10 The Marathon Twenty-six miles, 385 yards is rather odd distance for a foot race.Most other running races are measured in lengths of even numbers. The marathon,however,has an ancient history, going back to the early Greek Olympics. The

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday that celebrates the birth date of one of Americas greatest civil rights leaders. Dr. Kings date of birth is January 15th, but the actual holiday is on the third Monday in January. The holiday recognizes th

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CD Celebrates Music of New Orleans 发行CD纪念新奥尔良音乐 While Mardis Gras has come and gone and the Jazz and Heritage Festival is weeks away, don't think the city of New Orleans, Louisiana

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Today, on the fifty-year anniversary, we mourn the assassination of civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr. Martin Luther King. 在五十周年纪念日的这一天,我们悼念民权领袖以及诺奖获得者马丁 路德 金(Mart

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Late Zimbabwean Writer Remembered 纪念已故的津巴布韦作家 The death in Norway last month of Zimbabwe writer and activist Chenjerai Hove rocked the African literary world. Hove, who was 59, went into exile in 2001. He had been a critic of th

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一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 com-, con-, cor-表示共同 consist = con + sist(站) 站在一起 v.

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May I take a picture of you? 我能给您照张相吗? Excuse me. May I take a picture of you? 打扰下,我能给您照张相吗? What for? 为什么? I just want to show my friends what a Russian girl looks like. 我想让我的朋友们看看

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226. Death of Washington, 1799. 226.华盛顿的去世(1799年) In the midst of this excitement George Washington died. 在这个群情激昂的时期,华盛顿去世了。 People forgot how strongly he had taken the Federalist side in the la

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ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Many people around the world are mourning the death of Sir Nicholas Winton this week at the age of 106. Winton is credited with saving the lives of 669 children, most of them Jews, by organizing their escape from what was then

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06 June 2014: Newtownards, Co. Down Fri, 6 Jun 14 Duration: 6 mins Veterans frustrated by the failure to commemorate their fallen friends build a memorial out of snow in Newtownards.

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Easter Sunday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important Christian celebration. The date of Easter Sunday changes every year, and that changes the date of all the important holy days that come before Easter. It falls betw

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If you love animals, then you should put World Animal Day on your calendar or in your diary. It takes place each year on the 4th of October. It all started in Italy in 1931 at an ecology conference. The scientists wanted to highlight the plight of en

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Princess Diana's memory is undimmed in the UK. It has been ten years since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash with Dodi Al Fayed in Paris, yet she remains an iconic figure in the UK, whose image continues to dominate magazine covers

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The Voting Rights Act's 40th Anniversary 美国投票权法案40周年纪念 The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. African-Americans, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., take to the streets in peacef

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Every aspect of transnational crime has wide-spread negative consequences, causing serious harm to every society, at every level. 从任何方面来看,跨国犯罪都会引起广泛的负面后果,对社会各个层面都会造成严重的伤害。

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华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统号召美国人民一起在911袭击十周年到来之际展现服务精神,纪念逝者。所有美国人都可以通过访问serve.gov找到适合自己的方式向911的逝者致敬并帮助各自

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七夕在网上有很多种翻译方法:Qixi Festival(七夕节),Double Seventh Festival(双七节)甚至Magpie Festival(喜鹊节)。其实这些翻译都有舍近求远之嫌,不了解中国文化的外国人是不会明白的。下面我们来

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A: Do you have any plans for Veterans Day B: You mean Armistice Day A: Well, as you know, on November 11th allies signed a peace treaty with the Germans, also known astheArmistice Treaty This marked the end of WWI and many countries around the world

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70 years ago today during the Second World War, 200 people trie to get out of a German prison campin Poland. You may know their efforts as they wereportrayed in The Great Escape movie. That was theThe Great Escape movie made by MGM but there wasnot a

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ALISON STEWART: The ceremony in New York marked the moment when the first plane hit the trade center's north tower. Jerry D'Amadeo's father, Vincent, worked on the 103rd floor for the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 people that day.

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