By Teresa Sullivan Washington 06 June 2008 Champion thoroughbred Big Brown is a strong contender to become the first horse in 30 years to win U.S. horse racing's Triple Crown on Saturday when he runs in the Belmont Stakes in New York. Big Brown alre

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In New Novel, 'Martian' Author Andy Weir Builds A Colony On The Moon SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Life on the moon is no bed of roses. The coffee's weak because water boils at low temperature. The food is rank because it's hard and expensive to grow much more

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今天我们要学的词是crown jewel。 Crown jewel是珍宝的意思。美国通用汽车公司申请破产保护。General Motors was the crown jewel of U.S. industrialization, 通用汽车公司曾经是美国工业化进程的一颗璀璨明珠。

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The Dujiangyan Dam, 45km north of Chengdu, is an ancient technological wonder of the country. More than 2000 yers ago, Li Bing(250-200BC), as a local governor of the Shu State, designed this water control and irrigation dam and organized thousands of

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LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt made Olympic history as he won the gold medal in the 200 meters on Thursday night. Bolt ran 19.32 to finish ahead of fellow countrymen Yohan Blake and Wallace Weir to become the first man to win 100 and 200 meter

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Bolt breezes to take 200m in Zurich Diamond League GENEVA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Newly crowned London Olympics champion Usain Bolt sailed to a comfortable 200m win in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich on Thursday. Bolt posted a meet record of 19.66

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