Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, is on the rise. It has some of the world's fastest-growing economies and a young population that is eager to learn and work. Today, the continent commands significant investment from all over the world. But Af

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非法捕鱼危害渔业健康发展 The world's fisheries are a natural resource that provides employment for over 300 million people and food for billions. Worldwide, fisheries support a $250 billion global economy. Yet despite their great importan

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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names wereFlopsy,Mopsy,Cotton-tail,and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree. 'Now my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, 'you m

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You may have already seen reports of giant sea serpents washing ashore in California. They are a deep-sea fish known as oarfish and can grow as long as 50 feet long. In fact, they are the largest bony fish in the world. Two oarfish, one 18 feet long

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The arrival of the P-waves in Valparaiso feels like a long sonic boom. Windows and buildings shudder. Some of the P-waves shoot up into the atmosphere, emitting a frightening roar. The secondary waves follow, carrying most of the earthquake's energy.

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Alaska Continues with Earthquake Repairs The American city of Anchorage, Alaska is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads. 美国阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市星期五发生强烈地震,地震造成

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Hawaii Passes Bill to Ban Sun Care Products That Harm Coral This is Whats Trending Today Lawmakers in the American state of Hawaii have passed a bill banning sunscreens that can harm coral reefs. If the states governor signs the bill, Hawaii would be

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A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has jolted Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. 昨日,在中国西北部的新疆省乌鲁木齐市发生5.1级地震。 According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the e

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在美国,80%的女孩在她们10岁的时候便开始节食。在这个真实而质朴的演讲中,神经学家桑德拉阿莫特用她自己的故事讲述了大脑是如何控制我们的身体的。她还探索了为什么节食不仅不起作用

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The Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission and Finance Ministry jointly issued a catastrophe home insurance plan last Monday. 中国保监会与财政部上周一联合印发了居民住宅巨灾保险制度实施方案。 According to the plan, 45

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An application, or app, developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has recorded nearly 400 earthquakes since it was launched in February this year. 加州大学伯克利分校的研究人员开发的一款应用程序,自今年

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面试时,我们会面对形形色色的问题,而最令人哑口无言的,往往是一些最简单和最常见的题目,比如请你自我介绍一下.大多数应征者的反应是我应该如何作答呢? 其实要懂得应对此问题,就

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Unit 10 fur n 毛皮;毛;软毛 Tibetan adj 西藏的;藏族人的 n 西藏语;西藏人;藏族人 △antelope n 羚羊 in danger 在危险中;垂危 △endanger vt 危害, 使受到危险 die out 灭绝;逐渐消失 as a result of 作为

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AS IT IS 2016-08-26 Before-and-After Photos From Earthquake in Italy 意大利地震前后对比 This is Whats Trending Today. 这里是《正在发生》节目。 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy on Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Surv

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The National Collegiate Athletic Association has long defended the idea of the amateur student-athlete, but that concept is facing its toughest trial yet. In fact, it's literally a class-action trial under way in a federal district cou

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Science and technology 科学技术 Mass extinctions 大灭绝 Small but deadly 陨石很小不过危害却很致命 The biggest extinction in history was probably caused by a space rock that changed the climate 历史上规模最大的一次物种灭绝

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China has deployed 2,500 soldiers to the south-western province of Yunnan to help search for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 398 people. 中国西南省份云南日前发生地震,目前已造成至少398人死亡,政府已出动250

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SYDNEY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said. The earthquake, at a depth of 20 kilometers, occurred near the north coast of New Guinea, PNG at 8:55 a.m. (Aust

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据美国地质勘探局地震信息网消息,此次地震震中位于萨马岛南部吉万镇以东106公里处,震源深度34.9公里,震级为7.9级。另据菲律宾火山地震研究所消息,此次地震为7.7级,震中位于萨马岛吉

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从剑桥考试委员会公布的官方数据来看,大家可登陆官网(入口)查看最新2011年的test performance, test taker performance及percentile rank的相关数据,我们的结论是,写作单项在听说读写各项中,不管是全

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