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Burger Queen flew Billy and his Bronx coworkers to its training center. After returning, Billy told his cousin about his trip. Boy, was it great! I made tons of money in overtime. We were in training 12 days straight. We worked almost 16 hours a day.
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The man looked at John. Sit, sit, he repeated. John smiled. He waved goodbye to the man. Maybe I should buy a few drawings on my way back, he thought. Maybe that old man will be famous some day. Maybe my drawings will be worth millions. He could see
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What's the weather going to be like? he asked. She said there was a 20-percent chance of rain. Twenty percent? he said. Last week they said 20 percent, and it didn't rain a drop. I'm not going to take my umbrella. Twenty percent means zero percent. S
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The cat and the dog were talking. The cat said, Humans treat us better than you. If we turn up our nose at the cat food they serve us, they buy us another brand. If we're sleepy, we can sleep on the pillows in their bed. The dog said, But humans take
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Next to the man were about 30 drawings. They were clipped to the fence beneath the handrail. There were drawings of bridges and buildings. There were drawings of people's faces. All the drawings were black and white. John thought they were beautiful.
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Bill's laptop stopped working. He looked in the phone book under Computer Repair. He called a repair place near his apartment. Byron answered the phone. Bill said, My laptop has crashed. Can you retrieve the files? If so, how much will it cost? Byron
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The couple stood in line at Bellevue Hospital. They were on the fourth floor. They were first in line. Three workers sat behind the main desk. One of them, a slim woman, said, Step down. Doug and Sandra looked at each other. Step down? There was no s
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17 Sigmund Freud 西格蒙德弗洛伊德 Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 in Moravia, which is now the Czech Republic. 西格蒙德弗洛伊德于1856年出生于现在的捷克共和国的摩拉维亚。 His family moved to Vienna when Sigmund was fo
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6 Francis Bacon 6 弗朗西斯培根 Francis Bacon's words knowledge is power are well-known to us. 我们都知道弗朗西斯培根的名言知识就是力量。 This talented boy is so clever that he entered the Trinity College, Cambridge, at the
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5 Aristotle 亚里士多德 Aristotle was born in Stageira, Chalcidice, in 384 BC. 亚里士多德于公元前384年出生于色雷斯的斯塔基拉， His father was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. Aristotle was trained and educa
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8 David Hume 大卫休谟 Hume attended the University of Edinburgh at the unusually early age of twelve at a time when fourteen was normal. 休谟在年仅12岁时就进入爱丁堡大学就读，当时正常的入学年龄是14岁。 At first he co
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2 Zhuangzi 2 庄子 Zhuangzi was probably the poorest among the philosophers before the Qin Dynasty. 在先秦哲学家中，庄子可能算是最穷困的了。 During the difficult times, according to his disciples, 根据他弟子的说法，在生活
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1 Confucius 1 孔子 Zhuangzi once characterized Confucius as saying, 庄子曾经这样描述孔子： You may forget me as I once was, but there is something unforgettable about me that will still live on. 虽忘乎故吾，吾有不忘者存。 Th
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George Walker Bush 乔治布什 In his fathers presidential race in 1988, Bush Jr. became his fathers aid. 1988年在他父亲竞选总统时，小布什成为父亲的助手。 This was the first time the two had worked together closely as adults, a
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She asked if he smoked or drank. He didn't. She asked if he flossed. After every meal, he said proudly. She examined his teeth. She said he might need two new fillings. She called her supervising dentist over. He examined Larry's teeth. This is very
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It was 8 a.m. Larry was running late. Had he done everything? He had brushed his teeth. He had brushed his tongue. He had gargled with mouthwash. He rushed out of his apartment. He took the M16 bus to 23rd Street. The bus was crowded. A young woman p
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She brought home a salad and a large pizza. She put them on the table. Her husband asked if he could join her. She was surprised, but she said of course. They started eating. This is delicious, he said. He was wolfing the pizza down. Sometimes I don'
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She told him to stop picking at his ear. He said he wasn't picking at his ear. He was pulling hairs out of his ear. You look ridiculous, she said. You look like you have a mental problem. He said he did have a mental problem. The hairs in his ears we
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Mommy, look at my paper, said Sandra. My teacher wrote me a note. Her mom looked at the paper. It was a math test. At the top it said, 50%--You're such a loser. Her mom screamed. She said, Did Mr. Brown write this note? How dare he? I'm calling your
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Sam had lost his new teaching job. His supervisor had told him, I'm sorry. When we don't get enough new students, I have to lay off the newest teachers. But Sam was the only new teacher who'd been laid off. All the other new teachers were still worki
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