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Here Degas shows a couple in a café staring out 1) disconsolately, with a glass of the 2) deadly green 3) absinthe on the table in front of the woman. Degas’ friend Monet painted a dandish male abs

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In any case, Britain will find that, unless it is willing to continue sharing access to its waters, it will lose access to valuable foreign markets. 英国将会发现，无论如何它都会失去珍贵的国外市场，除非它愿意分享它的水域

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U164 There is a good three miles to the station.(足足) I'll give you a good try. (好好试) I'll give them a good dry. I've a good day work today. It needs a good wash. We should give it a good cle

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Here is a book called the Last Days of Dead Celebrities. Can tabloid journalism get any lower? The author Mitchell Fink takes a group of famous people, all they have in common is the fact that they ar

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Researchers say that regular exercise reduces the risk of getting a cold -- but only if it is not too vigorous, the Daily Mail reported. 据英国《每日邮报》报道，研究人员表示，日常锻炼若不是太剧烈，可预防感冒。 Bris

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Medieval armor certainly looks heavy. And now researchers have demonstrated how the protection might have unwittingly put its wearers at a heavy disadvan

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I sit on the bed, hating Haymitch, hating Peeta, hating myself for mentioning that day long ago in the rain. Its such a joke! Peeta and I going along pretending to be friends! Talking up each others strengths, insisting the other take credit for thei

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In my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required. 语音讲解： 单词发音 exertion /ɪɡˈzɜːʃən $ -ɜːr-/ proportion /prəˈpɔːʃən $ -ˈpɔːr-/ require /rɪˈkwaɪə $ -ˈkwaɪr/ 连词发音 my opinion /maɪ

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I saw the heart of time. I could hear the heavy pulse beats of the rapid seconds-one-two-three-up to sixty. 我仿佛看见了时间的心脏，我听见了飞速流逝的时间那沉重的脉搏声，一秒、两秒、三秒，一直到六十秒。

How to Overcome Laziness

Australian researchers have identified a new condition characterized by extreme laziness: motivational deficiency disorder (MoDeD). MoDeD is far different from being a couch potato when you get home from work or sleeping in late on a Sunday morning.

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Today, you will do what you always do. The same activities. The same job. And at the same level of effort. OR you could push things. You could push yourself to do more. 今天你会做之前你一直在做的事情。同样的行为，同样的工作，

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Air is deceptive stuff. Even at sea level, we tend to think of the air as being ethereal and all but weightless. In fact, it has plenty of bulk, and that bulk often exerts itself. As a marine scientist named Wyville Thomson wrote more than a century

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I bathe the blood and ash from my face. I try to recall all I know about burns. They are common injuries in the Seam where we cook and heat our homes with coal. Then there are the mine accidents. . . . A family once brought in an unconscious young ma

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He seemed to be working in obedience to some particular presentiment. 他好象是听凭一阵预感的支配在擦着， Nor did it remain unwarranted by the event. 而且预感就是事实那样。 Towards noon whales were raised; 将近午刻时分，