Hurricane Dolly made landfall just north of Brownsville, Texas as a Category Two storm with winds more than 160 kilometers per hour and heavy rains. Although Dolly passed over some oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane had minimal im

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: So every time you weigh something, whether it's coffee or bananas - I'm not sure what you're weighing - you might be doing it in pounds - well, whatever you're doing, you're unknowingly relying on a global system of measurement th

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Rabble-rouser的意思是“煽动者、煽动政治家(尤指利用情绪或偏见煽动民众,以期获得领导地位及达到私人目的的人)”。你知道这个词的来历吗? 19世纪中

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JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Ajax Cape Town's Thulani Serero won the player of the year award at the South African Premiership awards at Gold Reef City on Sunday. The 21-year-old striker's awards included Footballer of the Year Award, the Premier

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 15 October 2007 German and Russian leaders are holding talks in Wiesbaden, Germany, at a time when Moscow and the European Union disagree on several critical issues, including Kosovo and energy. Lisa Bryant has more on the meetin

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今天我们要学的词是laureate。Laureate名词,意思是得奖者、获奖者 。Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer on medical parole at 61. 中国异议人士、诺贝尔和平奖获得者刘晓波

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