Two thousand years ago in the Kingdom of Israel, the Philistine army marched into the valley of Elah and set up camp. At that time, the King of Israel was Saul. He was a great king before, but by this point had become a weak man. King Saul gathered h

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April 29th,1992Rioting hits Los Angeles, killing 55 people and causing a billion dollars in property damage. It happens after four white police officers are acquitted of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist, Rodney Kin

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May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred p

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May 31st, 1889The Johnstown flood swept people on the ground; the Johnstown flood washed away the townIn one of America's worst natural disasters, water sweeps through Johnstown, Pennsylvania after a dam breaks. The flood kills more than 22 hundred p

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It's not an easy life for an elephant on Bangkok's busy streets. According to the Associated Press, an elephant in the city must earn about 1,000 US dollars a month to feed itself and make a living for its handler. Using an elephant on the streets to

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模仿文本: Horace Kephart was the dean of American campers. He was a small, intelligent and honest man with one deep brown eye and one blue. His reputation rests on his compendium Camping and Woodcraft, which is from 1906. He was one of the most k

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Powell Urges Arab, Israeli Teenagers To Work For Peace Nick Simeone Washington 15 Aug 2001 01:00 UTC Secretary of State Colin Powell is urging Arab and Israeli teen-agers wrapping up a conflict-resolu

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The men take everything, but the women -- nothing -- Camp resident Rosemonde Desmesier Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and reli

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Park Police on Saturday cleared Occupy DC protesters from their encampment blocks from the White House, arresting at least six people. The police arrived before dawn at McPherson Square, where the protesters have b

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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August 1st, 1966Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin. With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother. The killing en

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Think back to Alex Williams, the nine-year-old whom Annette Lareau studied. 我们回头再看亚力克斯威廉姆斯,这个安妮特拉里奥研究的9岁孩子, His parents believe in concerted cultivation. He gets taken to museums and gets en

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 2 Fifteen hundred persons had been travelling by train for severa

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Todd: So Jeff, you're going back to Canada. What are you gonna do, just sit on the couch and watch TV? Jeff: No, I'm going to go on a trip with my father. Todd: Really, just your dad? Jeff: Just me and my dad. We are going to go back to the island, t

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I'm gonna take the straw with me. 我要带着这根竹管 The ancient forest where I made camp quickly changes to unrelenting, thick secondary jungle,and it becomes impassable. 我露营过的古老丛林 很快变成了密实厚重的次级丛林 而

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本期内容: On a visit to London, Barack Obama decried Brexit, sayingwith the candor of a friendthat European Union membership magnified Britains global influence. The leave camp reacted furiously: Boris Johnson said that Americans would never to

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70 years ago today during the Second World War, 200 people trie to get out of a German prison campin Poland. You may know their efforts as they wereportrayed in The Great Escape movie. That was theThe Great Escape movie made by MGM but there wasnot a

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Seeds of Pe

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 I cannot

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