听歌学英语

Ｌｏｎｄｏｎ＆Ｎｅｗ　Ｙｏｒｋ

I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an Englishman in New York

New York Introduction

For travelers, Upstate New York is a great place to unwind: The mountains of the Catskills and the Adirondacks provide cool greenery to those weary of big-city concrete; Saratoga Springs offers restorative spas and a place where high society and high culture can settle down beside the rich dirt of the racetrack; and the tranquil waters of the Finger Lakes present the perfect vista to contemplate over a glass of New York wine. Not every corner of Upstate is intended as relaxation therapy, though. You can go downhill skiing on the state's many slopes or exercise your learning skills at museums and

historic sites. And merely trying to see Niagara Falls from every available vantage point will require vacationers to be in top-notch sightseeing condition.

Immigrants from all over Europe flooded into the city, spreading through the state and the nation. And as commerce and the population swelled, it became the nation's largest city, with towering skyscrapers and crowded streets. Throughout the 20th century, it was the pacesetter for urban America. In this century, following the terrorist attack that brought down the World Trade Center, the world could see the mettle, determination

and heart of the people who have made New York City the amazing place it is.

London Introduction

If you're a first-timer, you may arrive in London expecting a city that overflows with pomp and pageantry. And yes, we'll admit it: We did tear up the first time we stepped into St. Paul's Cathedral. But that's only a small slice of today's London. This cosmopolitan city has everything from Bengali markets to Belgian restaurants to hand-penned Beatles lyrics. at the British Library. You can ogle orchids at Kew Gardens, crown jewels at the Tower and spectacular views of the city from a London Eye "pod" -- all in a day. It may help to have an interest in the arts or royalty, but you don't have to be an avid theatergoer or a history buff to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Best of all, London is the kind of place you will want to visit again and again, and each time you return, it will have something new to offer.

Ｐａｒｉｓ听歌学英语２

Francis Cabrel/Octobre

Paris Introduction

Most visitors to the "City of Light" describe it in superlatives: Its atmosphere is the most romantic, its shops are the most chic, its restaurants beyond compare. We agree. To us, there are very few cities in the world as wonderful as Paris.

Whether you're in Paris for work or for fun, this is the one city where it's a sin not to indulge yourself. How can an art lover pass up the Musee d'Orsay or a day at the Louvre? How can a serious shopper not make a pilgrimage to Rue du Faubourg St. Honore -- or perhaps to the Marais? And how can anyone who enjoys food not plan at least one very special meal?

chic

n. 别致的款式(尤指妇女的服饰)

adj. 别致的

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indulge

v. 纵容

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Louvre

罗浮宫[法国巴黎](或译卢浮宫现为国立美术博物馆) ;

n.=louver

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pilgrimage

n. 朝圣

vi. 朝拜, 朝圣

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faubourg

n. 郊外, 近郊

Ｎｏｒｗａｙ听歌学英语３

Place Nearby by Lene Marlin from Norway

I entered the room

Sat by your bed all through the night

I watched your daily fight

I hardly knew

The pain was almost more than I could bear

And still I hear

Your last words to me.

Heaven is a place nearby

So I won't be so far away.

And if you try and look for me

Maybe you'll find me someday.

Heaven is a place nearby

So there's no need to say goodbye

I wanna ask you not to cry

I'll always be by your side.

You just faded away

You spread your wings you had flown

Away to something unknown

Wish I could bring you back.

You're always on my mind

About to tear myself apart.

You have your special place in my heart.

Always heaven is a place nearby

So I won't be so far away.

And if you try and look for me

Maybe you'll find me someday.

Heaven is a place nearby

So there's no need to say goodbye

I wanna ask you not to cry

I'll always be by your side.

And even when I go to sleep

I still can hear your voice

And those words

I never will forget

Norway Introduction

Norway is Europe's great parkland: a dramatic mix of mountains, seas, forests and fjords. While the country has tidy cities, historic buildings and distinctive artists, nature is clearly its prime attraction. We think it's one of the loveliest countries in the world, summer or winter, and the prime travel destination in Scandinavia.

