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英语听力精选进阶版 6357
After years of anticipation, the greatest show on earth has ended. The London 2012 Olympic Games have come and gone, and the city must begin to return to what life was like before the two weeks of intense sport. Any Londoner could scarcely avoid the
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If you love eating and have a gargantuan appetite, the idea of going on a diet might be hard to swallow. Yet evidence suggests that short periods of fasting could help people lose weight and lead to better health. A lower calorie intake increases the
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One of the worlds richest men has taken a close interest in one of mans most basic functions: visiting the toilet. Bill Gatess charitable organisation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, w
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英语听力精选进阶版 6360
What have former French President Nicholas Sarkozy, ex-Beatles singer John Lennon and female tennis champion Maria Sharapova got in common? They all share a passion for philately, or stamp collecting. As fewer people send letters to one another, the
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For many, knitting evokes images of elderly women weaving woolly jumpers for their grandchildren. But the craft is undergoing a revival as knitters of all ages are picking up needles and yarns again. For Dr Sarah-Marie Belcastro, knitting is a mathem
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英语听力精选进阶版 6362
Have you ever raced against a horse, charmed worms or smashed an egg against your head? These wacky activities are amongst the sports taking place in the World Alternative Games in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells. You might not see the likes of Usa
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英语听力精选进阶版 6363
The game is up for the 2012 Olympics and the Paralympic Games now take the stage. But what are the differences between the two? Firstly, the Olympic rings are not used in the Paralympics, which are instead represented by the red, blue and green agito
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You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, but you just can't bring yourself to do it. Maybe it can wait a little longer? Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough? You know the feeling. According to Professor Piers Ste
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英语听力精选进阶版 6365
Is it right to tell students to pack their bags and leave the UK halfway through their degree courses? Up to 2,700 overseas students have to leave the country or find an alternative course by 1 December, after a British university has been stripped o
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英语听力精选进阶版 6366
Do you appreciate the small things in life? In physics, infinitely small things are problematic. If a structure can be infinitely divided into smaller parts, can there be such a thing as a smallest possible space or does this division go on eternally
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英语听力精选进阶版 6367
For over 7,000 years, Asians have been brewing beer. But it's only in the past few years that Asia has overtaken Europe and America to become the world's biggest beer-drinking continent. With an increasingly young and upwardly mobile population, ther
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英语听力精选进阶版 6368
If you're studying a foreign language, you'll know that learning vocabulary can often be a painstaking process. After all, there are thousands upon thousands of words, expressions and idioms to learn. But sometimes, new words appear that can confound
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英语听力精选进阶版 6369
When was the last time you went to the cinema? Were you interrupted by someone munching loudly on their popcorn, or rudely texting on their mobile phone? These distractions may be common for many, but one cinema is now fighting back. It is attempting
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What is your favourite design? Do you think it will still be stylish in a hundred years' time? This week a group of UK designers have submitted their favourite designs to be placed in a time capsule and buried underground - it will not be reopened un
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Take every single object out of you--r house. Pose for a photo. Then, put everything back inside again. This is what photographer Huang Qingjun has been convincing people to do for the past decade. Families from 14 of China's 33 provinces agreed to s
