音标:['tenəmənts] ;
n. 房屋, 住户, 租房子( tenement的复数形式 )
n. a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

The Hidden Vitality of Human Beings by Newbold Morris What has been the most appealing part of the development of the American Dream? Well, to some of us, perhaps, the most dramatic phase of our development has been the ceaseless energy of the pionee

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EXPLORATIONS - Tenement Museum Recreates Old Immigrant Life in New York City A visit to the apartments of the Gumpertz family, the Baldizzis, the Rogarshevskys, the Levines and the Confinos. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 March 2008 VOICE ONE: Im

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bedraggled, [bi'drgld] adj (衣服、头发等被雨泥)弄湿的,凌乱不堪的=wet+dirty 【例】a street of bedraggled tenements 两旁是破旧公寓的街道。 【记】我的记法不是有一点黄,更难登小雅之书!如有文

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225.The atypical tycoon不合定型的巨头 tycoon-undaunted Tom Downing did not typify the definition of tycoon. He wasnt typically arrogant. In fact, he had an uncanny sense of commonness to him. Most of the rich are tyrannical people, but Tom was

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Lower East Side Tenement Museum Recreates Life in New York for Immigrants 100 Years Ago 下东区公寓博物馆再创100年前纽约移民的生活 From VOA Learning English, welcome to This Is America. Im Steve Ember. Today, Bob Doughty and Faith L

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Coney Island Amusement Park Still Up and Spinning Coney Island is only half a kilometer wide, but this playground by the sea has been offering giant-sized fun ever since the early 19th century. It's been a Big Apple summertime destination, beginning

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 03 October 2007 Nairobi is home to some of the world's biggest slums, and more than half of its 3 million people live in them. Many in the slums don't even have electricity, so it was quite an event recently when a white scree

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He sewed all ten dozen in two days. 之后的两天内,连夜缝制完成的十打婴儿围嘴被销售一空。 Back he went to Claflin for another round. e sold those too. 之后路易斯又回到克利夫林公司重新买取布料,并成功的将

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EXPLORATIONS - Lower East Side Tenement Museum Recreates Life in New York City for Immigrants 100 Years Ago By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Gwen Outen. VO

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Its the anarchy of poverty Delights me, the old Yellow wooden house indented Among the new brick tenements 贫穷的无序景致 使我愉悦:陈旧的 黄色木屋陷入 新的砖造分租公寓的包围中 Or a cast iron balcony With panels showi

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The door of the Perkins School had slammed shut, but another door opened. Annie learned about a new school for deaf children. Two menDr. Thomas Humason and John Wrightstarted the school in 1894 in New York City and it sounded perfect for Helen. But h

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It was spring, 1887. Eleanor Roosevelt was almost three years old. She was very excited. She was going to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a great ship, the Britannica. Her father, whom Eleanor adored, had told her about the different countries that the f

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What the hell is going on? 发生什么了 Found Nickel. Click the link I just sent you. 找到尼克了,打开我刚发你的链接 This came up on every screen with an I.P. address originating from the Glades. 每个IP手机都收到了,从林中

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