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By Rebecca Laurence

13 June 2018

“It’s alive! It’s alive!! It’s alive!!! - Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)

One night during the strangely cool and wet summer of 1816, a group of friends gathered in the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva. “We will each write a ghost story,” Lord Byron announced to the others, who included Byron’s doctor John Polidori, Percy Shelley and the 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.

Frankenstein is simultaneously the first science-fiction novel, a Gothic horror, a tragic romance and a

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By Rebecca Laurence

13 June 2018

“It’s alive! It’s alive!! It’s alive!!! - Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)

One night during the strangely cool and wet summer of 1816, a group of friends gathered in the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva. “We will each write a ghost story,” Lord Byron announced to the others, who included Byron’s doctor John Polidori, Percy Shelley and the 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.

Frankenstein is simultaneously the first science-fiction novel, a Gothic horror, a tragic romance and a

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By Rebecca Laurence

13 June 2018

“It’s alive! It’s alive!! It’s alive!!! - Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)

One night during the strangely cool and wet summer of 1816, a group of friends gathered in the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva. “We will each write a ghost story,” Lord Byron announced to the others, who included Byron’s doctor John Polidori, Percy Shelley and the 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.

Frankenstein is simultaneously the first science-fiction novel, a Gothic horror, a tragic romance and a

Apple Didn’t Invent the Smart Watch, but It Will Do It Better

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By Kevin Maney / March 11, 2015 3:50 PM / From Newsweek

Model Christy Turlington Burns (L) speaks to Apple CEO Tim Cook about the Apple Watch during an Apple event in San Francisco, California March 9, 2015. Robert Galbraith/Reuters

About 15 years ago, I met a fascinating old man in Huntsville, Alabama. He had white hair and a big white mustache, wore glasses the diameter(地径) of hockey pucks(冰球) and spoke in a heavy accent from

航空英语阅读材料

(飞机各主要系统概述)

ATA21 - Air Conditioning System（空调系统）

一 INTRODUCTION（介绍）

This chapter covers the air conditioning, ventilation and pressurization systems.（这一章包括了空调、通风和增压系统）The basic airflow through the pressurized part of the fuselage starts with the pneumatic system. （从引气系统开始基本的气流通过了机身的增压区域）Hot, high pressure air is supplied to two packs.（热的高压力的气体提供给PACK组件） The packs are responsible for basic temperature regulation.（PACK组件负责基本的温度调节）From the packs the air is distributed throughout the aircraft.（从PACK出来的空气被分配到飞机内）The pr

The remembrance of lilacs 紫丁香的回忆

The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day -- and 800 miles separated her from her parents in Ohio.

She had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy Mother's Day, and her mother had mentioned how colorful the yard was now that spring had arrived. As they talked, the younger woman could almost smell the tantalizing aroma of purple lilacs hanging on the big bush outside her paren

为什么值得培养每日一走的习惯

We're bombarded by fitness messaging that tells us that to be healthy, we must go to extremes (no pain, no gain). But really, it doesn't have to be that hard.

生活中充斥着各种各样的健康信息，这些信息告诉我们，为了健康必须走极端（没有付出就没有收获）。但事实上，健康并不一定是件难事儿。

Simply going for a walk (especially if you do it regularly and outdoors) is an underestimated but low-stress, low-impact, accessible way to reap lots of health benefits. It can be a rejuvenating time, spent in solitude or in the company of friends, in sunshine and fresh air. Here are four b

最成功的10个人给你的10个人生建议

在新书《抵达梦想：导师之书》中，作者吉莉安·佐伊西格尔采访了许多商业明星，探寻他们眼中成功的秘诀。以下是其中的一些建议 Warren Buffett: CEO, Berkshire Hathaway 沃伦·巴菲特：伯克希尔-哈撒韦公司首席执行官

\you can get a lot less. The people who I see function well are not the ones with the biggest motors, but the ones with the most efficient ones.\

“一台标着300马力的发动机实际输出的功率可能远远小于300马力。在我看来，能做好事情的人并不是‘马力最大的’，而是效率最高的。”

Matthew Weiner: Mad Men creator 马修·威纳：《广告狂人》制作人

\’t like it, but don’t listen to the reason why. People feel that they have to say something, and they often give a capricious

为什么值得培养每日一走的习惯

We're bombarded by fitness messaging that tells us that to be healthy, we must go to extremes (no pain, no gain). But really, it doesn't have to be that hard.

生活中充斥着各种各样的健康信息，这些信息告诉我们，为了健康必须走极端（没有付出就没有收获）。但事实上，健康并不一定是件难事儿。

Simply going for a walk (especially if you do it regularly and outdoors) is an underestimated but low-stress, low-impact, accessible way to reap lots of health benefits. It can be a rejuvenating time, spent in solitude or in the company of friends, in sunshine and fresh air. Here are four b

25句有关时尚的经典语录，快点学起来！

It can be difficult to articulate the power of style and fashion through words, but these icons managed to do so with quote-worthy, inspiring words of wisdom. From the greatest fashion designers to legendary models and stylists, get inspired by these 25 quotes that will never go out of style.

要用文字说明白风格和时尚的含义是很困难的，但这些达人却试着用既值得引用又鼓舞人心的智慧之言阐明它们的含义。这25条语录来自最伟大的时装设计师以及享有盛名的模特儿和造型师，而且它们永远不会过时，一起从中汲取灵感吧。

“Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the app