The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first of a three-part film adaptation of the 1937 novel 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien. It will be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But another way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use ice.

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Education Tips: Ask Questions In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how to improve your English skills. This week, Suzanne Meyer, the assistant director at the English Language Institute at the Unive

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My girlfriend always complains. Accord ing to her, I should be more ambitious. I should work harder and earn more money She also thinks I should live in a bigger and nicer apartment. In a way, she's r

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AS IT IS 2016-01-30 Businesses Want to Ban Bad Online Reviews In 2009, John and Jen Palmer posted a critical online comment about a business. The Palmers said they ordered and paid for a small toy and a keychain for $20 from KlearGear.com, but never

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Confidence,confident F: There are a number of important areas to consider for a branch office. M:we measure stability in government and economy. F: another critical area is business investment. M: You mean how much investment is going on in an area?

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This is Scientific Americans Sixty-second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Poor old spleen, it never got the recognition it deserved. Until now. Scientists had known that the spleen is part of our immune systems. But it was c

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Idiom: Make or break ( something critical ) Hit the book: Marine Organism Coral polyps Calcium Limestone Attach to Weird Coral reef

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12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film. It was adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose and directed by Sidney Lumet. The film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men. They must decide the guilt or innocence of a defendant on

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Next week, Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess. Members are coming back to a lot of unfinished business. And the clock will be ticking, because they have only a few weeks to get their work done before leaving a

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英国语言学家Jeremy Butterfield出版过一本书叫做A Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare。他根据牛津语料库(Oxford University Corpus)中的资料,统计得到英国人最常见的10句套话。对于老外,听到这些话,

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Im 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that I want to share with you. Some of these things Ive known since I was young, some of these things I have learned recently. 我现在30岁了,我想和大家分享一下这些年

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MILAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Juventus head coach Antonio Conte said on Sunday his club will not sign any top player due to economic conditions. The January transfer window opens soon and newspapers in Italy claimed Juventus is finalising a deal to sign

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HARI SREENIVASAN: The growing popularity of critical access hospitals, small hospitals in mostly rural areas, is posing a dilemma for people needing or wanting surgery. For many in those areas, these hospitals may be more convenient, but a Wall Stree

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学习英语最常遇到的问题,便是词汇不足。词汇不足的人在英文听、说、读、写各方面的能力都会受 到严重限制。所以词汇量的多少在英语学习中占有重

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The International Monetary Fund says the eurozone's debt crisis has reached a critical stage, and that European leaders need to move quickly toward greater financial unity. The IMF's executive board said Wednesday that the 17-nation currency union ne

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As we continued walking, we visited many of the places that the previous speakers talked about the Confucian tradition 我们继续赶路,参观了许多地方。前面的发言者们谈到儒家传统, which is so important I think to help peopl

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4 dead, 8 injured in van-truck accident in east China HEFEI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Four people have been killed and another eight injured after a van hit an oil tanker head-on in east China's Anhui Province on Friday, authorities said. The accident hap

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今天小编为大家分享的是浅析托福听力种观点态度题。大家可以参考一下这些备考经验,看看自己应该如何攻克托福听力。 观点态度题出题思路大致可分为两种: (A) 为在文中直接表明观点态

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And do you find now that you're back you.You looked comfortable from the beginning but 回归了之后会不会感觉 当然你一直状态就很好 do you find you're more comfortable and more...able to be critical, not that you're ever mean? 但今年

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