Slow as a sea turtle on land, the 208-foot-high [63.4-meter-high] Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was rolled to its new home, a half mile [0.8 kilometers] from the beach, at a top speed of one foot [30.5 centimeters] a minute. Survivor of a major earthquake and some 40 hurricanes, the 130-year-old beacon not only arrived without a crack—it got there two weeks early.rtQ中国英语学习网

高208英尺（约63.4米）的海持拉斯角灯塔，原来的耸立处在大地震及飓风（40）的侵袭中已被蚀淹，幸存的它便如一只缓慢匍匐于堤岸的海龟般搬迁至半英里（约0.8海里）以外的海滩上。经历了130年沧桑的古老的海持拉斯角灯塔，以最高每分钟一英尺（约30.5厘米）的速度移动时，不但没有留下任何裂痕而且提前两周迁达。 rtQ中国英语学习网

The Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Blues[婆媳问题]rtQ中国英语学习网

Dear Annie: My mother-in-law is in her 70s, but she acts like a little kid. She has to touch everything. She breaks things all the time and embarrasses me whenever I go with her to a public place.

Mom plays with computers, cash registers and anything else that catches her eye. She looks into everything. When she visits our home, I have to lock the door to keep her from entering the bathroom while I'm in it.

Believe it or not, there is nothing wrong with her mentally, she's just a pain in the neck. I have two children and don't have time to watch out for a grown woman. I'm tired of her breaking my things and not apologizing. What can I do?

---- Fed Up Daughter-In-Law

Dear Fed Up: Mom sounds like an overgrown child, and a clumsy one at that. Has Mom always been this way? If her behavior is recent, tell her doctor. If not, try to be tolerant.

"Mom-proof" your house when she visits, the same way you keep children out of cabinets and drawers. If she breaks something, call it to her attention and ask her not to touch your fragile items. And while you might want to keep an eye on her in public places, there is no need to be embarrassed. You are not responsible for her.

Queen of Rain：Roxette的雨之皇后rtQ中国英语学习网

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　　　Roxette的一首经典英文歌曲"Queen of Rain"，在多雨的盛夏听来别有滋味。时光流逝，伤感的雨声似乎代表心灵的遗忘，Marie富有穿透力的嗓音在雨中回响，最爱那句“Time went by as I wrote yor name in the sky, fly fly away, bye bye. ”离开也会很有力量！

　　罗克赛特(Rocette)，90年代瑞典第一支以前卫的形象和动听的摇滚流行乐风靡全球的组合。Roxette由Marie Fredriksson (1958年5月30日生于瑞典)和Per Gessle (1959年1月12日生于瑞典HALMSTAD)。Gessle在80年代初期便已成为一位独唱的歌星。Per和Marie1978年相识于哈尔姆斯塔德市的一家摇滚俱乐部，俩人都爱好美国60年代的摇滚乐。1986年，他们正式走到了一起，组建了Roxette，他们以特有的瑞典民谣风格的歌曲很快征服了瑞典进而席卷了整个美国。

　　Roxette的首张专辑〈Pearls Of Passion〉推出后在瑞典一炮而红，“joy of a toy”等众多歌曲均成为当年瑞典的热门歌曲。1987年圣诞期间，Roxette推出了新单曲唱片“It must have been love"(X'mas for the brokenhearted)，此曲后来收入全球热门影片〈Pretty Woman〉（风月俏佳人）的电影原声专辑中，是Roxette最成功的作品。1989年，Roxette在EMI旗下推出了〈Look sharp〉专辑，迅速在世界各地走红。“the look”、“listen to your heart”带着悦耳动听的旋律和激动人心的节奏传遍了世界，也传入了我们的耳中。《The Look》奇迹般的成为19个国家流行榜的冠军歌曲，谭咏麟还将这首歌重新填词改变为“你知我知”在港台演唱。其他单曲如《Dressd For Success》、《Joyride》继续占据排行榜的前列。

歌词：

Queen Of RainRoxette
words: Per Gessle? music: Per Gessle & M.P. Persson

In that big big house there are fifty doors
and one of them leads to your heart.
In the time of spring I passed your gate
and tried to make a start.
All I knew
was the scent of sea and dew
but I've been in love before,
how about you?
There's a time for the good in life,
a time to kill the pain in life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
In that big old house there are fifty beds
and one of them leads to your soul.
It's a bed of fear,
a bed of threats, regrets and sheets so cold.
All I knew
your eyes so velvet blue,
I've been in love before,
how about you?
There's a time for the good in life,
a time to kill the pain in life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
It's time to place you bets in life,
I've played the loser's game of life,?
dream about the sun you queen of rain.

Time went by as I wrote yor name in the sky, fly fly away, bye bye.

It's time to place you bets in life,
I've played the loser's game of life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
dream about the sun you queen of rain.