2008年ESL之交通 01 Getting a Car Serviced

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Covering the sun with one's hand A disciple went to a master. I shall not continue with my studies of sacred texts. he said. I live in a small house with my brothers and parents and never have the ideal conditions for concentrating on that which is i

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Lesson 20 Text A Honesty A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office asked him how old his parents .were when they died.

洋话连篇 Lesson 24

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Bill parked his car on the residential street. The street used to be safe, but now there were frequent reports in the weekly paper about break-ins. He put The Club on his steering wheel and made sure that nothing of valuenot even a pair of cheap sung

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日常口语 You'd better...的句型

You had better give up sweets. 你最好把糖戒掉。 You had better think it over. 你最好再考虑考虑。 You had better not go just now. 你现在最好不要去。 You had better not stay here very long. 你最好不要在这里待太久。

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A: When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow! A: 我跟我妈说我会到半夜二点才回家, 她气死了。 B: Duh! B: 废话!(怎么会不生气?) 不知道为什么会用have a cow 来表示很生气。实际上, have kitten

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To this day I remember my mum's letters. It all started in December 1941. Every night she sat at the big table in the kitchen and wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been drafted that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pear

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那些相见恨晚的good

Good question. 好问题。 Good idea. 好主意。 Good point. 说得好。 Good girl./Good boy. 好孩子。 Good dog. 好狗狗。(有些把狗狗当宝贝的老外也会对狗狗说Good girl或Good boy)Good for you. 你真行。 It's all good. 一切