(n.) a play on words which mixes two common metaphors: "[rocket science]" and "[brain surgery]"
> A line in a hilarious Chris Rock comedy act states that one shouldn't eat green meat. No kidding. It doesn't take a degree in rocket surgery to figure out something like that! ;oD

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Rocket Scientist By Jerry Watson Broadcast: Sunday, November 28, 2004 Hello, I'm Phil Marily with Words and Their Stories, a program in Special English. You do not need to be

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EXPLORATIONS - The X- 15 Rocketplane By Marilyn Christiano Broadcast: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 (THEME) ANNCR: Explorations -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (THEME) The X-15

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: An Army major named DJ Skelton retired on Monday at a ceremony in Arlington, Va. In attendance were family, friends and fellow soldiers, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Pentagon officials. A fou

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Going up quickly, like a rocket Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English. Im Helen. Zo: 你好吗? 我是刘佳。 Helen: Today were going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Zo: 地道英语

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1. 现在不少人一遇到问题就上网搜答案 2. 这种现象可能产生的影响 3. 你认为应该怎么做 参考范文: Sample: We Shouldn't Totally Turn to the Internet Nowadays, Internet has become an indispensable part in our life, an

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Rocket man 火箭队队歌 - 电影《农民宇航员》结尾曲 演唱者:Elton John 《农民宇航员》,虽然是小成本电影,情节也很简单,但是很有感觉。尤其是最后的结尾曲,是对电影的一个总结,rocket m

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 13 September 2007 A U.S. general has accused Tehran of sending rockets to Shi'ite groups fighting Iraq's government and U.S. forces in Iraq. VOA's Jim Randle Reports from Baghdad. Gen. Kevin Bergner speaks to reporters in Baghda

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 September 2007 More than 60 Israeli soldiers were wounded, several seriously, in a Palestinian rocket attack. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is weighing a response. Israeli soldier walks nex

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AS IT IS 2014-11-18 US Medical Supplies Donated Overseas 捐赠到世界各地的美国医疗设备 Every year, American hospitals and medical centers are left with thousands of kilograms of medical supplies that never get used. Health care workers p

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By Cathryn Curtis Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch Surgery Robots Doctors in the U.S. are increasingly using a new hi-tech tool in the surgery room -- robots. VOA's Cathryn Curtis reports on doctors

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Rachel: So, Steven, you're from Costa Rica, and I've heard it's an amazingly beautiful country, and I've seen some of pictures you've shown us in class. Do you get a lot of tourists going? Steven: In Costa Rica we are considered one of the most impor

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Put each kid on a stretcher along the wall. 把孩子们挨个放担架上,顺着墙排 Monitor all their vitals, let me know of any changes. 监视所有患者生命体征,有什么变化随时通知我 We're doing the surgeries one after the ot

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BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Health on Monday released a circular urging strengthened management of medical cosmetic institutes and their advertisements amid concerns about customer safety. Local health administrations at all levels s

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MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a military spacecraft blasted off early Wednesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the first launch since a series setbacks of Russian rocket launch in August. Colon

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BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA recently unveiled its new rocket design, named Space Launch System (SLS), according to media reports. The rocket will make its first unmanned flight in 2017, and the flight with astronauts aboard won't happen unti

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MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket was launched on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with a Chinese communications satellite AsiaSat-7, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. Roscosmos' live

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Climb, climb into a rocket 我们爬进了火箭 And we set the fuse to go, go, go 我们开始起飞 Head start, cosy in the rocket 开启引擎在火箭里面真的舒服 And I need to go, to go, go, go 我现在需要起飞了 Tip top, ready for t

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University of Washington doctors are seen here doing heart surgeries using catheters. These long tubes reaching into the heart allow doctors to perform non-invasive heart surgery. Doctor Mark Reisman is better at it now when he gets to practice by us

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下面是2014年英语四级作文范文:整容,希望考生了解四级范文的写作思路,增强自己的写作实力。 作文话题: On Cosmetic Surgeries 1. 近年来,整容现象屡见不鲜 2. 出现这一现象的原因 3. 我对这

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Photo taken on April 28, 2016 shows the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with three small satellites -- Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218 from the newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region. (Xinhua/Sputnik) Photo taken on

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