He was standing on the busy sidewalk. He was looking straight up. They were building a high-rise at 32nd Street and 6th Avenue. It had hundreds of huge glass windows. A crane was lifting a dumpster. The dumpster was about 20 feet in the air. He watch

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

It was a warm, sunny day. She put a hat on to keep the sun out of her eyes. She needed to visit her bank. She walked down to the corner. There were four buildings at the intersection. One was her bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. Th

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Sam took a bus to the cemetery. He went there every month to visit his mom's grave. This time something was different. Her headstone was missing. He looked around. Where is Mom's headstone, he wondered. He started to walk around the cemetery. He saw

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Radio Announcer: 11:05 on a Christmas Eve morning. And by this time tomorrow fellow kiddies it will all be over but the exchanging! Music: Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. . . Mike: Jacket. Scarf. (sniffs) Blue. All right. Shirt. Uh, long

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The next morning the children loaded their bikes with more recycling and pedaled to the Use It Again Recycling Center. Even though they had worked hard yesterday, they had enjoyed it. Helping other people felt good. And helping people recycle felt es

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There is a simple principle that can be applied to all homes: if you don't do the chores, the place becomes like a pig pen. But, if you're wise, you can train the little pigs to do the chores. That is something that I have discovered recently. My fou

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She used to eat meat. She used to eat a lot of meat. She used to eat beef. She used to eat pork. She used to eat ham. She used to eat chicken. She ate meat every day. She ate bacon for breakfast. She ate a hamburger or hot dog for lunch. She ate meat

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It was a warm, sunny day. She put a hat on to keep the sun out of her eyes. She needed to visit her bank. She walked down to the corner. There were four buildings at the intersection. One was her bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. Th

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It was a warm, sunny day. She put a hat on to keep the sun out of her eyes. She needed to visit her bank. She walked down to the corner. There were four buildings at the intersection. One was her bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. Th

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A: Where are the dumpsters located in this building? B: Right now they are in the front of the building for pickup. A: When do the dumpsters get emptied? B: They usually get emptied Wednesday, unless there is a holiday in there somewhere. A: Are ther

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 地道英语对话-租房

A: I need a little help about where to dump my trash bags. B: Put them in the parking lot dumpster near the parking spaces. A: When is trash day? B: Trash day is Wednesday. A: Do they sort our recyclables, or do we do it? B: They expect us to take ou

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A: Can you tell me where we are supposed to take our trash? B: Put it in the dumpster next to that stairway. A: What day do they pick the trash up? B: They empty the trash every Wednesday. A: Are we supposed to mix our recyclables in, or sort them? B

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Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bad situation is to laugh at it. That's the idea behind The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a parody of classic superhero comics, written for America's current economic meltdown. In it, writers Erich Origen and Ga

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月

A: Can you tell me where we are supposed to take our trash? B: Put it in the dumpster next to that stairway. A: What day do they pick the trash up? B: They empty the trash every Wednesday. A: Are we supposed to mix our recyclables in, or sort them? B

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She used to eat meat. She used to eat a lot of meat. She used to eat beef. She used to eat pork. She used to eat ham. She used to eat chicken. She ate meat every day. She ate bacon for breakfast. She ate a hamburger or hot dog for lunch. She ate meat

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A gargantuan doll. Beginners. The other day, my mother came to visit with a special present. It was something that she had bought at an auction. She often buys presents for my children; she's their grandmother, so she spoils them. It was a special gi

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Clare turns and runs up the path, into the arms of her lighted and welcoming house, and I turn to the dark and begin to walk across the meadow. Later in the evening I chuck the tie in the dumpster behind Dinas Fish n Fry. LESSONS IN SURVIVAL Thursday

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Why'd you scream? You knew it was me. 你叫个屁呀,你明知道是我 That's the one I couldn't get out before. 这是刚才我叫不出来的那声 Oh, God, look at this mess. It's like looking for a dirty needle in a haystack, which I've done.

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