combines live action and animation. Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice, Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter is The Red Queen. The film is a kind of sequel to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice＇s Adventures in Wonderland （1865） and Through the Looking Glass （1871 ）. Alice is 19 and is attending a party.