zinefan (plural zinefans or zinefen)
(fandom slang, sometimes pejorative) A science fiction fan primarily interested in fanzines.

Newsman: The latest publishing craze which has taken off all over the world, is the publication of what have come to be known as 'zines, short, of course, for 'magazines'. However, unlike magazines, whose fortunes ebband flow, these thinner and less

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(163) / 评论(0) 分类 202 Useful Exercises for IELTS

CalendarsAre you looking forward to summer? In Saint Petersburg, where this article was written, a day can be less than less six hours long in the middle of winter and nearly 19 hours in summer. At this time of year, you can easily see in peoples fac

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GamblingHuman beings have spent large amounts of money trying to beat the laws of probability for centuries. More than thirty countries currently have legalized gambling in the form of national lotteries or private casinos. In the last ten years this

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AWARDSby Chris RoseThe Nobels are the originals, of course. Alfred Nobel, the man who invented deadly explosives, decided to try and do something good with all the money he earned, and gave prizes to people who made progress in literature, science, e

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It's all been done beforeby Linda BaxterToday's amazing newspaper headline! First family of four to walk to the South Pole wearing Mickey Mouse ears and clown's shoes. No, not really. It isn't true. I invented it. But I wouldn't be surprised to see i

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英文杂志-Magazine

A: What can I do for you today? B: I need to return a book. A: Can I do anything else for you? B: I want to check this magazine out. A: We dont allow people to check out magazines. B: Why not? A: Its just a policy of ours. B: So what am I allowed to

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[00:01.13]2 Pronunciation Listen and say. [00:06.19]Do you know how the fan works? [00:09.33]Do you know why the bell is ringing? [00:12.62]Can you tell me what time the lunch break is? [00:17.34]Can you show me how the photocopier works? [00:25.48]3

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说一口流利的英语,从简单的单词开始。 听听,读读,背背,今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 serious [ 5siEriEs ] The mistake is no

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Wormholesby Linda BaxterHave you ever read Carl Sagan's 1985 science fiction novel 'Contact'? Or have you seen the film of the same name starring Jodie Foster? If you have, then you will remember the scene near the end of the film, when the heroine t

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Surfingby Nik PeacheyI've spent most of my entire life surfing, the rest I've wasted. (Anonymous) It seems that the oceans of the world have become many things to many different people. For some the ocean is a source of food and income, for others a

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Disabilityby Chris WilsonNowadays in the west the able bodied are constantly reminded that disabled people have rights just like everyone else and they mustnt discriminate against them in any way. Public buildings have to have ramps and toilets big e

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Universitiesby Richard SidawayCairo, Bologna, and Paris have been offering them the longest. What am I talking about? A university education, of course. So who goes to university and what do they get out of their experience? More than a quarter of th

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Physical educationby Richard SidawaySchool days are supposed to be the best days of your life and part of that experience usually involves some strenuous physical activity. I asked some colleagues to give me their recollections of what happened to th

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Archaeologyby Paul MillardArchaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, the study of old things. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, documen

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Amelia Earhartby Linda BaxterAmelia Earhart was born in 1897, in Kansas, USA. Even as a child she didn't behave in a conventionally 'feminine' way. She climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle - but she wasn't particularly interested in flying. S

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Consumer societyby Julie BrayThere is enough on earth for everybodys need, but not for everyones greed. Gandhi If we only bought things we needed, there would be enough for everybody. What do we need? What you need depends on how old you are and your

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A: May I help you? B: I would like to return this book. A: May I do anything else for you? B: I would also like to check out this magazine. A: I cant let you do that. B: Why is that? A: Our policy doesnt allow anyone to check out the magazines. B: Wh

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A: How may I help you? B: I want to return this video. A: Is that all you need? B: I also need to check this magazine out. A: Youre not allowed to do that. B: I dont understand. A: Its our policy. B: What can I check out? A: Only books or videos. B:

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BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood's A-listers have bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show at Chicago's United Center. Winfrey's producers made good on their promise of the biggest stars of movies, musi

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Todd: So, Melissa, the Super Bowl is coming up. And what do you think about football? Melissa: I think it's really interesting. This Japanese guy recently told me it was the most interesting sport to watch because of the rules, but unfortunately I do

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A soft answer turns away wrath.
accumulative penalty
aged flavour
alor star (alor setar)
amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation system
Anorchy
anteklise
Apollinian
Arales
Arienas, Loch
aristotie's lantern
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
benefit of water project
Bhir
bioelectrical preamplifier
black finless porpoise
both parties
bower rigging
brake torque
captured rotation
carload
case 1 water
clusterfuck
coded command
content-free
cryotrap
cylinder lathe
Downpatrick
Drillham
Europe commercial paper
exam - oriented education
exertion dyspnea
extrabuccal
fee-paying
financial constraint
fish culture by fertilization
fitting of a model
freezing trawler
gangliocytoneuroma
genenteches
geneticize
genus schizopetalons
group delay characteristic measuring equipment
Hanzi input keyboard
hardware resident
hate boner
have a rat in the loft
hemidactyline
Heschl's gyri
inner circumferential lamella
jewelled train
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lateral inhibition network
laumann
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
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Limited Average Guarantee
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menks
middleschool
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Scombroidea
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super invar
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to hydrate
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trust promoter
under the semblance of
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ventes
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wicka
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X-ray double crystal analysis
Yabbenohr
zarki