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These aren't miniatures, they are life-size. So far, the Chinese have only dug up 10% of the site. And already thousands of warriors and some 10,000 weapons have been discovered. Look closely at the f

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Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo

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It's a thousand times longer than any monument ever built. Started before the Birth of Christ, it was still being built when Columbus sailed to America and millions died in its making. What unspeakabl

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In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

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It is a staggering 2,700 miles longer than the first Great Wall of the Emperor Qin. There is no wood, water or stone in the desert. But the Han managed to build a wall that has resisted 2,000 years of

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So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as

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And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did

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Ouch! About a quarter of all school-age kids will break or otherwise damage a tooth. Adults have their share of cracked chompers too. But what if fixing a busted bicuspid was as easy as zapping it with a laser? Preliminary work with young rats has mo

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The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195

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Here on a steep slope, defensive walls rise in steps up to the watchtower. So if the enemy did make it to the top of the wall, the crucial watchtowers could be fiercely defended. The watchtowers thems

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With the Mongols expelled, the new rulers, the Ming emperors, were determined that an invasion would never happen again. And so in 1368, when Europe was being decimated by the Black Plague(黑死病, 鼠

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In summer, dried-up river valleys offered easy invasion routes for horsemen bent on sacking the rich Chinese towns of the plains. And this is why these passes were heavily fortified, even though they

英语歌曲:迈克尔.杰克逊-Off the wall

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美国习惯用语:533 up the wall

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 410、长蛀牙,怎么办？

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 177、保护牙齿

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 223、DNA帮助捕获偷猎者

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Enamel is the hard outer tooth layer. 牙釉质是牙齿坚硬的外层。 The cavity gets larger by entering the softer second tooth layer, the dentin. 蛀牙洞到了牙齿的较软的第二层， 也就是牙本质时，龋洞就会变得大的多。