John Lee had been sentenced to death for cruelly taking another person's life．On the morning of that chilly day in November 1884，the scene was set for his execution．The public executioner setup the gallows，a wooden framework used for hanging criminals．
At the specified hour，t

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Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）. The training I received, thoug

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As you move around your home, take a good look at the things

Bright comets are spectacular sights，but they are not often seen by the human eye．
In 1682，the English astronomer Edmund Halley identified and studied the motion of a bright comet．First，he figured out the comet's orbit，or path，around the sun．T

“Who shot her？”cried Rogers as he rushed into the hospital three minutes after his ex-wife died from a bullet through her head．
“Just a minute，”Professor Fordney said．“I'd like to ask you a few questions．．．routine ，you know．Although divorced for the pa

The Americans and Russians were ready to fight a war. They each had the power to destroy the other. This power was carried in the missiles (导弹) that each country had aimed at the other. This struggle was called “The Cold War”. Some of the missiles were buried in the ground, ready to fire at a moment's notice. Others were carried by air-p

Singapore leads many other countries with its sound legal system and outstanding economic growth. In a sense, many people in China look up to it as a materialization of their dream of utopia (乌托邦) guided ideally by traditional Chinese values aided with modern Western management and technology.
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Have you ever got stuck with unwanted courses or a class sch

Scientists are always trying out new ways of growing food, but even they can only guess what food will be like in the future. You can perhaps get a better focus on what lies ahead from the four ideas below. Read them and see if you can guess what the future hamburger will taste like.

Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions, and habits.
For many years, the Japan

America's space shuttle was a delta winged craft that could be launched like a rocket．Two recoverable solid fuel rockets boosted it into space．The shuttle then could move under its own power of three built-in engines．To avoid the heat caused by friction upon reentering the Earth's atmos

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    LONDON（Reuters）—Organic fruit，delivered right to the doorstep．That is what Gabriel Gold prefers，and he is willing to pay for it．If this is not possible，the 26-year-old computer technician will spend the extra money at the supermarket to buy organic foo

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1．Basis of Modern English race：the Anglo-Saxons．
现代英国种族的基础：盎格鲁—萨克逊时代。
In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders，Jutes，Saxons，and Angles came to Britain．They were the three Teutonic tri