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英语六级听力确实有一定难度，所以这就更需要同学们多加练习。听力材料是很好的英语六级听力练习素材。现在距离的英语六级考试还有三个多月的时间，大家只要从现在开始坚持练习，一定会出现奇迹的。下面是小编为大家英语六级听力练习：常速英语8.31，供各位练习。 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The cost of raising a child in the United States continues to rise. In its latest annual report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says middle income families with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend more than $240,000 before that child turns 18. And sending that child to college more than doubles that amount. A visit with a couple with one child in Alexandria, Virginia, shed some light on whether or not the report reflects their lifestyle. Eddie Byrd, and his wife Gabriela, who is from Peru, dote over their only child - five-year-old Brandy. Her father said they spend whatever they have to for her. You look at it as an investment in another human being who you love very deeply, he said. The expenses began adding up even before Brandy was born. You have to put together your nursery, you have to get a stroller, all of those things, and youve invested several thousand dollars, said Byrd. According to the Agriculture Department report, the biggest cost of raising a child is housing, followed by childcare, education and food. Other expenses include clothing, transportation, and activities for the child. | 
