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The art of building small wooden boats is being used to help young, at-risk adults in the United States.
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Businessman Elon Musk says his company is building a powerful, reusable rocket and a spaceship that may travel to the planet Mars.
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Marie Kondo is an internationally-known expert on cleaning. Her first book, called the “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” was published in Japanese in 2011.
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Hey, since you’ll be going to the grocery store later, can you pick up four dozen eggs for me?
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Can you make sure that you and Linda come to my house by 10:30 because we are leaving eleven o’clock on the dot.
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Sulmi: You’d better watch out. It’s dangerous to burn a hole in your pocket like that. Young: Okay, whatever.
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Books are simple. They are made up of two main parts. The cover is on the outside, and the pages are on the inside.
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Netflix is the world’s largest online movie rental service. It started in nineteen ninety-eight. It now has ten million paying members in the United States.
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American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.
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Some parents leave their children with family members, neighbors or friends. Or, they may employ a nanny. This person is a trained care-giver who either lives in the family’s home or comes to work at the house every day.
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This week, we report comments from foreign students in the United States who have experienced the process we have been describing.
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I’ve tried discussing the issue with her, but it was like talking to a brick wall. How come?
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Since the earliest days of the United States, Americans began their days by eating whatever was most easily available.
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Let’s talk about butterflies instead! Butterflies are beautiful both in their appearance and movements.
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I’m at sea over this computer user manual. I don’t know what I should do. How can a manual leave you so confused? It’s supposed to be easy to understand.
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Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. But misusing email can cause problems. Answering all those emails and processing all that information can overload the brain, causing stress.