Apple has acknowledged that the design of its standalone desktop computer, the Mac Pro, restricted its ability to update the model. 近日,苹果公司承认,其独立式桌面电脑Mac Pro的设计限制了该产品的更新换代。 The firm ha

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A Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols along the international border in Nogales, Arizona, 22 Apr 2010 Immigration-rights activists in New York demonstrated Tuesday against a new law passed in the southwestern state of Arizona. They said it will e

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Play VideoHuawei's latest smartphone, boasting a three lens, AI-powered camera has been officially launched in France. The new P20 Pro device follows in the footsteps of competitors Apple and Samsung's latest releases by focusing on the camera's capa

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今天我们要学的词是pronounced。 Pronounced, 做为形容词,意思是明显的。美联储前主席格林斯潘不久前表示,美国经济年底前就会走出衰退。He predicted 'a fairly pronounced recovery not only in the U.S.,' bu

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Asian Immigrants to Overtake Hispanics 2065年亚裔移民或取代拉美裔成美国最大移民团体 Asians are likely to be the largest group of immigrants in the United States by 2065. That is what a new study by the Pew Research Center found la

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Immigrant Students Lobby for a US Dream Undocumented students from Lehman College in New York City don academic robes for a protest in the office of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. They are almost immediately ushered out, their protest being d

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US farmer-soldiers assist Afghan farmers with crops like this small purple flower, which is being raised for saffron, the valuable spice the bloom produces. While U.S. forces battle daily with Taliban insurgents and try to uproot Al Qaeda terrorists,

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US Thanksgiving Turkey Is Mexican Immigrant Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday and roast turkey is the definitive centerpiece of the holiday feast. But the domesticated turkey is not an American invention. It's Mexican. The bird was

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Hundreds of youths gathered in North Moscow to commemorate the 40th day since the death of a Russian football fan. Yegor Sviridov was murdered in December, allegedly by natives of the North Caucasus. Shortly afterwards Russian nationalists took to th

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Ugandan Immigrant Exercises Her Skills in US Capital She wakes up every day at 6 oclock in the morning and heads to work. Thirty minutes later she is ready for her first session at Washington Sports Club, where she works as a personal trainer. Her lo

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Changes in US Town Reflect Easing of Anger Over Illegal Immigration Undocumented day laborers from Central America still gather at the 7/11 convenience store in Herndon, Virginia, hoping for work. But since 2006, their numbers have decreased. Back th

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the year that President Trump has been in office, immigration has defined his political platform from the first day of his campaign to this week's government shutdown. And the numbers show that he has made some dramatic ch

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'Imperial Wife' Trains Its Spotlight On Powerful Women, Past And Present AILSA CHANG, HOST: Irina Reyn's new novel is about two marriages. It's a dual narrative. One marriage takes place in the present day and the other in imperial Russia, the story

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: William Shakespeare And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most influential and skillful writers in the world. For more than four hundred years, people al

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By Nathan King New York 03 January 2008 The value of the U.S. dollar has dropped about 20 percent against a basket of major currencies in the last five years. This decline has been especially tough for immigrants who work in the United States and sen

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The book American Gods by Neil Gaiman was written in 2001. And it is many things. It's a road novel. It's a collection of mythologies. It's a story about immigration. And now it's a TV show. It premiered last night on the cable n

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 July 2007 In West Africa, multiple generations of Lebanese have been vital members of the community since the early 1900s. Today, many say they retain a strong emotional connection to Lebanon, but, that Africa, where most we

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five U.S. boxing Olympians will make their professional debuts Friday at a casino outside Palm Springs, California. Among the five London Olympic boxers is three-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren. The group returned from Lo

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今天我们要学的词是 cartel. Cartel 卡特尔。The leader of a Mexican drug cartel was arrested while watching the Mexician soccer team playing in the World Cup. 墨西哥一个毒品卡特尔的头领被捕,被捕时他正在观看墨西哥世

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1. procrustean /prəʊˈkrʌstɪən/ -- cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity Procrustes 是一个强盗,抓到受害者后会拉长他们的身体或砍掉腿以适合他床铺的长度。普洛克路斯忒斯(Procrustes)是希腊神话中

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