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When Jack bowed to someone, he always did it at lightening speed. You shouldn't wait any longer after he has had his head nod. So he was blamed for no manners. Then some warmhearted men taught him,

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Summer Holidy We're all going on a summer holiday no more working for a week or two. Fun and laughter on our summer holiday, no more worries for me or you, for a week or two. We're going where the sun shines brightly we're going where the sea is blue

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Egypt Prepares for Holiest Month Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for the world's 1 billion Muslims, begins with the new moon expected in most of the world on July 20. It marks the start of a month of fasting, reflective prayer and helping the

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2007年VOA标准英语-India's Colorful Holi Celebration Has Some Seei

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Now there was a man who stole a chicken from his neighbour evey day．This is not the way a man of moral principles should behave，he was told．Well，then I'll reduce the number，he replied，I'll steal one every month and next year I won't steal

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China's forex regulator says it's currently seeing the most balanced supply and demand for foreign exchange in China in the past 3-years. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange says this is mostly due to a crackdown on speculative or suspect ou

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A month before we fly. Today, I went to the awards ceremony at my children's school. It was for the fourth and fifth graders who have made great improvements during the year. It was also to give the fifth graders a good send-off, because they will be

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Today was the beginning of New Zealand music month. Every May for the last 10 years, New Zealand has celebrated our own music. The Auckland band, Opshop, decided to do something different to celebrate 10 years of New Zealand Music month. They hired a

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