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A: I want to buy a parking permit, please. B: Are you a full-time student or do you attend part-time in the evenings? A: I attend both day and evening classes. B: Will you be riding a motorcycle or do you drive a car? A: I ride a motorcycle. B: That
A: I'll need a parking permit for next semester. B: Do you attend school during the day or only at night? A: I only attend class part-time in the evenings. B: Do you drive a motorcycle or an automobile? A: I have both, but I usually use my car to get
A: Excuse me, Professor. I have to talk to you about why my homework didn't get done. B: What happened that you didn't get it done? A: I had to watch a football game instead. B: Well, you had more than one day; couldn't you have fit it in on another
I had lunch today with my friend Sam. She recently quit her job with a large company to strike out on her own. She has always been an entrepreneur in small ways, but she decided to start her own business. The start- up she launched provided technolog
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Nurses do one of the most important jobs in the world. There is a special day for us to celebrate them. International Nurses Day (IND) is on May 12 every year. Of course, this is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. On IND, nurses take pa
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Mark was cursing the driver in front of him because she was creeping along. He was running late for a golf game with his friend Barney. He was on a two-lane road that led to the golf course. The road was straight uphill. It went for six blocks throug
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今天我们要学的词是, pursuit。 Pursuit, 是追求的意思。Pursuit of happiness, 是追求幸福,pursuit of excellence, 是追求完美。36岁的印度移民后裔博比.金达尔当选路易斯安那州州长,成为美国最年轻的
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Isaac weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday afternoon with storm surge and inland flooding still threatening, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destruct
Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 An old man looks ac