[00:00.31]15.The Most Beautiful Flower [00:04.34]The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. [00:13.05]Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragg

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Feifei: Now originally youre from Ireland arent you? Emmet: Thats right, Im from the Republic of Ireland. Feifei:I dont think many Chinese people know about Ireland. What languages do people speak there? Emmet: We speak English. I also speak Irish, w

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The recent legislative and municipal elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea were a chance for the government there to live up to the goal of widening the country's democratic space; a goal that was the focus of Equatorial Guinea's celebrated

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Western Mexico and countries on the west coast of South America had ancient relationships, involving trade in goods and culture. Now MIT students have

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BBC Learning English Weekender Bournemouth Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. Welcome to Weekender and what better to do with your weekend than go to the seaside to get some fresh sea air? England perhaps doesn't have the long, rolling golden beaches

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Founded in 1521, San Juan is the second oldest European-founded city in the Americas. But make no mistake, Old San Juan is not a museum, it's a colorful vibrant place, very much alive. It's probably the cultural center of Puerto Rico in a lot of ways

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Botswana lies in the arid(不毛的,贫瘠的) basins of southern Africa, much of it within the Kalahari(喀拉哈里沙漠) Desert. But in the north, there is an immense oasis(绿洲) called the Okavango Delta. Created by the floodwate

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72 Imagine now that you are in your own beautiful garden. 现在想象你正站在自己美丽的花园里, 73 This is your own private most relaxing calm place这是你自己私人所拥有最放松宁静的园地。 74 where everything around you is bathed in light. 在这里每件东西

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Practitioners of the clothing art, dealers in wonderful cloths from every corner of Europe, 服饰艺术的从业者,来自欧洲每个角落的经营神奇布料的服装商, traders who visited the centers of industry on their annual buying tou

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Forget the pyramids, Tahrir Square and the Nile. Egypt is ready to ditch Cairo and build a shiny new capital if the government has its way. 先别想金字塔、解放广场还有尼罗河了。埃及准备抛弃开罗,建造一个闪亮新首都,如

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最近有科学家正在研发一种全新的电子纸技术,这种电子纸其实就是一种超薄的柔性显示屏,具有很高的能效性,并且在阳光直射或明亮环境中也可以清晰地显示出内容。这种柔性显示屏的厚

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Bread that looks just like watermelon has become the hottest food in Taiwan. 目前,台湾最火的食物是一种长得像西瓜的面包。 Jimmy's Bakery, inYilanCounty, is selling loaves of the vibrant green, pink and black 'watermelon toast'. 台

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On the far side of the great Nujiang gorge, the plant hunters made a remarkable discovery. Far from the tropics, they seemed to be entering a steamy, vibrant tropical jungle--the forest of Gaoligongshan. The flora here is unlike anywhere else in the

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The BBC visits New York's Chinatown for the new year celebrations to see how the community is changing 为进一步了解美国华人群体的变化,英国广播公司探访了纽约唐人街的新年庆祝活动。 Chinatowns are a feature of many

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BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended the opening ceremony of the China-EU Year of Youth in Beijing on Wednesday, encouraging young people from China and the EU to build a brighter future for bilateral strategic(战略) par

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It's peak fall, and people are going nuts over foliage. 秋意正浓,人们为秋叶而痴狂。 As mid-October approaches, New Englanders wait in anticipation for that iconic time of year when the vibrant colors of fall foliage finally reach their

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Justice Department of the United States on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT T's acquisition of T-Mobile, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said at a press conference. Cole said that four nationw

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From the Revolution to the Civil Rights Era, the United States had a vibrant, robustly participatory and raucous culture of voting. 从美国革命到人权时代,美国选举曾经充满生机,参与者信念坚定,草根文化喧嚣一时。

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A painting by Pablo Picasso has set a new world record for the most expensive artwork to be sold at auction after reaching $179m (?115m) in New York. 在纽约某拍卖会上,一幅毕加索画作以1.79亿美元天价创下纪录,成为史上最贵

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Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is famous for its breathtaking landscape, its laidback beach culture as well as its ubiquitous graffiti. From the sandy shores of Rio de Janeiro's wealthy beach are

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