Jana: You mentioned snow. I had no idea it snows in South Africa. Peter: Yeah, maybe I should qualify that. The central part of South Africa actually there's a range of mountains that run straight through from the northern part of South Africa right

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The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director

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Arabian camels and nomadic people are the most recent in a long line of Saharan pioneers. The history of this great region is told in ancient rock art, glimpses of a vanished world. Just a few thousan

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德国女生Sarah Connor,以甜美、带劲的节奏蓝调歌唱实力进军欧洲乐坛。从2001年出道至今,每张唱片都能占据德国专辑榜的前列,甚至在其他国家也能进入前十的位置。临近圣诞节,Sarah Connor当

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Lemon Tree是一首由Fool's Garden(愚人花园)于1996年首唱的乡村歌曲,使这支原本寂寂无名的德国5人乐队一下子红遍欧洲,在被苏慧伦翻唱后也开始为国人熟知。 台湾歌手王若琳在2011年9月23日发

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AS IT IS 2015-03-14 Scientists Search for Ways to Feed an Ever-Growing World 科学家寻找新方法以养活世界不断增长的人口 As the population grows and temperatures rise it will become more difficult to grow enough food for everyone. So

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Originally these graves had been dug into the rocks of the western mountains 最初,这些坟墓是建在西部山脉的岩石里面, but as the Egyptians moved northward they were obliged to build their cemeteries in the desert. 随着埃及人向

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A familiar legend is that when people get lost in the woods, they walk in circles. Now, according to research conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tuebingen, Germany, this is a natural human behavior. What we found was

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Hi, everyone. I'm Patty Kim. Today we're headed for Southern Africa, a place that holds something for every traveler, for every budget: cosmopolitan cities, world-class safaris, not to mention record-setting sites that'll take your breath away. Here'

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society, that first brought civilization to the desert. Far from just scraping by in this harsh landscape, the Garamantes were flourishing. They grew crops, such as cereals and grapes. They kept horses and pigs. Clearly, they needed large amounts of

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So the rigid hierarchical structure of Egyptian society wasn't just dictated by the Pharaohs. It also emerged because the Egyptians had only one water source - the Nile. 5,000 years ago, it wasn't just the ancient Egyptians who noticed the value of r

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The center of the Sahara Desert in North Africa, one of the driest places on earth. I'm over six hours drive from civilization. Temperatures here regularly reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but there's less than half an inch of rainfall each year. Ah,the

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德国女生Sarah Connor,以甜美、带劲的节奏蓝调歌唱实力进军欧洲乐坛。从2001年出道至今,每张唱片都能占据德国专辑榜的前列,甚至在其他国家也能进入前十的位置。临近圣诞节,Sarah Connor当然不会放弃机会,推出一张名为'Christmas in My Heart'的专辑,唱片依然延续

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Have you ever been homesick? 你有没有想过家? If you haven't, then you have never been far away from home for any length of time, or you never had a home. 如果没有,那么你一定没有出过远门,在外待过一段时间;或者你从

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John Denver:Annies Song 安妮之歌 you fill up my senses like a night in a forest like the mountains in springtime like a walk in the rain like a storm in the desert like a sleepy blue ocean you fill up my senses come fill me again come let me love

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山地气候 mountain climate 冬季季风气候 winter monsoon climate 季风气候 monsoon climate 高气压 high-pressure 锋面 frontal edge 亚热带气候 sub-tropical climate 气团 air mass 热浪 heat wave 高原气候 plateau climate 闪电 lightning 雾 fog 海滨气候 littora

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走出那个甜甜的SWEETBOX.Jade Valerie We Can Run Spare a thought or two Cause I know their heavy keep them safe for you And I'll hold it steady Don't know what to do, Who really does Just let me pull it through Let me sink down with you No mor

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2006职称英语考试模全真拟试题理工类C级(一) 第一部分:词汇选择(第1-15题,每题1分,共15分) 下面共有15句子,每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横

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Todd: Simon, when you were younger, did you take vacations with your family? 托德:西蒙,你小的时候和家人一起度过假吗? Simon: Yes, I did. 西蒙:嗯,有过。 Todd: OK, where did you go? 托德:好,那你去哪里了?

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I put myself through this process of resurrecting desserts because I truly feel that a good dessert can change the course of your day. 我让自己融入到让恢复甜点的整个过程当中,因为我真的觉得吃到一个好吃的甜点能够改

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