WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - On a Short Leash / Mickey Mouse By Broadcast: Sunday, August 29, 2004 ((广播稿正在征集中 - 欢迎大家积极参与听写,将自己听到的内容写下来,然后寄至

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Although I had never met him, I knew that my grandfather had been five feet, six inches tall, while my stately grandmother stood five feet, eleven inches. As a teen-ager leafing through old photograph

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How to Write a Short Essay In almost every kind of test of English, short essay writing is an indispensable component as it is the only subjecttest item, the aim of which is to evaluate both the testee's linguistic competence and performance. An essa

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我们讲过两个以long,也就是长短的长这个字为主的习惯用语。在这次节目里,我们要给大家介绍两个以长短的短,也就是英文里的short这个字为主的习惯用

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By Tendai Maphosa London 29 May 2007 The term world music is being used to loosely describe non-Western music that was previously described as folk music or ethnic music. Reporting for VOA from London, Tendai Maphosa reports world music also includes

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By Tom Rivers London 25 October 2007 For the first time as prime minister, Gordon Brown has met Afghan President Hamid Karzai at 10 Downing Street. Brown said Britain's commitment to Afghanistan was long term and he urged other countries to do more i

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'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 26 June 2006 Mauritania Junta leader Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, left seen talking to media after he placed his referendum vote in the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 25, 2006 Mauritanians have overwhelmingly approved

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New Report Finds Pre-Term Birth is Greatest Risk for Newborns Henry, is a beautiful baby who was in his mother's womb for just 26 weeks, far short of the normal gestation period of 40 weeks. Henry came into the world weighing just under 1,000 grams,

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President Hugo Chavez is celebrating victory in a referendum to end term limits for elected officials. The president's proposal passed with 54 percent of votes cast. The measure will allow Mr. Chavez to stay in power as long as he keeps winning elec

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我们上次讲了几个由end组成的习惯用语。今天要继续讲两个。第一个是: the short end of the stick。Stick是枝条或者棍子。从本世纪初开始美国人惯于把任何处于劣势的称为the short end。这可能来自拔

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白领英语晨读-049 Short Name With Presidents 总统的短名字

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NAIROBI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's football federation confirmed on Tuesday that the search of a successor to the departed Frenchman Henri Michel was over with four candidates short-listed and the final choice is expected to be announced on Wednesd

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英语中有一些词汇看起来非常简单,但组合起来使用却会让英语变得十分地道,今天的节目就来说说这些shortsweet的短语。 今天给大家介绍的都是A和B这种结构的短语: A B phrases: two words, with

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As global stock markets have plummeted in the last few days, both Greece and South Korea have banned the short-selling of securities - the attempt by some investors to make money by betting that their holdings will decrease in value. Monday, Greece o

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Chinese women's short-track relay team captures World Cup gold MONTREAL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China capped off the second ISU World Cup short-track meet of the season in strong fashion as the women's relay team won the 3,000-meter relay final Sunday,

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Canadian Maltais sets new world mark at women's short track 1,000m CALGARY, Canada, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Host favorite Valerie Maltais set a new world record of the women's 1,000 meters short track speed skating at the ongoing World Cup on Friday. She

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释义: fall short of 缺乏某物 在这里的 fall 同样为 become 的含义,fall short of 表示缺乏某物,不足等,与 be (run) short of 有着相同的含义。 例句: Our supply of medicine fell short. 我们的药供给不足了。

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Life is short由Butterfly Boucher演唱,她是澳大利亚创作型歌手,会演奏多种乐器。收录于专辑《Flutterby》(2003)中。Boucher才华横溢,很多作品都被倍受欢迎的美剧收录成为主题曲和插曲。 When it doe

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 October 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court opened its annual term with much of the attention focused on the high court's newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was confirmed by the Senate in August, is the first Hispanic ju

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