More and more of the world's population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is alarming. Between 1920 and 1960, big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size,

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Multiculturalism is everywhere today. As the world gets smaller, multiculturalism becomes bigger. Few of us today live in towns in which there is only one culture. Today, we live in towns where we are surrounded by many other cultures. If we live in

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7.The Libido for the Ugly H. L. Mencken 1 On a Winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of the Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel towns of Westmoreland county. It was fam

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Several additional members of the military may come under investigation for their possible involvement in an alleged scandal involving Secret Service agents and prostitutes ahead of President Obamas recent visit to Colombia. General Martin Dempsey, c

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英语六级作文一直考试的重难点,也是考生们苦苦关注的最后压轴部分。下面爱语吧为大家整理了六级作文预测题,希望可以为大家带来帮助! 喜欢住在大城市还是小城镇 Some people prefer to l

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How do New Zealanders celebrate New Years Eve? Many cities and towns offer outdoor concerts finishing with fireworks. Auckland has brought in 3 tonnes of sand for the Britomart Beach Party. There will be live music, dancing and, at midnight, firework

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AS IT IS 2015-07-05 Summer 2015 Brings Movies for Toddlers to Teens 2015夏天上映电影指南 We have a question for the many children out of school for summer break: are you bored yet? Boredom usually sets in just after the first week without cla

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West African Coastal Towns Swallowed by Ocean GRAND-LAHOU, IVORY COAST Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people across West Africa. Grand-Lahou, an Ivorian tourist destination,

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The wild tribes living there brought them furs and precious stones in exchange for tools, cooking pots and colored cloth. 商人们用他们带来的毛皮和宝石从居住在那里的未开化的部族换取工具、蒸煮锅和花布。 For Phoeni

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The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. 第六颗行星则要大十倍。 It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books. 上面住着一位老先生,他在写作大部头的书。 Oh, look! Here is an explorer! he

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今天我们要学的词是home stretch。 Home stretch, 是最后阶段的意思。The race for U.S. presidential candidacy has entered its home stretch ahead of the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, 美国总统大选候选人的角逐已经进入了星期四

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Country-dwellers often say the constant(不变的) noise, traffic and crowds of the city would drive them mad. Well, they might be right, according to the latest research. City residents are more likely to develop mental illnesses such as schizophren

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Little Birdy,来自澳大利亚西部城市Perth的四人乐队,成员分别是主唱兼吉他Katy Steele,吉他手Simon Leach,贝司Scott ODonoghue,和鼓手Matt Chequer。 主唱Katy那分明稚嫩的少女声线,尾音却有着烟熏般的质感,唱起歌来的调调是即性感又无辜。她还是一名不折不扣的

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Soon certain energetic merchants discovered that the goods which they had always imported from afar could be made at home. 不久,某些精明能干的商人开始意识到,那些一直从远方采购来的商品其实也可以就近生产的。

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模仿句子:There were five towns in all, circling a lake, something like an open hand. Lake is the palm and we stand on the distal phalanx of the index finger. 翻译:整栋楼有5个区,5个区围绕着一个湖。看起来像一个摊开的手

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Today the government announced a shortlist of 15 locations for so-called eco-towns. That is new towns built according to environmental principles. It sounds fine. But what would it actually be like to live in one? Helene Cacace has been to the town o

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Ben Cooper is more than just a musician: hes a storyteller, and a good one at that. Cooper, who previously was one-half of Electric President, brings his voice to the table as Radical Face and has now completed the second installation of his musical

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当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。今天学的习惯用语也是诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活,但

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French President Francois Hollande says it is up to African forces to restore Mali's territorial integrity once towns are retaken from Islamist extremists. What do we still need to do? Stop the terrorist offensive. That's done. Then retake the towns

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Setting Firecrackers燃放鞭炮 Lighting Firecrackers used to be one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration. 放鞭炮曾是春节庆祝活动中最重要的习俗之一。 However, concerning the danger and the negative no

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