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Sandy Lam has been rising early each day to swim in the waters off Hong Kong Island for nearly 30 years. Lam is 68 years old. He is part of a small community of about 50 people mostly older adults who often use the Sai Wan Swimming Shed. The small bu

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Fruit Vendor: Wait! Don't go just yet. These bananas are pretty cheap--only 35NT for this bunch. Robert: Now that's more like it! Bananas have lots of potassium, too! Fruit Vendor: They're also good for your digestion! Would you like some kiwis, too?

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Lesson 57 Sulphur 第57课 硫 Did you ever have to take a mixture of brimstone and treacle? This mixture has not a pleasant taste, but it is a useful medicine; and if it will do us good, we should not care much whether it has a nice taste or not. 小朋

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The fumes of burning sulphur will bleach straw, silk, and other things, and make them white and clean. These fumes are also useful for killing the germs which cause fevers and other diseases. 燃烧的硫磺冒出的烟，可以漂白稻草、丝绸和

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Oh, my God, are you choking? Oh, my God, I feel like you're choking! Is anyone here a doctor? What am I saying? I forgot where I am. Has anyone here ever seen What do you do when a girl is choking? I just back up a few inches. What do we do? What do

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Although our cell was large, we obviously had used up most of the oxygen it contained. 虽然牢房还算宽大，但很明白，我们已经消耗掉了里面大部分氧气。 In essence, over an hour's time a single human being consumes all the ox

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The State Council, China's cabinet, has released its timetable to upgrade fuel quality nationwide before 2017. The new standard for petrol and diesel, with sulphur content within 10 parts per million, is expected to be in practice nationwide by 2017.