'Million Dollar' Night at the Academy Awards Million Dollar Baby earned four Oscars, including one for best actress for Hilary Swank. She played a woman determined to become a boxing champion and play

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I have loved my work at the University of Tennessee. Its been awesome. And I can say for almost 4 decades it has been a privilege to make and impact on the lives of 161 women who have worn the orange. Legendary womens basketball coach Pat Summitt who

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16 Chuck Jones 16 查克琼斯 Academy Award winning animator Chuck Jones drew such beloved cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. 奥斯卡奖得主动画师查克琼斯曾经塑造了兔八哥、达菲鸭、胖小猪等深受人们

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 世界名人故事之演员明星

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the art of rap. This form of music sprang from the hip-hop culture of young, urban African Americans. RS: But, as often happens with black music, it is a white artist who is gett

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[00:04.60]The Sword of Heroes! 勇者大刀 [00:06.60]Said to be so sharp you can cut yourself just by looking. 听说绝对锋利 看一眼就会被割伤 噢 [00:11.76]The lnvisible Trident of Destiny! 这是隐形天命三叉戟 [00:17.08]l've onl

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Pre-season Transfers 賽季前的轉隊球員 Although the 2005/2006 football season doesn't start until mid-August, Premiership clubs are in a state of frantic negotiation as they try to sign new players for the forthcoming season. The transfer market has

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Films Explore Gender Relations in Traditional Societies 电影探索传统社会的性别关系 Two new independent films, one by Afghan director Atiq Rahimi, and another by the first female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour, explore gender relations

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January 24th 1848. Northern California James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, a discovery that sparks the Gold Rush the following year. 1965. In London, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led his nation through the dar

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January 24th 1848. Northern California James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, a discovery that sparks the Gold Rush the following year. 1965. In London, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led his nation through the dar

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January 24th 1848. Northern California James Marshall finds a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, a discovery that sparks the Gold Rush the following year. 1965. In London, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led his nation through the dar

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But no one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. 然而,不需要花费多少时间练习,一个人的技能就达到世界水准,目前还没有这样的案例。 It seems that it takes the bra

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A Vermont man who during his lifetime foraged for wood and held down jobs as a janitor and at a filling station, has left his local hospital and library $6million (?3.95 million). 美国佛蒙特州一位老人的一生非常普通,曾在加油站工

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Showcasing interesting and innovative online destinations Art Chimes | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 It fades in and out. ... But what I think that does is that adds a feeling of mystery. Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase int

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A legendary music teacher behind a world-renowned method has been accused of being a fraud and lying about befriending Albert Einstein. 始创世界知名小提琴教学法的传奇音乐教师近日被指控是个骗子,他曾说过的与爱因斯坦

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Maria Sharapova dropped a huge bombshell onto world tennis last night when she admitted she had tested positive for a banned substance at January's Australian Open. 昨晚,玛利亚莎拉波娃承认,在一月份的澳网公开赛中,她的违禁

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of film fans have sat in the open air of the Beijing Olympic Park and watched movies screened for free as part of a program attached to the 2nd Beijing International Film Festival that closes on Saturday. Among

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MADRID, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Zinedine Zidane announced this Thursday that he is to become the new director of Football for the first team at Real Madrid. Zidane was speaking at the presentation of the television programme, Futbol Cracks when he made hi

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Jennifer Aniston wiped away tears on Sunday during a televised tribute to legendary television director James Burrows. 上周日,在一档为纪念传奇电视导演詹姆斯伯罗斯而制作的特别节目中,詹妮弗安妮斯顿不禁潸然泪下

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Lebron's instantly legendary game 7 chase down block 在抢七大战中,詹姆斯的传奇追身大帽 begins when he's 88 feet away from the opposing hoop 那就是当他距离篮框足足有88尺(约26公尺)时 As the play develops, LeBron c

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LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- It landed at Lands End on the extreme south-west coast of England 69 days ago and after making its way around the British Isles, the Olympic Torch finally reaches the Olympic stadium on Friday. When it reaches the end of i

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