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My community and state are still recovering from the catastrophe that struck recently. A wall of storms with hurricane force winds struck late on a Friday evening knocking down trees, blocking roads, damaging homes, and destroying power lines. 最近的
Then one Saturday, we went to his village to visit, 后来的一个星期六,我们去Fide的村庄拜访, and his mother showed us a beautifully patterned basket made of dyed raffia that his brother had made. 她的母亲向我们展示了一个精
In America many people have a romantic idea of life in the countryside. Many living in towns dream of starting up their own farm, of living off the land. Few get round to putting their dreams into pra
[00:30.92]Funk (这曲子是...疯狂的青蛙...) [01:58.92]- Let's go! - Get out of the way! - 我们上! - 快让开! [01:59.80]Set her down now. Here we go! 现在把她弄下来,我们上! [02:12.12]Oommander, do something violent! 指
Ross Dunn Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Saturday called on his people to terrorize their enemy, as he bitterly marked the founding of Israel 56 years ago. Thousands of Palestinians took part
A romance shot in Antarctica released in China A romance film shot in Antarctica and directed by a member of China's 27th and 28th Antarctic expeditions hits Chinese theatres this Friday. In this new film, 'Till the End of the World', actor Mark Chao
The 8th of May is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. It is on this day because this is the date of birth of the founder of the Red Cross Henry Dunant. He got the first ever Nobel Peace Prize. Red Cross Day was celebrated for the first time in 1948
Nazi propaganda had harness ed the myth of Atlantis for a deadly intent. But across the Atlantic, myth makers of an entirely different thought were also reinventing Atlantis as pure fantasy - Hollywoo
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. When I was in second grade, I lost a spelling bee because I misspelled the word its. I put an apostrophe in when I shouldn't have, and it was a very traumatic moment in my young life. So when listeners
Could the eradication of smallpox have been a factor in the spread of HIV? Thats the question posed by researchers in the journal BMC Immunology, who think that the vaccine might have offered partial protection against HIV. As smallpox was wiped out,
Indonesia: No Deadline for Foreign Troops Helping Tsunami Victims to Leave印尼:外国军队帮助海啸受难者脱离困境没有最终期限 Indonesia's defense minister says there is no hard de
To our Facebook fans in Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and to everyone who's watching us around the world, welcome to CNN Student News. From the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, I'm Carl Azuz. First up, Japan's prime minister wants some answers
Why do so many couples argue over money? It's what money represents. They miss the fact it's not about the money. They are so busy focus on the dollar amount, about how they feel about the money. They
1. President Bush says the federal government will offer all possible assistance it can to states affected by the latest round of severe weather. Tornadoes and storms are being blamed for at least 23 deaths in three states including at least 14 in Mi
Full coverage: Air Algerie Flight Lost Radar Contact after Takeoff The first images of the Air Algerie flight AH5017 crash site in Mali have emerged a day after plane crashed with 116 people on board. The footage was filmed by soldiers from Burkina F
The World Health Organization reports a treatment program called DOTS has cured 36 million people with tuberculosis and saved up to eight-million lives during the past 15 years Lisa Schlein | Geneva 08 December 2009 New data show the World Health Org
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: our guest is Wayne Glowka, an English professor at Georgia College and State University. RS: He also chairs the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, which publishe
Chapter 5 (an excerpt) It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the life
5. The presidential plane hit the treetops and fell apart. 总统的飞机先撞上树梢然后破碎。 还能这样说: The presidential plane bump against the tip of the tree and broke down. The presidential plane run into the treetops and fell
The luckiest person on that day was a graduate student named Harry Glicken. 那一天最走运的要算是一位名叫哈里格利肯的研究生。 He had been manning an observation post 5.7 miles from the mountain, 他是离火山9公里处一个观