Collectibles have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. Whereas some objects have been collected for their usefulness, others have been selected for their aesthetic beauty alone. In

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 新东方现代文背诵篇章

That search is underway again for a 15-year-old boy whos gone missing during a lifesaving competition on the Gold Coast. The teenage disappeared while competing in a board event late yesterday. Two years ago, 19-year-old Saxon Bird drowned at the sam

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School Fundraisers Valerie: Whats this? A.J.: Its a note from Rachels school. Its about the next fundraiser. Valerie: Oh no, not another one. What is it this time a raffle, car wash, or spaghetti dinner? A.J.: Its none of those things. Its a combinat

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Collectibles have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. Whereas some objects have been collected for their usefulness, others have been selected for their aesthetic beauty alone. In the United States, the kinds of collectibles curr

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乘坐飞机旅行却丢了托运行李,这是最让人头疼的事情.通过机场工作人员的帮助,大多数情况下都能找回丢失的行李,但是也有找不到的时候.那么,那些丢失的行李最终去了哪里呢?英国每日邮报的

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This is AP News Minute. 1. As climate talks ramp up in Paris, president Obama says hes confident the world will be able to hammer out a major deal on climate change. Obama said Tuesday that parts of the agreement between nations should be legally bin

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2015(十二)月

This is AP news minute. 1. The senate appears to head for a showdown over president Donald Trump's supreme court nominee. Democrats have secured the votes for filibuster to block the nominee of Neil Gorsuch. But senate majority leader Mitch McConnell

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President Obama is failed credit of his Iran Bill in his speech on Wednesday. He warned the Congress that blocking the bill would damage the nations credibility and increase the likely of more war in the Middle East. Obama called it the nations most

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1. President Barack Obama says the US and world will be forced to ratchet up the pressure if Russia doesn't change its path in Ukraine. The president met with Ukraine's new prime minister as a referendum approaches in Crimea on whether to leave Ukrai

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Europe's highest court made a landmark ruling in regard to privacy against Google Tuesday. The ruling states that Goole must listen and sometimes comply when people ask them to remove links to websites with information about them. A mine accident in

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Guitars Make Art in Addition to Music Artists have created musical masterpieces with guitars for centuries, but at a music shop in Maryland, the instruments became canvases and were transformed into art. The idea came to the store's owner, Tony Litz,

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BBC news. A spokeswoman for the US president-elect has told local media that Donald Trump won't push for any further investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her private email server when she was secretary of state. During the election campaign, M

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Topic 1-Counterfeit designer bag auctioned on judicial auction website A fake Louis Vuitton handbag was auctioned on Taobao's judicial auction webpage of a local court in Henan Province. Should counterfeit items ever be auctioned? What should be done

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美国犹太裔白人说唱新人 Mac Miller 新单《Avian》!冥想与说唱的意境结合让MV显得十分诙谐,披上宗教色彩的外衣,说唱的缘由开始重新诠释!世界就是这么包容万象,任何事物取代与你灵魂深

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今天我们要学的词是auction。 Auction, 是拍卖的意思。美国的拍卖网站eBay 上无奇不有。就在前几天,Two sisters launched an auction to sell a piece of cereal that resembles the outline of Illinois, 两姐妹在eBay上拍卖

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 July 2007 M.F. Husain, India's most famous artist, finishes off a canvas he painted together with Shah Rukh Khan, unseen, one of India's biggest movie stars, during a fund-raising auction in a central London's auction

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1. Hospital officials announced former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died at the age of 85 after being in a coma since 2006 following a stroke. Sharon , a former General was both admired and hated for his battlefield exploit and ambition to res

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New developments in the probe of the ferry that sank off the coast of South Korea killing hundreds. Prosecutors have now detained the president of the company that own that boat in addition of four other employees. It is suspected the ferry was overl

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(SOUNDBITE OF DISNEY STUDIO CHORUS SONG, YO HO (A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME)) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This is the soundtrack to one of Disney's most beloved theme park rides. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, YO HO (A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME)) UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Y

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Topic1 Shenzhen Restricts Car PurchaseShenzhen has just announced a car purchasing restriction requiring buyers to get new car plates by lottery or auction. Shenzhen is the seventh Chinese city to adopt purchase restrictions. The restrictions were pl

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