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Were nice to our families. From an evolutionary perspective, that makes sense. But what makes us deal fairly with strangers? One theory holds that the development of large societies necessitated the creation of fairness, through institutions such as

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Denise: On the contrary, I don't agree at all with people who say graphology is all nonsense. I think that at last it is beginning to be taken seriously as a proper science and not as some kind of fai

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考研英语长难句讲解 第90期

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28. Thus, in his view, diverse aspects of culture, such as the structure of families, forms of marriage, categories of kinship, ownership of property, forms of government, technology, and systems of food production, all changed as societies evolved. 【

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26. The key to reforming higher education, concludes Mr. Menand, is to alter the way in which the producers of knowledge are produced. 【分析】复合句。句子主干为 The key...is to alter the way...。concludes Mr. Menand 是插入语。第一

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Aging in European Countries We have to realise how old, how very old, we are. Nations are classified as

英语音频杂志：冰淇淋和银行业

Ice-cream and banking By John Kuti Russian ice-cream is great. Any shop or street seller can offer a choice of different ones for less than ten roubles, thats about 20p in British money, which I think is a fair price. They have natural fruit flavours

Who on Earth are we 7

Callum: Hello and welcome to the eighth programme in our series Who on Earth are we. In the last programme Marc Beeby began an investigation into the differences between cultures where the individual is seen as central individualist cultures and tho

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[00:00.45]Another concern is that as medical expenses [00:03.57]increase with age, [00:05.16]the demands of the growing aged population [00:08.05]will eventually cause medical schemes [00:10.33]to face bankruptcy. [00:12.90]Experts insist that steps

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EXPLORATIONS - International Red Cross Helps Victims of Natural Disasters The Red Cross is leading efforts to help victims of the cyclone in Burma, earthquake in China and starvation in Ethiopia. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 May 2008 VOICE ONE:

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There have been many different things written and said about marriage. 已经有各种不同文字记录和讨论着关于婚姻的话题。 From the sweetly inspirational to the hilariously cynical. 从甜蜜励志的到诙谐讽刺的。 But what m

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Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of Mandela International Day 教科文组织总干事伊琳娜博科娃在纳尔逊曼德拉国际日的致辞 18 July 2013 2013年7月18日 On Nelson Mandela International Day

学个词Learn a Word 第1539-friendly

今天我们要学的词是friendly. Friendly is spelled f-r-i-e-n-d-l-y, friendly. 大家都知道，friendly是友好的意思，如果把friendly加在另外一个名词后面，意思就是对某人，对某事有利的。比如，eco-friendly 有利

新GRE写作优秀范文：思想家

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Some abilities, of course, decrease with age. 当然，一些能力会随着年龄的增长而变差。 Those include abilities at tasks 这些包括完成 requiring physical strength and stamina, 需要体力和耐力， ambition, and the power of n

TED演讲:选择的困惑(11)

Now, as a policy matter -- I'm almost done -- as a policy matter, the thing to think about is this: 我快说完了。现在说说一个政策问题，我们该想想的一个政策问题是， what enables all of this choice in industrial societies

经济学人166:传统社会 不绕弯子

Traditional societies 传统社会 No beating about the bush 不绕弯子 America's best-known geographer shows what there is to learn from early man 美国最为知名的地理学家认为我们应该向早期人类学习 The World Until Yesterday:

调查：癌症纯属现代人为制造吗？

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