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and gold and silver embroidery, are a further example of the Indians' love ofbright things. The garment is a strip of cloth some twenty feet long and three60 -μ.TXTfeet wide. It is draped round the body without any pin or button being used. Itis extremely simple in use and presents no dress-making problem.·ΡйThe constitution of India is the longest inthe world.ЩThevarious Hindu castes have different food laws. Most castes eat only with theright hand because they consider the left hand unclean. Some castes eat meat,and others eat fish but not meat. Some eat neither meat nor fish, but so eateggs. Still others do not eat eggs.йīййIndian Snake Charmer may foolhis audience, but he does not charm the snake. The cobra cannot hear the musicof the flute. It sways merely to follow the movements of the charmer.硣èúйáйзTAGORE was an Indian poet,philosopher, and supporter of freedom for India. In his many poems and songs, hestirred pride among his Hindu countrymen. He also had a strong influence on theWest. Tagore was influenced by European models in his writings. He was amystical and religious poet, and saw God in all beauties of nature. He wroteprose and poetry in the Bengali Language. These have been translated into manylanguages. Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Iiterature.顢ССSamoa is a group of 14 islands in the SouthPacific Ocean.American SamoaWestern SamoaСеstammer61 -μ.TXTbananasnanacacaocacacoconutscoco鷳coconutsBecause of a mistake in spelling, probably made by English importersmany years ago, these beans became known as cocoa beans in English-speakingcountries. This causes many people to think the beans come from the coconut palmtree instead of the cacao tree.SamoaDecember is the hottest month andThe crickets are chirpingor are crying.СSamoans love to stay out in a cooling rain.Samoansenjoy dancing very much. They also love to play their own version of cricket, agame they learned from the English missionaries. They play cricket with teamsthat may have from 10 to 300 players, compared to 11 players in normal cricketgame.lava-lava鲼Most Samoan menand some women wear only a lava-lava, a piece of cloth wrapped around the waistlike a skirt. Some wear a blouse or shirt with their lava-lava. Most of thewomen wear dresses, or a skirt and blouse.Prisoners live in jail without bars.faleopen-sided faleThe peoplelive in open-sided falehousethat have a thatched roof supported by poles.They roll down palm leaf blinds when it rains.йΡto draw a circle on the ground for a prison, as wasdone in the good old daysThere's no need to close doorsat night.ЩдAlso, a piece of like character for other words,62 -μ.TXT衣йдREQUIEMUnder the wide and starry skyDig the grave and let me lie.Glad did I live and gladly die,And I laid me down with a will.This be the verse you grave for meHere he lies where he longed to beHome is the sailor, home from sea,And the hunter home from the hill.СдСд÷áУУпHenry James once praised Stevenson as the only man in England who can write aС63 -μ.TXTIt's a very odd thingAs odd as can beThat whatever Miss T eatsTurns into Miss T.Walter de la MareMiss T.1913TСTСnutrientsproteinsСákwashiorkoran often fatal condition ofinfants and young children caused by a protein deficiency in the diet. It occursamong poorer peoples of the world and cause stunted physical and mental growth,·С塱vegetarianismRousseauжLeo TolstoyGandhi ShawTolstoyGandhiRousseauSugar 100 Banana 22.0Rice 90.0 Corn 19.2Prune 73.3 Potato 18.4Molassescane 69.3 Grapefruit 14.4Oatmeal 67.5 Apple 14.2Lima beans 65.9 Orange 11.664 -μ.TXTWhite bread 53.1 Milk 4.9whole-wheat bread 49.7 Celery 3.7vitaminsСB1òDricketsoverweightССThe Emperors New ClothesDanmark籾CopenhagenMermaid Tavern, an inn once located on BreadStreet, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal clubmermaid1an imaginary female marine creaturehaving thehead, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish2a highly-skilledgirl swimmer, as a member of a swimming teamεúmermaid65 -μ.TXTСáAristotle嵽philosophersAlexander the GreatSocrates Plato Aristotle AlexanderSocrates' greatest pupil Plato's greatest pupil Aristotle's greatestpupilAristotleeducatorscientistlogicphysicsnatural historypsychologyMrs.AristotleAristotlechief contributiontotruthСto yield to nobody when one is doing whatis rightdo not refuse to accept a reward or position which one deservesto bebehind none in the desire to benefit mankind.Aristotle differed from Platoboth in the aims of his philosophy and in the methods of his investigation. Inhis Ethica he states that, while both Plato and truth are dear to him, he isbound to prefer truth.While Aristotle was a biologist of note, even if we allow for some ratherpeculiar lapses, his views on physics and astronomy were hopelessly muddled.Plato, combining the Milesian and Pythagorean traditions, had been much nearerthe mark, and so were later Hellenistic scientists like Aristarchus andEratosthenes. Aristotle's most famous contribution to systematic thought isprobably his work in logic.Aristotlescienceconclusion300's B.C. Aristotle's studies inlogic and classification contributed to the foundations of science.GalileoGalileo was the first greatexperimenter and the father of modern astronomy. He was also an outstandingmathematician. GalileoAristotleбthe Leaning Tower of Pisa66 -μ.TXTGalileo飬InquisitionInquisitionGalileoейpermanent house arrestHouse arrest, a form of arrest in which a person isconfined under guard in his own houseAuthorities insisted no one had beenjailed but said some strikers were under house arrest.Tuscaloosa NewsYet it doesmoveEpur si muoveGalileoMiltonJohn Milton, an English poet and political writer, wrote one of the world'sgreatest epics, Paradise Lost.He composed this famous epic and twoother works, Paradise Regainedand Samson Agonistes, whenhe was totally blind. MiltonGalileoùСborn at a wrong timelucklessunluckyGalileoscienceconclusionc. 