thanks very much. Now ever wondered why your ancestors gathered where they did, or where others with your surname live now. A research project investigating the distribution of surnames in Britain ans

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这是一个著名的文化现象:印度板球评论员Harsha Bhogle描述了20-20快速板球的出现以及所带来的现代印度的发展。他带领我们去了解印度板球怎样由让人昏昏欲睡的英国起源发展成拥有名人老板

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Archeologists Uncover Clues on Beginnings of Agriculture 考古学家发现农业起源的线索 New findings by archeologists excavating a prehistoric site in Jordan may shed new light on the way early humans transitioned from hunter-gatherers to fa

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模仿文本: Cricket began as far as we can tell in the 16th century as a farm game played by labourers and farmers around the home counties in Kent and Hampshire. But by the 18th century, cricket had really become a major spectator activity with

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《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit58:狂欢节的起源

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Scientists have searched for the origins of human speech in the hoots, grunts, and other vocalizations made by primates. It would seem to make sense, after all, that such sounds may be related to the more varied and articulated sounds we humans make.

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Dust it off 旧事重提 Burning papers into ashes, 纸张化为灰烬 what a season, how they fly high from the ground ohhh 多么美的季节,它们怎么能从地面飞的那么高哦哦哦 there is yet another fountain flowing over, as the nigh

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[00:01]S:I originally wanted to be a male model, but it turns out I'm not very good-looking, so that didn't work out. [00:06]J:Honey! I can't go to sleep until you say good night. [00:10]S:I didn't know that. I'm sorry. Good night. Go to sleep,

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Dust it off 旧事重提 Burning papers into ashes, 纸张化为灰烬 what a season, how they fly high from the ground ohhh 多么美的季节,它们怎么能从地面飞的那么高哦哦哦 there is yet another fountain flowing over, as the nigh

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But about 3.5 billion years ago something more emphatic became apparent. 但是,大约在35亿年前,更加坚强的东西变得显而易见。 Wherever the seas were shallow, visible structures began to appear. 只要哪里的海水很浅,可见

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Anniversaries were few and far between in the Archaean world. 在太古代的世界里,结婚周年纪念日是完全没有的。 For two billion years bacterial organisms were the only forms of life. 在20亿年时间里,细菌是惟一的生命形

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Any simple organisms, alas, would have been baked away by the processes that turned ocean mud to stone. 哎呀,任何简单的生物都会在海洋污泥变成石头的过程中被烘烤没了。 Instead what we would see if we crunched up the rock

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De Duve thought it likely that such conditions would be encountered perhaps a million times in every galaxy. 德迪夫认为,很有可能,这样的条件在每个星系里大约会遇到100万次。 Certainly there is nothing terribly exotic in t

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Five Real-Life Halloween Origin Stories 五则真实的万圣夜起源故事 Mocking the devil: Back in the days when Christians first co-opted Halloween as All Hallows' Eve, 模仿恶魔:过去基督徒最初将万圣夜纳入成为诸圣节前夕时

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Where Does The Term'Limelight'Originate You're in the limelight now on this moment of science. If someone loves being in the limelight, that means they enjoy being the center of attention. We use the word now to mean social prominence, but have you e

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The Origin of Sports When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games.Fishes and birds dance

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嘉宾:Debbie Mason 话题:的确良,的确很时尚!Polyester Birthday 单词拼写: 1、faculty 系,院 2、petrochemical 石化 3、fibre 纤维 4、textiles 纺织品 5、components 组件 重点俚语: derived from 起源,从得来

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