NB: This is not a word-for-word transcript 6 Minute English ?British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 1 of 4 bbclearningenglish.com Rob: Hello, welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Rob. Finn: And I'm Finn. Hi Rob. Rob: It's that time of the year for th

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1. Letters It is very common for school age children to write letters to Santa Claus. But, the Brits take it a step further and burn the letters in the fireplace so the ashes fly up the chimney and Father Christmas can read the smoke. If, like many,

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Lenina! he repeated apprehensively. 列宁娜。他恐惧地重复了一句。 She put her hand to her neck and gave a long vertical pull; her white sailor's blouse was ripped to the hem; 她把手放到脖子边,向下长长一拉,那白色的水手

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China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan, along with Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, has tried to ease concerns over China's economy at the meeting in Ankara, Turkey. They mainly focused their attention on China's stock market, RMB exchange rate and

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Child-free businesses 店内无童 Nippers not wanted 孩子禁入 The rights and wrongs of banning babies 禁止孩子入内的是与非 IT IS a familiar sound. You are enjoying a quiet beer in your local watering-hole when someone starts crying. Un

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How often do you use the word nice? I have no idea how many times I physically utter the word nice in a single day, but I'd guess it's a lot. 你有多经常用到nice这个词呢?我不知道我每天具体要说多少次nice,但我觉得次数一定

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