Passage 38 How to Books Books which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these how to books are available. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with words how to. M

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美国一妇女经营的五金店生意兴隆 Gina Schaefer never expected to get into the hardware business. But when she and her husband bought an apartment that needed to be fixed up and there were no local hardware stores, she decided shed open u

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02 Going to a Home Improvement Store GLOSSARY to fix up to improve something; to make something better; to repair something;to correct what is broken or needs to be updated * Were going to fix up the office with some new paint and furniture. home imp

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Hi, I am Paddy Kim. Whether you're getting ready to take on the morning, or just soaking in the shower at the end of a long day, the bathroom can be a retreat from the world, but it's also where over 60 percent of the water used indoors gets consumed

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RICHARD:Can I help you out there? CARRIER:That's very nice of you.Could you get thte ones in this hand. Thanks.Great.176,176.... RICHARD:Where's Madeleine? CARRIER:Oh,she's on vacation for a couple of

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Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. I believe in honor, faith and service. I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I believe in freedom of

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SEVEN SKILLS FOR QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES IN 21ST CENTURY 21世纪合格人才必备7大技能 Technical and technological skills will take on greater importance. There will be a growing need for people who can understand and fix systems--from computer sy

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Phyu Phyu Aye teaches sewing and helps her students adapt to a new culture at the Refugee Resource Center. Fort Wayne, Indiana, deals with cultural obstacles every day. The Midwestern city of 250,000 is not only home to the largest Burmese community

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Todd: So Mark, you are going back to America. (Yes) Man, where are you going to live when you go back? Mark: Well, temporarily, I'll stay at my parents in Birmingham, Alabama. Todd: OK, and where're you gonna live after that? Mark: Well, I'm not sure

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US, UAE Launch Sawab Center to Counter IS Message The United States and United Arab Emirates launched a joint effort Wednesday to counter the Islamic State militants on social media. The Sawab Center, based in Abu Dhabi, uses social media to confront

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AS IT IS 2015-01-25 In Kenya, Former Prisoners Seek Work, Help Community 肯尼亚释囚寻求工作回馈社区 It is not easy to find a job in Kenya. It is even more difficult for those with a criminal past. But some former prisoners are working to

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Over 10 percent of New Yorkers, nearly 425,000, are unemployed and looking for work, the highest rate in the three decades that records have been kept. The city's jobless numbers are expected to stay at ten percent or above through next year. And tha

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When was the last time you picked up a book and studied how it was made - the typeface, the feel of the paper, the way the words look on the page? These days, as people read on phones and tablets, some books never even make it to p

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Something unexpected is happening in the West's biggest cities. Population is booming, but water use is staying the same or in some cases, actually going down. From member station KUNC, Luke Runyon reports on what to credit for all

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A: Those neighbors of mine are so noisy! B: Yes, I can hear them. What is that pounding sound? A: I think that they are hammering nails to hang pictures. B: How often do you hear them making noise? A: They play their music really loud, and I can hear

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Hairstylist Jackeline Aguilera operates a power screwdriver as she learns how to hang a door in a classroom at CASA de Maryland, a non-profit organization that operates vocational training and employment placement programs in the Washington, D.C., ar

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Businesses in Haiti are struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake January 12. Many workers have lost their jobs, and employers are trying to get their businesses up and running. Mike O'Sullivan visited one large Haitian company, Acra Indu

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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,掌握

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Part 4. Bank holiday DIY. Keyword. DIY(Do it yourself), home improvements, simple decorating, disaster, gardening. Vocabulary. bank holiday, flock, tile, bite off more than one can chew, flat-pack furniture, savvy, weed, patio, deck. Listen to a pass

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362,400 people aged between 18 and 64 are on welfare benefits. (June 2010 figures). The Prime Minister, John Key, said today that if National is re-elected, there would be changes to the benefits. Sole parents who have children aged 14 and over will

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