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It's Like Dj vu. Dj vu. 神秘的既视现象 by Christine Newton You are walking through a park you have never visited before when a dog runs past, barking at a cluster of birds. You turn to see its owner smile and wave. Suddenly, you are overcome b

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美语听力 English Café 581

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学英语 44 In a Cyber Café

I access the internet in the cyber cafe. 我到网咖上网. Since my PC broke, I had to go to the cyber cafe. 由于我的电脑坏掉了, 我必须到网咖. There are lots of people enjoying playing online games in the cyber cafe. 网咖里很多人

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 14 March 2006 The non-profit Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has introduced a series of recommendations to significantly reduce incidents of violence ag

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 29 May 2007 Communist Party candidates have been elected to more than 90 percent of the seats in Vietnam's National Assembly. The government announced the results of the May 20 election on Tuesday. Matt Steinglass reports fro

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This morning we report on the death of a man who bounded across television screens filled with life. Anthony Bourdain has died. He took his own life, we're told, while in France recording an episode of his CNN program Parts Unkno

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Track One From a very young age I had a bit of a fascination with flying 我自儿时便有些迷上了飞行 Bit of a fascination with speed 着迷那样的高速（驾驶） As I went through school and into my A-Levels I wanted to pursue a flying

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I know you love her, love her 我知道你爱她，爱她 But deep down under the covers, covers 可却将其深藏心底，从不提起 Does she know that I am the other, other 她又知不知道你还拥有着我， Does she? 到底知不知道呢