12-12 克里斯托夫·里夫：一位真正的超人

Christopher Reeve: A True Superman Christopher Reeve, the cinematic 1 Superman who became a real-life inspiration for people with spinal 2 injuries through his painstaking struggle to overcome total p

12-15 2004年世界足球先生评选

World Player Gala 2004 This year's FIFA World Player of the Year award on 20 December in Zurich will be a little bit special. For the very first time, the captain of every national team will have a sa

7-15 小狗快运（中）

The Puppy Express Once back in Fort Wayne, the Topps found a mobile home to rent, one of Joe's brothers gave them his old car, sisters in law provided pots and pans and bed linens, the children return

11-2 美国人的时间观

Time As Americans See It What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That

12-13 圣诞节我最想要的

All I Want for Christmas I really like the Christmas season. It is the one time of the year when I tend to put aside all the important things which are really not so important. Yesterday,Judy asked me

1-4 乘风飞翔

The Wind Beneath Her Wings In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Jean's father was a

6-8 英国的银行假日

British Bank Holidays British bank holidays have been recognized since 1871. The name Bank Holiday comes from the time when Banks were shut and so no trading could take place. Even though Banks are st

6-11 萨尔瓦多·达利：一个没有发疯的疯子

Salvador Dali: A Madman That Is Not Mad When Salvador Dalí was born in 1904 in Figueras, Spain, he was actually the third Salvador Dalí. His father was named Salvador, and he had an older brother, w

英语沙龙:科学家的幸福之路

ScientistsPath to Bliss 科学家的幸福之路 Each of us seeks our own path to bliss. In accepting the Nobel Prize from the Swedish2 King in 1980, I said that I had been doubly blessed. For in addition to3 receiving the recognition and distinction

英语沙龙:英国文化参赞谈雅思考试和MBA

British Cultural Counsellor Michael OSullivan on IELTS Test and MBA 英国文化参赞谈雅思考试和MBA Li Xin: With Chinas WTO accession, mastering a foreign language, i.e., English, is becoming more and more essential especially for the young p

英语沙龙:爱的真谛The Meaning of Love

The Meaning of Love 爱的真谛 It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. 爱一个人却得不到对方的爱是一种痛苦 但更

英语沙龙:为我的母亲祈祷Prayer for My Mother

Prayer for My Mother 为我的母亲祈祷 Dear God, 亲爱的上帝： Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was to

12-7 昆虫侦探（下）

The Bug Detectives Insects can accurately tell us when someone died. But their lifecycle is crucially affected by one factor above all: temperature. So sometimes, getting them to tell us their secrets

9-10 传奇人物：马龙 白兰度

The Legend: Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, the stage and screen actor whose performances in A Streetcar Named Desire , On the Waterfront and The Godfather earned him plaudits 1 as one of the greatest ac

11-12 红木钢琴

The Red Mahogany 1 Piano Many years ago, when I was a young man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a St. Louis piano company. We sold our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town

11-9 2000年悉尼奥运会

Modern Olympic Games Review 2000 Olympics, Sydney The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. Despite their size, they were well organized. From 15th, Sep

11-7 传统的法国人

The French Are Traditionalists The French are at heart traditionalists. Though they dearly love revolutions, pulling everything down and starting from scratch, they disapprove of shifts in behaviour.

11-3 错过的舞会

Missing the Dance “Would you like to be my date for the ROTC 1 dance?” asked Rick. I couldn’t believe he was asking me. My two best friends had gotten dates weeks ago, so I had given up hope of

英语沙龙:A String of Blue Beads蓝宝石项链

A String of Blue Beads Pete Richard was the loneliest man in town on the day Jean Grace opened the door of his shop．It's a small shop which had come down to him from his grandfather．The little front window was strewn with a disarray2) of old－fa

英语沙龙:Five Balls in the Air-空中的五只球

Five Balls in the Air Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling1) some five balls in the air.You name them―work,family,health,friends and spirit,and youre keeping all these balls in the air. You understand that work is a rubber ball.If you d