AS IT IS 2015-08-07 Boy Scouts of America Cancels Ban on Gay Leaders, Workers 美国童子军取消同性恋担任领导人 The Boy Scouts of America has cancelled its policy barring openly gay adults from serving as scout leaders and employees. The

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Sanctuary Movement Helps Immigrants at Risk 避难所运动帮助了冒险的移民 For more than 30 years, religious groups in many parts of the U.S. have provided refuge to immigrants who face possible expulsion from the country. Today, religious g

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AS IT IS 2015-11-23 Pope Francis Makes First Africa Visit 教皇弗朗西斯首次非洲访问 Pope Francis will make his first trip to Africa on November 25 to 30, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. The Vatican said the pope ha

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Twenty-six Orthodox priests murdered since 1990, including 39-year-old Alexander Filippov on Tuesday Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (center) conducts the funeral service for slain priest Daniil Sy

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A: Can you help me figure out some inexpensive ways to fix up the exterior of my home? B: Like the interior, the number one thing you can do is to repaint the outside of your home if it needs it. A: What do you think of the landscaping? B: Your lawn

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25. In the West,before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms. 【分析】多重复合句。句子主干为

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BBC Learning English Weekender Mothering Sunday Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. This Sunday is a special day in Britain. It's not an official national holiday and not everybody will be doing anything different, but it is ma

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Uh, you. The show is about you, sir. Nelson Mandela was so humble that being on the show for a whole hour was not something he expected. How can such a great man be so humble, I thought. Graduates, if you can proceed through life with just a portion

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Unit 8 Wedding Etiquette Conversation 1 A : Hi, Lucy ! B : Hi. It's a wonderful wedding, isn't it? A : Yes, It's very great. B : Mary's father is a rich man , isn't he ? A : You are right, Mary's father is responsible for the entire wedding-arrangem

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Joe: Merry Christmas, Lily! Lily: The same to you,Joe! Joe: This is your first Christmas in the U.S. Here is the gift for you. Lily: It's very thoughtful of you. Wow! It's so beautiful! Could you tell me how American people celebrate Christmas? Joe:

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Travel Etiquette出行礼仪 Norway 挪威 Don't stare at naked people: People are pretty relaxed about nudity, and both men and women will for example change on public beaches without any attempt at covering themselves up. You are however expected t

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Let me give you directions to my house. I think it's very easy to find, but people always seem to get lost. From your house, get on the main road. Travel that road for 2.5 miles. When you reach the bridge, get on the bridge and stay in the left lane.

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【B】 I told Chuck I loved him, again. and he didn't say it back, again. 【J】 Blair, I'm not gonna tell people that. 【B】Why not? I'm giving you what you need to be queen. 【J】 I don't wanna be queen. I just wanted a chance to have a life

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今天我们要学的词是vacation。 Vacation, 是假期的意思。To be on vacation, 是正在渡假。A paid vacation是指带薪水的假期。The couple has been planning their European vacation for months, 意思是这对夫妇好几个月来一

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For the next three evenings, Wellington will host the finals of The Big Sing in the Town Hall. The Big Sing is a choir competition for secondary schools. Schools can enter a male, female or mixed choir, or all three if they want to. Each choir perfor

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When the Clearys went to church on Sundays, Meggie had to stay home with one of the older boys, longing for the day when she, too, would be old enough to go. Padraic Cleary held that small children had no place in any house save their own, and his ru

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The Christ Church College is the largest constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. 基督教堂学院是牛津大学最大的学院。 It is also one of the richest colleges of Oxford University, because it is the only college that

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Todd: So, what did you do today? Ruth: Well, actually, I got up this morning quite early. I couldn't sleep so I was a little bit annoyed and then I went to church and I had some lunch and.. Todd: OK, but, you said early, like how early? Ruth: Well, I

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A Wish Mine be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from his clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift t

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THIS IS AMERICA -March 11, 2002: Jamestown By Jill Moss . . . . . . . . . VOICE ONE: Almost four-hundred years ago, three British ships loaded with passengers and supplies sailed across the Atlantic O

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