Today, New Zealanders celebrated Waitangi Day in many places but the main events were held at the Treaty grounds in Waitangi. This is in Northland, about 3 hours drive north of Auckland. The day before, on Tuesday 5th February, leaders held a meeting

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How do I get an outside line? Operator: Operator. May I help you? Paul Ryefield: Yes. How do I get an outside line, please? Operator: Just dial 0, wait for the dial tone, and then dial the phone number you want to call. Or we can place a call for you

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C-Note将好不容易凑到的500美元拿给狱警Geary,以为就能住进Michael的牢房。不料狱警却说涨价了,于是D. B. Cooper忍痛割爱,把怀表也贡献出来。然而狱警拿走把钱和怀表的同时,告诉他们:那间牢房已经被别人捷足先登了。 [00:41.94]C-Note [00:46.58]Geary [00:48.85]

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He called the cable TV company. My screen goes black, he said. Every five minutes my screen goes black. Sir, does it go completely black? the representative asked. No, he said. Big white letters say Please Wait. Oh, that's good, she said. If you don'

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many listeners will recognize our next guest from the NPR show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! But Peter Sagal is not here to talk about the 20th anniversary of the news quiz. Congratulations on that, by the way. PETER SAGAL, BYLINE: T

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Europe waits nervously as lawmakers in Washington continue to wrangle over a $700 billion rescue package for U.S. financial institutions. Talks between the Bush administration and congressional negotiators continue Friday after reportedly contentiou

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By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 26 May 2008 Burma's assurances that it will allow in international relief workers are being put to the test as aid agencies await visas for workers seeking to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Skeptics are questioning whether Bu

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By Luis Ramirez Aboard USS Essex 17 May 2008 Burma's government is denying entry to helicopters and relief supplies from U.S. Navy ships waiting offshore, near the Irawaddy Delta. Relief groups say as many as two million people remain in desperate ne

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第一讲:about chance and bad Chance: 以下是关于chance的几个习语,意思都是不可能: 1.not a chance/no chance i do saw some fish right under us. Not a chance. 我确实看到几条鱼在我们正下方游。 不可能。 2.fat cha

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Lesson 48 Wait! 1.Wait!等一等 ! 2.Please wait a minute.请等一会儿。 3.Can't wait any longer!不能等了! 4.I'm waiting for an answer.我等着答复。 5.Wait for me,please.请等我一下。

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Lesson 81 Wait a moment,please. 1.Wait a moment,please.请等一下。 2.Just a moment.只一会儿就够啦! 3.Can you wait a moment?你能等一会儿吗? 4.He will be here in a moment.他一会儿就来。 5.I'll be back in a moment.我立即就

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慵懒销魂 爵士剧场:The Best Is Yet To Come Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum You came along and everything started to hum Still its a real good bet, the best is yet to come The best is yet to come, and baby wont it be fine You

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Today is Waitangi Day, a day when we remember the Treaty that was signed on Feb 6th 1840, between the Queen of England and the Maori chiefs of New Zealand. In the Treaty, Queen Victoria agreed to protect the Maori and give them the same rights as Bri

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Midnight tonight is the deadline for all Treaty of Waitangi claims. Last year, there were 97 claims but more than 1,000 claims are likely by midnight tonight. This is the last time that anyone can make an historic claim although it will take many yea

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Yesterday, the government signed a bill which will give land to seven iwi (Maori tribes) in the central North Island. About 100,000 people make up these seven iwi. The land at the moment is owned by the government and includes forest. The value of th

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for president if a run-off election is necessary. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare that the endorseme

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By Steve Mort Miami, Florida 13 August 2007 Acting Cuban President Raul Castro is promising to introduce changes on the island a year after taking power. Castro's older brother Fidel turns 81 today and has not appeared in public since having emergen

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One of the reasons Zimbabwe's economy is such a mess is the collapse of the commercial farming sector. This is due in part to the government's chaotic and sometimes violent land-reform program launched in 2000. The recently signed political power-sh

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Oh! Let's go in there! 噢!我们去那儿吧! Aw, I hate Korean karaoke. I never know the songs. 呃,我讨厌韩国卡拉OK。我完全不知道歌词。 No, don't worry. You're gonna love it! Tally-ho! 不,别担心,你会喜欢的!得儿

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[00:01.34]Yes. It sounds totally perfect. 没错,听着就很完美 [00:07.50]But I can't wait until then. 但我都等不及了 [00:23.10]Jimmy crack corn! 不管三七二十一啦 [00:32.82]Close it, bitch! 关上,王八蛋! [00:38.70]There's

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