Sumo is the national sport of Japan. It is very popular there, but its popularity is decreasing. This is because the top champions are no longer Japanese. There have been more champions from Hawaii and Mongolia in the past decade than Japanese. Sumo

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-S

(LOS ANGELES,Reuters)Jackie Chan is known for his martial art movies,but now he wants to be a dramatic actor. (路透社洛杉矶电)成龙以功夫片闻名,不过现在他想当剧情片的演员。 I don't like people always talking abou

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Welcome to Talking Sport! Today we meet taekwondo fighter, Rohullah Nikpai. Rohullah is from Afghanistan and in 2008 he won his country's first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo is a martial art that first became an Olympic sport in 2000. Join Natalie in

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 伦敦谈体育

Desertion is the title of a new novel by Zanzibar-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah. It opens in 1899 along the East African Coast. Alan Cheuse has a review. A white stranger, sick and wounded, staggers into a small East African town. A local shop owner

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Topics: Famous Americans - Jim Thorpe; United Code of Military Justice Common Crimes; pre-paid cell phones; abbreviation versus acronym; a matter of form Words: intramural team hurdle pentathlon decathlon amateur posthumously absent without leave des

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JUDY WOODRUFF: For more on all of this and a look at some of the options before the military in the Bergdahl matter, we turn to New York Times reporter Eric Schmitt. And retired Lieutenant General Dana Chipman. He was the Army's judge advocate genera

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今天我们要学的词是combat。 Combat, 是战斗的意思。 Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq, fulfilling an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克,实现了澳大利亚总理

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今天我们要学的词是combat。 Combat, 是战斗的意思。 Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq, fulfilling an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克,实现了澳大利亚总理

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文本: A: Holden, I told you. I can't cover for you unless I know what it is that you're doing and why it involves these baggies filled with-- H: I do Tang Soo Do. A: What? H: It's a martial art. It's Korean. I compete, and my parents don't like

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Human Rights in Bahrain, the Making of Martial Roberto Mancini FRI 23 OCT 2015 Could human rights allegations haunt Sheikh Salman's bid for the FIFA Presidency?

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今天我们要学的词是 foothold. Foothold 名词,有据点,立足点的意思。The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in southern Philippines to contain efforts by ISIS to establish a permanent foothold. 为阻止

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