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知性英语－Acid rain 酸雨

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AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India

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VOA标准英语2012--Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments

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VOA常速英语2007年-Acid Attacks Are a Growing Form of Revenge in U

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2007年VOA标准英语-Folic Acid Linked to Colon Polyps

By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 07 June 2007 For years, doctors urged women to take folic acid if they planned to get pregnant. Then researchers discovered the nutrient helped reduce the risk of a heart attack. But now a new study shows folic acid

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