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Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hello Finn. Finn: Hi Rob. Rob: Today we're talking about literacy - that means the ability to read and write. And one way to improve your literacy is to read books and literat

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The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

VOA慢速英语2011--Getting to the Root of How to Water Tree

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Yi-jun: So people can go and root for their old school team? Taylor: Yep. And relive those good old high school days. Yi-jun: You don't sound too excited about going to your reunion. Taylor: I'm not. I get a stomachache just thinking about it. Yi-jun

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The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

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Money is the root of all evil. Do you think this is true? How can money lead people to do bad things? Do you think money can do good things? If so, give examples! (Note: Although many people repeat this quote, the original saying was Love of money is

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今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词，是为某人打气，捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

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Everything happens for the best,my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. 每当我遇到挫折时

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Three Men in a Boat Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch. A passing policeman stopped to watch the

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Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as