Dialog 1: New words: alternative, convenient, and disruptive. M: Ive told Mrs. Edison she has two training options. F: what are these alternatives? M: Off site training and on-site training. F: So the quality of the training is the same, only the lo

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ACT III Oh, it's a quarter to four, 噢,差十五分就四点了。 and I have a production meeting at four. 我四点钟有个生产会议。 I planned to take you for a ride in Central Park 我原打

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Now the Speaker of the House, Dr Lockwood Smith, has decided that all MPs and their partners will lose the right to have cheap international holidays. This is called a perk. Most workers do not get perks as part of their job. Most workers do not get

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MILAN, Italy, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's caretaker prime minister Mario Monti on Friday pledged to clear up a derivatives scandal at the country's third-largest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) which has been dragged into the heart of an elector

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Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee quit the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination Tuesday after a series of disappointing finishes in the early nominating contests. Thompson's withdrawal comes as the remaining Republican cont

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MPs get money to travel around New Zealand and overseas on important business. However, if they take their family overseas and expect the taxpayer to pay, this can cause trouble. Two MPs are in trouble for this. The first one, Rodney Hide, from the A

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