[地名] 塔法瓦巴莱瓦 ( 尼日利 )

Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Returns Home. Birbal was in Persia at the invitation of the king of that country. Parties were given in his honor and rich presents were heaped on him. On the eve of his departure for home, a

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The Emperor Akbar was traveling to a distant place along with some of his courtiers. It was a hot day and the emperor was tiring of the journey. Cant anybody shorten this road for me? he asked, querulously. I can, said Birbal. The other courtiers loo

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One day the Emperor Akbar startled his courtiers with a strange question. If somebody pulled my whiskers what sort of punishment should be given to him? he asked. He should be flogged! said one courtier. He should be hanged! said another. He should b

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Birbal arrived late for a function and the emperor was displeased. My child was crying and I had to placate him, explained the courtier. Does it take so long to calm down a child? asked the emperor. It appears you know nothing about child rearing. No

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A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint. Your Majesty, I bought a well from him, said the farmer pointing to his neighbor, and now he wants me to pay for the water. That's right, your Majesty, said the neighbor.

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One day Akbar and Birbal were riding through the countryside and they happened to pass by a cabbage patch. Cabbages are such delightful vegetables! said Akbar. I just love cabbage. The cabbage is king of vegetables! said Birbal. A few weeks later the

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One fine morning, a minister from Emperor Akbar's court had gathered in the assembly hall. He informed the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night. Akbar was shocked to hear this because the place where that minis

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One day Akbar asked his courtiers if they could tell him the difference between truth and falsehood in three words or less. The courtiers looked at one another in bewilderment. What about you, Birbal? asked the emperor. I'm surprised that you too are

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THIS IS AMERICA -January 21, 2002: Hawaiian Music By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: The American state of Hawaii is a group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean. Its people, culture and music are different

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Zimbabwea's President is back in Harare, suggesting his trip to Chins this past week has been an overwhelming success. CRI's correspondent Gao Junya with more from Harare. In a brief exchange with the media after arriving in Harare from his first sta

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Stuart stood in line in the drugstore. The clerk said, Next. She asked Stuart for his Rewards card. Stuart had been digging through his wallet looking for it. He finally found it. It was with seven other Rewards cards for seven other stores. Each car

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By Phuong Tran Abeche, Chad 24 August 2007 Despite heavy rains that have made military battles almost impossible, smaller but deadly inter-communal clashes are still breaking out around the borders separating Chad, the Central African Republic and Su

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 October 2007 Environmentalists in Africa are welcoming the announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and a United Nations Panel on climate change. They say the well kn

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -April 12, 2002: Artists Honored at an African American Awards Ceremony / Yosemite National Park / New Museum of Folk Art HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The United States has had fifty states for fifty years. Alaska and Hawaii both joined the Union in nineteen fifty-nine. They were the fi

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The Manawatu Gorge Rd follows the Manawatu River along a deep valley. On one side of the river is the railway line and on the other side is the road. This road is a main highway for people travelling from Highway 2 to Palmerston North. However, in Au

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Todd: So, Mitchell, you are Hawaiian, right, and Hawaii is part of the United States but, what would you say, that most Hawaiians are similar to people in the mainland or quite different to people in the mainland? Mitchell: Ah, that's a tough questio

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By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 11 November 2009 US Marine Corps helicopters, transport planes sit on tarmac of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station next to Okinawa residential quarters (file photo) The relocation of a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa is expected to b

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 September 2006 The Eritrean government has expelled five U.N. staff members on spying allegations. Four out of the five are members of the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The fifth was formerly a security coordinat

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今天我们要学的词是cakewalk。 Cakewalk, 意思是轻而易举的事情。 The upcoming election won't be a cakewalk for the reigning governor, 即将举行的选举对现任州长来说并非举手之劳。在本次世界杯中, Spain is t

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学英语单词
airplane lumber
automatic steerable antenna
Beddau
biculturalisms
Bim, BEM, Bum
branchial region
bullery
California, G.de
cardiospasms
chiseled in
cost assumption
crop-tree thinning
cross-variance
current range
curriculum differentiation
dhsis
Diplospora dubia
direct estimate
dissociation temperature
distinctors
drain flow
drez
ebola fevers
economic result
Eduard
eicosadienoic acid
electron negative potential
entwining twill
ephemeropteran
estimated annual use
euro-credit
extreme views
factors of change to general index
Fröhnd
fully registered bond
fusofungin
give sb a dose of his own medicine
glass jalousies
Hamiltonism
hard valve
hotheadedly
housepaints
hysteric stigmata
icerya seychellarum westwood
immunostainer
increasing process
information pattern
interilluminates
intradialytic
jamming handle
Juerana
jules feifers
Khawsh
kocinski
Kumukahi, Cape
mass energy equation
mercoid switch
miniterm
moralisings
motif writing
mucopolysaccharidosis type IH
nano-steradians
nelkin
Once bitten twice shy
outdoor type switchgear
overslow
palladiurn bichloride
pastinaceous
pavine
peace-treaty
pepe capacity
pharmaceutical manufacturing
pingles
pistol toter
preference rate
Primula orbicularis
providencial
pudil
quaternary geological map
rate of turn indicater
reclearance in flight (rif)
reversing tube
RF shielding
satellite state
show-offish
skelders
sod planting
standard water tank
steel trap
stylosa
sympathetic chain (or sympathetic trunk)
symphytium
Teucrium anlungense
throttle spindle
tillering stage dressing
triple decker
twitchings
utriformis
wheel rotor
wind-spout
woodstores
Yamizo-san