By Erika Celeste Highway 11, Mississippi 06 June 2008 For the past 11 years, there's been a yard sale in the United States like no other. For one weekend each spring, it runs for 808 kilometers 807.71800 to be exact starting in the southern state of

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Local residents in Pakistan are said to be witnessing significant changes in their live, 2-years after the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor program. The project, a key element of the Chinese government's Belt and Road initiative, was of

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 30 January 2007 watch Highway Pollution report A study of 3600 children living near busy highways in southern California shows that auto emissions can stunt a child's lung development and increase the risk of early re

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 07 February 2008 Each year about 13,000 people die on U.S. roads and highways in speed-related traffic accidents. A group of state governors says 35 jurisdictions are now using automatic speed cameras. Government and insu

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By Edward Yeranian Beirut 23 January 2007 Much of Lebanon remains paralyzed, Tuesday, as supporters of the pro-Syrian Hezbollah group block Lebanon's coastal highway and main thoroughfares in Beirut and other cities. From Beirut, Edward Yeranian repo

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By David McAlary Washington 05 May 2006 A school bus and a truck stand on the street in the German town of Senden Economic modernization is the path toward healthier, longer lives, but it has a deadly

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By Zulima Palacio Carroll County, Maryland 22 September 2009 The bog turtle In Maryland, environmental officials are working to save one of the smallest and rarest turtles in North America. The bog turtle had the power to move an entire highway proj

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Push to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving Builds In an unprecedented move, the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S. is recommending that motorists turn off all cell phones while driving. The board, charged with determining the cause of tra

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The Silas Lake Park reopens today after being closed for six months. The park was closed because mud and rock slides destroyed part of Cambridge Road, the only access into the park. We had to remove tons of boulders and rocks, said Hugh Foster of the

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Police in Beijing have launched a new armed patrol force to respond to any incidents of terrorism and violent crimes. The new force includes one hundred and fifty armed patrol vehicles and around two thousand policemen. They have been tasked with gua

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今天我们要学的词是road-block。 Road-block, 路障,阻碍。 Police road-blocks were set up before the rally, 集会前,警察设置了路障。 The highway construction has hit a road-block because of budgetary issues, 高速公路的兴建

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今天我们要学的词是Binge Drinking。Binge, 是名词,放纵,binge drinking 意思是狂饮,酗酒。欧洲的研究人员发现, The more scenes of alcohol use teens watched on the big screen, the greater their risk of binge drinking,

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