VOA慢速英语--Million-Dollar Coin Stolen from Museum in Berlin

This is Whats Trending Today. The Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany is known for its collection of 540,000 rare coins. As of this week, however, it is down to 539,999. The collections largest coin has been stolen. The giant coin weighs 100 kilograms and

中式口语纠错:My pay is not enough

VOA标准英语2009年-US 'Pay Czar' Proposes Executive Pay Cuts

By Laurel Bowman Washington 29 October 2009 Kenneth Feinberg A top Treasury Department official has ordered pay cuts for the 25 highest-paid executives at seven companies that received government bail-outs. But he says he doesn't want broader powers

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

出国旅游口语一本通 第47期:Looking for sb 找人

第47期:Looking for sb 找人 Y:I just called Mr.Smith in Room 201，but there was no reply.Would you find out if hes still staying there? Y:我刚才打电话给住在201号房的史密斯先生，但没有人接电话。请你查一下他是否还住

趣味青春英语 第123期:Not sb's keeper

Idiom: Not sb's keeper 不是某人的监护人 Hit the book: Quibble Consensus Absolve Conspiracy Coverup Retrofitting Flaw

英语大赢家 下册 177.Scene 5.Topic 1投币洗衣机 Coin-operated Washer

妈妈出差期间爸爸和丹尼尔的衣服只能自己洗，但偏偏在这个时候洗衣机坏了。幸好楼下有投币洗衣机，但好事多磨，他们又碰到什么问题了呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Dad, something wrong with our w

New Coin Shows 'Lady Liberty' as African-American Woman

This is Whats Trending Today Images of Lady Liberty have appeared on American money over the years. Coins have shown her standing tall with a crown on head. She is usually holding a lamp in one hand. And, one thing has remained the same: Lady Liberty

Special 'Peace Talks' Coin Designed for Trump-Kim Meeting Criticized

This is Whats Trending Today The planned meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea may or may not happen. But a special coin has already been created to mark the event. The coin shows images of both U.S. President Donald Trump

美国俚语:Beat sb to the draw什么意思?

Beat sb to the draw 意思是：比别人抢先一步 例句： We lost the project. Rainbow Company beat us to the draw. 这个项目我们没有拿到，因为彩虹公司抢先了一步。 Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso, but another m

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。

Three Coin In The Fountain

Three coins in the fountain Each one seeking happiness (Thrown by three hopeful lovers) (Which one will the fountain bless?) Three hearts in the fountain Each heart longing for its home (There they li

英语口语大赢家Topic177:投币洗衣机 Coin-operated Washer

妈妈出差期间爸爸和丹尼尔的衣服只能自己洗，但偏偏在这个时候洗衣机坏了。幸好楼下有投币洗衣机，但好事多磨，他们又碰到什么问题了呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Dad, something wrong with our washing machine and a lot of clothes need to be wash. What shoul

VOA标准英语2008年-US Military: Iraqi Government Will Pay Sunni Fi

A top American commander in Iraq says the country's Shi'ite dominated government will accept responsibility for supporting more than 50,000 mostly Sunni fighters currently armed and paid by the U.S. military. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has deta

英美人天天都在说的4000句 36: call sb. names

[00:01]F：Why do you do that? [00:02]S：What? [00:04]Call him names. Run him down all the time. [00:07]S：Because, because that's what he is, Mr. Frodo. [00:10]There's naught left in him but lies and deceit. [00:13]It's the Ring he wants. It's all

英美人天天都在说的4000句 155:sb.'s name is mud

[00:00]J：Shit! Hey, get down! Hey! [00:07]C：Hey! Is this what they call copping a feel? [00:09]J：What? No! Get up. Jesus! [00:13]C：What's your name? [00:14]J：My name? Mud... if anybody sees you.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 121:not know sb. from adam

[00:00]N：That does it! Out, you two pixies! Go through the door or the window! [00:04]G：Nick, what's wrong? [00:06]N：What do you call me? You calling me Nick? [00:09]G：Well, Nick, that's your name. [00:10]N：I don't know you from Adam's off

Charlie Sheen to pay child support from wages

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A judge has ruled that Charlie Sheen's monthly 55,000 U.S. dollar child support payments will be garnished from wages he receives from his former boss Warner Bros. Television, media reports said Wednesday. Los Angeles

英美人天天都在说的4000句 180:the cat gets sb.’s t

[00:00]S：Cat got your tongue? You weren't so silent this morning. [00:04]A：This morning... yes, I wasn't quite myself. [00:07]S：Well, it's a shame whoever you were couldn't be here tonight. [00:09]A：Cut it out, Susan. We've got to talk.

【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