1. It was a year ago today that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico burst into flames, killing 11 workers. For 85 days after that, 206 million gallons of BP oil spilt into the Gulf. Today, families of the 11 workers will fly over the scene, and there wi

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AS IT IS 2016-07-04 Asian-American Voters Share Concerns, But Are Divided 美国亚裔选民有着共同关切,当然分歧也在所难免 Asian Americans will make up more than 10 percent of California voters by the time America elects the next pr

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今天我们要学的词组是backlash。 Backlash的意思是后冲,强烈的不利反应。美国维吉尼亚理工大学32名学生和教授惨遭杀害,凶手是韩国人。 枪击案发生后, 韩国政府对遇难者表示哀悼。 他们同

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20In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. 2Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. 3They q

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CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: The only way you can see inside the recently closed Winnsboro, South Carolina, Walmart is through a small hole torn into the cloth of the sliding front doors. The opening offers a surprisingly wide glimpse of a store that once sol

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Open-book exam 开卷考试 ON THE DAY of our final exam at my Community College in Santa Maria, Calif., we heard that the bookstore had changed its policy and would buy back our business-management textbooks. Before class, several of us dashed over

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It's like the opening gambit of a bad Hollywood romance. A Brazilian town populated only by women has made an appeal for eligible bachelors. 一个居住人口全部为女性的巴西小镇在呼唤合适的单身汉们。这看起来有点像一部好

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The vast majority(大多数) of Americans live in cities and urban life carries special health risks. Overcrowding leads to greater stress, which can lead to violence, according to Dr. Jo Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine. And t

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A Christmas survey showed that men spend more time looking for gifts for their bosses than for their wives, but women spend more time shopping for their pets than their spouses. This wouldn't happen if spouses remembered the truth. Your wife is the b

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美国少数民族社区庆祝圣诞节 LOS ANGELES Christmas is a highlight for many immigrant communities in the United States, who bring colorful traditions from their countries of origin. For Hispanics, the nine-day celebration of Las Posadas ree

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Need a raise? Try these tips. Exceed their expectations. Even experts agree that essential to the advancement of your career is not only to do what is expected but to do an impressive output of the task that is given you. In other words, if you give

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UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday called on the international community to pay more attention and provide more assistance to Central Africa as the region is facing a lot of challenges. The central African region is still faced with

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释义: go back (to)回到某处,逆流而上 可以用 go back to+地点来表示回到某处,如果要表示暂时停止一会,重新开始时就要用 go back to+名词/...ing。因此 go back out there 表示重新开始跑。 例句: G

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How Well Are You Performing in Your Different Roles? Each day, you play a number of different roles in both your professional and your personal life. Your professional world is a large part of what you do but if youre striving for excellence in this

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This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Celeste Headlee. Michel Martin is away. Let's go behind closed doors. It's the part of the program where we talk about issues people often only discuss in private. Today, we want to talk about domestic violence

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1. Engage: Project-Based Learning Students go beyond the textbook to study complex topics based on real-world issues, such as the water quality in their communities or the history of their town, analyzing information from multiple sources, including

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