proverbs 箴言25

25These are more proverbs of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah: 2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. 3As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are u

VOA标准英语2012--Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy

Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy In a factory north of Los Angeles, glass bottles are filled, boxed and then shipped to more than 100 countries around the world. This is the home of OPI, a company that produces nail polish for women from th

趣味青春英语 第93期:Nail biter

Idiom: Nail biter 恐怖的，吓人的东西 Hit the book: Mass Incredible Emotion Complex Universe Personality Coordination

第70期: idiosyncrasy, kindness, lamp, magazine, nail

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 idiosyncrasy [ 7idiE5siNkrEsi ] One of

英语小达人 163 A Nail or a Fly

A Nail or a Fly 钉子还是苍蝇 One day an old gentleman whose eyesight was failing came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine in each hand. On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail. So the moment he hung them on it, the bottle

英语博客-北美风情 205、This episode’s a nail-biter

Some movies and television shows can be very tense and dramatic, and weve got a handful of expressions to talk about them. This episodes all about the exciting things we see on screen or read in books that keep us wanting to know more and make us anx

VOA慢速英语2018--Dead as a Doornail

Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. And some of the oldest ones have very interesting histories. Today our question involves an expression from early English literature. It comes from Dimitrije in Serbia. H

English Riddles

Work hard on the following problems to see if you can answer them in new ways! 1. What is the difference between here and there? 2. What are the strongest days of the week? 3. Why did man put wheels on his rocking chair? 4. Why is the letter R like C

A Handful of Clay

There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came for its virtues to

美国习惯用语:342 nail down

在日常会话或者写作中恰到好处地使用习惯用语能让您的语言别有风味。我们今天要学的习惯用语都包括这个词: nail。它的意思是钉子。但是nail也可以作动词，意思是用钉子钉。例如，我们要

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Christmas Tree Ornament Is Worth A Thousand Words

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SILVER BELLS) UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum (ph). ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Time now to talk Christmas tree decorations. Earlier this month, I spoke with Bonnie Mackay, who wrote a memoir told through Chris

最受欢迎的emoji新表情：“竖中指”和“翻白眼”

Apple users were ecstatic to learn that the taco and burrito emojis were included in the 9.1 update last year. 去年，苹果公司宣布在最新9.1版本系统中加入了墨西哥卷饼和玉米煎饼的emoji表情符号。这让众多苹果用户喜

学个词Learn a Word 第651期 Nailbiter

今天我们要学的词是nailbiter。 Nailbiter, 作为名词，一般是指紧张的比赛，或是充满悬念的影片。 The film was described as a suspenseful nailbiter by the critics, 影评人士说，这部影片充满了悬念。上星期天

论读书 中英文对照

Of Studies Francis Bacon Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse;and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第1篇

From fairest creatures we desire increase, 我们总愿美的物种繁衍昌盛， That thereby beauty's rose might never die, 好让美的玫瑰永远也不凋零。 But as the riper should by time decease, 纵然时序难逆，物壮必老， His t

Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy

While many U.S. businesses are suffering in the weak economy, one industry has been picking up speed. Women are now spending more money on their nails. They are getting more daring - straying from the basic shades of red and painting blues, greens an

美国国家公共电台 NPR This 'Broken Ornament' Led To Christmas Magic

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Some of the best stories begin at home. That's where Tony DiTerlizzi got the idea for his latest book. The Caldicott-winning author and illustrator perhaps best known for The Spiderwick Chronicles took a big leap into the unknown

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第142篇

Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate, 爱是我的罪恶，恨则是你的德行， Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving: 因为你恨的是我的有罪的爱情。 O, but with mine compare thou thine own state, 但是如果比较一下你我的

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第70篇

That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, 骂你责你并不是你的过失， For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; 因为美人从来难逃流言蜚语。 The ornament of beauty is suspect, 世人的猜忌无异是美人的装饰， A crow

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第68篇

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn, 他的脸俨然如往古岁月的留纹， When beauty lived and died as flowers do now, 那时的美恰如今日之花自灭自生。 Before the bastard signs of fair were born, Or durst inhabit on a living