The city of Tenness was consumed by the desert in the sandstorm of the last of the holy year. Wiped clean by ? Indiana Jones' friend, ?, explaining the fictional fate of the City of Tenness in Raiders of the lost Ark. Back in real life scientists hav

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Some people, called Veneti, were troubled by a wild tribe from the north. 一个叫做威尼西亚的民族,受到北方一个野蛮部落的不断侵扰, So they moved to these islands to get away from these annoying tribes. 于是来到这些小岛

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Im sick, said Mr. B. Mr. G. knows so much about building a dome, let him go on with it. 我病了,布先生说,吉先生很擅长建造圆顶,让他继续建下去吧。 So the people went back to Mr. G. and told him to go ahead. 于是人们回到

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Lesson 35 第35章 The Gates of Paradise and the Dome of Heaven 天堂之门和天国的穹顶 Down the length of Italy like the back of a sea monster is a ridge of mountains called the Apennines. 有一条山脉的山脊从北向南纵贯整个意大利

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Chapter 25 The Land of the Angles 第25章 盎格鲁人的土地 England is an island. 英格兰是一个岛。 Angles once lived on the islandno, not Angelsbut people called Angles. 盎格鲁人曾经住在这个岛上不,不是天使,而是叫做

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Venetian Vacation 浪漫水都 ── 威尼斯 What images come to mind when you think of a trip to Venice? No doubt you imagine yourself taking a romantic gondola ride along narrow canals and under delicate bridges. Perhaps you picture the beautifu

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta, Indonesia 13 November 2006 Conservationists in Indonesia have warned that fires set to clear land have killed and injured hundreds of endangered orangutans. Environmentalists are also concerned the burning of rainforest and

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By VOA News 11 July 2006 Noguchi museum exhibit Visionary 20th century designer-inventor Buckminster Fuller and modernist sculptor Isamu Noguchi collaborated to bridge the gap between art and technology to create works that challenged the status quo

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By Greg Flakus Vermillon, South Dakota 27 September 2007 One of the strongest and most efficient construction designs is the dome. Dome structures like the Pantheon in Rome have survived for centuries, while other buildings around them have crumbled.

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Backdrop of Kerry's First Speech as Secretary of State Rich in Its Own History Column after white column. Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian stand before a backdrop of red brick. Serpentine Walls and domes round out the architecture of the University of Vi

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150 Years After Defeat, Sochi Olympics Divide Native Circassians 索契的切尔克斯人 SOCHI As thousands of visitors enjoy the Winter Olympic venues in Sochi, there is a growing argument about the history of the land they were built on. Russia fo

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Chicago's Ukrainian Community Prays for Peace in Ukraine 芝加哥美籍乌克兰人社区为乌克兰和平祈祷 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS As Chicago's large Ukrainian American community begins to observe the Christian season of Lent, many are turning to t

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The canyon has power and attraction compelling the visitor to gaze into its depth. These few points to a time when rainfall here would be significantly greater and the river evermore able to cover its channel through the granite landscape. This volca

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 18 January 2007 U.S. senators Thursday expressed frustration with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for not being more forthcoming about details relating to the Bush administration's decision to place its controversial w

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Unit 11. Visions of the future. Part 1. Warming up. A. Keywords. businesses, office, transport, advertising. Vocabulary. clerical worker, client. Listen to some predictions some people have made about the business world in the next 20 years or so, ad

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 December 2006 Visitors to Hollywood often hope to catch a glimpse of the stars on the silver screen. Now, they can also get a peek at the stars in the sky at the Griffith Observatory, a longtime Hollywood landmark.

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Squares become circles, circles octagons, and all around a single central point. Space spins into ever smaller spaces. It's as perfectly mysterious as the finest natural crystal. The walls, the columns, seem to be nothing more than an illusion, and s

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