Some state lawmakers are pushing to ban(1) potentially(2) cancer-causing(3) chemicals from children's products and sofas. The two flame retardant(4) chemicals are known as TCEP and TDCCP and are found in car seats, strollers(5), changing pads(6), oth

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Long-Life Concrete Bridges By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, June 07, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, road accidents kill a mil

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今天我们要学的词是concrete。 Concrete具体的,实质性的。美中战略与经济对话星期二结束。美联社报道说,The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, 美中结束了为期两

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What an important place the kitchen is. Two weeks ago we covered some of the basic areas of the kitchen; do you remember them? Where do we store the cups and plates? The cabinets of course. And, what would we use if we wanted to make a milkshake? A b

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But he cannot in any degree breathe through his mouth, 不过,不管怎样,它是不能用嘴呼吸的, for, in his ordinary attitude, the Sperm Whale's mouth is buried at least eight feet beneath the surface; 因为,按它通常的状态说来

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