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原版英语对话1000个:048 The Cold

Todd: OK. Hello! Conrad: Hi, Todd. Todd: How are you doing? Conrad: Oh, not too good. I've got a little bit of a cold I think. Todd: Oh, man. That's not...that's not good. Conrad: Yeah. Todd: How long have you had the cold? Conrad: I think just, uh,

英文原版对话1000个:1048 The Cold

Todd: OK. Hello! Conrad: Hi, Todd. Todd: How are you doing? Conrad: Oh, not too good. I've got a little bit of a cold I think. Todd: Oh, man. That's not..that's not good. Conrad: Yeah. Todd: How long have you had the cold? Conrad: I think just, uh, s

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People who eat quickly until full are three times more likely to be overweight, a problem exacerbated by the availability of fast food and the decline of orderly dining habits, Japanese researchers said on Wednesday. The findings, published in the Br

Chinese syringe attackers jailed

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UN Grim on World Economic Prospects for 2012

United Nations economists have sharply cut their projections for world growth and warned that 2012 will be key to whether the global economy makes a slow recovery or falls back into recession. In their report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2

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It's official - women spend most of their time lying awake at night because of financial worries, while men are kept awake by... 'nothing.' In a new survey, women were asked what keeps them up at night - and the number one answer, from 30 percent of

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