Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one's life. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.

Venice is a city of the sea．It is built on islands which are in the middle of a lagoon（环礁湖）．Today，the city covers 118 islands．These islands are connected by bridges．There are about 400 bridges which cross 150 canals．It is difficult to forget the sea when you are in the city．
    The people of Venice have always been fi

American and British people both speak English of course．But sometimes it does not seem like the same language．In fact，there are some important differences between British English and American English．
    First of all，they sound very different．Often，Americans don't say each word separately．They say several words

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In an age when technology moves faster than most can keep up with, a small group of people still remain in the time of old-fashioned letters. Frankly speaking, I was once certa

A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.
While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman said that the wor

From 4th 1996，Asiana spreads its wings from Beijing to Fusan（釜山），Korea's second largest city．Asiana is one of Asia's fastest growing airlines，with an expanding network，which is why more and more passengers around the world are warming to our service．Service that's based on 5，000 years of traditional Korean hospitality（好客）．No wonder we're

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon，an old Irishman was watching them on television in the bar of a hotel．
    There was an Englishman in the bar too，and he said to the Irishman，“The Americans are very clever，aren't they？They're going to send some men to the moon．It's a very long w

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The term “formal learning” refers to all learning which takes place in the classroom regardless of whether such learning is i

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The Ford family came from Ireland to the United States in 1847. Their child Henry was born in 1863. He had an interest in mechanic

Watch a baby between six and nine months old，and you will observe the basic concepts（概念）of geometry（几何）being learned．Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three-dimensional（三维的），it reaches out and begins grasping various kinds of objects．It is then，from perhaps nine to fifteen months，that the concepts of sets and numbers are

More than 30，000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year．At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window．Wearing a seat belt saves lives：it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half．
    Therefore drivers or front seat p

In 1974, the price of petrol in Britain rose by 120 percent；cars became expensive to run and train and bus fares increased. People who hadn't used a bicycle since they were children decided that they would buy bicycles. They discovered that cycling could be enjo

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. One of them crawled into the house while the other waited outside.
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a m

“Little sisters are a lot of trouble，”said Steve Barker．
    “Yes，I know，”said Dan．“I have to take care of mine sometimes．She is only four years old．”
    Steve said，“My sister Sandra is four，too．But sometimes she is fun．Did I tell you what she did last Sunday？”
    “No．”Da

In Kuwait，men and women wear their traditional dress most of the time．For men，it is a long robe and a cloth covering the head．For women it's similar and they wear a veil（面纱）．Foreign male visitors usually wear lightweight cotton trousers and white shirts with short or long sleeves．Men often wear sandals（凉鞋）during the day but never in the