The country has astonishing variety: The serene rural landscapes around Oslo are nothing like the deep fjords along the western coast, and the countryside along the zigzagging roads to Bergen could not be more unlike the stark, barren land around Alta or the sunny coves of the south coast.

Ｐｅｔｒａ听歌学英语４　

Enigma---Beyond The Invisible

Petra Introduction

This ancient rose-colored city in the Wadi Musa Canyon is one of the Middle East's greatest historical and architectural treasures. Carved from solid red sandstone by the Nabataeans some 5,000 years ago, it's unlike anything you have ever seen (unless, of course, you've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which case you'll recognize it immediately -- much of the movie was shot around Petra).

Once you've arrived in the area by car or bus, you'll need to leave your vehicle and walk or ride a horse or camel through a 2-mi/3-km narrow pass called the Siq. The pass (or wadi) leads you to more than 800 tombs and other impressive structures. Don't miss the temple, the treasury (Il Khaznech), the monastery and the Royal Tombs. A 45-minute walk into the desert will bring you to the High Place of Sacrifice, an ancient sacrificial altar as stately and fearsome as its name. (Bring plenty of water if you plan to take this hike.) The pathway is dotted with all kinds of other structures -- obilisks, tombs, altars, etc. Another worthwhile walk is a loop that passes the Lion Fountain, Tomb of the Roman Soldier and Triclinium (be sure to go inside), and the Garden Tomb -- allow an hour and a half. Be sure to stop and take in the view from the top of the last hill. Bedouins who live at the ruin site often sell souvenirs and beverages in the most unlikely nooks and crannies of the complex.

Even if you opt out of these mini-excursions, a visit to Petra demands a minimum of several hours. Fortunately, there are a number of nearby hotels (some fairly luxurious) and rest houses, so you can take your time seeing the sprawling old city. We prefer to

spend at least a full day at Petra so we can enjoy the dramatic views that occur during early morning and late evening light. (If possible, stay overnight during a full moon -- it's a fabulous sight.)

Just north of Petra are a number of other places of archaeological and historical significance. Al Barid, often called a "miniature Petra," is another complex of tombs, temples, residences and other carved-rock buildings that were used by the Nabataeans and the region's traveling merchants. At Beidha is an excavated village dating back several thousand years. Some scholars believe that its settlers were among the first humans to evolve beyond the primitive hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

Farther up the road is the hilltop castle of Shobak, a 12th-century fortress built by the Crusaders. Within its crumbling walls are ruins of churches, wells, baths and even an olive press. The Dana Nature Reserve, outside of Shobak, is one of Jordan's rare green areas (with more than 500 species of flora) and is home to gazelles, hyena, jackal and other animals. The park contains campgrounds and hiking trails. Petra is 120 mi/195 k

m south of Amman.

sandstone

n.[地] 沙岩

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Petra

约旦的皮特拉

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treasury

n. 财政部, 国库

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altar

n. 祭坛, (基督教教堂内的) 圣坛, 祈祷祭拜的地方 ==========

Bedouin

n. 贝多因人(一个居无定所的阿拉伯游牧民族) ==========

excavate

v. 挖掘, 开凿, 挖出, 挖空

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crusader

n. 十字军战士, 改革者

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Jordan

n. 约旦(位于西南亚的国家), 约旦河

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campground

n. 野营地, 露营场所

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玫瑰城

rose-colored city

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Ｈａｗａｉｉａｎ　Ｉｓｌａｎｄｓ

Blue Hawaii 小野丽莎听歌学英语５　

On our last visit to the Big Island, we stood at twilight and watched glowing red lava flow into the ocean just a short distance away. It was a close-up look at the way these islands were formed -- and the way they are still forming.

With volcanoes like Mt. Kilauea squirting out new land like toothpaste out of the tube, Hawaii, quite literally, is growing. In fact, there's an expanding volcano near the Big Island that's not far below the surface of the ocean. One day it will become the newest Hawaiian island.

That will take some time. Meanwhile, there's already enough beauty and activity in Hawaii to fill more vacations than we could ever take. With so much to choose from, first-time visitors need to be selective. Our recommendation is to settle first on the Hawaii you want to see. It might be beaches, luaus and nightlife; it might be rare orchids and hikes in the rain forest; it might be quiet countryside, small towns and scenic drives. Whatever the combination, there will likely be an island or islands best suited to your desires.

Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　Ｒｙｏｋａｎ

Japanese Ryokan 听歌学英语６　

For westerners whose idea of luxury is usually tied up with crescent drives, liveried servants, and grand stairways, a first-class Japanese inn may seem almost perverse in its simplicity and understatement. Often the entrance is nothing more than a sliding door at the end of a stone path, or perhaps a broad opening along one side of a cobbled alleyway. Inside, the room for which you may have paid $800 a night is defined by clean, uncomplicated lines: rectilinear straw mats; a table surrounded by cushions; a recessed alcove with a hanging scroll as centerpiece. Unlike even the most basic American inn these days, the ryokan offers no swimming pool or weight room; no chocolates on your pillow; no concierge for help with your dinner reservations. It is less a full-service hotel than a kind of spa for the senses.

True, the room may be bare almost to the point of minimalism; but just as we can best see a flower in all its beauty when it rises out of the simplest dish, the surroundings truly do take on a kind of purity: the straw smell of the tatami mats on the floor; the clack of the sliding door against its stop; the crisp cleanliness of the inn’s cotton robe against your skin. While the maid serves green tea and perhaps a sweet on a leaf-shap ed wooden dish, your eyes rest themselves beyond the paper screens slid open to reveal the beautiful outdoor scene. It may be a garden, miniature in scale, where stepping-stones lead to a carp pond an arm’s reach away; it may be a vista of cliffs with the sea beyond, or snow-capped Fuji in the distance. But it is always utterly private, no thre

at of human intrusion. Tranquility and repose are the inn’s principal offerings.

And then there is the bath: sometimes separate public baths for men and women, but often a private bath of cedar in a little cedar room, where drops of moisture from the

steam glisten on the ceiling. You wash first, crouched upon a tiny wooden stool on the tile floor. When you finally venture to put your foot in, the water is so hot you are unable to bear it for long—so hot, in fact, that when you take your foot back out, you seem to be wearing a red sock. Over the course of a determined minute or two, you lower yourself into the water, which pours over the side in a smooth tongue onto the floor; afterward, when you rinse with cold water, you will feel that same glow that follows a massage.

And of course, dinner—which, along with breakfast, is included in the price of your room. Around dusk the maids come to arrange the table: lacquered chopsticks on a porcelain rest; beer glasses and sake cups; the steaming towel, rolled tight as a cigar, to wipe your hands and face. The food comes, dish by dish on a variety of ceramics and lacquerware, in an almost endless succession of delicate tastes. Then the table is cleared, and while you brush your teeth, the futons with their crisp white sheets are laid in the center of the room.

There in the dark, with the straw smell of the mats and the drone of cicadas, you may even struggle to stay awake; not that you aren’t tired, but to sleep is to give it all up, to bring on the following morning, when you must leave. Like one of those paradoxes from a Zen fable, solitude can be its own kind of stimulation.

