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Rail road, take me home

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Passengers smile as the train for Yichang of Hubei Province started again in Hunan Province January 29, 2008. The train leaving Guangzhou last Sunday was stranded in Hunan for about 40 hours after the freezing weather paralyzed power supply in the province.

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Two passengers smile after getting food on the train for Yichang of Hubei Province in Hunan Province January 29, 2008. The train leaving Guangzhou last Sunday was stranded in Hunan for about 40 hours after the freezing weather paralyzed power supply in the province.

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A mother smiles to her son as they prepare to get on the train for home at Fuzhou railway station January 30, 2008. Trains affected by heavy snow in Fuzhou started again that afternoon.

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Passengers celebrate as their train approaches Yichang of central China's Hubei Province January 30, 2008. The train leaving Guangzhou last Sunday was stranded in Hunan for about 40 hours after the freezing weather paralyzed power supply in the province.

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每日一学(2月3日)REVELLERS DANCE DURING CARNIVAL PARADE IN RIO

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A reveller from the Gavioes da Fiel's samba school dances during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo February 1, 2008.

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Revellers from the Gavioes da Fiel's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo February 1, 2008.

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Revellers from the Mangueira do Amanha children's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008.

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Revellers from the Coracoes Unidos do Ciep children's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008.

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Band members from the Aprendizes do Salgueiro children's samba school play percussion instruments during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008.

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Revellers from the Coracoes Unidos do Ciep children's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008.

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Revellers from the Mangueira do Amanha children's samba school dance during their Carnival parade in the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 1, 2008

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每日一学(3月8日）【恢复更新】LET'S C THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BREADS.http://gb.cri.cn/mmsource/images/2005/11/09/tc051109018.jpg

Bread makes an appearance on just about every Western menu. There are so many different kinds of bread, that sometimes, just choosing the bread to accompany your main meal can be an arduous task. If you are overseas, it is useful to know the ways to eat them.

　　面包是西方菜单上不可或缺的一种食物。有时你会看到菜单上有很多种面包，这时选择合适的面包来搭配你的主菜就是一项不简单的任务了。如果你在国外，了解是十分有用的。

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　　Basically, there are 3 kinds of bread: 　　面包的种类基本上分三种： 　　
(1)Yeast bread 　　
1.发酵面包 　　
Yeast breads are recognizable by the tiny air pockets all through them. The yeast in the dough causes the bread to rise during baking – giving it that “loaf” look. Pan breads such as raisin bread and whole-wheat bread are considered to be yeast breads. Pizza bases and hamburger buns are also yeast breads. 　　
发酵面包中含有气孔，而发酵的效果是由制作面包的酵母产生的。例如葡萄干面包和全麦面包就是发酵面包。比萨饼和汉堡也属于发酵面包。

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　　(2)Quick bread 　　
2.快速面包 　　
Quick bread takes less time to prepare than yeast bread. These breads also rise during baking, but this is caused by baking powder instead of yeast. Examples of quick breads are corn bread, doughnuts, muffins and pancakes. 　　
制作快速面包所花的时间比发酵面包要少。它们发酵的效果是由发酵粉，而不是酵母引起的。例如玉米面包、甜甜圈、松饼和薄饼都属于快速面包。

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　　(3)Flat bread 　　
3.平面包 　　
This kind of bread is appropriately named as its appearance is indeed flat. Flat breads include tortillas (Mexican), chapatti (Indian) and pita bread (Middle Eastern). They usually have an empty center in them for fillings and sauces.

　　这种面包就像它的名字一样，是平的。平面包包括了墨西哥玉米饼皮、印度薄饼和中东皮塔饼。通常，它们都有用来填充馅和调味料的空隙。

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　　The Proper Way to Eat Bread 　　
吃面包的正确方法 　　
In a proper Western restaurant, the bread plate is always on your left with your butter knife on it. When eating bread, you should break the bread into small sizes. It is rude to cut your bread or bite from it. You should spread butter only on the piece of bread you are about to eat (not on all the bread on your plate). It is okay if breadcrumbs drop on your plate or the table. The waiter will clear them away for you.

　　在正规的西餐厅，面包盘与黄油刀通常放在你的左手边。吃面包的时候，你应该把面包撕成小块。用刀切或直接咬都是不礼貌的。你只能在要吃的面包块上涂黄油(其他盘子里的面包不用)。面包屑掉在盘子里或桌子上都是可以的，服务生会负责清理。

yeast n. 酵母 　　
baking powder 发酵粉 　　
instead of 代替 　　
muffin n. 松饼 　　
tortilla n. 玉米粉圆饼 　　
chapatti n. 薄煎饼 　　
pita bread 皮塔饼 　　
breadcrumb n. 面包屑

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每日一学(3月9日）SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRARIE VOLE,A SPECIES OF FIELD MOUSE.

