AS IT IS 2013-09-22 Beauty Pageants Attract Ugly Comments 选美比赛引发的争议 Hi there, and welcome back to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are talking about beauty pageants. Beauty pageants are contests in which women and girls compe

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印巴边境爆发严重冲突 SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- An Indian border guard of Border Security Force (BSF) was killed and six others wounded in skirmishes with Pakistani border guards on the international border in

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A new study by researchers in the United States and Norway indicates that teenagers who do smoke daily are reporting more health complaints than in years past. Marc Braverman, lead author and a professor in the Coll

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Issues Collide Over Europes Migrant Crisis 欧洲移民危机引发问题 Europes migrant crisis has brought the situation of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict or seeking a better life to the worlds attention. The migration has put pre

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A recent central government guideline on urban planning has sparked heated debate among Internet users over opening up gated residential communities to public road system, with an online poll showing that a majority of participants oppose it. 最近中

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Science and Technology Seismology and tsunamis Making waves 科技 地震学与海啸 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 GEOLOGISTS have long known that some ma

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Science and Technology Seismology and tsunamis Making waves 科技 地震学与海啸 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 GEOLOGISTS have long known that some ma

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MARGARET WARNER:For more, we turn to Liz Alderman of The New York Times in Nicosia, Cyprus. And, Liz, thank you for joining us. Tell us more about these depositors who are going to take the hit for this, who are going to finance this, essentially. Ho

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43 空气污染能引发心脏病 DATE=7-6-01 TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Pollution Linked to Heart Attacks BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk (Start at 59

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禁药引发的奥运冷战:孙杨再陷争议In the Olympic Pool, Contempt for Drug Cheats Rises to the SurfaceRIO DE JANEIRO The president of the International Olympic Committee made a plea for unity at the opening ceremony of the Rio Games last

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SANTIAGO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Claudio Borghi, coach of Chilean national soccer team, was fired after his team lost 3-1 to Serbia in an international friendly played in St Gallen, Switzerland on Wednesday. The bitter loss was just the last straw that

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今天我们要学的词是confess。 Confess, 是承认的意思。He confessed to the murder, 他承认杀人。 I confess to knowing nothing about cooking, 我承认自己对烹调一窍不通。 加州南部野火的调查发现,其中一起是由

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazil legend Ronaldo accused Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson of lacking respect by referring to him as the fat one. Speaking during a press conference involving Brazil's 2014 World Cup organizing commi

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A string of bizarre company names in China has led to heated debate among web users. 近日,国内一系列的奇葩公司名称引发了网友热议。 A Shanghai-based investment company called itself Dashuipiao (investment will be a waste of mon

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Now we try to explore how President Trump's firing of Comey has divided Republicans with Steve Deace. He's a popular conservative radio talk show host in Iowa. And David Avella, he's chairman of GOPAC. It's a Republican political action committee dev

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艾伦李德杰尼勒斯(Ellen Lee DeGeneres,1958年1月26日出生)是一位美国演员、单口相声(栋笃笑)喜剧演员(stand-up comedian),同时她也是获得艾美奖的电视脱口秀节目主持人,现在她主持The El

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热词精选:问题疫苗 vaccine scandal 阳春三月,春暖花开,国内外大事接踵而至:两会,博鳌论坛,人机大战,疫苗桩桩件件扣人心弦。一起重温三月大事记。 3. 问题疫苗 vaccine scandal 【背景】 三

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Climate and the solar cycle 气候和太阳圈 Chilling out in the winter sun 在冬日的阳光中发冷 Stratospheric changes can lead to nasty cold snaps 平流层的变化能引发讨人厌的寒流 THOSE unconvincedand those seeking to unconvinc

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Last night, we brought you a look at the brutal civil war ravaging South Sudan and the lives it has scarred. Tonight, another calamity afflicting South Sudan, a famine, caused by drought and man. The United Nations estimates 40 percent of the country

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贫穷引发战争英语对话 杰克: What do you think are the main causes of war today? 你认为如今引起战争的主要原因有哪些? 凯西: I`d say the main reason is poverty. Countries and their people get frustrated because they have so

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