新概念3词汇 16-18

prize 珍贵的，宝贵的 One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. 玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羊羔。 There were a few prize books the collector had not giv

【跟着英剧练发音】Since the prehistoric times

文本：Since the prehistoric times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always manipulated the circumstances to the best of his advantages. Probably this might be the reason why we human are

Travels in Europe: London 雾都漫步 - 5

This museum presents an entertaining history of London's domestic life, from prehistoric times, through the Romans and Vikings, into the Mediaeval and Renaissance periods, the growth of empire, and fi

趣味青春英语电台 第42期:Lower the bar

Idiom: Lower the bar ( lower the standard ) Hit the book: Why the fox and jackal are frequently described as cunning and cleaver? Are the fox and jackal really as cleaver and cunning as the corporate man? Why man since prehistoric time was very discr

托福听力短文 I-10-2

(man) Today's lecture will center on prehistoric people of the Nevada desert. Now, most of these prehistoric desert people moved across the countryside throughout the year. You might think that they were wandering aimlessly --- far from it! They act

英语语法：127 How Many Spaces After A Period?

Grammar Girl here. This week I have two topics for you: The number of spaces after a period at the end of a sentence, and whether you should use who or that to refer to people (and pets). Now here's our first listener question. His friends believe it

Study: Prehistoric Humans Were Not Very Nutritious

Prehistoric people may have hunted and killed other members of their own species and eaten them, but probably not for food. That is what a new study written by James Cole of the University of Brighton in England says. Cole says compared to large anim

Centenarians

NB: This is not a word for word transcript Yvonne: This is 6 Minute English, I'm Yvonne Archer - and thanks to Alice for joining me today. Alice: Hi, Yvonne! Yvonne: Hi! Now, when people in the UK reach the ripe old age of 100, something rather speci

VOA标准英语2010年-In the Southwest, There's a Nation Wit

The Navajo tribal park called Monument Valley is a stunningly beautiful, yet also stark and forbidding, place. The largest tribe of American Indians lives on a 6-million-hectare patch of desert and scrub brush that covers much of northern Arizona and

租房英语：Grace period 宽限期

很多打算赴国外留学的同学现在已经在联系租房的事了，在国外租房的时候一定要签订正式的租约(lease)或住房合同(housing contract)，这有时候也被称为租房协议(rental agreement)。 租房合同里大家要

VOA标准英语2012--Prehistoric Amber Reveals Natural Ancient Alliance

Prehistoric Amber Reveals Natural Ancient Alliance Scientists say a piece of amber - recently found in India and dating back at least 52 million years - offers proof of the ancient relationship between fungi and flowering trees, which sustains modern

Tea-horse Ancient Road 茶马古道

Tea-horse Ancient Road 茶马古道 茶马古道是中国西南大地上一条进行对外经济文化交流，传播中国古代文明的国际通道,是西南的丝绸之路。 For thousands of years, only humans and horses treaded the mountains of

2.85 bln road journeys over festival period

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday that about 2.85 billion passenger-trips by roads were made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, up 9.6 percent from the corresponding period last year. A t

万物简史 第503期:多灾多难的生命进程(23)

The fact is, we don't really know a great deal about the dinosaurs. 实际情况是，我们其实对恐龙了解不多。 For the whole of the Age of Dinosaurs, fewer than a thousand species have been identified (almost half of them known from a sin

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2058 grace period

今天我们要学的词是 grace period. Grace period 宽限期。日本通过立法，禁止持有儿童色情的图片和视频。The new law allows a grace period of one year for owners of such materials to get rid of them. 新法给现已持有这

印尼史前岩画可追溯至4万年前

On October 9, Nature published a paper providing the results of new dating techniques that have been used to determine the age of prehistoric rock art motifs in volcanic caves on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Archaeologists have determined tha

日常英语口语：形容动物的英语短语

1. Fluffy (like a baby bird; a duckling) 1.毛茸茸的（比如幼鸟：小鸭子） 2. Amphibious (can live on land and in water; a frog)2.两栖的（可以生活在陆地上和水中：青蛙） 3. Furry (covered with a thick coat of fur; a bear)

关于CET-6阅读的100个经典句型(8)

71. People in prehistoric times created paints by grinding materials such as plants and clay into power and then adding water. 71.史前的人们制造颜料是将植物和泥土等原料磨成粉末，

托福阅读背景素材：加拿大历史

了解托福阅读背景知识，对于提高托福阅读做题准确率是非常有帮助的。今天和同学们介绍的托福阅读备考中和加拿大有关的背景材料，希望对同学们有所帮助。 History Well before Columbus 'discov

神秘的月球 第2期

The stones seem to be arranged so they track the movements 立石的排列 of the moon through the sky from month to month. 似乎逐月追踪着月亮在夜空中的位置 Nowadays we're not really fully aware of 其实我们现在并不知道 what