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I'll not dating anyone right now, but I really want a boyfriend.
我目前没有交往的对象，但是我很想交男朋友。UGS中国英语学习网
The subway stops running at midnight.
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He did a dry run of his speech in front of a mirror.
他对着镜子试讲。UGS中国英语学习网
Dry run这个短语最早可追溯到19世纪中期，run在这里表示“溪流”，而“dry
run”则指“干涸的河床”。当时在美国西部有很多这样的河床，平时干涸无流水，一场大雨过后却又过分积水。由此，有人猜测，dry
run（干涸的河床）好比演出之前的排练，只等“暴雨”来临之时“积水”，以其排山倒海之势技压四方。
据语言学家考证，run实质上是消防队的行话，指“出动”，即“消防队员整装待发赶往救火现场”。19世纪末，在一些“狂欢活动”中，各消防队为显示其英勇和睿智，往往相互PK，现场模拟表演整套消防动作，如“全体出动、立定式起跑”等。既然是模拟，这些动作一定与“水”没有直接关系，所以被称作“dry run”。
随着时间的推移，dry run的词义逐步扩大，可以用于各种“彩排、排练”，甚至是“非实弹军事演习”。 举个例子：
The Chairman is to arrive in two hours and we still have a lot to do. Please hurry up and we need to save at least half an hour for another dry run.
董事长两个小时以后到，我们还有许多事情要做。请大家抓紧时间，必须留出至少半个小时时间再进行一次排练。
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This is her husband UGS中国英语学习网
A guy calls the hospital. He says, "You gotta send help! My wife's going into labor!"
The nurse says, "Calm down. Is this her first child?"
He says, "No! This is her husband!"
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这是她的丈夫
一个人给医院打电话，“快来帮忙！我妻子就要生小孩了。”
护士在电话里说，“别紧张，这时她第一个孩子吗？”
“不，这是她的丈夫。”
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With no written records, historians can only wonder why the Incas built such a mysterious place. Some believe the self-contained Machu Picchu could have been a secret ceremonial city. UGS中国英语学习网
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有天使吗？(Are There Angels?)
 Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson. They were late, and Barbara was beginning to think she should have canceled it.
There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the local hospital, had recently worked extra shifts. She was tired. The sleet storm and icy roads added to her tension. Maybe she should turn the car around.
"Mom!" Ben cried, "Look!"
Just ahead a car had lost control on a patch of ice. As Barbara tapped the brakes, the other car spun wildly, rolled over, then crashed sideways into a telephone pole.
Barbara pulled over, skidded to a stop and threw open her door. Thank goodness she was a nurse 一 she might be able to help these unfortunate passengers. Then she paused. What about Ben? She couldn't take him with her 一little boys shouldn't see scenes like the one she anticipated. She asked Ben to stay in the car.
Two girls of high school age were in the car that crashed. One, the blonde on the passenger side, was dead. The driver however, was still breathing.
Barbara quickly applied pressure to the wound in the teenager's head while her practiced eye cataloged the other injuries; a broken leg, maybe two, along with probable internal bleeding. But if help came soon, the girl would live.
A trucker had pulled up and was calling for help on his cellular phone. Soon Barbara heard the ambulance sirens. A few moments later she surrendered her lonely post to rescue workers.
But as Barbara walked back to her car a feeling of sadness overwhelmed her, especially for the family of the girl who had died. Their lives would never be he same. Oh God, why do such things have to happen?
Slowly Barbara opened her car door. What should she tell Benjamin? He was staring at the crash site, his blue eyes huge.
"Mom," he whispered, "did you see it?"
"See what Honey?" she asked.
"The angel, Mom! He came down from the sky while you were running to the car. And he opened the door, and he took that girl out."
Barbara's eyes filled with tears. "Which door, Ben?"
"The passenger side. He took the girl's hand, and they floated up to Heaven together."
"What about the driver?"
Ben shrugged, "I didn't see anyone else."
Later Barbara was able to meet the families of the victims. They expressed their gratitude for the help she had provided. Barbara was able to give them something more: Ben's vision.UGS中国英语学习网
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Tim McGraw
Taylor Swift以自己的音乐素养演绎了一种流行摇滚乐和乡村乐中和后的音乐作品，整张专辑很多曲目都是她自己操刀作词，十分耐听！以出道单曲《Tim McGraw》一炮走红，绝对是影响今后乐坛走势的潜力股，值得关注的新人。
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Tim McGraw
Drew looks at me.
I fake a smile so he won't see.
What I want and need
And everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful.
That girl he talks about,
and she's got everything
that I have to live without
Drew talks to me 2WG
I laugh 'cuz its so * funny
But I can't even see
anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love,
he's finally got it right.
I wonder if he knows
he's all I think about at night.
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar.
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star.
He's the song in the car I keep singing,
don't know why I do.
Drew walks by me.
Can he tell that I can't breathe
And there he goes, so perfectly.
The kind of flawless I wish I could be.
She better hold him tight,
give him all her love,
look in those beautiful
and know she's lucky 'cuz..
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing,
Don't know why I do.
So I drive home one night,
as I turn out the light,
I'll put his picture down
and maybe get some sleep tonight.
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar.
The only one that's got enough of me to break my heart.
He's the song in the car I keep singing,
don't know why I do.
He's the time taken up,
but there's never enough.
And he's all that I need to fall into.
Drew looks at me
I fake a smile so he won't see.
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