笨小孩学口语(8):Let sb down, 让某人失望！

Sorrytohaveletyoudown.对不起,让你失望了! Tomakesb.disappointed Ourparentsworkhardtosupportussoastomakeusaknowledgeableperson!Weshouldnotletthemdown! 父母为了让我们成为有用之才努力工作支持我们,我们不要让他们失望!

TED演讲:为什么认为自己丑会对你不利(1)

This is my niece, Stella. 这是我的侄女，斯特拉。 She's just turned one and started to walk. 她刚满一岁并开始学走路了。 And she's walking in that really cool way that one-year-olds do, 她正在用一岁的小孩通常使用的非

英美人天天都在说的4000句 13:at loggerheads (with sb

[00:00]P：Never will I sign that paper. Never will the United States ever surrender! [00:05]L：Well, well, we're at loggerheads then, aren't we? [00:08]And I suppose the threat of death to someone with your valorous war record would mean nothing. [

英美人天天都在说的4000句 1、a feather in sb.’s c

[00:17]R：Louis,I'll make a deal1 with you. [00:19]Instead of this petty charge you have against him, you get something really big, [00:22]something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years. [00:26]Be quite a feather in your cap, would

Lesson 82 - GIVE SB. A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND...

to give somebody a piece of one's mind to tell someone off 你有没有因为十分生气而对别人大发雷霆？美国人有一个说法是形容这种情绪的，那就是：to give someone a pie

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Heres a tale of genes, smells and pigs. Most people have two copies of a gene that enables them to detect a steroidal pheromone called androstenonewhich is found in male mammals, particularly porkers. But most pigs in developed countries have been ch

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Most people have two copies of a gene that enables them to detect a steroidal pheromone called androstenonewhich is found in male mammals, particularly porkers. But most pigs in developed countries have been chemically castrated. Which means much les

美国俚语:Make it up to sb什么意思?

make it up to sb补偿 对进行弥补（指对人） 例句： I don't know what I can do to make it up to you. 我不知道该怎样补偿你。 Ill make it up to you, I promise. 我会补偿你的，我保证。

Lesson 35 - MONKEY BUSINESS / MAKE MONKEY OUT OF SB.

monkey business to make monkey out of somebody 当别人提到猴子的时候，你脑子里会出现一个什么形像呢？一般来说，人们认为猴子是一个很聪敏的动物，大家都喜欢

英美人天天都在说的4000句 154:sb.’s eyes are bigge

[00:00]Re：But what am I saying? You guys are pros. The best. [00:05]I'm sure you can make it out of the casino. [00:08]Of course lest we forget once you're out of the front door, you're still in the middle of the fucking desert! [00:17]Rs：You're

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(2)

Other normal physical differences explain why some may love the dizziness associated with a loop-de-loop, 另外的一些正常生理现象的区别则解释了为何有些人喜爱转圈带来的眩晕感， while loathing the stomach-drop sensation

英语博客(A cup of English):Independence Day.

Beginners. Oh my goodness, we're all tired today. Thankfully it's Sunday, and there are not a lot of pressing things to do. Yesterday was the 4th of July, Independence day, here in the U.S. As you can imagine, it is an important and fun national holi

Earplugs ready, it's the scream queen final

MELBOURNE - On one side is the 'haaah', and on the other is the 'aaagh', and in between, a bit of tennis. Welcome to the scream queen final, where every shot will be heard around the world. In a match-up dreaded by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA

【简明语法】7.4 It's for sb.和 It's of sb.

1）for sb. 常用于表示事物的特征特点，表示客观形式的形容词，如easy, hard, difficult, interesting, impossible等： It's very hard for him to study two languages. 对他来说学

生活美语脱口秀—sb. take the fall 某人一肩承担

sb. take the fall 某人一肩承担 Gary: Don't let your guard down, Sophie. Ken is still plotting. Sophie: He's been trying to make me feel uncomfortable and nervous... and it's working. Gary: He's

英文短篇故事（纽约）406 The Most Important Sense

Three teens were sitting at a bus stop. Sam asked, How many senses do we have? Sara said, I think we have fivesight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Sue was watching traffic. Sam asked, Which one is most important to you? Sara said, Sight, of cours

The Monkey

A man went into the woods．He felled a tree，and began to cut it into pieces．He lifted one end of the tree on the stump，sat astride up-on it，and began to saw．Then he drove a wedge into the cleft，and began to saw farther along；then he re

夏洛的网 第215期:温暖的风(5)

One fine sunny morning, after breakfast, 一个大晴天，威尔伯吃过了早饭， Wilbur stood watching his precious sac. 站在那里看它的宝贝袋子。 He wasn't thinking of anything much. 它没有多想什么。 As he stood there, he no

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第342期:第二十二章 琼恩(4)

Jon drew his longsword. He dared defy Ser Alliser only to a point, and he feared he was well beyond it now. 琼恩抽出长剑，他只敢反抗艾里沙爵士到某种程度，而他暗自担心这回做得太过火了。 Thorne smiled. The Bastard

经济学人:共和党回应 乔尼戳巴里脊梁骨

The Republican response 共和党回应 When Joni poked Barry 乔尼戳巴里脊梁骨 A polite request for the president to co-operate 客气要求总统合作 JONI ERNST did not flub her lines or commit any gaffes. So compared with Republican effor