UNIT 10 Text A PRE-READING TASK Exercise 1 Before reading the passage, consider the questions. 1. Do surveys play an important role in our life? 2. Are the figures in the survey always true? Why or wh

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violent a.粗暴的 Beethoven's father was a violent and dangerous man. 贝多芬的父亲是一个粗暴而又危险的人。 violently adv.激烈地;粗暴地 All the villagers in this town violently objected to the proposed construction of a nuc

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Marine Le Pen, the far-right nationalist leader, has gained more support in her campaign to become the next president of France. 极右翼政党国民阵线领袖玛丽娜勒庞在法国下届总统竞选中,争取到了更多的支持率。 On Mon

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AS IT IS 2015-12-05 Brazil Pursues Impeachment Against Rousseff 巴西要求弹劾罗塞夫总统 A senior Brazilian lawmaker approved impeachment hearings Wednesday over allegations against President Dilma Rousseff. During Rousseffs presidency, unem

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Hi there, thanks for checking us out, Im Virginia Cha, at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Friends and fans are remembering actor Patrick Swayze today. He died yesterday after nearly a 2-year battle with pan

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by ljdsoft AZUZ: After the State of the Union, presidents will often travel around the country promoting some of the ideas and programs that they announced during the speech. President Obama hit the road by train. He's pushing for a nationwide, high-

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今年是伊拉克战争爆发十周年,英国一家调查公司对1684名英国成年人进行的在线调查显示,超过半数的人认为英国参与伊拉克战争是错误的,另有超过五分之一的人认为前首相托尼?布莱尔应该

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Should Hillary Clinton Be Worried? On the surface, the news is not good for Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator. Her popularity as a presidential candidate is dropping in opinion polls. At the same time, her competition is

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今天我们要学的词组是 take part in。 Take part in指参加会议,游行,抗议等等。成千上万的美国人在华盛顿,纽约等大城市游行,抗议美国卷入伊拉克战争, Thousands of Americans took part in the protes

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MEN'S GOSSIP TOPICS 男人们的八卦话题 1. Drunken friends喝醉的朋友 2. News 新闻 3. Old school friends 老校友 4. Female colleagues at work 女同事 5. The sexiest girl at work 漂亮女同事 6. Spreading rumours 传闻 7. Promotions

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AGRICULTURE REPORT — November 26, 2002: Corn, Part 1 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Corn is an important crop in many parts of the world. However, some people ar

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全球最差恋人榜单和全球最佳恋人榜单出炉,赶快来看看有哪些国家榜上有名吧。你心目中的最佳恋人是哪个国家的男性呢?男性读者就要注意了哦,要以评选出的最佳恋人为榜样,情场得胜

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Feeling stressed and in need of a vacation? You are not alone but more than half of Americans do not take all their vacation days, even though they think they need a holiday more this year than last. And nearly a third of workers who do take a break

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Britain's EU referendum could lead to the break-up of the EU itself, Sweden's foreign minister has warned. 瑞典外长近日警告称,英国的脱欧公投将有可能导致欧盟解体。 Margot Wallstrom told the BBC a domino effect of demands f

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老外最烦的口头禅 So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of whatever in conversations。 也许你知道,这就是事实美国人对日常交谈中无所谓这句口头禅最为反感。 The popula

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WASHINGTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Five months ahead of the U.S. presidential election, U.S. partisan bases have been shrinking and going more polarized, with more Americans identifying themselves as political independents in the past 25 years, according

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For the last 10 years, job listing site CareerBuilder has put out a list it calls The Most Unbelievable Excuses for Calling in Sick. 在过去十年间,一个名叫凯业必达 的求职网站每年都会列出一张清单,名为最不可思议的请

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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is heading for big victory in the Washington state Republican caucuses. With about 60 percent of the vote counted, Romney had about 37 percent support in the straw poll. Texas Representative Ron Paul and form

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Obama, Romney close among likely voters following last two debates WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is cutting into Republican challenger Mitt Romney's lead among likely voters nationally following the second and third pres

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In I Don't Know How She Does It, Sarah Jessica Parker just about manages to juggle a job in a financial market firm with being the mother of two children. But she does it with a lot of help from a nanny。 Many modern working mothers can't afford per

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