单词：catastrophes
n. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
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Of course, Africa is a continent full of catastrophes: 当然了，非洲大陆充满了灾难： There are immense ones, such as the horrific rapes in Congo and depressing ones, 有的灾难，比如刚果猖獗的强奸，是无比巨大的； such
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It exploded with the force of a million nuclear bombs and unleashed the power of the sun. 它爆炸的威力相当于一百万枚核弹，释放出太阳的能量。 It set alight the entire biomass of earth and cooked the atmosphere. 它点燃了地球
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We're stop motion animated Our colors blurred and lines faded And now we see only black and white Come on gotta get through the night We star in these minor catastrophes Ones where the past keeps on creeping up on me Your eyes are sad but you're stil
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I think we need to be teaching these skills to kids and adults at every stage of their development, 我认为我们应该向所有小孩和大人都教授这些技巧， if we want to have thinking organizations and a thinking society. 如果我们想要
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