Photo shows the moment a famous North Korean defector met the father of Otto Warmbier, the American who died after his release from a North Korean prisonDavid Choi
) of all time. He died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74. Ali grew up in Kentucky, USA. When he was 12 years old, his bike was 1 . He said to a police officer that he was going to beat up the person who took the bike. The police officer, Joe Martin, was also a boxing...
in the British colony of Virginia. George’s parents were AugustineWashington(1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-89). Augustine had three previous children with his first wife Jane Butler, who died. George, the eldest of Augustine and Mary Washington’s six children, ...
Few people know that it was Benjamin Franklin who discovered the movement of storms from west to east upon which all weather forecasting today has been based. 现在很少有人知道,是本杰明·富兰克林发现了洋流(海流)自西向东运动的规律,今天所有的天气预报都建立在这一运动规律之上。 He also made the ...
Authorities were still searching for three people — including an American — reported missing on various Greek islands in the last few days. On the island of Amorgos, authorities are still searching for59-year-old Albert Calibet, who has been reported missing since Tuesday,when he went on a...
O. Henry(欧亨利), a famous American writer, was good at writing stories with surprising endings. The following is an excerpt(节选)from his work One Thousand Dollars. The main hero is a young man named Bobby. His uncle left him a thousand dollars in his will, and Bobby doesn't know wh...
The themes of Dickinson’s poetry vary widely. She’s perhaps most well known for her preoccupation with mortality and death, as exemplified in one of her most famous poems, “Because I did not stop for Death.” In some cases, this also stretched to her heavily Christian themes, with poem...
46. According to paragraph 2, which of the following was true of the Fore people of New Guinea? A. They were confused at the emotion shown in photographs. B. They were famous for their story-telling skills. C. They knew very little about Western culture. ...
House of Representatives, saluted Pei as "a giant," "an iconic and legendary architect whose bold and groundbreaking vision created so many famous and prominent buildings," in a separate statement following the news on his death. "His long and distinguished career had an enormous impact on the...
In the Chinese animation "The Tales of Effendi", a cute donkey from Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region becomes famous as he carries his master around. Chinese roll on wheels to enjoy foreign trips Chinese increasingly prefer road trips overseas as the preferred way to...