单词：buttressed wall
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These aren't miniatures, they are life-size. So far, the Chinese have only dug up 10% of the site. And already thousands of warriors and some 10,000 weapons have been discovered. Look closely at the f
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Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo
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It's a thousand times longer than any monument ever built. Started before the Birth of Christ, it was still being built when Columbus sailed to America and millions died in its making. What unspeakabl
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In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went
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It is a staggering 2,700 miles longer than the first Great Wall of the Emperor Qin. There is no wood, water or stone in the desert. But the Han managed to build a wall that has resisted 2,000 years of
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So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as
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And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did
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The new Manchu dynasty tried something different with their neighbors, diplomacy. Here in their lovely Summer Palace, they greeted delegations from all over the Eastern world. Attendance was compulsor
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The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195
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Here on a steep slope, defensive walls rise in steps up to the watchtower. So if the enemy did make it to the top of the wall, the crucial watchtowers could be fiercely defended. The watchtowers thems
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With the Mongols expelled, the new rulers, the Ming emperors, were determined that an invasion would never happen again. And so in 1368, when Europe was being decimated by the Black Plague(黑死病, 鼠
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In summer, dried-up river valleys offered easy invasion routes for horsemen bent on sacking the rich Chinese towns of the plains. And this is why these passes were heavily fortified, even though they
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迈克尔.杰克逊：Off the wall When the world is on your shoulder 当你需要肩负起世界的时候 Gott straighten up your act and boogie down 你就应当挺直身板随声起舞 If you can't hang whth the feeling 如果你还是找不到感觉
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By Lisa Bryant Paris 24 September 2007 More than four decades after quitting NATO's military wing, France may be considering rejoining. Critics say the move is largely symbolic, since Paris is already an active member in the transatlantic alliance. B
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在这次节目里我们要给大家介绍两个都是以wall这个字为主的习惯用语。Wall这个字是什么意思呢？Wall就是一堵墙的墙。有不少习惯用语都跟wall这个字有关
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我们上次讲了几个由up这个词开头的习惯用语。今天再学几个。 Up这个词可以解释为往上，例如在这个习惯用语里： up the wall。 Wall当然是墙壁，up the wall字面意思是上墙。上墙可不是件轻而易
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Free exchange Penury portrait 贫困的历史画像 The consensus on raising people out of poverty is surprisingly recent 直到最近人们才就脱贫问题达成共识，实在令人惊讶 Jul 27th 2013 |From the print edition ON JULY 17th India r
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Kerry Discusses Syria Regional Fallout in Israel 克里在以色列商讨叙利亚给该地区带来的影响 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday in Jerusalem and discussed several topics, in
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Plan B - Writing's On The Wall Plan B是一向有坏男孩之称的英国创作歌手兼演员Ben Drew的艺名。去年四月份他令人惊艳的单曲She Said成功打进英国单曲榜前十。这首Writing's On The Wall与She Said出自同张专辑
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By the straits of Sunda, chiefly, vessels bound to China from the west, emerge into the China seas. 船只驶向中国，主要就是从西循巽他海峡进入中国海。 Those narrow straits of Sunda divide Sumatra from Java; 那个狭小的巽他海
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