CCTV9英语新闻：Tomb sweeping and spring outing mark traditional Chinese festival

China's traditional Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, usually falls on the first day of the fifth solar term on the lunisolar calendar, and this year, it's the 4th of April. Tomb Sweeping is the most important custom of the festival.

Matthew 马太福音28

Matthew 28 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the

VOA慢速英语2011--Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest

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德语歌曲：danse avant de tomber

这首歌属于德文经典，早在1972年就收录在 Esther 的同名专辑中，当然是以LP的形式。1982年出版了CD版，至今仍为人们所喜爱。歌词取自德国诗人海涅（Heinrich Heine，1797-1856）的诗篇《归乡》（Die Heimkehr，1823-1824），有删节。怀旧是民谣类歌曲的永恒主题。这首歌

法语歌曲：danse avant de tomber

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Paintings on the streets of London 伦敦街头油画

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Scientists Open Tomb, Hoping to Identify Mona Lisa

Researchers in Italy have excavated bones in a tomb in Florence in a bid to identify the Renaissance model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The research team says that the remains in the crypt have an inscribed stone indicating that they belonged t

国家地理-2008-06-02 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓

The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica [1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial plac

名人轶事:Edward Hopper's Simple Paintings Hold Special Me

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学英语 13 Tomb-sweeping Day清明扫墓

Tomb sweeping day is one of our continuous holidays. We got up very early to sweep a tomb in the south. Because of the traffic jam, we didn't get home until three o'clock p.m. It was kind of late but we still took sacrificial offerings to my ancesto

VOA标准英语2010年-Archeologists in Egypt Uncover Ancient

Egyptian authorities say archeologists have found an ancient tomb that suggests another necropolis is yet to be discovered near the Great Pyramids of Giza. The burial chamber is that of a high priest from the Old Kingdom period, whose job it was to m

英语听力：自然百科 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓

The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica[1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial place

世界小史 第26章:墓穴

But the mummies of other kings and those of many ancient Egyptians have been found undisturbed in their tombs. 但是人们却发现别的国王的以及许多古代埃及人的木乃伊仍还在他们的墓穴里。 A tomb was intended to be a dwell

Dog stew offerings found in ancient Chinese tomb

XI'AN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists(考古学家) in the northwestern Shaanxi Province confirmed Thursday, after weeks of lab work, that the bones they found in a bronze cooking vessel from a 2,400-year-old tomb belonged to a male dog under a y

2006年VOA标准英语-Tomb Robbers Lead Archeologists to Graves of 3

By Leslie Boctor Cairo 11 November 2006 Archeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tombs of three dentists close to Egypt's oldest pyramid, located just outside Cairo. The tombs were found after a group of thieves was caught digging in the ar

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IN LEONARDOS TIME, PATRONS ORDERED TWO KINDS OF PAINTINGS. THEY EITHER WANTED PORTRAITS, WHICH WERE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES OR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR THEY WANTED RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS, WHICH SHOWED MOMENTS FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS AND THE SAINTS. THERE WERE N

英闻天下——330 A Second "Tomb Flattening Movement" in Henan?

The local government in Central China's Zhoukou city forcibly flattened over two million rural tombs over the last year in order to increase arable land. By the end of this Spring Festival, more than half of those flattened tombs were restored by loc

2017年CRI Mid-19th-century French landscape paintings debut in China

Mid-19th-century French landscape paintings debut in China Some 40 valuable paintings from the mid-19th-century French Barbizon painters are currently on display at the China Millennium Monument. The exhibition is expected to give a clear insight int

3,300 year-old tomb of army chief discovered in Egypt

CAIRO, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian archeologists(考古学家) said Sunday that they have discovered a 3,300-year-old tomb（坟墓） that belongs to a high-profile army commander in south Cairo. The tomb dating back to Egypt's 19th Dynasty (about 1

2016年CRI Occupant of 2,000-year-old Tomb Confirmed

According to the excavation experts, a jade seal found in the interior coffin of the tomb has helped identify its master as the Marquis of Haihun. The printing base of the seal is inscribed with the characters of Liu He, the name of the Marquis, who