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It's a hot frontier for global investment. And both China and the US want a stake. So far this year, President Obama has visited Ghana（n. 迦纳） and Egypt. Secretary of State Clinton wrapped a seven-nation African tour. President Hu stopped in Mali

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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the rooms only window. The other man had to spend all his ti

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SSS 2010-01-12

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A Story of Hope

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English textbook, 5 yuan. Electric fan, 10 yuan. College campuses will be turned into flea markets during graduation. Graduates-to-be set up stands to bargain away those belongings which are difficult to carry back home or to their rented houses. But

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英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第212期:第十三章 自白(3)

Sorry, he murmured. 对不起。他低声说道。 I looked up in time to see his golden eyes close again. 我立刻抬起头，看到他金色的眼睛又闭上了。 It's too easy to be myself with you. 和你在一起让我很放松，很容易做回

2nd Chronicles 历代志下18

18Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage. 2Some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack Ramoth

【时间旅行者的妻子】16

Clare counts. I race around picking underwear and socks from the floor, collecting spoons and coffee cups from various horizontal surfaces and chucking them into the kitchen sink. As she says Nine hundred and sixty-seven, I remove the tie from her ey

【时间旅行者的妻子】23

We ate. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and I blew out the candles. I dont remember what I wished for. I was allowed to stay up later than usual, because I was still excited by all the things wed seen, and because I had slept so late in the afternoon. I

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Beginners. We have a mouse in our garage. There might be more than one. The one I have seen is small, grey, and causes a lot of mess. As much as I love animals, I'm afraid we have to put down a mousetrap. My husband bought a box of traps a long time

该睡觉时就睡觉！床上办公坏处多

1 in 5 of us spend between 2 to 10 hours per week working from bed. 五分之一的人每周在床上工作2-10小时。 There was an interesting article by Sue Shellenberger in The Wall Street Journal last year about the increasing amount of work be

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月亮和六便士 第二十一章(1)

Chapter 21 第12章 I let him take me to a restaurant of his choice, but on the way I bought a paper. 我让他带我到一家他选定的餐馆，但是在路上走的时候我买了一份报纸。 When we had ordered our dinner, I propped it agains

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Summer! Bran screamed. 夏天！布兰尖叫。 And Summer came, shooting from the dimness behind them, a leaping shadow. 夏天立刻从身后的昏暗中射出，有如一个奔跃的影子， He slammed into Shaggydog and knocked him back, 一头把

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【饥饿游戏】08

Peeta Mellark. Peeta Mellark! Oh, no, I think. Not him. Because I recognize this name, although I have never spoken directly to its owner. Peeta Mellark. No, the odds are not in my favor today. I watch him as he makes his way toward the stage. Medium