新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit8:American RevolutionThe American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking.

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit23:Ford23 FordAlthough Henry Ford’s name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, he should receive equal credit for introducing labor practices as early as 1913 that would be considered advanced even by today’s standards. Safety measures were improved, and the wor

新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit11:Archaeology ArchaeologyArchaeology is a source of history, not just a bumble auxiliary discipline. Archaeological data are historical documents in their own right, not mere illustrations to written texts, Just as much as any other historian, an archaeologist studies and tries to

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set and surely virtue is best, in a body that is comely, though not of delicate features and that hath rather dignity of presence, than beauty of aspect.美德好比宝石，它在朴素背景的衬托下反而更华丽；同样，一个打扮并不华贵却端庄严肃而有美德者是令人肃然起敬的。Neither is it almost seen, that very beautiful persons

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit22:Collectibles22 CollectiblesCollectibles have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. Whereas some objects have been collected for their usefulness, others have been selected for their aesthetic beauty alone. In the United States, the kinds of collectibles current

新概念优美背诵短文50篇 Unit12:Museums12 MuseumsFrom Boston to Los Angeles, from New York City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs already have radically altered facades and floor plans or are expected to do so in the not-too-

A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.Sometimes in life,You find a special friendSomeone who changes your life just by being part of it.Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stopSomeone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.Someone who convinces you that

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit38:Topaz38 TopazTopaz is a hard, transparent mineral. It is a compound of aluminum, silica, and fluorine. Gem topaz is valuable. Jewelers call this variety of the stone “precious topaz”. The best-known precious topaz gems range in color from rich yellow to light brown or pinkish red

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit36:Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor Spreading36.Plate Tectonics and Sea-floor SpreadingThe theory of plate tectonics describes the motions of the lithosphere, the comparatively rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes all the crust and part of the underlying mantle. The lithosphere

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit49:Sleep49 SleepSleet is part of a person’s daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you fist drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, you temp

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit48:Bacteria48 BacteriaBacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter: a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod-shaped bacteria are usually from

新东方优美背诵短文50篇 Unit39:The Salinity of Ocean Waters39 The Salinity of Ocean WatersIf the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a change in oceanic s

Hi everybody.嗨，大家好。Right now, the United States Senate is debating a bipartisan, commonsense bill that would be an important step toward fixing our broken immigration system.现在美国的参议院正在就一项代表两党的普遍法案进行讨论。而这一法案是走向修补我们不完善移民体系的重要一步。It&#39s a bill that would continue to strengthen security at our borders,这

Hi, everybody.嗨，大家好。Over the past four and a half years,回首过去的4年半，we&#39ve been fighting our way back from an economic crisis and punishing recession that cost millions of Americans their jobs,我们用自己的方式击退了经济危机，惩罚了造成衰退的人，此次危机让数百万人失去工作、their homes, and the sense of security they&#39d worked so hard to b

Hi, everybody.大家好！Yesterday, we learned that in 2013, our businesses created 2.2 million new jobs-including 87,000 last month.昨天，我们了解到，在2013年，我们的企业创造了220万个新岗位—包括上月创造的87,000个。Our unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since October 2008.我们的失业率为2008年以来的最低水平。And across our broader economy, there a

Hi, everybody.大家好！As President, my top priority is rebuilding an economy where everybody who works hard has the chance to get ahead.作为总统，我最首要的职责就是重建一个让所有辛勤工作的人都能取得成功的经济环境。That&#39s what I&#39ll spend some time talking about on Monday, at the White House Summit on Working Families.我将在周一举行的白宫工薪家庭峰会上就此

Hello, Evanston! (Applause.) Hello, Northwestern! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, have a seat. Have a seat. It is so good to be here. Go ‘Cats! (Applause.) I want to thank your president, Morty Schapiro, and the dean of the Kellogg Business School, Sally Blount, for having me. I brought al

When it comes to personal independence, there is no satisfaction comparable to the ability to pay your own bills.谈到个人独立问题，没什么比自己养活自己更令人有成就感了。Financial independence means that you control your income and expenditure and you are not answerable to anybody.经济独立意味着你自己掌管开支，不需要对任何人有交代。Independent people na

And if I would also look at India, you have another type of inequity, actually, in India.我们再来看看印度，我们会看到另一种不平等。The geographical, macro-geographical difference is not so big.从地理的角度上来看，差距不大。Uttar Pradesh, the biggest of the states here, is poorer and has a lower health than the rest of India.北方邦，是印度的最大

And I will now, here, onstage, try to predict when that will happen --现在，我，将在这个台上，that Asia will regain its dominant position as the leading part of the world, as it used to be, over thousands of years.来预测亚洲什么时候会重夺其导向世界的主导地位，正如过去数千年一般。And I will do that by trying to predict precisely at what year th

In 1949 we saw the emergence of the modern China in a way which surprised the world.在1949年，新中国的诞生使全世界都为之惊奇。And what happened? What happens in the after independence? You can see that the health started to improve.之后发生了什么？在独立之后发生了什么？正如你所见，国民的健康有所进步。Children started to go to school. Health services we

I think I&#39m in a difficult position here. Inequalities in China and India I consider really the big obstacle我在左右为难中。中印两国的最大障碍就是不平等，because to bring the entire population into growth and prosperity is what will create a domestic market, what will avoid social instability,要使百业具兴，则定要创建一国内市场，来避免社会的不稳

Those are nice words. But I got sort of curious of what he meant with liberty, and liberty for whom.这句话很动听。可是，我很好奇，他说的是何种自由，以及是何人的自由。And we will think about that when we look at the wider picture of the world in 1858. Because 1858 was also watershed year in the history of Asia.这势必让我们回想起，在1858年时，世界各地

And we will see, you know. Look here, 1858, India was here, China was here, Japan was there, United States and United Kingdom was richer over there.正如你们所料一样。1858年，印度和中国是在这里，日本则在那里。美国和英国则更是在那边。And I will start the world like this. India was not always like this level.世界将从这样开始。印度以前不是这样的。Actually if we

Once upon a time, at the age of 24, I was a student at St. John&#39s Medical College in Bangalore.很久以前，当我还是24岁之时，我尚是一名位于班加罗尔的圣约翰医学院的学生。I was a guest student during one month of a public health course. And that changed my mindset forever.当时，我是一名为期一个月的公共卫生课程的旁听生。我的思维模式从那时起开始改变。The course was good, but

Now, back to my projections. When will it catch up? I have to go back to very conventional graph.好，回到我的预测。但两国何时能迎头赶上？我们必须使用传统图表。I will show income per person on this axis instead, poor down here, rich up there.竖轴代表着人均收入，穷富递进相增。And then time here, from 1858 I start the world. And we shall see what wi

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