About 10 percent of Indonesians are registered taxpayers and only about one million report their taxes to the government. That is not a lot for the worlds fourth most populous country. Indonesia is home to almost 260 million people. The comparatively

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Once upon a time in the country of present Turkey, a king ruled a kingdom. He was very fond of hunting. He was a famous hunter in the kingdom. There was no one to beat him in hunting in his country. The King had a loyal and intelligent pet Falcon. He

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Internet users in China are eagerly looking forward to ultra-fast 4G mobile Internet services. The anticipation has heated up following the government's announcement that licenses to operate such wireless system will be issued before the year's end.

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文本: V Valentine Wannop W Mrs. Wannop W: I wanted to write about the Women's Bill, but the editor said, Oh dear Mrs Wannop, our readers already know that the Lords are going to chuck it back. What they have no grasp of is the Balkan crisis. V: W

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文本: C Christopher Tietjens E Edith Duchemin V Valentine Wannop C: Miss Wannop, come to the fire and tell me why you won't talk to me. E: We like our tea strong. C: What is that smell, do you know? V: Chinese incense sticks. C: Ah. So those were

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文本: V- Valentine Wannop C- Christopher Tietjens General: Nobody's dead. Lady Claudine: Who was that with Tietjens? General: Never you mind. Get in the car, we'll be late. V: Why did you try to quarrel with the general? C: You need a quarrel wit

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens S- Sylvia Satterthwaite M- Sylvia's mother F- Father Consett F: The pictures no doubt belong to the hotel's former existence. S: Was it an abattoir? M: So very sad. In the midst of life... Oh, here we are. There is a

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop C: We're 13 miles from Brede, six and a half miles from... somethinglike Uddlemere. The lamp went out. Ground fog. And we are on the road toUddlemere. Do you mind telling me if you know this road

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Friendship Day takes place on the first Sunday of August every year. It is one day of the year we can say thank you to our friends. The tradition began in the USA in 1935 and has slowly spread around the world. The U.S. Congress declared Friendship D

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1. affinity /əˈfɪnɪti:/ -- (literally, condition of being near the boundary or a neighbor) kinship; sympathy; liking; attraction He intends to establish some kind of an affinity between himself and the public. 他希望在自己和公众之间建立

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In terms of the kind of dialogue that existed between attack and defense, it is very clear now to me that the appearance of trebuchet on the scene shifted that balance radically in favor of attack. It

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is the difference between the words loan and lend. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Traditionally, lend is the verb and loan is the noun. I'll have a memory trick for you at the end. British Rules This rule is still

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When the British arrived at the emperor's summer residence, they were lavishly entertained and spent days touring its beautiful parks and temples. Macartney(马戛尔尼), a good Englishman and loyal

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By Mike O'Sullivan The author of a controversial book called

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A: Do you have any plans for the weekend? B: I haven't given it much thought. What were you thinking of doing? A: I was planning on taking a trip up the coast to the beach. B: What a perfect thing to do on a beautiful weekend! A: Would you like to co

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India's government is hitting back at corruption allegations and urging opposition lawmakers to end protests that have shut down parliament for a fourth day. Opposition members have been calling for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation

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Palestinian official expects vote on bid of UN recognition at year- end RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official expected on Friday that the vote in the UN on the Palestinian bid of recognizing the state of Palestine as a non-memb

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FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today we tell about Alzheimers disease. More than a century after its discovery, Alzheimers disease is still destroying peoples bra

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Mmm mmm mm mm Ooo yeah Baby baby . I ease the pain Could see us in our holy faith But one day we changed I Dreamed from big in a face I'm already so tired to carry water open for the other side Me I don't know but every time I look up I'm waiting for

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Everybody has their own aspirations and pursuits. We can say that everyone has a dream. Now, we are all talking about the Chinese dream. In my opinion, the greatest Chinese dream in modern China is to realize the rejuvenation of our nation. Xi Jinpin

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