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圆明园继承了中国园林建筑的传统，把不同风格的园林建筑融为一体，充分体现出和谐与完美。

相比于美剧，英剧更短小精悍，也更深奥。

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面对高房价，作为城市“ 夹层人 ”(sandwich layer)大学毕业生们生活得比较艰苦。最近，政府开始采取措施帮助低收入人群，特别是那些难以租到价格合适房屋的毕业生。政府将考虑年轻租房者的切身利益，建设更多的小户型 公租房 (public rental house)。申请公租房的程序也日趋简单。在深圳，符合条件的人只需提供身份证、学历证书及工作证明即可申办。

皮影戏(shadow play)是中国的一种民间艺术，拥有悠久的历史。

Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the【C1】______purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the【C2】______"innkeeper to the world." Born in New Mexico in 1887, Hilton was 19 when his parents began renting out rooms in their home. The business didn't interest him, however, so he became a【C3】______legislator (立法者), founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hilton's father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his【C4】______. Hilton ended up in Cisco: when his bank deal there【C5】______, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It【C6】______to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it He soon acquired more hotels—and started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hilton's list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicago's Palmer House, as well as【C7】______nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded【C8】______. And in 1949, he bought the "greatest of them all": New York City's magnificent Waldorf Astoria Typically American, Hiltons were creative too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems【C9】______from one Hilton which was established in 1948. Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300【C10】______in 78 countries. Last year more than a quarter-billion guests checked in.A) casual E) fortune I) motivated M) severeB) catered F) inherited J) nickname N) souredC) evolved G) internationally K) previously O) stateD) features H) luxurious L) properties

As a society we might want to rethink the time and money spent on education, so that these resources can benefit a greater percentage of the population. Ideally, both high schools and colleges can prepare individuals for the ever-changing roles that are likely to be expected of them.High school degrees offer far less in the way of preparation for work than they might, or than many other nations currently offer, creating a growing skills gap in our economy. We encourage students to go on to college whether they are prepared or not, or have a clear sense of purpose or interest, and now have the highest college dropout rate in the world. We might look to other countries for models of how high schools can offer better training, as well as the development of a work ethic (勤奋工作的美德) and the intellectual skills needed for continued learning and development. I recommend Harvard's 2011 "Pathways to Prosperity" report for more attention to the "forgotten half" (those who do not go on to college) and ideas about how to address this issue. Simultaneously, the liberal arts become more important than ever. In a knowledge economy where professional roles change rapidly and many college students are preparing for positions that may not even exist yet, the skill set needed is one that prepares them for change and continued learning. Learning to express ideas well in both writing and speech, knowing how to find information, and knowing how to do research are all solid background skills for a wide variety of roles, and such training is more important than any particular major in a liberal arts college. We need to continue to value broad preparation in thinking skills that will serve for a lifetime. Students also need to learn to work independently and to make responsible decisions. The lengthening path to adulthood appears exacerbated by parental involvement in the college years. Given the rising investment in college education, parental concern is not surprising, but learning where and when to intervene(干预) will help students take more ownership of the outcomes of these increasingly costly educations.

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中国人一直以自己是龙的 传人 (descendent)为豪。这种情感在中国文化和社会的各个方面都有所体现。从远古时代起，龙就被看作是具有庇佑能力并能影响人们生活的动物。古代的皇帝被看作是“真龙天子”，象征着尊严和权力。在民间流传着许多关于龙的传说和故事。还有各种与龙相关的民俗活动，其中最受欢迎的就是 赛龙舟 (Dragon Boat Race)。

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如果仔细观察的话，会有所发现的。

每逢寒暑假、节假日，总会出现“一票难求”的现象。

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生活在移动互联网时代，大学生们已然离不开网络。一些颇具创新力的学生从 微博 (microblog)和 微信 (WeChat)中看到了商机。桂林一所大学的三名学生注册了一个微信送餐账号。现在他们每天处理2000多份订单，给同学们的生活带来了许多便利。更多的学生选择了网上开店，出售各种物品。通过创业，大学生们不仅可以挣到自己的学费，更重要的是培养了实践能力。

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在21世纪初，我国出现了免费的 地铁报 (subway newspaper)。北京、上海、广州等大城市都有自己的地铁报。这些报纸通常在上班高峰期时在地铁站里发放。越来越多的人因为这些地铁报而重拾文字阅读的习惯。地铁报之所以受欢迎是因为它们非常了解 受众读者 (target reader)的需求，及时为他们提供一些 名人 (celebrity)动态、娱乐资讯和当地新闻，文章简短且配有丰富的图片。