Celtic Woman-Ding Dong Merrily on High Ding dong merrily on high, In heav'n the bells are ringing: Ding dong! verily the sky Is riv'n with angel singing. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E'en so here below, below, Let steeple

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A look back at a few of the most important programs that NASA has carried out in half a century of exploration. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 July 2008 VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Earth and the moon as photographed by the Apollo 11

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European, Japanese Spacecraft Begins Seven-Year Trip to Mercury European and Japanese space agencies have successfully launched a spacecraft as part of a joint effort to study Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. 欧洲和日本航天机构成功发

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今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:an albatross around one's neck。Albatross是一种名字叫信天游的海鸟, neck 是脖子。An albatross around one's neck, 按字面来理解,它的意思是:挂在脖子上的信天游。但是

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William Wordsworth 湖畔诗人华玆华斯[qh]Wordsworth was one of the most influential of England's Romantic poets. 华兹华斯是最有影响力的英格兰浪漫主义诗人之一。 William Wordsworth was bom on 7 April 1770 at Cockermouth in

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230. Traveling in 1800. 230.旅行条件(1800年) The traveler in those days had a very hard time. 这一时期的旅行者备受磨难, On the best roads of the north, in the best coach, and with the best weather one might cover as many as f

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Defeat I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I will

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Five alleged conspirators in the September 11 attacks, who are on trial at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have told the judge they want to confess, and have withdrawn all legal motions filed as part of their defense. In the specially b

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The American ship seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean this week has docked in Kenya without its captain. He is still being held hostage in a lifeboat now said to be some 20 miles from the coastline of Somalia. A military official says the pirates

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This is AP news minute. 1. Hundreds of electronic cigarette brands will now have to seek federal permission to stay on the market under new FDA rules released Thursday. The regulations also limit e-cigarette sales to minors and require a new health w

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Pastoralists Played Major Role in Ending Rinderpest In June 2011, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially declared that the deadly animal disease rinderpest had been eradicated. The disease devastated livestock and lingered in Africa lo

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信天翁(Albatross)是一种濒临灭绝的珍贵海鸟,这个单词同时还有“沉重负担”的意思,这是为什么呢? Albatross的起源可追溯到17世纪晚期,很可能是西班

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The United Nations human rights chief says Syria's President Bashar al-Assad authorised war crimes against his own citizens. It's the first time the UN has directly implicated Mr.Assad. Navi Pillay says her office has also identified a list of people

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January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

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January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

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January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

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January 28th, 1986Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members on board the Challenger, among them school teacher Christa McAuliffe, are killed. President Ronald Regan tells a shocked

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Could life have been forged in the same way on both planets? When we sent the first probe to investigate in the 1960s, almost anything was possible. Originally in the popular imagination we thought that Mars might be inhabited by whole civilizations,

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Scientists have started analyzing data and images acquired when the Messenger space probe passed within 200 kilometers of the planet Mercury last month. It was the first flyby of the solar system's inner-

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MABES(Magnet Bearing Flywheel Exper. System) 磁方位飞轮试验系统日本军事通信技术试验卫星 MACSAT(Multiple Access Communication Satellite) 多通道通信卫星美国轻型通信卫星

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