An enormous iceberg in Antarctica has killed off 150,000 penguins and threatens to wipe out an entire colony, which has become trapped and unable to reach food. 南极洲上一枚巨大的冰山已经导致15万只企鹅死亡,整个栖息地的企鹅

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein. This week we visit two special places in the state of New Mexico. They are important in the history of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest

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Follow Your Dream I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The las

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This is the entrance to a high speed train linking Madrid with Barcelona, Seville and Malaga, normally there will be dozens of taxies and cars right here, dropping people off, rushing into their trains. Not this day. Not for long distance trains and

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Theyre everyones worst nightmare when it comes to swimming in the ocean: great white sharks. Thats despite the fact that the number of fatal shark attacks annually can usually be counted on the fingers of one still attached hand. But a new study find

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to the University of Delawares Richard Heck, Purdues Ei-ichi Negishi and Hokkaido Universitys Akira Suzuki for their work in develop

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1. North Korea is saying it has shut down a nuclear reactor. That announcement comes hours after oil aid arrived there. A UN inspection team is headed to the reactor to confirm the news. The shutdown would be the first step toward denuclearization in

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鉴于目前托福考试中写作的一道难关。一味地追求句子的长度有时反而会牺牲句子的可读性,特别是对一些基础一般的学生来说,有时生硬地追求长句反而破坏了句子的句法准确性。下面为考

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to come into money 继承了一大笔钱 英文释义 To inherit a large fortune. 例句 My friend had lived simply for most of his life, but hecame into money recently after his wealthy parents died, and now he drives a luxury car andplays golf all

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hard coin 大笔的钱 英文释义 Slang expression describing large amounts of money. 例句 My friend is earning some hard coin with his popular new business, and he will soon buy a new house and a luxury car. 我朋友靠做热门生意赚了大钱

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CANBERRA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A rare virus that can be contracted by humans has killed a large number of Victorian pigeons after being detected in the Australian state for the first time, Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday. According to the

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Collection Of Stamps I'm From Barcelona I've got one from Spain and two from Japan I've got a couple from Israel and Azerbadjan I've got a plenty from Poland but none from Sudan or from Fiji or Uzbekistan You know I can't believe I'm telling everyone

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Seal 全名Seal Henry Samuel,于1963年2月19日出生在英国伦敦,他是一名混血儿,父母分别是自尼日利亚人和巴西人。自上世纪90年代以来,Seal一直都是英国最 受欢迎的男歌手之一,90年代中期以后,

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1. Senator Ted Kennedy is said to be resting comfortably at a Boston hospital after suffering some kind of seizure. The 76-year-old was at his home on Cape Cod at the time and was later airlifted to Boston. 2. President Bush is trying to make amends

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Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt. (MUSIC) Today we tell about the word fireworks. The expression fireworks gets its meaning from the fireworks that people shoot into the sky when they are celebrating

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AMERICAN STORIES - Childrens Story: Paul Bunyan FAITH LAPIDUS: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. T

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How Does One Find a Meteorite? 如何找到陨石? Editor's Note: The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak in the skies over Earth on the night of Aug. 12-13. Despite a bright moon supermoon, there should still be a good show from this prolific sho

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3. These days the Net, which has already remade such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as well. 【分析】复合句。句子的主干是the Net... is reshaping Donovans vocation。these days 为时间

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13. Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect:family risk has risen as well. 【分析】并列句。but连接两个互为转折关系的分句,两

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Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the ward or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding spa

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