NO.2 Sweet November《甜蜜的十一月》 ■ 尼尔森和朋友约了一位客户在餐厅吃饭。席间,女侍者不小心把水溅湿了桌子,客户立即变了脸,训斥的口气极为傲慢。颤颤兢兢的女侍不停地陪着不是。 单词通缉令 1. screw up 弄糟 2. incredibly a.不可相信地 Waitress: Oh, I am

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By Jim Malone Washington 30 November 2006 Iowa's Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack, officially became the first presidential candidate for 2008 on Thursday. Several other potential candidates have either taken themselves out of the running for the Wh

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UN Slavery Memorial Design Competition Launched The United Nations Friday announced an international competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of slavery. Its estimated that over 500 years, more than 18 million people were abducted from A

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By Kari Barber Dakar 01 October 2007 The government of Senegal is warning it will consider pulling its troops out of the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur if steps are not taken to guarantee the safety of their contingent. At least 10 Africa

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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and songwriter. He was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970, he quit law school to go travelling around South America, Africa, and Europe. He learnt much about the supernatural on his travels, which would becom

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He took the sheet off the mattress. He took the pillowcase off the pillow. He took the towel off the towel bar. He put the sheet, pillowcase, and towel into the plastic laundry basket. He put his socks into the basket. He put his pants and shirts int

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 02 October 2007 The U.N. Security Council has condemned an attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that killed 10 of them, but could not agree on language for a formal statement. From U.N. hea

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 May 2008 A couple has embarked on a journey around Australia in a car powered by leftover vegetable oil from fish and chip shops. Rachel and Gerard Mimmo plan to drive 18,000 miles in a specially designed four-wheel drive. Fr

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 April 2007 India has ventured on its first commercial space mission by launching an Italian satellite into space. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, this marks a milestone for the country's space program. India

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 July 2007 The 53-member African Union says its peacekeeping mission in Somalia has been extended another six months because U.N. forces are not ready to take over peacekeeping duties in the war-torn country. Uganda, the only

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Africa's top peace and security official is appealing to Somalia's elders to use their influence to stop the piracy that threatens commercial traffic through the strategic Gulf of Aden. From African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, VOA's Peter Hei

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Somali government's recent declaration of a state of emergency has moved the country's security crisis to the top rank of items for consideration at this week's African Union summit. From AU headquarters in Addis Ababa our correspondent reports that

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Somali Film Company Launches in Kenya In the Somali neighborhood of Eastleigh, in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi, two businessmen have launched a Somali film production company called Eastleighwood. Ahmed Shariff, one of the founders, hopes to change

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A new public-opinion survey by a Kenyan anti-corruption organization warnrd the country could face another round of violence at its next elections, if the government does not increase its efforts to fight graft. According to the survey by the Kenyan

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The African Union Peace and Security Council, or PSC, has appealed for calm in Madagascar following President Marc Ravalomanana's resignation, and warned opposition forces not to seize power. The Council made clear that any extraconstitutional takeo

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India has launched its first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles. The submarine, once in service, will give the country the capability to fire nuclear weapons from sea besides land and air. The Indian na

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标准英语,VOA,pressure,AU,By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 16 January 2006 Hissene Habre Activists are calling on leaders attending next week's African Union summit to recommend that Chad's former president be extradited to Belgium t

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By David Gollust Santiago 11 March 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Chile for the inauguration of the South American country's president-elect Michelle Bachelet. On the sidelines of the

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 05 February 2007 High-level rebel and presidential delegations from divided Ivory Coast have started meetings in Burkina Faso in a renewed attempt to end more than four years of stalled negotiations. VOA's Nico Colombant repo

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Parched areas of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, have received their best rains in more than a decade, fueling hope the continent's worst drought in memory may finally be easing. Vast tracts of land have been turned into inland lake

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