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Many people regard summer as a time for relaxing, eating ice cream, and...ouch! I just got bitten by a mosquito! For centuries, people have been searching for effective ways to prevent mosquito bites. What they have been looking for is mosquito repel

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Y: Patrick, I can't run anymore. P: Yang, Chen, we've only run a half mile. We have four and a half miles to go before we finish! Y: What? 还有4个半英里? P: I wonder why are you so tired. What did you do last night. Shopping again? Y: Yeh, Macy

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When you have a cold or flu, the doctor (or Dr. Mom) may tell you to drink lots of fluids. But did they ever explain why you need to guzzle all that water and juice? The extra fluid helps prevent dehydration, which can make you feel even worse, and m

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It's so good to see you both again; I can't believe it's been almost 3 months! That's what your father and I were saying darling. Time flies, but especially for you. Yes, it's been a busy two and a half months. Lots of ups and downs, but mainly ups.

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A: My throat is really dry. B: Do you want to go get something to drink? A: Yes, I'm parched. B: What did you want to drink? A: I was thinking about getting a soda. B: Do you know that soda doesn't quench your thirst? A: Why not? B: Soda is really ba

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In our heat index is water, the fountain of youth. We've all been shogging it all morning because one woman says she looks a decade younger thanks to drinking so much water. We've all heard it from some doctors but this woman really has pictures to p

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Todd: So Meg, you are talking about being in the military, and you said you were a medic. Can you explain what that is? Meg: Yeah. So a medic, which now I believe is called health care specialist, is I always say it's kind of similar to being like a

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A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin

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An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯）, a ruby（红宝石） broach, and gold Rolex（劳力士手表）. But y

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Todd: Every year my company gives me three weeks holiday, in summer, in August, and usually I go home and I see my family, but two years ago, before I went home, I took a hiking trip in Japan and I went hiking across the Minami Alps, uh, Minami means

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Todd: Every year my company gives me three weeks holiday, in summer, in August, and usually I go home and I see my family, but two years ago, before I went home, I took a hiking trip in Japan and I went hiking across the Minami Alps, uh, Minami means

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Todd: Every year my company gives me three weeks holiday, in summer, in August, and usually I go home and I see my family, but two years ago, before I went home, I took a hiking trip in Japan and I went hiking across the Minami Alps, uh, Minami means

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