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At last, Britain defeated the French. Each ship’s captain received prize money. The captains were supposed to share this money among all the sailors. Equiano believed that he would receive some prize ...

最后，英国打败了法国。每艘船的船长都获得了奖金。船长们应该把这笔钱分给所有水手。艾奎亚诺相信他也会得到一些奖金。他想存钱来买他的自由。但他没有收到任何钱。而且，情况变得更糟。帕斯卡将艾奎亚诺卖给了另一艘船——船长。 艾奎亚诺再次前往西...

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“We arrived at the coast. The first thing I saw was the sea. And then a ship for carrying slaves. The slave ship was waiting for the sailors to load goods onto it. What I saw filled me with great surp...

“我们到达了海岸。我首先看到的是大海。然后是一艘运载奴隶的船。奴隶船正在等待水手将货物装上船。我所看到的景象使我感到非常惊讶。这种惊讶很快就变成了恐惧。我无法真正描述我内心的感受。很快，我就被抬上了船。立即，一些水手开始把我扔来扔去。他们想...

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences surprised no one Thursday when it nominated "Lincoln" for Best Picture.The Civil War film received more Academy Award nominations than any other film re...

美国电影艺术与科学学院（Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences）周四提名《林肯》（Lincoln）为最佳影片奖，这部南北战争电影获得的奥斯卡金像奖提名比去年上映的任何其他电影都多。学院选民可能...

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The people of South Asia have known about the Neem for centuries. But now expert scientists are also interested in its qualities. The experts are especially interested in Neem tree oil. Pressing the s...

几个世纪以来，南亚人就知道印楝。但现在，专业科学家也对它的品质感兴趣。专家们对印楝树油特别感兴趣。压榨印楝树的种子会产生油。这种油含有印楝素。印楝素是一种重要的天然杀虫剂和杀菌剂。人们可以用它来消灭害虫，例如不需要的昆虫和霉菌。这些害虫经常...

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A large tree stands in the middle of the village. People shelter under it. The leaves of the tree protect them from the fierce sun. The temperature is always a few degrees cooler under the tree. The N...

一棵大树矗立在村子中央。人们躲在它下面。树叶保护它们免受烈日的照射。树下的温度总是低几度。印楝树对印度拉贾斯坦邦的乡村生活很重要。每个村庄社区都有自己的树。印楝树是村民的聚会点。这是一个做生意的地方。几个世纪以来，人们一直使用印楝来保护他们...

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Akhil Reed Amar is a professor at Yale Law School in Connecticut.He says the delegates' decision to let people elect their representatives helped change the meaning of the word "democracy.""The succes...

阿克希尔·里德·阿马尔（Akhil Reed Amar）是康涅狄格州耶鲁大学法学院（Yale Law School）的教授，他说，代表们决定让人们选举他们的代表，帮助改变了“民主”这个词的含义。美国宪法项目的成功向世界其他地区证明，民主可以...

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In May of 1787,a group of America's early leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.They planned to amend the Articles of Confederation.That document established a loose union of the 13 states.Instead...

1787 年 5 月，一群美国早期领导人在宾夕法尼亚州的费城举行会议，他们计划修改邦联条款。该文件建立了一个由 13 个州组成的松散联盟。相反，领导人起草了一部全新的宪法。它创建了美国的政府制度并承认其公民的权利。上周，我们讲述了该小组如何...

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Many businesses were very unhappy about this law. They said that the government was denying their right to communicate to the public. But people supporting the law said that there were many other ways...

许多企业对这项法律非常不满。他们说，政府剥夺了他们向公众传播的权利。但支持这项法律的人表示，企业还可以通过许多其他方式与人沟通。他们仍然可以在报纸和杂志、广播和电视上使用广告。市政府还表示，未来也可能允许一些户外广告——但仅限于特殊广告区域...