The 2010 South Africa World Cup is nearly here and Im so excited. I love the World Cup. Every four years I cant wait to watch this brilliant event. I heard more people watch the Finals than the Olympics. All over the world, people go soccer crazy. Ev

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正英语一分钟

[00:15.64]The Coffee Cup [00:23.30]神秘的咖啡杯 [00:32.03]Everyday, a half-empty cup of coffee was on that table [00:36.68]when I opened and the chair was pulled back. [00:40.60]I knew the restaurant manager inspected the dining room [00:44.24]before

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语灵异故事

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and re

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Anything can happen in the FA Cup High-profile football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal are so well-known that they have become household names all around the world, but have you ever heard of Burton Albion or Leyton Orient? A week

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French Celebrate World Cup Victory This is Whats Trending Today Crowds of happy French fans gathered at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday to await the return of their World Cup-winning team. The team was honored with a parade along the Champs

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BERLIN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- German record champions Bayern Munich progressed into the DFB Cup semifinals after they eliminated Dortmund thanks to the sole goal by Arjen Robben whereas Stuttgart defeated Bochum 2-0 on Wednesday. Bayern Munich's negati

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Beginners. Today I will start at the end of a story to tell you a story. It was at the very end of our stay at Lake Roosevelt, that we stopped at an oasis. I say oasis because The Homestead Cafe is one of very few great restaurants in a remote area.

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Beginners. There is an invasion going on in our house. It started out as an unnoticed thing, but it has grown to huge proportions. Every room of my house is affected. Every corner shows a sign of this invasion. Even my friends and neighbors have ment

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MADRID, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Alex Corretjais was named captain of Spain's Davis Cup team, the Spanish federation said on Tuesday. Corretja is the former coach of British ace Andy Murray and twice runner-up in the French Open and a winner of the 1998 A

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On 26 May 1928, at a meeting in Amsterdam, the Fifa congress decided that a new tournament open to all its members should be played. A year later in Barcelona it was agreed that Uruguay, the Olympic champions and the era's footballing superpower, sho

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BERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan and the United States roared into the FIFA Women's World Cup final on Wednesday. Japan rallied to beat Sweden 3-1 in Frankfurt while earlier the United States eased past France 3-1 in Moenchengladbach. In Japan, it i

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FIFA officials have said there are no plans to hold the 2014 World Cup in any country other than Brazil. Amid ongoing tensions in Brazil, rumours were suggesting that other countries may have renewed their bids following the opening of the 2013 Confe

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Beginners. Haiti, as you all know, has suffered a terrible catastrophe recently. The 12th of January, an earthquake hit the nation. It registered 7.0, and there were many after shocks, about 33. Many countries have given assistance and money to help

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COIMBRA, Portugal, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Benfica won a fourth successive Portuguese League Cup on Saturday after beating Gil Vicente 2-1 in the final. Rodrigo gave Benfica a 30th-minute lead, but Gil Vicente levelled through Ze Luis on 78 minutes. But

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Beginners. The other day, I took the children to the local library. It is only a ten minute drive from our house. We had a lot of books that were overdue and needed to be returned. It's one of those great places to go when it is too hot to do anythin

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Chinese women's short-track relay team captures World Cup gold MONTREAL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China capped off the second ISU World Cup short-track meet of the season in strong fashion as the women's relay team won the 3,000-meter relay final Sunday,

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LONDON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Giant killer Bradford failed to have a fairytale ending at League Cup final on Sunday as Premier League side Swansea conquered the fourth-tier team with an overwhelming 5-0 victory to lift their first trophy in more than 1

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BERLIN, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Japan defeated the U.S. at a seesaw match 3-1 on penalties after they equalized twice a deficit through midfielder Aya Miyama and Homare Sawa to grab the first ever FIFA World Champions title 2011 in Germany in front of so

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Beginners. It's great to be back podcasting for you, my listeners. And what an exciting time of year it is! Back to school. For some of us, it is back to work. It seems that for most of July and August, here in the States, there are advertisements ev

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Probably everyone in New Zealand knows the Rugby World Cup starts tomorrow in Auckland. The first game is between the All Blacks and Tonga. The last time that the Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand was in 1987. The last time the All Blacks won t

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