Technology Catalog 技术前沿 Towering Beauty 高耸的美丽 A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you 输电新法可能很快推出 A PYLON is supposed to be a beautiful thing. In ancient Egypt, pairs of taperi

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Diana Athill's letters;Dear Edward; 文艺;书评;戴安娜阿西尔的信;致亲爱的爱德华; Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend. By Diana Athill. 并不是一本书,只是些给朋友的信。戴安娜阿

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PART II THE SIZE OF THE EARTH 第二部分 地球的大小 Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night; 大自然和大自然的法则藏匿于黑夜之中; God said, Let Newton be! And all was light. 上帝说,让牛顿出世吧!于是世界一片

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Chapter 19 第19章 If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer to him. 如果木偶被告之要等的是一天而不是二十分钟,时间对他来说就不会那么难熬了。 He

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But others may not agree, they emphasize that today's society is not what it was. If one man has many kinds of knowledge, he will have more chances to succeed. If a man knows much in one field but knows nothing in other fields, he may be useless. Si

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While Warriors fans spent the off-season rejoicing at the newly formed superteam, the skeptics gathered in the shadows and harmoniously chanted theirmantra over and over: There's only one ball, it will never work. There'sonly one ball, it will never

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The HomeI paced alone on the road across the field while the sunset was hiding its last gold like a miser. The daylight sank deeper and deeper into the darkness, and the widowed land, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silent. Suddenly a boy's shrill

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WASHINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods has been back to the field and formally entered the PGA Championship after missing two other majors earlier this year. The World Golf Championship at Firestone will mark his return next w

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This letter is referred to your inquiry of 24,November asking about our product. Now we quote you our best terms. You will find that our price is extremely low for its excellent quality. As a matter of fact we might may soon have to raise the price a

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第十一章中Mac项目还在进行,但作者的笔触更专注于乔布斯的个性特征。Mac团队成员Andy Hertzfeld评价乔布斯拥有现实扭曲力场(Reality distortion field),指乔布斯口若悬河的表述能力和过人的意志

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BUENOS AIRES, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The national soccer teams of Brazil and Venezuela on Sunday tied in a match of the Group B at the American Cup being held in Argentina. Brazil had more goal opportunities during the match played at Ciudad de La Plata

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HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

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Tanya Tucker - Crazy arms Now blue ain't the word for the way that i feel There's a storm brewin' in this heart of mine This ain't no crazy dream i know that it's real You're someone else's love now you're not mine Crazy arms that reach to hold someb

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Mandarin has become a new vehicle for foreign automakers to woo Chinese customers. 普通话现在已成为外国汽车制造商招揽中国消费者的新手段。 It sometimes even sings such as when Nicholas Speeks, a Briton who heads sales and ma

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A: Nice pen。 B: I got it over there. It's a steal。 假如在一部电视剧中听到这样两句对话,你会怎样理解呢?It's a steal是不是指笔是偷来的?B是贼吗? 非也,非也。 A说nice pen是因为看到B有一支漂亮的

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Lesson 13 Sports 第十三课 运动 October 29 10月29日 Let's Play Baseball! 打棒球啰! Read it! 读读看! Bobby joins Rob on the show. 巴比来到罗柏的节目上, They talk about baseball. 他们谈论棒球。 Bobby manages a baseb

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SAO PAULO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Host nation Brazil will meet Japan in the opening match of the 2013 Confederations Cup, football's world governing body FIFA said on Saturday. World and European champion Spain has been drawn to play its first game of th

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在蓝领、白领、粉领等各种颜色的领充斥职场的时候,我们惊奇地发现了另一种领。他们不属于调色板上的任何一种颜色,因为他们是油领。 Fuel collar refers to those either in the travel industry or wh

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16. UPBRAlD : REPROACH :: (A) dote : like (B) lal: : stray (C) vex : please (D) earn : desire (E) recast : explain Directions: Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content.

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13 May 17 Jamie Langfield and Stevie Aitken SATURDAY Odd jobs, part-time fitba', stadium firsts and the Pizza XI

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