Easter is a time of springtime festivals. The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring. And partly it comes from the Christian celebration of the rebirth of Jesus Chri

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February 14th is a complicated but interesting holiday. First of all, Valentine's Day is not a holiday from work. No one gets a day off. On Valentine's Day people ususlly send romantic cards to someone they love or want to be loved by. The cards are

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For most of us, Hawaii begins to weave her spell with some little glimmer of awareness. Golden beaches and golden people. Sun, sand, sea, and surf... And somewhere between the blue skies and the palm trees... we're hooked. 对于大部分人来说,那

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Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games, and has a long history and cultural background. The history of Athens begins more than 3,000 years ago when during the prehistoric times its first inhabitants created their first settlement on the rock o

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As a testament to the correlation between glorious spaces and heavenly thoughts, the Notre Dame de Paris has stood for 750 years as the apex of European religious architecture. 作为荣光之地与神圣思想互相关联的证明巴黎圣母院,至

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How would you like to sip a glass of cold beer while sitting in the shadow of a Chinese pagoda surrounded by English gardens in the middle of a southern German city? It may sound unlikely, but that is what millions of visitors from around the world e

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Jerusalem is arguably the world's most revered city, it's the city of king David (1,000 B.C.), the place of Christ's last ministry and Crucifixion, and the site where the prophet Mohammad is believed to have ascended to heaven. Over a turbulent 3,000

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What images come to mind when you think of a trip to Venice? No doubt you imagine yourself taking a romantic gondola ride along narrow canals and under delicate bridges. Perhaps you picture the beautiful old buildings and famous works of art that hav

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Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country. 感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日,而且它和早期美

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The once all-powerful dollar isn't doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar. 无所

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摘要:女孩子从小就是在父母、家人的呵护下长大。我们看过各种美丽的童话:灰姑娘、白雪公主、睡美人,童话中的女孩儿,每一个都是那么美丽动人,那么娇嫩,那么纯洁,像一朵最鲜艳

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摘要:本篇短文介绍了谷歌公司从一个小修理厂变为全球最大的搜索引擎公司的成长历程。相信和读完本文,除了增长知识之外,文章清晰的条理步步推进的层次感将会给你的写作带来很大的

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英语听力原文: Nowadays, fewer Americans think the American Dream is still achievable, but many have redefined what that dream means. 现如今,认为美国梦仍是可实现的美国人越来越少,但是很多人给美国梦重新下了定

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In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult, because they grow up in such an unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious and the children are p

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Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they'll change America. Rightly so. But selfishly, I'm more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, bu

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Crime is increasing world wide. There is every reason to believe the trend will continue through the next few decades. 世界范围的犯罪正在增加。有许多理由让我们相信这种趋势在未来的几十年将会继续。 Crime rates have

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Japan's nuclear crisis may mean greater demand for imported food and less competition from Japanese products on world markets. But it also means that Japanese farmers and others who make and sell food have to worry about their future. 日本陷入了核

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Thousands of migrants are taking advantage of summer weather and calm seas to try to cross from Africa to Europe. One of the most frequently used routes is from the North West Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands. 成千上万的难民正利用夏季炎

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It's summertime, and the life is easy. For many Americans, this is the season to travel. Why? Because school is out. Because the weather is great. And most of all, because we all deserve a break. When Americans take a break, they often head for their

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Egyptian society had a strictly organized class structure. The majority of people consisted of farmers and craftsmen who were led by the land-owning elite of officials and priests. 埃及社会有一套严格组织起来的社会等级结构。大部分

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