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A: I need to get my high speed internet installed. B: You'll need to make an appointment. A: Could I do that right now, please? B: What day would you like us to do the installation? A: Is Friday good? B: We're only available at 3:00 pm. A: You can't
A: I would like high speed internet installed in my house. B: You have to make an appointment before we can come out and install it. A: I'd like to make an appointment right now. B: What day are you available? A: I would like to have it done this Fri
A final stretch of high-speed railway began operation on Wednesday, making it the rail of its kind to circle an island. A bullet train set off yesterday from Haikou, the capital of the island province, on the 345-km western track of the loop line. It
15 Describing Speed and Pace GLOSSARY slowpoke a person who is very slow; a person who does not move quickly * Stop being such a slowpoke! The sooner you finish cleaning your room, thesooner we can go do something fun. to hurry up to do something mor
Smile, Youre on a Candid Speed Camera This is NOT a birdhouse! In a familiar old-time movie scene, a policeman on a motorcycle hides behind a billboard, waiting to roar out, siren wailing, after a driver who's speeding past. In the 1950s, car-mounted
A faster way of travel but with higher cost, high-speed rail in China continues to undergoing doublt. The 2,298-kilometer line which links five regional economic centers including Beijing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and Guangzhou, largely shortens th
Jonathan: Have you ever heard about speed dating? Jeff: Speed dating? No. I have no idea. Fast....? Jonathan: This is a kind of thing that started up in the last number of years, and what happens is it there's an organizer and you go to some dates in
Five years ago, Washington State troopers issued a ticket to a speeder less than half the time. Now, 63 percent of speed-related stops result in a fine. Related Links: National Motorists Association Maximum speed limits in the 50 U.S. States Auto dri
The fastest train in the US, known as Acela, reaches speeds of 241 kilometers per hour and only operates between Washington, New York and Boston Europe and Asia have enjoyed high speed passenger trains for years, but the United States has lagged behi
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A faster way of travel but with higher cost, high-speed rail in China continues to undergoing doublt. The 2,298-kilometer line which links five regional economic centers including Beijing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and Guangzhou, largely shortens th
For folks whove engaged in the strange ritual of speed dating, finding that special someone is like winning a romantic game of musical chairs. Now scientists from Northwestern University say that the results depend on whos doing the circling and who
Chiu: Come on, slowpoke , hurry up ! Well never get to the top of the hill if you dont get a move on . Sarah: Theres no way youre going to get me to move at breakneck speed. Ive gone up at least 500 steps already, and my legs are about to fall off. T
The first high-speed rail tunnel linking the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has been cut through. The 3,886-meter tunnel runs from Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province to the Mai Po district of Hong Kong. The Shenzhen section of the tunnel
The 150-kilometer railway, linking the capital Jakarta with Bandung in West Java, is being built by a joint venture between an Indonesia consortium of four state-owned companies and China Railway. Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong, who attended a gro
The first high-speed rail line to a border city in northeast China is set to open in Jilin Province on Sunday. The new line is to link Jilin City with Hunchun, which is at the borders of North Korea and Russia. Local residents have come to the railwa
Jonathan: Have you ever heard about speed dating? Jeff: Speed dating? No. I have no idea. Fast....? Jonathan: This is a kind of thing that started up in the last number of years, and what happens is it there's an organizer and you go to some dates in
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The 26 kilometer railway linking West Kowloon to the border will plug Hong Kong into China's national high speed network. It was initially scheduled to be completed by the end of last year, but now is delayed to the third quarter of 2018. As a result
In southwest Chinas Yunnan province, construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital city of Kunming with Shanghai has just been completed. The high-speed railway is the first for Yunnan. The route is about 380 kilometers and connects the