The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with f

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By teaching your children fire safety you can make sure they know what to do when a house fire occurs. Making sure that your children know exactly what is required of them cuts down on the chaos of the emergency situation and helps keep your family s

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There is a way to make big decisions, but you have to prepare for them first. Here's how. 做一些重大的决定时,方法总是有的。但我们要做的,是一场周密的规划。 Before you make any big decision in business, there's one re

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1. Europe's plan to solve its debt crisis and restore faith in the global economy has been thrown into chaos. Greece's Prime Minister has called for a referendum on his country's latest rescue package. A no vote could result in a debt default bringin

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Airlines, trading floors and technology companies are braced for chaos today as world timekeepers prepare to add a leap second to global clocks. 世界钟表今天要给全球的钟表加一闰秒,因此航班、交易所、科技公司正在为即将

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No matter how old you are, where youre from or what you do for a living, we all share something in commona desire to be successful. Each persons definition of success is different, however, as some may define success as being a loving and faithful sp

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Obituary;Louise Bourgeois; 讣告;路易丝布尔乔亚; Louise Bourgeois, sculptor, died on May 31st, aged 98; 雕刻大师路易丝布尔乔亚卒于5月31日享年98岁; When she was photographed by the great Robert Mapplethorpe, Louise Bourgeois

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I Didn't Do It! 我没做! One day a man came home from work to find total chaos in the house. The kids were laying outside in the mud, still in their pajamas. 一天,一个人下班回到家,发现屋子外面一片狼籍。孩子们还穿着睡

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泰国总理拒绝示威者辞职要求 BANGKOK Thailand's prime minister says she is open to negotiations to defuse the country's political crisis, but remains unwilling to bow to her opponents demands to turn over the government to an unelected cou

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Many cities in the world have introduced a 'congestion(混杂,拥挤,过剩) charge'. But which of these cities does NOT have a congestion charge? a) Stockholm b) Singapore c) Geneva Dhaka traffic Jackie:Hello, this is 6 minute English with bbclearnin

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美国的购物狂欢节 As you brace yourself for holiday shopping, know this, black Friday is apparently now a week-long event. In fact, it's already started. So how can play this to your advantage. ABC's Rebecca Jarvis has much more now. If Black

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WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's foreign policy has come under criticism, not just from Republican lawmakers and conservative pundits, but also from centrists who accuse the president of taking an approach they describe as unclear, weak, and isol

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Sailing from the strait of Gibraltar in to the bey, a steel, grave warship shaped a reminder that Britain is still the dominant overseas power on the rock. And for the locals, long may it remain so. HMS Westminster is here as part of a long planned n

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The U.S. military has formally ended its mission in Iraq. At a ceremony in Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta watched as American troops lowered their command's flag, marking an end to the nearly nine-year war that drove out Iraqi ruler Sad

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音乐咖啡厅:A1 - Perfect Disaster 相关介绍:跻身在银河般灿烂的艺能界,是每个少男少女都曾怀抱过的摘星梦,但有幸成为万中之选的幸运儿,可要具备天赋异禀的超强实力才可脱颖而出。而来自

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[1] Iraqis are looking forward to Sunday's elections, but some fear possible chaos. The vote is Iraq's second nationwide election and comes at a vastly different time than the first in 2005. US troops have all but vanished from streets, but attacks c

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)

Business 商业报道 Cotton exports 棉花出口 Knickers in a twist 印度颁布棉花禁令,世界市场反应强烈 India bans cotton exportsconfusing everyone, including its government. 印度禁止棉花出口,让所有人都很迷惑,政府

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Afghanistan's election 阿富汗选举 A useful crisis 有效的转折 A fudge between two feuding presidential candidates may offer a political road map 两个长期不和的总统候选人相互挤兑,这或许能提供一个政治路线图 HOLDI

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I have a stamp right here, Earl. There, see? Order versus chaos. 我马上就能拿出邮票,厄尔。看见没,秩序对比混乱 Also known as OCD versus Oh, here's a CD I forgot I had. 也是OCD对比噢,我都忘了我有这张CD Would you

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英语新词:中国特色词语合集 1、中国意念词(Chinesenesses) 八卦 trigram 阴、阳 yin, yang 道 Dao(cf. logo) 江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits world) e.g. You cant control everything in a traits world. (人在

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