Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almo..
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I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving Day this Thursday. The holiday tradition includes eating turkey. Some of the birds will be fried in oil..
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11月的最后一个星期四是感恩节。感恩节是美国人民独创的一个古老节日，也是美国人合家欢聚的节日，因此美国人提起感恩节总是倍感亲切。 感恩节的由来要一直追溯到美国历史的..
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Robert Lee Frost1874-1963"Do not follow where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Robert Frost- Born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California- Father was from New Engla..
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Life and Background Walt Whitman is both a major poet and an outstanding personality in the history of American literature. He rose from obscurity to monumental fame, coming to be recognized as a nati..
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(1783 to 1859) Introduction In spite of Irving's seventeen years in Europe, his search for native themes led him to contribute importantly to portraiture of the American Indian. Although his firsthand observa..
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(1809-1849) Harold Bloom on Allen Poe Ralph Waldo Emerson called him the jingle man, Mark Twain said that his prose was unreadable, and Henry James felt that a taste for his work was the mark of a sec..
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(1804-1864) Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, the descendent of a long line of Puritan ancestors, including John Hathorne, a presiding magistrate in the Salem witch trials. A..
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Probably the best loved of American poets the world over is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Many of his lines are as familiar to us as rhymes from Mother Goose or the words of nursery songs learned in early childhoo..
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"Criticism is a queer thing. If I print 'She was stark naked' - & then proceeded to describe her person in detail, what critic would not howl? - who would venture to leave the book on a parlor table, - but t..
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The Tian'anmen Square is decorated with more than 300,000 pots of flowers as tourists begin to flock to Beijing with the week-long National Day holiday drawing near. The country is set to celebrate the 55th anni..
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每年6至8月，是美国的文化夏季。音乐会、博物馆、艺术展览、各种演出，五光十色，缤纷灿烂。夏天到美国，特别是到美国东北部的几座城市，一定要融入这个季节的热闹与绚丽。华盛顿的国家队首都夏季的精华，是7月4日独立日的游行..
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The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival, the third and last festival for the living, was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox. Many referred to it simply as the "Fifte..
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Many years ago, there was a king in China. He was a brave man who did lots of belifits to the people. He admired a beautiful girl and made her stay in the palace so that he could see her whenever he wanted. But,..
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LOTUS SEED PASTE MOONCAKEBy Yan Can Cook, IncMakes 2 dozen1 can (17-1/2 ounces) lotus seed paste1/4 cup finely chopped walnutsDough4 cups all-purpose flour1/2-cup non-fat dried milk powder3 teaspoons baking powd..
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HistoryMooncakes have played a central role in Moon Festival traditions. Once, according to Chinese legend, mooncakes helped bring about a revolution. The time was the Yuan dynasty (AD 1280-1368), established by..
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The 15th day of the 8th lunar month The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）. Many referred to it simply as t he "Fi..
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We need a holiday to honor think about those instructors who impacted your life. The teacher who inspired you into a position of leadership. The teacher who dared you to be a pilot. The teacher who directe..
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孟郊 游子吟.......... A TRAVELLER'S SONG 慈母手中线游子身上衣临行密密缝意恐迟迟归谁言寸草心报得三春辉The thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother Makes clothes for the body of her wayward boy; Ca..
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特约编辑招聘每一个网站都融汇着各种各样的信息，尤其像我们这样一个专业英语学习的网站，更加需要深层次的内容。我们深刻体会到，要将我们的网站办得有深度，绝不能只依靠我们的编辑，这种深度更来自于每位..
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