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This is a recording 这是一段录音
2023-12-05This is your captain speaking. On behalf of my crew. I'd like to welcome you aboard British Airways flight 602 from New York to London. We are cur...
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An open-book exam 开卷考试
2023-12-05On the day of our final exam at my Community College in Santa Maria, Calif., we heard that the bookstore had changed its policy and would buy back our...
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A Promise 承诺
2023-12-05The landlady said to the hard-up author: "When will you pay arrears(拖欠,滞付) of room rent?"The author replied: "I will pay you as soon as...
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He had an idea 想到一个主意
2023-12-05The speaker found some people leaving the building during the meeting.He was annoyed. Then he had an idea. When someone else started out, the called o...
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An Accurate Report 准确的报道
2023-12-05An editor stuck up a notice above his desk. It read, "Accuracy! Accuracy! Accuracy!" and he always pointed it out to the new reporters.One d...
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Allergy 过敏性反应
2023-12-05A political speaker was annoyed by a man in the audience. The man coughed and sneezed and blew his nose almost constantly.Finally the speaker was unab...
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A Regimen 养生之道
2023-12-05An old man of seventy-six went to a doctor to request a general check up as to the state of his health.The doctor looked him up thoroughly, and then t...
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A Pretentious Scholar 自命不凡的学者
2023-12-05A pretentious(自命不凡的) scholar was keen to show off. One day when he was being rowed across a stream, he asked the boatman: "Do you understand phil...
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It was unnecessary 没有必要
2023-12-05A man stopped at a place where a subscription(捐献) was being raised for the purpose of fencing the cemetery(墓地). A lot of people had made a donation.Th...
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An incompetent Lawyer 不称职的律师
2023-12-05A lawyer was examining a suspect to check whether he was mentally ill.“Who was our first president?“ asked the lawyer. The suspect answered, “Washingt...