1600 Galileo emphasized themathematical interpretation of experiments in science. He discovered manyimportant physical laws.William HarveyCharles IOxford屾destroyedTheir losscaused him great sorrow.William Harveyscienceconclusion1628 William Harvey publishedhis theory on the circulation of the blood.Robert BoyleBoyel was a philosopher, a physicist and achemist,the father of modern chemistryBoyelreligionWhile at Oxford he was the leader of a group of scientists known as theInvisible College, which in 1663 was incorporated as the Royal Society ofLondon. Although Boyle was invited to be president of this organization in 1680,he refused because he had religious scruples against taking an oath. Boyle wasdeeply religious. At Geneva he had been under strong Calvinist influence whichdeeply impressed him and gave his life a serious character.ROYAL SOCIETY is the oldest scientific society in the world and probably the67 -μ.TXTmost famous. The full title of the organization is The Royal Society of Londonfor Improving Natural Knowledge. It grew out of weekly meetings which Londonscientists held as early as 1645. In 1660, the society was officially organizedwith the approval of King Charles II.Charles IIn 1662, the society was formally incorporated by charter of Charles II asthe Royal Society of London for Promoting Natural Knowledge, or, as it ispopularly known, the Royal Society. From its earliest years, the Societymaintained correspondence with Continental philosophers, and selections fromthis correspondence became the world-famous Philosophical Transactions. SirIsaac Newton was the Society's president from 1703 until his death in 1727. Inthe approximately 300 years of its existence, the Society has sponsored numerousscientific expeditions and extensive research, including, in recent years, anotable series of investigations of tropical diseases.Boylescienceconclusion1660's Robert Boyle applied thescientific method to chemistry.Isaac NewtonGalileoJan.8, 1642NewtonDec.25, 1642GalileoNewtonβ飬GalileoGalileoЩбlawNewtonan infantСNewton discovered that sunlight is a mixture of light of all colors. Hepassed a beam of sunlight through a glass prism and studied the colors that wereproduced.By passing a beam of sunlight through a prism, Newton showed thatwhite light is made up of the rainbow's colors.He made great discoveries in the field of mathematics. He is credited withHe was the first to state the laws of gravitation.NewtonAlexander PopeдNature and Nature's laws lay hid in nightGod said, Let Newton d all was light.Alexander PopeEpigram on Sir Isaac NewtonNewton飨humbleTo myself seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, anddiverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shellthan ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.68 -μ.TXTNewtonscienceconclusion1687 Sir Isaac Newton published thePrincipia, which summarized basic of mechanics. Newton formulated the laws ofgravitation and motion and contributed greatly to the theories of light andoptical science.Albert EinsteinAmericanbloodJewJewsIsraelУWeizmannEinsteinthe Theory of RelativityNewtonAlbert Einstein, the German-American physicist, rejected Newton'sexplanation of universal gravitation but not the fact of its operation. He saidthat his own work would have been impossible without Newton's discoveries. Healso said that the concepts Newton developed are even today still guiding ourthinking in physics.atomic bombwarpeaceful usesEinsteinscienceconclusion1905 Albert Einstein presented hisSpecial Theory of Relativity. Einstein developed the theory of relativity whichrevised older theories of time and space, and led to the use of atomic power.С鶯egg-laying mammala hoaxplatypusAustraliaУаЩбеAustralia hasmany kinds of strange animals not found on other continents. This is because thebridge of land that once connected Australia with Asia disappeared about 50million years ago. From then on, most of Australia's animal life developedindependentlyKoala means no drink, and the aboriginal word well describes the gentlemarsupial that draws moisture only from its food, the leaves of certaineucalyptus,úor gum trees. With oddlyarranged fingers-the first two oppose the other three-a koala clings to a branch69 -μ.TXTin a sanctuary at Waikerie. Phascolarctos cinereous faced extinction by furhunters until the 1920's, when conservation laws began to protect thecontinent's dozens of marsupial species.Koalaдkangaroo bearkangarooаСboxingβbalancekangaroo court, U.S. Informal. an unauthorized orunofficial court, usually self constituted, as a mock court by prisoners in ajail or a frontier courtshot down over North Korea in 1952 and condemned toKangarooдKangaroo courtA kangaroo court is an illegal mock or sham court, usually oneset up by inmates of a prison to levy fines and punishment on other inmates whoviolate the code. Such organizations, usually very informal in nature, existin most large prisons and are even encouraged by some wardens as a useful devicefor maintaining order. The name probably originated at the time when Australia,land of the kangaroo, was the penal colony for the British Empire. The term hasoccasionally-and inaccurately-been applied to the kind of roadside justice ofthe peace court which exists only to collect fines from motorists caught inspeed traps.kangaroo courtkangarooдkangaroo courtideaprisonersаprisoners