Where is the bank? It's on Main Street. It's next to the post office. It's between the bakery and the barber shop. It's on the corner of Ninth Street and Pine (Street). Where's Lagoon? It's in Davis County, near Kaysville. It's on I-15, between Farmi

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: We continue our conversation with Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch. RS: His latest book is The Lexicographer's Dilemma. In it he challenges the idea of treating dic

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The Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial industry is the talk of Washington right now. But where exactly did the term bailout come from? In this special edition of Wordmaster, Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble turn to di

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Did a secret police infiltrator inside Fathers for Justice first propose the idea of kidnapping Tony Blair’s son? That's what some members of the organization now suspect. It started as a simple con

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本期难点 1. light the blue touch paper: Touch paper is the correct name of the impregnated material used in fireworks fuses. The original phrase (the instructions on fireworks) reads

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Think of crafts and perhaps corn dollies and threaded baskets come to mind. But now the annual COLLECT craft fair has opened at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and it's a very classy affair. On of

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本文看点 凯利发表的《新经济之新规则》一书提示了网络经济中取得成功的丰富法则 ――力量来源于丰富(Power comes from abundance), 这与传统的物以稀为贵(Value comes from scarcity)恰恰相反。一些明智

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by Jason Marshall Weve spent the last few articles building our numerical vocabulary from the ground up. Today, were going to talk about something that sounds hard, but is actually pretty easy...and very useful too: the commutative property of additi

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( Celine Dion ) I'm scared 我很害怕 So afraid to show I care 不敢表明我的心意 Will he think me weak 他会否觉得我很没用 If I tremble when I speak 若在表白时,我浑身颤抖 Oooh - what if 哦,假如 There's another one he

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Celine的肺活量在此歌中得到了充分体现,她富有张力的声音如春雷般震颤人耳,比起Air Supply乐队的男性主唱希区柯克,celine的声音显得更自如。此歌因此成为经典曲目,深深打上了celine的烙印

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Many Along Mekong River Concerned About Hydropower Expansion Ek Than's family has lived in this remote Mekong village in northern Kratie, Cambodia, for more than three generations. As dams have popped up in China, as well as on upstream tributaries,

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Words and Their Stories: Mouth Expressions 词汇典故:Mouth Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and si

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Greeks Divided as Election Stalemate Looms Again Industrial disputes do not get much worse than this. The workers at the Hellenic Halyvourgia steel plant have been on strike for more than 200 days. Yorgos Sifonios is president of the workers union. H

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French Voters Concerned About Economy Ahead of Election At the northern Paris branch of Secours Populaire, people are loading up on basics that will get them through the week. The French charity offers food, clothing and emergency shelter to the need

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US Presidential Election Actually 50+ Separate Votes Election Day is held on the first Tuesday in November in the United States. In each of the 50 states, and in the District of Columbia, there are political offices to fill, ballot questions to resol

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SurvivalGuidesTurnNerdsintoActionHero A few years ago, David Borgenicht, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a book agent. Then one day, he read an article that gave him an idea for his own book. He and a friend - magazine writer Joshua Piven - produc

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A: Hello, I have an appointment for an interview today. B: Great, have a seat. Would you like some tea or coffee? A: Id love some. B: The coffee area is right over there. Please help yourself. A: Thank you. What a beautiful view from this office! B:

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A: Hi, I am here for my job interview. B: Fine, have a seat. May I get you some water or coffee? A: Sure, thank you. B: Ill get that for you right now. A: Thank you. What a nice office this is! B: Yes, could you come in now? I am going to take you ba

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It had been another hot spring day. By ten oclock in the evening, it had only cooled down to 87 degrees, according to Larry's thermometer in the living room. He rarely looked at his thermometer because he usually didn't care what the exact temperatur

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A: Hello, how are you doing today? B: Im great. A: What can I do for you today? B: I wanted to ask about the apartment for rent. A: Ask away. B: I was wondering if the apartment is located in a nice area. A: As a matter of fact, the apartment is in a

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