crescent

n. 新月, 月牙

adj. 新月形的, 逐渐增加的

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understatement

n. 保守的陈述, 掩饰

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tranquility

n. 宁静

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lacquer

n. 漆, 漆, 漆器

vt. 用漆涂于..., 使表面光泽

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sake

n. 日本米酒

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chopsticks

n. 筷子

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lacquerware

n.[总称]漆器

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futon

n. 蒲团

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drone

n. 雄蜂, 嗡嗡的声音, 懒惰者, 靶标

vi. 嗡嗡作声, 混日子

vt. 低沉地说出

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cicada

n. 蝉

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paradox

n. 似非而是的论点, 自相矛盾的话

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Ｖｅｎｅｚｕｅｌａ＇ｓ　Ｔｅｐｕｉｓ

Angle's wings by Westlife

I would die for you 听歌学英语７　

Lay down my life for you

The only thing that means everything to me

'Cause when you're in my arms

You make me prouder

Than anything I ever could achieve

And you make everything that used to seem so big

Seem to be so small since you arrived

On Angel's Wings, an angelical formation

Angel's wings, like letters in the sky

Now I know no matter what the question

Love is the answer,

it's written on Angel's Wings

And I often wonder why,

someone as flawed as I

Deserves to be as happy as you make me

So as the years roll by

I'll be there by your side

I'll follow you wherever your heart takes me

Cause you make everything that used to be so big

Seem to be so small since you arrived

On Angel's Wings, an angelical formation

Angel's wings, like letters in the sky

Now I know no matter what the question

Love is the answer,

it's written on Angel's Wings

Now anyone who's felt the touch of heaven in their lives

Will know the way I'm feeling looking in my baby's eyes

That's why I can't bear to be too far away

I know that God must love me

cause he sent you to me on Angel's Wings

Venezuela's Tepuis

"The unearthly vegetation was...fleshy and lurid, so green the air was green." —David Nott

It’s often called the lost world, after Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 fantasy novel. By any name, eastern Venezuela’s tepui country is indeed rich in fantasy and adventure, in strange and spectacular scenery, in legend and legendary treasure. There’s a primeval, other-worldly feel to tepuis—huge, flat-topped, sheer-walled table mountains that tower over a 500-mile area of rumpled green savanna and forest. Imagine mesas of the American Southwest ballooned to mile-high size and gone to bush: wrapped in spun-sugar clouds, fringed with the exotic foliage of the tropics, and fractured by hundreds of waterfalls. Some have yet to feel the tread of human feet.

In Conan Doyle’s novel, adventure-scientists discover a tepui inhabited by dinosaurs, apelike “missing links,” and other evolutionary leftovers. Fiction, obviously, but possessing a certain logic. To Conan Doyle, these table mountains were islands in time, so walled off from the world that, like the Galapagos, life evolved here on its own terms, immune to evolutionary battles that raged elsewhere. In fact, tepuis do harbor unique species: tiny toads that neither swim nor hop, insectivorous pitcher plants, and other flora and fauna that occur nowhere else.

The area’s exotic topography has also nourished enduring tales of fist-sized gold nuggets and diamonds waiting to be plucked. Conquistadors searched here for such treasure over four centuries ago, as did Sir Walter Raleigh. In the 1920s, American bush pilot Jimmy Angel claimed to have gathered 75 pounds of nuggets from a single tepui-top stream in a few days; he spent the rest of his life vainly trying to relocate that river. In the process, he came across the waterfall that bears the name—the worlds highest, at 3,212 feet—and got his single-engine plane mired in muck after landing above it on the tundralike top of Auyan-tepui.

Though flat, the tops of Auyan-tepui are sometimes corrugated into sandstone mazes so intricate that you could get lost in them. Some boast sculpture gardens: balanced slabs in gravity-defying arrays and multi-ton monoliths named for their shapes—the Nun, Crocodile, the Shaman. Pools, caves, and enormous sink-holes draw climbers and spelunkers bold enough to take them on; hikers can challenge sharp and abrasive rock, shin-bashing bromeliads, numbingly cold sloughs. Little wonder that, today, many tepui visitors come and go by helicopter.

I’ve stood atop Auyan-tepui—Roaring Mountain, in the language of the local Pemón Indians—and straddled the stream that feeds Angel Falls, watching it break free from its rocky girdle to plunge more than half a mile, straight down. I’ve seen clouds race up Auyan’s awesomely sheer sides while the water streams down. Even thought I’ve been the first to stand there, I sensed the area’s Edenic feel, its primeval allure.

And at the talus-lined base of Auyan-tepui, I walked to the very bottom of Angel Falls, looked up...and barely felt a mist. The drop is so great that all that falling water basically vaporizes on the way down. And so, a metaphor for tepui country: Stony reality or gossamer fable? Like its surroundings, Angel Falls evaporates into sheer magic.

