[Selected Timeless English Essays from Four Decades of English Learning] + Traces of Time: Selected Timeless English Essays from Four Decades of English Learning

Author: Tao Xuelai
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: English Learning has a history of over forty years, and our world has undergone numerous changes during these four decades. This book compiles the best articles from English Learning's current affairs section, reflecting from various perspectives the social transformations and shifts in people's ideologies over the past forty years. Through it, you can also genuinely experience the evolution and development of the English language and English learning over these 40 years. The content includes: "All reactionaries are paper tigers," "Books we have read — The story of Lenin's childhood," "Unraveling the Geneva Conference knot — Can serious talks begin with the British," "The Golden Trumpet," "Childhood," "Who are the conservatives," "Passport — A symbol of slavery," "Nazi thugs in full swing," "Gold Power Supporting Cuba," "America's Choice farce," "On the docks," "US imperialism escalates the Vietnam War further," "Excerpts from Norman Bethune's diary," "Secret School," "Working," "Trains under the Christmas tree," "Red Little Guys," "The world's stamps," "Our rose settles in China," "A translator's experience in diplomatic negotiations," "The Olympics lack the Olympic spirit," "About energy," "Truck driver: Another life," "Why is it so expensive?" "You're fired!" "The Great Escape," "Encounter at Naibakeutu," "The death of 'Bubble'," "Olympic commercialization, the US faces accusations," "The bottom of society — Unveiling the scars," "Visiting China again," "The ever-changing rural China (1)," "The ever-changing rural China (2)," "Commentary on the winning of Tuitu's education," "Indira's death," "The two great events of 1986," "Cheering for the 11th Asian Games," "Rising tuition fees," "How the shrewd Thatcher failed," "Two people, one job," "A mother's letter to President Bush," "Ambition and job-hopping," "The '' of 1990," "Americans spent a depressed Christmas," "A new voice above the noise," "Free meals on Capitol Hill," etc.