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Hello Antony Funnell here, and welcome to Future Tense. Like many people I know, I catch the bus to work. And this is my stop, one sec... Thank-you! Okay, come this way while I talk. Travelling on the bus is pretty straightforward. But getting from t

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今天我们要学的词是 shortlist. Shortlist 作为动词，有入选决选名单的意思。Amazon shortlisted 20 cities for its second headquarters which will create 50,000 new jobs for the community. 亚马逊公布了建立公司第二总部的

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今天我们要学的词是unfold。 Unfold, 是逐步展开的意思。 Wall Street is nervously watching the financial crisis unfold in Greece, 华尔街紧张地关注希腊金融危机的发展。 Details of the case continue to unfold as the tri

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JUDY WOODRUFF: A day after the president's State of the Union address, both Republicans and Democrats predict most of his proposals won't go very far. The gridlock in Washington has left the heavy lifting of government to more local levels, the citie

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There they subdued the inhabitants, and set them to work in the fields. 他们在那里征服了从前的居民，并让他们在田地劳作。 They themselves founded a city where they lived, and called it Sparta. 他们自己建造了一个名叫斯

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今天我们要学的词是sit well with。 To sit well with someone, 意思是被某人接受。输给湖人后，波士顿凯尔特人队教练里弗斯可能会离任。 The idea of Coach Rivers leaving doesn't sit well with his players, 里弗斯教

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More than 75 percent of Chinese people surveyed said they consider traffic the most important factor in creating livable cities. 我国超过75%的受访者表示，他们认为交通是建设宜居城市最重要的因素。 According to a survey co

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We care about staying safe during our travels, especially when we take our epic adventures solo. There's no reason for travel disasters when you can prevent them. 外出旅行的时候，我们会非常关注安全问题，特别是当我们独自外出

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We like being around people. 我们喜欢待在人群之中。 We are social animals. 我们是群居动物。 Instead, countries where urbanization 然而，那些城镇化已经达到峰值的国家 has already peaked seem to be the very countries 似

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GWEN IFILL: The future of patient care is only one of the concerns casting a shadow over the Crescent City 10 years later. A new report out today has a sobering assessment of other problems plaguing its majority African-American community. Among its

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They fought with extraordinary determination and courage against the legions who were forced to lay siege to each Jewish town in turn to defeat them. 他们以坚韧不拔的毅力和极大的勇气与罗马军团作战，这些军团不得不长期围