[00:03.03]Part A [00:05.04]Listen to Graciela Perez,inviting Victor Bonillo,to lunch. [00:10.24]You will hear two versions of the conversation. [00:13.43]Which one is more polite and friendly? [00:16.20]First version [00:17.97]BONILLO:Bonillo. [00:26

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Hercules was a strong and brave man. He lived in Greece. The King was jealous of Hercules. People might make Hercules the King. Therefore he wanted to get rid of Hercules. He set difficult tasks for Hercules to keep him away from the country so that

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Cloud Atlas: A Tale of Birth, Death and Re-Birth From the travails of a young American in the mid-19th century on a vessel crossing the Pacific to a female clone who rises up against oppression in a futuristic society, Cloud Atlas is a grand tale abo

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There are museums, and then, there are wonderfully specific museums. We're talking about such institutions as the American Toby Jug Museum, the German Watering Can Museum and, of course, the U.S. National Tick Museum. All of thes

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – November 11, 2002: WHO Tobacco Atlas By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization has released a new report on smoking tobacco.

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By Rosanne Skirble Coral reefs are home to the greatest diversity of plant and animal life found in any habitat, anywhere on the earth. But, while they are found in 101 countries and territories, the

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Ayn Rand Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many A

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One-Third of Worlds Population Cannot See The Milky Way 全球三分之一的人口无法看到银河 If you have ever seen the Milky Way galaxy, you know what a beautiful sight it is: a truly massive group of shining stars stretching across the nigh

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Spacecraft Moving in for Jupiter Close-up 朱诺飞船靠近木星 Jupiter, our solar systems largest planet, is about to show its secrets. On July 4, a NASA spacecraft will enter Jupiters orbit and start sending data back to Earth. It will be the fi

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AS IT IS 2015-11-11 Chinese Singles Drive the World's Biggest Shopping Day Online 中国光棍节成为全球最大的网上购物狂欢节 Whats the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentines Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. They

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'Atlas Obscura' Tour Of Manhattan Finds Hidden Wonders In A Well-Trodden Place play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:34repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or upd

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lower back pain - yeah, you know who you are. You're not alone, though. Most of us will suffer from lower back pain sometime in our lives. And when it happens, many of us will reach for pain medication. But new guidelines from th

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Can geographic information make you healthy? In 2001 I got hit by a train. My train was a heart attack. I found myself in a hospital in an intensive-care ward, recuperating from emergency surgery. And I suddenly realized something: that I was complet

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英语词汇起源及妙记1、Chemistry 化学古代的炼金术士们总想找到一种方法,将低贱的金属变为金子。现在通过原子裂变的原理表明,他们的这种想法并非一般人们想象的那么愚蠢。古埃及人入侵

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BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The highly-anticipated film Cloud Atlas is poised to throw Skyfall from its seat at the top of China's box office when it debuts here on Thursday, online polls showed Wednesday. Cloud Atlas had attracted more than 8,300 v

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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese comedies have raked in the most money during the Spring Festival holiday, beating foreign rivals like the Hollywood blockbuster Cloud Atlas. Odyssey, a fantasy action comedy directed by Hong Kong comic actor Steph

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Science and technology 科学技术 Dealing with asteroid strikes 应对小行星撞击 A close shave 近地掠过 After a hit and a near miss minds are focusing on the risks from space rocks 在一次撞击和一次近距离擦肩而过后,人们开

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To these he subsequently added a fourth term, nimbus (from the Latin for cloud), for a rain cloud. The beauty of Howard's system was that the basic components could be freely recombined to describe every shape and size of passing cloudstratocumulus,

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一提到癌症,人们总有一种心头一紧的感觉,恐怕很少有人能像电影《滚蛋吧!肿瘤君》里女主角一样,患上淋巴瘤还那么坚强。近日,国家卫计委、发改委等16个部门联合向癌症宣战,计划编

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1. ambrosial /mˈbrəuzjəl/ -- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious; excellent ambrosia是神享用的美味可口的食物。在神话中,一些神仙们所吃的鲜果、食物、香料、油膏,有人称为仙果、仙食

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