At the moment, the note of the highest value which is generally in use is the 20-pound note. Now, the bank of England plans to introduce a new, 50-pound note. And the Bank is trying to decide which famous English man or woman to put on the back of the new note.Quite a problem. The B/ink usually chooses: safe, historical personalities. We already have Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist, the first Duke of Wellington, the famous soldier who led the British army at Waterloo, Florence Nightingale, founder of English Nursing and — of course — Shakespeare.So far, the list of possible choices for the 50 -pound note is quite predictable. There’ s Sir Francis Drake, to represent the achievements of English explorers in the sixteenth century, Then we have Lord Nelson, another sailor and the man who won the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 for England. ~The Bank will not forget music this time either. If they choose a woman, the feminist movement has two representatives: Boadicea, who fought against the Romans, or Pankhurst, who fought to get the vote for women early in this century. The passage is mainly about()
A. the choice of a representative for the Bank
B. the Bank’ s choice of a personality for the new note
C. the comparison of the heroes in the English history
D. the value of the persons in the English history
Inventors and their InventionsNew inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a inventors design a new machine or product that becomes so well-known that the invention, named after its creator, becomes a household word. Here are four famous inventors and the inventions that are named after them:1. John Bowler, a London hatter who designed the hard round hat known as the bowler in about 1850. It has become the symbol of a respectable British man.2. Louis Braille (1809—1952), born in France. He was blinded as a child. In 1924 he developed his own alphabet patterns known as Braille by which the blind could read by touch.3. Rudolf Diesel ( 1858—1913), a German engineer who invented the diesel engine in 1897 and so began a transport revolution in cars, lorries and trains.4. Charles Rolls, a car salesman who with the engineer Henry Royce created the world-famous Rolls-Royce car.Inventors and their InventionsOur lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (46) . A few inventions were named after their inventors. Here are some:inventorsdescriptioninventionsJohn BowlerThe (47) hatbowlerLouis BrailleHis own (48) BrailleRudolf DieselAn engine that began a transport revolution(49) Charles RollsThe world-famous car(50) ear 50()
开篇:自我介绍2.事由:欢迎英国专家,介绍学校情况。3.题目:Introduction项 目具体信息学校情况地区最大的大学,12个学院,一个图书馆,两个教学区教师50个教授,200多个教师,30%到国外学习过学生12,000学生,其中3,000高职生高职生情况学习3年,一年两个学期,2/3的课堂学习,1/3的实践活动学校生活丰富多彩,经常有球赛,有时有英语竞赛IntroductionI am Li Hong, a student from the English Department of this university……
Inventors and their InventionsNew inventions are appearing every day to make our lives easier, longer, warmer, speedier and so on. But only a inventors design a new machine or product that becomes so well-known that the invention, named after its creator, becomes a household word. Here are four famous inventors and the inventions that are named after them:1. John Bowler, a London hatter who designed the hard round hat known as the bowler in about 1850. It has become the symbol of a respectable British man.2. Louis Braille (1809—1952), born in France. He was blinded as a child. In 1924 he developed his own alphabet patterns known as Braille by which the blind could read by touch.3. Rudolf Diesel ( 1858—1913), a German engineer who invented the diesel engine in 1897 and so began a transport revolution in cars, lorries and trains.4. Charles Rolls, a car salesman who with the engineer Henry Royce created the world-famous Rolls-Royce car.Inventors and their InventionsOur lives are made easier, longer, warmer and speedier by (46) . A few inventions were named after their inventors. Here are some:inventorsdescriptioninventionsJohn BowlerThe (47) hatbowlerLouis BrailleHis own (48) BrailleRudolf DieselAn engine that began a transport revolution(49) Charles RollsThe world-famous car(50) ear 47()