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对顾客来说，这件事发生的真是时候。临近圣诞节前的几周将会销售70%的玩具。 显然，孩子什么都想要，如果得不到会非常失望，然而如果价格定死的话，父母就会买不起。 其实，我认为玩具价格有点过高了。哦，当然圣诞节左右价格总会上涨，但像我们这样有孩子的父母总希望价格下跌，不是吗？ 对于大富翁、扭扭乐、行动玩...

This is a picture.
In the foreground, there is a house built into the side of a bare hill.
The house is actually cut out of the rock, and the front is...

There are many American expressions about insects -- like bees, for example.
Bees are known as very hard workers.
They always appear to be busy, movin...

hackneyed
caustic
erosion
erode
stale
rot
rotten
decay
corrode
decomposition
rust
silica
limestone
crystal
gasoline
methane
hydrocarbon
petroleum
plas...

英语是世界上使用最普遍的语言，也比其他任何语言更广泛的应用在口头和书面交流上。全球有越来越多的人想学习英语。英语是政治谈判和国际贸易的语言，也成为了科学和医学的语言。国际条约规定客机飞行员必须说英语。在南美和欧洲大部分学校，英语是主要教授的外语。菲律宾和日本的孩子从很早就开始学习英语。超过75个国家...

埃及革命之初，前任总统穆罕默德·胡斯尼·穆巴拉克（Hosni Mubarak）下台，本月为其一周年纪念日。在这个里程碑不久前的几天，陆军元帅穆罕默德·侯赛因·坦塔维（Mohamed Hussein Tantawi）宣布，埃及政府正在采取措施，解除自1958年以来持续存在的紧急状态。解除紧急状态是开罗...

Passage Three
Sean Conroe and Amber Banks both grew up farming and gardening.
They wanted to start a farm in the middle of Seattle, Washington.
Amber ...

Good afternoon, International Trade Center Exhibition Services. How can I help?
Oh, hello. I'd like some information about the exhibiting of the inter...

In 1945,
representatives of 50 nations met to plan this organization.
It was called the United Nations. After the war,
many more nations joined.
There...