ESL露西的一天 第3期:起床讲解(2)

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This is Whats Trending Today. Earthquakes are not uncommon in southern California. Citizens there know how to react and respond if the ground starts shaking. On Wednesday night, many of them received an email from the U.S. Geological Survey that warn

False Earthquake Alarm Sends Tremors Across Twitter

This is Whats Trending Today. Earthquakes are not uncommon in southern California. Citizens there know how to react and respond if the ground starts shaking. On Wednesday night, many of them received an email from the U.S. Geological Survey that warn

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Jennifer's ears were talking to her. They were making little sounds, like little bubbles bursting. A bubble was bursting almost every second. It was not painful, but annoying. She knew the cause. While she was cleaning the whiteboard after her class

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Whose Finger Do You Want on the Button?

Whose Finger Do You Want on the Button? Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the meaning of everyday expressions in the English language. Today, we talk about a common object that appears in many express

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I As long ago as 1860 it was the proper thing to be born at home. At present, so I am told, the high gods of medicine have decreed that the first cries of the young shall be uttered upon the anaesthetic air of a hospital, preferably a fashionable one

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Train Your Mental Alarm Clock in Four Simple Steps

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今天我们要讲的习惯词语都包括这样一个词，button。大家也许已经知道button是纽扣，但是button也可以作动词，意思你也一定猜得到，就是扣上纽扣。我们今天要讲的第一个习惯用语是: button y

学个词Learn a Word 第475期 Hot button

今天我们要学的词是hot button。 Hot button, 是热门、焦点。在美国加州进行的最新民意调查发现，支持同性婚姻的选民第一次占据了多数。 The results of the survey showed the highest level of support on the h

环球英语 — 151：The Belly Button

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英文短篇故事（纽约）338 Want Rain? Push This Button

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