UNIT 7 TEXT Oliver Barrett IV, a Harvard student from a wealthy WASP family, fell in love with Jennifer, a Radcliff music major, daughter of a pastry chef of Italian descent. Jennifer returned his lov

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At Olympics, North Korea Seeks Charm Diplomacy The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced plans to visit North Korea after the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. An IOC spokesman said Olympics chief Thomas Bach had agreed to t

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To forgive may be divine, but no one ever said it was easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your grudge. But forgiveness is possible -- and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental hea

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CAPITOL HILL Turkeys two-pronged campaign against Islamic State (IS) militants and Kurdish PKK forces is provoking mixed reactions from U.S. lawmakers. Both a more assertive Turkish role against IS and, more particularly, Turkish permission for the U

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JAKARTA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- World football governing body FIFA cancels its plan to give sanction to Indonesia as it has extended the deadline for the country to setle dispute between two football organizations to March 30 from the initial Dec. 10, l

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Law enforcement officials who are investigating car bombing attempt in New York City tell NPR they believe the evidence is starting to point to an international plot. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports. Two people close to the case say they believe tha

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1. President Barack Obama says he is trying to get veterans some much needed work. He spoke in Hampton, Virginia today, telling a military base that Congress needs to approve separate tax credits for companies that hire vets. 2. Secretary of State Hi

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大名鼎鼎的埃菲尔铁塔明年可能变身为世界上最大的绿树。媒体日前披露了一项被评价为疯狂的计划:用60万株植物装饰这座巴黎乃至法国最富盛名的地标性建筑。此项大胆的计划由法国京吉尔

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There's no limit to the number of times a person or organization can be nominated. 个人和组织没有被提名的次数限制。 In fact, Jane Addams, recognized as the founder of social work in the United States, 事实上,简亚当斯作为美国

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Books and arts 文艺 Balkan history 巴尔干历史 Writing the past 书写过去 Teaching children about history, nationalism, and right and wrong 教育孩子:历史,民族主义和孰是孰非 IN 1995 some 200,000 Serbs were ethnically cleans

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COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg won the annual Nordic Council Film Prize for his latest movie Submarino on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Nordic Council(北欧理事会), Vinterberg receive

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To forgive may be divine, but no one ever said it was easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your grudge. But forgiveness is possible -- and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental hea

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If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily. 中国的一位日本问题专家向《中国日报》表示,如果日本希望在二

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YANGONMyanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy Party (NLD) for their apparent landslide victory in this week's parliamentary elections over the military-backed Union Solid

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BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced its disbanding of the Independent Commission citing lack of coorperation from fellow anti-doping angencies. UCI president Pat McQuaid said in a statement Tuesday that th

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Anti-Gadhafi forces in Libya are consolidating their hold on the capital and other parts of the country even as pro-Gadhafi fighters put up fierce resistance. Recent developments have given many Libyans who had fled the fighting hope that it is safe

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Thailands early election results indicate the opposition Pheu Thai party led by Yingluck Shinawatra, and backed by her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has won a majority. Pheu Thai defeated the ruling Democrats of Prime Minister Ab

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Palestine and Western aid 巴勒斯坦和西方外援 Will it be cut off? 这援助会取消不? The Israelis ponder their next move in the wake of Palestinian reconciliation 随着巴勒斯坦人内部的和解,以色列正权衡他们自己的下

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday denounced the latest violence and bloodshed in Egypt, calling it a serious blow to the reconciliation efforts in the country. It's a serious blow to reconciliation and th

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If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily. 中国的一位日本问题专家向《中国日报》表示,如果日本希望在二

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