PASSAGE 20Singing Alarms Could Save the BlindIf you cannot see, you may not be able to find your way out of a burning building-and that could be fatal...
PASSAGE 1TV Game ShowsOne of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best seller“ lists with ...
PASSAGE 4The SeaWhat do you know about the sea? We know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. We also know that it can be very roug...
PASSAGE 8American SportsThe United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms; organized competitive struggles, which...
PASSAGE 12Kitchen DesignOver the years economic, social and technological factors have influenced the design of kitchens. Since it is often used simul...
PASSAGE 16Bees and ColourOn our table in the garden we put a blue card, and all around this blue card we put a number of different grey cards. These t...
PASSAGE 20Will We Take Vacation in Spaces?When Mike Kelly first set out to build his own private space-ferry service, he figured his bread-and-butter ...
2007年的新托福考试异常火爆。据悉，杭州考点第二季度(4月至6月)的8次24场考试名额现已全部报满，预计暑假期间新托福报考会达到年内的最高峰，所以想在暑期参加考试的广大新托福考生应尽量提早备考、提早报名。如何攻破新托福高分，杭州新通外语专修学校的陈益民老师提供了“四大秘方”： 阅读——归纳大意是...
1．abide by (=be faithful to; obey) 忠于；遵守 2．be absent from…… 缺席，不在 3．absence or mind (=being absent-minded) 心不在焉 4．absorb (=take up the attention of) 吸...
76．for the better 好转 77．get the better of (=defeat sb.) 打败，胜过 78．by birth 在出生上，论出身，按血统 at birth 在出生时；give birth to 出生 79．blame sb. for sth. 因……责备某人 bl...