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Long ago there lived a merchant Abdullah. He was very rich, but he was very greedy. One day he loaded his forty camels with costly spices to sell in a far away city in Arabia. He sold all the spices there. He halted in an inn to have lunch on the way

美国习惯用语:774 come down on like a ton of bricks

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是：come down on like a ton of bricks。Ton，是一吨两吨的吨； brick，是砖头的意思。A ton of bricks一吨重的砖头砸下来，想想都让人不寒而栗。Come down on like a ton of bricks，

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At the very first sniff he leaped into the air. 小兔哥刚刚跳起来闻了一下， For the ball was a hornets' nest, and hornets do not like to have rabbits hopping about their nest. 结果那个球是个黄蜂窝，大黄蜂不喜欢兔子在他们

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The monkey is a very cunning little animal, and is found in many parts of the world. 猴子是一种非常灵巧的小动物，人们在世界上很多地方都发现了它们的踪影。 A lady once had a monkey, which had been brought to her as a p

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Ben Franklin And A Very Furry Situation When they hear the name Ben Franklin, many folks think of the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress and things like that. Not as many people remember that Franklin was an inventor . . . and a go

轻松日记商务职场篇35:火上浇油

核心句型： You don't have to rub it in. I already feel bad enough as it is. 不要再火上浇油了，我已经够难过了。 rub it in直译过来就是：反复摩擦它的里面，这个短语的正确意思是：火上浇油，故意触人痛

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Bruce picked up the cat. The cat meowed. The cat didnt like most people. The cat liked to be alone. It liked to sleep on the sofa. It liked to sleep in the fruit bowl. It liked to sleep on top of the TV. It liked to chase bugs in the front yard. It l

超级简单英语阅读:Washing Her Hands

Fay went into the bathroom. She turned on the cold water. She turned on the hot water. Warm water came out of the faucet. She put her hands under the warm water. She rubbed her hands together. She picked up a bar of white soap. She rubbed the soap wi

简单慢速英语阅读:Wash Your Nose

He wanted to wash his hands. His hands were dirty. They were dirty from the newspaper. All newspapers have black ink. The black ink got on his hands. When he rubbed his nose, he put black ink on his nose. His wife looked at him. She laughed. Why are

英语歌曲:arctic monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks

arctic monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks old yellow bricks, love's a risk quite the little escapologist love's some myth when you wish for a thousand places better than this you are the fugitive, but you don't know what you're running from you can't kid us

Lesson 155 - TIGHT-LIPPED / TIGHT WITH SOMEONE

Tight-lipped Tight with someone 今天我们再给大家讲解两个以 tight 这个字为主的习惯用语。我们要先给大家介绍一个你们经常会用到的一个字,那就是: tight-lippe

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Fay went into the bathroom. She turned on the cold water. She turned on the hot water. Warm water came out of the faucet. She put her hands under the warm water. She rubbed her hands together. She picked up a bar of white soap. She rubbed the soap wi

Lesson 154 - RUN A TIGHT SHIP / SIT TIGHT

To run a tight ship To sit tight 今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语里一个关键的字就是: Tight. Tight 就是「紧」的意思。这个字有的时候具有好的含义,但也有

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For more on the reactions from Russia, were now joined by our correspondent Anya Ardayeva who is standing by in Moscow. Q1: Voters in Donesk and Luhansk regions have already started casting their ballots. Tell us whats Russias latest response to the

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今天我们要学的词是mock election。 Mock election, 是模拟选举的意思。虽然孩子们不能投票，但每次大选都是对他们进行选举教育的天赐良机。 In classrooms across the nation, students have been casting ballots

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Sea-water is salty, and people who live near the sea can get salt by filling shallow ponds with sea-water in summer, when the sun is strong. 海水里面是有盐的。夏天日照很强烈的时候, 住在海边的人, 只要把浅浅的池子灌满海

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Mr. Zuckerman sat down weakly and ate a doughnut. 朱克曼先生无力地坐下，吃他的炸面圈。 His wife went to the woodshed. 他的太太到板棚去了， When she returned, she wore rubber boots and an old raincoat, 回来时穿着橡胶靴

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文本： I've been listening in on Cashandra and her girlfriends' conversations, and I don't think she knows anything happened between you two. I also learned she's a dancer. Her lip gloss is from Kiehl's, and she's school chums with Adele. Not the

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Class and Ass Professor Laurie of Glasgow put this notice on his door：Professor Laurie will not meet his classes today． A student，after reading the notice，rubbed out thec． Later Professor Laurie came along，and entering into the spirit of

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