Matthew / Canada speaker Probably somewhere between six and seven hours a night. It depends what I'm doing in the evening, or what I have to do in the morning, but I usually go to bed not too late, but I usually have to get up pretty early so, usuall

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Matthew / Canada speaker I ride my bicycle. I like to ride my bicycle around most of the time, if I'm able to I'll ride a bicycle to work, and also I like to walk everywhere. I've never owned a car, so I tend to walk a lot of different places. Lindsa

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Adrienne, United States speaker What am I afraid of? Probably the same things that most people are afraid of. I don't like snakes very much. I don't like strange and large insects, especially in my apartment. I've had a few incidents with that and it

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Ruth, England speaker Something I like shopping for? I like shopping for everything. I like shopping for clothes. I like shopping for food. I like shopping for presents. Everything. Maybe the one exception would be shopping for DIY things: things lik

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2 What are the two speakers doing? [A] Walking down a hill [B] Climbing stairs [C] Discussing a trip

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3 Where are the two speakers? [A] In a restaurant [B] On a farm [C] At the man's home

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Non-verbal Communication If anyone asked you what were the main means of communication between people, what would you say? That isn't catch question. The answer is simple and obvious. It would almost

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The most common phobia people have is the Fear of public speaking. Some people dread public speaking even more than death. Most of us live with this fear throughout our lives. Being an underrated skill we fail to get proper guidance to overcome our s

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AS IT IS 2015-10-09 US Congressman Drops Out of Race for House Speaker 美国国会议员竞选众议院议长 California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race for one of the most powerful positions in the United States. Mr. McCarthy

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很多已经参加工作的网友在学习英语时,发现自己听不懂一盘标准的英语磁带,更别提English speaker 说话,这种情况往往对他们学习英语的自信心是一种打击。针对这个问题,本期实用话题特为

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Jeyong, Korea speaker I'm a student abroad in Japan and I go back to Korean during summer break and during my free time, I usually spend a lot of time with my older sister and I feel comfortable talking to her because she cares for me very much and g

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Kate, New Zealand speaker I like to go shopping and I usually go to the department stores, although they can be a little bit expensive, and I usually shop at Gap or some of the cheaper places in my country, in New Zealand, it's called Glassins and al

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Anita / Taiwan speaker Am I good at saving money? I don't think that I'm a good person. I don't think that I'm good at saving money because I spend a lot. I like to go shopping and everytime I go shopping I will buy something so I don't think I am go

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Simon, Canada speaker OK, so what is typical workday for me, basically come home from work and I place a lot of importance on dinner so I try to make something nice for dinner and then after that I basically listen to my girlfriend complain and argue

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You,you talk a lot about hard work and passion. 你说了很多努力工作和激情的事 Rumor has it,I have done my research,you partied so hard the night before your graduation that you missed it.True or false? 据传言 我做过功课 你毕业前

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One of the biggest problems is speed. Native speakers, especially business people, tend to speak very quickly on the telephone. Here are some practical tips to get native speakers of English to slow down! 主要的一个问题是语速。说母语的人

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An airstrike on a Syrian refugee camp near the Turkish border is believed to have killed at least 30 people. It's not known who carried out the attack in Idlib province,but a journalist in the region told the BBC local people have blamed the Syrian

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今天我们要学的词是doable。 Doable, 可行的,可以做到的。 It's a difficult task, but absolutely doable, 这项工作很不好做,但是绝对可以做得到。 The management gave a green light to the proposal because they conside

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大马士革邀请友好国家观察叙利亚的总统选举 DAMASCUS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian parliament said on Monday that it had sent invitations to lawmakers from 11 friendly countries to attend the June 3 presidential elections. Syria's pa

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