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Part 1
1; Ancient Legends, Fairy Tales and Fables.
1; Mother of Sericulture
One of the picture shows Leis tending her silkworms.
Leis was said to be the wife of the Yellow Emperor, both
semi-legendary figures who were thought to have lived in the remote
past long before China's recorded history. Industrious and
virtuous, she not only ran the imperial household but helped the
Emperor administer the country. The most important merit for which
she is remembered, however, is that she taught the people to raise
silkworms and make silk fabric.
It was said that no silk fabrics were known
before her time. Hemp was about the only material for cloth and the
clothes made of it were both heavy and coarse, prickly to the
skin.
There was a divine worm at the time which lived
on the mulberry tree and spun silk, yet no one ever thought of
using the
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Hey guys and welcome to cool vision in this video we're
going to be talking about New York City. Some call it the least
American city, No wonder 55 of households don't have a car here.
It's the most popular city in the U.S. with a population of 8.8
million and 20 million people living in the metro area.
Let's learn more about New York. New York City is
situated on a large natural harbor composed of five boroughs, the
Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and of course Manhattan. Two
blocks down and take a right, a block has a literal meaning here,
all streets are perpendicular and form a grid. Only the Southern
tip of the Island is knocked out of the clear geometry where the
streets don't form a grid, and broadway which runs diagonally
across the island. The commissioner's plan of 1811 was the original
design for the streets of Manhattan which put in place the
rectangular grid plan, pretty convenient, the basic thing to
remember is the avenues
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The obvious reason why a young man of twenty was able to
attain such eminence was that his wife's sister had become as
empress dowager; but it was not the only reason. I remember that
when I was young I heard an anecdote about how during a theatrical
performance at home an uncle of mine, then six years old, was so
terrified by one scene that he started to cry. My grandfather
shouted at him in front of everybody, 'What disgraceful behaviour!
When I was twenty I captured Su Shun with my own hands, but if you
go on like that you'll never be able to handle affairs of
state.' The capture of Sun Shun had been the real beginning
of his meteoric rise.
The Su Shun affair took place in 1861. The
Second Opium War had ended with a series of humiliating treates and
the emperor Hsien Feng lay mortally ill in his refuge in Jehol. He
summoned to his deathbed three Ministers of the Presence and five
Grand Councillors who had accompanied
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My Grandfather Prince Chun
I was born in Peking in the mansion of Prince Chun on
February 7, 1906. My grandfather Yi Huan, the seventh son of
Emperor Tao Kuang (reigned 1821-50), was the first Prince Chun.
Although my father was only his fifth son the inherited the title
as the eldest, third and fourth sons died in childhood and the
second son was taken into the palace to become the emperor Kuang
Hsu (reigned 1875-1908), I was the eldest son of the second Prince
Chun. I was nearly three when on November 13 1908 the empress
dowager Tzu Hsi suddenly decided to make me the heir to the throne
as she and ht emperor Kuang Hsu lay seriously ill. I became
the adopted son of Emperor Tung Chih (reigned 1862-740 and the
ritual heir of his cousin Kuang Hsu. Within two days of my entering
the palace both Kuang Hsu and the Empress Dowager were dead, On
December 2, I ascended the imperial throne as the tenth ruler of
the Cing Dynasty and last emper
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1 in 5 women report mistreatment from medical staff during
pregnancy
One in five women experienced mistreatment while receiving
medical care for their most recent pregnancy, according to a survey
released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The women reported signs of mistreatment, such as being
verbally abused, having their requests for help go unanswered,
having their physical privacy infringed upon and receiving threats
to withhold treatment.
About 2,400 women were surveyed. Of the 20% of women who said
they were mistreated, 30% were Black, 29% were Hispanic, 27% were
multiracial, 19% were white, 18% were American Indian/Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 15% were Asian.
Twenty-eight percent of women without medical insurance and
26% with public insurance said they were mistreated, compared to
16% with private insurance.
