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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Robert struggles through the crowd Robert: Whew! I had to wait for almost an hour to get to the front of the line. Master Li: You have much patience. Robert: Wow! Your calligraphy is very beautiful. It was worth the wait! Master Li: Thank you. Today

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I can't believe I made it into San Francisco, at long last! This morning, I went to the airport to catch my 10 a.m. flight. I got there early to go through security. The folks at the TSA can really slow things down sometimes. Since I had an electroni

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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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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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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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在生活中我们常会在等待盼望一些事情的结果。无论是一场精彩的足球赛,还是一次重要的考试,或者是正在谈判中的一笔大生意,你都会提心吊胆地等待它们的结果。我想这种悬念心理大家

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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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Today is Waitangi Day. It is 170 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. This was a treaty between Queen Victoria of England and Maori chiefs in New Zealand. The Queen promised to give Maori all the rights of British citizens and to protec

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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 Sonja Pace London 23 October 2007 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan says his government cannot wait forever for neighboring Iraq to deal with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who are using northern Iraq as a safe haven from which t

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Workers did not have a holiday for Waitangi Day this year because February 6th was a Sunday. However, some foreign embassies in Wellington the Australian, British and Canadian embassies were closed on Monday. In some countries, if a public holiday is

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See Waitangi Day 2008 Today, Waitangi celebrations were held as usual but it was not a day of protest. It was a day for celebrating that Maori and Pakeha people are united in this country. Thousands of families came to celebrate. They enjoyed the foo

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Feel your heart beating fast Hold me close make this last We knew this day would come So take a breath leave me and Was so scared of you leaving Wish we could both just run Wish we could run it off But we cant stop time Seems the clock is running too

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今天我们要学的词是 wait-and-see. Wait-and-see 等着瞧,静观其变。European Union foreign ministers have adopted a wait-and-see approach towards the upcoming Trump administration. 欧盟外长对即将上台的川普政府把持一种静

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