Ｓａｈａｒａ听歌学英语８　

tears/齐豫

All alone I have started my journey

To the darkness of darkness I go

With a reason,I stopped for a moment

In this world full of pleasure so frail

Town after town on I travel

Pass through faces I know and know not

Like a bird in flight,sometimes I topple

Time and time again,just farewells

Donde voy,donde voy

Day by day,my story unfolds

Solo estoy,solo estoy

All alone as the day I was born

Till your eyes rest in mine,I shall wander

No more darkness I know and know not

For your sweetness I traded my freedom

Not knowing a farewell awaits

You know,hearts can be repeatedly broken

Making room for the harrows to came

Along with my sorrows I buried

My tears,my smiles,your name

Donde voy,donde voy

Songs of lovetales I sing of no more

Solo estoy,solo estoy

Once again with my shadows I roam

Donde voy,donde voy

All alone as the day I was born

Solo estoy,solo estoy

Still alone with my shadows I roam

The Sahara Introduction

The Algerian portion of the Sahara extends south of the Saharan Atlas for 1,500 kilometers to the Niger and Mali frontiers. The desert is an otherworldly place, scarcely considered an integral part of the country. Far from being covered wholly by sweeps of sand, however, it is a region of great diversity. Immense areas of sand dunes called areg (sing., erg) occupy about one-quarter of the territory. The largest such region is the Grand Erg Oriental (Great Eastern Erg), where enormous dunes two to five meters high are spaced about forty meters apart. Much of the remainder of the desert is covered by rocky platforms called humud (sing., hamada), and almost the entire southeastern quarter is taken up by the high, complex mass of the Ahaggar and Tassili-n- Ajjer highlands, some parts of which reach more than 2,000 meters. Surrounding the Ahaggar are sandstone plateaus, cut into deep gorges by ancient rivers, and to the west a desert of pebbles stretches to the Mali frontier.

The desert consists of readily distinguishable northern and southern sectors, the northern sector extending southward a little less than half the distance to the Niger and Mali frontiers. The north, less arid than the south, supports most of the few persons who live in the region and contains most of the desert's oases. Sand dunes are the most prominent features of this area's topography, but between the desert areas of the Grand Erg Oriental and the Grand Erg Occidental (Great Western Erg) and extending north to the Atlas Saharien are plateaus, including a complex limestone structure called the Mzab where the Mzabite Berbers have settled. The southern zone of the Sahara is almost totally arid and is inhabited only by the Tuareg nomads and, recently, by oil camp workers. Barren rock predominates, but in some parts of Ahaggar and Tassili-n-Ajjer alluvial deposits permit garden farming.

无法改变心意/Bazoo(一首泰国歌曲

Ｔｈａｉｌａｎｄ　Ｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎ　

Ｔｈａｉｌａｎｄ　ｉｓ　ｏｎｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｅｗ　ｃｏｕｎｔｒｉｅｓ　ｉｎ　Ｓｏｕｔｈｅａｓｔ　Ａｓｉａ　ｗｈｅｒｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｗｏｎ＇ｔ　ｍｉｎｄ　ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ　ｌｏｓｔ．　Ｙｏｕ＇ｌｌ　ａｌｍｏｓｔ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｒｕｎ　ｉｎｔｏ　ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｃａｔｃｈ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ　ｉｓ　ｇｅｎｅｒａｌｌｙ　ｑｕｉｔｅ　ｓａｆｅ，　ａｎｄ　ｉｔ　ｈａｓ　ｄｅｃａｄｅｓ　ｏｆ　ｅｘｐｅｒｉｅｎｃｅ　ｉｎ　ｃａｔｅｒｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｔｒａｖｅｌｅｒｓ．　

Ｉｎ　ｆａｃｔ，　ｉｎ　Ｂａｎｇｋｏｋ，　ｔｈｅ　ｃａｐｉｔａｌ，　ｙｏｕ　ｍｉｇｈｔ　ｗａｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｌｏｓｅ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｗａｙ　ｏｎ　ｐｕｒｐｏｓｅ　－－　ｔｏ　ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｉｄｄｅｎ　ｐａｒｔｓ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｉｔｙ　ｔｈａｔ　ｙｏｕ　ｍｉｇｈｔ　ｏｔｈｅｒｗｉｓｅ　ｍｉｓｓ．　Ａｎｄ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ａｌｗａｙｓ　ｆｉｎｄ　ａ　ｔａｘｉ　ｔｏ　ｔａｋｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｂａｃｋ　ｔｏ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｈｏｔｅｌ．　　

