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While I was observing this phenomenal creature, two jets of steam and water sprang from its blowholes and rose to an altitude of forty meters, 当我观察这只奇怪动物的时候，两道水和汽从它的鼻孔吐出来，直喷到叫十米的高度

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Beginners. We are continuing our study of different countries, with Croatia. It is a realtively small country in Central and Southeastern Europe, that is sandwiched between Slovenia and Hungary to the North, Serbia to the Northeast, Bosnia and Hertze

2016年CRI China's voices after Duterte's speech

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The light from our glass coils produced magical effects at times, lingering on the wrinkled roughness of some natural arch, 我们的蛇形玻璃管中的光学，照在这些天然的凹凸不平的拱形建筑物上面， or some overhang suspended

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In the first group: organ-pipe coral, gorgonian coral arranged into fan shapes, soft sponges from Syria, isis coral from the Molucca Islands, sea-pen coral, wonderful coral of the genus Virgularia from the waters of Norway, various coral of the genus

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A triggerfish, I said. 是一条箭鱼。我于是说了。 It's a Chinese triggerfish, Ned Land replied. 尼德兰回答：是一条中国箭鱼。 Genus Balistes, family Scleroderma, order Plectognatha, Conseil muttered. 康塞尔于是低声说：箭

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There I saw again, but not yet pressed and dried like the Nautilus's specimens, some peacock's tails spread open like fans to stir up a cooling breeze, scarlet rosetangle, 我在这里又看到的，不是像在诺第留斯号船上风干的标本，而

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At intervals it hands down decrees, declaring that Zauschneria californica (a common plant in rock gardens) 它不时下达命令，宣布从今以后加州倒挂金钟（一种普通的假山庭园植物） is to be known henceforth as Epilobium can