Madison Declares War on Britain in 1812 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning English. Im Steve Ember. The United States declared war on Britain in 1812. It did so bec

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A recovery operation has raised the Sewol ferry, which sank off South Koreas southern coast almost three years ago. An official overseeing the operation said the ferry reached the waters surface shortly before five oclock, local time. Three-hundred-f

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Anchors Away, Me Boysbut How Far? Anchors away, me boys but how far? On this moment of science.What happens if you throw your anchor overboard and there isnt enough chain to reach the bottom? Does the anchor haul you down with it? This sounds a littl

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I didn't tell my two companions about this new danger. 我并不让我的两个同伴知道这个危险。 There was no point in dampening the energy they were putting into our arduous rescue work. 以免他们做这种辛苦救护工作的勇气受到

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A typical racing sailboat has many parts such as the mast, boom, hull, keel and rudder. Mainly there are five types of racing sailboat. Respectively they are: 帆船主要由船体、桅杆、稳向板或

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1. Saying the damage that's been done to the country over the last six years needs to be repaired, New Mexicos Democratic Governor Bill Richardson has taken the first step toward a White House run, setting up an exploratory committee. 2. The US mili

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It may have been a flash of honesty in him; or mere prudential policy which, under the circumstance, 也许他心头忽发善念;或许不过是一种慎重将事的权谋,因为在当时的情况下, imperiously forbade the slightest symptom o

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新概念英语中表示图形的单词很多,如何才能将这些近义词的具体内在含义和用法搞清楚?下面我们一一做些解释: 1. Figure figure通常指几何图形或图案;此外书中的插图不管是什么图都可以用

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Fire and brimstone! Ned put in. 尼德兰喊一声:好家伙! All right then, my fine harpooner, if vertebrates several hundred meters long and proportionate in bulk live at such depths, their surface areas make up millions of square centimeters,

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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. 正当斯塔布向弗拉斯克讲述他的梦时,亚哈船长正站在甲板上。 Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod's weedy hull

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Hundreds of rescuers are continuing to try to find survivors of the accident, even though the chances of anyone still being alive are fading by the day. The president of the Korea Rescue Association says the search will intensify in the next three da

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On Sunday, both Chelsea and Manchester City were looking to keep pace with league leading Arsenal after the Gunners' impressive 3-0 win over Cardiff City on Saturday. That win for Arsenal moved them seven points clear of second placed Chelsea, and ni

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This is AP news minute. 1. As U.S reels from a violent week, president Obama pressed the America is as Not as divided as some suggest. Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw, he acknowledged that this has been a tough week and Demented attacker in D

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The ninety was still steering boldly onward, and had already approached the two thirds, 此时,载有九十人的军舰勇猛地转舵向前,劈风斩浪,安全驶过差不多三分之二的航程, which lay a helpless wreck, rolling on the u

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Business 商业报道 Losing its coast has not stopped Ethiopia developing its shipping 失去海岸綫并未使埃塞俄比亚停止其海运的发展 ETHIOPIA became landlocked in 1992, 1992年,厄立特里亚国新成立, when its Red Sea coas

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Finally, and perhaps a little unexpectedly, readings can be thrown out by seemingly unrelated external factorssuch as the diets of those whose bones are being tested. One recent case involved the long-running debate over whether syphilis originated i

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The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia. The huge vessel with more than 4,000 people on boa

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Massive 500 tonne cranes hoisted the damaged hull of the Eastern Star that capsized with 456 passengers on board on Monday. Over a thousand relatives. who had gathered on the riverbank, broke down in tears as the ship emerged from the murky waters of

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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored harborless immensities. 我们已经勇猛地奔驶在大海上;而且我们就要消失在大海的无依无傍的一望无垠中。 Ere that come to pass; ere t

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But suddenly in the distance, they saw a great heap of tumultuous white water, 但是,突然间,他们看到远处有一大堆奔腾的白水, and soon after news came from aloft that one or both the boats must be fast. 再一会儿,桅顶上就

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