The last time I was in Ireland a legal friend attempted to get me on to a broadcast that featured new and unknown talent. Refusing to accept anything already “published” (as on the Net) they demanded “virgin” offerings only. On return home I duly composed a competent enough poem (179...
【2】 Sometimes it’s enough just to make time for a ten-minute power walk. Scientists at the universities of Cambridge and Leicester recently showed that short, intense bursts of activity are more beneficial to the heart than leisurely exercise lasting more than twice as long.◆ Scrolling ...
Do you often put off doing something that you should be doing It’s a bad habit called procrastination(拖延症).The 2-Minute Rule is a method of ___①___ with the problem and the goal is to make it easier for you to get started on the things you should be doing. It includes two...
I wondered, not for the first time, what tales lay behind them. Somebody had told me a long time ago that the larger one on the right had been a synagogue, and this medieval-looking edifice in the middle of the city certainly does...
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling (卷曲的)black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift. 61. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was. ...
The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift. (1) The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was ___. A.doing shopping B.having a debate C.reading...
Or maybe it’s just really good advice not to look into the mouths of creatures that can take you out in a minute (this from a woman who once spent time underneath an 1,800 pound horse, but that’s a story for another time and it’s not in a Catherine the Great way either.) ...
in 1969, disheartened at the battered state of Black Power in America.But while the revolution in the US was over for some, for Gil Scott-Heron and his musical partner Brian Jackson and their Midnight Band, it was just the beginning--the 1970s representing the first minute of a new...
52.According to the author,selfieC.A.is an annoying habit for peopleB.becomes a fashion among teenagersC.gives a person a sense of confidence D.makes a person become self-centered53.The author mentions a poem in the passage to stressD.A.the power of true love B.the endless love we ...
As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad’s face as he unwrapped those swirling black ...