William: Hello, and welcome to Entertainment, I'm William Kremer. Today, I'm very excited, because we're going to be hearing from one of my very favourite comedians Gene Wilder. If you're a fan of the crazy comedies of Mel Brooks, you'll know Gene W

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Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues that will be discussed tonight by turning out in such large number

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: What do you call a lawsuit that appears to be intended to suppress public speech? RS: To critics it's a SLAPP -- a strategic lawsuit against public participation. University of De

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1. impunity /ɪmˈpju:nɪti:/ -- state of being not punished; freedom from punishment, harm, loss, etc. As a reult of stricter enforcement, speeders are no longer able to break the law with impunity. 由于更为严格的执法力度,超速者再也不

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Imagine a baby alone in the woods, how would he eat? Where would he sleep? As humans, we come into this world completely helpless. Mostly, we just know how to breathe and cry. Animals, on the other hand, stagger to their feet within minutes of birth,

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Mae West: The Wild Woman of Film and Stage Written by Dana Demange (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about film actress Mae West. She was also a writer, pro

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The Time of Our Lives--Il Divo Toni Braxton Before you read... 群雄逐鹿,烽烟再起,看德意志今夏谁主沉浮!超级组合 Il Divo 与葛莱美天后 Toni Braxton 联袂出演,激情献唱世界杯!赏绿茵竞技,品足球战歌!来吧,一起为胜利加油! 声男伶、唐妮布蕾斯顿梦幻合唱

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The cat was not moving. It was lying in the grass. The cat was black and white. It was a pretty black and white cat. It was cold outside. The cat was lying on its stomach. It was dark outside. The porch light shined on the cat. The cat looked at Siss

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EXPLORATIONS - April 10, 2002: Wiley Post By Paul Thompson Anncr: Now the VOA Special English program, explorations. Today Shirley Griffith and Doug Johnson tell about pilot Wiley Post. He set new rec

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Anil Gupta 在发展中国家内寻觅着那些不知名的发明家们--那些本地的被贫困所掩盖的天才企业家,他们的能力可以改变很多人的生活。他展示了小蜜蜂网络(Honeybee Network)是怎么帮助这些人去建

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The last hidden world---China. For centuries, travelers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures. Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest. And today, its largest, with well over a billion people. Its home to more than

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It has transformed the landscape. Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers as they prepare the age-old paddy fields ready for the coming spring. These hill slopes of Yunyang county plunge nearly 2,000 meters to the floor of the

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绝不平凡!这对Avril Lavigne而言已经算是温和的形容词了。她是一个引领流行文化的女子、一个爆发力十足的灵魂,一个狂野不羁的女孩。她是那种大约两岁左右,就能够以声音引起人们激赏的怪胎。她是那种没办法乖乖坐在课堂上,但是却充满了自信和决心,并且一个人跑到纽

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The cave rivers course is channeled by the beds of limestone. A weakness in the rock can allow the river to increase its gradient to flow in, providing a real challenge for the cave explorers. The downward rushes halted when the water table is reache

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If catching fish in the dark is impressive, imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down. Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin. These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes to the mildly acid waters of the Li River, wh

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As well as the school, the cave houses eighteen families, together with their livestock. These could be the only cave-dwelling cows on earth. With schoolwork over, its playtime at last. In Southern China, caves arent just used for shelter; they can b

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The Chinese moccasin is an ambush predator with a deadly bite. This is one of China's largest and most feared venomous snakes. But the monkeys have lived alongside these dangerous serpents for thousands of years. They use this specific alarm call to

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500 Miles - 美国乡村音乐 If you miss the rain Im on如果你错过了我坐的那辆火车 You will know that I am gong you can hear the whistle blow你将知道我已经走了,你能听见汽笛声 A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles 100里,100里,100里 A hundre

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Paris Saint-Germain-bound winger Lucas Moura was on the scoresheet as Sao Paulo defeated Ponte Preta 3-0 in Brazil's Serie A championship on Saturday. Rogerio Ceni opened the scoring from the penalty spot at the Mo

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Young infants have a vicelike grip, used to cling on to mom for dear life. As they get older, they get bolder and take more risks. Those that survive spend a lot of time traveling, yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal foods in d

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