Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. At the beginning of the 20th century, the average life span (平均寿命) was45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old.Today, a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.So, how old is "old"? The answer is one you've heard many times...
Many years ago, we couldn't imagine how greatly the Internet would change our lives. They said the changes in the next century would be even unbelievable.The way we live, work and play will be dif- ferent from today. There will be many tall build ings, underwater cities, and holidays ...
The charts below show the percentage of men and women who had driving licences in a European country in various years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. Task 1 柱状图 - - 范文 答题 Many scho...
American life in 1914: How we lived a century agoHouston Chronicle
1 I can still vaguely recall the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the manor house over the way needed a lodge for his groundsman, and found a clearing in the huge orchard which ran up and down the hills. He sent ...
阅读理解How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years.Two Hundred years ago, you were old at 35.At the beginning of the 20 th century, the average life span(平均寿命)was 45.In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old.Today, a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young....
Then, in the third century BC(2,300 years ago), a Greek man named Eratosthenes had an idea. Eratosthenes was sure that the Earth was a sphere. He used the sun and geometry(几何学) to figure out the size of the Earth. He calculated that the circumference(圆周) of the Earth was 28,...
Who will bolster their playoff case as Texas and Texas A&M face each other for the first time in 13 years? And how's the Heisman race shaping up? So many things to chew on and we are here to feed those thoughts. Today, Kevin Clark, host of This is Football, helps sift through ...
A typical example is the monologue. In monologues, one person speaks with little or no opportunity for interruption, or turns by members of the audience. Monologues come in many varieties too, as a professor lectures to a class, or a student giving a presentation to a seminar. These people...
[A]About 15 years ago, I was invited to join a knitting group. I agreed to give it a try. [B]My mother had taught me to knit at 15, and I knitted in class throughout college and for a few years thereafter. Then decades passed without my t...