上一讲中我们介绍了两个重要的国际组织:International Monetary Fund-国际货币基金组织和 World Trade Organisation-世界贸易组织。 这两个在二次大战期间和之后

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Another city of Belgium beginning with a B is Bruges. 比利时还有一个以B开头的城市是布鲁日(Bruges)。 Bruges has many streets of water with bridges crossing them, and boats instead of carts, although there are paved streets also. 布

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Before Christ was born people believed there were many gods who were like good and bad fairies, 在基督诞生之前,人们相信世界上有很多神,这些神有的像善良的仙子,有的像邪恶的精灵, and statues were made of them

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IN Through the Looking-Glass the story of The Walrus and the Carpenter starts this way: 在《镜中奇缘》这部童话小说里,海象与木匠故事的开头是这样的: The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: And this wa

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Most of the people of Northern Ireland are Presbyterians like the Scots or Episcopalians like the English, 北爱尔兰的大部分人像苏格兰人一样,是长老会教徒;或者像英格兰人一样,是圣公会教徒, for their ancestors

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Chapter 27 The Englishmans Neighbors 第27章 英格兰人的邻居 Here is the longest name I know. It has fifty-eight letters. It is LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH. 下面是我所知道的最长的名字,共有58个字母

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The captain knows from the way the compass points which way he must go to reach England. 船长通过罗盘指的方向知道要去英国应走哪个方向。 He doesnt follow the way the compass pointsthat would bring him to the Magnetic pole. 他并不

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Men go through the Selvas and wherever they find a rubber-tree they cut notches in the tree trunk and fasten a cup underneath to catch the trees sap, 人们在热带雨林中穿行,无论在哪里,只要发现橡胶树,他们就在树干上刻一

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But many of those ships bearing treasure never reached Spain. Piratessea robberslay in wait to rob the land robbers. 但是很多装满金银财宝的轮船永远没有到达西班牙。海盗海上的强盗埋伏以待,抢劫那些陆地上的强盗

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Why did ships want to get from one ocean to the other, anyway? 轮船为什么非要从一边海洋到另一边海洋去呢? Why shouldnt those on one side stay on that side, and those on the other side stay on the other side? 为什么两边的轮船

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Almost all vegetables and fruits in the World have sugar in their juice; they are sweet. 世界上几乎所有的植物和水果的汁液里都含糖,是甜的。 Some have a great deal, some have very little. 有些含有大量的糖分,有些则含

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There is a town at the top of the Holy Land with a name like a boy'sDan. 圣地的顶端有一个小镇,镇的名字像一个男孩子的名字但; Down at the bottom of the Holy Land is another town called Beersheba; 圣地的底端还有一个城

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The camel follows the leader, almost as in the game, 骆驼具有模仿领头人的习性, for wherever the leader goes he goesso when a number of camels are used to carry loads long distances they are tied head to tail in a line, 差不多就像我们

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Of course, you have heard of the Garden of Eden, haven't you? 你肯定听说过伊甸园,对不对? When-I-was-a-boy I thought that when I was old enough to travel I should like to go and see it for myself. 小时候,我就想,长大了,能去

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Though Nineveh and Babylon are gonetheir names are not even on the mapthere are today two big cities on the Tigris that are very much alive, with people living in them. 尽管尼尼微和巴比伦已经不存在了连它们的名字在地图上也找不

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World Heart Day was created by the World Heart Federation. Its aim is to inform people around the world that heart disease and stroke are the world's leading causes of death. Over 17 million people die each year from these. Another main aim is to edu

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World Down Syndrome Day is on March the 21st every year. It is on this day because the number 21 is important in the identification of Down Syndrome. The condition is created by a 21st, extra chromosome being replicated three times, thus causing the

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World Theatre Day was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. It is celebrated every year on March 27 by theatre companies around the world. Theatre groups of all kinds put on special performances and events to mark the day. The most

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World Tuberculosis Day falls on March 24th each year. It is sponsored by the World Health Organisation. Its aim is to raise global awareness that tuberculosis is still an epidemic in many parts of the world. Many people in rich countries believe the

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World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is a day we should all put on our calendars. It highlights a huge but often ignored problem in our society. Every year thousands of people take their own lives. Around 3,000 people a day commit suicide. Another 60,

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