Rabbits may be known for getting into gardens and nibbling on lettuce, but their diets include more than just leafy greens.This pet rabbit makes a meal of corn on the cob. ZnD中国英语学习网

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The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a powerful symbol of freedom for Americans. This is the bell that rang to announce the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776. Later, in the 1830s, abolitionists adopted the cracked bell as the symbol of the fight against slavery.

The original 2,080-pound bronze bell was forged at the Whitechapel Foundry in England in 1752. Its original purpose was to announce important public events and summon Pennsylvanian legislators to the State House.

But the Whitechapel bell cracked the first time it was rung, a fact that a few cheeky Americans never forgot: In 1976, a small group gathered outside the Whitechapel factory, holding signs that read, "We Got A Lemon!" and "What About The Warranty?"

Less argumentative than their descendants, Colonial legislators decided not to return the bell, and instead hired a pair of local metalworkers, John Pass and John Stow, to recast it. The duo, more familiar with pots and pans than bells, decided the original was too brittle and added extra copper to the new bell. Unfortunately, it sounded terrible.

So Pass and Stow tried again, but not everybody liked this new bell either. In 1772, a group of Philadelphia residents living near the State House complained because the bell rang too frequently.

No one is sure when the Liberty Bell started to crack. "There really isn't a lot of hard detail," says Karie Diethorn, chief curator of Independence National Historical Park. In any case, historians are almost certain that the bell was cracked by 1846.

On Feb. 26 of that year, a Philadelphia newspaper reported the bell had "received a sort of compound fracture in a zigzag direction through one of its sides" and now "hangs in the great city steeple irreparably and forever dumb."

To prevent the crack from spreading, repairmen widened it and installed two metal rivets. A more subtle fracture now snakes from the rivets to the crown of the bell.

The Liberty Bell is now a major tourist attraction. It hangs in Philadelphia to this day, flawed and silent, but still a potent symbol of America's fight for freedom.

Where Is The Love 黑眼豆豆代表作ZnD中国英语学习网

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　第47届格莱美“最佳说唱组合”获得者“黑眼豆豆”（Black Eyed Peas）乐队的成名曲，蝉连英国金榜6周冠军，选自专辑《放克大象》（Elephunk），与知名艺人贾斯汀（Justin）合作完成，可以称得上是Hip Hop的经典之作——呵呵，因为说唱音乐鲜有这么健康的歌词——
何处有爱？战乱，金钱，种族仇恨，淡漠的道德……黑眼豆豆以自己的语言述说着他们看到的世界，温和地质问：爱是不是真的消失了？究竟是哪里出了问题？公平呢？责任呢？真相在哪里？……

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Where Is The Love?
Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama?
People living like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here living
In the USA, the big CIA, the Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

(Chorus)
People killing, people dying. Children hurt and you hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach? And would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us. Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning: Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love) (Repeat)

It just ain't the same, old ways have changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong?
Nations dropping bombs. Chemical gasses filling lungs of little ones
With the ongoing suffering as the youth die young
So ask yourself: Is the loving really gone?
So I could ask myself really: What is going wrong?

In this world that we living in people keep on giving in
Making wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respecting each other, deny thy brother
A war is going on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love? Y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth? Y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love? Y'all

(Chorus)

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm getting older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money making
Selfishness got us following our own direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids act like what they see in the cinema

Yup, whatever happened to the values of humanity?
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality?
Instead of spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found

Where is the love? (The love) (Repeat)
Father, Father, Father help us. Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning: Where is the love?