A: Madison Suites, how may I help you? 麦迪森套房,我能为你做些什么? B: Yes, I'm calling from Mexico. I will be in town next week and would like to know if you have availability. 是的,我是从墨西哥打来的电话。我下周就

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Now over the past decades, more Americans than ever became homeowners for the first time, many of them we now find out couldnt handle their responsibility of maintaining those homes and it turns out they may have known that going in as well. Investm

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❤模仿文本❤ It's the after party at the BBC Food and Farming Awards. Everyone on the short list is there. Cameras are flashing. The winners look dazedly happy. Actually everyone looks happy, partly because they're eating some of the best food

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Unit 31 Meet the Ten Richest People in the World in 2000 (II) 5. King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Age: 77. Nationality: Saudi Arabian. Marital Status: Married. Children: 1. Worth: $28 Billion. Born in Riyadh in 1923, the King has spent his life on one

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经典背诵 Recitation Receptionist: I'm a receptionist in a hotel. We get a lot of calls for reservations each day. Many customers call us to reserve rooms ahead of time in order to have nice view rooms. Some just want to know if there is a bar in

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Supersized America Losing War on Fat First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called Let's Move. Designed to get America's young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nati

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These are turbulent times for one of the world's largest and most powerful insurance companies. American International Group is under investigation over a questionable transaction that involves a company owned by Warren Buffet. And last week, the com

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By Margaret Besheer 25 December 2006 The Christmas holidays are often the most difficult time of year for U.S. service members deployed overseas and far from their families. In Iraq, troops celebrated together, but thoughts of their loved ones were

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 20 October 2006 The issue of philanthropy in America received much media attention recently when Warren Buffet, the world's second richest man donated more then $1.5 billion to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gat

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By Challiss McDonough Kuwait City 28 June 2006 Kuwaiti voters will go to the polls Thursday in a historic parliamentary election. Women will be allowed to vote for the first time, and 28 women are running for office. ------------ Rola Dashti's campa

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OECD Adds Its Voice to US Debate on Taxes Economically, the United States remains one of the strongest countries in the world, but there are signs its competitive edge is slipping. Despite a reputation as a global leader in technology and innovation,

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国会公墓邀请山羊除草 Located near Capitol Hill,Congressional Cemetery is the only American cemetery of national memory founded before the Civil War. Those buried there include legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, famed Civil War photogra

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A Sister Shares 'Horrible And Wonderful' Memories Of Her Brother's Life And Death SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Stephanie Wittels Wachs got a phone call from her loving and accomplished brother just three days before her wedding, in which he shared some surpris

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First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called Lets Move. Designed to get Americas young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nations obesity epidemic. 美国第一夫人米

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今天我们要学的词是rebuff。Rebuff, 意思是断然拒绝。美国国会参议院投票否决了所谓的巴菲特规则,也就是一项提高富人税率的法案。 The conservatives rebuffed the 'Buffet Rule' as class warfare on the rich

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 November 2009 Sheila Sisulu (file photo) A senior Official at the World Food Program says a pilot project in 21 developing countries, including 15 in Sub-Saharan Africa, to alleviate hunger is showing promising results. In

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American investor Warren Buffett says he is looking at investment opportunities in India. The worlds third richest man, who has given away most of his fortune, has also expressed optimism that philanthropy will increase in India. 美国投资大亨巴菲

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By Greg Flakus Merida, Mexico 13 March 2007 President Bush is visiting a hacienda (plantation) in the Mexican state of Yucatan with his host, President Felipe Calderon, where the two leaders are discussing immigration, the fight against drug smuggle

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Topics: Famous Americans: Warren Buffet; The Chicken Soup book series; few versus little; only so many; to be due Words: share partnership sage to endorse philanthropy inspirational chicken soup soul to nourish compilation motivational speaker few li

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