THIS IS AMERICA - Presidential Race By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, January 12, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Pho

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Oxbridge boat race Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and most famous universities in Britain, and there has always been a great rivalry between the two institutions . But the most public competition between the two is the annual Boat Race. The 200

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I wish I loved the Human Race Listen Download I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one, I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! Sir Walter

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Broadcast: Feb 09, 2003 Sunday marks the open of the annual National Stock Car Auto Race at Daytona International Speedway at Daytona Beach, Florida. The professional series of auto races, known as NA

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By Jim Malone Washington 29 April 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's relationship with his controversial former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, has put the spotlight on race as an issue in this year's U.S. presidential campai

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 December 2007 One of the world's toughest sailing races is under way in eastern Australia as more than 80 yachts compete in the annual dash from Sydney to Hobart. The 1100 kilometer journey to Hobart in Tasmania can be treach

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There is a car race near our town every year. In 1995, there was a very bigrace. There were hundreds of people there. My wife and I were at the race. Our friends Julie and Jack were there, too. You can see us in thecrowd. We are standing on the left.

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By Jim Fry Washington 23 April 2008 U.S. Democratic Party presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has won the primary in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. The victory keeps her campaign for the White House alive. Despite Tuesday's victory in the delega

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PRAGUE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican Usain Bolt clocked 9.91 seconds on Tuesday to win the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava. Fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings timed 9.97 for the second place and Daniel Bailey of Antigua was third in 10.08.

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ROME, May 26 (Xinhua) -- World record-holder Usain Bolt won his first race after a nine-month break on Thursday when he needed a late kick to win the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds at the Golden Gala. Former record-holder Asafa Powell, who led all the wa

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BEIRUT, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Caretaker Lebanese(黎巴嫩) Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday he will not quit the race to form Lebanon's new cabinet. In a brief speech broadcasted in the local Future TV, Hariri said his Future Movement parl

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QUITO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian Constantino Leon on Sunday won the 51st Quito-Ultimas Noticias 15 kilometers race, the most important of Ecuador, where 15,000 athletes from different countries participated. Leon, 36 years old, won for the first ti

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By Cindy Saine Washington 07 February 2008 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has suspended his presidential campaign, making it all but certain that his rival, Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain, will be their party's nominee for the

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SANTIAGO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Qatari auto racer Prince Nasser Al Attiyah won Day 6 of the legendary Dakar Rally Thursday, behind the wheel of a Buggy. Al Attiyah won the sixth stage of the rugged off-road race, between the Chilean cities of Arica and

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A Caucus Race Alice was very cold after being in the pool, and all the animals and birds were cold and unhappy. Alice did not wonder about it when they began to speak to her. The best thing if you are cold, the Dodo said, is to have a race--a Caucus

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GUIDE, China, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 3rd International Extreme Race of Winter Swimming across Yellow River started here in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Saturday. Being hosted in Guide County at an altitude of 2,200 meters in Tibetan Plateau

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LIMA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Holland's Gerard de Rooy (No. 500) won the second stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally on Sunday in the truck racing category, aboard an Iveco. Racing along 242 kilometers of Peru's Pisco province, De Rooy beat the competition with

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William was in his first wheelchair race. There were five other contestants. The age group was 12 to 15. William rolled up to the starting line. He was in the #1 lane. He said hello to the boy on his right. He was in the #2 lane. William asked, Is th

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Idiom: rat race 激烈的竞争 Hit the book: productivity 生产力 recruiment 招聘 principal 主要的 inspire 激发灵感 sustainable 可持续性的 eco-altruism 环境利己主义 quick fix solution 简单有效的方法 biophilic 热爱自然的

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Race Records赛跑记录Some race horses staying in a stable. One of them starts to boast about his track record. 几匹赛马在马厩里,其中一匹开始吹嘘自己的赛绩。 In the last 15 races, I've won 8 of them!在过去的15场马赛中,

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