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英国前总统克林顿做完心脏搭桥术后返回位于纽约郊区的家中进行休养。医生嘱咐其服用降低胆固醇的药物,并建议其进行低盐、低脂肪饮食。医生说在其康复后,有望恢复正常活动。     

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news 1Britney Spears is getting married again. Spears willwalk down the aisle for the second time to wed herboyfriend of two months, dancer Kevin Federline.Spears is becoming better known for her life off-stage(私人生活的,舞台下的)rather than her music.小甜甜再传婚讯。     

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news1Dan Flavin's Fantastic LightsThe late artist used fluorescent tubes and color to create brilliant sculptures, transforming ordinary, everyday objects into dazzling and moving displays of imagination 艺术家应用荧光灯和色彩创造一副副美妙绝伦的映像塑雕。     

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news 1 Wiggle While You Work: Fidgeting May Fight Fat Overweight "couch potatoes" bum fewer calories a day because they sit more than their naturally lean counterparts, who tend to be more fidgety and restless, a new study shows. The findings suggest small changes in daily activity could have a major impact on weight loss. 多活动有助于减肥     

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news 1Study: Acupuncture Can Ease Osteoarthritis PainNew research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows acupuncture can dramatically decrease pain among patients suffering from osteoarthritis. Unlike rheumatoid arthritis, which can affect people of any age and is thought to be an autoimmune disease, osteoarthritis is primarily a degenerative disease suffered by older individuals.研究表明针灸可减轻骨关节炎病人的疼痛     

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news 1A San Francisco Bookshop Shows Its ColorsAdobe Bookshop in San Francisco has an unusual organizational method, at least for the next few weeks. The store's 20,000 used books have been rearranged and grouped according to the colors of the rainbow.旧金山一书店按彩虹的色彩排放20,000册二手图书     

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After months of arduous (艰苦的) negotiations, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly(压倒性地) on a March 15 resolution to set up a new Human Rights Council to replace the much-criticized Human Rights Commission. By the terms of the resolution, the membership of the new council would be based on equitable geographic distribution, and the 47 seats will be distributed among regional groups with 13 from Africa, 13 from Asia, 6 from Eastern Europe, 8 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 7 from Western Europe and other countries.     

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WHO Clarifies Smallpox[[医]天花] RecommendationThe World Health Organization is considering allowing a genetic modification of the deadly smallpox virus to be made for research purposes. A WHO spokesman says that though a decision has been made, the controversial policy still needs to pass through a review process.     

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The bird flu(流感) virus is only two mutations(变种) away from a form that can spread easily among people, a UN official said in an interview published in Portugal on February 11, 2006. "Only two mutations are needed for it to become easily transmissible among humans," thus sparking a pandemic in which millions of people could die, David Nabarro, the world body's coordinator on avian     

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1 Italy:Prodi Claims Poll Victory Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi claimed victory on Tuesday,April 11 for his center-left coalitionk(中左联盟)in Italy’s parliamentary elections,but Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi contested the claim．Appearing before a large crowd of supporters outside his pany headquarters in Rome,Prodi said early Tuesday that his pany had taken control of the lower house of Parliament by winning 340 of the 630 seats． However,power could shift because six of the Senate’s seats are to be allocated to Italians who live abroad,and these ballots have not yet been counted． Prodi blamed the country’s financial woes on the current government's poor economic policies．He has promised to cut labor costs．He once headed the European Union’s executive body,the European Commission．意大利中左联盟领袖普罗迪宣称以微弱优势战胜现总理贝卢斯科尼,赢得议会选举。     

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哈佛大学宣布明年将取消提前录取政策；顶级CEO未必出身名校；英国打工学生人数增加政府出台政策减负；2006年世界大学200强排行榜出炉；大学提供职业课程：有了技能，走遍天下     

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牛津大学招生照顾贫困学生英国教育和技能部最近启动了致力于提升继续教育的标准和绩效的咨询活动。新组织质量进步局出版了《追求卓越是政府利用继续教育推动英国经济增长的下一步任英国致力于提升继续教育质量牛津大学日前宣布,将改革其招生制度,以便促进社会公正和生源的多样化。按照这一新计划,从2007年起,牛津大学管理层及各系负责人统筹确定报考新生名单,各学院只能在名单范围内招生。牛津大学本科生招生负责人卡拉索说,她期望这项改革能让更多的公立学校和贫困家庭的学生入学牛津。公众对牛津这一统筹招生的措施褒贬不一。批评人士认…     

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美国“20分钟听读启蒙教学法”美国教育家杰姆·特来里斯一生致力于幼儿智力开发,他提倡父母为孩子每天朗读20分钟。他编写的几套“儿童听读手册”非常畅销。特来里斯认为,培养儿童读书兴趣,并不是简单地从指导如何阅读开始,而是先由父母诱发孩子想读书。这正是绝大多数父母所忽视的。这种巧妙的阅读诱发力出自父母每天娓娓动听的朗读,20分钟听读时间不长,但持之以恒,日复一日,年复一年,孩子想读的念头就会油然而生。孩子听读越早越好,内容生动有趣,由浅入深,关键是父母能谆谆善诱。他通过实践,证明坚持听读可以集中儿童注意力,丰富孩子的词…     

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近年来全球教育发展动向一、中等收入国家高等教育发展迅猛联合国科教文组织和世界经济合作与发展组织共同出版的最新世界教育年度报告指出,中等收入国家的高等教育正在迅速发展——这些国家的高等教育入学率在过去的10年中猛增了77%。如马来西亚和埃及的大学生总数同期增加了两倍。在经济合作与发展组织国家中,每两个年轻人中就有一个上大学的机会;而在泰国、智利、俄罗斯和阿     

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纽约城市大学顶尖学院的黑人学生越来越少；研究的推进将带来大量的工作机会；美国许多州正在增加高等教育的财政预算；“A-levels”不能使学生为大学学习做准备；商学院提供MBA弹性课程计划。     

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在大学里，女人们把男人们甩在了后面；美国大多数人反对国家数据库建立学生档案的提议；苏格兰“常春藤盟校”的顶尖级大学应该自行筹款；国际文凭（IB）比“A-level”更好。     

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澳大利亚的课程改革 20世纪90年代以来,澳大利亚掀起了中小学课程改革运动。在课程管理体制、课程目标模式、课程组织方式和课程内容拓展方     

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日本打网球学英语大阪的一家网球训练中心在最近几年开展网球与英语并行教育的方式,来推动日本网球运动的国际化。在儿童英语网球学校.孩子们每周六聚集在Utsubo网球中心的一角,用英语来进行网球的学习。这项课程始于去年的一场关西网协与该校的一次对抗赛。目前,大约有一百名孩子就读于该项每周一小时的课程,该课程面向4岁到小学阶段的孩子,一月4次的费用为5000日元。25个孩子作为一个班,分成三组。分在第     

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高等教育：宝马——克莱姆森模式；日本政府设高额奖学金促使留学生在日就职；公立院校的学费也打折；2006国际技术职业教育与培训年度会议召开；数千名大学生被迫与学校签订良好行为合同；英国政府将于今年10月启动汉学家培养计划。     

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步伐坚定的亚特兰大技术学院亚特兰大技术学院跻身全美最优秀的技术学院之列,这与其超前的办学理念、先进的办学设施和鲜明的办学特色密切相关。经过60多年的发展壮大,亚特兰大技术学院已成长为一所规模庞大、设施优良,时刻洋溢着公平、民主、自由气息的技术学院,吸引着世界各地的学子前来学习。