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John Donald MacArthur (1897-1978) was one of the three
wealthiest men in America at the time of his death, and was sole
owner of the nation's largest privately held insurance
company.
One of seven children, Mr. MacArthur was born in an
impoverished coal-producing area of eastern Pennsylvania. His three
brothers who survived childhood all achieved success in their
fields: Alfred in insurance, Telfer in publishing, and Charles as a
newsman, playwright, and Hollywood screen writer. John held several
jobs, including stints as a newspaper reporter, as an insurance
salesman in his brother's company, and in three unsuccessful
business ventures, before turning to insurance as his life's
work.
In 1928, at the age of 30, Mr. MacArthur bought the Marquette
Life Insurance Company, and in 1935, he borrowed $2,500 to acquire
the financially impaired Bankers Life and Casualty Company of
Chicago. Five years later, Bankers had more than $1
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戴安和迪吉特
根据动物分类,大猩猩是人类最亲近的生物,就像我们一样。它们是聪明的社会性生物。然而,《金刚》等电影引起了人们对这些被误解的动物最黑暗的恐惧。戴安-福西通过收集经验信息,证明它们是温和的生命,从而改变了这一切。
福西第一次对大猩猩感兴趣是在她去非洲丛林的一次旅行中。她并不想在动物园看管大猩猩的时候研究它们,而是希望探索它们在自然界的生活方式。为了做到这一点,她忍受着朋友和家人的排斥,开始在一个山林中生活,她知道大猩猩经常涌向刚果和卢旺达的山头,吃当地的植物。然后她就等着。
福西很快发现了大猩猩。 她试图在它们聚集的时候观察它们,但它们看到她后就散开了。
然而,随着时间的推移,这些迷人的生物开始习惯于她的存在。他们很快就开始把福西当作家庭的另一个成员。
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accustom; To accustom oneself to something is get used
to it.
I find it difficult to accustom myself to new time zones when
I travel around the world.
alpha; The alpha member of a group is the most dominant or has
the highest rank.
The largest lion was the alpha male of the pack.
arouse; To arouse means to awaken interest or attention in
someone.
The politician's words were meant to arouse the protestors'
anger.
articulate; If someone is articulate. he or she has the
ability to express ideas clearly and effectively.
buzz; To buzz means to show excitement about something.
Seoul buzzes from dawn till dusk.
clash; To clash means to fight or argue over something.
The sisters often clash over the right way to do things.
classification; Classificat
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年轻人和老人
一个骄傲的年轻人,正在寻找一种新的消遣方式。他听说人们在国家公园徒步旅行,决定自己尝试一下。当他开始漫步时,一位老人向他走来。
'不要走这条路,'老人说。'小心,路不清楚。它很容易迷路。'
但是年轻人不同意老人的说法,并吹嘘说他对公园有完美的理解。'我研究过这个地区的地图。'他告诉他。'我相信我对这些小路有透彻的了解。我不会迷路的。'
老人听了这个年轻人的话,然后告诫他的骄傲。
'我这辈子都在走这些小路。'他说。'如果你认为你会很安全,那就去吧。'
年轻人没有理会老人,沿着小路开始走。
每当他不得不在一条容易或困难的路线之间做出选择时,他总是选择更困难的选项。在上瘾时,他没有意识到自己在往哪个方向走。过了一会儿,他
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The History of Chocolate
Many people believe that chocolate originally
came from Europe, However, chocolate, called the 'food of God' was
first made in the Americas. The first chocolate was very different
from contemporary chocolate.
Wild chocolate trees can grow easily in the humid
Amazon rainforest. Cluster of flowers growing on these trees turn
to seeds. About 20 to 60 Cacao beans can be found each seed. Cacao
beans are the ingredient needed to create sweet, soothing, and
delicious chocolate treats
The Mayan and Aztecs cultures both thought that
chocolate trees were brought from paradise by God. The Mayans and
Aztecs used the beans from this divine tree to create a special
beverage with a very pleasant odor. Surprisingly, the Aztecs
believed that it was toxic to women and children.
In 1500s. the Spa