California has an awareness day that all countries around the world should have. It is Drowsy Driver Awareness Day and it happens on April 6 every year. Its aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of driving your car (or riding your motorcycle) for

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited North Carolina today. He met with the reverends Franklin and Billy Graham this

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World Refugees Warehousing 世界难民所 Each year the United States resettles thousands of refugees approved by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security, and helps them become new A

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There's been a swift reaction from government leaders and others in the wake of a massacre killing in Afghanistan today.A US solider reportedly left his base,walked into two villages and opened fire,killing 16 people,nine of them children.CNN's Sarah

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(三)月

New Device May Help Jet Pilots 新的设备能够检测出飞行员的晕厥 While flying high above Earths surface, jet fighter pilots may suffer loss of eyesight for brief periods. Some pilots may even lose consciousness -- not being able to recogn

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AS IT IS 2016-06-17 Brexit Campaign Suspended after Parliament Member Killed 国会议员被杀后,英国退欧运动暂停 Witnesses say a man shouted Britain first as he shot and killed a member of the British Parliament on Thursday. 目击者称,本

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Ikea is recalling millions of dressers that can tip over and are being blamed for the deaths of three children. 因有翻倒的危险,并被指责造成三个儿童死亡之后,宜家公司正在召回数百万架抽屉柜。 The dressers have be

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Consider this a sign This is a train in the night And now it's time for you to go You know you had a healthy life boy You walk this world like you're a ghost Your hands are coming through the needles Sick of your tragic and the evils I am the keeper

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I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in The City of God, where he says, It's a sin to judge any man by his post. 我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在上帝之城里的一句话,他说,以社会地位评价人是一种罪。 In modern English th

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联合国纪念国际人权日 On this years International Human Rights Day, on December 10, the United Nations will mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Vienna Declaration, committing states to the promotion and protection of human rights

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And the Same Vein 另一则寓言笑话 The Ndele tribesmen of Africa were'a poor but proud people. 非洲的恩德拉部落是个贫穷但骄傲的民族。 Living as they did in the savannah regions south of the Sahara, they had only grass with whi

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned NATO countries the U.S. may not be able to sustain operations like those in Libya and Afghanistan as it tries to deal with its own budget problems. Panetta arrived in Brussels to attend his first NATO mi

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佩妮 要热牛奶吗 Warm milk Penny? 不了 谢谢 No thanks. 好吧 Fine. 晚安 先生 Good night to you sir. 还有女士 Miss. 真是抱歉 Sorry about that. 你又无能为力 Ugh what can you do? 过来 Here. 防盗警报 防盗警报 Intrud

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4. Most striking among the many asymmetries evident in an adult flatfish is eye placement: before maturity one eye migrates,so that in an adult flatfish both eyes are on the same side of the head. (3+) 在一条成年比目鱼身上显著存在的诸

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I can live for two months on a good compliment. - Mark Twain words are powerful. they can create or they can destroy. they have the power to chart new direction in someones life. the words that you speak today can offer encouragement and positive tho

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Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for in- stance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same

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They anticipate a 5-day journey. Che writes a letter to his mother, informing her of his actions. Hilda is to mail it if he should die in battle. In essence, saying his last goodbyes to Hilda and his young daughter that if he survived he would see th

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The likelihood of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically zilch this year (thanks, El Ni?o), so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that. 多数美国城市今年下

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Monday criticized the U. S. 2012 report on human rights and accused it of applying double standards, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Russia believed the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which wa

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US authorities are investigating the first death potentially caused by self-driving technology. 美国当局正在调查可能由无人驾驶技术引起的首例死亡案件。 The driver of a Tesla car died in Florida in May after colliding with a

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