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North Korea Missile Threat Brings Back Talk of 'Star Wars' Defenses Scientists and American space agency officials led efforts by the United States to develop a space-based missile defense system in the 1980s. Now, those same individuals are urging t

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According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC), China's net import(净出口) of coal hit 103.43 million tons in 2009. Last year, China exported 22.40 million tons of coal, down 50.7 percent year on year, while its coal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Environmentalists, Coal Companies Rally Around Technology To Clean Up Coal

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And, you know, the debate over coal can really seem like a battle between bitter enemies. You have environmentalists who want to replace coal with cleaner fuels and coal boosters who want to revive the industry. But there really i

VOA常速英语2007年-Reclaimed Coal Mine Gets 'Green' Makeover

By Mil Arcega Washington 04 December 2007 A decommissioned coal mine in the Rocky Mountain state of Wyoming is about to get a new lease on life. Although it no longer produces enough coal to generate electricity, the company that owns the land has fo

The Clever Little Tailor

Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to

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China proposes coal industry reshuffle

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- China proposes to further reshuffle its coal industry by setting higher thresholds for the scale of coal producers and encouraging mergers to form industrial conglomerates, the government said Monday. The minimum standard

China to halt approvals for small coal mines

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's safety watchdog said Monday it will no longer approve new coal mines that do not meet production capacity requirements in 2013 in order to ensure work safety. High-gas coal mines with an annual production of less

大学双语美文：孩子教会我的快乐

Every morning my daughter and I go for a twenty-minute walk to my workplace. For me, in those twenty minutes, Im in transit. For my toddler, its nothing less than a parade of flowers, fire trucks, pebbles, and friendly folk. 每天清晨，我的女儿

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AP 2011-11-10

1. The United States is 365 days away from the presidential election. Jobs and economy are almost certain to be the top concerns for voters. President Obama will try to convince voters he deserve a second term, while the eventual Republican challenge

思想的珍珠篇06：The Magic Pebbles 神奇的鹅卵石

Why do we have to learn all of this dumb stuff? Of all the complaints and questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one most frequentlyuttered.I would answer it by recounting the following legend. 为什么我

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Dad: This is a nice place here. Mum: Yes, it's not too crowded. This is a lovely beach. Dad: It's nicer when there's lots of sand and not pebbles. Mum: Are the children safe? Dad: Yes, there's someone looking after them at the pool. You can see them

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Li Weiqi, a 40-year-old auxiliary traffic police officer from Hangzhou's West Lake detachment of the Traffic Management Bureau, said he noticed something weird about the road surface of the intersection where he was on duty on April 21. When I walked

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Over the coming months, the few parts of Antarctic that are ice-free will be the stage on which 5 million Adlies will build their nests. 在未来的几个月，一些南极的无冰地区，将有5万阿黛利企鹅筑巢。 To construct one, they n

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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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Chinese energy chief stresses coal consumption control

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You're a part time lover and a full time friend 你是个兼职爱人，也是个全职朋友 The monkey on your back is the latest trend 你背后的猴子是最时髦流行的图案 I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else 别人眼里的东西