26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年ESL之旅行交通购物

She inspected the carpet for small items. She saw a paper clip and a rubber band. She picked them up. She put them into a little box on the kitchen counter. She plugged in the vacuum cleaner. She turned on the switch. The cat ran out of the room. She

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[00:15.72]The Boy On Chamber's Creek [00:22.15]善波河上的小男孩 [00:35.83]When I crossed the bridge over Chamber's Creek [00:38.56]I was startled to hear my iPOD go back on. [00:42.20]I checked to see the battery and it wasn't even half empty. [00:46

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非洲第一辆太阳能公交车诞生 Kayoolais the brand name for the new bus, which is powered by solar panels on its roof. Itseats 35 passengers and its maker hopes the Kayoola will become the first public bus in Africato be powered by the sun.

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5. Because I forgot to electricize my mobile telephone yesterday, when I woke up it closed. 我昨天忘记给手机充电了,今早醒来发现手机关机了。 还能这样说: My phone had run out of power for I forgot to charge up the batter

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08Using the Telephone GLOSSARY power outage a failure in the electricity system, leaving users withoutelectricity for a period of time* The windstorm caused a power outage last night. phone number the series of seven or ten numbers that must be diale

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26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

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Now Your Turn Electrician: Wasnt I just here several days ago for an electrical problem? Ashley: I guess youre mistaken. Electrician: Oh man! Look what youve done! You cant plug all these appliances into one socket. Its too much overloaded! Ashley: I

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Wind turbines are cool. You're going to love them 风力发电机很酷 你们会爱上它们 They'll be a source of pride 它们将是自豪的来源 The solar cell that powers my never winded watch 为我这块不用上发条的手表提供电能 I

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The problems that Dell, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, and other laptop makers have had with Sony battery recalls have finally caught up with Sony. That plus development costs for their upcoming PS3 video game machine gave Sony a 94% drop in profits for th

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Whats the surprise? Benny demanded first thing the next morning. Maris slid a plate of pancakes in front of Benny and said, Its a camping trip. A camping trip! I like camping, said Benny. I need to do a little trail scouting on Blizzard Mountain for

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We're back in business! In fact, I'm back in business. This is an English expression, an idiom(1). And what does it mean? It means that things are working again as they should. I decided to call this podcast 'Back in business' because I am beginning

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What's billed as the biggest rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure in the world is about to begin in the United States. Urban planners are deciding where to locate more than 11,000 charging stations in 11 major cities. They want those stations u

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Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technology that turns human motion into electricity. In this week's journal Nature Communications, they describe how to power a cell phone or other

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备用电机或能挽救飞行员的生命 More than 550 people are killed each year,on average,in accidents involving small,mostly single-engine airplanes,according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. 美国运输部的调查显示每年有超过

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The government hopes that incentives can help alleviate Beijing's worsening air pollution -- a significant part of which is blamed on motor vehicles. But most potential car buyers think the new energy vehicles predominantly battery driven ones -- may

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A: Hello, this is Betty. B: Hi, Betty. Larry here. How many smoke detectors are in your apartment? A: Actually, I have two. B: Are the batteries fresh? A: Both batteries are good. B: Great. I need to come by and check them myself. A: No problem, when

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今日知识点: Homeless person 无家可归的人,流浪汉 A homeless person asked me for some change this morning, but all I had were big bills. 一个流浪汉今天早上向我要零钱,但是我兜里都是大额钞票。 Bum 流浪汉 Y

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Ginger: It's really nice of you to come with me to buy my computer. This is the desktop I'm thinking about. Kevin: This is okay, but if I were you, I'd buy a laptop . It's more versatile . You can travel with it. Ginger: I'm not sure about getting a

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Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we're gonna be talking about food. So Mari, what's your favorite cuisine? Mari: I think I like American food. Ron: What type of American food? Mari: I like hamburgers. Ron: Hamburgers

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