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Our story this week is called The God of His Fathers. It was written by Jack London in the year 1901. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Silently, the wolves circled the herd of caribou deer. Gray bellies closed to the ground. The wolves in the pack

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INTRODUCTION TO ACT I Today on TUNING IN THE U.S.A., Richard and his wife Marilyn are visiting one of Americas national parks-Glacier National Park- in the northwestern state of Montana. They are taking a tour of the park on horseback with a guide an

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Todd: OK. Hello, Kevin! Kevin: Hi, Todd. How are you? Todd: Doing pretty good. Kevin: GoodTodd: Kevin we're gonna talk about nature. Kevin: OK. Todd: First of all could you tell the listener where we are? Kevin: Well, let's see. We are on, kind of on

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Todd: OK. Hello, Kevin. Kevin: Hi, Todd. How are you? Todd: Doing pretty good. Kevin: Good. Todd: Kevin we're gonna talk about nature. Kevin: OK. Todd: First of all could you tell the listener where we are? Kevin: Well, let's see. We are on, kind of

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[00:00.00]What's the interest rate for the savings account? [00:01.93]储蓄存款的利率是多少？ [00:03.85]Interest is calculated at the rate of 0.8% per annum at present. [00:06.61]目前每年的利率是按０.８％计算的。 [00:09.36]Y

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