英语词汇指导：chair与seat的用法区别

chair 指的是一种有靠背(有时还有扶手)的可移动的单人椅子，而 seat 则是指供人坐的东西，它可是椅子、凳子等，也可以是箱子、地板等可以供人坐的地方。如： There are some tables and chairs in t

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88.He Lowered Her chair Six Inches

While on vacation in San Francisco, my sister developed a toothache. The hotel desk clerk recommended a dentist. Susan, who dislikes heights, was horrified to discover that she was located on the 14th

英语歌曲:Big chair~~

Shine~~ 演唱者：take that you,you're such a big star to me you're everything i wanna be but you're stuck in a hole and i want you to get out i don't know what there is to see but i know it's time for you to leave we're all just pushing along tryi

He Lowered Her chair Six Inches

While on vacation in San Francisco, my sister developed a toothache. The hotel desk clerk recommended a dentist. Susan, who dislikes heights, was horrified to discover that she was located on the 14th floor of a skyscraper, with two of the office wal

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Salt is believed to be the single most harmful thing in our food, contributing to high blood pressure For years doctors have been telling patients with high blood pressure to cut down on the amount of salt in their diet. Now a prestigious panel of ex

VOA标准英语2011--Study: Reducing Soot is Fastest Way to S

Study: Reducing Soot is Fastest Way to Slow Climate Change A new study finds that reducing carbon-rich soot emissions could be the fastest and most economical way to slow climate change and protect human health. Those dust-like particles released in

VOA标准英语2014--Study: Off-shore Wind Farms Tame Hurricanes 研究发现风力发电厂能减弱飓风危害

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2006年VOA标准英语-Sustainable Marketplace Goes Global

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10 Reasons to Use an Exercise Ball as Your Chair

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英文乡村歌曲：Old Blue Chair—kenny chesney

there's a blue rocking chair sittin' in the sand weathered by the storms and well oiled hands it sways back and forth with the help of the winds it seems to always be there like an old trusted friend i've read a lot of books wrote a few songs looked

英文短篇故事（纽约）420 The Chair Kicker

She sat down in the front row of the midtown classroom. There was one man sitting right behind her. Other students were scattered throughout the room. She took out her notebook. The teacher started talking. It was a real estate class about contracts.

英语美文：Larry's Lawn Chair Ride

Larry's Lawn Chair Ride 梦想起飞，别一飞冲天 Larry Walters boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejec