But the throwing arm will be made from a more light-weight wood - Douglas fir. Wayne calculates that a tree trunk of at least 2 feet in diameter is needed to withstand the stresses of hurling 250-poun

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 中世纪攻城战

AMERICAN MOSAIC - A New Way to Shop: The Fashion Truck Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play music by The Lumineers. We tell about some happenings in the world of football But first, how abou

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261 以色列袭击加沙地带 “ 武器工厂 ” Israel Attacks Gaza ' Weapons Factory ' Jenny Badner Jerusalem 28 Jul 2001 11:04 UTC Israel has fired missiles at a building in the Gaza Strip whic

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Somalia City a 'Disaster Zone' After Extremists Flee Flying to Baidoa in a vintage Ethiopian Airlines plane is an adventure in itself. The pilot negotiates a corkscrew landing to avoid possible mortar fire. The airport is heavily guarded. Much of col

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

模仿文本:Despite the evidence pointing towards an Israeli air strike, some have suggested it might have been a misfired Hamas rocket. But at that time, so soon after the launch of Israel's operation, Israel's military says mortars had been laun

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From the bathroom came the warning rattle and bang of an ancient toilet cistern, and he hurriedly replaced the book, finding beneath the bed a small yellow Colmans mustard tin that he flipped open to confirm that, yes, it did contain condoms, along w

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Routines are the unwritten alogrithms,followed by each one of us,everyday in life.Routines is a chain of events,which never changes their order, once it is prioritized.Following the routines is a schedule of events.For a student it would be writing

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注释: Iraqi insurgent 伊拉克起义军 Sunni and Shiite rebels 逊尼派和什叶派反抗者 assault [E5sC:lt] n. 攻击,袭击 intense [in5tens] adj. 激烈的 helicopter [5helikCptE] n. 直升

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四级作文作为拉分的重点部分,应引起同学们足够的重视,小编找了许多作文范文来给同学们练习和提升语感。 现代生活节奏紧张,忙碌使许多人感到疲惫不堪,但忙碌对生活却有着十分重要

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By Patricia Nunan This week, the U.N. Security Council is continuing its discussions on its mission in Iraq, where the world body has been mandated to help coordinate nationwide elections in a securit

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1. Lebanese broadcasts say Israeli warplanes have hit an army base and a relay station for Lebanese state radio. The attack happened north of Beirut. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and top Cabinet

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1. British counter-terrorism police have arrested 9 people in an alleged kidnapping plot. Reports state the planning involved torturing and beheading a British Muslim soldier and then showing it all over the Internet. 2. Baghdad has been set with ev

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Suicide Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 170 at Shi'ite Muslim Shrines Laurie Kassman In Iraq, a series of explosions and suicide bombings in Baghdad and Karbala turned one of the holiest days in Shiite

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【讲解】: Wang Hong or Internet celebrities are described as having the similar features of a tiny face, sharp chin, extraordinarily big eyes and often suggested to have had cosmetic surgery in South Korea. However, many of them have already tu

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主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握

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You may know how the story goes on: how there was a famine throughout the land, and how Joseph's brothers traveled to Egypt to buy corn. 你知道,这故事后来如何继续,一场大饥荒如何肆虐全国以及约瑟的兄长们如何进入富庶

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100 Day Countdown to US Handover Begins in Iraq Laurie Kassman The top U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer has marked the start of a 100-day countdown to the handover of power to a provisional gove

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> 133 以色列军队摧毁多幢巴勒斯坦建筑 Israeli Troops Destroy More Palestinian Houses Art Chimes Jerusalem 10 Jul 2001 08:39 UTC Violence has again erupted in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli 1)

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After being closed for nearly 3 years, the Washington Monument is reopening to the pubilc. New exhibits have been installed and visitors can once again ride an elevator to look out from the highest point in the nation's capital. In August, 2011, the

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Topic 1-Traditional Bookstores Are Making a Comeback After years of struggle and shutdown, brick and mortar bookstores are now making a comeback. A survey found that the love for traditional bookstores has not faded among consumers. Really? Has somet

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