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Portugals Porto was recently voted Best European Destination of 2017 by an organization called European Best Destinations. 葡萄牙的波尔图最近再次被评为2017年欧洲最佳旅行目的地。 This is the third time that the city has won th
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Another arctic blast is about to turn the Midwestern US into an icebox. Cold air from the arctic is pushing down into the US as far-south as the Golf Coast. From Minnesota public radio, Mets Sepic reports several states are getting ready for bone-chi
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Here's a room full of ravin reveler s, looking remarkably a lot of people in the pub next door. Roman wine was deadly stuff when the party really got going, the slaves, who I'm calling Puke Collectors
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Our history and our culture have come about because a lot of ordinary people have done some really terrible jobs. And our traditional Christmas is no exception. However dreadful it's been, having to d
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W: Are you coming to the bridal shower for Jane? M: Yes, I am. When is the wedding? W: Aug 8. M：August bride. How nice! By the way, who is going to be the matron of honor? W: Mrs. White. M: Oh, yeah? I wonder who is going to give Jane away at the w
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Heroism of Iraqi Librarian Inspires Story for Children 根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事 A true story from the Iraq war has inspired a new American children's book. Jeanette Winter is t
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The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with f
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Mom, who are these people? 妈妈，这些人是谁? It was an innocent question from my young daughter Alia around the time when she was three. 这是来自我小女儿Alia的天真的疑问，大概是在她三岁的时候。 We were walking along
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Our son Burhan is five years old, and he's learning to read and do basic maths. 我们的儿子Burhan现年5岁，而他正在学习阅读和作基础运算。 Here's another confession: 这是我另一个忏悔： I have found that our daughter is a
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One thing to know about the Middle East 关于中东需要知道的一件事, is that nearly every family has access to affordable domestic help. 就是几乎每个家庭都能找到可负担费用的家务代理。 The challenge therefore becomes ho
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Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat
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(The) military strike in '64 was...the worst thing that ever could happen to this country, because until today, we have never recovered from that. It was bad times. It was bad times. But at the same time, I think that the opposite of that was, that /
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Modern samba was born in the poorer areas of Rio, and left-wing singers were inspired by the new samba do morro, samba from the hills, that dealt with the harsh realities of life in communities where there were few facilities to cope with the newcome
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Mas que Nada became a top ten hit, the first Portuguese language success in American pop history. -That song, Mas que Nada, is magical. I told Jorge Ben the other day I saw him in LA. And I thank him for writing that song because there's not many son
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Sergio Mendes ensured that the international image of Brazil was still that of an easy-going, exotic paradise. But back in Brazil, the reality was rather different. Life was not easy. The soldiers had inherited serious economic problems, but the earl
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In 1966, the co-winner of the TV Record Festival was Chico Buarque, who became an instant star with A Banda. Buarque was praised by traditionalists as the heir to the great samba cancao writers of the 1930s, who would become a symbol of resistance to
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Joyce was one female Brazilian singer who dared to write her own songs. There were no women song writers at all in Brazilian music, so the first, very first time when I appeared on stage, I was booed off stage. That was 1967, I was 19 years old, and
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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 May 2007 Israel's Defense Minister warned Monday that Israeli forces could retaliate if Palestinian militants do not stop rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, United Nations officials say they are reinforcing secu
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Are you coming to the bridal shower for Jane? Yes,I am. When is the wedding? August 8. August bride,how nice! By the way,who's going to be the matron of honor.? Mrs.White. Oh, yeah? I wonder who is going to give Jane away at the wedding. You know her
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