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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple-Pie Order By Broadcast: Sunday, October 17, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression apple-pie order. It me

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英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！ Waiter: May I take your order? Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please. Waiter: OK, her

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order,秩序,治安;规律。 The young teacher cannot keep order in her classroom.那位年轻教师无法维持课堂秩序。 order还有其它意思，例如命令`指示等。 He gave orders that the job be done in four days.他指示四天内完成这项工作。 order也指定货`订购的意思。 Th

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As Russia continues to raise its natural gas prices to Ukraine, some people are looking to American gas as a way to ease Europe's energy dependence on Russia. But it's a solution that's still several years off. In their home near Kyiv, Svetlana Kules

oil can cause a global crisis

Jackie: Oil makes our world go roundthey call it black gold. It fuels our cars, runs our industries, it makes our countries work. So when oil prices go up, or when supplies are scarce, oil can cause a global crisis. Oil is the topic of this second c

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 19 December 2006 watch US Energy Security report A group of leading U.S. businessmen and former top military commanders has called on the White House and Congress to reduce America's dependence on oil from overseas,

2007年VOA标准英语-US Congress Holds Hearing on Oil Dependence

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o

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Longtime Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is calling on the U.S. government to take steps to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. He is promoting an energy plan that features wind and natural gas - a proposal he discussed with lawmakers a

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今天我们要学的词是 pre-order. Pre-order 预购。iPhone5问世了。The iPhone5 went on pre-order just after midnight Pacific time last Friday. iPhone5 于美国西部时间上星期五凌晨12点一过开始预售。Roughly one hour after t

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我们今天要学两个习惯用语有共同的关键词：house。大家知道house是房子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是：put one's house in order。 Put one's house in order从字面来看是整理自己的住房，但是习惯用语

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到了订货这个环境，应该离成功不远了,我们与客户之间的交易快要完成了。 1. We'd like to order your products. We'll send our official order today. 我们想订你们的货，今天会寄上正式的订单。 2. Did you get

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Milllions of people across the United States have celebrated Independence Day by watching fireworks displays. Hundreds of thousands braved record heat in Washington for the annual July 4th concert and fireworks. Fireworks lit the skies over hallowed

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2930 dependence

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欧盟愿与中国一同应对全球变暖

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