In post-war Japan, the economy wasn’t doing so great, so you couldn’t get everyday-use items like household cleaners, says Lisa Katayama, author of Urawaza, a book named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks, So people looked for ways to do with what they had.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Most people couldn't afford to do otherwise.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere, or is there something unique about it?It wouldn't be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn't reproduce it in most of the US either.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Of course, I didn’t know she couldn’t read, so there I was submitting thesereports, he said, She would put check marks on them like she hadbeen reading them.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

I looked through my suitcase but couldn’t find anything to wear.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with the feverish would described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”.

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