Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 Liu Bei resided at Xinye while he was taking shelter under Jing Provinces governor, Liu Biao. 刘备依附于刘表,屯兵新野。 Liu Bei visited Sima Hui, who told him, Confucian academics and common scholars, how much do t

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The Staten Island train ride was about an hour. There were about 20 stops. The view for most of the ride was trees and houses. The train finally arrived at Tottenville, the last stop. Tom said to Jerry, Let's explore this town. A young woman spoke up

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A UPL driver rang the doorbell. I'm here to pick up your package, he said. What package? she asked. I don't have a package. A package for Target, he said. Oh, she said. The package for Target. Someone from UPL came by last week. He picked up the pack

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She called up the cable company. The cable representative asked how he could help her. She said she didn't have a picture. The TV screen was black, except for two words in big white letters: Please Wait. She said, 'Please Wait' for what? What am I wa

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He took the No. 1 train to Columbia University. He explored the campus. There were many sculptures. The sculpture at Greene Hall was massive. The sculpture was about 10 yards high and wide. It sat on top of the entranceway roof. The roof was about 12

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(MA) Okay, as you look at this next exhibit, you'll notice something quite common --- an ordinary bar of soap. Now, soap has been around a long time --- in fact, the ancient Phoenicians produced soap as a substance for washing the body way back in 6

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(MA-AT) Since we've been discussing alternative fuels lately, I wanted to pass on to you some information I read about a new fuel that's been in the news a lot lately. It's called A-21. It's composed of water and a chemical known as naphtha. It seem

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(WB) Before we adjourn, I'd like to remind everybody about the upcoming fundraising event--- the ten kilometer run. The run is being organized to help raise money for the renovation of the old gym. Our gym is in desperate need of repair, and the uni

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(MA) We've probably all wondered how a new word gets into the dictionary. Take the word doofus, for example, spelled d-o-o-f-u-s, meaning a stupid or incompetent person. This word, which has been around since the late 1960's in a slang sense, made i

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(WA) Today, I'd like to turn our attention to an area of management often overlooked in traditional management courses: small-business management. Small businesses have gone from being traditional small-town stores selling food or clothing to sophis

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(MA) Welcome to the largest retrospective exhibit this art museum has ever devoted to an architect. The architect chosen for this honor is Frank Lloyd Wright --- probably the greatest United States architect of the twentieth century. Wright has the

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(WA) One reason oceanographers analyze the sediment on the ocean floor is to see how long-terms changes in Earth's temperature have affected the depth of the ocean. By analyzing the remains of sea animals in old layers of ocean sediment, oceanograph

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(WA-WW) Yesterday we talked about the anecdote. Today we're going to move on to one of the most popular literary forms in Western literature --- the short story. A short story is a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. Although it's si

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(man) Today I want to discuss fossil fuels such as coat, oil, and natural gas. The term fossil fuel refers to the trapped remains of plants and animals in sedimentary rock. You see, living plants trap energy from the sun by the process of photosynth

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(WA) OK. In the last class we talked about the classification of trees, and we ended up with a basic description of angiosperms. You remember that those are plants with true flowers and seeds that develop inside fruits. The common broadleaf trees we

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(MA) Now let's focus on comics in the 1950's. Early in the decade sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for with horror comics --- stories about gho

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(Woman) So, why did what is now called modern dance begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question, I'll need to backtrack a little bit and talk about classical ballet. By the late 1800's, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most

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(woman) This room is devoted to electric fish. The eel in the tank behind me can produce a strong jolt of electricity to stun its prey, but most of the fish in here produce only weak electrical impulses that are useful for navigating, locating food,

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(woman) Before I tell you about the interesting discovery related to Tyrannosaurus rex, I need to review something we studied last semester --- the difference between what are commonly called cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. In warm-blooded an

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(Woman) Today I want to talk about the Earth's last major climatic shift, at the end of the last ice age. But first, let's back up a moment and review what we know about climatic change in general. First, we defined climate as consistent patterns of

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