YearsagoIreadabookabout
thetravelinItaly.Astimegoesby,thetitleandtheauthorofthebookall
hadfaded
awayfrommymemory,butonecommentaboutTuscanystrikesmesomuchthattothisdayIstill
remember.Itsays,“Tuscanyisaplacewherepeoplewouldfeelinferiorifthey
havenotbeenthere.”AsmuchasIadmiretheunparalleledbeautyof
Tuscany,I
thoughtthecommentwasabitstretch.
Lookingatthesephotosof
Europeancastles,astha...[
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美國現任總統喬治布什可能是美國自建國以來最為人詬病的總統之一，但這並不妨礙他在私下裏展現他性格的另外一麵。在下麵他給SteveRushin的這封私人信件中以及SteveRushin的文章裏，布什表現出了他在公共場合少見的輕鬆，幽默，amusing的一麵，也算為人們對他的人格了解做一個有趣的注腳。SteveRushin曾為美國體育畫報社工作，並在25歲時就成為該社最年輕的資深記者。 [
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（華盛頓路透社消息）雖然目前還沒有家庭團聚的計劃，但美國副總統切尼和民主黨總統候選人巴拉克奧巴馬是遠房表親。 美國副總統切尼的夫人林恩切尼說，她發現她的丈夫副總統切尼是伊利諾伊州參議員奧巴馬的表兄弟。 這兩個人的政見是如此不同。切尼是伊拉克戰爭的鼓吹者，試圖穩定該國局勢；而奧巴馬則主張讓美國軍隊馬上離開伊拉克。
切尼夫人於周[
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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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~最後一片葉子作者:[美國]歐.亨利譯者:不詳在華盛頓廣場西邊的一個小區裏，街道都橫七豎八地伸展開去，又分裂成一小條一小條的“胡同”。這些“胡同”稀奇古怪地拐著彎子。一條街有時自己本身就交叉了不止一次。有一回一個畫家發現這條街有一種優越性：要是有個收帳的跑到[
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Yearsago,afriendofminecametotheUSforschoolasavisitingscholar.Tohelphimouttogetaroundthefirstcoupleofmonths,Ialwayskepthimcompanyanddidtheinterpretingforhimwheneverhehadimportanterrandstodo,ashecouldbarelytalkinEnglishandfeltculturallyalienatedinthisnewcontinent.OnedayheaskedmetogowithhimtoAAA,nicknamedTripleA,forsomepaperwork.
Aswewerewaitinginlineforcue,hemadeaspontaneoussuggestion,sorto...[
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