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Why Are Some People Double-Jointed? Can you bend your thumb backwards until it touches your wrist? If you join your hands behind your back, can you lift them over your head without letting go? If you can, you might be what some people call double-joi

英文书摘精选 为什么有些人是双关节?

Can you bend your thumb backwards until it touches your wrist? If you join your hands behind your back, can you lift them over your head without letting go? 你是否能将大拇指向后弯曲直至其触碰到手腕部位？你将双手在背后紧握

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2007年VOA标准英语-US Lawmakers Say Trade Deal With South Korea Sh

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By Paula Wolfson White House 11 June 2006 President Bush has called his top advisors to his Camp David retreat for a strategy session Monday on Iraq. Iraqi leaders will join the discussions by teleconference on Tuesday. President Bush The talks will

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Pension insurance coverage to double by 2015

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Location determined for DreamWorks project in Shanghai

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2007年VOA标准英语-APEC Ministers Push to Revive Stalled Global Tr

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney 05 September 2007 Foreign and trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members are pushing for ways to revive stalled global trade talks. In a meeting ahead of the annual APEC summit, top trade officia

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Georgia says dozens of Russian tanks rolled into a strategic city and seized a military base, violating an EU-mediated agreement to end a six-day conflict. Emma Stickgold reports for VOA from Moscow that Russia said some of its soldiers went into th

VOA标准英语2009-Anglo-Australian Mining Giant Rio Dumps Chin

Mining heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton will combine their large Australian iron ore operations. It follows the collapse of a controversial deal that would have seen the Chinese take an 18 percent stake in Rio Tinto, which is beset with large

2016年CRI China Sets Flexible GDP Target to Gain Steam for Structural Reform

In his annual government work report at the NPC session, Premier Li Keqiang announced a flexible GDP target, calling it a reasonable growth range as China is gearing up its structural reforms. The main development targets for 2016 are as follows: GDP