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一艘轮船，谁的职责最大，毫无疑问是船长，船长都有哪些责任和义务呢？ Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob and joining me today is Jen. Jen: Hi. Rob: Hi Jen, Now I'm sure like eve

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China to halt approvals for small coal mines

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俄罗斯今年年底前将销毁本国全部化学武器

Russia may completely destroy its chemical weapons this year, a Russian disarmament official said last Monday. 俄罗斯裁军部一名官员上周一透露，该国今年或将全面销毁化学武器。 'If we move at current pace and there are no

China's railways carry 453.25 mln passengers in first quarter

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's railways transported some 453.25 million passengers during the first quarter of the year, up 0.7 percent from a year earlier, official data showed Sunday. And the railways delivered 998.61 million metric tons of g

China's railways handle 606 mln passengers in first 4 months

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 606.48 million people traveled via China's railways during the first four months of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent, the Ministry of Railways said Sunday. Passenger numbers increased the most in Apri

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Speed and capacity 速度与生产能力 A:OK, so this is our newest machine. It was only installed last year. A:好，这是我们最新的设备。去年刚安装的。 B: What's the running speed of the machine? B:这个机器的运行速度是什么

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A group of 300 people who cooked four tonnes of fried rice in Yangzhou in the eastern province of Jiangsu have been told that they failed to break the world record because the food had been wasted, confirmed Guinness World Records Ltd. on Monday morn

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BEIJING - Urban residents in Beijing left 183.7 tonnes of paper scraps from firecrackers set off during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, according to the capital's environmental sanitation group. The figure was 3.09 tonnes less than that of the

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A group of 300 people who cooked four tonnes of fried rice in Yangzhou in the eastern province of Jiangsu have been told that they failed to break the world record because the food had been wasted, confirmed Guinness World Records Ltd. on Monday morn

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BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China is faced with severe challenges in collecting enough blood plasma to produce medicines, Health Minister Chen Zhu said Sunday. Chen called on the public to join blood donation after donating blood plasma at the Beiji

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One year into its embargo on western food products, Russia has launched a controversial campaign to destroy all contraband meat, dairy and produce, using on-the-spot incinerators, dump trucks, rollers and meat grinders. 在对西方食品的禁运已实

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BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China National Gold Group Corp. (CNGGC) said Monday that its first-half sales surged 61.44 percent year on year to 49.45 billion yuan (7.85 billion U.S. dollars), fulfilling 61.8 percent of its annual target. The Beijing-b

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Curbing climate change The deepest cuts 控制气候变化 一切为了减排 Our guide to the actions that have done the most to slow global warming 我们的行为指南已经最大限度减缓了全球变暖 ON SEPTEMBER 23rd 120-odd presidents an

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Most of the oil has now been pumped out of the ship, the Rena, which hit a reef on October 5th. The ship carried 1700 tonnes of heavy oil. 350 tonnes leaked into the sea. This oil killed more than 1300 sea birds and polluted the sand and rocks around

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The Minister of Fisheries controls the fishing quotas for commercial fishing. Yesterday the Minister said that the quota for Hoki will increase from 120,000 tonnes to 130,000 tonnes. This is because the Ministrys scientists say the numbers of Hoki in

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听力文本 Recording 7 录音7 1. We had a good response to our survey and we found that while 80% of our students drink coffee, only 15% drink tea, with the rest preferring water. 1、我们的调查反响很好，我们发现，80%的学生喝咖啡