She was looked down upon because of her family background and being unhappy in Chiangs for thirty years. For example 三十年前的月亮是歡愉的 “the moon of thirty years ago was gay.”‚ “月亮” symbolizes family of Chiangs‚ while “歡愉” symbolizes their lives are in harmony and peace. Comparing with 隔著三十年的辛苦路望回去，再好的月色也不免帶點淒涼 “But seen after thirty years on a rough road‚ the best of moons is apt to be tinged with sadness.”. “辛苦路” symbolizes how Chi Chiao gone mad living in Chiangs and her life turned into a tragedy through
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misconceptions of why seasons occur and will identify other planets in our solar system that have seasons‚ as well as a discussion of apogee‚ the furthest point from the Earth‚ and Perigee‚ the closest point of the Earth that will identify when the moon looks bigger‚ or smaller depending on the season. There are many misconceptions as to why the seasons occur on Earth. A very long time ago before the inventions of weathering equipment and science‚ humans were left to discover‚ and make up judgments
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Ma Wang Dui and the Fei-I In 1974‚ archeologists uncovered a site of ancient tombs that we later realized would become very significant to our knowledge of Chinese Art history. The tombs lie in the suburbs of eastern Changsha and there were a total of three tombs uncovered; however the tomb of whom we later realized was Lady Dai became the most important. Lady Dai died from several various illnesses including arthritis‚ bile stones‚ and most likely heart failure. She was about fifty years old
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Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word‚ which means ’the eleventh’. It refers to the eleventh day of a fortnight belonging to a lunar month. There are two fortnights in a lunar month—the bright and the dark. So‚ Ekadasi occurs twice in a month‚ in the bright fortnight and the dark fortnight. The special feature of Ekadasi‚ as most people know it‚ is a fast‚ abstinence from diet. This is how it is usually understood. ’We do not eat on Ekadasi’‚ is what people understand. In this country (India) it has become
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The Space Race was the closets the United States has come to losing it superpower title to other nations. The Space race was a twelve-year competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore the Solar System. This race began on October 4‚ 1957 when the Soviet Union deployed an artificial satellite called‚ Sputnik to orbit in space. Sputnik created a sense of fear in the United States that the Soviet Union had “reached the heavens” with the use of technological advancements. The
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This is exactly the same principle employed by map makers so that they can fit Texas‚ for example‚ onto a turnable page. [pic] Constructing the Model Table 1 gives current measurements for the actual sizes and orbital distances of the planets. For moons‚ the semi-major axis is the distance to the planet. Table 1: Measured Astronomical Distances in Solar System (*KBO radii are not well known) |Object |Radius (km) |semi-major axis (km) | |Sun |6.96 x 105
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Where is Lake Vostok located? Lake Vostok is located four kilometers under the surface of Antarctica. How many moons does Venus have? Venus has no natural satellites. What is Archimedes’ Principle? Archimedes’ Principle states that "an object is buoyed up with a force equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces." How much weight can a blue whale calf gain in a single day? In the first weeks of life‚ a blue whale calf can gain 250 pounds in one day. Who invented logarithims? Scottish
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Commander Frank Borman. These brave astronauts made history in several ways; they became the first human beings to be launched out of low Earth orbit‚ they were the first humans too see the entire Earth as a planet‚ the first to witness the far side of the moon with their own eyes‚ and the first to view Earthrise. The mission of course received ample press coverage from newspapers‚ magazines‚ and television stations from all over the country. The
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“Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the problem. In the mist of all the chaos
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Star Cluster: Spread out Far away Some are brighter than other Not uniformed Different colors Thinking about science: Gather information about the universe through observations and experiments Organize the information we gather Develop theories to explain observations and predict future observations Test these theories with more observations Powerful- sometime beyond intuition Astronomical numbers Light travels at 300‚000‚000 meter per second There are 100 billion stars
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