纽约警察局部署反恐部队应对恐怖袭击事件 New Yorkers have rallied to France's side. 纽约市民已经表达对法国的支持。 On Monday, they honored those who lost their lives with a rendition of La Marseillaise,the French natio

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联邦救助帮助纽约负担不起食物的工薪阶层 It is Christmas time at the South Bronx apartment of Jose and Oleyda Gutierrez. 在布朗克斯南部公寓中生活的约瑟和奥莱德娅古特雷兹现在已经迎来了圣诞。 Their spi

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That's the end. 故事讲完了。 The next story is called The Haverpiece Collection. 下一个故事叫做《哈弗皮斯的收藏》。 A nondescript warehouse, visible for a moment from the northbound lanes of the Prykushko Expressway 这是一个难

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Is it simply the byproduct of a crude mechanical action? 它仅仅是一个粗糙机械制作的副产品? Or is it an imitation of one half the set of sounds we make to express disappointment? 或者对我们抒发不满的一种声音的一半所进

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星级典句: 第一句:What's the time difference between Beijing and Vancouver? 北京和温哥华的时差是多少? A: What's the time difference between Beijing and Vancouver? 北京和温哥华的时差是多少? B: 16 hours. Vancouver

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第五期:主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写.空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,

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The waiter at IchiUmi asked if they wanted anything to drink. His wife and her friend wanted tea. His wife asked, Do you want tea, too? He said, No. Water's fine. After the waiter left, they all rose. They grabbed clean plates and visited the buffet

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He was making the bed. He shook out the quilt. He laid it flat on the mattress. He noticed a brown speck on the quilt. The speck was moving! He took a closer look. It was a bedbug. So that explained the two red marks on his forearm. He flushed the be

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Lester was walking along East 65th Street. A store window's fancy lettering caught his eye. It said, Smallbone of Devizes. Underneath that, it said, Hand-made English Cabinetry. He understood cabinetry. But Smallbone of Devizes? What in the world was

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Lisa entered a Blarks shoe store in midtown Manhattan. Blarks were her favorite shoes. She wanted a lightweight pair of shoes for work. She found a pair for $100. She bought them. Then she went to Macy's to see if Macy's had the same style in other c

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Ernie took the Q train to Brooklyn. He wanted to see what Barclays Center, the new arena, looked like up close. He walked up the stairs from the station. He looked at the building. It didn't look new; it looked old. It looked like it was covered with

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Two retirees were talking about the nearly completed Freedom Tower. Bud said, Well, it's taken 12 years, but we're finally going to have a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan again. At 1776 feet, it'll be a tall reminder of our country's roots. Mo said,

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As a youth, Cal was a bully and a thief. One time, he stole a man's wallet. The man grabbed him. Cal punched the man hard. Cal ran, but the police caught him. A judge sentenced Cal to two years in jail. He was released after only six weeks. Ten years

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They were in Little Italy, near Chinatown. I'm starving, Meg said. She wanted to try an Italian dish. Aaron said, You might not like it. She said, That's okay. If I don't, you can eat it. They stopped at a busy corner restaurant. This one must be goo

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The lottery jackpot was over $400 million. Mary and 14 coworkers at a McDonald's pooled their money. Mary bought 61 tickets with the money. She made copies of the tickets. She gave a copy to each coworker. The lottery numbers were drawn. One of their

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Tim, 11, could read the minds of the family's two cats. I know when they're happy, he told his sister Ellen. I know when they're sad. I know when they're hungry. I know when they're thirsty. Ellen, 9, said, First of all, cats aren't happy or sad. The

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Your last colonoscopy was 10 years ago, Dr. Carter said. It's time for another one. Bruce made an appointment for another one. He received prescriptions for a laxative and a plastic gallon jug. The jug contained electrolytes. The day before the colon

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Can you work next weekend? Harry asked. I don't know, said Marty. I'll have to check with my wife first. Harry smirked. You're kidding, he said. You have to ask your wife's permission? What kind of man are you? Marty said, I'm a married man. That mea

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Amy had heard really bad news. They're kicking us out of our apartment, she said. They're renovating the entire A Wing. Everyone in A Wing has to move out by September 1. Sam said, You're kidding! Who told you this? How can they do this? This is unbe

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Ben was in bed. He could hear his uncle in the kitchen. He was arguing with Ben's father. Do I look like a bank? You're always asking me for money, Bens uncle said. And it always takes you years to pay me back. Ben's father said, I ask you because yo

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