Topic1-Gaokao Today Today, 9.4 million Chinese high school students are sitting the countrys grueling two-day college entrance examination, also known as the Gaokao. It was the Chinese Literature exam for most of the places across the country this mo

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The Shaolin monks of China are famous for fighting skills and acrobatics, but above all, for their ability to somehow manage their senses. Does this really not hurt or do they just not mind the pain? To prepare themselves for their grueling acts, th

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The view from the back of our house faces north, looking at the hills on either side of the Columbia river. They are brown this time of year, after a hot and dry summer. For a few days, the view was hard to see because there was smoke to the north(1)

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1. More violence in Iraq after gunmen stormed a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding several others. The cause of the clash is not known. 2. Al-Qaeda's second-in-command

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One of America's premier institutions of higher learning is the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There, young men and women grow from teenagers into naval officers. The Academy tests students both in and out of the classroom, in a

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今天我们要学的词是grueling。 Grueling, 是高度紧张的意思。 American football is a grueling sport, 美式足球是一项高强度运动。 After a grueling week, President Obama took his family to see a dance performance at the Kenne

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