AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: 'Luck' by Mark Twain SUSAN CLARK: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called Luck. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep ONeal with the story. (MUSIC) SHEP ONEAL: I was a

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By Jordan Davis Dakar 30 September 2006 Alioune Kamara the head of Senegal's office of veterans and war victims, stand in front of his office building at Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 26, 2006 Tens of thousands of veterans of France's colonial army will soo

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Its a frequency around here for a week or so. Prince Harry will deploy with his regiment to Southern Iraq that deployment would probably happen in May or June of this year and comes ironically is, the British is preparing to pull out in fact, 50 or 6

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Prince Harry has arrived back in London after his Afganistan adventure This wasn't the day he expected or wanted to come back, but back he had to come and quickly. Along with 170 other soldiers flown back from Afghanistan. Prince Harry's return beca

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Australia is in uncertain political territory today. Three independent MPs hold the power to decide whether Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott will be given the opportunity to form the next Federal Government. The ABCs predicting the Coalition will win 73

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SUSAN CLARK: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called Luck. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep ONeal with the story. (MUSIC) SHEP ONEAL: I was at a dinner in London given in honor of one of the mos

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The drive from the Russian border to the Tapa military base in Estonia is only three hours by tank. And that concerns the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. The military base once belonged to the Soviet Union. Now, it has 1,000 NATO soldiers

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US, South Korea Conduct Joint Drills 美国韩国进行联合实弹军演 SEOUL The Eighth U.S. Army Division and the Eighth Republic of Korea Mechanized Infantry Division put on a well orchestrated show of force for the media this week during their

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Toward the end of the war there were absolutely no medicines for the Southern soldiers, and guns were so scarce that it was proposed to arm one regiment with pikes. 到战争结束的时候南方士兵已经彻底没有药品可用,他们尤其缺乏

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Private lives - Part 3 Army Officer Lawrence Kerr This programme was first broadcast in 1997 Clip Lawrence Kerr I would describe myself as a keen (敏锐的,热心的,渴望的) , well-motivated person, whos keen and eager to do well. Always ready to giv

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Re-enactors Celebrate African-American Contribution to US Civil War 非裔美国人在南北战争做出贡献 Their exploits were little known by most of the public in the decades after they fought, but towards the end of the 20th century, more atte

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D-Day Vets Return to Normandy for 70th Anniversary NORMANDY World leaders are due to attend ceremonies in Normandy Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Around 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel on June 6, 1944 to

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US Companies Reach Out to Hire Veterans 美国公司愿意尽量雇佣退伍老兵 NEW YORK Despite an improving economy, U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are still having difficulty finding jobs - and their unemployment rate of just

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Family Heirloom, National Treasure: Rare Photos Show Black Civil War Soldiers play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:41repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or upda

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King Charles says, Well, friend William! I have sold you a noble province in North America; 英王查尔斯威廉说,对哎,威廉老友!我把北美一处不错的地方交付于你, but still, I suppose you have no thoughts of going thither

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Britain says it could deploy combat troops near Baghdad to free up U.S. forces for counter-terrorism operations before Iraqi elections planned for January. 英国说他们将在伊拉克部署战斗部队,以便使美军腾出手来,在明年一月

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胡敏读故事记单词(20) word recycle vt.回收利用(废物等) redeem vt.1.弥补,补偿,抵消 2.解救,救赎 3.(oneself)使免咎,挽回声誉 4.履行,遵守(诺言) 5.将(股票、债券等)兑取现金 6.赎回(抵押品) redundant a.1.(因人员过剩而)被解雇的 2.多余的,过剩

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After 7 arduous months away from home, their faces say it at all. Its good to be back. 4 months. Really, that daddy is OK. And for this soldier, its a chance to meet his 3-week-old son for the first time. So proud. These soldiers are the first compan

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By Meredith Buel Washington 15 October 2007 A top U.S. military commander in Iraq says American armed forces in al-Anbar province have defeated insurgents from al-Qaida in Iraq. As VOA correspondent Meredith Buel reports from Washington, that does no

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Pop stars have traditionally not come from the upper classes of society. Eminem grew up on a trailer park. 50 Cent is from the dangerous ghettoes of New York. The Beatles grew up in the poor, industrial city of Liverpool. However, some musicians have

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