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The expressions in this weeks episode are used when people get really focused on things or need to continuously work at something. Its like these people are doing it all the time, and nothing else! These expressions are often used to exaggerate that

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Welcome to Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore common expressions in American English. Like all languages, our expressions come from everywhere. They come from nature, sports, and food. They come from money,

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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. Thought it weighed not a penny weight more. It was bought o

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So I became very err.... captivated by computer. 我完全给计算机迷住了 And a computer to me was still a little mysterious 当然计算机对我而言仍然有些神秘 cause it's at the other end of wire,I had never really seen the actual co

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Prince Michael of Valleluna sat in the park on the seat he liked best. In the coolness of the night, he felt full of life. The other seats were not filled. Cool weather sends most people home. The moon was rising over the houses on the east side of t

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Three radio stations in the United States mainly broadcast one thing: the official time. The three are radio stations WWV and WWVB, in the state of Colorado, and WWVH, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. They send out signals that are used by millions

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Frame In time division multiplexing systems, Frame is a sequence of time slots each containing a sample from one of the channels carried by the system. The frame is repeated at regular intervals, (nor

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歌词如下： Round the clock the hours go, Sometimes fast and sometimes slow, Tell me what the two hands say, They will tell the time of day, Nine o'clock,it's time for bed. Come with me,you sleepyhead. Round the clock the hours go, Sometimes fast

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My Cock ClockHello! My name is Dongdong. Do you know I have a nice clock? It is a beautiful clock. It is in my bedroom. In m\fact it is an alarm clock. The big and round body is made of plastics and the clock is set in it. There is a red comb on its

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Rebekah Schipper. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Voice 1 Do you ever think about time? What is it? You cannot touch it, smell it or taste it. But you cannot escape it. Time is all around us. We or