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IV. Beowulf(贝奥武甫) (1) About the Poem(关于诗歌) It was probably written down in the 8th century though the manuscript of the poem preserved today dates back to the10th century and was written in the Wessex dialect. The poem contains altogether3, 183 lines and the story in it is ...
Today, there are around 3,700 greater one-horned rhinos in Asia, up from only 200 at the beginning of the 20th century. While the species continues to face threats from hunting, signs of population growth like those from Manas are certainly cause for hope.1. Why were the rhinos radio-col...
Researchers focused on the east of the island, where various resources are located, and looked at the distribution (分布) of 93 statues built before European sailors arrived in the 18th century. After finding no connection with the rock used for the construction, they considered whether the statu...
Nobody really knows how big Lagos is. What's indisputable is that it's growing very quickly. Between now and 2050, the urban population of Africa could triple. Yet cities in sub-Saharan Africa are not getting richer the way cities in the rest of t...
by the 18th century the great navigation era had changed. Changed everything wool, linen, silk, spices, and other international trade in commodities brought lucrative profits, thus began the famous enclosure movement. British landlords and government together seized the land from the farmers, and a...
[#insert2] Records indicate that during the sixteenth century, an El Niño occurred on average every six years. [#insert3] Evidence gathered over the past few decades indicates that El Niños are now occurring on average a little over every two years. [#insert4] Even more alarming is ...
What does the population growth mean? It means greater and greater consumption and greater pressure for the earth. If more people are added to the world population without our being alert or taking any action, we would have only standing room by the end of the 21st century. ...
What Is the Asian Century? The term the Asian century refers to the dominant economic and political role that China, India, and their neighbors are expected to play in the 21st century. The concept gained credence following the rapideconomic growthof China and India beginning in the 1980s, wh...
Before the beginnings of rail travel and industrial shipping in the 19th century, the cost of sending goods across continents and vast oceans meant only those items that fetched steep prices per unit, such as spices, coffee, cocoa, gold, and silver, were worth trading farther than the local ...