He was at Macy's. He needed a short-sleeve, silk shirt. He couldn't find any silk shirts. He did find a linen-cotton blend. This will have to do, he thought. He took the shirt, still on its hanger, to the fitting rooms. A woman directed him into an e

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He was bicycling west on Delancey Street. Traffic was moving fast. It was bumper to bumper. He turned south off Delancey Street. A couple of blocks later, he turned onto Grand Street. Traffic was also bumper to bumper, but it was barely moving. He ca

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Connie always kept an umbrella in her desk drawer. A sunny morning could always turn into a rainy afternoon. Her emergency umbrella always kept her dry. One day it started raining at noon. She had to meet a client on the Upper East Side. She opened h

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She was moving to New York City. She asked her brother to drive her to the airport in her car. Okay, but I've never driven this heap before, he said. It drives like any other car, she said. And it's a 1993 Cadillac; it's not a 'heap.' Remember, when

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The island had many trees and animals. One day, many people in small boats came to live on the island. They went into the woods. They hunted the animals. They killed many animals the first six months. Maybe we are killing too many animals, said Jacob

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He asked his wife what size pants she wore. I don't know, Annie said. I bought all my pants in China. Sizes are different in America. They went downtown to Century 21. They took the escalator to the third floor. She asked a worker where women's dress

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Free Wi-Fi Is Coming to New York City 纽约打造全球最快免费无线网 The spread of mobile phones across America has led to a disappearance of public pay telephones. In fact, in New York City right now, workers are removing pay phones from th

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AS IT IS 2015-10-29 New York Fines Airbnb for Illegal Home-Sharing 因其非法房屋出租纽约对Airbnb进行处罚 Airbnb, a global home-sharing company, faces a fight to stay in New York City. A proposed law would punish people for renting out t

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AS IT IS 2016-09-20 Bombing Suspect Captured After Shootout with Police 纽约曼哈顿爆炸事件嫌犯与警方激烈交火后被捕 The suspect in two bombings Saturday in New York City and New Jersey has been captured after being wounded in a gu

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AS IT IS 2016-09-17 Gold Toilet Revealed at NYC Museum 纽约博物馆展示黄金马桶 This is Whats Trending Today If you have ever wanted to use a toilet made of pure gold, now is your chance. New Yorks famous Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has set

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New York City Announces Plan to Retrain Police 纽约宣布重新培训警察的计划 New York City says it is planning to retrain its police force. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the retraining of the citys 20,000-member police force Thursday. He s

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纽约警察局部署反恐部队应对恐怖袭击事件 New Yorkers have rallied to France's side. 纽约市民已经表达对法国的支持。 On Monday, they honored those who lost their lives with a rendition of La Marseillaise,the French natio

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联邦救助帮助纽约负担不起食物的工薪阶层 It is Christmas time at the South Bronx apartment of Jose and Oleyda Gutierrez. 在布朗克斯南部公寓中生活的约瑟和奥莱德娅古特雷兹现在已经迎来了圣诞。 Their spi

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That's the end. 故事讲完了。 The next story is called The Haverpiece Collection. 下一个故事叫做《哈弗皮斯的收藏》。 A nondescript warehouse, visible for a moment from the northbound lanes of the Prykushko Expressway 这是一个难

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Is it simply the byproduct of a crude mechanical action? 它仅仅是一个粗糙机械制作的副产品? Or is it an imitation of one half the set of sounds we make to express disappointment? 或者对我们抒发不满的一种声音的一半所进

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星级典句: 第一句:What's the time difference between Beijing and Vancouver? 北京和温哥华的时差是多少? A: What's the time difference between Beijing and Vancouver? 北京和温哥华的时差是多少? B: 16 hours. Vancouver

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第五期:主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写.空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,

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The waiter at IchiUmi asked if they wanted anything to drink. His wife and her friend wanted tea. His wife asked, Do you want tea, too? He said, No. Water's fine. After the waiter left, they all rose. They grabbed clean plates and visited the buffet

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He was making the bed. He shook out the quilt. He laid it flat on the mattress. He noticed a brown speck on the quilt. The speck was moving! He took a closer look. It was a bedbug. So that explained the two red marks on his forearm. He flushed the be

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Lester was walking along East 65th Street. A store window's fancy lettering caught his eye. It said, Smallbone of Devizes. Underneath that, it said, Hand-made English Cabinetry. He understood cabinetry. But Smallbone of Devizes? What in the world was

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