Unit+2+Exploring+English+Developing+ideas 高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

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learn

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very

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questions,butyoucanalsobroadenyour

knowledge

byreading

postsfromotherEnglish

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examples

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Internet

language

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in

thepassage?What

do

they

mean?2.Do

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know

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any

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expressions

that

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misunderstandings

for

people

from

othercountries?Share

them

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