《了不起的盖茨比》被誉为世界文学目前的“完美之书”,再现了美国20 世纪“爵士时代”的社会现实,为读者提供了一部饱含韵味、极富美感的“很为动人的美国悲剧”,揭示了“美国梦”的诱惑和破灭。20 世纪20 年代的美国,空气中弥漫着欢歌与纵饮的气息。大富豪盖茨比的家中,盛宴流觞,极尽奢靡。一个偶然的机会,穷职员卡拉韦闯入了盖茨比隐秘的世界,他惊讶地发现在人头攒动、衣香鬓影的喧嚣背后,盖茨比落寞孤行,他内心专享的牵绊竟是对面河岸那盏小小的绿灯——婆娑灯影下是早年因贫寒而分手的初恋情人黛西。盖茨比满心以为如今的财富可以赢回当年的爱情,然而他心中的现在不过是“笑声中充满了金钱”的物质女郎。真相大白,残酷现实粉碎了盖茨比的理想,葬送了他的性命。他的悲剧人生亦如烟花一般,璀璨只是一瞬,幻灭才是永恒。这
王传福凭借其对技术和创新的执着,带领比亚迪驰骋电池和汽车两大行业,成为中国首屈一指的高端制造型企业。《追梦中国·商界领袖:王传福的创新智慧(英文版)》深入分析了王传福的创业经历和企业管理实践,以创新为切入点,解读王传福的技术革新理念和管理哲学,值得广大制造企业管理者借鉴。
The Oxford Minireference Dictionary & Thesaurus, now with an attractive new cover, is clearer, more accurate, and easier to use than any other combined dictionary/thesaurus reference. Where other combined volumes print a separate dictionary and thesaurus text across the same page (for an approximate match), The Oxford Minireference Dictionary and Thesaurus is the only mini to combine both dictionary and thesaurus features within individual entries. Each set of synonyms is keyed to a particular dictionary sense and definition for greater accuracy and ease of use, and the unique integrated entries allow for quick and easy one-stop reference. With 30,000 dictionary entries and a massive 115,000 synonyms, this is the most useful and helpful minidictionary and thesaurus combination available.
李欣凭主编的《中国新疆事实与数字(附光盘2014)(英文版)》以数字的形式展示了新疆在过去一年里取得的成绩,以客观、直接的方式展示了新疆发展变化的新成果,以事实说话,用数字见证,全面了解新疆在过去一年里,经济、文化、科技、教育、卫生、民生等各个方面取得的突出成就。
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Limerick,1934.It's cold and it's wet.Frank,his parents andthree brothers have just come back from America to start a new lifein lreland .But life in Limerick is even harder than life in1930s'New York.Frank's father,Malachy,is from the North of lrelandand people say he has the "strange look".He loves his family,but healso likes to drink……
《丧钟为谁而鸣》(旧译《战地钟声》)是中国人较早接触到的海明威的长篇小说,作者将细腻的人物刻画与紧凑的故事情节相结合,叙述美国志愿者罗伯特·乔丹支援西班牙政府军的反法西斯战争、在战地与一西班牙姑娘玛丽亚相恋并最终战死疆场的故事。海明威将全部情节压缩在三天之内,动作描写准确生动,人物对话简约而各具特色,内心独白丰富多样,表现了高超的写作技艺,至今仍是海明威小说中最受人们喜爱的作品之一。
天性活泼的波卡洪塔斯是印第安部落波瓦坦族的酋长波瓦坦的女儿,英国白人对她来说充满了神秘感,是来自另一个世界的生物。好奇心和善良的本性促使她从父亲的行刑令救下了英国军官约翰?史密斯。她一生短暂,对于促进波瓦坦人与英国殖民者之间的和平乃至友谊发挥了重要作用,给后世留下了很多充满传奇色彩的精彩故事。
本书为阿加莎·克里斯蒂的第一部侦探小说, 奠定了大侦探波洛的人物基础。斯泰尔斯庄园的女主人英格尔索普太太掌管着财政大权。某日凌晨, 她在自己的房间里毒发身亡, 而房间的三个门都是从里面锁上的。侦探波洛在调查此案的过程中发现了一系列疑点, 但最大的疑犯 —— 英格尔
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这里的人物其实都是传奇人物,每一个故事都耐人寻味。他们或明星大腕、或草根吊丝;或腰缠万贯、或身无分文;或一夜暴富、或倾家荡产;或坦诚可爱、或狂妄荒唐,林林总总,无奇不有,世间百态,尽在眼前。不管什么样,互联网的世界就是一个丰富多彩的世界,每一朵浪花都飞溅着这个时代的多元色彩。我们试图把这朵飞溅的浪花,诚实、客观地捧送给读者。
The chances are that at some time in your life the spotlight will be turned on you, while everyone waits expectantly for words of wit and wisdom to pour from your lips. Whether it's a formal speech or just a funny story to amuse your friends, this book will provide everything you need to keep your audiences entertained. So leave behind incoherent mumblings and enter the world of zany stories, comic quotations, toasts, puns and lot more.
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The wry observation attributed to George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries divided by a common language" finds support in The Cambridge Guide to English Usage. Author Peters, of Macquarie University in Australia, provides evidence that their common language also divides Canada and Australia from the other countries. The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is unique in the extent of its coverage of all the major varieties of English and in the degree to which it is based on corpus evidence, that is, on the analysis of vast collections of actual written and spoken language in each of the varieties under study. Peters' judicious use of these corpora and her evident familiarity with the extensive literature of past and contemporary language studies give The Cambridge Guide to English Usage an authority unmatched by any other usage guide.' Sidney Landau '... invaluable ...' The Good Book Guide '... an ideal reference tool for fiction and non-fiction writers.' Ink 'There are excellent ent
本书作者从各类英文媒体中精选出101首月亮短诗,对其展开翻译探索并作加注处理,以期帮助读者领略英语诗歌的魅力,享受诗歌美的审美乐趣。
诺贝尔奖获得者埃尔温·薛定谔的《生命是什么?》是20世纪的伟大科学经典之一,它是为门外汉写的通俗作品,然而事实证明它已成为分子生物学的奠基之作,诺贝尔奖获得者沃森和克里克曾声称他俩发现DNA双螺旋结构深受薛定谔这本书的影响。本书源于薛定谔1943年在都柏林圣三一学院所做的系列报告,在演讲中,他尝试用物理学和化学来解释在一个生命体的空间界面上发生的时(间)空(间)事件,尝试用量子力学来解释生物学,将为读者奉上一场跨学科思考盛宴。
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