C: do you need a hand? A: no, I can hadle it. Thanks anyway. C: are you sure you don't need any help? A: well, maybe just a little. I can't seem to make it fit. C: I swear, the overhead compartments on these planes just keep getting smaller and small

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The body of a 70-year-old woman has been found in a house that was destroyed by fire in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Fire crews were called to the blaze at around 4:30 this morning. Neighbouring homes on Macquarie Road had to be evacuated. Fir

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1. Iran is bowing to international pressure and vowing it will let the UN nuclear agency inspect its newly revealed unfinished uranium enrichment facility. Word of the plan has outraged leaders across the globe. However, Iran says it has done nothin

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New claims tonight about how much even low-level government employee and contractors can find out about you with just a few computer key strokes. They're the latest revelations from NSA leaker Edward Snowden and whether it's top intelligence official

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Now Mr Speaker, no-one in this debate doubts the deadly serious threat we face from Daesh and what they do, although sometimes we find it hard to live with the reality. 议长先生,在座没有人会质疑达伊沙以及它们的所作所为所带来

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020 The Woodcutter and Hermes A woodcutter was cutting trees next to a pond. Suddenly, he dropped his ax into the pond. He just sat down and cried because he couldn't get it out. Oh, my ax! Then, Hermes, the guardian God of the town, showed up. Young

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Recently I've had the strangest feeling when I've been alone at home. My husband is at work, and my children are at school, so I should be alone. I don't hear footsteps(1), or anyone moving around in the house. I don't hear talking or breathing in an

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

据英国卫报报道,英国日前发布的一份年度电视节目出口报告显示,中国是英国电视节目增长最快的市场. 英剧在中国能有多大市场 The Guardian: Sales of British TV shows overseas grew 5% to almost ?1.28billion

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The work of these scientists is at last throwing a spotlight onto the mysterious hidden world of epigenetics. They appear to show that the lives of our ancestors have a capacity to affect us directly.

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谈到交响诗史金属(Symphonic/Epic Power Metal)它确实为欧陆金属乐坛注入一股新生命力,它的起源除了70年代的 Symphonic/Progressive Rock(交响/前卫摇滚)(E.L.P.、P.F.M.etc.)与巴洛克等古典派的精髓

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is the middle of July. Ja

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Topic1 Dead end for taxi-app subsidiesA heated battle between two of China's largest Internet services providers - Alibaba and Tencent - over the lucrative mobile payments market has cooled down. China's two most-used taxi-hailing app companies have

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In the battle of the sexes women have always won - at least when it comes to cheating death. Although they used to be called the fairer sex, they tend on average to live several years longer than men. However, this gap in life expectancy is closing a

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Have you ever had a troubling problem that has left you wondering where to turn for help? Eve Hobsbawm is a life counsellor. She offers advice to people struggling with all kinds of dilemmas, from relationship difficulties to what to cook for dinner.

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It's the Beginning of the End for Harry Potter《哈利波特》终结的开始 The first part of the final Harry Potter film has just had its premiere in London. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows marks the end of the almost ten-year fantasy film

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Topic 1-Is Beijing Really Sinking? According The Guardian, a British newspaper, excessive pumping of groundwater is causing the geology under Beijing to collapse. The headline is Beijing sinking has attracted wide attention. Is that true? The Beijing

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

It is official: there are now seven billion of us! This week baby Danica had hardly been brought to life in a Manila hospital's delivery room when she was awarded a Symbolic Seven Billionth Person certificate. But there were claims in Russia and Indi

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

The four children, one older brother and three younger sisters, were living by themselves without any guardian taking care of them. Both parents had gone to Guangdong to search for work in different cities, making the four siblings left-behind childr

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Topic 1-Lianjia lost kids plan sparks heated debate Chinese real estate agency Lianjia, Home Link, has been slammed by the police and has triggered widespread controversy, after it allegedly proffered services for lost children and encouraged them to

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-

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