Clara: What happened just now, Mark? You werne't very kind when you were talking with Ted. What do you have against him? Mark: I just don't like him at all. Clara: Why? Is there something in particular? Mark: Well, he has such a mean streak in him! I

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The United Nations Climate Summit takes place next week in Poland. About 20,000 people from 190 countries are expected to take part in the conference. There, world leaders will debate how to limit climate change -- the weather events linked to slowly

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Last month's salmonella outbreak got over 1,500 people sick. And one reason salmonella may be such a heavy hitter is that it actually hijacks our immune response

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Invasive species can decrease biodiversity and drive resident species to the brink of extinction. But how do these interlopers fare so well in unfamiliar territory? One idea is that theyve escaped their enemies, for example, the parasites that keep t

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R: How are your stocks doing, Jim? J: Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good. R: Yeah, I lost money investing in the internet too. J: Just goes to show that you should buy companies not ideas

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今天我们要学的词是famed。 Famed, 有名的,众所周知的。 Amsterdams famed 17th century canal district now has its own museum, 阿姆斯特丹著名的17世纪运河区如今有了自己的博物馆。 Famed homeless man Ted Williams,

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A species of armyworm has spread to over 20 African countries and threatens Africa's main food crop -- maize. The warning comes from the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. Joseph Huesing works as an advisor to USAID. He sus

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Hungary Has A Xenophobia Problem RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Take A Number is our series that uses a numerical figure to explore problems around the world. And today's number is 10, which is the percentage of Hungarians who, according to a new EU survey, ar

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The constant gardener;The future of wilderness 文艺;书评;永恒的守护者;荒野的未来; Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World. By Emma Marris. 书名:《喧闹的花园:在人类统领的世

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The kings of the Greek cities clearly learnt a great deal from them. 各希腊城市的国王曾向克里特人学习过这些。 But by 1,200 BC this time of splendor was over. 但是到公元前1200年这一时期的繁华景象消失了。 For it

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Business 商业报道 Schumpeter 熊彼特 Montessori management 蒙特梭利管理 The backlash against running firms like progressive schools has begun 反对公司管理像学校改革的运动已经开始 THE INTERNSHIP, a film about two middle-a

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Fifteen video games that have engrossed gamers for untold hours were named finalists Tuesday for the new World Video Game Hall of Fame. 周二,15款游戏进入了世界游戏名人堂的决赛名单,玩家们在这些游戏上花费了无数时间

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Since the Chinese empire began to weaken in the 17th century neighbors and foreign invaders have been picking off pieces of China for themselves and the Chinese people just had to sit helplessly and watch. It is what they refer to as their humiliatio

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5月7日至12日,习近平主席受邀访问了哈萨克斯坦、俄罗斯和白俄罗斯三国,期间还参加了在莫斯科举行了胜利日阅兵庆典。习主席此次出访,不但带热了一批一带一路项目,同时还跟三国分别

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Chapter 5 第五章 The Nile Valley 尼罗河河谷 The beginning of civilization in the valley of the Nile 人类文明发源于尼罗河河谷 The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. 人类的历史也是一部人们四

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But we go back to this point that China has been a dominant economic power through human history. 我们回到这一点上,中国自古以来是一个主要经济体。 It comes because of the central plain which I was walking right across between

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Nature conservation 保护自然 The constant gardener 永恒的守护者 The future of wilderness 荒野的未来 Sep 17th 2011 | from the print edition Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World. By Emma Marris. Bloomsbury; 224 pages;

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Economics Brief 经济学简介 Six Big Ideas: Overcapacity and undercapacity 六大经济学理论:产能过剩和产能不足 Glutology 过剩的学问 The third brief in our series on big economice ideas looks at Say's law 我们有关重大经济

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May the 9th, 1940 a little French, town with little French children. 1940年5月9日,一法国小镇,有着法国孩童。 A town in the Ardennes not far from Germany which is at war with France but thing's been quiet. Until now. 这个在阿登的

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