When Mrs．Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna，Austria，people asked the obvious，“Why did she live to be 107？”．Tentative answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100．Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majo

    During the rest of sleep，the fatigue of the body disappears and recuperation（复原，恢复）begins．The tired mind gathers new energy；the memory improves；and annoyance and problems are seen in better perspective．

    In recent years，scientific and technological developments have drastically changed human life on our planet，as well as our views both of ourselves as individuals in society and of the universe as a whole．Maybe one of the most profound developm

Package holidays，covering a two weeks'stay in an attractive location are increasingly popular，because they offer an inclusive price with few extras．Once you get to the airport，it is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination．Excursions，local entertainment， sw

Ever since humans have inhabited the earth，they have made use of various forms of communication．Generally，this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech．When there is a language barrier，communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions

Watch a baby between six and nine months old，and you will observe the basic concepts of geometry being learned．Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three dimensional，it reaches out and begins grasping various kinds of objects．It is then from perhaps nine to fifteen months that the concepts of sets

In spite of the wealth of examples of urban architecture in older cities，both in Europe and in the United States，solutions to current problems of the physical decay of cities in the United States have come slowly．The first reaction after the war was to bulldoze and build bri

在几乎任何英语考试中，阅读理解都占有非常重要的地位。而阅读理解中的生词却让解题者感到头痛。那么，如何处理好这些生词呢？除了要加强平时的词汇积累外，学习者还应该掌握一些技巧，使那些"生词"变成"熟词"，从而提高解题的正确率。
　　一、利用构词法
　　构词法是指在一些词(或词根)的前面或后面加上一个或几个词缀，使其形成与原词(或词根)相关而词性或词义又有变化的词的构成方法。大部分英语教材都介绍了构词法或者列出了词根表。熟练地掌握并运用这些构词法知识可以帮助我们推断出一些生词的词义。例如：
　　①I'm sorry,I thought those letters had already been sent.It seems that I

在阅读英语材料时，或是在考试过程中，有很多人感到自己的阅读速度实在是跟不上需要，于是就认为是自己的英语基础不行，然后就拼命地背单词，其实如果能够运用正确的方法进行快速阅读训练，每个人的阅读速度都会得到显著的提高。现在就让我们来看看练习快速阅读的四种方法。
　　1.快速泛读(fast extensive reading)
　　平时要养成快速泛读的习惯。这里讲的泛读是指广泛阅读大量涉及不同领域的书籍，要求读得快，只理解和掌握书中的主要内容就可以了。要确定一个明确的读书定额，定额要结合自己的实际。例如每天读20页，一个学期以18周计算，就可以读21本中等厚度的书(每本书约120页)。
　　2.计时阅读(timed reading)

    Science and literature have traditionally been hostile to each other． Writers have regarded scientists as dull creatures who take pleasure from destroying great works of the imagination with boring facts．Scientists have thought of writers as frivolou

    The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest for life，by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning．The university imparts information，but it imparts it imaginat

    Instant messaging is the most popular service on the Internet today．Combined with the estimated 250 million new digital handset shipments for 1999，it only makes sense to offer the technology on wireless phones．In response，Tegic Communications has ann

    Throughout the Cold War，Asia kept pretty much to itself as the United States and Soviet Union staged a“first-to-the-moon”race．Now Asian nations are quietly caught up in their own space race．