Freedom is Worth the Risk The philosopher George Santayana, at the age of eighty-eight, admitted that things no longer seemed so simple to him as they did fifty years ago. Even those of use who have not reached Mr. Santayanas age must share that feel

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(159) / 评论(0) 分类 英语励志美文精华

Topics: Famous Americans Typhoid Mary; The National Hot Rod Association; complex versus complicated versus intricate; needle hit the groove; to lampoon; loner; pastime; to clean versus to cleanse Words: bacteria contaminated quarantine healthy carrie

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1. South Korea says it has ended maritime drills on a front-line island and that there have been no signs of any North Korean military response. The live-fire artillery drills lasted about 90 minutes. South Korea did launch fighter jets to deter any

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Political unrest continues in Egypt with thousands of anti-government protesters taking to the streets for a sixth day. Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei says President Hosni Mubarak can end the crisis right now. People have been saying or demonstr

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Protesters and police continue to clash in Egypt despite a nighttime curfew. It's the fourth and largest day of anti-government protests. Black smoke and tear gas fill the air but they aren't quieting demands that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak end

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M:As the upper floors of the Trade Center Towers burned, inside employees scrambled to escape. [00:-0.50]当世贸中心双子塔的上部楼层起火时,里面的职员尖叫着逃命。 [00:-1.00]Voice:...82nd floor, and I don't know where my pee

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Iraq's government is applauding the call by militant Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr for his militia to stop its attacks on Iraqi forces after nearly a week of escalating fighting in Basra and parts of B

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What's left of tropical depression Bonnie is weakening as it makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities in the Gulf are now sending ships back to the site of BP's damaged rig. NPR's Carrie Kahn says the operation is starting with one of th

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As War Rages in Syria, Efforts are Made to Save Culture 努力保护叙利亚文化 NEW YORK As world leaders at the United Nations try to resolve Syria's civil war, a little further uptown international preservationists came together at New York's M

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Good morning from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, Im Melissa Long with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday, August 26th. Senator Ted Kennedy has died at the age of 77 in Hyannis Port Massachusetts. He h

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I won't just survive 我不会只是残喘苟延 Oh, you will see me thrive 你会见证我再次冉冉直指蓝天 Can write my story 续写下属于我的诗篇 I'm beyond the archetype 我能跨越所有的桎梏和界限 I won't just conform 不接

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There has been chaos in the US congress where Democratic party politicians have been staging a sitting to demand tighter gun laws. They occupied the floor of the House of Representatives taking in sleeping bags and pillows as their protests continued

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The U.S. and its Asian allies are trading barbs in the wake of North Korea's latest missile test early today. Nick Schifrin has our report. It was an alarming way to wake up, 6:00 a.m. on Japan's Hokkaido Island, and the air raid sirens go off as a N

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When I stand among these mighty Leviathan skeletons, skulls, tusks, jaws, ribs, and vertebrae, 当我置身在这些大鲸的骷髅、头壳、牙齿、嘴巴、肋骨和脊骨堆里时, all characterized by partial resemblances to the existing bre

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WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney for clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while their campaign teams attack each other in an increasingly relentless manner. The two candida

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

说到天气,这几天南方各省市集体出现的极端天气可真是让人头疼。回想5月的某一天开始回温的时候,热爱夏天的小编开心到飞起Summer is finally upon us!不少人和小编一样,两个月前短袖短裤就

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chaos (n) 混乱: 这个词来自于古希腊神话中最古老的神Chaos,由于这个神一出世的时候世界处于一片非常混乱的状态,所以这个词的意思引申为混乱。 titanic (adj.) 巨大的: 这个词来自于古希腊神话

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE英语

GRE阅读理解考查的范围非常广,不像填空、类比和反义那样注重基础和词汇量,而GRE考试的阅读又与其他考试中的阅读有很大区别,所以在技巧方法上也要区分对待。GRE阅读中多见长句,对理

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It is 2008. Happy New Year, everyone. What did you do during the Christmas and New Year holiday? How did you celebrate New Year? Traditionally in England, Christmas was our big winter celebration. Scotland was different. In Scotland, New Year was the

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New York politics 纽约政治 Tarnished Silver 褪去光环的西尔弗 A prosecutor takes on New York state's culture of corruption 一个检查官呈现出纽约腐败文化 The six-million-dollar-man 拥有六百万美元的男人 CORRUPTION'S su

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