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第三部第14課: 請重複跟讀 - 於留空之間可以順暢唸完為止‧

A newspaper says that a picture that had cost 34 million dollars to make has bombed at the box office.
一份報紙說，一部花了三千四百萬美元拍攝的影片賣座率很低。
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This young producer made money on his first three films,
這位年輕的電影制片人，開始拍攝的三部影片賣座率很高，賺了不少錢，...
so the studio invested forty million in his fourth film.
所以電影公司就投資四千萬美元，讓他拍第四部電影，...
But it turned out to be a real bomb -- it didn't make enough to get back the investment.
可是，這一部電影的賣座率實在很低，因此，連本錢都沒有賺回來。
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Grandfather dropped a bombshell last night when he told the family...
祖父昨天晚上對家裡的人說了個叫大家大吃一驚的事...
he is marrying a woman 40 years younger than he is.
他要和一個比他年輕四十歲的女子結婚。
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In March 1968 President Lyndon Johnson dropped one of the biggest bombshells ever dropped in American politics
1968 年 3 月，美國總統約翰遜做了一件可能是美國政治史上最令人震驚的消息之一...
when he announced that he would not run for re-election because of the Vietnam War.
他宣佈，因為越南戰爭的原因他決定不競選連任．
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