Unit 7 Approaching Culture Part II Museums in the modern world Museums have changed. They are no longer places for the privileged few or for bored vacationers to visit on rainy days. At a science museum in Ontario, Canada, you can feel your hair stan

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安娜尤利耶芙娜奈瑞贝科(俄文:Анна Юрьевна Нетребко,转写:Anna Jur'evna Netrebko,1971年9月18日-)是来自俄罗斯,当红于世界歌剧界的女高音歌手。 Anna Netrebko is one of operas leading

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President Bush Attends Celebration of Greek Independence Day THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Your Eminence, thank you very much. Welcome to the White House. I'm always open for a few suggestions. (Laughter.) You're an easy man to listen to. And I want to

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By Paige Kollock New York 12 September 2007 New York City's metropolitan population of roughly 22 million people is the largest in the United States. But only about eight million people actually live in the city. Millions of others commute from outly

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By Greg Flakus Washington, DC 07 September 2006 watch Spanish Radio report Since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans a year ago, the Hispanic population of that city and surrounding communities has grown dramatically. One beneficiary of the growth

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By John Stevenson Washington 06 September 2007 Hailed as one of the last century's greatest tenors, Luciano Pavarotti died September 6 in Modena, Italy at the age of 71. He was considered one of the last in the line of classic Italian tenors. Pavarot

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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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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 03 August 2006 watch Heat Safety report Tyler Davis collapsed after practicing football in the hot sun for more than an hour More than 160 heat-related deaths have occurred in the last two weeks, as a searing heat wav

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 20 March 2006 watch Prejudice report More Americans are expressing unfavorable views about Islam. A recent public opinion poll shows 25 percent of Americans now sa

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 July 2007 In Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been arrested on extortion charges. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the detention comes just months after the military-backed interim administ

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MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas

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By Michael Drudge London 07 July 2006 Londoners pause in central London's Tavistock Square, site of bombed No. 30 bus one year ago, in London, Friday Britain has commemorated the first anniversary of the terrorist bombings that killed 52 passengers

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 11 September 2006 In public ceremonies and private reflections across the nation, and much of the world, people observed a moment of silence in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001, terroris

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Arab-Israeli Singer Bridges Cultures Through Music NEW YORK Arab-Israeli songwriter and pop star Mira Awad began her weeklong run at New Yorks Metropolitan Room by singing a traditional tune from the Arab village in northern Israel where she was born

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Dialogue 1 Jingjing: Hey Mark, do you know next week we'll have a holiday? 京晶:嗨,马克,你知道下周我们要放假吗? Mark: Another one? That's cool if we'll have a day or two off. 马克:又放假?不错呢如果我们能放一两

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 05 October 2006 Every October New York renews its cultural life after the sleepy days of summer. This season an exceptionally varied mix of classical and contemporary works will be on stage, in concert halls and on muse

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By Greg Flakus Houston 15 January 2007 Wintry weather conditions are causing widespread disruptions in the Great Plains states and as far south as Texas and Louisiana. Hundreds of thousands of people are without electrical power and icy roads have c

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 02 August 2007 Italy's culture minister is calling an accord reached with the J. Paul Getty Museum for the return of 40 ancient artifacts historic and a victory for artistic ethics. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome t

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More than a million people remain without electrical power and other normal services nearly five days after Hurricane Ike passed over the Houston-Galveston area. Tensions are growing between various government entities over problems in providing need

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