BP is planning a new line of attack to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after efforts to plug the leak using mud and cement failed. The so called top kill procedure was declared a failure Saturday, prompting company officials to talk about

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Acting Alone in Mali Has its Rewards and Limits French President Francois Hollande received a heros welcome in Mali last week. Malians lined up to thank him for sending troops to end a growing insurgency by Islamist militants. Even though the operati

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[00:00]C:I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me, and on the same day you lose your job! [00:05]L:Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like Oops, where' d my job go? I quit. [00:08]C:Oh, oh, oh, oh, and I want to thank you for putting me

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Extra staff 临时工 A:I was surprised to see how few people you have on-site. You provide a wide range of goods and services but have a very small workforce. A:我很奇怪你们现场有这么几个人。我们有多种商品和业务,但是我们

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China is pursuing an ambitious program of reform to improve the public health system. The government has been attempting medical reform for a decade. Now we continue our special series to look at those efforts and achievements. The idea behind multi-

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A faster way of travel but with higher cost, high-speed rail in China continues to undergoing doublt. The 2,298-kilometer line which links five regional economic centers including Beijing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and Guangzhou, largely shortens th

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The US Federal Reserve has announced it will replace much of the short-term debt in its portfolio with longer-term treasuries. Following a 2-day meeting, the US central bank has decided it will buy 400 billion dollars worth of bonds with maturities o

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $100 million for Haiti. The appeal covers emergency relief and long-term recovery assistance for 300,000 people over the next three years. The International Red Cro

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The Ugandan parliament has banned the controversial practice known as female genital mutilation, or FGM. The traditional rite - which critics decry as inhumane - is still carried out across much of the region. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 11 December 2009

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It's been almost 40 hours since Eastern Star capsized. The ship left Nanjing on May 28th, heading upstream along the Yangtze River to Chongqing. It was caught in strong winds in Jianli, Hubei Province late on June 1st, Monday night. The ship sunk wit

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The Liaoning left its home port of Qingdao in east Chinas Shandong Province for the South China Sea on Tuesday, and passed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning. This is the first time the Liaoning has conducted a cross-sea training voyage si

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Todd: Hey, Mike, I heard that you went back to Canada and you had surgery. Mike: That's right. I went back to Canada and I had an eye operation. Todd: Get out of here! Mike: Yep. I'd had complications. I'm diabetic, and I had complications with my vi

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今天我们要学的词是sting。 Sting, 常常用来指警察采取的秘密行动。 In a six-week sting operation, Philadelphia police netted 85 fugitives, 在一次六个星期的秘密行动中,警方抓捕了85名逃犯。 Fifteen Illinois

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Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitary volunteer force says it's leading the campaign to drive the Islamic State from Anbar Province. But the operation's codename will do nothing to ease the fears of the area's Sunni population. Dubbed Labaik ya Hussein -- it's

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Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has announced the operation to paralyze the capital Bangkok, which has lasted from Jan. 13, will be ended on March 3. He said Protesters will withdraw from all rally sites in the city except the o

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France has called on the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to take over the French military mission. French ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud made the request during a Security Council meeting. We are asking to the Secretary-General to make

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Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital

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The South Korean Coast Guard is in the final stage of preparing for the salvage efforts. Four crane barges that can lift a thousand tons each, have arrived at the incident area. The 145-meter-long, 22-meter-wide passenger ferry is the biggest ferry a

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2010上海世博会:中英文介绍世博中心位置和功能 Visitor: Excuse me, I would like to attend this conference, Could you tell me the location? 参观者:请问我要去参加这个会议,是在哪里? Volunteer: Hello! This confer

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9. I consider plastic surgery as a waste of money. 我认为做整容手术就是浪费钱。 还能这样说: I think it is a waste of money to get a plastic surgery. To me, a plastic surgery is just a waste of money. 应用解析: go/run to was

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