What do you think these names have in common? Royal. Charlie. Salem. Skyler. Justice. Oakley. Well, in the United States, all of these names are considered fitting for girls and boys. They are considered gender-neutral. And modern American parents ap

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Have you been having some trouble getting some digits lately when you ask a girl out? Maybe you should check what music is playing. Thats what French psychologists found. They published their research in the journal Psychology of Music. First the res

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary gender-neutral: does not identify a person as being male or female personal pronoun: a word that is used to identify a specific person or thing awkward: uncomfortable propose: to make a recommendation fad: something that is p

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BBC Learning English Weekender Carbon Neutral Al Gore Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Al Gore was the vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. He very nearly became the President in a contro

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今天我们要学的词是 high point。High point 意思是高潮,顶峰。The game was a nail biter. It's definitely the high point of the season. 这场比赛扣人心弦,绝对是本赛季最棒的一场。Lighting of the Christmas tree push

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Solar power 太阳能 The third way 第三种方法 A new method of making electricity from sunlight has just been tested 一种从太阳光得到能源的新方法正在尝试 AT THE moment, there are two reliable ways to make electricity from sunli

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