《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit58:狂欢节的起源

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 02 May 2006 watch National Anthem report A new Spanish version of the United States national anthem has added to the controversy over the role of immigrants in U.S.

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By Leslie Boctor Cairo 01 August 2006 Roughly 96 percent of Egypt's land mass is made up of desert. Since the time of the pharaohs, the country has relied on a fertile narrow strip along the Nile River to support every aspect of social and economic

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By Susan Logue Jamestown, Virginia 10 May 2007 Monday (May 14th) marks the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in the United States. One of the key figures in that history is a young Indian girl named Pocahontas -- the daughte

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From NPR news, this is All Things Considered, I am Michelle Norris. Italians like to think they made the first noodles. But the Chinese maintain they invented the dish about 2000 years ago. And Arab cooks argue that the honor belongs to them. Well no

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 23 August 2007 Recent rebel violence from a nomadic tribe in northern Niger may escalate into civil war according to analysts, who are concerned the revolt may affect neighboring countries in the West African Saharan region. Phuo

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 28 November 2006 Violence continued to grip the Iraqi capital Tuesday, with at least two car bombs exploding outside a hospital morgue, killing four people and injuring many more. The latest attacks come as Iraq's pre

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By Phuong Tran N'Djamena, Chad 29 August 2007 Mauritanian nomad children, Messaouda and Lala Fatma in Marseique village Decades of drought in the Sahel desert and its vast mineral reserves, have forced nomads to defend their pastures from both farmer

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A series of highly publicized incidents involving Muslim women have reinforced popular perceptions that an intolerant, sexist brand of Islam is taking root in France - home to Europe's largest Muslim community. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VO

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Ebola Brings Sickness, Fear, Anger 埃博拉病毒带来了疾病、恐惧和愤怒 A Cornell University professor says when responding to the West Africa Ebola epidemic, officials must consider both the physical and social dimensions of healing. Sta

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By Zulima Palacio Hawaii 11 June 2007 Monk seals are one of the most endangered mammals in the world. In the Caribbean, they already are extinct. Off the African coast of Mauritania, they are down to a few hundred. In the remote northwestern islands

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The fossil remains of five individuals who lived about 315,000 years ago in North Africa could belong to the very first population of modern humans, or they might be just another relative of ours who died out. NPR's Christopher J

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By Luis Ramirez Berqin, West Bank 03 November 2009 As Israel's army removes more checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, many Palestinians are experiencing an economic boom. Some of that growth has come from the production of olives, a staple in the

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A team of investigators in the central Mexican state of Queretaro has uncovered the remains of an ancient mammoth over 10 thousand years old. The bones were found in Huimilpan municipality and include tusks, skull fragments and other pieces still to

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By Greg Flakus Houston 14 November 2007 The fossilized bones of a female hominid creature who lived about three-million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, continues to draw crowds at Houston's Museum of Natural Science. Recently visiting the skeleton

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let's turn now to a mystery that has taken scientists more than 150 years to solve. It involves the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and a skeleton. NPR's Scott Greenstone has the story. SCOTT GREENSTONE, BYLINE: In 1852, w

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