One day, after her husband had died, she was traveling on a train to visit her daughter, 她的丈夫去世后,她乘火车前往女儿家探望, and she met and took an interested in a light-skinned man in the same railway car. 她在火车上遇见

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 异类:不一样的成功启示录

Making the pitch to Mr. Fro Fro:This'd better be good. I'm about to fire you all and find another company. James:We've brought you a little something from the place down the street, Kitty Cafe-Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans! Fro:Mmm, smells good

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娜奥米坎贝尔(Naomi Campbell),1970年5月22日出生于英国伦敦,全球最著名的模特,也是多宗伤害案的主角,她涉及的对象从管家、助理、警官到摄影师,不一而足。 2010年8月在荷兰海牙的联合国塞

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During Jamaica's colonial era, the English capitalized on the island's mild weather and rich soil, planting sugarcane , making Jamaica England's largest supplier. But the riches of the sugarcane came with a price. Thousands of Africans were enslaved

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By Brian Wagner Miami 26 May 2006 Desmond Dekker album cover Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, who helped bring reggae to an international stage in the 1960s, died at his home in Britain on Thursday. His manager said the 64-year-old suffered a heart a

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PRAGUE, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt had confirmed his participation in the men's 4x100 meters relay at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in Czech Republic scheduled on June 27, organizers said on Thursday. It will be the seventh time for the Jamai

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BBC Learning English People and Places Albert Little- US VSO in Jamaica Yvonne:Welcome to People and Places where we meet interesting people and find out about interesting places with bbclearningenglish.com. Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer. On a recent vis

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By Larry London Washington, D.C. 18 February 2008 Seventeen-year-old, Jamaican-bred Sean Kingston has taken the music world by storm. His first single Beautiful Girls topped both urban and pop charts. VOA's Larry London caught up with Sean when his t

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OSLO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt ran the year's fastest time of 19.86 seconds to grab the men's 200m title at the Bislett Games here on Thursday in rainy conditions. Bolt delighted the crowd at Oslo's premiere athletics stadium with his usual pre-

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PRAGUE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican Usain Bolt clocked 9.91 seconds on Tuesday to win the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava. Fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings timed 9.97 for the second place and Daniel Bailey of Antigua was third in 10.08.

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ROME, May 26 (Xinhua) -- World record-holder Usain Bolt won his first race after a nine-month break on Thursday when he needed a late kick to win the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds at the Golden Gala. Former record-holder Asafa Powell, who led all the wa

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今天我们要学的词是flawless。 Flawless, 意思是完美无缺的,无懈可击的。 The actor adopted a flawless British accent for the role, 这个演员在电影中使用了标准的英国口音。 Critics say Obama's team has run a near

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ROME, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100-meter race at Rome's Golden Gala, the fifth leg of the Diamond League, on June 6, 2013, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. It will be the third time in a row for the back-to-

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今天我们要学的词是take by storm。 Take by storm, 意思是彻底征服。世界排名第70位的美国乔治亚州17岁女子网球选手奥丁恩在本届美国网球公开赛上过关斩将。The 17-year-old Melaine Oudin took the tennis

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Roger Federer of Switzerland during an Australian Open press conference in Melbourne, 31 Jan. 2010 Swiss Tennis champion Roger Federer and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt are among the contenders for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, which will be h

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KINGSTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings received a life ban by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) on Monday. The decision came four days after Mullings, 29, was found guilty of taking the masking agent furosimide. He fi

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今天我们要学的词是defining moment。 A defining moment, 决定性时刻。 Michael Phelps' winning of eight gold medals was a defining moment of the Beijing Games, 菲尔普斯赢得八块金牌是北京奥运会的巅峰时刻。 Another de

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KINGSTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings might be banned for life from athletics after found guilty of using the banned substance furosemide Thursday by a three-man disciplinary panel. Mullings' urine sample was found positive o

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牙买加缉获超过1吨大麻 KINGSTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican police on Wednesday confirmed that more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kilograms) of marijuana, along with other illegal items, believed to be used in the guns-for-drugs trade, we

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 That is the sound of reggae

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