新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第52课:Mud is mud实事求是2011-09-30
My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study. Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick, grayish substance. If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第51课:Predicting the future 预测未来2011-09-30
Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets? In the 1970s, computers were common enough, but only in big business, government departments, and large organizations.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第50课:New Year resolutions 新年的决心2011-09-29
The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't' like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第49课:The ideal servant理想的仆人2011-09-29
It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants. Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第48课:The silent village 沉默的村庄2011-09-28
In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists. We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第46课:Do it yourself 自己动手2011-09-28
So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour. No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for these are countless do-it-yourself publications.
新概念英语三册视频讲解 第47课:Too high a price? 代价太高?2011-09-27
Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized planet. When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第44课:Speed and comfort 又快捷又舒适2011-09-27
People travelling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air. Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train compartments soon get cramped and stuffy. It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第45课:The power of the press 新闻报道的威力2011-09-24
In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. However, this freedom can easily be abused. Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events. Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第43课:Fully insured 全保险2011-09-24
Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. If, however, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第42课:Modern cavemen现代洞穴人2011-09-23
Cave exploration, or pot-holing, as it has come to be known, is a relatively new sport. Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures people down to the depths of the earth. It is impossible to give a satisfactory explanation for a pot-holer's motives.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第41课:Illusions of Pastoral peace宁静田园生活的遐想2011-09-23
The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. City born and city bred. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasional visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第40课:Who's who 真假难辨2011-09-22
It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第39课:Nothing to worry about 不必担心2011-09-22
The rough across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第38课:The first calender 最早的日历2011-09-21
Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times. They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily accumulates.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第37课:The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车2011-09-21
We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be cancelled because of bad weather, but trains must be on time.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第36课:A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇2011-09-20
We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第35课:Justice was done 伸张正义2011-09-20
The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第34课:A happy discovery 幸运的发现2011-09-17
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第33课:A day t remember 难忘的一天2011-09-17
We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第32课:A lost ship 一艘沉船2011-09-16
The salvage operation had been a complete failure. The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第31课:A lovable eccentric 可爱的怪人2011-09-16
True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves. They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第30课:The death of a ghost 幽灵之死2011-09-15
For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was haunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第29课:Funny or not? 是否可笑?2011-09-15
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
新概念英语第三册视频讲解 第28课:Five pounds too dear 五磅也太贵2011-09-14
Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were It was difficult not to be tempted. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
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