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The language I'm speaking right now is on its way to becoming the world's universal language, for better or for worse. Let's face it, it's the language of the internet, it's the language of finance, it's the language of air traffic control, of popula

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Senior African finance officials say per capita income in Africa fell for the first time in a decade because of the global economic recession. But during a meeting in Malawi they also noted that the economic rebound had improved growth prospects for

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[00:00.00]Unit 9 Computers [00:04.10]3.While you listen [00:10.58]Recommending a website [00:14.94]You are going to listen to a conversation between two friends who meet in the street. [00:22.02]Are you booking your summer holiday already.then? [00:2

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A dream of immortality 成为不朽的梦想 It is only too easy to consider yourself immortal after you have imbibed rather too freely. This is the cautionary tale of jimmy anderson. Anderson started out on his alcoholic binges at quite an early age. Almo

白领美丽英文诵典365 -067 3 Habits to Create More Pers

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英语语法：102 What Is the Plural of Scissors?

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when plurals have no singular. A listener named Brent called in with this question: I have a question: how come pants, trousers, slacks, corduroys are all plurals even though there is only one of them? Guest writer

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By Ravi Khanna New York 04 April 2007 New York City is home to the famous Lee Strasberg Theater and film institute, which is known for training actors in what it calls method acting. Urdu TV' s Ravi Khanna went inside the institute to find out more f

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QINGDAO, China, May 29 (Xinhua) -- China was crowned the Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton champion for the fourth straight time by cruising past Denmark 3-0 here on Sunday. It is China's second fourth straight win at Sudirman Cup as the powerh

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For a long time, conventional wisdom said that we should drink eight glasses a day. 长久以来，一般观念都认为我们每天要喝8杯水， That estimate has since been fine-tuned. 但这个数据已被重新调整过。 Now, the consensus i

美国大学派对狂欢哪家强？

The University of Illinois stakes claim to 23 Nobel Prize winners and tech prowess that contributed to the creation of YouTube, Netscape, Java and Yelp. 伊利诺伊大学（University of Illinois）共有23名校友获得诺贝尔奖，该校培养的

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As predicted, violence ahead of Iraq's October 15 national referendum on the draft constitution is rising, with more than 110 people killed and as many wounded in car bombings since late Thursday. Wednesday's attack in Tal Afar, carried out by the fi

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Computers are an amazing thing, you know they have really improved people's lives over the past 15 or 20 years. You know you can do word processing. You can access libraries of information. You can communicate with your friends 24 hours a day across

爆笑！CNBC女记者在直播中睡着了？

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Surprises and three titles for Chinese shuttlers

BIRMINGHAM, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Curtains of the All England Open were down on Sunday, with badminton powerhouse China bagging surprises and three titles. At the men's singles event, Chinese player Chen Long beat No. 1 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia

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Ann. 陈是在北京ABC美国公司工作的年青人。今天，他收到一张请帖。可是他不懂请帖上RSVP这几个字母的意思。所以他就去问公司里的一位美籍华人Mary。 (Office ambience) 陈：Mary，美国公司三星请

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They are called watersiders or wharfies and they work on the wharf, loading and unloading goods from ships in a port. Most belong to the Maritime Union. Today, 300 watersiders at the Ports of Auckland started a three-week strike. This is the 7th stri

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