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He bought some ties at Daffy's. Marked Final Sale, they were only $15 each. Originally, they were $100 each. Who would pay $100 for a tie, he wondered. He bought five of them. He went home. He showed them to his wife. She didn't like any of them. But

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经典背诵 Recitation TopDaniel: Adam showed me around his school. His school is divided into two parts: the junior high school and the senior high school. The white building is their library. And it holds more than 1,000,000 books. And they also h

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Listen Read Learn Daniel: Mom, the road is so strange! It is different from the common roads. Mom: Oh, it was done for the blinds. They can feel and find their way to any place they want. Daniel: Is that really so? Oh, great. It's unnecessary for the

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For fans of fashionable neckwear for men, what's old is new again. Now Mo Rocca who follows these matters has his own ideas about that. Way back in the 1990s, freedom was ringing everywhere. Women were making huge inroads in the workplace. As for men

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We were asked to design an identity for Casa da Musica, the Rem Koolhaas-built music center in Porto, in Portugal. 音乐之家曾请我们设计标志，就是那个由Rem Koolhaas设计建造的音乐中心，在葡萄牙的波尔图。 And even th

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has hosted a welcoming ceremony for Philippine President on Thursday. As part of the event, the two leaders inspected the honor guard outside the Great Hall of the People before sitting down for talks in the presence of d

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Todd: So, Matt, we're talking about adjectives this week and, or qualities about people, so let's talk about what makes people good at what they do. First of all, what do you think makes a good student? We're both teachers so in your mind what's a go

CCTV9英语新闻：Premier Li visits Fisher and Paykel research center

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang continues his visit to New Zealand. Today he visited the Fisher and Paykel Research Centre, and attended a cultural activity in Auckland. Fisher and Paykel is a well-known household appliance company in New Zealand. In 2012

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has addressed a meeting of business officials in Santiago, the last stop of his first official tour to Latin America. The premier's speech at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, or ECLAC, was aimed

China, Germany to promote military ties

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese army on Wednesday pledged to continue boosting military ties with Germany. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and a member of the Central Military Commission, made t

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Japan, paying an official visit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Li Keqiang is also scheduled to attend a trilateral summit between leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea. A former J

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Meanwhile, the State Council Information Office has invited several lawmakers and political advisors to discuss Cross-Strait relations. They commented on President Xi Jinping's recent warning against Taiwan independence. The achievements made in Cros

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