Elves and trolls hold a special place in the hearts of the people of Iceland. The tradition and mythology of the countrys small folk dates back to the 10th century AD, when the first Norwegian Vikings settled on the island. Tales of elves were first

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The new men's tennis rankings are out. And Raphael Nadal has a surprise surprise close the gap on world No. 1 Roger Federer. 545 points now separate the two men. The Spaniard could end the Swiss star's stay at the top place Federer has been since Fe

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Oh, hey, I'm getting uncomfortable. No, those weren't the words of my houseboy, Paco, after I lost the belt to my shorty robe. It was actually from the great mumbler, Benicio del Toro, star of the 28-hour long epic Che, after being peppered by questi

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John Milton 失明诗人弥尔顿 One of the greatest poets of the English language, John Milton, is best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Mihons powerful prose and poetry had an immense influence especially on the 18th-century verse. Besides p

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Hello, Im Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we hear two reviews of The Simpsons Movie yes, after 400 TV shows, Americas most famous dysfunctional cartoon family Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie step up from the tele

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Each night after the sunsets, sit back, look up and you can witness an epic drama playing above our heads. One involving a cast of billions, the stars. Every one with its own story to tell. There are old red giants, so puffed up. They are coming apar

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So, you know, drawing a line through those two dots of experience, came to, this is going to be a whole new world, this was a whole new world of creativity for film artists. So, I started a company with Stan Winston, my good friend Stan Winston, who

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: some words to help us remember 2009. RS: The American Dialect Society, a small scholarly group, just chose its Word of the Year as well as a Word of the Decade. Wordsmith Ben Zimm

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The tenth of November was a day of great excitement for my son, Hudson. He had been waiting for months for a new video game to be released. Skyrim is a game of battling dragons, strange worlds lost in time, heroes, enemies, and lots of gore*! It was

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The 2009 Snooker World Championship 2009年世界台球锦标赛 Millions of TV viewers were gripped by an epic battle yesterday. The arena: the snooker World Championship in Sheffield, England. The combatants: Chinese players Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo. D

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Game of Thrones Opens Seventh Season This is Whats Trending Today. 这里是今日热点节目。 Many people watched the first program in the seventh season of Game of Thrones Sunday night. 周日晚很多人都观看了《权利的游戏》第七季第

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You can buy the Beatles' latest album 'Love' here, but not here. Millions of people are legally downloading music over the Internet worldwide. Dance music, classical music, rap music, but they can't buy Beatles music. Time and again, Apple Records ha

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《only time》获2002年的流行单曲奖。很多美国人将这首寓意深刻的歌曲作为抚慰自己脆弱心灵的良方。也是《甜蜜十一月》的主题曲。由著名演员尚格云顿为沃尔沃货车拍摄的精彩广告伟大的劈

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This is AP news minute. 1. Frustrated republicans and democrats warned top Airline executives to improve customer services, or faced congressional intervention. The warning follows dragging of passengers from an United Airlines flight. The company's

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The third movie of the Hobbit trilogy is set to debut on July 18, 2014, distributor Warner Bros. said Friday. We wanted to have a shorter gap between the second and third films. Opening in July affords us not only the

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Amour took home the best film and two other awards when critics from the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) cast their votes during the 47th annual voting in New York on Saturday. The French-language drama, which

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November 8th, 1923Nazi leader Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany. He launches a failed coup in the city of Munich, an event that becomes known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler ultimately achieves his goal when he becomes Ge

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November 8th, 1923Nazi leader Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany. He launches a failed coup in the city of Munich, an event that becomes known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler ultimately achieves his goal when he becomes Ge

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Anita, Taiwan speaker What would I rather do, what a movie on DVD or at the cinema? I think I would rather watch a movie at the cinema because in the cinema they have a really good stereo so you can really enjoy the movie. Of course, watching a movie

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