Russia's main stock indexes also plummeted Monday in their first day of trading after a lengthy winter holiday, as falling oil prices also cast a pall over the country's energy-dependent economy.

油价下降也给依赖能源的俄罗斯经济蒙上阴影，在本周一，也就是经过漫长冬季假期后的第一个交易日，俄罗斯主要股指遭到重挫。

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By yesterday, the Shanghai 2008 winter conscription medical work in full swing on the first day.

本报讯昨天，是上海2008年冬季征兵体检工作全面展开的第一天。

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On the first day of Start of Winter, people in Wuxi have a custom of eating tuanzi, a kind of traditional Chinese food made with rice.

无锡人在ꆔ“立冬”这一天有食团子的习俗。 团子是一种由糯米制成的中国传统美食。

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For those of us in the northern hemisphere, Monday is the first day of Winter, which seems a good time to check out a website that's all about the snow.

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They have put together a spectacular, 50-day Winter in Venice celebration, complete with a first-of-its-kind ice skating rink atop the famed outdoor gondolas, larger-than-life snowflakes, and a signature 65-foot LED holiday tree centerpiece.

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Setting out first thing in the morning, especially on an autumn or winter day, when you might get some atmospheric fog on the water, you can almost fool yourself into feeling that you are journeying back into the past.

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