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I leave for work about 6:30 a.m., and I walk to a bus stop not too far from my house. I catch a bus that comes by around 6:45. The bus isn't very crowded when I get on, but it fills up by the end of the line. Then, I get off the bus and catch a train

英语博客：Lake Chelan.

A change is as good as a rest is a common saying in England. And that's what I've been having. It's summer, the children are out of school, our routine is up in the air(1), and we've been getting out of town. Have you noticed? I haven't been talking

新目标初中英语九年级--Unit 14 Have you packed y

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SSS 2009-03-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If youve ever popped open a jar of the pickled fish, you know that herring like to stick together. Actually, its something they do naturally, even before

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Part One He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boys parents had told him t

【有声英语文学名著】老人与海（2）

Part Two I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing, the old man said. They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand. The great Sislers father was never poor and he, the father, was playing in the Big L

英语音频杂志：河流

Rivers: what do they mean to you? Are they just something boring you learn about in geography at school? For many people the answer is probably yes, but anyone who has ever lived beside one and gone for walks along its bank, swum in it, gone fishing,

SSS 2008-11-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? It sure is a pig-eat-anchovy world out there. While that may sound like a joke, the results of a newly released study say it's no laughing matter. Farmers are fatten

词汇典故—做个好人

词汇典故做个好人 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We present more expressions about food. They are from Elenir Scardueli, a listener in Brazil. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故，我们将讲解更多有

厄尔尼诺使热带鱼群前往加州

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儿童故事集：Katie and the Cat who Talked

Katie and the Cat Who Talked- Every Saturday, not far from where Katie lived, there was a market. Farmers came into town and set up their stalls in a car park. They sold the tastiest apples, the freshest eggs, and all sorts of vegetables that stil

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Idiom: Packed like sardines ( very crowded ) Hit the book: Trade agreement Tourism Permanent Migrant Numerous Take effect Mandarin Simplify procedure The new measures were signed alongside the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement approved last month.

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Beginners. The other day, my friend Nataliya invited me to go cross country skiing with her. We don't see eachother very much, so I was happy to go. Julia can babysit your two youngest, if you like, and we can leave at about ten o'clock. Julia is her

每日一词【297】packed：挤满，塞满

今天我们要学的词是packed。 Packed, 是挤满，塞满的意思。The stadium was packed with fans, 体育场里挤满了球迷。The train was so packed I could not get on, 车厢里挤得不行，我根本挤不上去。 九月份开学后，

学个词Learn a Word 第297期 Packed

今天我们要学的词是packed。 Packed, 是挤满，塞满的意思。The stadium was packed with fans, 体育场里挤满了球迷。The train was so packed I could not get on, 车厢里挤得不行，我根本挤不上去。 九月份开学后，

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Don't let itchy eyes and a runny nose ruin your summer - here's some top tips to help you beat the sniffles and sneezes that come with hay fever. 不要让眼睛痛痒、鼻子堵塞毁了你的夏天。花粉症袭来之时，如下小贴士可以让你

对眼睛有益的10种食物

You need to take proper care of your eyes to maintain good eyesight. There are few fundamental rules that have to be done for good eye care. As you know very well that exposure to sun is very bad for the eyes. Similarly, if you use computer for long

【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语793期

LUCY:This is an awfully big wardrobe. MR.TUMNUS:War Drobe?Im sorry.Please allow me to introduce myself.My name is Tumnus. LUCY:Pleased to meet you,Mr.Tumnus.Im Lucy Pevensie.Oh,you shake it. MR.TUMNUS:Uh..why? LUCY:I...I dont know.People do when they