AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: 'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe BARBARA KLEIN: Now the Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called The Purloined Letter. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is generally kno

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National High Five Day is on the third Thursday of April every year. This unusual holiday started at the University of Virginia in the USA in 2002. Since then, it has slowly grown in popularity around America. It is also spreading to different countr

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The political opposition in Iran says hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. The dissident cleric, who died Sunday at the age of 87, had been a spiritual guide for opponents of the governm

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From time to time, researchers stop clinical trials because the results seem almost too good to be true. A new international study shows that is probably because those results are not true. When researchers end a clinical trial early because the resu

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Ruby Jones. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Welcome to our listene

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If questioned, Sam would doubtless tell them the truth, 若是被人问起,山姆肯定会说出实情, but Jon could not imagine him braving the guards in front of the King's Tower to wake Mormont from sleep. 不过琼恩不认为他有那个勇气

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If truth be told, we expected you to do just as you did. 说真的,你的行为不出我们所料。 Mormont tried a plum, spit out the pit. 莫尔蒙咬了口李子,吐出果核。 I ordered a watch kept over you. You were seen leaving. 我专派了

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Hobb had given him a lemon, still cold from the Wall. 之前哈布给了他一个刚从长城储藏室里拿出来的柠檬,现下还是冰的。 Jon crushed it in his fist. The juice trickled through his fingers. 琼恩用拳头捏破它,果汁从

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In your dreams, Tyrion echoed, thinking how badly he needed another strong drink. 您梦见过。提利昂重复,一边觉得自己需要再喝些烈酒。 Mormont was deaf to the edge in his voice. The fisherfolk near Eastwatch have glimpsed white

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A Bigger World Cup? FRI 7 OCT 2016 Robert Pires and FIFA's Victor Montagliani discuss the possibility of a 48 team World Cup

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