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图片1 metal n. 金属 例句：This metal is harder than that one. 这种金属比那种硬。 metallic adj. 金属(性)的 例句：Fannie' s shovel struck against something metallic when she wasplanting flowers in the garden. 当芬妮在花园里种

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What Makes White Gold White? Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. 图片1 Golden Color Gold is one of the heaviest and softest metals. Pure gold, called 24-carat gold, is so

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Alison Klayman 17 December 2009 Over the last few months garlic prices have risen 40 times in some parts of China, the world's main garlic supplier. A smaller garlic crop and frenzied speculation gave consumers nationwide a reason to complain at the

CNN 2012-02-21

President Obama`s administration says it`s more concerned with what`s in coins than who`s on them. The penny in your pocket might look like copper, but copper actually makes up less than 3 percent of a one-cent coin. And the main metal in nickels ain

英文短篇故事（纽约）109 A Visit to the Statue of Liberty (2)

Neil stood by the rail. He looked at the water 30 feet below. The boat left the dock. Everyone was enjoying the view. People were taking pictures of the Manhattan skyline. The wind suddenly gusted. The strong gust blew Neil's cap off. He saw it hit t

英文书摘精选 What Makes White Gold White?白金为何是白色的?

Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. 很多人都认为金子就应该是金色。但一些黄金首饰的颜色并不是金色，而是白色。 Golden Color 金色 Gold is

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Chapter 14 Wonderland 第14章 仙境 ALICE IN WONDERLAND is a fairy-tale, but there is a real Wonderland out in the West. One of the wonders is a river. 爱丽丝漫游仙境是一个童话故事，但是远在西部真有一个充满奇迹的仙境。

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That budget now stands at $5,400 million a yeara staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. Space expenditures will soon rise some more, from 40 cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week for ev

英语听力文摘 English Digest 620、白金为何是白色的？

What Makes White Gold White? Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. Golden Color Gold is one of the heaviest and softest metals. Pure gold, called 24-carat gold, is so soft th

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What Happened to General Electric? This week, General Electric was officially removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a leading measure of stock prices for major American businesses. GE was replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance, a company that

x射线技术帮助恢复19世纪丢失的名画

X-Ray Technology Helps Recover Lost 19th-Century Images The worlds very first photographs were taken in the 1830s. Scientists now say they have found a way to recover lost images made from the very first photographic process. The new method uses X-ra

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一个客户在电话线上和我就一笔生意讨价还价，硬要在我的报价上要砍掉一角钱，当时我和他据理力争，他说：I'm not trying to nickel and dime you. 我当时就冲口回答：I don't need your nickel and dime.（我

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中文 英文 缩写 * （符） star (symbol) [美国]电气和电子工程师学会 Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE “请发码”信号

VOA慢速英语2016 铜能杀死细菌和病毒

Copper Metal Kills Viruses on Contact 铜能杀死细菌和病毒 Even in the world of medicine, what is old is new again. 医药界也刮起了复古风。 Thousands of years ago, Egyptians used it to sterilize drinking water. Ancient Romans, Aztecs

VOA标准英语2011--High Prices Trigger Rise in Copper Thefts

High Prices Trigger Rise in Copper Thefts When you heard the word copper in old gangster movies, you were talking about the good guys: the police, the cops. Now, when you speak of copper and crime, youre referring to the bad guys. A combination of ci

新西兰英语 127 Faster Broadband

Before the elections, the National Party promised to spend money on a fast broadband network if the Party was elected. Now the government has decided to spend $1.5 billion to make this happen. They hope that private companies would spend another $1.5

英语小达人 284 Nickel or Dime?

Nickel or Dime? 5分钱还是10分钱？ Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the older boys would constantly tease him. 小约翰尼过去常在街角的商店附近闲逛。店

U.S. stocks consolidate after big gains

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors（投资者） pulled back after Monday's big gains. The Dow Jones industrial average added 20.43 points, or 0.18 percent, to 11,691.18. The Standard Poor's 500 index dipped（

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Bird on a Wire 当我们行走在马路上时，经常可以看到成群的麻雀或乌鸦停落在几万伏的高压电线上，它们不仅不会触电，而且一个个显得悠闲自得。可是，你也知道，如果有人不小心碰到高压线