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In the end, we have to say, I don't know. 最后，我们不得不说，我不知道。 If we knew, God would not be God. 如果我们知道，上帝就不是上帝了。 To have faith in this God would be more like trusting an essential benevolence

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Meet Tiqa, the newest member of the beluga family at Vancouver Aquarium! The calf was born in June of last year. Tiqa spends her days training with the aquarium staff and swimming close to her mother Qila. In the wild, belugas live in Arctic and sub-

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Well, I told the boys what I'd do to any Cleary who even whimpered when he was caned, and that goes for you, too, Meggie. No matter how hard she beats you, not a whimper. Did you cry today? No, Frank, she yawned, her eyelids drooping and her thumb po

Air France tail section recovered

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il Price Hits Nine-Month High in New York

The price of oil is rising, hitting a nine-month high on the New York market as traders worry about the disruption in Iranian oil exports. On Sunday, Iran cut off the small amount of oil it supplies to British and French companies. It was a pre-empti

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US travel firms have seen a surge in interest from customers looking to visit to Great Britain following last week's ground-breaking Brexit vote. 在上周英国脱欧公投这一具有里程碑意义的历史事件后，美国旅行社发现游客赴英

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A Little Piece of Me When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. there were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it

别了，我生命中的过客

别了，我生命中的过客 当他告诉我他要离开的时候，我感觉自己就像花瓶裂成了碎片，跌落在茶色瓷砖地板上。他一直在说话，解释着为什么要离开，说什么这是最好的，我可以做得更好，都

U.S. stocks rise on positive data

NEW YORK, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks gained on Friday as surging U.S. consumer confidence and industrial（工业的） production offset Bank of America's disappointing earnings report and the inflation concerns, but still ended the week w

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Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau 迷失自我，才能开始认识自我。亨利大卫梭罗 Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to college, then I would be

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Whether or not the US economy has hit a recession, one thing is clear these days: Uncertainty is in the air, and it affects nearly every economic sector, including the job market。 不论美国经济是否在消退，如今有一件事是明朗的：不

America's deficit problem is more than fiscal: U.S. economist

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua)-- The Unites States needs to address its budget deficit, but measures to be taken should not bring counterproductive effects as the nation also face jobs and growth deficits, said a renowned U.S. economist and President O

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WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Top policymakers of the U.S. Federal Reserve believed that risks to U.S. economic growth have increased, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. Participants at the June FOMC (Federal Open Market Commi

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Michael 和李华正在教室里等着上课。今天李华会学到两个常用语：gee 和oh well... L: Michael, 你听说了没有，Professor Johnson 的车坏了，这节课取消了。 M: His c

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Friendship is unnecessary. It has no survival value. Rather, it is one of the things which gives value to survival. 语音讲解 单词发音 friendship n.友谊；友爱；友善 unnecessary adj.不必要的；多余的，无用的 survival n.幸存，

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Many of us may dream of owning a small but tasteful bookstore, caf, or a flower shop around the corner. But where do you get the money for it? 我们中有很多人可能梦想拥有一间面积不大却品味高雅的书吧，咖啡馆或是位于一家

EU pledges to strengthen business relations with ASEAN

PHNOM PENH, April 1 (Xinhua) -- EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht pledged here Sunday to strengthen EU's business relations with ASEAN amid global financial crisis. He told a press conference ahead of the 20th ASEAN Summit scheduled for Monday and

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In a ranking of global financial centres last month, published by Z/Yen, London topped the think-tanks league, a whisker above New York. 在智库Z/Yen上月公布的全球金融中心排行榜中，伦敦位居榜首，略微领先于纽约。 Littl