But while joking and wit are uniquely human inventions, laughter certainly is not. Other creatures, including chimpanzees, gorillas and even rats, chuckle. Obviously, they don’t crack up at Homer Simpson or titter at the boss’s dreadful jokes, but the fact that they laugh in the first ...
When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz. 【2】 And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teen...
He experimented with antibacterial substances for nine years before he made his discovery. Inventions and innovations almost always come out of laborious trial and error Innovation is like soccer; even the best players miss the goal and have their shots blocked much more frequently than they score....
In the video, young people from 20 countries along the Belt and Road routes(“一带一路”)were asked to name great inventions that had influenced their lives in China. The following is what they said from 4 young people of them. BondBangkokThailand You can find many wonderfu...
Lithuanians in 1940s-1980s (hundreds of thousands perished during that brutal occupation). Paneriai memorial marks the place where Nazi Germany killed a large share of Vilnius Jewish community during World War 2 (in 1931 Jews made up 27,8% of Vilnius inhabitants and the city is said to...
The compass(指南针)is one of the Four Great inventions of Ancient China.Before the compass was invented, people depended on the position of the sun and stars to tell them the direction when at sea, which only worked when it wasn’t cloudy. As early as the Warring States Period. Chinese...
transportation, telegraph communications, and electricity. Notable inventions during this period include the incandescent light bulb and the automobile. In the early 20th century, the Ford Motor Company popularized mass production with the application of specialized machinery and fixtures in assembly lines....
Initially, computers were huge, taking up large rooms with attached terminals allowing access by multiple users. In the 1970s, a man named Ed Roberts began to sell computer kits based on a microprocessor chip designed by Intel. Roberts called his computer the Altair 8800 and sold the unassemble...
Heritage creates and shapes identity while providing security and contributing to sustainability. In this context, the world’s diverse tangible and intangible heritage is recognized as the result of human creativity, which should be used for sustainable
10.What do you think of Bertrand Russell's observation of the dog language:“No matter how eloquently a dog may bark,he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest”?Are you familiar with any type of ways animals communicate among themselves and with human beings? When gazelles...