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Imagine you are one of the most-famous movie stars in the world.Millions of people pay to see your films,and everyone seems to know your name.Thirty years later,you are attending a comic book conventi...

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When Dr Maathai came home after half a decade in America, she found huge changes. They were not all for the better. Kenya had gained its independence just two years before, and political power was now...

马塔伊在美国求学六年之后，回到肯尼亚，此时祖国已经发生了巨大的变化。境况并未变好，尽管肯尼亚已在两年前独立了，政治权力现在在非洲人手上，可是新的歧视却已产生。她遇到的第一个对手就是部落歧视加性别歧视：官方曾委任她做内罗比大学一名动物学教授的...

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In the beginning of the twentieth century,women like Isadora Duncan and Ruth Saint Denis wanted to create a new form of dance.Duncan and Saint Denis felt restricted by ballet.Modern dance was created ...

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In many ways it seems odd that Wangari Maathai’s life should have been so closely associated with struggle. Success appeared to come almost effortlessly to her, even though her origins were humble. Sh...

旺加里·马塔伊的人生怎会如此紧密地与斗争相联系，不可谓不怪。因为尽管出身微寒，成功于她唾手可得。她生于肯尼亚中部高原一个名叫伊希特的小村庄，出身基库尤农民家庭，当时肯尼亚还是英国的殖民地。在二十世纪四十年代，像她这样的非洲女孩多半没机会受教...

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Pecos Bill had one of the strangest childhoods a boy ever had.It all started after his father decided that there was no longer enough room in east Texas for his family."Pack up,Ma!" he cried."Neighbor...

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As a student in Berlin, he irked Hitler by refusing to meet him. In 1938, as Austria’s leaders quailed before the Anschluss, the Habsburgs’ scion offered to return and rally resistance. Luckily, he di...

作为一名在柏林上学的学生，因为拒绝见希特勒而惹恼了他。1938年，奥地利的领导者在纳粹德国吞并奥地利时畏缩了，哈普斯堡皇室提议奥托回去，大家集结起来一起抵抗。幸亏他没去，纳粹下令对他就地处决。 应罗斯福的邀请，战争期间奥托移居美国，在...

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If only his great-uncle had died earlier. Franz Joseph I was a masterful ruler of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but his 86 years brought rigidity when the times called for reform. This doomed the noble...

要是他那个伟大的叔叔去的早点就好了。弗朗茨·约瑟夫一世是奥匈帝国的一位优秀的统治者，只是当那个被称为改革的时代来临时，他86年岁月所带来的就只能算是顽固保守。这就注定他的侄子（全名弗朗茨·约瑟夫·奥托罗伯特·玛丽亚·安东卡尔·马克斯·海因里...

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In two thousand,Americans were preparing to elect a new president in November.The United States Constitution limits presidents to two terms.Bill Clinton would be leaving office.So his Democratic Party...