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Lucy likes to finish it off, meaning she likes to finish doing her hair, with a little hairspray. 露西喜欢最后喷一点头发定型剂，意思是她打理头发的最后步骤。 Hairspray, hairspray, (one word) is liquid that you put on a lar

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And I think particularly now, 我认为尤其是目前 as we see ourselves in a time of environmental crisis, 我们明白人类身处环境危机时代 we can learn so much from these people 我们可从这些族群身上学到许多东西 who have

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for when you shut the bellows, the valve cannot close the air-hole because of your finger, 因为, 当你关闭风箱把手时, 你的手指使得阀门无法关闭空气进出的圆孔, and most of the air then escapes through this hole instead of g

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外部设施 information desk 服务台 hotel register book 旅客登记簿 registration form 登记表 newsstand 售报处 postal service 邮局服务处 shop 小卖部 bar 酒吧间 lounge 酒店大厅 billiard-room 台球房 dining-room, dining ha

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Can I help you? I'd like two kilos of eggs. What kind? Do you have the eggs with the red yolk? Sorry, madam. We have stopped selling those kinds of eggs for a week. Why? You know, red yolk is proved unnatural. It's artificial, and may lead to cancer.

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mattress 褥子 quilt 被 blanket 毯子 sheet 床单 bedspread 床罩 cotton terry blanket 毛巾被 pillow 枕头 pillow 枕头 pillowcase 枕套 mat 席 cushion 垫子 bathroom 浴室 bath tub 浴盆

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我们中国人用“及时雨”或“半路杀出个程咬金”来形容那些在关键时刻出来解围的人物，在英语中这样的关键人物叫做deus ex machina 。但是这个拉丁语太

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And I think particularly now, as we see ourselves in a time of environmental crisis, 我认为尤其是目前，我们明白人类身处环境危机时代， we can learn so much from these people who have lived so sustainably in this ecosystem for o

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You pump it at a high pressure through a nozzle. You create a spray of detergent. 你用高压将它压过一个喷嘴，你制造了清洁剂喷雾。 Then the spray dries. It turns into powder. It falls to the floor. 喷雾干燥后就成了粉末，

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2016-1-1

Every winter some twenty million tons of salt are dumped on America's road.That sodium chloride melts the ice, so it prevents its formatin, helping to prevent accidents. But road salt has its downside. This is not very economical because salt is main

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Cleaning and sorting plastic made out of multiple polymers can be relatively expensive, 清理和将多种聚合物制成的塑料进行分类的成本相对昂贵， especially if it is used to make low value products such as packaging. 尤其是这些

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If all goes well, the inventors hope to develop the idea and make the sections entirely from recycled plastic. 如果一切顺利，那么投资者希望开发此想法并完全利用回收垃圾制造这些节段。 Paths, car parks and railway plat

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Of all the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. 20世纪50年代以来，产生的所有塑料中，只有不到10%得到回收。 The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. 其中大部分都成了垃

pbs高端访谈:石油管道破裂致20多户居民撤离

JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: how an oil spill near Little Rock, Ark., is casting a shadow over the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline. MAN:So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood. JUDY WOODRUFF:A local resident describe

经济学人455:旧轮胎建成新式道路可减少噪音污染

Science and technology. 科技。 Quieter traffic. 更安静的交通。 When the rubber hits the road. 当橡胶遇上公路。 Turning old tyres into new roads can help cut noise pollution. 把旧轮胎建成新式道路可以减少噪音污染。

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He was riding the LIRR to Oyster Bay. He saw beautiful scenery everywhere. But he also saw graffiti everywhere. There must be a way to stop graffiti, he thought. He did some research. He developed a design for a graffiti-buster. He presented it to a

经济学人234:更安静的交通 当橡胶遇上公路

Science and technology 科学技术 Quieter traffic 更安静的交通 When the rubber hits the road 当橡胶遇上公路 Turning old tyres into new roads can help cut noise pollution 把旧轮胎建成新式道路可以减少噪音污染 AROUND one

双语有声阅读：油和水

Oil and Water To understand the emulsifying process, we must first accept the scientific principle that oil and water do not naturally mix. Quite literally, they find each other's presence repulsive. A good illustration of this aversion is homemade o

ESL Podcast 202 – At the Gas Station

Its been a long time since Ive seen my friends Steve and Liz, and I thought this would be a good weekend to drive up to Santa Barbara to see them. Gas prices have been through the roof, but I decided to take the short road trip anyway. Before getting