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[00:01.84]- I thought you hated ice skating. - I used to, - 我还以为你讨厌滑冰 - 那是过去 [00:03.12]but you know, Im actually pretty damn good now. 但你知道，我现在滑得还不错 [00:06.00]Im the MVP in my league, in fact. 事实上

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I went on a vacation last week, and I needed a way to get around the area, so I rented a car for the trip. I contacted a car rental agency and asked them about the types of vehicles they had available. As it turned out, I rented an SUV (sports utilit

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Too Much Tourism? Cities particularly in Europe are increasingly taking steps against tourists. 各个城市，尤其是欧洲的城市都开始越来越多地对游客采取措施。 Venice, Italy, for example, is planning to bar some large passenge

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With The Rise Of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves From 'Don't' to 'Delay' LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: California entered the brave, new world of marijuana legalization in 2018. And it's impossible to ignore. There are new dispensaries opening, even bi

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Beginners. The other day, my friend Nataliya invited me to go cross country skiing with her. We don't see eachother very much, so I was happy to go. Julia can babysit your two youngest, if you like, and we can leave at about ten o'clock. Julia is her

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You need to travel from your home to a place 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. Compare the different kinds of transportation you could use. Tell which method of travel you would choose. Give specific reasons for your choice. 范文： Choosing the Best

Weather may delay space history

Nasa is entering the final stages of preparation for its last ever shuttle mission, but it is keeping a very careful eye on the Florida sky. The weather over the Space Coast was atrocious on Thursday, with torrential rain falling on the Atlantis orbi

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Some jobs these days require little more than a laptop and an internet connection, allowing many digital nomads the opportunity to live and work in cities across the world. But because they often only stay in a place for a few weeks or months at a ti

世界无车日呼吁绿色出行

In an attempt to promote more eco-friendly ways of travelling, cities across China have taken part in a series of activities to promote car free day yesterday, urging people to walk, take a bike or use public transportation. Municipal officials in Sh

White House urges Congress to raise debt ceiling without delay

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has insisted on his stance that Congress should increase the country's debt ceiling without delay, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday. The President has made clear he's not going

教你省钱！6种生活必备品从此不花钱

I mostly consider my freebie and free sample addiction as a fun hobby, but throughout the years I have learned that are a few dependable freebies that make it possible to not spend any money at all in certain areas of my life. 很多时候我将自己对

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Ethiopia has agreed to a brief delay in its troop pullout from Somalia to allow the international community time to organize a replacement force. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the African Union is issuing an urgent appeal for manpower

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The business is not all smooth sailingregulation, for one thing, varies widely. 该行业并非一帆风顺各国船只管理规定差异很大。 French law allows boatsharing, but in Greece, a tempting market, private owners face more difficulties.

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When youre budgeting for travel, there are three major costs: the actual cost of getting from Point A to Point B, the price of the food need along the way and the cost of a place to lay your weary head. It can take hours of searching and comparing pr

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I mostly consider my freebie and free sample addiction as a fun hobby, but throughout the years I have learned that are a few dependable freebies that make it possible to not spend any money at all in certain areas of my life。 很多时候我将自己

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HARI SREENIVASAN: So it's a two bedroom? JENNIFER: Yeah, two bedrooms. HARI SREENIVASAN: Three years ago, Jennifer and her husband began listing their two bedroom apartment on what was then an up-and-coming website Airbnb. JENNIFER: My husband travel