英语听力每日五分钟（高级+）18

1、Investing money in your home has some merit; when it is time to sell it you can get more money.

2、Miss Nicholas swam from Dover on the English side to France in 8 hours and 58 minutes, then turned around and returned to England.

3、They rolled along the big road and they rolled along the little road until they were way out in the country.

4、Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job,I was introduced to a competitor for the position.

5、Wood is a disappearing resource in much of Africa, and these stoves burn far less wood than the stoves currently in much use.

6、From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow.

7、He began to learn English when he was twelve years old, that is to say, when he entered junior high school.

8、I was assailed by the stupid, but unshakeable idea that if I was  imprudent enough to move my hand I'd be noticed.

9、When I visited my hometown this summer, I found the city different from what it had been ten years ago.