根据第一段中的“Sometime in the early 1960s, a significant thing happened in Sydney, Australia. The city discovered its harbor. ”20世纪60年代初，澳大利亚悉尼发生了一件大事。这座城市发现了它的港口；以及“But it is the harbor that makes the city. ”但是是港口造就了城市。可知，本段主要介绍...
（原文）Sometime in the early 1960s, a significant thing happened in Sydney, Australia. The city discovered its harbor. Then, one after another, Sydney discovered lots of things that were just sort of there — broad parks, superb beaches, and a culturally diverse population. But it is the...
11. The Accidental Spark That Led to Matchsticks In the realm of accidental inventions, the matchstick stands as a testament to serendipity's role in scientific advancement. It was in 1826 when English chemist John Walker stumbled upon the idea for the modern match. While working in hi...
句意:1960年,中国登山者刘连满主动让他的队友踩在他的肩膀上越过这面墙。A. hesitated犹豫;B. offered主动提出,提供;C. happened发生,碰巧;D. declined下降,拒绝。根据下文“to let his teammates step on his shoulders to cross the wall”以及语境可知,这里指刘连满主动提出让队友踩在他的肩膀上,offer to ...
Tim O'Brien's modern classic that reset our understanding of fiction, nonfiction, and the way they can work together, as well as our understanding of the Vietnam war and its consequences, The Things They Carried now has well over a million copies in print. 作者简介 ··· 蒂姆·奥布莱恩...
In fact, if there is one big complaint I have is that the songs are pure 20's but the choreography and tempo of the numbers are like something out of an MGM musical ballet with Gene Kelly that would have been popular at the time of the film's release - 1956.The key to enjoying ...
12. Otari Botanic Garden and Wilton’s Bush Reserve 150 Wilton Road, Wilton, (5 km from Wellington CBD) Also called the Otari-Wilson Bush, this is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand that exclusively holds native trees and plants. It is also home to some of Wellington’s oldest...
I’ve noticed on this trip a certain myopia she has that in a way frightens me: she’ll ask where something is when it’s right in front of her, or continually have problems doing a simple thing like open a door, or something—and coming into the motel tonight (she was driving) she...
When I retired in 2013, I thought I’d do many things with programming and computers. I thought about getting an M.S. in Computer Science even though I would never work as a programmer again. But none of that happened. I thought I would at least learn to program Python for fun. Tha...
By 1960, most American households had a television, and that year’s Nixon/Kennedy debate was thefirst televised presidential debate. For many Americans, it was their first introduction to John F. Kennedy. When Kennedy was approached about the idea of debating his political opponent on television...