On the morning of 6th October 2002 the French tanker LIMBURG (299,364 DWT) suffered an explosion and fire as she approached the SBM at the Ash Shihr terminal in Yemen. Initially the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire was unclear but it is now considered likely to have been the result of a terrorist attack. Damage was sustained to No. 4 Starboard tank, which at the time contained some

1. Names of people （ 1) ampere [5AmpeE(r) ]n.安培-----from French physicist Ampere. （2) farad [ 5fArEd ]n.[电]法拉(电容单位)-----from British physicist Faraday

1. Historical background: (1) The Hundred Years War: The result of the war was an awakening of national consciousness in England. And the French language was gradually replaced by English native tongue. (2) The peasant uprising of 1381: It was the result of the conflict between the peasants and feudal lords

一、革命前法国的经济、政治状况 二、启蒙运动 三、革命形势的成熟和三级会议的召开 四、革命的开始和君主立宪派的统治 五、吉伦特派的统治 六、雅各宾派的专政 七、督政府的统治及雾月政变 八、拿破仑帝国的建立及对内政策 九、拿破仑的对外战争和拿破仑帝国的覆亡

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de montesquieu (1689-1755) An influential French enlightenment political thinker. His Spirit of the Laws is his best known work. It is in this work that he explains his theory of separation of powers and checks and

1. Wine List 1. Aperitifs餐前酒 Eg: Martini Rossi马丁尼罗士 French Vermouth, Noilly Prat法国味美思 2. Cocktails鸡尾酒 Pink Lady; Bronx: Old Fashioned; Vodka Martini; Million Dollar; Champagne Cocktail

Some languages have different forms or you French‘ tu/vous”. German“ du sie for example). These may originally have indicated number(vous\and\Sie\) used for plural forms but now show different levels of formality with\tu and\a'\ being more familiar,“\vos” and\Sie” more polite

Price wars are bad, especially with high fixed costs. They reduce current profits and erode customers' perception of product quality. Price wars are not inevitable. For example, the French and the Germans fight every fifty years but not every year. But collusion is illegal

Enlightenment A European cultural movement that reached its height in the 18th century, but which still resonates today Enlightenment theories about economics and philosophy, still widely held today, have provided the basis for numerous critiques from numerous critics including members of the Frankfurt school and most of the leading French thinkers of modern and postmodern eras