Grandfather’s Clock

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Talking clock　会说话的钟

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2006年VOA标准英语-Republican Lawmaker Tom DeLay to Leave Con

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2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Says No Time for Delay on UN Iran Sta

By David Gollust State Department 24 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday there should be no further delay on a U.N. Security Council statement calling on Iran to halt ura

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korean Lawmakers Delay US Trade Deal in B

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VOA常速英语2008年-EU Delays Deployment of Peacekeepers to Chad

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VOA常速英语2007-US Offers to Delay Activation of Europe-Based An

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英文歌曲:Grandfather's Clock

Grandfather's Clock Artist：平井坚 My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself And it weight not a penny's weight more It was bought on the morn that my g

White House urges Congress to raise debt ceiling without delay

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voa标准英语2008-Ethiopia to Delay Troop Pullout From Somalia

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My “Cock” Clock

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