LONDON, July 11 (Xinhua) -- When the sun withdrew its last drop of sunshine on Tuesday, the ancient Stonehenge was transformed into a carnivalesque fire garden to mark the London 2012 Olympics. Lit up with fire sculpture, the megalithic monuments wer

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Bob Beamon established himself as the favourite in the 1968 long jump by winning 22 of 23 meets in the pre-Olympic season. He almost met with disaster in the qualifying round. After fouling his first two attempts, he had only one try left. His teamma

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Arabesque festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This three-week event brings eight hundred

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Arabesque festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This three-week event brings eight hundred

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True Dedication! 好投入啊! Mrs. Fortesque was getting more and more worried. 福特斯克太太越来越担心。 Her husband had left for a round of golf early in the morning and by mid-afternoon he still wasn't home. 因为她先生一早出去打

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English writer Enid Blyton is one of the most popular authors in the world. More than 400 million copies of her children's books have been sold worldwide and generations of British children have grown up hooked on her stories of adventure and magic.

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