Chinese Undergraduates in the US Each year, elite American universities and liberal arts colleges, such as Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Amherst and Wellesley, offer a number of scholarships to Chinese high school graduates to study in their undergraduate

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 英语标准美文100篇

Roommate Conflicts Identical twins Katie and Sarah Monahan arrived at Pennsylvania's Gettysburg College last year determined to strike out on independent paths. Although the 18-year-old sisters had requested rooms in different dorms, the housing offi

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Estrogen Mimics 雌性激素 It may not surprise you that pollution from chemical plants and farms can harm fish. But there's growing evidence that we're all hurting fish and frogs by what we flush down the drain. Discover estrogen mimics -- today on Ea

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Justin Bieber might be one of the fastest-selling singers in the world, but he is also apparently a pretty quick driver too. Bieber was recently seen driving his white Ferrari at Indy 500 speeds through his quiet, gated residential neighborhood, in C

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Ancient Mayan Artwork, Calculations Discovered Xultun was the largest city in the ancient Mayan empire in Central America, where, at its height, an estimated 90,000 people lived and worked among pyramids, inscribed monuments, water reservoirs and spo

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Topic 1-Home-based Medical Care China is turning grey fast. It is forecasted that the country's population of senior citizens will surpass 68 million by 2030, which needless to say poses great strain on the already scarce medical resources. As a way

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President Bush has awarded America's highest civilian honor to three men who were instrumental in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. 美国总统布什把美国非军人最高荣誉奖章授予了三个在伊拉克战争中曾起到关键作用的美国人

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Topic1 China to Fight Hard against CancerWorld Cancer Day was marked on February 4th to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. According to the World Health Organization, cancer cases are expected to surg

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If youre driving on an interstate highway, the only thing keeping you from going faster than the speed limit is your sense of civic duty, or perhaps that police car up ahead. Theres one speed limit, however, that most scientists agree nothing will ev

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President Bush says he is confident tax incentives and tax rebates will make the U.S. economy stronger than ever before. President and Congress agreed on a temporary stimulus plan last month after rising energy prices and falling property values slow

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Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential race debated economic policy and the war in Iraq during a televised debate late Thursday in the southern state of Florida. The candidates are striving for a lead ahead of the state's primary Tuesday. 美国

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Measuring just 1.2 meters high and the width of a single bed, rooms at the Taiyuan Shangjian Capsule Hotel are not the most luxurious. But with all the amenities of modern accommodations, including free Wi-Fi, a laptop desk and TV -- and at a cost of

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This is AP news minute. 1. President-elect Donald Trump says his plan to overhaul the nation's health-care law will include insurance for everybody. People who don't want president Obama's health-care reform lost scrapped, rallied in cities across th

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The Wimbledon dream is over for Nick Kyrgios. The Camberra teenager has lost his quarter-final match to big serving Canadian Milos Raonic in four sets. Kyrgios stunned the tennis sport yesterday when he defeated world No. 1 Rafael Nadal. The murder o

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The treasurer says the government crackdown on foreign investment in residential real estate is showing results. Joe Hockey says the foreign investment review board is investigating almost 200 possible breaches of those rules. The government announce

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A new government announcement in China is banning individuals and groups from secretly adopting abandoned infants. The message comes after cases of children being abandoned or unsupervised in China, prompting questions over young Chinese people's sen

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Todd: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello! Laura: Hi! Todd: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from? Laura: I'm from Hong Kong. Todd: Hong Kong. That's great. So tell us about Hong Kong. Laura: Well, it's a country for people, and well, when I ask my friends

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The massive Starlight Project was launched around 14-years ago. Three years after its launch, the project was credited with funding more than 30-thousand senior care centers in residential communities across China through some 14-billion yuan, which

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A Smart City is a very comprehensive concept which brings together technology, government, and society to enable a smart economy, smart mobility, and a smart environment.Winnie Ho with Energizing Kowloon East Office explains what has been done to tra

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Xu Shaoshi head of National Development and Reform Commissionsays despite the slower pace of economic growth, China is not in for a hard-landing. But even with a growth rate of 6.9 percent (last year), it still proved that the economy operated within

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