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Senator Edward Kenney was honored today with words and music at his funeral Mass in Boston. Hundreds of mourners, Sir tenor Placido Domingo and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed. And President Obama gave a eulogy praising Kennedy as the greatest legislator

扎拉图斯特拉如是说 第7期:序言(7)

I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favor, and who then asks: Am I a dishonest player?--for he is willing to succumb. 我爱，羞于掷骰点中注的人，则自问：我是不诚实底赌徒么？--因为他想失败。 I love him

走遍全世界47: 美国革命

The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. 美国革命其实并不算是一场革命，因为它并未导致完全的和彻底的变化。 It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and

联合国高级官员立誓亚海啸不会再出现

Top UN Official Vows of Asian Tsunami, 'Never Again' 联合国高级官员立誓亚海啸不会再出现 United Nations’ officials of the world conference on the disaster reduction vowing to make su

英语新闻视频 Gearing up for the Spring Festival

Red couplets, red lanterns, red paper-cuts, red fireworks, red Chinese knots and more there's even red underwear. But it's not just red that's all around there are rats, rats and more rats. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the upcoming Sprin

科学家受科幻电影启发 研发情感探测器

No more second guessing! Blade Runner-style 'emotion detector' could reveal if a person REALLY finds you attractive on a first date 无需再次猜测！银翼杀手风格的情感探测器会告诉你，第一次约会时对方是否真的被你所吸

英语听力：自然百科 马里：独特的成人礼

In the Dogon village of Komokan in Mali, preparations are underway for a rare event, the Village Dama. Damas can be held only after a good harvest, and in this environment, that doesnt happen very often. The Dama is a mask festival that honors deceas

非洲—苏丹：和平的代价

Sudan: The Price of Peace 苏丹：和平的代价 The agreement reached on January 9th between the Khartoum government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, or S.P.L.M., heralds an unprecedente

布哈里赢得尼日利亚总统选举

ABUJA, NIGERIANigeria's electoral commission has officially declared presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of Saturday's presidential election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. The

惊呆!泰勒斯威夫特新男友竟是漫威大反派!

The pop princess of the music industry and the baddest man in the Marvel universe are apparently pretty cozy. 音乐界的顶级天后和漫威宇宙中的大反派最近可谓是相当惬意。 Taylor Swift, 26, and Tom Hiddleston, 35, who is best k

重阳节英语介绍

The Double Ninth Festival the ninth day of the ninth lunar month The Chong Yang Festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is as such known as the Double Ninth Festival. Origins: The festival began as early as the Warrin

The Double Ninth Festival（重阳节）

The Chong Yang Festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is as such known as the Double Ninth Festival. Origins: The festival began as early as the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC). According to the yin/yang dichoto

英文摇滚歌曲：Gwyllion - Entwined

Heralds of progression gather A plot wrought in malignant delight There's nothing that lasts forever But nothing will change our faith tonight Ages of knowledge rejected Searching for more but there's less to find Answers remain undetected Questions

伊朗核问题谈判达成全面协议

VIENNA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran and six world major countries on Tuesday adopted an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue that will put Iran on the path of sanctions relief but more strict limits on its nuclear program. What we are announcing today

China sets up management body for orbiting space lab

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations planning, technical appraisal an

Program announced for 2012 London Cultural Olympiad

LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Program for the London 2012 Festival to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games was announced on Thursday. The 12-week festival, from June 21 to September 9, will draw together more than 25,000 artists from all 204 com

Life begins at forty - and don't you forget it

Life begins at forty - and don't you forget it THE belief that life begins at 40 is a myth. Research has found that the fourth decade heralds the beginning of the end. A study of 2,282 people aged 18 to 87 found that hitting 40 was synonymous with fo

英闻天下——253 Snake-related Products Popular in China

A gold cobra, shinning shimmering, splendid sits in a locked, glass display case in a Hong Kong jewelry shop! It will take a chunk out of your wallet, setting you back some $25,600 U.S. dollars. It took artisans about a month to make the snake, which

美国语文第六册 第122期:拉法耶特和罗伯特·莱克斯(4)

Not such would have been the reception of Robert Raikes, in the land of the Pilgrims and of Penn, of the Catholic, the Cavalier, and the Huguenot. 在朝圣者和宾西法比亚，在天主教徒、骑士和胡格诺教徒的土地上，是不会这样

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第438期:第二十五章 提利昂(7)

There were no heralds, no banners, no horns nor drums, only the twang of bowstrings as Morrec and Lharys let fly, 这场战斗没有传令官，没有旗帜，没有号角吹响，也没有鼓声隆隆，只听见莫里斯和拉利斯放箭时的弓弦