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prize 珍贵的，宝贵的 One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. 玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羊羔。 There were a few prize books the collector had not giv

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June 6, 1944 was one of the most important days in the modern history of the USA and Europe. It was on this day that the tide turned against Hitlers plans to take over the whole of Europe. The day is known today as D-Day. The D represents the day whi

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CNN 2011-10-06

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SSS 2010-09-02

We all know that elephants arent really scared of mice. But a new study shows that theyre really not crazy about something even smaller: ants. In fact, elephants dislike ants so much that they avoid acacia trees that harbor the tiny, six-legged necta

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-01

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How did zebras get their stripes? It's hard to get a black-and-white answer. 斑马身上的条纹是如何形成的？我们很难得到确切的答案。 Some scientists say the stripes are a form of camouflage that protects zebras from hungry lion

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Billy's father was a chemist. He often took Billy to the lab on weekends. He let Billy do his own experiments. One day at the lab, Billy showed his dad a handful of pills. Billy said, I made these last week. Guess what they do. Dad said, Well, you ha

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总被蚊子叮？这得怪父母

If you frequently find yourself covered in mosquito bites, while others escape without so much as an itch, you can blame your genes. 如果你发现蚊子特别喜欢叮你，而其他人都安然无恙，这其实与你的基因有关。 For British

反重力跑鞋让你体验月球漫步

Thanks to these new sneakers, you dont need to wait for space tourism to take off to experience walking on the moon. Aptly named MoonWalker, these shoes rely on magnets to allegedly simulate walking in a low-gravity environment. 多亏有这款新型运

经济学人348:为啥斑马身上是条纹

Science and technology 科学技术 Why zebra are striped 为啥斑马身上是条纹 Horse sense 马识 Are zebra stripes just an elaborateinsect repellent? 斑马身上的斑纹只是精致的驱虫器吗？ Imagine what it looks like to a fly 想象

经济学人:空间探索:拂去尘埃(2)

At the same time a growing number of private firms have ambitions to mine precious metals from those celestial bodies, too. 同时，许多私营公司都有从那些天体中开采贵金属的野心。 One of the (many) problems that NASA and the sp

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For sale: the world's smallest country with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports. Apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the North Sea. A file

蚊子和手机竟是一对冤家

South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes. 韩国最大的移动电话运营商表示他们将向手机用户提供一项全新的干扰音服务

研究告诉你为什么蚊子总咬你

Does it seem like mosquitoes search you out specifically, maniacally biting you just to make you miserable? 你是不是发现自己特别招蚊子，经常被蚊子咬得很惨？ Blame your genes. 怪你的基因吧。 And your smelly feet. 还有你

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MOSCOW, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia is ready to replace the Austrian peacekeepers who are about to leave the Golan Heights, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Given the complicated situation in the Golan Heights, we'd be able to replace the Austrian

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The children's fathers are prisoners in Germany. 这些孩童的父亲都是德军的阶下囚 Staller camps for enlisted men and Offler camps for the officers. 史塔勒战俘营囚禁的是士兵，奥夫勒战俘营则用来囚禁军官Gaston Schi