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The modern day town of Qantir is a jumbled collection of ramshackle buildings typical of a delta town today. Judging by its central position on the scan. It is almost certainly sitting slap-bang on the top of Ramesses II s palace. According to accou

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澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-19

The Prime Minister has left open the possibility of using health policy to trigger a double dissolution election. The Senate is expected to vote for a second time on the Government's plan to means test the private health insurance rebate. If it's rej

SSS 2009-09-25

Every year, millions of monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles to alight in one specific forest in Mexico. How do they know what direction to flutter? Scientists had thought that an insect GPS system in their brains steered them in the right dire

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He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father's lifewho was the main source of support for the family. Since then, he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his s

NPR 2010-05-06

Pakistani officials are assuring the US government they'll do everything in their power to help investigate the case of the American accused of parking a car bomb in New York City. Faisal Shahzad became an American citizen last year. He's originally

俄政府开展安全自拍宣传活动

A campaign to make young people think twice before snapping selfies in dangerous situations has been launched by the Russian government. 俄罗斯政府开展安全自拍宣传活动，号召年轻人在危险地带谨慎自拍。 The interior minist

经济学人157:高耸的美丽

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If you choose only to complain and escape from the ordeal, it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise. 面对苦难，如果选择抱怨与逃避，

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M: Learn a word W:今天我们要学的词组是:overturn M: Overturn: (o-v-e-r-t-u-r-n),overturn W: Overturn 有推翻、废除的意思。美国最高法院推翻了俄勒冈州（Oregon)法院的一项判决：The Supreme Court overtured a newly e

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By VOA News 06 November 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad Tuesday for meetings with opposition parties to discuss ways to overturn emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Ms. Bhutto said she has no

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We have a thrust reverser opened in flight. We cannot maintain this level. Request immediate descent. 681. 空中反推被放出。我们不能保持高度。请求立即下降。 We still cannot retract the thrust reverser. Our approach speed will b

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今天我们要学的词是 overturn. Overturn 动词，有推翻，废除的意思。U.S. President Barack Obama called for North Carolina to overturn a state law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms according to the sex on their

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