About a year ago, a really famous actor got in my taxi. I took him to the airport. We were stuck on the way and it took a long time to get there, so he missed his plane and failed to meet his fans. It wasn’t my fault but when he got out of the taxi, he shouted at me...
From the time an author is contracted to write the manuscript, through editing, copy editing, design and illustration, to publication, it takes—on average—eighteen to twenty-four months. 1. How many Who Was? books are published every year on average? A. About 10. B. About 12. C. ...
The book tells the story of everything that happens to Robinson Crusoe. He hopes someone will rescue him, but he has been there for so long on his own that he also begins to fear being rescued. Robinson Crusoe was published in 1719. Most experts believe the story is based on the life...
Passage 2The Adventures of Tom Sawyer tells a story of a boy called Tom Sawyer.He does not like school.The Adventures of He does not like work.Tom Sawyer by and he never wants to get Mark Twain out of bed in the morning.Year Published: 1876But he likes swimming Country of Origin: Un...
Even though he fulfilled his father’s dream, he didn’t want to continue working for the court. One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again. Li Shizhen was famous for his book,Compendium of Materia Medica(《本草纲目》). He spent 27 years writing the book. Un...
His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahal, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne(皇位). ...
There are more than 1,800 giant pandas in the wild in China, and the number of pandas bred in captivity reached 548 globally as of last November. Historical records indicate that giant panda's first tour abroad may have happened in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907) when in the year 685...
It’s really, really hard to create jobs when NGDP is growth at less than 4% (as it has been over the past year) but we are managing to do so—about 1.8 million the payroll survey or 2.8 million in the household survey. Lower wage demands are gradually equilibrating the labor market...
摘要: IT'S just after 9am the morning before he collects his Footballer of the Year Award but Scott Parker is already at West Ham's training ground, changed and ready to test his troublesome Achilles tendon.关键词:Odonata dragonfly types taxonomy synonymy ...
But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. "Ma Yan's Diary" tells us about Ma's life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin Ningxia and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong ...