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After the American victory at Saratoga,the French decided to enter the waron the American side.The two nations signed military and political treaties.Historian Gordon Wood says this alliancecreated bi...

美国在萨拉托加获胜后，法国人决定站在美国一边参战。两国签署了军事和政治条约。历史学家戈登·伍德说，这种联盟给英国人带来了更大的问题。“因为，一旦法国人介入，英国人的反叛乱就变成了现实。他们现在正在打一场世界大战。”英国人立即向美国大陆会议发...

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The time is December seventeen seventy-six. British General William Howe has decided to stop fighting during the cold winter months.The general is in New York.He has already established control of a f...

时间是1776年12月。英国将军威廉·豪决定在寒冷的冬季停止战斗。这位将军在纽约。他已经控制了该市附近的一些地区，包括新泽西州的特伦顿和普林斯顿。乔治·华盛顿将军和大陆军在特拉华河的另一边。美国人又冷又饿。他们几乎没有武器。华盛顿知道，如果...

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Nearly one hundred parents have been through this program. Rose Berge believes that their work has been effective in changing the community. “It has helped people talk about punishing children. The...

近百名家长参加了这个项目。Rose Berge认为，他们的工作在改变社区方面是有效的。“这有助于人们谈论惩罚儿童。他们以前从未谈论过这件事。”尽管如此，仍有许多人反对这个项目。就连罗伯·贝克特也明白，改变需要很多年。“我们知道现在仍有人打孩...

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What do you do when a child misbehaves? What if he does not listen? What if she breaks your house rules? All parents must face these questions at some time. All parents teach their children right a...

当孩子行为不端时，你会怎么做？如果他不听呢？如果她违反了你的家规怎么办？所有的父母都必须在某个时候面对这些问题。所有的父母都教导孩子是非对错。但最好的方法是什么？当孩子做错了事，有很多方法可以惩罚他们。但在某些地方，关于一种惩罚——打人——...

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Today, that "something" has more than one million students.Will many of these students do all of their college work by computer? If so, they would enter the professional world with course completion d...

如今，这个“东西”有100多万学生。这些学生中的许多人会用电脑完成所有的大学作业吗？如果是这样，他们将带着课程完成文件而不是学位进入专业领域。多年来，学位一直是雇主的标志，表明学生已经完成了大学教育的要求。但如今，雇主可能更愿意为没有大学学...

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The movement toward education by computer is developing fast.Massive Open Online Courses, called MOOCs, are changing how people learn in many places.For years,people could receive study materials from...

计算机教育运动发展迅速。大规模开放在线课程，即MOOCs，正在改变人们在许多地方的学习方式。多年来，人们可以从学院或大学获得学习材料，并参加在线课程。但这些课程并不像MOOC那样一次为成千上万的学生设计。MOOCs提供的课程材料可以为那些远...

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Each year in America alone, about one hundred and fifty people die from allergic reactions to foods. Brenton Shivley was one of those people. Brenton was sixteen years old. His mother says that her so...

仅在美国，每年就有大约150人死于对食物的过敏反应。Brenton Shivley就是其中之一。布伦顿十六岁。他妈妈说她的儿子总是很小心他吃的东西。他对花生过敏。花生实际上是一种植物的果实。它看起来像一颗种子。2006年9月1日，布伦顿在朋...

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Lucy Parry was getting ready to leave her home. It was a spring day in 2007. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain. A wasp, a flying insect, had stung her. For most people this may not have been a big probl...

露西·帕里正准备离开家。那是2007年的一个春日。突然，她感到一阵剧痛。一只黄蜂，一只会飞的昆虫，蜇了她。对大多数人来说，这可能不是一个大问题。但对露西来说，这是一个严重的问题。她的血压开始迅速下降。她挣扎着走向药店。但当她到达时，她没有得...