[00:00.00]The ancient Olympic games, [00:02.94]which began in 776 BC, [00:05.67]lasted for over 1100 years. [00:08.84]In 394 AD, the Christian [00:13.00]Roman Emperor Theodosius abolished [00:16.50]the games, as pagan festivals. [00:19.35]At that tim

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Increasingly, the VA and other organizations are recognizing that women leaving military service have unique needs which aren't being met. Here's one telling statistic. Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than civi

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Fellow Travelers 同行者 August 28th, 1931 1931年8月28日 The next day in the afternoon four of us started out for the hop-fields. The most interesting of the men with me was a youth named Ginger, who is still my mate when I write this. He is a s

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2-11-A Passage 1: Napoleon was many things but he was, first of all, remembered as a military leader. Rising from an artillery officer to the commander of the French army, he waged war after war against neighboring countries. In 1804, he declared him

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[00:46.72]片名:《爱情盛宴》 [01:39.20]- ESTHER: Harry? - It's all right, Esther. - 哈里? - 没事,埃丝特 [01:42.04]I can't sleep. 我睡不着 [02:07.72]HARRY. ; There is a story about the Greek gods. 有个关于希腊神灵的故事

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In her new movie Black Swan, Natalie Portman, has pushed herself to the limit. She plays a ballerina who suddenly seems to be crumbling as she pursues the role of lifetime, and critics are already calling it the role of Natalie's lifetime, a performa

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Federal authorities are now reportedly classifying the Boston Marathon explosions as a terrorist attack, but it's not yet known if this was a foreign or domestic attack. Reports are also quoting federal officials saying that neither C-4 nor any other

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一天清晨,雪莉和本杰明去慢跑。雪莉想减肥,便拼命地快跑。可本杰明却说那不是减肥之道,那怎样才是呢?来听听本杰明的高见吧! Listen Read Learn (Shirley and Benjamin are jogging) Shirley: Come on, you are left behind! Benjamin: Wow, I can't catch my brea

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2014年的NCAA国大学篮球联盟已经开战!每逢疯狂3月(March Madness),包括美国总统奥巴马在内的全美球迷和媒体都热衷于猜测最终的比赛结果,而这样疯狂的猜想在今年演绎到了极致。巴菲特出1

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Item Six. Vocabulary. diagnose, testicular cancer, chemotherapy, bout, beacon, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France. Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971. Athletic from the start, Lance became a professional athlete by the age of 16. Lance ent

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Long before the time of Christ, athletic meets used to be held in Greece once every four years. 在耶稣诞生前很久,希腊每四年举行一次体育大会, These were called Olympic Games, and champions in running and jumping and other spor

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For many people in the U.S., sports are not just for fun. They're almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in person. Other fan

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Texas Rodeo Seeks to Minimize Injuries in Dangerous Sport At the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the biggest event of its kind in the world, safety is a chief concern. During the three-week rodeo, both riders and animals can count on expert

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AA: This is Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of peace. Robert Johansen is a professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He says peace has a guarded place in the American voca

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Todd: OK, Sophie, we're going to talk about high school. What was high school like? Sophie: It was great. Lots of fun. Lots of friends. Learned quite a bit at school. Todd: So, what did you study in high school? Sophie: I studied mainly sciences actu

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Cooperation between China and Germany has reached beyond economics and into the football field. Last November saw China and Germany sign a comprehensive agreement on football cooperation. Since then, bilateral football exchanges have increased signif

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The islanders were still there, in greater numbers than on the day before, perhaps 500 or 600 of them. 土人守在那里,比昨天的人数更多了,大约有五六百人左右。 Taking advantage of the low tide, some of them had moved forward

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