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Plastic Issues Plastic bag once was regarded as “the best invention”. Somehow, after five decades when it was created, it keep another record in history, which is “the worth invention in history”. What’s happening in these periods? Plastic bag, of course, remain advantages itself. So light and slim it is that it’s easier to store and being taken to anywhere. It is waterproof so that no matter the object is dry or wet, it could be carried. And the life of plastic bags is often strangely long. What’s more, plastic bag has the lowest price. The price for one non-coloured fab

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.AFP 标题： Beijing's Games kick off with spectacular opening ceremony 网址： http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i9cFUeTaHC3e0BKObgnTsn_KpB5w

奥运会开幕式主题歌将由刘欢和莎拉-布莱曼演唱 今天上午，北京奥运会主新闻中心举行“北京奥运会开幕式已经准备好了”新闻发布会。北京奥组委开闭幕式工作部部长张和平、北京奥运会开闭幕式运营中心主任王宁、北京奥运会开闭幕式运营中心副主任朱虹出席新闻发布会并回答记者提问。在发布会上，张和平正式公布了奥运会主题歌的演唱者是中国著名歌手刘欢和英国著名歌手莎拉•布莱曼Sarah Brightman。

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7月18日，是南非共和国公民纳尔逊•曼德拉90岁高寿生日，全世界的人们都向这位可敬的老人表达着敬意和热爱。

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1. The American economic system is, organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. 　　

Speak2Me-跟我说 是国内一家刚刚上线不久的的英语教学与口语交流的社会性网络平台。他们将英语口语教育方法和现代语音识别技术相结合，推出了一套全新的英语口语学习系 统；在这个系统中，学习者可以在虚拟的英语环境中，与智能机器人Lucy练习口语，与目前中国英语教育市场中的其它产品不同，Speak2me突破了传统 口语练习方法的局限和弊端，为学习者提供了一个与模拟外教 “对话”的机会 另外Speak2Me还采用了独特的课程设计方法，使每一个学

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新闻标题的信息简洁而丰富，是学习相关内容词汇和表达法的便捷途径。本文以四川地震中外媒体的新闻报道标题为阅读内容，希望对学习有关的语言知识有所帮助。

在可期的未来，一定会有一个更加美丽的汶川。

有爱就有希望，有希望就不要放弃。 让我们共同为灾区的人们的祝福、祈祷。

You! 生命掌握在你的手里--超越卓越的你 Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a gazillion（兆）… 　　You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!!! 　　You're amazing! You're awesome（卓越）! And by the way, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whim

“太空婚礼”有望明年成真 一对新人已提交申请，英国维珍银河老板计划在自己公司研制的太空飞船上当“婚礼司仪” 乘坐太空飞船在浩瀚宇宙中翱翔,船舱外点点繁星散发钻石光芒,此情此景令众多冥思苦想婚礼创意的新人心驰神往。 英国维珍银河公司创立人、亿万富翁理查德•布兰森决定实现人类举行太空婚礼的梦想,他计划于2009年在维珍银河太空飞船的首次亚轨道飞行中为一对新人举办婚礼。 200人预订太空旅行 据布兰森介绍,迄今已有

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根据南方都市报2008年3月23日相关报道整理。

1．Good to the last drop． 滴滴香浓，意犹未尽。（麦斯威尔咖啡） 2．Obey your thirst． 服从你的渴望。（雪碧） 3．The new digital era． 数码新时代。（索尼影碟机） 4．We lead． Others copy． 我们领先，他人仿效。（理光复印机） 5．Impossible made possible． 使不可能变为可能。（佳能打印机） 6．Take time to indulge． 尽情享受吧！（雀巢冰激凌） 7．The relentless pursuit of perfection． 不懈追求完美。 （凌志轿车） 8．P

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为什么有那么多作业要做啊,烦死人啦,搞到自己都没时间学自己想学的东西啊,烦啊!!!希望老师能放过我们啊,让我们自己把握自己的free-time.天天不是搞这个就是搞那个,而且其他的老师也是这样,难道大学就是这样的吗???如果真的是这样,那么它跟高中有什么分别啊???大学不是应该让我们自己把握的吗???所谓的作业,只不过是一种形式而已,我们做了很多事,学了很多东西,不一定要通过作业来体现出来的啊???既然这样,为什么还要有作业呢???真的烦死人啊,不交

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Assignment 1 Reading Report What to be practiced: reading and writing Reading: What to read: 1. people 2. event/incident 3. issues How much to read: more than 14000 words in total. Writing: (Reading Report) Length: a minimum of 2 pages (A4, 5 word-size) Deadline: Week 8 (April. 14) Form: Word / Powerpoint file & a printed copy Where to submit e-files: assignment07@126.com Requirements: 1. no obvious language mistakes. 2. proper editing. What you are going to do in your report: 1.Justifying your decision of what to read. ( in English) 2.Lis

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A businessman walked into a bank in New York City and asked for a loan. He said he was going to Europe om business for two weeks and needs to borrow $500.The bank would need some kind of security（n.安全）for such a loan. So the businessman handed over the key to a luxury(奢侈品) car parked on the street,and the bank agreed to accept the car as collateral(n.担保品) for the loan. An employee drove the car into the bank's underground garage and parked it there. Two weeks later,the businessman returned,repaid the $500 and the interest(利息),which came to $0.41.The bank offcer sai

Here,I will introduce some spoken english,and the I will give you a dialogue to remember it. However,I will give you the english and you have to guess its Chinese meaning,after guessing,we read the dialogue once together. OK,let’s begin! Some is to pay 不妙 The manager had a hunch that something was to pay. 经理感到事情有些不妙。 汉语的“有些不妙”或“有点不对头”的概念常可用something is to pay的句式来表示。这一短语常和feel或have a hunch that连用。 Bob:Didn’t you see the writing on the wall? Sue:I even didn’t have the sli

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大学英语四级考试常用短语汇总(二) for　the　moment　暂时,目前 　　for　the　present　暂时,目前　 　　for　the　sake　of　为了,为了...的利益 　　for　the　time　being　暂时,眼下　 　　from　time　to　time　有时,不时 　　hand　in　hand　手拉手　,密切关联　 　　head　on　迎面地,正面的 　　heart　and　soul　全心全意地　 　　how　about　...怎么样 　　in　a　hurry　匆忙,急于　 　　in　case　of　假如,防备 　　in　a　moment　立刻,一会儿　 　　in　a

Today let's talk someting about state statutory holidays of this year.As we know,state statutory holidays of this year have been a great change.New Year's Day is on leave for one day, Spring Festival starts from the lunar New Year's Eve to be on leave for three days, Qingming Festival is on leave for one day, 51 Labor Day is on leave for one day, Dragon Boat Festival is on leave for one day, Mid-Autumn Festival is on leave for one day, the National Day is on leave for three days. Question:1.What's your opinion of the new national legal holiday plan

1 As we known ,Olympic games is a competition about sports, such as football, basketball, table-tennis and so on. Now every group talk something about your favourite sports. 2 Athletes are the basic element in the competition. I believe that there is always a PE hero standing in his/her heart. Who is your favourite sport star? Say something about him/her. 3 Discussing Do you agree that a sports star turn into a ad star or a film star? Agree? Disagree? Why?

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This is an interview with CPPCC member and TV hostess Yang Lan, who has contributed a great deal to Beijing's bid to host the Games.

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Part 1:Discussion For the yanzhao affair,who do you think should apologize to the society?Edison Chen,media or other people?Please choose

论题参考资料 有关评论： Yanzhao Affair also to those involved in the incident as the star of the young people Ouxiang brought harm. Involv