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The Ring

Policeman: Why did you keep the ring you found instead of reporting it to the police? The suspect: ‘Cause it is carved clearly, “I’ll always belong to you.” Source Liang, Yanmin. 幽默汉语 ( Humorous Chinese). 让烹诗玄 包出版社 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press), 2004

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The Languages of Science

Introduction This exhibit is tailored as a virtual field trip: infographics, presentations, online games, classroom activities and puzzles all contribute to developing an understanding of the origins of scientific names for living things and the categories into which we classify them. Scientific Names Game 1 Scientific Names Game 2 Posters: These posters explain Linneaus’ system

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Uneasy

法官:你在偷人家珠宝时,不 感到心里不安吗?fǎguān : nǐ zài tōu rénjiā zhūbǎo shí , bù   gǎndào xīn lǐ bùān má ? 小偷:先生, 老实说我当时心 里是很不安,因为我担心 偷到的是假货。xiǎo tōu : xiānshēng , lǎoshí shuō wǒ dāngshí xīn   lǐ shì hěn bù ān , yīnwéi wǒ dānxīn   tōudào de shì jiǎhuò  Judge:Didn’t you feel uneasy when you were stealing those

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