AS IT IS 2013-12-25 Christmas Traditions Old and New 圣诞节的新旧传统 Hello and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. I'm Mario Ritter. People around the world are celebrating Christmas day. Christians mark the birth of Jesus Christ

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By Parke Brewer Women's fencing became an Olympic sport in 1924 and after 80 long years the United States finally has its first medals in the event. Both came in women's saber, which was added to the

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Manhattan memory project: How 9/11 changed our brains You'll probably remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first learned that passenger jets had crashed into the World Trade Center. People tend to form exceptionally vivid

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Yao Ming, a retired Chinese basketball player, is now the first ambassador of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. 近日,已经退役的中国篮球运动员姚明正式成为了2019年FIBA(国际篮联)篮球世界杯的首位形象大使。 H

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month' s Brazil Open, tournament organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The 11-time Grand Slam winner has not played since suffering a

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US president Barack Obama once again threw out cutting jokes at this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner, skewering cable news, the Republican presidential field and even Hillary Clinton's just started presidential campaign. Despite

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MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Olympic weightlifting champion Vasily Alekseyev has died from heart problems, local media reported Friday. The 69-year-old Alekseyev, who passed away in a clinic in Munich, Germany, won Olympic gold medals in 1972 a

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LONDON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- No one can challenge my dominance in the 1,500m freestyle, said China's Olympic champion Sun Yang after setting a new world record to win the men's longest event at London Olympics on Saturday. The 1,500m freestyle is my st

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Technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisco Mr Jobs was greeted with cheers and applause when he took to the stage Apple boss Steve Jobs stole the show at an event to launch new products as he took to the stage for the first time in nearly a year f

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NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A portion of a false ceiling at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue(犯罪地点) of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital, collapsed Wednesday, causing no injuries, reported the Indo-Asian

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MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Around 9,500 athletes are expected to participate in the 2013 Kazan Universiade, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Wednesday. We think that 9,500 athletes will take part, plus 1,500 to 2,000 coaches and specialists,

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Please accept our most sincere congratulations upon your holy matrimony with... and very best wishesfor all the good future in the world.请接受我对你和的神圣结合的最诚挚的祝贺,并祝愿你俩幸福无量。 Allow me to join the

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ROSKILDE, Denmark, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2012 edition of Denmark's Roskilde Festival, one of the biggest in Europe, closed Sunday with music critics and reviewers here saying the event delivered a host of sterling performances and a crop of upcoming

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NAIROBI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The African Women's Volleyball Clubs Championships will kick off in Nairobi on Thursday with three local clubs tipped to be the main contenders for the trophy. Led by the defending champions, Kenya Prisons, the host nation

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Listeners crowd the place at a event aimed at helping children with congenital heart diseases, jointly held by China's largest search engine Baidu, charitable organization Ai You Foundation and China Radio International's bilingual radio service Easy

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BERLIN, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Du Li was upset in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final by Hungarian younster Ildiko Karmacsi on Saturday in Munich's shooting World Cup. Du, 30, finished second in a total of 688.8 after shooting 588 in

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If youve been hoping to upgrade that iPhone in your pocket, you might not have to wait much longer. 如果你一直希望给自己口袋里的iPhone升级,那么你也许不必再等很长时间了。 Apple officially announced its annual fall even

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What will you do to relax yourself? 2.Is it important for students to attend class regularly or study by oneself? 3.Describe an enjoyable event in your childhood 4.描述一个你参加过的学校 5.学校应不应该在普通课程中加入Sport co

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Even among paleontologists it was not unknown. 即使在古生物学界,也不是没有这种看法。 In 1956 a professor at Oregon State University, M. W. de Laubenfels, writing in the Journal of Paleontology, 1956年,俄勒冈州立大学教授

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通过分析历年作文真题可以发现,cet/ target=_blank class=bule英语四六级作文的考试题型大概可以分为这5个方面:A、阐述主题题型、B、正反观点题型、C、英文信函题型、D、记叙文题型、E、图表题

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