美国等国举行地震救灾演习 People around the United States and in dozens of other countries took part last week in an earthquake drill called the Great ShakeOut, an event that teaches them what to do when a real earthquake strikes. 美国等数

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BBC news with Marian Marshall. Italys Highest Court has upheld the 16-years jail sentence imposed on the cruise ship captain, Francesco Schettino. The decision put Schettino behind bars more than 5 years after he steered the Costa Concordia onto rock

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【句子对照】 I'd like to do a dry run of our presentation. I need more practice using the microphone. 为了演出,我想排练一次。我应该多掌握一下如何使用麦克风。 【关键俚语】 dry run (noun phrase) 英:a practice session, a rehearsal 中:演习,排练

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【句子对照】 I'd like to do a dry run of our presentation. I need more practice using the microphone. 为了演出,我想排练一次。我应该多掌握一下如何使用麦克风。 【关键俚语】 dry run (noun phrase) 英:a practice

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US and South Korea artillery troops are conducting a joint live-fire drill on Tuesday. They are testing readiness against a potential North Korea artillery attack on the South. One US artillery battalion and two South Korea artillery units are taking

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AS IT IS 2015-10-18 Sierra Leone Faces Child Marriage Issue 塞拉利昂等多国欲解决童婚问题 The organization Girls Not Brides is a partnership of more than 500 civil society groups from over 70 countries. They are working together to end c

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美韩进行精心策划的演习 SEOUL The Eighth U.S. Army Division and the Eighth Republic of Korea Mechanized Infantry Division put on a well orchestrated show of force for the media this week during their joint military training exercises in Sou

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在这次节目里,我们要给大家讲两个以dry这个字为主的习惯用语。Dry就是:干,也就是干和湿的干。我们首先要讲的一个习惯用语是:Dry run. Dry是干,ru

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Vieques Controversy May Persist After the Bombing Ends Michael Bowman Miami 18 Jun 2001 22:05 UTC Protests continued Monday on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, days after the Bush administration an

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White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on Sunday dismissed accusations that the Obama administration is waffling over whether the United States is indeed at war with Islamic State, saying the administration has been very clear about the military

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CARACAS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- So far 10 leaders from foreign countries have confirmed attendance of the state funeral for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Nearly all the leaders will arrive here tomorrow to attend

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BEIJING Later this month, China will for the first time join the massive U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific international maritime exercise, known as RIMPAC. Beijing's participation comes as tensions over maritime territorial disputes are growing between Ch

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WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. troops will take part in a multinational military exercise in Jordan next week in a bid to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to security and stability in the region, the Pentagon said Monday. About 6,000 U.S. troops,

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脱口秀演员Sarah Jones莎拉琼斯 在TED现场来了段精彩的单口秀,她惟妙惟肖地模仿了八国人说英语,惊为天人。里面包括了英式口音、美式口音、印度口音、法国口音、中式口音、阿拉伯口音、

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Multi-country maritime drills are being held off the coast of the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao. This is the first time China's People's Liberation Army navy organizes multilateral maritime exercises. Nineteen ships, seven helicopters and marine co

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Samsung Electronics on Saturday urged consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged even after the company's global recall. 因全球召回之后

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讲解 Today's key word is Zoo z-o-o Zoo 动物园 A zoo is a park where live animals are kept so that people can look at them. Here is an example from a comedy film Madagascar: At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo

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Israel has launched a major civil defense exercise amid fears of war. 在人们广泛担心爆发战争之际,以色列举行了一次大规模的民防演习。 Israel is conducting a five-day home-front security drill to prepare for the possibili

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Syria is beefing up security on its home front in a sign of escalating tension with Israel. There are war jitters on both sides of the border. 由于和以色列的紧张关系升级,叙利亚增强了后方的安全部署。叙以两国都出现了备

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