French spiderman climbs world's tallest building Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101 Saturday. Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and

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Revision Lesson 5 With Billys best wishes Narrator: Sandys new teacher is Mrs Hart. Mrs Hart is talking to Sandy now. Mrs Hart: You arent paying attention, Sandy. What are you looking at? Sandy: A postcard, Mrs Hart. Billy sent it to me during the h

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The Aldens headed back to their dormitory, still talking about the footprint. The Aldens suite was empty, but the children heard voices from next door. They knocked on the Dixons suite and found Grandfather and Joel sitting in the living room, drinki

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One World Trade Center Observatory Opens to Public 世界贸易中心天文台对公众开放 NEW YORK From New Jersey to Long Island, from Northern suburbs to the Atlantic Ocean, with all of New York City in-between. That view became available to th

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Jack opened his eyes. The scent of roses floatedthrough the warm twilight. Jack was wearing an old-fashioned cap, a rust-colored jacket, and knee-lengthpants. His backpack had turned into a leather satchel. Annie was wearing a puffy white blouse and

发表于:2018-12-10 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》

Jack could hear the flapping of wings and the soundof steady breathing. The lion flew in circles above thewhirlpool. Then he soared in a great arc up throughthe sky. We're going back now! cried Annie. Jack lowered his head. He buried his face again i

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We have to save all of Venice? said Jack. That's abig responsibility. What do we have to save Venicefrom?Well, if Neptune's going to help us, it must havesomething to do with water, said Annie. Yeah, like the water that's flooding the alleys, saidJac

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Wow, said Jack and Annie together. Inside the crowded fairgrounds, below the loomingEiffel Tower, a band played a lively march. Fountainsshot colored water high into the sky. A small trainchugged through the crowd, blowing its whistle. People of all

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Jack and Annie whirled around. A dark figure wasstanding at a side door of the institute. The sorcerer! Jack thought. He frantically tried to remember hisline of the rhyme. Can I help you? the figure said. He steppedforward into the light of a gas la

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It's the sign that represents the Hollywood dream.High up on the hills,the huge white letters have dominated the Los Angeles' skyline since 1923.But the landmark was under threat.Investors bought the lands surrounding it with the intention of buildin

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Now VOA Special English presents a special program for the holiday season. Our story today is a special one for Christmas. It is ''Why the Chimes Rang''. It was written by Raymond MacDonald Alden. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story. In a faraway cou

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Many of these beautiful works of art are kept in buildings that used to be palaces. 这些美丽的艺术品,其中很多都存放在原本是宫殿的建筑物里。 The palaces in Florence look more like prisons than palaces. 佛罗伦萨的宫殿看

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New York Residential Building Tops in Height, Price Americas most famous skyline has a new architectural icon - New York by Gehry. This gleaming 76-floor residential skyscraper is dramatic. So is the cost to live there. A penthouse costs $65,000 a mo

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Memorial Service in New York Honors Victims of 9/11 Attacks Ten years ago, the United States homeland came under attack. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and another into the Pentago

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There are more than 100,000 broadcast and cell towers across this country. You use them every time you make a cellphone call or turn on the radio in your car. They're a problem, though, for migrating birds. Every year, millions o

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The earth turns on its axis every 24 hours-or so were taught. But, before we had pictures from space, how would we prove it to someone? The rising and setting of the sun and stars in the sky provide pretty strong evidence, but not absolute proof, sin

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By Paige Kollock New York 14 March 2008 Immigration is a key issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, but immigrants are not new to the United States. It is a nation of immigrants. More than a hundred years ago, the U.S. government set up a station o

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By Gary Thomas Washington 10 February 2006 On Thursday, President Bush revealed some new details of what he described as a terrorist plot against a target in California. But, it is still not clear how

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Now, here's a story about two countries, three men and a skyscraper. NPR's Peter Overby looks at questions of how the Trump Tower in Manila might affect ties between the United States and the Philippines. PETER OVERBY, BYLINE: One

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If you drop the ball, gravity will pull it toward the center of the earth, but will not diminish that extra eastward speed. So as the ball falls itll outrun the ground and land slightly east of the straight-down point. Edwin H. Hall, a Harvard Univer

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