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Male: I think we better 1) review. Female: Yup good idea. Male: OK, the most important rule, the one that all the others serve to protect and 2) execute is that verbs and their subject must agree. Sin

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February 28 is National Tooth Fairy Day. This day celebrates one of childhoods make-believe visitors. Others include Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. The Tooth Fairy comes in the middle of the night after a child loses a milk tooth. Parents tell the

Cherry Cox讲故事 14 Ben's tooth

Ben's tooth Ben was eating an apple at school, ow! he said. Oh, look! My tooth has come outand here it is, in my apple! Ben went to show his teacher. Look, Mrs. Green, he said, My tooth has come out. Here's a little box to put it in, said Mrs, Green.

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Will Chinese Replace English as the Global Language? 汉语会取代英语成为世界语言吗? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently surprised Chinese students when he spoke to them in Chinese. In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zucke

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Many people fear a visit to the dentist. They are not so much afraid of the doctor, but of the dental equipment and treatments. Well, fear no mor

儿童故事集：麦克斯韦失去了一颗牙-Maxwell Loses A Tooth

Maxwell put up his hand and waited for his teacher, Mrs. Gilbert, to notice him. Do you have a question, Maxwell? she asked. Its more like a problem, Maxwell said. I lost my tooth. Maxwell stood up and held out his hand to show his class his baby too

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a tooth pulled A man and his wife entered the dentist's office. The man said, I want a tooth pulled. We're in a big hurry, so forget about any pain killers. The dentist said，You're very brave. Which tooth is it? The man said to his wife, Show him y

国家地理-2008-07-03 Mating Moments 求偶时刻

Ok, here is the clinic for you guys out there on the Dos and Donts of finding emotional joy and carnal fulfillment in its most primitive form, if you get my drift. This male wildebeest dashes up to this herd of females, oblivious to the fact that ot

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is ain't and a few other troublesome contractions. To quote the famous opening lines of the first-ever talking picture, The Jazz Singer: Wait a minute, wait a minute! You ain't heard nothin' yet! You may have been chi

英语语法：188 Lay Versus Lie

图片1 Today's topic is lay versus lie. Lay Versus Lie First, we'll do the easy part, which is the present tense... If you exclude the meaning to tell an untruth and just focus on the setting/reclining meaning of lay and lie, then the important dist

研究表明:我们利用人类大脑的前脑区域学习语言

Study: We Learn Language in Pre-Human Area of Brain From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. A new study from brain researchers helps explain how the human brain evolved, or changed over time, to permit people to speak and writ

英语语法：67 Is "I'm Loving It" Proper Grammar?

Today, Bonnie Trenga will help us figure out whether a fast-food chain is on the cutting edge of grammar, or its just being creative with verb tenses. Its time to dissect the McDonalds advertising slogan Im loving it. An ESL teacher named Devaki wrot

VOA标准英语2015--世界卫生组织已批准婴儿脑膜炎疫苗

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英语俚语天天说 第44期:年纪大,年头久 long in the tooth

释义： Long：长的，tooth：牙齿；字面来看呢，long in the tooth是牙齿长的意思； In english：Old in age. Mostly used when referring to people or horses.英文里指的是年纪大，一般指的是人或者一匹马； 来源：

【英语语言学习】汉语会替代英语成为全球通用的语言吗

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently surprised Chinese students when he spoke to them in Chinese. In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zuckerberg spoke Chinese for about 30 minutes. Although his Mandarin was far from perfect, students an

英语听力：自然百科 Mating Moments 求偶时刻

Ok, here is the clinic for you guys out there on the Dos and Donts of finding emotional joy and carnal fulfillment in its most primitive form, if you get my drift. This male wildebeest dashes up to this herd of females, oblivious to the fact that oth

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He dreamed that one of his teeth had fallen out. He told his classmate. She said, In my country, such a dream means a relative is going to die soon. He asked, Really? Any particular relative? She said, Yes. It depends on which tooth falls out. He sai

VOA常速英语2008年-WHO Develops Long-Lasting, Low-Cost Meningitis

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 March 2008 With more than three months remaining in the peak meningitis season, outbreaks in Burkina Faso and Central African Republic have already taken hundreds of lives. But the World Health Organization says a new, low-c

儿童英语：牙齿仙女 TOOTH FAIRY-1

Primitive peoples believe that hair, nail clippings, and lost teeth remain magically linked to the owner even after they have been disconnected from his body. As any voodoo artist will tell you, if yo