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by Jason Marshall A few weeks ago I had a Twitter conversation with the former host of QDTs Modern Manners Guy, Trent Armstrong, in which Trent said something along the lines of: I've always wondered how to tell how fast a football player is going ba

Historic Kilogram Measure to Be Replaced

For nearly 130 years, the worlds scientists have used a singular small, metal cylinder to define the exact weight of a kilogram. But that is about to change. The cylinder was made in 1889 of platinum and iridium metals. It is called the Grand K. The

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【突破英文词汇】meter, metr -- measure 度量

1. barometer /bəˈrɔmitə/ -- instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes When the barometer indicates a rapid drop in air pressure, it means a storm is coming. 气压计显示出气压快速下降时

第42期: fine, instead, speed, direction, rubbish

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第35期: arm, clear, measure, length, cotton

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第54期: measure, around, touch, spell, set off

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2007-08-07, Speed Eating Champion 速食大赛

Eat slowly, chew your food thoroughly, eat with a fork. These table manners dont apply in the world of competitive eating, or sometimes called speed eating. The goal here--eat as much as you can in a short period of time. Ladies and gentlemen, so it

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In the 17th century, the French scientist Pierre Gassendi knew that light traveled faster than sound. When a gun fired far away, he could see the flash of gunshot long before he heard the report. Gassendi tried to measure the speed of sound by clocki

每天一点英文 29 love without measure

Love without measure Freda Bright says,Only in opera do people die for love. It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another e

New System to Measure 'Value' of College Education

Each year, millions of students complete their study programs at the colleges and universities across the United States. The new graduates receive an official piece of paper from their schools. This paper is known as their degree. It states what kind

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2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Speed Dating Makes Inroads in India

This is All Things Considered. I am Melissa Block. And I am Robert Siegel. India is changing fast, but it's still a fundamentally conservative society. Most marriages are arranged, western-style dating is unthinkable for most, which is why it's surpr

英语语法：24 Units Of Measure

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is units of measurethose words and symbols that come after numbers. This first point might seem self-evident: you put a space between the number and the unit of measure. Even though it seems obvious, I'm telling you b

2007年VOA标准英语-Measure to Change Troop Leave Blocked in US Sen

By Deborah Tate Washington 20 September 2007 Legislation to regulate U.S. troop deployment cycles in Iraq was blocked in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday by Republican opponents who argued the measure could undermine the war effort. The action was a bl

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 November 2007 On Capitol Hill, another fierce debate is underway about the war in Iraq, as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives considers a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. mi

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4 Ways to Measure Your Standard of Living Standard of living should not equate to amount of spending. When I sat down to write an article on the countries with the highest standard of living, I thought it would be easy. But, how do you define standar

VOA常速英语2008年-US House Approves Intelligence Measure Over Bus

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 March 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Democrat-crafted foreign intelligence surveillance law that contains provisions strongly opposed by President Bush. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hi

High-Speed Trading Changing Stock Market

Wall Street analysts searching for reasons for the U.S. stock market's sharp swings in early August point to high unemployment, the European debt crisis and other basic economic problems. But some also suspect what is known as high-frequency trading,