Keeping up with the Joneses是一个典型的美式习语,表示“和你的富裕邻居保持同等的生活方式或质量”,这其实是一句讽刺的话,指“和左邻右舍比排场比阔气

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 15 March 2007 In some parts of Africa, divorce is still considered a scandal. But, as more couples move to Africa's rapidly growing cities, divorce has become less of a cultural shock. Although female divorcees in rural communit

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当红翻唱女Esmee Denters首张单曲 Outta Here Get me outta here 'Cuz my eyes are burning from these silly tears That you brought when you show me you dont really care And you never loved me, Someone get me outta this place 1 2 3 4 (Right now)

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Ryan: Its really nice of you to make dinner for me. Its been a long time since Ive had a home-cooked meal. Corrie: Im happy to do it. First, though, lets see what you have in your fridge. Ryan: I have tons of food in there. Corrie: What is that? It l

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Authorities in Istanbul say six people were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint protecting the U.S. Consulate. From Istanbul, Dorian Jones reports for VOA several other people were wounded, but no Americans were hurt in what is described as a

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今天我们要学的词是spoiler。 Spoiler, 是指拆台的人。美国消费者权益倡导者拉尔夫.纳德再次宣布竞选总统。Nader has been called an election spoiler, 纳德一直被称为竞选的搅局者。 不过,在接受媒体采

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