Xi'an, once the capital of eleven Chinese dynasties, is famous throughout the world for life-sized terra-cotta warriors and horses. They have won fame as one of the greatest archaeological finds of this century. Back in 1974, while digging a well to fight drought, some farmers from Lintong county, about thirty kilometers east of Xi'an, unearthed

　　
　　My friend was the sort of college professor students remember fondly: not just inspiring in class but taking a genuine interest in them — in their studies, their progress through life, their fears and hopes. A wide circle of former students count themselves among his lifelong friends; he and his wife have always welcomed a steady stream

This summer, I did not go home; instead I served as a volunteer for “Good Luck Beijing sports events” held in

离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。(法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)
Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)
每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)
初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can b

BEN: Of course.
MRS. ROBINSON: Thank you.
MRS. ROBINSON: How are you?
BEN: Very well. Thank you.
MRS. ROBINSON: May I have a drink?
BEN: A drink? Of course.
(Ben looks toward a passing WAITER and raises his hand.
The waiter pays no attention. Ben looks back at Mrs. Robinson apologetically.)

　　"Dead!" he exclaimed. "I wasn't dead. And I knew I wasn't, because my feet were cold and I was hungry."
　　"But how did that make you sure?"
　　"Well, I knew that if I were in heaven I shouldn't be hungry, and if I was in the other place my feet wouldn't be cold."
我还没死
(幽默小品)
　　一个年轻人昏死了过去

即使再过一千年、一万年，这样“情真意切、感人肺腑、催人泪下”的话语也不会落伍于时代，因为它是人类崇高爱情的一种升华，是真爱的最高境界。
Jack: "You must do me this honor... promise me you will survive... that you will never give up... no matter what happens... no matter how hopeless... promise me now, and never let go of that promise."
　　Rose:"I promise."
　　Jack:"Never let go."
　

The increase in international business and in  foreign  investment has 
created a  need  for executives with  knowledge of foreign  languages and
skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not  been
well  trained in either area and, consequently, have

the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the 
harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy
they  maintained until the  piano supplanted them at the end  of the
eighteenth century. The  clavichord's tone was metallic and never 

practices  as  early  as  1913  that  would  be considered advanced even by
today's standards. Safety measures were improved, and the work day was
reduced to eight hours, compared with the ten-or twelve-hour day common at
the time. In order  to accommodate  the shorter work

have  been selected for  their aesthetic beauty  alone.  In  the  United 
States,  the  kinds    of  collectibles  currently  popular  range  from
traditional objects such as stamps, coins, rare books, and art to more
recent items of interest like d

so complex that it is always hazardous to attempt to represent events
covering a number of years, a multiplicity of persons, and distant
localities as the expression of one intellectual or social movement; yet
the historical process which culminated in the ascent of Thomas Jefferson
to the presidency can be regarded as

clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after
learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy
-- one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they
are capable of noting that they have placed five knives, spoons and forks
on the table and, a bit later,

institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of
their students.
Throughout Europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing
the ancient name of university. In Germany a different kind of university
had developed. The German university was  concerned  primarily  with

extend back as far as the reptiles.
There is some evidence that the two types of sleep, dreaming and dreamless,
depend on the life-style of the animal, and that predators are
statistically much more likely to dream than prey, which are in turn much
more likely to experience dreamless sleep. In dream sleep, the animal is