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这种田鼠名叫普拉里。雄普拉里鼠一辈子只和将处女之身献给它的雌普拉里鼠生活。雄普拉里鼠不但不会多看其它雌鼠一眼，甚至还会攻击其它雌鼠。目前，科学家已经将普拉里鼠的痴情行为和它们脑中分泌的荷尔蒙联系起来。科学家认为，这种荷尔蒙不但让普拉里鼠夫妇间保持着长期稳定的伴侣关系，还让他们天生就对可能破坏家庭的第3者具有进攻性。

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Although monogamy in the animal kingdom is rare, it's far from boring. Consider males of this mouse-like species, for example. They will stick with the female they lost their virginity to. Far from eyeing other females, a mated male vole will actually attack other females. Scientists have traced this behavior to hormones in the rodent’s brain, which triggers lasting bond formation and increased aggression toward potential home wreckers.

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每日一学(3月10日）CARING ABOUT OUR HEALTH.

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·食品如今越来约威胁我们的健康，长吃·食品我们很容易患上诸如心脏病和与肥胖有关的一系列疾病。

Last year, at least 400,000 Americans managed to kill themselves based almost solely on what they ate. Heart disease is the country's number one killer and, while some of that comes from genetics, most of it's due to the fat-laden, sugar-heavy junk we put in our bodies.

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每日一学(3月11日）TRYING TO RELAX YOUR STRESS IN YOUR BODY.

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长期精神紧张会促使肾上腺激素分泌过多，这会使你精神亢奋而不会感到疲劳，但精神亢奋时间过长而不休息会让机体器官感到疲劳，病导致各种疾病的出现。

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Creating more stress in your life is a great way to invite all kinds of diseases to attack the body. When you're chronically stressed, the adrenal glands are forced to work overtime and eventually exhaust themselves, inhibiting the immune system.

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每日一学(3月12日）TAKING CARE YOUR HEALTH.

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适当地饮些红酒对身体有益，但是过度地饮酒会给你的肝脏带来毁灭性的打击，每年全世界有大约10万人因为过度饮酒而死亡。

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The occasional drink of alcohol, especially wine, can be beneficial to your health, many studies suggest. But if you're looking to do yourself in, overdo the two-drink-per-day limit and imbibe heartily. Besides alcoholism of course, too much booze causes liver damage, diabetes and is the root cause of nearly 100,000 deaths per year.

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每日一学(3月13日）WHY THERE ARE SO MANY GIRLS LIKE EAT THE FRIES IN KFC?

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·食品如今越来约威胁我们的健康，长吃·食品我们很容易患上诸如心脏病和与肥胖有关的一系列疾病。

Last year, at least 400,000 Americans managed to kill themselves based almost solely on what they ate. Heart disease is the country's number one killer and, while some of that comes from genetics, most of it's due to the fat-laden, sugar-heavy junk we put in our bodies.

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每日一学(3月14日）DONT EXHAUST YOUR POWER,JUST HAVING A GOOD SLEEP RIGHT NOW!

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如果我们每天晚上的睡眠时间不足7或8个小时，那么睡眠不足将给我们带来诸如糖尿病、肥胖症以及各种癌症。此外睡眠不足引起的大脑疲乏还非常容易引起各种交通事故。

Inadequate sleep (less than 7 or 8 hours a night) has been tied to many different health problems, including obesity, diabetes and cancer. Mental fatigue is also as big of a risk factor for vehicular accidents as alcohol

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每日一学(3月15日）SOMEGUYS ALWAYS REFUSED TO C THE DOCTOR TO DETECT THEMSELVES.

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体检和医生对我们可能出现的各种疾病的提前警告是防止我们患上疾病的有效方法，所以生活中，人们要定期去体检并听取医生的健康建议。讳疾忌医只能导致疾病的发生。

It's a good tactic if early disease detection and important medical consultation are going to get in the way of your Tommy Lee lifestyle.

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每日一学(3月16日）THE MAN WALKS ON THE OUTSIDE.

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当一名男子和一名女子一起行走时，按照惯例，男子应当走在人行道靠马路的那一边。 这种做

法有可能起源于男子应当保护女子免受路上失控马匹和大街上打架者的误伤，以及街上有可能出

现的其他危险——比如从路旁楼上扔出窗外的·——的伤害。

When a man walks along the street with a woman, as a rule,the man ought to be one who keeps nearer to the central road.

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每日一学(3月17日）HAS THE CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?

曾遇到过这么一位“抬杠先生”，别人只要一开口，他就来劲儿，反驳力还挺强。更让人来气的是，对方都已被驳得哑口无言了，占上风的他竟一旁得意洋洋，“嘿！说话呀，你怎么不说话了？”

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英语中，类似语境下，“你怎么不说话了”相应的口语表达是：“Has the cat got your tongue /Cat got your tongue？”这时，被问话者常常在谈话中处于劣势，如挨批的小孩、受挫的辩论者、甚至是受审的犯人……

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据说，早在16世纪伊丽莎白时代，隔着网球拍对人吐舌头是一种侮辱性暗示。而在当时，网球拍的弦线由猫的肠子加工提炼而成，于是，善于发挥的人类就发明了颇为怪异的表达“Cat got you tongue”（字面意：猫抓住了你的舌头吗）。不过，词源学家并不认同这种观点，虽然很遗憾，他们自己也说不清这句口语的出处。

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