The East African Community, a grouping of 5 countries in and around the Horn, is continuing to work towards its goal of regional economic integration. Members of the EAC are dropping barriers to trade, with the goal of eventually adopting a common cu

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英语习语的妙用颜色词在英语中的妙用我们都知道,颜色词除表示其具体实际的色彩外,还可以用来表示姓名,如:White(怀特)、 Green(格林)、Brown(布朗)、 Black(布莱克)等等。其实这

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My cup of tea refers to the sort of thing that pleases or appeals to me. The metaphor is nearly always used negatively. The expression came into use between the First and Second World Wars. In the Victorian age the consumption of tea by all classes h

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 October 2007 A rare outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Nigeria has prompted fears that current efforts to eradicate the disease in northern part of the country could suffer a major setback. The World Health Organization

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Macau Travel Guide The name of Macau is derived from the word Magao (A-Ma Temple), which were shrines dedicated to Mazu, a sacred sea goddess respected by Macau people. It was said that in the middle of sixteenth century when the Portuguese first

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Twelve months after 9/11, a Trukish couple living in Germany tried to name their newborn son Osama bin Laden. Officials in Cologne, where the couple lived, turned down their request, saying that this name would not be accepted in their home country.

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