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Until he does so, he labors under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all, without pity or compassion. 如果创作者不能做到这一点，那么就永

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. People get malaria from Anopheles mosquitoes that themselves are infected with a protozoan parasite called Plasmodium. The mosquitoes do have immune sy

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Mosquitoes carry nasty diseasesdengue fever, west nile, malaria. But the microbes that cause those diseases dont attach themselves to the mosquitoes an

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people's ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be a problem even though earwax appears to serve an important purpose. Experts say it protects and cleans the ear. It traps dirt and other

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some people's ears produce wax like busy little bees. This can be a problem even though earwax appears to serve an important purpose. Experts say it protects and cleans the ear. It traps dirt and other

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Our story is about a girl named Iris. 我们的故事是关于虹膜女孩的。 Iris is very sensitive. So much that she is always in tears. 虹膜很敏感，以至于总是以泪洗面。 She cries when she's sad, when she's happy, and even tears

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We all try to strike that balance between aging gracefully -- and not looking as though we're older than we really are. With age, your skin thins and grows less elastic. As a result, wrinkles, age spots and skin tags become more common. Generally spe

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