Unluckybuck:Deerloseshead-buttwithlawnornamentByBOBLAMB
This640-poundconcreteelkstatueliesonitssideinthebackyardofMarkandCarolBrye’shomeinruralViroqua.Thedeadbuckliesabout20feetaway. Alove-struckbuckranoutofluckaweekago.Theseven-pointbuckwaskilledwhenitrammeda640-poundconcretestatueofanelkinthebackyardofMarkandCarolBrye...[
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AstheworldlookstoCopenhagenforsolutionstoachangingclimate,China’svice-ministeroftheNationalPopulationandFamilyPlanningCommissionhasexpressedaviewpointthathasgenerallybeenoverlookedorignored–thatitmaybemoreeffectivetolimitworldpopulationgrowththantolimitCO2emissionsperse.
Asaresultofthefamilyplanningpolicy,Chinahasseen400millionfewerbirths,whichhasresultedin18millionfewertonsof...[
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DiscoveringChinaAcouple’sexperiencewiththeChineseHomeAboutDiscoveringChina TheILP(InternationalLanguagePrograms)SelectionProcess September15th,2008PostedinUncategorized|NoComments» WhenLisaandIdecidedthatspendingsometimeinChinawaswhatwewantedasournextadventureinlife,webegantheapplicationprocesstobe“accepted”bytheInternationalLanguageProgramsorganizationasteachers. ...[
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ObamaWhiteHouseCorrespondent'sAssociationdinnerspeech
奧巴馬記協晚宴十八笑--笑從何來?(1)
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200905&postID=24800
奧巴馬記協晚宴十八笑--笑從何來?(2)
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200905&postID=24832）
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豬流感－－swineflu，在墨西哥正以迅雷不及掩耳盜鈴之勢傳播，而且如野山火般蔓延到友好鄰邦美利堅了。
為什麽不叫pigflu呢？我琢磨了一番，古狗一通網絡，胡亂掰一掰。
請看swine的定義便知一二了。
swine－－Anyofvariousomnivorous（雜食的）,even-toedungulates（偶蹄）ofthefamilySuidae（豬科）,includingpigs,hogs,andboars,havingastout（肥胖的）bodywiththickskin,ashortneck,andamovablesnout（[
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某雜誌上看到這幾個RIDDLES，順來給大家共享。
Somegoodriddlesforyou!
1.Amurdereriscondemnedtodeath.Hehastochoosebetweenthreerooms.Thefirstisfullofragingfires,thesecondisfullofassassinswithloadedguns,andthethirdisfulloflionsthathaven'teateninthreeyears.Whichroomissafestforhim?
2.Awomanshootsherhusband.Thensheholdshimunderwaterforover5minutes.Finally,...[
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ObamaSpeechtoCongressPart1/6
MadameSpeaker,MrVice-President,membersofCongressandthefirstladyoftheUnitedStates:
I'vecomeheretonightnotonlytoaddressthedistinguishedmenandwomeninthisgreatchamber,buttospeakfranklyanddirectlytothemenandwomenwhosentushere.
IknowthatformanyAmericanswatchingrightnow,thestateofoureconomyisaconcernthatrisesaboveallothers.Andrightl...[
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今天在網絡上意外讀到一首英語回文詩，那回讀的難度係數真是不一般。一個字：絕！現在也掰一掰，濫竽充數，南郭一回。
我國的回文詩曆史悠久，名家比比皆是。回文詩，顧名思義，顛來倒去都能誦讀的詩。但曆來好像更被文人騷客當作一種消遣的文字遊戲，上不了台麵。然留存下來的很多名篇佳作，給人以蕩氣回腸，情趣盎然的美感。
印象深刻的回文詩中最[
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OurWeek:MaliaandSashaObama
AccordingtoHugoRifkind January24,2009 FromTheTimes
MondayOurMomreckonsweoughttostartwritinganautobiography.Daddyhadwrittentwobythetimehewas45,andMomreckonsthatifwedon’tgetgoingsoon,we’regoingtohit40andnotevenbecongressmen.That’snotwhatthisis,though.Thisisanopenletter.TwogirlscalledBushwroteusone.Wedon’tknow...[
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來源：http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/thanksandhavefunrunningthecountry/
McSweeney’shasafantasticcompilationofchildrens’letterstoObama.Someofthemaresoadorablyfantastic.Itseemstobekidsbetween5and12mostly.Evenifyoudon’...[
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