CNN 2010-06-28

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How he wasted and wasted away in those few long-lingering days, till there seemed but little left of him but his frame and tattooing. 在这么缠绵拖延的几天里，竟把他消光耗尽得不成样子，只剩下个刺花的躯壳了。 But as

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In a scientific triumph that will change the way the world fights a killer, an experimental Ebola vaccine tested on humans in the waning days of the West African epidemic has been shown to provide 100 percent protection against the lethal disease. 在西

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But upon flinging the third, in the act of tossing overboard the clumsy wooden block, it caught under one of the seats of the boat, 可是，把第三只甩出去的时候，在刚要把这块笨重木块抛到海里去时，却被小艇的一个座位

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A nice spot, cried Flask; just let me prick him there once. 嗳，一个好地方，弗拉斯克叫道，让我在这地方戳它一下吧。 Avast! cried Starbuck, there's no need of that! 住手！斯达巴克嚷道，不必这样啦！ But humane