TRIALS TO STABILISE THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA LOOK VERY PROMISING

The ground is quite literally being readied to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa from collapse.The marble Tower of Pisa was begun in 1174 and     

沃尔夫冈·阿玛多伊斯·莫扎特

<正>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a rare talent in the European music history.He is not only one of Europe’s greatest composers1but also one of the most famous musicians in the world.He was regarded as one of the most outstanding composers and performers of all time in the world.沃尔夫冈·阿玛多伊斯·莫扎特是欧洲音乐史上一位罕见的天才。他不仅是欧洲最伟大的作曲家之一,还是世界上最伟大的音乐家     

漫游伦敦

<正>伦敦是世界上一个拥有悠久历史的城市,其优美的景色、温和的气候、繁荣的商业吸引了大量的游客。如果你有机会去伦敦旅游,下面这些地方可不要错过哟!London Tower Bridge伦敦塔桥London Tower Bridge is over the Thames River in London,opened on June 30,in 1894.It is the most distinctive1of London’s bridges and is one of best bridges in the world.The total length of the bridge is half a mile.It is a double-deck bridge.The lower is the roadway with a width of 35 feet and the higher is a footway 12.5 feet wide.     

世界城市住房状况

More than one billion of the world‘s city residents live in inadequate housing, mostly in the sprawling slums and squatter settlements in developing countries. The lack of adequate housing in the cities of developing countries is one of the most pressing problems of the 21 st century. During the 1990s, some developing countries achieved an improvement in urban housing conditions, though many were unable to cope even with current needs. The situation may become even worse, as household sizes decrease in most countries, and the number of urban households grows considerably faster than urban population. Below is a brief introduction of housing conditions throughout the world.     

美丽的水上城市——威尼斯

<正>Venice,Italy is a magical place.It is one of the few cities in the world where the sound of cars are never heard.Instead,when it is quiet,one hears the lapping of waves against the city’s magnificent Renaissance buildings.意大利的威尼斯是一个神奇的天堂,它是世界上少数几个听不到汽车声音的城市之一。取而代之的宁静,你可以听到水浪拍打着城市里伟大的文艺复兴时期的建筑。Venice is located in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea and is built on islands linked by more than 400bridges.All transportation is by boat or on foot.Venice’s most famous vehicles are gondolas,which drift slowly through the city’s famed canals as the men steering the boats serenade passengers with arias from Italian operas.威尼斯坐落于亚得里亚海的泻湖之上,由400多座桥梁连接而成。所有的运输工具都是船或     

Mining seismicity in the Witwatersrand Basin:monitoring, mechanisms and mitigation strategies in perspective

The Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa hosts one of the largest gold placer deposits in the world. Mining in the Witwatersrand Basin here has been the source of about one third to one half of the gold ever produced in the world. Gold was discovered in the Johannesburg area in 1886 and after 120 years of continuous operation, mining is currently approaching depths of 4 000 m. In spite of the challenges and risks that the industry has had to deal with including rock temperature, ventilation and water, one of the most feared hazards in the basin has been the threat from the ongoing occurrence of seismicity and rockbursts. The problem first manifested itself by way of the occurrence of tremors roughly twenty years after the commencement of mining operations. This paper traces the history of the approach to rockbursts and seismicity during the 120 year history of mining in the basin. It portrays a picture of the mining seismicity in terms of monitoring phases, mechanisms and mitigation strategies. The work of research organizations over the years is highlighted with a brief mention of current regulation strategies on the part of the mining inspectorate.     

火锅

<正>Hot pot is one of the most famous food in China.火锅是中国最著名的食物之一。There are many stories about how hot pot appeared.The most popular and oldest one has to do with Genghis Khan.有许多关于火锅是怎么出现的故事。最出名的也是最古老的一个故事与成吉思汗有关。     

The Search for Authenticity in the Work of Cesar Pelli

The Argentinean-born Cesar Pelli is one of the most important and influential architects practicing in the world today. Since 1965, the date of the earliest project in this publication,he has amassed an impressive list of buildings to his credit, and his architectural production has spanned the difficult cultural transition of our times from modernism to postmodernism. A crucial concern of architecture in both periods, and one often expressed by Pelli himself when discussing his work, is "authenticity." This involves the relationship between a building's image and its reality; or put another way, between what it appears to be, and what it actually is in terms of its physical construction and purpose. In our     

芝加哥趣闻

<正>1.Chicago is the third largest city in United States.芝加哥是美国第三大城市。2.Chicago has over 40 museums,more than 150 theaters and over 6,000 restaurants.芝加哥有40多家博物馆,150多家剧院和6000多家餐馆。3.Chicago boasts~1of housing three of the world’s tallest buildings:Sears Tower,Amoco Building and John Hancock Center.From the Sears Tower,also known as Willis Tower,four of     

“袋子”的故事

<正>There are many expressions about the word "bag" or using the word "bag" in English.So today,let’s start with the word "bag".英语中有很多表达与"袋子"一词相关或者使用了"袋子"这个词。今天我们就从"袋子"这个词说起吧。The bag is one of the most simple and useful things in the world.It is a(容器)made of paper or cloth.It has given the world many strange expressions that are not very simple.Some of them are used in the United States today.