第二天清晨,丹尼尔兴高采烈地和爸爸一起去爬山。可是爬到半山腰的时候,爸爸实在是累得筋疲力尽,这可怎么办呢? Listen Read Learn Daniel: What a beautiful day! Dad: The weather is so crazy. It rained cats and dogs last night, but cleared up in the mornin

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 28 February 2008 A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to impr

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Sometimes Jeff's TV screen turned black. Sometimes the picture froze. He called his cable company. The representative gave Jeff a Sunday appointment. Sunday morning, the doorbell rang. Jeff opened his apartment door. It was the cable technician. The

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