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Once there lived a man in a small village in Arabia. He had a camel. Whenever he went on a journey, he went along with his camel. At one such journey, he lost his camel unexpectedly. He was in search of his camel. He asked everyone, Have you seen my
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我有个朋友在政府部门工作。他这工作以前可是个肥缺，经常用公款吃喝旅游。可好景不长，这种挥霍公款的行为被发现了，他被调查机构请去喝茶了。这让我想到了一个习惯用语，那就是:
美国习惯用语
[00:03.64]*****no peanuts. 没有花生 [00:03.56]But does it have peanut oil? 但有花生油吧? [00:05.76]I'm not sure. 我不清楚 [00:08.44]Everyone keep an eye on Howard in case he starts to swell up. 你们每个人都盯着Howard 以防他突然
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'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables an
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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't. RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newsp
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我们今天要学的习惯用语都包括这样一个关键词汇，penny。 Penny, 大家可能早就知道penny这个词是分币，是美国货币中价值最低的单位，如今几乎人人都不把penny放眼里。然而今天要学的第一个习
美国习惯用语
开春了，李华和Larry正在商量种花种菜。今天我们要学两个常用语：apples to oranges和penny pincher. LH: Larry, 终于等到春天了，你说，咱们该种点什么花呢？是玫瑰还是杜鹃？ LL: No way, those are too m
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penny-pincher cheapskate 有些人花钱很小心。花钱小心是很明智的，但是，要是一个人太过份了，把钱看作是生活中最重要的东西，那他和他周围的人就会产生
美国习惯用语
We are pleased to share a traditional holiday story with you, 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry. Karen Leggett adapted this story for VOA Learning English. Your storyteller was Shep O'Neal. The producer was Lawan Davis. One dollar and eighty-seven c
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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 18 December 2007 The African Union has inaugurated a panel of distinguished citizens to promote efforts to prevent conflict on a continent that has seen more than its share of wars. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from AU h
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我们今天要学的习惯用语都围绕一个中心词汇：penny。Penny是分币。在英美等国的 钱币中penny价值最低。如今你几乎想不出一个penny能买到什么东西，所以有人甚至 提议不必再铸造penny了，然而
美国习惯用语
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't.RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newspa
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迷你对话： A: He is penny wise and pound-foolish. 他这个人小处精明，大处糊涂。 B: Why do you say so? 怎么这样说他。 A: The trash of the world he sets high price upon, but the heavenly things he shamefully undervalues. 对废物
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