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There are six characteristics of speech, all of which are vital to speak effectively. In this section we'll look at each of them separately. These speech characteristics are basically important to you

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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

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Here's the key part. 接下来是关键的部分。 The solution nearest the wall spins faster than the solution closer to the middle. 离试管壁最近的溶液，要比中间的溶液旋转得更快。 That difference in velocity creates sheer str

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BCF(Boot Catalog File，启动目录文件) BIF(Boot Image File，启动映像文件) CDR(CD Recordable，可记录光盘) CD-ROM/XA(CD-ROM extended Architecture，唯读光盘增强形架构) CDRW(CD-Rewritable，可重复刻录光盘) CLV(Constant

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1. drug company=pharmaceutical company 医药公司n. 2. promotion=marketing 营销n. 3. increase=escalate=rise=go up=grow 上升v. 4. research=study=survey=investigation 研究n. 5. work=be an effective way=be useful=help=achieve=succeed=have an eff

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(LOS ANGELES, AP) Allen Iverson shook up the NBA Finals when he scored 48 points in the opener of the series. （美联社洛杉矶电）亚伦.艾佛森在NBA联赛的第一场比赛攻下48分，震撼NBA的总决赛。 The Philadelphia 76ers stunn

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By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe

SSS 2009-04-15

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It's April 15th. Like many people around the country, you might be feeling your blood pressure rise as you deal with everyone's favorite activityfiling

SSS 2009-06-15

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Could it be that our understanding of rain was all wet? A new study says that some drops of rain are falling faster than they should be. Which ultimately means that it m

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By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

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We have to beat that. 我们必须克服它。 We can do it because in space there are no aerodynamics. 我们能够这样做是因为太空里没有空气阻力。 We can go and use inflatable systems for almost everything. 我们几乎总是能够使

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LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Blake Griffin finished with 22 points and eight rebounds, Chris Paul contributed 20 points with 14 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers handed the Detroit Pistons 5th straight defeat 129-97 on Sunday. The 129 points w

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- NBA's Philadelphia 76ers announced Tuesday that their guard Jason Richardson has undergone successful knee surgery. The 12-year NBA veteran, who has not played for a month and will be sidelined for the rest of the seas

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1． 市况上扬: The market advances/ gains /rises. 2． 市况下挫: The market declines /falls/loses. 3． 市况活跃: The market booms. The market is excited. The market becomes active. The market becomes brisk. 4． 市况暴跌停滞: The m

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China's unmanned lunar probe Chang'e-5, set to be launched around December 2017, will bring lunar soil samples back to Earth, says Wu Yanhua, deputy chief of the China National Space Administration. 国家航天局副局长吴艳华近日表示，我国

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CLEVELAND, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Cleveland Cavaliers' Brazilian center Anderson Varejao will be sidelined in the next two months after it was revealed he needs surgery on his right knee. Varejao suffered the injury during the Cavaliers' 113-99 defeat to

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As an overladen Indiaman bearing down the Hindostan coast with a deck load of frightened horses, careens, buries, rolls, and wallows on her way; 如同一只超载的东印度公司贸易船，甲板上装着许多惊惶失措的种马，正在印度斯