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Gardening expert Lee Reich wrote about planting flowers, vegetables and more on his land for 30 years. In his final story, he wanted to leave his readers with some advice. Over the years, he wrote a...

园艺专家 Lee Reich 在他的土地上种植花卉、蔬菜等 30 年。 在他的最后一个故事中，他想给读者一些建议。 多年来，他写了关于西红柿、如何切花以及家养宠物吃室内植物的担忧。 他说，他很高兴能为各级园丁写关于在花园里工作的文章。...

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And every five to seven years,the batteries that supply power must be changed.This requires another operation.Dr. Marban says the devices are not right for all patients.And others are too sick to use ...

而且每 5 到 7 年，必须更换一次供电的电池。这需要另一次手术。Marban 医生说，这些设备并不适合所有患者。而其他人病得太重，无法使用它们。他说，研究人员计划在大约两年内将实验基因放在病情严重的患者中。他们想证明这个基因既安全又有效。...

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A woman paralyzed from the neck down has learned to use her thoughts to control a specially-designed motorized arm.The arm is the product of years of research on mind-controlled artificial limbs.Resea...

一名脖子以下瘫痪的妇女已经学会了用她的思想来控制专门设计的电动手臂。这只手臂是多年对精神控制假肢研究的产物。美国宾夕法尼亚州的研究人员表示，电动手臂是有史以来最先进的精神控制假肢或替代肢体。他们创造了这个装置，以帮助 Jan Scheuer...

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They gave away theatre tickets to the MPs. These tickets would admit the MPs to a musical play. The play was the same night as the vote against the slave trade. And some MPs went to see the play inste...

他们向议员们赠送了剧院门票。这些门票将允许议员们观看音乐剧。该剧与反对奴隶贸易的投票是同一晚。一些议员去看了这场比赛，而不是投票。反奴隶贸易法案仅以四票之差被否决。威尔伯福斯不敢相信发生了什么。这些事件后，他病得很重。 但在世界各地，...

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London. The year is 1789. Bright sun shines through the large windows of a beautiful, old building. The Houses of Parliament — the centre of government for Britain and its colonies. Inside, government...

伦敦。这一年是 1789 年。灿烂的阳光透过美丽古老建筑的大窗户照进来。国会大厦 — 英国及其殖民地的政府中心。在里面，政府成员正忙着讨论重要的事情。主厅两侧的长木椅上挤满了人。房间一端的一把高架椅子上坐着一个男人。他敲打着面前的桌子。每个...

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The delegates accepted it.The word "slave" was never used in the Constitution.The document simply used the words "all other persons." The three-fifths rule remained the law until the Fourteenth Amendm...

代表们接受了它。“奴隶”一词在宪法中从未使用过。该文件只使用了“所有其他人员”一词。直到 1868 年宪法第十四修正案生效，五分之三规则一直是法律。他说，没有它，就不可能成立工会。当代表们开始讨论国家立法机构的权力时，奴隶制也成为一个问题。...

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

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，修改《邦联条例》（Articles of Confederation）。相反，领导人起草了一部全新的宪法。他们创建了美国的政府制度并承认其公民的权利。上周，我们讨论了代表...

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“People were shouting ‘Get up!’ ‘Run, run, gas has leaked!’ My brother got up and said ‘Everyone is running away, we too must run.’ I opened my eyes and saw that the room was full of white smoke. When...

“人们大喊'起来！'“快跑，快跑，煤气漏了！”我哥哥站起来说'大家都跑了，我们也得跑。我睁开眼睛，看到房间里到处都是白烟。当我从脸上取下毯子时，我的眼睛开始灼热。每一次呼吸都燃烧着我的内心。我害怕睁开眼睛。气体通过我的嘴和鼻子进入。 ...