Henry went out to the front of the apartment building and turned off the main water valve. No one was home in the building except Stanley, so Henry didnt have to warn the neighbors about the shutoff. Back in the bathroom, Henry flushed the toilet. Th

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Stanley had just finished brushing his teeth. He noticed water flowing into the toilet bowl. That's strange, he thought. The water continued to seep into the bowl. Stanley lifted the toilet tank top. The tank was half full, but the water was slowly r

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An increase in world oil prices is helping Vietnam speed economic growth and build new roads and bridges. But it also means higher fuel prices for its own people. Vietnam is not a major oil-producing nation like some Middle Eastern nations. However,

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当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。先学的三个习惯用语都诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活,但

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The U.S. space agency is moving ahead with preparations for Thursday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle(航天飞机) Discovery on its mission to the International Space Station. NASA said it was loading liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen into th

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军事英语词汇 导弹 missiles 洲际导弹 intercontinental missile 中程导弹 mediurn-range missile 巡航导弹 cruise missile 核弹头 nuclearwerhead 地对地导弹 surface to-surface missile 地对空导弹 surface-to-air missile 舰对空导弹 ship-to-air missile 空对空导

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