Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

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THE AGES OF MAN Human achievements come in all shapes and sizes. Knocking two rocks together can be just as important as sending a man to the moon. When ancient humans learnt to use stone tools and make fire, it meant the beginning of modern society

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02 解读诗人格温多林·布鲁克斯及其作品 DATE=2-18-01 TITLE=PEOPLE IN AMERICA #1809 - Gwendolyn Brooks BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Sarah Long w

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At the modern Olympic Games, the first, second and third - placed athletes are rewarded, respectively, by gold, silver and bronze medals. At the Panhellenic Games, there was only one winner whose priz

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今天Larry 和Li Hua下课以后在电影院门口商量看什么电影。Li Hua会学到两个常用语:eye candy 和 bazillion。 LH: Hmm, 我想看Troy. 听说这部电影挺棒的! LL: I don'

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By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: March 20, 2005 ((THEME)) VOICE ONE: Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about the life of award-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She was the

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Where there is a river, there is a city. Perhaps this is not always true,but it is true that many of the world's greatest cities have been built on the banks of a river. The Neva River flows through the centre of St Petersburg in Russia. Three hundre

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模仿句子: But what were you feeling as you stood on that podium to receive gold? You'd received bronze before, but no gold. 翻译: 当你站在金牌领奖台上的时候,你有什么感想?你们曾经赢得过铜牌,却还没赢过金牌

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MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics(艺术体操) World Championships concluded here on Sunday as the host Russia grabbed the last two gold medals in group finals. China's group was not qualified for Sunday's finals as they

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In the end, perhaps 6,000 years ago, that is, 4,000 BC, they found a new and more convenient way of making tools: they discovered metals. 最后,约6000年以前,即公元前4000年,他们获得了一种新的更方便的制造工具的方法:他

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Photo: cloudsoup, Flickr Creative Commons Elvis's birth home is now nicely painted, and it looks a lot nicer than the days when Elvis's father could not afford to make bank payments on it The King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was born 75 years ag

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LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's table tennis team final against South Korea on Wednesday, making a clean sweep of gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. It was the 24th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis co

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LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan

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LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds to win the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay Saturday at the London Olympic Games. Jamaica broke their old record of 37.04, which they set in 2011, to defend the title the

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COPENHAGEN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- French cyclist Arnaud Demare won gold on the fouth day of the UCI U-23 Road World Championships Friday. Another Frenchman Adrien Petit grabbed the silver medal. Demare and Petit had solid performance in the last sprin

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模仿文本: Jameshas known nothing but success, world youth and junior titles before capturingWorld Senior gold in 2011 and then winning the Olympics. Here the Grenadian wasonly seventh, having occupied the bronze medal position off the final ben

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ETON DORNEY, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women's pair rowing gold for Britain at the London Olympic Games at the Eton Dorney Lake here on wednesday. This is the first gold medal for the host at the Games as the britis

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Wendi: So I want you to tell me a little bit about, kind of, your daily maintenance or whatever with regards to waxing and hair management. Rina: Well, with waxing, I don't do waxing. I do sugaring. Wendi: OK. Rina: And it's basically sugar and water

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