Lesson 1

1. 一、计划 本课程词汇集中在2000～6000,都是一些基本的词汇，生活中常用的词汇，背单词要有目的性，清楚自己参加什么考试，要有针对性，才更有热情

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托福常用短语（f3）

for all I know 据我所知 for good 永远地 for good and all 永远 for nothing 免费 for one thing ( 插入语 ) 但是 for sale 出售 for the love of Mike 梦想不到 for the time being 暂时

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a very different story about fashion, although it has to be said for many people a wedding dress is much more than a piece of clothing. It's a powerful symbol of culture, of family, new beginnings. And for one Syrian refug

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Husbands Said 丈夫们说 My wife and I were both happy for twenty something years... then we met. 我和我妻子都快活地生活了二十几年直到我们相遇了。 A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. 好妻子总是会原

英语博客：A growing garden.

One thing that I do in the morning, is to drive my children to school. It doesn't take very long, perhaps five minutes. Parents can pull up into a parking area that is near the school playing field to drop their kids off. Something caught my eye, the

运动休闲—教您应怎样避免阳光灼晒二

Wearing sunglasses Sunglasses can help you prevent your eyes from sunlight's damage. When you buy sunglasses, you'd better check whether they can protect you from the two kinds of rays, UVA and UVB.Th

04-Empty Your Cup

A university professor went to visit a famous Zen master. While the master quietly served tea,the professor talked about Zen.The master poured the visitor's cup to the brim,and then kept pouring.The professor watched the overflowing cup until he cou

ESL Podcast 547 – Shopping for a Hat

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B banishment,bondage,bonus,bosom,bough,breach,breakdown, bridegroom,brim,brook,broom,bruise,bunch, bundle,bureaucracy,burglar,bush,bustle,butcher C calculation,calculus,candidate,carve,cast,casualty,c