Ｉｎ　Ｔｈａｉｌａｎｄ，　ｙｏｕ＇ｌｌ　ｆｉｎｄ　ｆａｂｕｌｏｕｓ　ａｒｃｈｉｔｅｃｔｕｒｅ，　ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ　ｂｅａｃｈｅｓ　ａｎｄ　ｉｓｌａｎｄｓ，　ｉｎｅｘｐｅｎｓｉｖｅ　ｓｈｏｐｐｉｎｇ，　ｆａｎｔａｓｔｉｃ　ｆｏｏｄ，　ｅｘｏｔｉｃ　ｈｉｌｌ－ｔｒｉｂｅ　ｖｉｌｌａｇｅｓ，　ａｎｃｉｅｎｔ　ｒｕｉｎｓ　－－　ａｎｄ　ａｌｌ　ｔｈｅ　ａｍｅｎｉｔｉｅｓ　ａｓ　ｗｅｌｌ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｂａｌａｎｃｅ　ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ　ｃｏｍｆｏｒｔ　ａｎｄ　ｅｘｃｉｔｅｍｅｎｔ　ｉｓ　ｎｅａｒ　ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ．　Ｆｒｏｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｒｅｎｅｔｉ

ｃ　ｃａｐｉｔａｌ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｉｌｌ　ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙ　ｇａｔｅｗａｙ　ｏｆ　Ｃｈｉａｎｇ　Ｍａｉ，　Ｔｈａｉｌａｎｄ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｐｌａｃｅ　ｔｈａｔ　ｃａｎ　ｅｘｃｉｔｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｉｎｄ，　ｔａｎｔａｌｉｚｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｅｎｓｅｓ　ａｎｄ　ｔａｋｅ　ｃａｒｅ　ｏｆ　ｍｏｓｔ　ｅｖｅｒｙｄａｙ　ｎｅｅｄｓ．　

by Scorpions Moment Of GloryA moment of glory called evolution

Could I see the world with the eyes of a child

A new beginning, a moment of freedom

Like angels are singing a song full of joy

This side of heaven

Belongs to the children

I will be there, when the future arrives

A moment of glory called evolution

Could I fly away like a bird in the sky

No limitation, a new inspiration

A world that is free just as free as my mind

Communication

A new destination

The planet of visions is calling tonight

Another thousand years seems so long

I''m just a passenger

And the ride has just begun

Moment of glory

A moment of glory called evolution

Could I see the world with the eyes of a child

A new beginning, a moment of freedom

Like angels are singing a song full of joy

This side of heaven

Belongs to the children

I will be there, when the future arrives

Moment of glory

So you want to be an astronaut, do you? Well, we just happen to need someone for an International Space Station (ISS) mission. It won't be easy. You'll work hard, and you'll have to adjust to weird conditions.

Think you have the right stuff to work in space? Then blast off into a job interview with the commander.

HI there! My crew faces a big job. What do you think it is?

A. building the next part of the space station

B. conducting important medical experiments

C. taking awesome photos for a new NASA brochure

You’ll have a real challenge staying fit in space.Why?

A. My muscles won’t get the workout that Earth’s gravity gives them.

B. Astronaut food is so yummy that I’ll eat too much.

C. The stomach doesn’t digest food as well in space.

So what can we do to stay in shape during our mission?

A. lift weights

B. play soccer

C. run on a treadmill

Living It Up in Space

What's it like to live 220 miles above Earth, flying faster than a speeding bullet through dark, airless space? We asked a space station commander!

As you read these words, one astronaut and two cosmonauts are whizzing around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour. These people are among the first to live on a giant, orbiting laboratory called the International Space Station, or ISS.

The ISS is a huge team effort. The United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and 11 European countries that make up the European Space Agency are building the station. When completed, it will be larger than a football field and weigh up to a million pounds. Nothing that big and heavy could be rocketed into space. That's why scientists aren't putting the ISS together on Earth. The U.S. and Russia are launching more than 100 pieces of the station into space, one or two at a time, on space shuttles and Russian rockets. During the next few years, astronauts will assemble the station 220 miles above Earth. The first piece arrived in space three years ago. The last piece of the station should go up in 2006.

GETTING AROUND

Living in microgravity is fun, says Bill Shepherd, the commander of the first ISS crew. "It's like moving in a swimming pool only you're even lighter. You can push off with a fingertip and move across the whole space module," he explains. "You can look at any place on the wall or ceiling and just go there."

Shepherd spent four months on the ISS last winter. "After coming back to Earth," he says, "it took me a week to get used to walking around again."

WALL-TO-WALL SLEEPING

In microgravity there's no need for a bed. Astronauts can snooze while floating upside down in the middle of a room. But there's a chance they could "drift off" and bump ag

ainst computer controls. So at night, they strap themselves into sleeping bags that hang from the walls.

"Sleeping in space is very relaxing," Shepherd says. "You're not weighed down by gravity, so you don't feel anything pressing on your skin."

Ｌｏｎｄｏｎ＆Ｎｅｗ　Ｙｏｒｋ

I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

I'm an Englishman in New York

New York Introduction

historic sites. And merely trying to see Niagara Falls from every available vantage point will require vacationers to be in top-notch sightseeing condition.

and heart of the people who have made New York City the amazing place it is.

London Introduction

Ｐａｒｉｓ听歌学英语２

Francis Cabrel/Octobre

Paris Introduction

chic

n. 别致的款式(尤指妇女的服饰)

adj. 别致的

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indulge

v. 纵容

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Louvre

罗浮宫[法国巴黎](或译卢浮宫现为国立美术博物馆) ;

n.=louver

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pilgrimage

n. 朝圣

vi. 朝拜, 朝圣

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faubourg

n. 郊外, 近郊

Ｎｏｒｗａｙ听歌学英语３

Place Nearby by Lene Marlin from Norway

I entered the room

Sat by your bed all through the night

I watched your daily fight

I hardly knew

The pain was almost more than I could bear

And still I hear

Your last words to me.

Heaven is a place nearby

So I won't be so far away.

And if you try and look for me

Maybe you'll find me someday.

Heaven is a place nearby

So there's no need to say goodbye

I wanna ask you not to cry

I'll always be by your side.

You just faded away

You spread your wings you had flown

Away to something unknown

Wish I could bring you back.

You're always on my mind

About to tear myself apart.

You have your special place in my heart.

Always heaven is a place nearby

So I won't be so far away.

And if you try and look for me

Maybe you'll find me someday.

Heaven is a place nearby

So there's no need to say goodbye

I wanna ask you not to cry

I'll always be by your side.

And even when I go to sleep

I still can hear your voice

And those words

I never will forget

Norway Introduction

Ｐｅｔｒａ听歌学英语４　

Enigma---Beyond The Invisible

Petra Introduction

m south of Amman.

sandstone

n.[地] 沙岩

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Petra

约旦的皮特拉

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treasury

n. 财政部, 国库

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altar

n. 祭坛, (基督教教堂内的) 圣坛, 祈祷祭拜的地方 ==========

Bedouin

n. 贝多因人(一个居无定所的阿拉伯游牧民族) ==========

excavate

v. 挖掘, 开凿, 挖出, 挖空

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crusader

n. 十字军战士, 改革者

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Jordan

n. 约旦(位于西南亚的国家), 约旦河

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campground

n. 野营地, 露营场所

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玫瑰城

rose-colored city

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Blue Hawaii 小野丽莎听歌学英语５　

Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　Ｒｙｏｋａｎ

Japanese Ryokan 听歌学英语６　

at of human intrusion. Tranquility and repose are the inn’s principal offerings.

And then there is the bath: sometimes separate public baths for men and women, but often a private bath of cedar in a little cedar room, where drops of moisture from the

