Julius Caesar 尤里乌斯.凯撒 Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Caesar. 大约两千年前,罗马有一个名叫尤利乌斯凯撒的人。 He was the greatest of all the Romans. 他是全体罗马人中...
The husband got drunk again, and he returned home late. 丈夫喝多了,回来得很晚。 When he got into the room, he saw his wifes severe eyes and felt uneasy. So he went straight to the sofa and bent down to play with their cat. 他走进家里,...
The Big Ben is located in the tower at the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, Greater London. It was designed by Edmund Beckett and Baron Grimthorpe. 大本钟在伦敦威斯敏斯特英自治领会议院的最东边。它的设计者...
Few other countries are so dominated by their capital: for Egyptians to speak of one is to speak of the other. The Mother of the World nurtures more than 16 million Egyptians, Arabs, Africans and sundry international hangers-on in a collision of East...
Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, as it was dubbed by the man who rediscovered it in the last century, is among the greatest tourist attractions in South America today and ranks among the most outstanding symbols in the Andean cultures. 马丘比...
St. Petersburg, the very name brings to mind some of Russia's greastest poets, writers and composers: Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky. The 19th century was a golden age for St. Petersburg's wealthy classes. It was a world of ballets and balls, of ar...
Are you too old for fairy tales? If you think so, Copenhagen is sure to change your mind. 你是否已经不想听童话了?如果你是这么认为的话,哥本哈根一定能够改变你的想法。 See the city first from the water. In the har...
Almost all states in America have a state fair. They last for one, two or three weeks. The Indiana state fair is one of the largest and oldest state fairs in the United States. It is held every summer. It started in 1852. Its goals were to educate, s...
Many English seaside towns seem as if they are stuck in a time warp, in an era when families and caravans full of factory workers would converge on the shore for fun and frolics. 英国许多海滨小镇仿佛被卡在时间隧道里了,至今仍然停...
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is considered to be one of the most recognizable images of the modern world although the building has been open for only about 30 years. The Sydney Opera House is as represen...