“猫”的故事

<正>Today,let’s start with the word"cat".Cats are the most popular pets among Americans.So it is no surprising that there are many expressions about cats.今天我们就来说一说"猫"这个词。猫是最受美国人喜爱的宠物之一,所以有很多关于猫的表达一点儿也不奇怪。Some cats like to catch small birds,such as ca naries(金丝雀).If someone looks very proud or satisfied with himself,we say he"looks like the cat tha ate the canary".     

怎样“打”才对

<正>1.玻璃被打破了。The window was broken.2.你们打了一场好仗。You’re putting up a good fight.3.她还是一副农村妇女的朴素打扮。She still dresses in the simple style of a country woman.4.我们在谈正经事,别打岔。Don’t interrupt us.We’re talking business.5.领导应和群众打成一片。Leaders should be one with the masses.6.这番话打动了他的心。He was moved/touched by these words.7.我敢打赌他明天准来。I bet he’ll come tomorrow.8.他的讲话不时被热烈的掌声打断。His speech was punctuated with warm applause.9.赶快打发人去请大夫。Send for a doctor at once.     

苏庚进城

<正>Sugeng woke up from his dream in the morning.There was no one but him all around.He felt cold and hungry~1.He looked around him and saw a house not far away.He looked back at the mountain.He could still hear the noise~2 from the mountain and could see the fire.But he would not go back there.早上苏庚从美梦中醒来。四周只有他一个人,没有别人。他又冷又饿,环视四周,发现不远处有一座房子。他回头望了望那座山,仍然能听到山上的噪音,也能看到火光。但是他不会再回去了。     

真正的勇气

<正>A man was really worried about his son,who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all.So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(和尚)to train his child.一位父亲十分担心自己的儿子,他已经16岁了,却一点儿也不勇敢。于是父亲决定请一位和尚来训练儿子。The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father,"You should leave your son alone here.I will make him into a real man within three months.However,you can’t come to     

庄园主与农夫

<正>1.One day,a farmer passed by a manor and met the owner unexpectedly.The owner looked at the farmer arrogantly~2 and said,"I have the largest sum of money.Why don’t you salute~3 me?"一天,一位农夫经过一所庄园,正好碰上了庄园主。庄园主傲慢地看着农夫,问道:"我是这里最有钱的人,你为什么不向我行礼?"     

Freezing and Thawing Durability of Ultra High Strength Concrete

Resistance to freezing and thawing of two UHSC （ultra high strength concrete） mixtures was evaluated in accordance with ASTM C 666 Procedure A. The two mixtures （plain and fiber reinforced） were developed using materials local to southern New Mexico, USA. Three different curing regimens were investigated for the mixture with fibers and one curing regimen was studied for the mixture without fibers. All curing regimens included 24 h of ambient curing followed by four days of wet curing at 50 ℃, and then two days dry curing at 200 ℃. At an age of seven days, one batch of fiber reinforced specimens was air cured at ambient conditions for the following six days and then placed in a water bath at 4.4 ℃ for 24 h prior to initiating freezing and thawing cycles. The second batch was air cured from day seven to day 12, and then wet cured for one day at 23 ℃ prior to being placed in the 4.4 ℃ water bath. The final batch was wet cured at 23 ℃ from the seventh day to an age of 13 days and then placed in the 4.4 ℃ water bath. The mixture with no fibers was air cured from the seventh day to an age of 12 days and then wet cured for one day at 23 ℃ prior to being placed in the 4.4 ℃ water bath. Higher moisture levels during curing produced greater initial dynamic elastic modulus values and durability factors at the end of the freezing and thawing tests, with the greatest durability factor being 87.5. Steel fibers were observed to improve both compressive strength and durability factor for UHSC.     

洋葱和大蒜

<正>Long ago there lived two brothers,Joshua and Eli.They lived on a farm and were very poor.Joshua worked hard every day.Eli was lazy and didn’t like to work.很久以前,有两个兄弟,约书亚和伊莱。他们住在农场里,家里很穷。约书亚每天都努力工作;伊莱很懒,不喜欢工作。One day,Joshua heard of a kingdom far away.This kingdom didn’t have onions!Hmmmm,thought Joshua.If I could sell them onions,they’d pay a lot of money!He asked to see the king     

五指英语趣谈

<正>1.Thumb大拇指英语的all(fingers and)thumbs表示"笨手笨脚"的意思。例如:(1)I’m all fingers and thumbs this morning.I don’t seem to be able to button up my shirt.今天早上我的手怎么这么笨呢,好像连衬衫都扣不上了。(2)He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the teacup.他激动得手都不好使了,竟把茶杯摔了。     

Prof.Chun’an Tang

Chun’an Tang, as a chair Professor (funded by Cheung Kong Scholar Programme from the Ministry of Education,China), is the Director of the Center for Rock Instability and Seismicity Research (CRISR) at Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. He is also the Vice President     

新生活从选定方向开始

<正>1.Bissell is a place of interest in West Sahara.Before Ken Levin discovered it,people here tried many times to walk out of the desert,but failed.比塞尔是西撒哈拉沙漠中的一个旅游圣地。可是在肯·莱文发现它之前,这里的人尝试过很多次走出沙漠,但都失败了。2.He asked everyone,but got the same answer:no matter which direction you walk