Lesson39Nothingtoworryabout
Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.
WhatwasthedifferencebetweenBruce\'sbehaviourandthatofotherpeople?
TheroughroadacrosstheplainsoonbecamesobadthatwetriedtogetBrucetodrivebacktothevillagewehadcomefrom.Eventhoughtheroadwaslitteredwithbouldersandpittedwithholes,Brucewasnotintheleastperturbed.Glancingathismap,heinformedusthatthenextvillagewasameretw...[
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Lesson38Thefirstcalender最早的日曆
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聽錄音,然後回答以下問題。
Whatistheimportanceofthedots,lines,andsymbolsengravedonstone,bonesandivory?
Futurehistorianswillbeinauniquepositionwhentheycometorecordthehistoryofourowntimes.Theywillhardlyknowwhichfactstoselectfromthegreatmassofevidencethatsteadilyaccumulates.Whatismore,theywillnothavetor...[
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Lesson37TheWesthavenExpress開往威斯特海溫的快車
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聽錄音,然後回答以下問題。
Whatwasthemistaketheauthormade?
Wehavelearnttoexpectthattrainswillbepunctual.Afteryearsofconditioning,mostofushavedevelopedanunshakablefaithinrailwaytimetables.Shipsmaybedelayedbystorms;flightsmaybecancelledbecauseofbadweather,buttrainsmustbeontime.Onlyanexcept...[
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Ihavemademanynewyear\'sresolutionsbuttheyusuallyfailedinhalfway.ButitisstillgoodthatIhavesomeandtheygivemeafreshsenseandhopes.
BeforeIlookforwardto2010,Iwouldliketolookbackmy2009first.
Myweightlossplanfailed:Ilost10poundsbutlateronitbouncedbacktheoldone.Itreallyrequiredtheironwilltoachievethegoal.
IfinishedNCEIIbutfailedtofinishNCEIIIandIV.ButIforgavemyself:doingitoccasionallyisbettert...[
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Lesson36Achanceinamillion百萬分之一的機遇
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聽錄音,然後回答以下問題。
Whatwasthechanceinamillion?
Wearelesscredulousthanweusedtobe.Inthenineteenthcentury,anovelistwouldbringhisstorytoaconclusionbypresentinghisreaderswithaseriesofcoincidences--mostofthemwildlyimprobable.Readershappilyacceptedthefactthatanobscuremaidservantwasreallythe...[
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Lesson35Justicewasdone伸張正義
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聽錄音,然後回答以下問題。
Theword\'justice\'isgiventwodifferentmeaningsinthetext.Whatisthedistinctionbetweenthem?
Thewordjusticeisusuallyassociatedwithcourtsoflaw.Wemightsaythatjusticehasbeendonewhenaman\'sinnocenceorguilthasbeenprovedbeyonddoubt.Justiceispartofthecomplexmachineryofthelaw.Thosewhoseekit...[
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Lesson34Ahappydiscovery幸運的發現
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Antiqueshopsexertapeculiarfascinationonagreatmanypeople.Themoreexpensivekindofantiqueshop
whererareobjectsarebeautifullydisplayedinglasscasestokeepthemfreefromdustisusuallyaforbiddingplace.Butnoonehastomusterupcouragetoenteralesspretentiousantiqueshop.Thereisalwayshopethatinitslabyrinthofmusty,dark,disord...[
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Lesson33Adaytoremember
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Whatincidentbegantheseriesoftrafficaccidents?
Wehaveallexperienceddayswheneverythinggoeswrong.Adaymaybeginwellenough,butsuddenlyeverythingseemstogetoutofcontrol.Whatinvariablyhappensisthatagreatnumberofthingschoosetogowrongatpreciselythesamemoment.Itisasifasingleunimportanteventsetupachainofreactions.Letussupposetha...[
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Ihavebeenburiedundermyworkrecentlyandworkedprettyhardonatwo-hoursessionforapickynon-technicalaudienceonsometechnicaltopics.
Idebutedmyfirstclasstothemthisafternoon.IwassoreleasedthattheyallunderstoodwhatIwastalkingaboutandtheywanttohaveanotherclassfordifferentaudience.SoIcanlaunchmytrainingserieswhichIcravedtodoforawhile.
Ifinallyhavetimetobreathe.
Atthesametime,Ineedtoworkharderonmyor...[
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Lesson32Alostship
DidthecrewoftheElkorfindwhattheywerelookingfor?Why?
Thesalvageoperationhadbeenacompletefailure.Thesmallship,Elkor,whichhadbeensearchingtheBarentsSeaforweeks,wasonitswayhome.Aradiomessagefromthemainlandhadbeenreceivedbytheship\'scaptaininstructinghimtogiveupthesearch.Thecaptainknewthatanotherattemptwouldbemadelater,forthesunkenshiphewastryingtofindhadbeencarryingaprec...[
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