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新奇事件簿 学习中文,而不是法文
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is implementing a big change in the languages taught in UK schools.On a visit to China, he told journalists that British schools should teach Mandarin instead of French and German. He told his hosts that he plan
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新奇事件簿 全球悼念曼德拉
South Africans and people from all over the world are mourning the death of Nelson Mandela. In South Africa, thousands of people gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to say goodbye to their country's first ever black president. They danced, sang, crie
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新奇事件簿 小公主夏洛特
Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their newborn baby daughter. The two royals are better known as Prince William and his wife Kate. Their daughter was born on Saturday and since then the world has been waiting to see what the new arr
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新奇事件簿 加州限水令
The U.S. state of California is going through the worst drought in its history. Water supplies are now at dangerously low levels. The state government has introduced many laws to try to prevent water shortages. California farmers have stepped in to d
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新奇事件簿 最大汽车召回事件
Authorities in the USA are recalling a record 34 million cars because of safety concerns over the airbags fitted in them. The manufacturer of the airbags has admitted that mechanisms inside the bags are defectiveand thus need to be repaired or replac
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新奇事件簿 哈利希望返回军营
Britain's Prince Harry has called for the return of military service. This is when young people have to spend a year or two in the army before they start work or go to university. In Britain, compulsory military service ended in 1960. Many countries
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新奇事件簿 西甲联赛无限期停赛
Lovers of Spanish football are in shock over the sudden suspension of all games in the country from May 16.This means the penultimate and final, and championship-deciding rounds of matches in La Liga may not takeplace. This has happened because of a
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新奇事件簿 丈夫很少干家务
丈夫很少干家务 New research suggests that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house. A study from the Ohio State University says that men who do an equal share of housework are a rare breed. Researchers looked at the lifesty
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新奇事件簿 英国年轻人每周花27小时上网
A new survey in Britain reveals that young people spend over 27 hours a week online. This figure has trebled in the past decade. Britain's communications watchdog Ofcom conducted the study on thousands of 16- to 24-year-olds as part of its Media Use
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新奇事件簿 超车成马路杀手
A new survey in Britain shows that one in seven drivers has had to take evasive action because of their own risky overtaking. The road safety charity Brake carried out the survey on 1,000 motorists. It also revealed that 80 per cent of drivers have f
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新奇事件簿 布拉特再次当选国际足联主席
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as the president of FIFA. The 79-year-old beat his only rival, Prince Alibin al-Hussein of Jordan, in a vote on Friday. Mr Blatter now has another four years as the boss of football's governing body. In his victory sp
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新奇事件簿 欧洲自行车销量超汽车
The BBC reports that in 2102, more bicycles were sold than cars in 26 out of 28 countries in the European Union. There appear to be several reasons behind this growing trend. One is because of the recession experienced in many countries after the glo
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新奇事件簿 亚马逊快递无人机
The online store Amazon is testing a new method of delivering parcels. It wants to start using drones to get packages to customers, in just 30 minutes. The drones are small, remote-controlled helicopters called 'octocopters'. They look like toys. Ama
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新奇事件簿 北京实施最严禁烟令
A tough new smoking ban has been introduced in China's capital city Beijing. It coincides with World No Tobacco Day and was welcomed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The ban came into effect on June the 1st and is the toughest anti-smoking law
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新奇事件簿 美极方便面在印度下架
India has banned one of the world's best selling brands of instant noodles. The noodles are the brand Maggi, produced by the Swiss food giant Nestle. Health authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh found the noodles contained too much lead. I
