One morning, a few years ago, Harvard President Neil Rudenstine overslept. After years of non-stop toil in an atmosphere that rewarded frantic overwork, Rudenstine collaps

In spite of the wealth of examples of urban architecture in older cities，both in Europe and in the United States，solutions to current problems of the physical decay of cities in the United States have come slowly．The first reaction after the war was to bulldoze and build bri

Questions 61 to 66 are based on the following passage:

Recycling  Resources
Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products．Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases（减少）our need for natural resources．Recycling means using some

Culture Shock
Specialists say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture．“Culture shock”is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment．There are three stages of culture shock，say the specialists．

Aristotle summed up the four qualities of money some 2，000 years ago．It must be lasting and easy to recognize，to divide，and to carry about．When we think of money today，we picture it either as round，flat pieces of metal which we call coins or as printed paper notes．But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes

There is a story of a country where the rate of inflation（通货膨胀）is so high that clever people pay for a taxi ride before the trip instead of after．The story may or may not be true．Inflation was almost that serious in Germany from July，1920 until December，1923．Prices went up so fast that by the end of 1923 they were 50 billion percent high

"What part of the states do you come from?"
"I'm not American. I'm Canadian."
This is a mistake that Europeans often make. Many Americans, too, admit that it takes them a while to tell if it's an American talking or a Cana

Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways.
Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Factory ma

1. A father can do a job as fast as two sons working

中央电视台的栏目大大小小有200多个，其中不少栏目的名称大家都耳熟能详。如何把这些栏目名称准确简洁地译成英文成为不可回避的问题。

2008

have a card/an ace up in one’s sleeve

语言产生于人类的生活实践，人类社会的发展离不开语言。一个国家、一个民族有其各自绚丽多彩的成语、俗语流传于世。如不能很好地理解成语、俗语，就会造成语言障碍，达不到交流沟通的目的。笔者在澳学习期间就遇到了很多俗语，现总结如下，供学习

在任何一个文明的国度里几乎没有人不知道电脑（computer