crescent

n. 新月, 月牙

adj. 新月形的, 逐渐增加的

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understatement

n. 保守的陈述, 掩饰

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tranquility

n. 宁静

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lacquer

n. 漆, 漆, 漆器

vt. 用漆涂于..., 使表面光泽

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sake

n. 日本米酒

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chopsticks

n. 筷子

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lacquerware

n.[总称]漆器

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futon

n. 蒲团

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drone

n. 雄蜂, 嗡嗡的声音, 懒惰者, 靶标

vi. 嗡嗡作声, 混日子

vt. 低沉地说出

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cicada

n. 蝉

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paradox

n. 似非而是的论点, 自相矛盾的话

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Angle's wings by Westlife

I would die for you 听歌学英语７　

Lay down my life for you

The only thing that means everything to me

'Cause when you're in my arms

You make me prouder

Than anything I ever could achieve

And you make everything that used to seem so big

Seem to be so small since you arrived

On Angel's Wings, an angelical formation

Angel's wings, like letters in the sky

Now I know no matter what the question

Love is the answer,

it's written on Angel's Wings

And I often wonder why,

someone as flawed as I

Deserves to be as happy as you make me

So as the years roll by

I'll be there by your side

I'll follow you wherever your heart takes me

Cause you make everything that used to be so big

Seem to be so small since you arrived

On Angel's Wings, an angelical formation

Angel's wings, like letters in the sky

Now I know no matter what the question

Love is the answer,

it's written on Angel's Wings

Now anyone who's felt the touch of heaven in their lives

Will know the way I'm feeling looking in my baby's eyes

That's why I can't bear to be too far away

I know that God must love me

cause he sent you to me on Angel's Wings

Venezuela's Tepuis

"The unearthly vegetation was...fleshy and lurid, so green the air was green." —David Nott

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tears/齐豫

All alone I have started my journey

To the darkness of darkness I go

With a reason,I stopped for a moment

In this world full of pleasure so frail

Town after town on I travel

Pass through faces I know and know not

Like a bird in flight,sometimes I topple

Time and time again,just farewells

Donde voy,donde voy

Day by day,my story unfolds

Solo estoy,solo estoy

All alone as the day I was born

Till your eyes rest in mine,I shall wander

No more darkness I know and know not

For your sweetness I traded my freedom

Not knowing a farewell awaits

You know,hearts can be repeatedly broken

Making room for the harrows to came

Along with my sorrows I buried

My tears,my smiles,your name

Donde voy,donde voy

Songs of lovetales I sing of no more

Solo estoy,solo estoy

Once again with my shadows I roam

Donde voy,donde voy

All alone as the day I was born

Solo estoy,solo estoy

Still alone with my shadows I roam

The Sahara Introduction

无法改变心意/Bazoo(一首泰国歌曲

Ｔｈａｉｌａｎｄ　Ｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎ　

by Scorpions Moment Of GloryA moment of glory called evolution

Could I see the world with the eyes of a child

A new beginning, a moment of freedom

Like angels are singing a song full of joy

This side of heaven

Belongs to the children

I will be there, when the future arrives

A moment of glory called evolution

Could I fly away like a bird in the sky

No limitation, a new inspiration

A world that is free just as free as my mind

Communication

A new destination

The planet of visions is calling tonight

Another thousand years seems so long

I''m just a passenger

And the ride has just begun

Moment of glory

A moment of glory called evolution

Could I see the world with the eyes of a child

A new beginning, a moment of freedom

Like angels are singing a song full of joy

This side of heaven

Belongs to the children

I will be there, when the future arrives

Moment of glory

Think you have the right stuff to work in space? Then blast off into a job interview with the commander.

HI there! My crew faces a big job. What do you think it is?

A. building the next part of the space station

B. conducting important medical experiments

C. taking awesome photos for a new NASA brochure

You’ll have a real challenge staying fit in space.Why?

A. My muscles won’t get the workout that Earth’s gravity gives them.

B. Astronaut food is so yummy that I’ll eat too much.

C. The stomach doesn’t digest food as well in space.

So what can we do to stay in shape during our mission?

A. lift weights

B. play soccer

C. run on a treadmill

Living It Up in Space

What's it like to live 220 miles above Earth, flying faster than a speeding bullet through dark, airless space? We asked a space station commander!

GETTING AROUND

Shepherd spent four months on the ISS last winter. "After coming back to Earth," he says, "it took me a week to get used to walking around again."

WALL-TO-WALL SLEEPING

In microgravity there's no need for a bed. Astronauts can snooze while floating upside down in the middle of a room. But there's a chance they could "drift off" and bump ag

ainst computer controls. So at night, they strap themselves into sleeping bags that hang from the walls.

"Sleeping in space is very relaxing," Shepherd says. "You're not weighed down by gravity, so you don't feel anything pressing on your skin."

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