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Gardening Gardening is one of the oldest of the arts./The Chinese with their deep sensitivense to beauty/laid the foundations for a form of garden art/which was later to have great influences upon other lands./ The Greeks gave to the world a new conc

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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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As a traveller on a tight____, I was pleased to____ Vietnam, ____its central and southern part, Meccas for cash____ tourists. I started my 12 -day trip in Ho Chi Ming city or Saigon , which is the country's largest city. From there, I____ to Dalat, a

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But the most significant aspect of this little ivory head was when it was made, it was placed in this tomb. That means that it was made before Philip died and before Alexander became king. In other wo

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闪孕 (shan3 yun4)quick pregnancyIt refers to some white-collar women who get pregnant in a hurry to avoid being fired. Chinas labor law prevents a company from firing a pregnant employee unless the company isinsolvent。 闪孕，即突击怀孕、将

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1. Where is Pancho from? A. Paraguay B. Peru C. Portugal 2. How many brothers and sisters does Pancho have? A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 3. What is his father's job? A. taxi driver B. dentist C. police officer 4. What does his mother do? A. She owns a beauty sa

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Narrated by Frank Muller It was forty miles from Horlicks University in Pittsburgh to Cascade Lake, and although dark comes early to that part of the world in October and although they didn't get going until six o'clock, there was still a little ligh

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世界小史 第175期:漂亮的图书馆

Every rich Roman had several country houses, usually near the sea, with many slaves to run them, 每一个富有的罗马人都有几栋乡村别墅，大多坐落在海边。他们有许多当仆役的奴隶， and fine libraries in which the works

世界小史 第180期:边境要塞

Among the frontier guards any number of gods were worshipped the Persian sun god Mithras, for example, and not long after, the unique and invisible god of the Christians. 此外这些驻守边境的军队也崇拜基督徒的惟一的看不见的神。

世界小史 第177期:遥远的边境

Beyond the distant frontiers all aroundwere fierce, barbarian tribes waiting to raid and pillage the rich provinces. 因为在遥远的边境的那一边到处都有未开化的、好战的名族，他们很想侵入各富庶的行省，掠夺那里的

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If you weren't a Christian, a Jew or a close relative of the emperor, life in the Roman empire could be peaceful and pleasant. 谁不是基督徒，不是犹太人或不是皇帝的近亲，谁就能在当时的罗马帝国过上很安逸很舒适的生

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In the year 402 the Emperor fled to Ravenna, which was a sea-port and strongly fortified, 公元402年，西罗马皇帝逃往拉维纳。 and there, in the year 475, Odoacer, commander of a regiment of the German mercenaries, 这里是一座海港，城