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2 shrimp大约八百年前，shrimp这个字首先是用来指那些个子矮小的人，后来人们才把虾称为shrimp。现在人们还是经常叫个子矮小的人为shrimp。例如：Basketball is a game for tall people. But once in a while a player like Mugsy Bogues

外国媒体7日报道，3年前，南非一名殡仪馆女老板在安葬一具男性尸体时遇到了难题，男性死者个子太高，无法塞进棺材里，于是吩咐员工将其腿锯掉。如今，这位女老板涉嫌毁损他人遗体被告上法庭。告发女老板莫斯特尔特的员工狄亚西一直受罪恶

广东省贸促会会长陈文杰日前向记者证实，广东省已经以珠三角的名义，口头申请承办2020年的世博会。世博会的申办，有一套严谨而复杂的程序，要等到国家有关机构确认后，才能启动相关的正式书面申请程序。上海提出申办也是在11年前。陈文杰

中国东部浙江省一位23岁的男子靠父母自制的呼吸机存活了5年。很难想象这么一件噪音大，又脏兮兮的机器竟是某人的生命支柱。七年前，这名男子在一次汽车事故中受伤严重，不能呼吸。他的父母亲太穷了，承担不起他的住院费，也不能给他买一

香港1.4亿年前爆发，之后沉入海底的古老火山如今上了头版头条。Some 140 million years after it erupted and then toppled into the sea, an ancient super volcano in Hong Kong is making headlines.Hong Kong government scientists

周五晚在第30届奥林匹克运动会开幕仪式上篮球明星易建联带领中国代表团进入了奥林匹克体育场。此次中国代表团共有运动员396名，总共26种运动中中国将参与23类。四年前，中国以51枚金牌首次名列金牌榜榜首。Basketball star Yi Jianlian l

China's major industrial firms posted about 4.25 trillion yuan (639.1 billion US dollars) profits in the first seven months of the year, a 21.2 percent jump from the same period last year, according to official data

周六，邹市明打败泰国选手凯奥-彭布莱恩获得了连续第二块奥运金牌。八年前，邹市明为中国赢得了第一块奥运拳击奖牌，铜牌，北京奥运会上他又在家门口赢得了第一块金牌。Zou Shiming won his second successive Olympic gold medal on Sat

It may not be the most glamorous of archaeological finds, but the discovery of 700-year-old stinking toilets has got experts excited.这或许不是最有魅力的考古学发现，但能发现700岁高龄臭气熏天的厕所，还是让专家们非常兴奋。

Spanish archeologists haveunearthed a 3,600-year-old mummy in the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt'sAntiquities Minister said Thursday. Prosecutors accused nine people includingthree Germans of smuggling stone samples from p

The photo of Omran Daqneesh, a Syrian boy looking bloodied and stunned, flashed across media outlets last August, prompting global outrage.Ten months later and Omran is back in the limelight, appearing healthy and well a