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Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Athens (the capital city of Greece):

Chinese Pinyin: ya3 dian3

(Source: about.com)

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

深圳由一个小渔村发展成为一个现代化的大都市

深圳的莲花山顶

1988年中国银行在中国建起了第一个ATM网络

深圳，中国的第一个经济特区。Shenzhen was China’s first special economic zone.

(Source: cctv.com)

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

坝: [ bà ]
[ 国标码:B0D3 部首:土笔画:7 笔顺:1212534 ]

1. dam
2. dyke
3. embankment

例句与用法:

1.	村庄在水坝决堤时被冲走了。
	The village was swept away when the dam burst.

2.	水坝坍塌了; 它不够坚固, 挡不住洪水.
	The dam gave way; it was not strong enough to hold the flood waters.

3.	那水坝在水的压力下决口了.
	The dam burst under the weight of water.

4.	水坝不太坚固, 挡不住洪水.
	The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.

5.	堤坝建成後水已加深.
	The water deepened after the dam was built.

6.	这个堤坝拦住了滔滔的洪水.
	Millions of gallons of water are kept back by the dam.

7.	水坝在水的压力下终於决口.
	The dam eventually yielded and collapsed under the weight of water.

8.	修了一道堤坝挡住洪水.
	A dyke was built to retain the floods.

(Source: dict.cn)