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Some people stood on the small pier. They saw a boat approach. The boat was approaching fast. The boat was approaching the small pier. Was the boat going to stop? People started running. They started running off the pier. They were worried. They were

VOA慢速英语2011--How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand

Technology Report - How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The earliest process of making paper was done almost five thousand years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley. In those days, paper was made from st

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1. similarity /ˌsɪməˈlrɪti:/ -- likeness; resemblance The two pills are alike in color and shape, but there the similarity ends. 这两颗药丸的颜色和形状都很相像，但相似处也仅限于此。 2. simile /ˈsɪməli:/ -- comparison

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Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden beneath a flower-pot. He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each. Presently Peter sneezed'Kertyschoo!' Mr. McGregor was after him in no time. And trie

365个英语简短小故事-110. Flower Power

Ted Nugent was in love. Unfortunately, he wasnt in love with his wife. He was in love with his girlfriend. He had met Lauren at a car show. She was one of the pretty models who gave sales pitches extolling the wonders of the new cars. To impress her,

365个英语简短小故事-111. Dog Inherits Millions

The late Leona Bridges, a New York woman who married into millions, left her mansion and her $12 million fortune to her pet, a little white Chihuahua named Duchess. Although Leona is survived by one son, Wilbur, and three grandchildren, they received

英语博客：Umtanum.

Yakima is a small city located an hour and a half's drive(1) from Wenatchee. It is a wide valley, famous for its grapes and apples. We were there last weekend for a baseball tournament, the first of the season(2). One interesting fact about Yakima is

2006年VOA标准英语-Premier History Museum to Undergo Renovation

By Jeff Custer Washington, D.C. 25 August 2006 watch Museum report The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. will soon undergo a major renovation. But officials have announced a plan to keep some of the institution's most significa

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A heritage building is a building that is important to our history so we want to save it. It is usually a beautiful building. When a change is needed to that building for its use today, there can be a problem of how to keep its heritage value. Many c

VOA标准英语2009年-Mbeki Assumes Leadership of AU Darfur Panel

A high-level panel led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki has begun work exploring a possible African-led solution to the crisis in Darfur. The panel's opening session heard strong calls for a deferment of International Criminal Court war

VOA标准英语2013--Leader of Egyptian Jews Honored at Funeral

Leader of Egyptian Jews Honored at Funeral Egypt's fading Jewish community has receded even further. Carmen Weinstein, the leader of about 20 elderly women who make up the last of Cairo's once vibrant Jewish presence, was laid to rest Thursday. She w

英国学生科学读本 第78期:紫罗兰与三色堇(2)

This is because they grow beneath the ground, where the sun's light does not reach them. The green colour of plants is produced by the action of the sun's light. Plants grown in the dark are white and unhealthy. 这是因为它生长在阳光无法照射

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Lesson 71 The Cherry-tree And Its Fruit 第71课 樱桃树及其果实 The cherry-tree is a small tree which grows to a height of about twenty feet. Its stem is covered with a smooth brown bark, and its green leaves have saw-like edges, somewhat like

英国学生科学读本 第74期:蒲公英(2)

In spring, some hollow flower-stalks grow up from the centre of the rosette of leaves. Each stalk bears what looks like one large yellow flower. But if you pull one of these flower-heads to pieces, you will find that it is really made up of a great m

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And for every dam, there is a new habitat for new life, and a richer, more diverse Yellowstone. But just as Yellowstone reveals the complexity of life, it also exposes its fragility. On its lofty ridges, there are signs that all is not well with the

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I soon learned to know this flower better. 很快我就进一步了解了这朵花儿。 On the little prince's planet the flowers had always been very simple. 在小王子的星球上，过去一直都生长着一些只有一层花瓣的很简单的花

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By Marissa Melton 09 February 2007 Child laborers in Benin Activists, U.S. government representatives and scholars gathered in Washington Thursday to discuss human trafficking, not sex-trafficking, which is the most talked-about aspect of the industr

2007年VOA标准英语-Human Rights Experts Call for Strong Protection

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 May 2007 The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has presented an appeal from 147 countries to the United Nations to maintain an independent and effective system of human rights experts. A petition signed by mo

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Lesson 52 Apples, And The Apple-tree 第52课 苹果和苹果树 Apples, sweet apples! There never was a child who did not enjoy eating a sweet ripe apple. Did you ever see apples growing wild? If you walk through the country lanes in the month of Ma

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New Zealand has had MMP voting for our Members of Parliament for the last 16 years. MMP means Mixed Member Proportional. The system we had before MMP was called First Past the Post, like horse racing, where the winner was the one with the most votes.