音标:['bæsʃənərɪ] ;
adj. 棱堡的

模仿文本: It's February, 1942, Singapore. The unthinkable is happening. Japanese soldiers are advancing rapidly on the port that allied forces call their fortress in the east and bastion of the British Empire itself. 译文:那是1942年2月,

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The US economy shed 20,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7%. One reason: more people have stopped looking for work, so theyre no longer figured into the Labor Departments unempl

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Do the right thing, do the right thing 遵从内心 Do it all the time, do it all the time 不被动摇 Make yourself right, never mind them 做好自己,不管流言 Don't you know you're not the only one suffering 你难道不知道你不是那一个

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he Palestinian leader wants UN membership for his state, likely setting the stage for a diplomatic clash of the UN security council between Palestinians and the US and Israel. The US says it may use its veto power. Libyan revolutionary forces face fi

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By Ruth Reader Washington, D.C. 28 June 2007 Children from around the world attended a special festival in Washington this past weekend to celebrate children's involvement in the arts. The Art Olympiad festival -- held in front of the U.S. Capitol -

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希拉里即Hillary Clinton 将竞选美国总统,那么Hillary 是什么意思呢? Hillary 的意思与喜有关,表示cheerful, glad 快活的、高兴的,最终来自希腊语,它是Hilary 的变体,顺便可以学习三个词: hilar

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BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank said Sunday it will maintain a prudent monetary policy as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation. The remarks, made by an official with the People's Bank of China (PB

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CAPITOL HILL The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Barack Obamas pick for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, after a bruising nomination battle that saw widespread Republican opposition to the former Republican senator by a vote of 58 to 41. Hagel wil

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由来自波兰的摇滚乐队Ages and Ages的演唱,这首歌中 Do The Right Thing 一直循环,告诉人们要做正确的事。 Do the right thing, do the right thing 遵从内心 Do it all the time, do it all the time 不被动摇 Make yours

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2007 Sri Lanka's military says it has captured the last stronghold of Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the military is claiming a major victory in its fight

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, Jacob Lew was sworn into office as the 76th U.S. Treasury Secretary, the Treasury Department said. The oath of office was administered by V

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that an Iranian nuclear scientist, who Iran claims was abducted by U.S. agents, is in the United States on his own free will and is free to leave. The Iranian, Shahram Amiri, turned up at the Iranian in

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The United States is calling for the restoration of civilian authority in Mali, after soldiers on Thursday announced they have taken power in a coup d'tat. U.S. officials are reconsidering non-humanitarian assistance to Mali, following the takeover.

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U.S. military vacated an air base in Pakistan's southwest Sunday, meeting a December 11 deadline set by Islamabad in response to NATO's November 26 air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistani military said it took over the Shamsi base

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