单词：porch dog
Origin: The phrase "porch dog" is used to refer to dogs that sit on front porches and bark (vigorously and fruitlessly) at passersby, but who pose no physical threat.
> Yeah, that guy has a scathing response to just about everyone who posts in this forum. He's a real porch dog.
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Mrs. Lee: Is this your dog? Tony : Yes, it is. Why? Mrs. Lee: Well, your dog chases my cat. Tony : Oh, I'm sorry. Mrs. Lee: Please keep your dog on a leash. Tony : Yes, ma'am. 这是你的狗吗? 李太太：这是你的狗吗? 托 尼：是的。怎么
赖世雄初级美国英语
The Aldens reached home safely. They found that their grandfather knew all about the dog. He had seen their picture in the paper. But Violet had to tell him all about the rainy night in the empty house. Jessie told him about the roadside stand and Ro
15 Bicycle Mystery
Mother Teresa Added to National Cathedral Human Rights Porch At the choral evensong service held to dedicate the carving of Mother Teresa, the Reverend Samuel Lloyd paid tribute to the Albanian nun who spent her life caring for the poor and the oppre
VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
Now that DVD we discussed about the filmmaker when his father involved the same technique that we will hear in this next part of the program, we have been listening to StoryCorps as across the country loved ones talk with each other. Sometimes people
2006年NPR美国国家公共电台
The weather was ugly. It was snowing. It was only nine degrees above zero. Cars, streets, and sidewalks were covered with snow. Bob was on the phone. Have you ever seen a colder day? Bob asked. Not recently, replied Jack. But about three years ago, I
英文短篇故事（纽约）
Look! It looks just like a dinosaur! Six-year-old Benny Alden pointed out the window of the car. Henry, Jessie, and Violet Alden looked where their younger brother was pointing, and Watch, their dog, sat up and put his paws on the edge of the window.
81 The Mystery of the Midnight
Upon entering a little country store, the stranger noticed a sign warning, Danger! Beware of dog! posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register. Is that the dog folks are supposed t
英汉幽默故事选读
A dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go to the news stall to buy a paper. His friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the dog some money - The dog trotted off, but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper. How
趣味英语
In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut. His only companion（同伴）was his dog. The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each other. They might be seen strolling（散步)on th
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'Porch Art' Brings Baltimore Neighborhood Together Four years ago, Beth Barbush, an artist and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland, started gathering neighborhood children on her porch to do arts and crafts projects. The occasional meetings soo
VOA标准英语2011年(八月)
Minnesota Bookseller Recommends 3 Summer Porch Reads AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Summer, check - cicadas roaring, check - books for reading - we've got you covered with our summer reading series Pack These Pages. (SOUNDBITE OF SEAGULLS CAWING, POP TOP POPPI
2016年NPR美国国家公共电台8月
Four friends were arguing over whose dog was the smartest. The first man, an engineer, called to his dog, T Square, show your stuff. The dog trotted over to a desk, pulled out a paper and pencil, and drew a perfect triangle. The next guy, an accounta
趣味英语
to put on the dog to go to the dogs 美国人总是说：狗是人的最好的朋友。许多美国人对家里的狗就好像对待家里的人一样好。有钱人还往往会出几千美元去买一只
美国习惯用语
XI'AN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists(考古学家) in the northwestern Shaanxi Province confirmed Thursday, after weeks of lab work, that the bones they found in a bronze cooking vessel from a 2,400-year-old tomb belonged to a male dog under a y
英语新闻
A dog once stole a bone from a butcher's shop．He ran off down the street as fast as he could，across the meadow in the village and down the hill to a rough bridge over a stream．There he paused，panting，to look at the clear，clean water．Wha
趣味英语
A lean，hungry wolf met with a plump，well－fed house dog on amoonshiny night．How is it that you look so sleek？asked the wolf．Your food obviously agrees with you，while I can hardly keep myself from starving however hard I try． Well，if
趣味英语
A dog and a cock having struck up acquaintances，went out on their travels together．Nightfall found them in a forest；so the cock，flying up on a tree，perched among th6 branches，while the dog dozed below at the foot As the night passed and t
趣味英语
The U．K．（or United Kingdom）is made up of England，Scotland，Wales and Northern lreland．There are many mountains in Wales．Not long ago there were wild animals in the forests．Sometimes wolves attacked people and killed them．More than
趣味英语
A dog and a horse，which served the same peasant，began to discuss each other's merits，one day．How grand we are，to be sure！says Barbos．I shouldn't besorry if they were to turn you out of the farmyard．A noble service，indeed，to plough
趣味英语