大学英语四级词汇 082

useless 无用的，没有价值的 user 用户，使用者 usual 通常的，平常的 usually 通常 utility 效用，实用 utilise 实用 utilize 利用 utmost 极度的，极端的，极限 utter 完全的，彻底的说 vacant 空闲的，空缺的

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The Little Boy Lost 小男孩的迷路 'Father, father, where are you going? 父亲、父亲，你往哪儿去？ O do not walk so fast! 啊，别走得这么快呀。 Speak, father, speak to your little boy, 说话呀，父亲，跟你孩子说话呀

VOA常速英语2008年-US Government Reviews Laser Eye Surgery

By Carol Pearson Washington 30 April 2008 Ten years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved LASIK, eye surgery with a laser that enables people to see without glasses. But about five percent of LASIK procedures fail, and those patients ca

英国学生科学读本 第89期:云和雨(2)

Every day the sun's rays change thousands of tons of liquid water into water-vapour; 每天, 太阳光都能够将数千吨的液态水转化为水蒸气； and this water-vapour mingles with the air, and is carried along by the wind. 随后, 水蒸气

英国学生科学读本 第88期:冷凝(3)

When we change a liquid into vapour, and cool this vapour till it is liquid again, 将水加热成水蒸气, 然后对其进行冷却直至再次液化, we are said to distil the liquid, and the apparatus for doing this is called a still. 这个过程就

英国学生科学读本 第88期:冷凝(2)

Thus by heating liquids we cause them to evaporate, or change into vapours or gases; 因此, 可以看出：我们能够通过加热液体使得它们蒸发, 变成水蒸气或气体； and by taking away heat from these gases, or cooling them, we tu

英国学生科学读本 第88期:冷凝(1)

Lesson 88 Condensation 第88课 冷凝 When the water in a kettle boils, it boils first at the bottom. 当水壶中的水沸腾时, 首先开始沸腾的是底部的水。 We cannot see this in a kettle, because the kettle is made of iron. 我们无法

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Many people remember the colors of the rainbow by the acronym ROY G. BIV. For red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Well, the color indigo just made news. Indigo gets its name from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and its relatives, whic

Watch the US Navy’s New Laser Weapon in Action

The United States Navy has demonstrated a new laser weapon operating in the Persian Gulf. The Laser Weapons System, or LaWS, is deployed on the USS Ponce transport ship. A live test firing of the weapon was recently carried out for Cable News Network

英文摇滚歌曲：5 Seconds Of Summer - Vapor

I'll take what you got got got I know it's not a lot lot lot Cause I just need another hit You're the thing that I can't quit You got what I want want want Here and then you're gone gone gone If you told me that we were through You know that I would

VOA标准英语2008年-Use Of Organic Dye Encourages Australian Skin C

Australian scientists say an organic compound used by Indian women to paint dots or bindi on their foreheads could hold the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment. Rose Bengal was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosm

英国学生科学读本 第70期:蒸发作用(1)

Lesson 70 Evaporation 第70课 蒸发作用 Let us fill a small kettle with water, and place it on the fire. The water will soon begin to boil. After an hour or so we shall find the kettle quite empty, although no one has touched it since it was plac

英国学生科学读本 第70期:蒸发作用(2)

The finger which is wet with alcohol will be dry before you can count ten, while the finger which is wet with water may take a minute or more to dry. 在你数到十之前, 那根沾有酒精的手指就会变得干燥, 而另外一根沾有水的手指

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Bringing Color to Life With Natural Dye

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VOA常速英语2007年-Scientist in Texas Runs NASA's Lunar Laser Prog

By Paul Sisco Washington 14 November 2007 At the McDonald Observatory in western Texas, a unique space program has been quietly underway for more than 30 years. It is called the Lunar Laser Ranging Program. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. Research scienti

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As 2014 draws to a close, its time to look back and see which words have been significant throughout the past twelve months, and to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year. Without further ado, we can exclusively reveal that the Oxford Dict

学个词Learn a Word 第1367期　phase out

今天我们要学的词是phase out。 Phase out, 是逐步结束的意思。世界上最年轻的国家南苏丹独立后宣布，学校教育将逐步淘汰阿拉伯语，改用英语教学。 The government of South Sudan announced it will phase

The Worrler of Qi

The Worrler of Qi A man of the state of Qi was afraid that the sky would fall down and the earth would cave in．The thought that he would not be able to find shelter when that happened worried him so much that he had no appetite for food and slept v

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Lesson 35 Getting up Steam 第35课 蒸汽往上冒！ Do you want to know what steam is? Let us get a lump of ice, or a snow-ball, and place it in a saucer in a warm room. It soon melts, and then the saucer is half full of water. If we leave the sau

英闻天下——318 Toxic Dye Found in School Uniforms

An investigation has revealed six garment manufacturers in Shanghai have made school uniforms using toxic dye. The city's quality watchdog says it found aromatic amine dye in uniforms sold to 21 primary and middle schools across the city. China's nat