A summer day 夏日 One day thirty years ago Marseilles lay in the burning sun. 三十年前的一天，马赛躺在烈日之下。 A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then than at any other time before or...
Many people assume that women are more greatly affected by alcohol than men because they generally weigh less and have lower rates of drinking. While this is true, researchers have found other ways in which women are more vulnerable to the effects of...
One important finding is that the enzyme responsible for breaking down alcohol is less active in women. This means that more alcohol winds up in a woman's bloodstream. Additionally, a woman's higher ratio of body fat makes alcohol spread through her...
This greater sensitivity to alcohol leaves women more prone to alcohol-related illnesses like cirrhosis of the liver and alcohol-induced brain damage. Other worrisome results show a correlation between heavy drinking among women and their rate of sex...
Once More to the Lake 旧湖重游 Summertime, oh summertime, pattern of life indelible, 夏日，哦，夏日，生命中的印记留存不去， the fade proof lake, 那永不消失的湖泊， the woods unshatterable, 永不摧折的林木， the...
The Joys of Writing 写作的乐趣 The fortunate people in the world-the only really fortunate people in the world,in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. 在我看来，世上幸运的人世上唯一真正幸运的人，是那些以工...
At first glance, dust storms do not seem very fascinating. Winds pick up fine particles from the ground, and then the air becomes thick with dust. What is interesting, though, is that dust storms can travel across the ocean, sometimes from continent...
In April of this year, a dust storm that originated in China and Mongolia took a six-day journey across more than ten thousand kilometers of sea and open land to Arizona in the United States. The cloud was so dense that it seemed as if the sun were s...
Although traveling dust storms are nothing new, the dust now often contains chemical or metallic substances that contribute to respiratory illnesses and damage the environment. At present, a group of researchers in Asia is studying aerosol particles...
Dust storms are one of the repercussions of humans messing around with Mother Nature. Although they are a natural phenomenon, dust storms have been occurring more often, at shorter intervals, and with greater force in recent years, and human activity...
It is a fact that excessive herding of animals and exploitation of grasslands are responsible for the majority of dust storms. This means that dust storms are largely a result of human actions; in other words, they are controllable. 事实上，沙尘暴...
We seem to think, however, that economic development and preservation of the environment cannot go hand in hand. For most countries, economic development comes first, at the expense of the environment. It is high time everyone came to grips with the...
How should one read a book? 怎样读书？ It is simple enough to say that since books have classesfiction, biography, poetry, 说来容易: 既然书有各种各样小说、传记、诗歌 we should separate them and take from each what it is right...
Glories of the Storm 暴风雨的荣光 It begins when a feeling of stillness creeps into my consciousness.Everything has suddenly gone quiet. 起初，有一种平静的感觉悄然爬上我的心头。 Birds do not chirp. Leaves donot rustle. 世间万...
First Snow 第一场雪 The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. 第一场雪不仅是一件大事，而且是充满魔力的大事。 You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite diff...
