Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures.
Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女). But no one knew where the garden was.
So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help.
Atlas answered, "My he
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Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. (46)The relative decline of American edu- cation at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrass- ment as well as a threat to the nation’s future.
For much of this time--roughly the last half century-professional educators believed that if they could only find the right method of instruction, all would be well. (47)However, nothing seemed to achieve significant or lasting improvements, yet in recent years researchers have discovered something that may seem obvious, but for many reasons was overlooked or denied. What really makes a difference, what matters more than the class size or the textbook, the teaching method or the technology, or even the curriculum, is the quality of the teacher. Much of the ability to teach is
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beautiful young woman and a handsome young man. They were very poor, but as they
were deeply in love, they wanted to get married. The young people’s parents
shook their heads. "You can’t get married yet," they said. "Wait till you get a
good job with good prospects." So the young people waited until they found good
jobs with good prospects and they were able to get married. They were still
poor, of course, but large organizations lent him the money he needed to buy a
house, some furniture, all the latest electrical appliances and a car. The
couple lived happily ever after, paying off debts for the rest of their lives.
And so ends another modern romantic fable. We live in a materialistic society and when we grow old enough to earn a living, it does not surprise us to discover that success is measu A. One can satisfy his emergency needs by buying things on credit. B. A car owner can replace his old car with a new one for little amount of money. C. A poor man can borrow money from the rich at a lower rate of interest. D. The richer you are, the more you are obsessed with the idea of making money. 我来回答: 提交
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