The Dujiangyan Dam, 45km north of Chengdu, is an ancient technological wonder of the country. More than 2000 yers ago, Li Bing(250-200BC), as a local governor of the Shu State, designed this water control and irrigation dam and organized thousands of

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Local regulations need to be amended or parents will still face penalties, says population expert 专家近日表示,由于地方条例还需要修正,现在生二胎的家长还是会面临相关处罚。 Couples who want a second child after th

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JD.com has challenged China ecommerce rival Alibaba with the launch of a cross-border platform designed to bring foreign brands to the Chinese middle class. 中国电商集团京东(JD.com)向国内竞争对手阿里巴巴(Alibaba)发出挑战,推出

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WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States and the African Union (AU) signed an agreement on Monday to establish a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Africa. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chai

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ADEN, Yemen, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Five al-Qaida militants were killed on Sunday morning when a U.S. drone carried out an attack against a terrorist training center in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, a government official told Xinhua. The U.S. dro

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BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authorities on Saturday issued a blue-coded alert for fog in most parts of the country's central and northern provinces from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Most parts of north China, southwest Ch

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Two-thirds of Britons cannot say anything in a foreign language with one fifth even unsure of what 'bonjour' means,a study claims. 一项研究称,三分之二的英国人不会说任何外语,五分之一的英国人甚至连bonjour是什么意思

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Chinese actor Wang Xuebing, who starred in last year's Golden Bear winner Black Coal, Thin Ice, has been arrested for suspected drug use in Beijing, local media reported. 据当地媒体报道,出演了去年金熊奖获奖影片《白日烈焰》的

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Alex Bakiet, who speaks Chinese fluently, is the president of Wau Teaching Hospital in South Sudan. He said when the Chinese medical team first came to Wau ten years ago, he was still a volunteer. That's when he came into contact with his Chinese cou

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A passenger plane has crashed after a failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing more than 40 people, local officials say. 台湾官方报道,一架客机在台湾迫降失败后坠毁,超过40人死亡。 The domestic flight crashed near Magong

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China will fully open its elderly care market by 2020, according to a guideline published by General Office of the State Council. 国务院办公厅日前印发的意见提出,到2020年,我国将全面放开养老服务市场。 The move will su

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ALGIERS, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The first contingent of Algerian athletes for the Olympic Games (July 27-August 12) left here for London on Friday, the local APS news agency reported. Three athletes departed from the International Airport of Houari Boum

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The most high-profile scandal took place at a restaurant in the coastal city of Qingdao. A tourist from Nanjing, surnamed Zhu, complained about being overcharged for a seafood dinner. He asked us to pay over 21-hundred yuan when we finished the meal.

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美国北部两列火车相撞 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A train carrying crude oil collided with another train in the northern U.S. state of North Dakota, sparking a large fire, local media reported Monday. So far there were no reports of casu

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BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) on Monday released the results of an investigation into a deserted primary school that was built with charitable donations. The Lingchuan Laoshan Hope Primary School, located

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KUBUQI (Inner Mongolia), July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday. It's a huge area,

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KUNMING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said. The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at 10:46 a.m. wi

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HOUSTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A regional airport in the U.S. state of Texas has reopened Friday after a bomb threat closed the airport for a few hours, local media reported. The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, located in Texas's northwest

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Many die in Indonesian air crash 印度尼西亚飞机失事,多人死亡 An Indonesian army transport plane with more than 100 people aboard has crashed into houses on Java, killing at least 57 people. At least two people died on the ground when the Hercules c

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Outdoor activities, such as mountain climbing, outdoor camping and rafting have become more and more popular in recent times, however, accidents during outdoor activities have been on the rise. Why are these accidents occurring so frequently? And how

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