AS IT IS 2015-12-11 Children Drown After Boat Packed With Migrants Sinks 移民船沉没儿童溺亡 Five children are among 11 people who drowned after a migrant boat sank near a Greek island on Wednesday. 周三,一艘移民船只在希腊一座岛

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As the world marks UN Refugee Day on June 20, the number of people escaping violence across the Arab world is on the rise. Pro-democracy uprisings are being brutally suppressed in places like Libya and Syria, forcing tens of thousands of people to fl

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Afghanistan and Pakistan are urging each other to do more to stop terrorism, blaming each other for violence in their countries during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. 阿富汗和巴基斯坦都强烈要求对方加大努力,制止

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Where did your weekend take you? Our DreamTrippers canoed in Phuket, Thailand, sailed around the Greek islands, visited the Grand-Place in Brussels, Belgium and embarked on a safari in South Africa. Which of these weekend adventures suits you best? 你

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迷你对话: A:You married Joe, didn't you? 你和Joe结婚了吧? B:Joe? I don't know what you mean. Joe? 我不知道你在说什么。 A:I remember you are in love. 我记得你们在谈恋爱。 B:Oh, I took a shine to him when we met for th

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Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games, and has a long history and cultural background. The history of Athens begins more than 3,000 years ago when during the prehistoric times its first inhabitants created their first settlement on the rock o

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Culture 文化 Culture is a certain group's unique way of thinking and behaving. 文化是指某一群体特有的思考和行为的方式。 Therefore, there are a lot of different cultures in the world. 因此,世界上的文化多种多样。 Gr

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Greece, Europe Reach New Debt Agreement 希腊与欧洲达成新的债务协议 In the news today The European Union has agreed to provide tens of billions of dollars in new loans to Greece. This financial rescue plan is the third agreement between G

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1、The Heel of Achilles 亦作The Achilles Heel唯一弱点;薄弱环节;要害 = deadly / fatal/ mortal The Heel of Achilles直译是阿基里斯的脚踵,是个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语。阿基里斯是希腊联军里最英勇善

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模仿文本: European Union immigration officials have criticised what they called the unacceptable conditions being endured by Syrian refugees in Greece. Over the past two years thousands of Syrians have crossed into Greece illegally in a bid to

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Europe's debt saga欧洲的债务援助行动 Every which way but solved 远未解决 A bail-out strategy as bankrupt as Greece should be ditched. It probably wont be 本应放弃像希腊一样没有偿债能力的纾困措施。但也许未必如此

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Germanys obstinate chancellor 固执的德国总理 Angela Merkel, swimming instructor 游泳教练安吉拉默克尔 When it comes to the euro, the German chancellor prefers self-help to helpbut she can be more flexible than she seems 德国总理在欧

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Indian-Kashmir Tourism Ebbs and Flows With Waves of Violence 印度克什米尔旅游潮起潮落的暴力浪潮 SRINAGAR, INDIAN-KASHMIR Many Kashmiris can remember when calm returned to the Himalayan region following nearly two decades of insurgent

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Experts: Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in US 专家称枪支暴力引发美国公众危机 WASHINGTON Gun violence in the United States has claimed the lives of more than 30,000 men, women and children in recent years, according to the Centers

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American Doctors Speak Out on Gun Violence 美国医生关注枪支暴力问题 WASHINGTON After yet another mass shooting in the U.S., when a gunman killed 12 people at a military facility in Washington last week, members of Congress are again talki

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Ajax was a man of giant stature,daring but slow.When the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the Greek army at Aulis.As one of the trustiest champions of the Greek cause,he was given the job of guarding on

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Israeli troops have fired at protesters along Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria. At least 10 people have been killed as thousands of Palestinians mobilized to mark the anniversary of the uprooting of Palestinians that resulted from the creation

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Let's look further at the potential consequences for Greece and its people, and the concerns about the Eurozone and the global economy. Greg Ip is the chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal and he joins me now. So, Gre

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But the pass had been lost and the greater part of Greece fell into the hands of the Persians. They marched upon Athens, threw the garrison from the rocks of the Acropolis and burned the city. The people fled to the Island of Salamis. All seemed lost

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1. bacchanalian /ˌbkəˈneɪljən/ -- jovial or wild with drunkness Bacchus是酒神。巴克斯(Bacchus)是罗马神话中的酒神和植物神,相当于希腊神话中的狄俄倪索斯。 狄俄倪索斯是古代希腊色雷斯人信奉的葡

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