Lean Odds for Pisa’s Tower The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the most intensely observed building in the world. Prof. John Burland (Imperial College of Science and Technology): When you come in through t

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Four Efficient Ways to Improve Your Speech Use More Facial Expression One psychologist feels that our facial expression is responsible more than anything else for the impression others have of us. In

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Jacob didn't seem grateful for the subject change; he looked away, uncomfortable again. He said it was a 'safe' place to talk to you. I swear the old man is losing his mind. 雅克布看上去并不乐意改变话题。他看向别处,又开始不自

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AS IT IS 2015-11-28 In Japanese, Onigiri Means Love and Comfort 饭团在日本意味着爱和安慰 In Japan, onigiri rice balls are more common than sushi. And in Japanese culture, making onigiri is a way to show love. You can make an onigiri by ro

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For nearly 130 years, the worlds scientists have used a singular small, metal cylinder to define the exact weight of a kilogram. But that is about to change. The cylinder was made in 1889 of platinum and iridium metals. It is called the Grand K. The

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【背景介绍】 在英国,从60年代到80年代,只要花1-2便士就可以在小店里买到漂亮的糖果,所以在英国又叫便士糖果。许多甜品店都会在柜台的托盘上摆放各式种样的糖果,多达20个不同种类

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委婉语是各种语言中都有的一种语言现象,只不过委婉程度不同,翻译起来难度也就不同,有的时候千万别被委婉语的表面意思骗到哦,就像sanitary engineer这个词,你理解它的真正含义吗? He

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm John Matson. Got a minute? In a laboratory vault outside Paris is a small cylinder of platinumiridium alloy that serves as the standard for all mass measurements worldwide. By an 1889 international

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每个国王都有一个象征权力的东西,今天介绍的就是其中一种..... Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer, this is 6 Minute English and thanks to Alice for joining me today. Alice: Hi Yvonne. Yvonne: Hello Alice. Now recently, an artefa

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Everyday it's getting closer 每一天我们都在一点点靠近 Going faster than a rollercoaster 日子飞逝 比过山车还要快 Love like yours will surely come my way 你的爱注定属于我 A-hey a-hey hey Everyday it's getting faster 每一天

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Ocean Floor Reveals Past Climate Changes Time capsule Lamont research professor Maureen Raymo, the director of the Core Repository, slides open a long, narrow drawer from the cabinet. Like thousands of others here, the drawer contains a long, thin cy

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So you build cars? I asked, impressed. 那么,你会组装车子?我对此印象深刻,于是问道。 When I have free time, and parts. 那得是我有空的时候,而且只是局部装配。 You wouldn't happen to know where I could get my

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Are you hungry? I asked, turning toward the kitchen. 你们饿了吗?我问道,转身向厨房走去。 I was eager to escape Billy's searching gaze. 我渴望着逃离比利洞察的注视。 Naw, we ate just before we came, Jacob answered. 不,

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Ancient Iraqi Relics Find Their Way Home with Help from the FBI 在FBI的帮助下,伊克古文物重回家乡 As Operation Iraqi Freedom rolled through Baghdad in the spring of 2003, an estimated 1

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He is a bicycle doctor. 此句不能译作:他是个骑单车的医生,因句中的doctor是委婉语(euphemism), 是某种职业的美称,故不作医生解,而是表示repair man的涵义, 因此应翻译为他是个自行车修理工.委婉语起源

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In 1884, at the height of his success, Tom suffered a terrible loss. His wife Mary died of an illness. She was only twenty-nine years old. Tom had his children stay in New York City. His electricity business was there. He wanted to spend as much time

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The Royal Commission on the Canterbury Earthquakes has been trying to find out why some buildings collapsed on February 22nd 2011. Their report last week was about the CTV building, which killed 115 people when it collapsed and fire broke out. After

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Four Efficient Ways to Improve Your Speech精通发言四大招数Use More Facial Expression多用面部表情One psychologist feels that our facial expression is responsible more than anything else for the impression others have of us. In fact, more

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Science and technology 科学技术 Robot plants Putting down roots 植物机器人 落地生根 A robotic model of what plants get up to under the surface 模仿植物根部工作的机器人模型 PEOPLE often forget, when looking at a garden, mead

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It has been suggested, not altogether cynically, that this was out of a purely contrarian instinct, 有人认为。而且不完全是挖苦地认为,这纯粹是出于一种敌对的本能。 and that if he had been born in the Soviet Union he woul

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