YearsagoIreadabookabout
thetravelinItaly.Astimegoesby,thetitleandtheauthorofthebookall
hadfaded
awayfrommymemory,butonecommentaboutTuscanystrikesmesomuchthattothisdayIstill
remember.Itsays,“Tuscanyisaplacewherepeoplewouldfeelinferiorifthey
havenotbeenthere.”AsmuchasIadmiretheunparalleledbeautyof
Tuscany,I
thoughtthecommentwasabitstretch.
Lookingatthesephotosof
Europeancastles,astha...[
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美国现任总统乔治布什可能是美国自建国以来最为人诟病的总统之一，但这并不妨碍他在私下里展现他性格的另外一面。在下面他给SteveRushin的这封私人信件中以及SteveRushin的文章里，布什表现出了他在公共场合少见的轻松，幽默，amusing的一面，也算为人们对他的人格了解做一个有趣的注脚。SteveRushin曾为美国体育画报社工作，并在25岁时就成为该社最年轻的资深记者。 [
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（华盛顿路透社消息）虽然目前还没有家庭团聚的计划，但美国副总统切尼和民主党总统候选人巴拉克奥巴马是远房表亲。 美国副总统切尼的夫人林恩切尼说，她发现她的丈夫副总统切尼是伊利诺伊州参议员奥巴马的表兄弟。 这两个人的政见是如此不同。切尼是伊拉克战争的鼓吹者，试图稳定该国局势；而奥巴马则主张让美国军队马上离开伊拉克。
切尼夫人于周[
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TheJapaneseseemtohaveaninborndisadvantagephoneticallywhentheyspeakEnglish,astheydonothavean“r”soundintheirlanguage;instead,allthewordswithan“r”soundarereplacedwith“l”,unlesssomeonehasagoodphonetictraining.Forexample,whentheysaythename,“Larry,”theysay“Lally”;theword,“glorious”,“glolious;”theword,“great”,“gleat,”etc.Backtomygraduateschoolyear,IusedtohaveaJapaneseclassmate,agen...[
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HavebeenthinkingtowritesomethingonthesubjectofhowtoimproveEnglish,yetnotsosureifIamqualifiedtotakeonsuchaheavytopicasIconsidermyownEnglishafailure–livinginanEnglish-speakingcountryforoveradecade,IstillfindmyselfinawkwardsituationsfromtimetotimewithmyEnglishskills,inparticular,IalwaysfeelintellectuallyhandicappedwheneverwriteinEnglish.Nevertheless,therearecertainthings,lessonsorwhatevertobeca...[
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MaksimPianoCollection
01.Exodus02.SomewhereInTime03.ChildInParadise04.PreludeInC(Remix)05.CarmenEntrance06.TangoInEbony07.MarchofTheIcons08.Nachrach09.Anchem10.Mojito11.InParadisum12.Claudine MaksimMrvica
Mrvicawasbornin?0”7ibenik,atownontheAdriaticcoastinCroatia.HestartedtakinguppianolessonsattheageofninefromMarijaSeksoandgavehisfirstpublicperformanceinthesameyear.Justthreeyearslat...[
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THEFACEISN’TFAMILIAR,BUTTHENAGGINGRINGSABELL
Iaccompaniedmyhusbandtoareunionoffriendshehadn’tseeninmorethan40years.Aswestoodattheentrancetoourhost’shouse,Barriesearchedforafamiliarface.Finallyspottingone,hewentover,stuckouthishandandasked,“Andyouare……?”
Thewomanglaredathimbeforeresponding,“Yourfirstwife.”
ByAdrienTylor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CANYOUBLAME‘E...[
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WickedGame
Theworldwasonfire
No-onecouldsavemebutyou
Strangewhatdesire
Willmakefoolishpeopledo
IneverdreamedthatI'dmeetsomebodylikeyou
IneverdreamedthatI'dlovesomebodylikeyou
No,Idon'twannafallinlove
(thisworldwillonlybreakyourheart)
No,Idon'twannafallinlove
(thisworldwillonlybreakyourheart)
Withyou
Whatawickedgametoplay
Tomakemefeelthi...[
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IfyouprefertoreadtheEnglishversionfirst,pleasepulldowntowardthebottomofthepage.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~最后一片叶子作者:[美国]欧.亨利译者:不详在华盛顿广场西边的一个小区里，街道都横七竖八地伸展开去，又分裂成一小条一小条的“胡同”。这些“胡同”稀奇古怪地拐着弯子。一条街有时自己本身就交叉了不止一次。有一回一个画家发现这条街有一种优越性：要是有个收帐的跑到[
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Yearsago,afriendofminecametotheUSforschoolasavisitingscholar.Tohelphimouttogetaroundthefirstcoupleofmonths,Ialwayskepthimcompanyanddidtheinterpretingforhimwheneverhehadimportanterrandstodo,ashecouldbarelytalkinEnglishandfeltculturallyalienatedinthisnewcontinent.OnedayheaskedmetogowithhimtoAAA,nicknamedTripleA,forsomepaperwork.
Aswewerewaitinginlineforcue,hemadeaspontaneoussuggestion,sorto...[
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