单词:mania for winning cups and medals
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By Parke Brewer The eight days of Olympic swimming competition ended Saturday night at the Athens Summer Games. And the big star was American Michael Phelps. On Sunday he met with members of the media
The High Cost of Winning People Weekly 2004 Time Inc. All rights reserved 1 Jay Sommers, 36, Won: $5.8 million, Outcome: Lost it all, delivered pizza Jay Sommers was 20 when he won a $5.8 million lott
Pre-Listening Vocabulary host country: the nation that holds the event IOC: International Olympic Committee composition: what something is made of gold-plated: containing a layer of gold on the surface monetary value: the amount something is worth Go
[00:00.00]Unit 11 Do you have plates? [00:15.91]Conversation [00:18.86]Listen and look. [00:22.39]I have forks. [00:30.75]You have spoons [00:34.40]Plates [00:37.28]We don't have plates! [00:40.75]Do they have plates! Hello.My name's Gogo. [00:47.88]
kleptomania /ˌkleptə'meɪnɪə/ The millionaire who was caught shoplifting was found to be suffering from kleptomania. -- insane impulse to steal ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ n. 盗窃癖 那个因逛街
On December 2nd last year, 91 war medals were stolen from the Army Museum in Waiouru (just south of Lake Taupo). On Friday, they were handed to the police. The war medals were won by soldiers during several wars, for brave actions. The most famous me
Broadcast: Mar 27,2003 The first medals of the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were awarded Wednesday night here in the nation's capital. Chinese skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo successfully
MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The second day of the FINA Swimming World Cup wrapped up here on Wednesday, with four Chinese swimmers won medals in competitions. In women's 200m butterfly, China's Gong Jie won the gold medal in 2:04.32, while South Kore
African runners swept the Men's Marathon race Sunday on the last day of the 29th Olympic Games in China. In all, athletes from more than a dozen African countries won medals in events ranging from running and football to swimming and kayaking. VOA's
今天我们要学的词是household name。 A household name, 意思是家喻户晓。 Michael Phelps has become a household name after winning eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, 菲尔普斯在北京奥运会上赢得八枚金牌后,已经成
Football fans around the world are riveted to World Cup action in South Africa, where key opening matches have sparked revelry, mania, and colorful, elaborate expressions of national pride. Every four years, football fever infects the world, and 2010
Bode Miller of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the Men's super-combined at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, 21 Feb 2010 American alpine skier Bode Miller, 32, is a four-time world champion and two-ti
Two Of Cups - Breathe Yeah, I know sometimes it's real hard, I know sometimes you want to bend, Ohh, but if you do, it all comes back, In the end, just breathe breathe Just breathe, breathe We tend to forget that we're all the same, We all have joy,
LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese badminton players Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng beat their rivals 2-0 Sunday afternoon, and clinched gold medals in men's doubles in the Wembley Arena. These are the first gold medal won by Chinese in that event. This mean
今天我们要学的词是 award-winning。Award-winning 意思是获奖的。He is an award-winning author. 他是个获奖作家。 Award-winning artist Paul Emsley created the first official portrait of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. 获
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil coach and World Cup-winning midfielder Dunga says Spain needs to win another two World Cups before being considered in the same company as the South American football giants. Dunga captained Brazil to
HAVANA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban people are very happy with joy after hearing the first two gold medals from two athletes on Friday in London Olympics. On Friday, Shooter Leuris Pupo grabbed Cuba's first gold medal of the London Olympics with a v
今天我们要学的词是household name。 A household name, 意思是家喻户晓。 Michael Phelps has become a household name after winning eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, 菲尔普斯在北京奥运会上赢得八枚金牌后,已经成
Roll in the barrels and bring in the jugs Quick, set the tables and ask in the bards Tonight when the setting sun lights up the mountain The king is having a glorious feast Brothers and sisters raise your cups High in the air Fill them again and drin
The Meaning Of Tingo By Chris Rose I recently found a book by the writer Adam Jacot de Boinod called The Meaning Of Tingo. As a native speaker of English, I was a bit confused. I had never heard of this word tingo, and was curious about the title of