Manassas Ends Hope for a Short War 马纳萨斯结束对短暂的战争期待 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. Within the first few weeks of the Civil War, the Confederate Cong

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There are millions of birds called auks which fly so low and so thick over the land that the Eskimos catch them with a net as you would catch butterflies. 那里有一种叫海雀的海鸟,非常多,成百上千万,它们成群成群地飞得很低

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Most of these castles are now in ruins, because it is too hard to get to them and to keep them in repair, 现在,这些城堡大部分已经成为废墟,因为很难再到城堡对它们进行维修, and no longer can any one treat the poor peo

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Chapter 32 第32章 The Mexican War 墨西哥战争 329. The Republic of Texas. 329.得克萨斯共和国 The Mexicans won their independence from Spain in 1821 and founded the Mexican Republic. 墨西哥人1821年脱离西班牙而独立,他们建

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Tyler acted very differently. 泰勒则做出截然不同的反应, Under his direction a treaty was made with Texas. 在他的指示下联邦与得克萨斯签订了一个条约, This treaty provided for the admission of Texas to the Union. 这个

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Peace is the one thing we all hope for in the world. I wonder if it will ever come. It seems so simple, really. Why cant everyone live in peace? It seems a lot easier to do that than to fight useless wars. If there was peace in the world, everyones l

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Weekly Address: President Obama: As the Combat Mission in Iraq Ends, We Must Pay Tribute to Those Who Have Served 每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统:随着伊拉克作战任务的结束,我们必须向为国效劳的人们致敬! WASHINGTON I

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game As much a part of an American summer as ice cream and school vacations, baseball has a grip on the national psyche unrivalled by that of any other sport. The game evolved

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When researchers ask heroin addicts what's the toughest drug to quit, most say cigarettes. 当研究人员问海洛因成瘾者,他们最难戒掉的是什么大多数人说是香烟。 Yet in my country and many others, 而在我的国家和许多其

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People tend to think of prohibition as the ultimate form of regulation 人们倾向于认为:禁止就是最终极的管制方案。 when in fact it represents the abdication of regulation with criminals filling the void. 而事实上,它代表的是

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But when hundreds of thousands of Chinese started showing up in my country, 但是,当成千上万的中国人开始出现在我的国家, working hard on the railroads and the mines and then kicking back in the evening just like they had in the ol

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And I liked drinking too, but it was obvious that alcohol was really the more dangerous of the two, 我也很喜欢喝酒,但是很显然这两者中酒精确实更加危险, but my friends and I could get busted for smoking a joint. 可是我和我

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AS IT IS 2014-08-05 War in Gaza is Also on the Internet 加沙战争从现实烧到网络 The war in the Gaza Strip is being fought as much on the Internet as it is on the ground. Some people say the increased use of social media is changing the way

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AS IT IS 2015-03-13 Older Ukrainians Threatened by War with Russia 乌克兰老人受到战争威胁 Old people in eastern Ukraine are suffering from the conflict between government forces and Russian-supported rebels. The United Nations estimates 60

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Chapter 14 - Natsha receives two letters Morning came with its cares and bustle. Everyone got up and began to move about and talk, dressmakers came again. Marya Dmitrievna appeared, and they were called to breakfast. Natasha kept looking uneasily at

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Chapter 22 - Pierre and Natsha That same evening Pierre went to the Rostovs to fulfill the commission entrusted to him. Natasha was in bed, the count at the Club, and Pierre, after giving the letters to Sonya, went to Marya Dmitrievna who was interes

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Chapter 25 - Prince Andrey's opinions on war. The spirit of the army The officers were about to take leave, but Prince Andrey, apparently reluctant to be left alone with his friend, asked them to stay and have tea. Seats were brought in and so was th

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Chapter 23 - Pierre rides to the left flank with Bennigsen From Gorki, Bennigsen descended the highroad to the bridge which, when they had looked it from the hill, the officer had pointed out as being the center of our position and where rows of frag

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Chapter 19 - The senselessness of the battle of Borodin On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth not a shot was fired by either side, and on the twenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself too

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Chapter 1 - The method of history Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind. Laws of motion of any kind become comprehensible to man only when he examines arbitrarily selected elements of that motion; but at the same time,

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