Welcome to the Bottom of the World Antarctica is the highest, driest, and coldest place on Earth. It is also the remotest, a fact which accounts for its unspoiled environment. It is difficult for people to get there, and not a comfortable place for p

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Yellowstone National Park is a giant swatch of terrain. Ninety percent of it barely touched, wilderness. Hidden within, one of the most remote places in the Lower 48. Right here, no road in any direction for 22 miles. It's within the largest ecosyste

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I’m aware 我知道了 。。。 [很久以来,只知道用know来表达知道的含义,后来在听过了Michael Bolton的I’m aware of your love.之后才发现I’m aware是这么好用,无论

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Chapter 13 The Covered Wagon 第12章 大篷车 Not so many years ago the Mississippi River was the far edge of the United States. 以前,但并非遥远的古代,密西西比河是美国的远方边界线。 Beyond the Mississippi it was wild, w

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Land of the Midnight Sun One of the lands of the midnight sun, Finland has much more to offer than the cold nights, saunas, and skiing it is often associated with. Visitors are enchanted by charming v

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Business. 商业。 Summer camps 夏令营 Camps for scamps 顽皮鬼的天地 An American tradition is spreading 一项美国传统正在传播蔓延 SOME have their faces painted as Spider-Man; others as sparkly pink butterflies. Children at Super

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JEFFREY BROWN:And next, we continue our series on the big changes in energy production in the U.S. In previous stories, Ray Suarez has looked at the impact of oil production on some boomtowns and how a demand for natural gas is changing the business

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【 collation 】 Livy set out to write a brief history of early Rome, celebrating its glories and virtues, propaganda for the reforms of Augustus. What he had to go on were stories handed down over t

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Chapter One The First Americans: The Indians 第一章 最早的美国人:印第安人 The American Indians came from Asia about 40,000 years ago! 美国印第安人大约从4万年前来自亚洲! They crossed the Bering Strait. Then they went d

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影片对白 SPEAKER: Our first order of business... SIMMS: And our last if we vote a levy... SPEAKER: Order! Order! Mr. Simms, you do not have the floor . Our first order of business will be an address by Colonel Harry Burwell of the Continental Army.

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AS IT IS 2016-08-19 Firefighters Battle Western U.S. Wildfires 消防员与美国西部野外火情战斗 This week, a fast-moving fire forced American officials to order the removal of more than 82,000 people from an area north of San Bernardino, Ca

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Todd: So, Asako, we are talking about your time in Alaska. Now you are from a major city in Japan, correct? Asako: That's right. Nagoya. Todd: Now, Nagoya is a very big city. Asako: Very big. Two million people. Todd: So, what was it like going from

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Todd: OK, Norm, we're going to talk about colors. Norm: Mm-hm. Todd: OK. What is blue? Norm: Well, the sky is blue. Todd: OK. And what is green? Norm: Green? My green canoe. Todd: Your green canoe. Norm: Yes! Todd: Really! OK. That's cool! What is re

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Chapter 12 第十二章 The Aegean sea 爱琴海 The people of the Aegean Sea Carried the Civilisation of old Asia into the wilderness of Europe 爱琴海的人民将亚洲的古老文明带到了蛮荒的欧洲 When Heinrich Schliemann was a little

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A very careful study of these many relics has done away with some of the romantic features of the story. The makers of these early works of art and the builders of these strong fortresses were no sorcerers, but simple sailors and traders. They had li

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The same secludedness and isolation to which the schoolmaster whale betakes himself in his advancing years, is true of all aged Sperm Whales. 这个校长在晚年的这种隐退。孤独的生活,倒确是一切上了年纪的抹香鲸的生活。

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来自Nick Cave的一首To Be By Your Side,带着一点温馨一点缠绵,以为跟爱情有关,却是关于鸟群迁徙的故事。 Across the oceans. Across the seas. 横跨浩瀚海洋 Over forests of blackened trees 穿越茂密丛林 Throu

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Task 1 diagram The diagram describes the production of canned fruit. 分析:本月第三场考试,加试题目为流程图,步骤非常多,但不难理解,描述的是如何去制作罐头水果。感谢热心网友和同事提供的流程图

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雅思阅读有一个老生常谈的问题:做题前是否该读一下文章。依鄙人拙见,要获得高分,做题前浏览一遍是必要的;而同时,很多考生又会面临另一个难题,即在考试规定时间内逐字逐句看完三

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Okay, number two: Go to the wilderness. Be like Buddha, have your own revelations. 好的,第二,去旷野探索吧。像佛祖一样,有自己的启示。 I'm not saying that we all have to now go off and build our own cabins in the woods and

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