The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics.
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Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.
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It produced some famous European artists.
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It is manufactured by a famous British company.
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In one example that demonstrated genetic differences were not fixed along racial lines, the full genomes ( ' , 基因组 ) of James Watson and Craig Venter, two famous American scientists of European ancestry, were compared to that of a Korean scientist, Seong-Jin Kim.
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You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what doing well means in facts and figures?Birds are famous for carrying things around.
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Famous people are entitled to a few failings, like the rest of us.
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They resonated(共鸣) with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous dream speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr.
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They are eager to become famous.
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A famous Russian ballet is coming to town next weekend.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writer and scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb \Time is money\ is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
But the movie that really made him famous was his second one, Rebel Without a Cause, that was about teenagers who felt like they didn't fit into society.
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California has spent years preparing for \The Big One\—the inevitable earthquake that will undoubtedly unleash all kinds of havoc along the famous San Andreas fault (断层).
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
He is a famous comedian in New York and shows a mixture of comedy and drama loosely depicting his life.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
I mean, I've seen the famous films, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's and a few others, but I still don't fully get it.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
In fact, it's one of the most famous pieces of research about infant emotion ever published.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
In one example that demonstrated genetic differences were not fixed along racial lines, the full genomes of James Watson and Craig Venter, two famous American scientists of European ancestry, were compared to that of a Korean scientist, Seong-Jin Kim.
2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
That costume is often referred to as the most famous little black dress of all time.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
They might be more willing to offer career help, because your less famous school denotes that, like them, you are also full of energy and perseverance.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
This one here is a Chianti, which is perhaps Italy's most famous type of red wine.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
You'll live in a big house in Hollywood, go to the Oscars every year—and win! You'll be rich and famous.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C