THE MAKING OF A NATION - August 22, 2002: Cold War By Jeri Watson VOICE 1: This is Doug Johnson. VOICE 2: And this is Phil Murray with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the h

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I mean retail -- well the word retail is always the leading sector where you can judge a lot of things for how the economy is going. I mean look at what retail was many years ago. Some parts of East Africa are still informal. We -- retail brings a lo

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In the little town where I was born, there lived an old, old man 在我出生的小镇上,住着一位很老的老人, whose chief claim to distinction was the fact that he had never in his whole life been ten miles away from home. 他在镇上很有

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Narrator: D. Use abbreviations to quickly note down the distances and rail travel times of the followingcities in the north of England: i. Shrewsbury (1 hour from Manchester) vi. Lincoln (1 3/4 hours from London) ii. Chester (17 miles south of Liverp

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48These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side t

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This marked the end of the Roman Empire of the West and its Latin culture, 这是西罗马的讲拉丁语的帝国的结束, together with the long period that goes all the way back to prehistoric times, which we call antiquity. 所以人们也把这

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A new study shows that deaths and material costs from terrorism have risen sharply worldwide. The study estimates the economic impact of violence on the world economy in 2016 at $14.3 trillion. The Institute for Economics and Peace released the lates

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25 Years After End of the USSR, Europe Sees Opportunities Missed LONDON Twenty-five years ago, the Soviet Union's formal dissolution marked communism's collapse in Europe and a new era of democracy, Western-style liberalism and economic growth across

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Seek him out early and shower him with praise. 早点找到他,对他不吝溢美之词。 Offer political transactions and promise to help make America great. 提出政治交易并承诺帮美国再次伟大。 Arm yourself with hard facts and, ab

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BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A decade of researching whether a free trade area (FTA) among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is feasible has been no means an easy journey. And any sign of progress to push forward the talks deserves applause

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Middle East Concerns Dominate Opening of UN Assembly UNITED NATIONS U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders to speak out strongly against violence and extremism in the wake of an anti-Islam video that sparked international protests. Speaking

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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Tembin and Bolaven are moving towards China's coasts and will bring gales and storms there on Sunday, the country's meteorological authority has forecast. The year's 14th typhoon, Tembin, was in the northeast of t

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The China Earthquake Networks Center has reported a magnitude-6.2 earthquake in Taiwan. It hit the waters just east of the coastal city of Yilan at 11:17 a.m. Beijing Time. The tremor struck at a depth of 15 kilometres, and was felt as far as 60 kilo

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The Allies bombers will destory Dresden 盟军轰炸机将摧毁德勒斯登 an important center of comunication for the German armies on the east front 这是德军在东线的重要通讯中心 and one of the bigest industrial city in the Reich 以及

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Hitler's delighted with the success of his submarines, but America's massive re-armament program worries him. 希特勒勒很高兴他的潜艇屡战屡胜,但他很担忧美国的大规模重整军备计划。 He tells his secretary, Bowman: In on

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This made Rome very uncomfortable as an Imperial residence. 这样的事情常常发生,使得作为帝国首都的罗马变成了一个令人不快的居所。 Constantine(who ruled from 323 to 337) looked for a new capital. 康士坦丁皇帝(公

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The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has accused her deputy of plotting her down for and has branded him a traitor. Ms. Rousseff, who faces impeachment vote onSunday, said vice president Michel Temer was conspiring with the speaker of the Lower Hou

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模仿文本: There is surelymoney to be made inIraq.Its proven oil reserves are the third largest in theMiddle East. But since the fall of Saddam Hussein ten years ago, thesevere and persistent security problems have been a huge disincentive forfo

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本期内容: Conservationists have warned that the entire species of the critically endangered Javan rhino could be wiped out if a tsunami were to strike again. They once roamed the jungles of South East Asia and India, but today only 67 exist in

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China's qualifying tournament for the 2016 Robot World Cup has begun in Hefei, the capital of east Chinas Anhui province. Almost 2,000 contestants and 300 teams are taking part in the competition. Robots are playing various roles, from houseworkers a

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