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What makes you angry? What does it take to make you to hit the roof? Today weve got a bunch of expressions for you to use when talking about a person who gets very angry very quickly. When this happens, its like the person loses control and suddenly

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A ticket to London, please. Paul Ryefield: What time does the next train to London leave? Railway Station Clerk: At 16:35, from platform 8. Paul Ryefield: Is it a direct train to London? Railway Station Clerk: No, you have to change trains at Birming

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A: May I speak with the property manager, please? B: Hello, this is the property manager. How may I help you? A: During that horrible rainstorm last night, my roof began to leak. B: What room was the leak in? A: It was in our bedroom. B: Are you on t

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A: Hello, may I speak with the property manager, please? B: Hello, this is the property manager. How may I help you? A: During that horrible rainstorm last night, my roof began to leak. B: What room was the leak in? A: It was in our bedroom. B: Are y

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今天我们要学的词是go through the roof。 Roof 是房顶的意思。Go through the roof冲破房顶，意思就是超过了最高极限。The unemployment rate went through the roof, 失业率飞涨。Due to shortages, the price of wheat has

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Rawdon was the sort of man who said, privately, to his men friends, over a glass of wine after dinner: No woman shall sleep again under my roof! He said it with pride, rather vaunting, pursing his lips. Even my housekeeper goes home to sleep. But the

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每日一词【715】go through the roof：超过了最高极限

今天我们要学的词是go through the roof。 Roof是房顶的意思。Go through the roof冲破房顶，意思就是超过了最高极限。The unemployment rate went through the roof, 失业率飞涨。Due to shortages, the price of wheat has g

China reforms railway court system

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Fair treatment for private capital in railway investment

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The Scenic Railway is the steepest cable-driven railway in the world. It was originally constructed for a coal and oil shale mining operation in the 1880s. From 1928 to 1945 it carried coal during the week and passengers on the weekends. The coal min

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The latest service adjustment will see the number of passenger trains in China grow to 3400 pairs, out of which over 2100 pairs are high-speed. 100 pairs of bullet trains have been scheduled to operate in the mornings and evenings, in a bid to make i

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In southwest Chinas Yunnan province, construction of a high-speed railway connecting the capital city of Kunming with Shanghai has just been completed. The high-speed railway is the first for Yunnan. The route is about 380 kilometers and connects the